Petition time: USA trying to hinder climate progress at G8+5 summit

I’m never sure whether I like or dislike petition sites. They seem useless and fairly annoying and I have yet to hear the phrase, “We would have got away with this travesty too if it wasn’t for those meddling kids and their internet petition…” However, if the petition is easy and I agree with the [...]

Who’s the bigger terrorist?

Last night I was watching an interview with Al Gore. He was discussing why he wrote his new book, The Assault on Reason. Here’s the handy blurb about that:
We are at a pivotal moment in American democracy. The persistent and sustained reliance on falsehoods as the basis of policy, even in the face of [...]

Calf stomach snacks: followup

Mars made a post on their website apologizing for the ingredient change that introduced young calf stomach lining into many of their chocolate bars. They are rolling the change back and most, but not all, of the products listed will be vegetarian again. Read here for the announcement, schedule, and which products will have what [...]

New Snickers! Now with young calf stomach lining! Yum!

If you’re a vegetarian, or just not a fan of eating the stomach lining of young calves when you snack, then you probably want to know this. Read this news item from the Vegetarian Society web site (I swear there is a society for everything) :
The Vegetarian Society is extremely disappointed to learn that Mars [...]

Despite the halo, Goodsearch does good work

I think they have a dumb logo, but I enjoy using their search engine. It’s tough to argue against using a search engine that generates revenue for charities and isn’t a pain to use. I’m just going to paste their spiel verbatim,
Here’s a new easy way to raise money for your favorite cause. Just start [...]

His grade was well.

Stephen Colbert did an awesome bit on the topic of viewing An Inconvenient Truth in universities. Unfortunately, wordpress and comedy central videos don’t embed. So you get a link.
For your viewing pleasure: http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=87003 
- shawn

Color me ironic

At a time when my sum contribution has been a decided lack of thought, I get tagged with a Thinking Blogger Award. Thank you very much Lori for thinking of me!
I’ve decided to dedicate this thoughtful post to a man who was quite painfully devoid of thought. A man who dedicated his life to the [...]

Inspirational Dysfunction

Lately I have been lacking for inspiration to post new articles here. It’s the nature of the blog beast really. At some point in time you get this lurking sense of futility or redundancy. I’m not sure what I’ll do with this site yet. I have to go out of town for a couple days [...]

Climate change deniers win

I hereby officially announce that those denying climate change, global warming or whatever it’s called this week, win. You are right, best and smartest. Good one. Climate change debates are a moot point, and honestly I couldn’t care less who thinks they are right anymore. It actually doesn’t matter one bit.
Please allow me a chance [...]