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Anyone that grew up in the 90s has his Gangster’s Paradise CD sitting in the back of a desk drawer somewhere right next to the chris cross CD. Coolio has sense made the normal transition from vocal artist to actor, and finally to online cooking show host. The strange thing is… the end product actually looks good!
I’m still not exactly sure how to quantify “A half a dime bag of seasoning salt” into traditional cooking measurements. I’ll have to go talk to my street vender…..
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I stumbled across three separate, yet jarringly interrelated, news articles from different countries: Australia, France and the United Kingdom. All three sparked thoughts regarding the relationship between free-market capitalism and democracy.
While the Australian Prime Minister is calling for a new form of social capitalism, French and British workers are protesting amidst a climate of stagnant wages, job losses and an increasing cost of living.“People had the feeling they were paying for a crisis they were not responsible for,” said a French union leader. To an extent, he is absolutely right. The taxpaying British and French people, like Americans, are paying to bailout banks – all for a supposed level of global stability?
I argue there was never global economic stability’ it was a system propped by greed and speculation. Regardless, the result is simple: Many ordinary global citizens are losing their jobs and savings because of the debacle on Wall Street and the decisions of a few.
This level of uber-capitalism has created a genuine disconnect between the mighty elites and will likely lead the western world down the road to socialism. As things get worse, people’s trust of capitalism will wane, and they will become more reliant on the government.
Unless the general economic status of America perks up, civil unrest will likely spread across – and I cannot blame likely protestors. Their savings and livelihoods are being taken and redistributed to Wall Street and poor decision making corporate elites.
Even as a solid believer in the wealth creating system of capitalism, it is very angering to see recently bailed-out executives spending like drunken sailors ($16,000 for a shower curtain or $20 billion in bonuses or Auto Exec’s taking private jets to bailout hearings?) Do these drunken sailors have no connection to the working class anymore?
I think President Obama should keep Guantanamo Bay open for the use of disposing Wall Street executives. Keep Guantanamo Jail open for these terrorists. They spend taxpayer’s money without regard of anything. I consider them as economic terrorists.
What is most concerning is the lack of humanity present. Yet, I am wondering, why aren’t the streets filled with people? In extreme cases like such, shall we not go back to the days of ‘tar and feather’ and ‘public humiliation’?
On a painfully obvious note; and like most things in life, the Onion mocked it best: Why is your company going bankrupt? “Citigroup— Bet tens of billions of dollars that people with no verifiable income could afford expensive houses, which, when you think about it, was pretty stupid.”
NBC banned this ad made by PETA. Im sure, like cigarette ads in past, I’m sure the reason they banned it was that the statements have not been scientifically proven. Anyways, here is the ad. Don’t expect NBC to change their minds even though, by european standards, this is a rather docile ad.
Whats all the fuss about?

No, this isn’t Nates lie detector results. It is, however, seismogram data from Yellowstone National Park. Why should you care you may be asking…. Well, in the last month Yellowstone has been experiencing an unprecedented number of earthquakes. So much so that it has a lot of geologist watching. Why you may ask? Well, although earthquakes happen all over the world every day (check this site out for a list) when such a large number happen in a region, it could be a sign of something big to come. And since Yellowstone is one of a few super-volcanoes in the world, it could mean big trouble for humanity. How big? According to Wikipedia, the power of a full eruption would be nearly 3,000 times as big as mount St. Helen. Enough to blanket North America in soot and rock, knocking the West and midwest off that map (including Minnesota) and sending the world into another ice age with famine and the whole nine yards. Although these earthquakes will likely not amount to anything (geology is like meteorology… every unpredictable), it should keep you on your toes on how easily the world as we know it and human could be eradicated. But until then, enjoy this beautiful picture of one of Yellowstone hot springs.

If you’ve ever talked to nate about star wars you know he is kind of insane on the matter (if he’s still talking just keep nodding like you know what he is talking about, then point out that the sand planet is in fact the forth planet in the nebulas system). Its just sad to know that this little girl will one day be just like him. In fact, if it weren’t for the curly black hair, i would have asked if that video was not of him back in the day. Here is the video.