At least when you’re talking about these. I am convinced we are seeing end times when slapping peanut butter on bread is too much work for us. And I thought Bagelfuls, precooked eggs and Lunchables were bad.
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redjenny: Sometimes not knowing is better
At least when you’re talking about these. I am convinced we are seeing end times when slapping peanut butter on bread is too much work for us.And I thought Bagelfuls, precooked eggs and Lunchables were bad.
Continue readingredjenny: Sometimes not knowing is better
At least when you’re talking about these. I am convinced we are seeing end times when slapping peanut butter on bread is too much work for us. And I thought Bagelfuls, precooked eggs and Lunchables were bad.
Continue readingredjenny: Impatient for Spring
March 2, 2009 – Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery lettuce (from the seed exchange). March 21, 2009 – Off to a respectable start: The first to germinate was the
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March 2, 2009 – Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery lettuce (from the seed exchange). March 21, 2009 – Off to a respectable start: The first to germinate was the
Continue readingredjenny: Impatient for Spring
March 2, 2009 – Impatient for spring and inspired by Mother Earth News, I planted three kinds of lettuce (obtained at Seedy Saturday). Green oak, red deer tongue, and mystery lettuce (from the seed exchange).March 21, 2009 – Off to a respectable start:…
Continue readingredjenny: Canada’s Banks: Accidentally not in Crisis Yet
Hahahaha!From Rick Mercer The National Post agrees: Canadian banks – saved from stomping around as monoliths on a world stage backed by Canadian taxpayers — are the least ugly in what can only be called a reverse beauty contest among banks. You know how we used to laugh at the
Continue readingredjenny: Canada’s Banks: Accidentally not in Crisis Yet
Hahahaha!From Rick Mercer The National Post agrees: Canadian banks – saved from stomping around as monoliths on a world stage backed by Canadian taxpayers — are the least ugly in what can only be called a reverse beauty contest among banks. You know how we used to laugh at the
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Hahahaha!
From Rick Mercer
Canadian banks – saved from stomping around as monoliths on a world stage backed by Canadian taxpayers — are the least ugly in what can only be called a reverse beauty contest among banks.
You know how we used to laugh at the guy who keeps all his cash in a big old sock, or the woman who has all her savings under her mattress? Well, the risk-averse look pretty smart right about now. Phew! Thanks goodness the regulators saved the banks from themselves.
Continue readingredjenny: Post-Civilization
Post-Civ! A brief philosophical and political introduction to the concept of post-civilization is an interesting read. Post-civilized thought is based on three simple premises: 1 – This civilization is, from its foundation, unsustainable. It probably cannot be salvaged, and, what’s more, it would be undesirable to do so.2 – It
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Post-Civ! A brief philosophical and political introduction to the concept of post-civilization is an interesting read. Post-civilized thought is based on three simple premises: 1 – This civilization is, from its foundation, unsustainable. It probably cannot be salvaged, and, what’s more, it would be undesirable to do so.2 – It
Continue readingredjenny: Post-Civilization
Post-Civ! A brief philosophical and political introduction to the concept of post-civilization is an interesting read.
Post-civilized thought is based on three simple premises:
1 – This civilization is, from its foundation, unsustainable. It probably cannot be salvaged, and, what’s more, it would be undesirable to do so.
2 – It is neither possible, nor desirable, to return to a pre-civilized state of being.
3 – It is therefore desirable to imagine and enact a post-civilized culture.
I certainly don’t agree with the whole thing but I do like its spirit: “We are for an ecologically-focused green anarchism and we are for mutual aid, free association, and self-determination.”
Download it here (small PDF file), or try Post-Civ!, a deeper exploration for more detail.
Continue readingredjenny: ‘Tent cities’ of homeless on the rise across the US
Homeless encampments dubbed “tent cities” are springing up across the US, partly in response to soaring numbers of home repossessions, the credit crunch and rising unemployment, according to a report.
Homelessness, car camps and tent cities are certainly not new, but they are growing rapidly. 
In Reno, Nevada, the state with the nation’s highest repossessions rate, a tent city recently sprung up on the city’s outskirts and quickly filled up with about 150 people. Many, such as Sylvia Flynn, 51, who came from northern California, ended up homeless after losing their jobs and home.
Officials say they do not know how many homeless the city has. “But we do know that the soup kitchens are serving hundreds more meals a day and that we have more people who are homeless than we can remember,” Jodi Royal-Goodwin, the city’s redevelopment agency director, said.
In California, the upmarket city of Santa Barbara is housing homeless people who live in their cars in city car parks while Fresno, has several tent cities. Others have sprung up in Portland in Oregon, and Seattle, where homeless activists have set up mock tent cities at city hall to draw attention to the problem.
Meanwhile, new encampments have appeared, or existing ones grown, in San Diego, Chattanooga in Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio.Story>
Some quick internet searching uncovered many others, in Dallas, Olympia, L.A., Athens, Georgia, Columbus. Others, like Tenessee and St. Petersburg have been shut down.
MSNBC has a photo essay on a large tent city in Sacramento, juxtaposing it with the Sacramento tent city of the Great Depression.
There are homes sitting empty, while people have no place to live. Excess supply coexisting with excess demand. The invisible hand has failed these people.
Continue readingredjenny: ‘Tent cities’ of homeless on the rise across the US
Homeless encampments dubbed “tent cities” are springing up across the US, partly in response to soaring numbers of home repossessions, the credit crunch and rising unemployment, according to a report. Homelessness, car camps and tent cities are certainly not new, but they are growing rapidly. In Reno, Nevada, the state
Continue readingredjenny: ‘Tent cities’ of homeless on the rise across the US
Homeless encampments dubbed “tent cities” are springing up across the US, partly in response to soaring numbers of home repossessions, the credit crunch and rising unemployment, according to a report. Homelessness, car camps and tent cities are certainly not new, but they are growing rapidly. In Reno, Nevada, the state
Continue readingredjenny: Great Depression Cooking with Clara
Celebrity cooking is HOT and, lately, so is the Great Depression. 93 year old Clara reminisces about the Depression while showcasing cheap, nourishing food. I love this online cooking show. Maybe it’s because I’m a big fan of history, food, frugality, …
Continue readingredjenny: Sharing Work and Food – Imagine That
Here’s an article by Wayne Roberts of the Toronto Food Policy Council, quoted in full because I don’t know how to link to it on Facebook. SHARING WORK AND FOOD CREATES AN UPSIDE TO THE ECONOMIC DOWNBY Wayne RobertsUnlike most people, Thomas Homer-Dixo…
Continue readingredjenny: BBC’s The Big Read top 100 books
A friend passed this on. She says the BBC believes the average person will only have read 6 books from this list. At least 6 of these I had to read for school. It is definitely a British list but there are several important books on it.1 Pride and Prej…
Continue readingredjenny: Worst Headline Ever
If there were an annual worst headline award, The Sun would probably win pretty much every year. Today’s paper screamed “‘Enormous’ fraud at City Hall”It makes it sound as though the city council or mayor has been caught doing something corrupt or frau…
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