Oct 31
Greyhound racing is slowly dying in the United States. Even in Florida, where political ties are about to increase when Tom Rooney-R (whose family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers as well as the Palm Beach Kennel Club) becomes a Congressman (person?)…
Oct 30
Here’s the situation: 20-30 cats, the majority of whom are black, and many of whom are tiny kittens, live in an abandoned building next to our gorgeous Community Foundation building in the downtown area of West Palm Beach, a block…
Oct 29
Yesterday, Dan directed us to his blog post, “Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit: What is Wrong with Single Issue Campaigns?” If you’re interested in the place single-issue campaigns have, and the problems they create or perpetuate, I highly recommend reading it….
Oct 28
Jason Miller, founding editor of Thomas Paine’s Corner recently interviewed Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the result is “‘Sticking it to the Man,’ 21st Century Style”. The interview is worth reading in its entirety. Here are…
Oct 27
I’ve been watching Errol Morris documentaries (/nonfiction films). On my computer, either late at night or hours before the sun rises, in the past week I’ve seen: “Vernon, Florida,” “Standard Operating Procedure,” and “Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control.” All…
Oct 26
There are two upcoming screenings in New York of “Blinders,” a documentary about the horse-drawn carriage industry: BROOKLYN, NY October 29, 6:00 p.m. Brooklyn Law School 250 Joralemon St. Free and open to the public – bring photo ID NEW…
Oct 25
Have you seen Veggie Vision? It’s an Internet television station that promotes veganism! I just learned how to make Ackee Quiche (after I learned what ackee is) on the Veggie Viewer (the link is on the lower right corner) and…
Oct 24
If Proposition 2 doesn’t pass in California and Question 3 doesn’t pass in Massachusetts, here’s why: Some people care about the welfare of animals, and that care can be expressed quite eloquently and can be very convincing. However, once you…
Oct 23
As I believe I’ve written previously, for several years I lived with a tax resistor (“TD”). TD called himself a “Re-Director of Federal Funds.” It’s actually what broke us up, as one day I said the following: “Of course I…
Oct 22
Part of the fun of having your own blog is that you can post something in a post that really should be a comment, in an attempt to get more people to read it. First, I had no idea because…
Oct 21
I voted yesterday. It took about an hour and I read “How to Save Capitalism” in Harper’s as I inched closer to the door every couple of minutes. I was one of those people who didn’t decide until the last…
Oct 20
The bad news is that I accidentally subscribed to Utne Reader last year, and the good news is that year has come to an end. There are two problems: It comes by mail and I don’t like to have paper…
The human circus that is a local election between a Republican who, among other huge corporate ties, is the political face of greyhound racing, and a Democrat who cheated on his wife has taken a bizarre turn. (You may recall…
Oct 18
It’s always exciting when people comment and humor me on my musings that may seem off-the-wall. In addition to meditating and exercising, blogging helps my mental health tremendously. I have a mind that won’t stop and I’m insanely (as in:…
Oct 17
The vegan and animal rights communities have long been frustrated with the media’s insistence on omitting or downplaying the connection between climate change and food. It’s a truth so inconvenient that it wasn’t included in An Inconvenient Truth. Enter Roni…
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