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This is bleak

Sunday, February 15, 2009

You know I’m a sucker for the end of civilization stuff. This article, which compares the presently-collapsing United States with the collapsed USSR was a thoughtful read, and probably a good antidote to the polyannas popping up and saying that, no, really, everything is actually fine and will be fine forever, who are themselves [...]

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Some thoughts on food

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Everyone who knows me knows I do a lot of thinking about food and nutrition. A subset of those people have heard me beat the drum about how the Ethanol movement is an absolutely assinine, a claim that cannot be controversial to anyone with five minutes to spend thinking and a first-grade command of [...]

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Peak meat

Friday, September 26, 2008

You know how everybody’s been trying to get you to eat a lot of green, leafy vegetables, less meat and processed foods? And you know how you don’t want to, and you fucking refuse? And you know how you’re in crappy physical condition?
Well, the glorious market might solve this for you, though not [...]

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