Geek Politics 101

Chicks Being Ground Up Alive Video

Seeded on Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:51 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

(AP) WASHINGTON — An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted chicks by sending them alive into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor.

health

The 10 most important nutrition stories of the last two decades

Seeded on Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:11 PM EDT (CNN)

America's relationship to food and health has certainly changed in the 20 years since Cooking Light debuted.

health

Vegan 101: Where do vegans get their protein?

Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:09 PM EDT (Examiner)

Protein is the first thing that new vegans are concerned about and the last thing they should be concerned about. All plant foods—except for fruits and fats—supply protein. Beans are the richest sources, but vegans get protein from nuts, grains and vegetables, too.

health

Are MDs diagnosing us into the poorhouse?

Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:23 PM EDT (CNN)

There's no question about it: When you go to a doctor nowadays, you're more likely to be diagnosed with something, and sent home with a prescription, than you were a generation ago.

health

Stimulus has yet to really boost GDP

Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:19 PM EDT (CNN)

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The nation's economy is starting to rebound, but the Obama administration's massive stimulus package had little to do with it.

us-news, stimulus, economy

Vegetarians Have Slightly Lower Risk of Cancer

Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:08 PM EDT (VOA News)

Vegetarians and fish-eaters may be at slightly lower risk of cancer than meat-eaters, according to a new study.

health, vegetarian, cancer

How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer

Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:45 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Jenny Matthau stands in front of hundreds of students at the Natural Gourmet School and speaks heresy.

health

PETA Wants WellPoint to Lower Rates for Vegetarians, Raise Them for Meat-Eaters

Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:36 PM EDT ()

Indianapolis -- Today, PETA dispatched a letter to Angela F. Braly, head of WellPoint, Inc., explaining how the insurance company could save millions of dollars in claims by providing its policyholders with incentives to adopt a healthy vegetarian diet.

health, health-insurance, vegetarian, peta

6 (More) Reasons a Vegetarian Diet Can Help You Lose Weight, Save Money, and Save the Planet

Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:56 PM EDT (Discovery.com)

Regular readers of Planet Green are undoubtedly aware that we're frequently recommending adopting a vegetarian diet as one of the most important steps you can take to reduce your ecological footprint.

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Futuristic London Bridge Sprouts Solar Powered Vertical Farm

Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:11 PM EDT ()

Recently Chetwood Architects unveiled a stunning proposal for a futuristic London Bridge that sprouts a towering vertical farm in the midst of the Thames river.

arts, green, building

Horne wants nutrition, exercise taught

Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:22 AM EDT (Welcome to StarNet)

advertisement PHOENIX — State school Superintendent Tom Horne is convinced that most teens don't know why fruit is better for you than french fries, and why vigorous exercise is healthier than video games. So he wants schools to teach them.

health

Vegetarian diet linked to weaker bones

Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:16 AM EDT (NY Daily News)

Vegetarians have been found to have slightly weaker bones than meat-eaters, Australian researchers announced Thursday. ..."But the magnitude of the association is clinically insignificant," he added.

health

35 responses we've all heard when we mention we're vegetarian.

Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:10 AM EDT (Examiner)

Our grandparents, parents, siblings and friends may roll their eyes when we tell them we can't eat what's in front of us. We stick hard to our principles, but many people don't understand that.

health

An Appetizing Reason to Take a Flexible Stance on Vegetarianism

Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:10 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

A Five Guys cheeseburger. That's about all that stands between me and a vegetarian diet.

health

Raw Creamy Zucchini Pasta

Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:57 PM EDT ()

This raw, creamy pasta dish uses thinly-shredded squash and zucchini instead of grain-based pasta. It is amazingly delicious – and as a pasta-lover, I was happily surprised by how much I loved it!

health

Against Intellectual Monopoly

Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:33 PM EST ()

At a taped video interview in my office, before the crew would start the camera, a man had to remove my Picasso prints from the wall. The prints are probably under copyright, they said. But the guy who drew them died 30 years ago. Besides, they are mine.

politics

Kids and Food II: When Junior Is a Vegetarian

Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:01 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

When I was 11, the day after Thanksgiving, I decided to become a vegetarian. I was (and still am) a big animal lover and in a youthful stroke, I decided to quit meat, well, cold turkey. For more than two decades, including through pregnancy, I've happily remained a vegetarian.

health

Does "Depression Economics" Change the Rules?

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:53 PM EST ()

Daily Article by Robert P. Murphy | Posted on 1/12/2009 12:00:00 AM

business

Windows 7 Reviews Mixed On Pirate Bay

Seeded on Fri Jan 2, 2009 5:22 PM EST ()

An early version of Windows 7, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s successor to the widely maligned Vista operating system, is drawing mixed reviews from users of a popular, though legally questionable, file-sharing site.

technology, windows-7, pirate

Evil Christmas cards, Gay Christmas cards, Atheist Christmas cards

Seeded on Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:45 PM EST (press-citizen.com)

After Andrew Shaffer graduated from the University of Iowa with a master of business administration degree, he said he was looking for a business concept that was "something people didn't already do." Advertisement

business

Atheists' lunacy can't be blamed on the governor

Seeded on Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:21 PM EST ()

O'Reilly's outrage was focused on a plaque mounted in the state Capitol Building and sponsored by the self-styled Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national group for atheists and agnostics.

politics

FDIC lays out broad home loan modification plan

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:03 PM EST (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal agency that insures most U.S. bank deposits unveiled a plan to prevent about 1.5 million home mortgage foreclosures by promising to share any losses with mortgage companies that agree to refinance certain home loans.

us-news

The new vegetarianism: introducing the flexitarian

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:57 PM EST (Telegraph)

I've been a vegetarian ever since I was about 11 years old, when I went to a farm and saw where all the meat came from," says 27-year-old mother-of-two Polly Eason. "Nowadays, I just eat organic, free-range meat once or twice a week."

health, vegetarian

Investor Bank Regulation

Seeded on Mon Oct 6, 2008 7:51 PM EDT ()

I am pleased to have this opportunity to address the question of regulation and its role in the current financial crisis. There are cases where regulation is necessary, and cases where it is harmful.

politics

Bank Loans Have Not 'Dried Up'

Seeded on Mon Oct 6, 2008 7:43 PM EDT ()

On CNBC Monday, Democrat majority leader Steny Hoyer said the objective of the rescue package is to "unlock the credit" for consumers and business. And a Wall Street Journal editorial writer told CNBC, "Until we get the banks lending again, the economy will continue to contract."

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