Last month, the restaurant chain Chipotle launched an online show on Hulu calledFarmed and Dangerous, a four-part satire aimed at revealing the “outrageously twisted and utterly unsustainable world of industrial agriculture” by poking fun at it.
Each of the four episodes is being published by the Huffington Post.1 The first episode, featured above, ran on Monday, February 17. Continue reading “Farmed and Dangerous… Chipotle Takes Aim at Unsustainable Industrial Agriculture in New Mini-Series”
Month: March 2014
News Discovery – by ROSSELLA LORENZI
Color illustrations of rocket-propelled cats and birds have recently been found in a 16th century war manual, according to a University of Pennsylvania researcher.
Written by artillery master Franz Helm of Cologne, who likely fought against the Turks during the mid-16th century, the manual on artillery and siege warfare dates to about 1530. Continue reading “‘Rocket Cat’ Warfare Found in 16th-Century Manual”
Did somebody say de-escalation?
Earlier today, photos were distributed showing the latest military convoy reinforcements heading into the Crimea, accompanies by a Police car demonstrating Moscow license plate numbers, most likely providing further support to the pro-Russian forces in the peninsula. Continue reading “Ukraine’s Military Mobilizes, Prepares For Combat: Trucks, APCs, SAMs, Howitzers, Tanks Rolling Out”
Speaking at a press conference today Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any invasion of Crimea by forces loyal to the pro-West Ukrainian government will be met with strategies once used in the Soviet Union by the likes of Lenin and Stalin in which civilians would be put ahead of the defending army.
The video, with Vladimir Putin speaking in Russian, has been translated by several organizations. Continue reading “Video: Putin Says He Will Use Human Shields: “We Will Put Their Women and Children in Front of Our Troops, Not Behind””
The United States recently sent a small number of special forces soldiers to Jordan to train with counterparts fromIraq and Jordan, a new step in the Obama administration’s effort to help Baghdad stamp out a resurgent al Qaeda threat, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.
The U.S. contingent was dispatched to take part in a training exchange with counterterrorism forces from Iraq and Jordan, allowing the administration to provide a modest new measure of support to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Continue reading “U.S. special forces sent to train Iraqi special forces in Jordan”
The frontrunner to become the next president of the United States is playing an old and dangerous political game – comparing a foreign leader to Adolf Hitler.
At a private charity event on Tuesday, in comments preserved on audio, Hillary Clinton talked about actions by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in the Crimea. “Now if this sounds familiar, it’s what Hitler did back in the ’30s,” she said. Continue reading “Hillary Clinton: Playing a Dog-Eared ‘Hitler’ Card”
The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton
Seriously? Is jailing elderly women in the best interest of society here in Amerika?
First an elderly woman was jailed and is currently being held for violating her parole by leaving stale bread crumbs out in her yard for birds. Continue reading “Another 81-Year-Old Lady Jailed, this Time over a Missed Hearing Due to Cancer”
Two people aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 were traveling with passports reported stolen in Thailand, foreign ministry officials in Italy and Austria said.
Italy’s Foreign Ministry said that an Italian man, Luigi Maraldi, who was listed as being a passenger aboard the aircraft that was carrying 239 people, reported his passport stolen last August. Continue reading “Two aboard missing Malaysia Airlines jet traveling with stolen passports”
New York Times – by BENJAMIN WEISER
To be chosen as one of the jurors in the terrorism trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, would understandably cause some unease.
But for one woman, serving on the jury has brought about some unexpected tension: the loss of her job. Continue reading “Juror Loses Job for Serving in Terror TrialJuror Loses Job for Serving in Terror Trial”
This is what I did in the Navy. Now going black budget. Nice.
Hoping to nudge Congress into providing some extra cash in its 2015 budget, the US Navy is looking to put 22 Boeing electronic attack jets onto a list of “unfunded priorities” and send it to lawmakers. Continue reading “Navy puts electronic attack jets on ‘unfunded’ list”
The Tampa Tribune – by James L. Rosica
The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a rally against the state’s “stand your ground” law Monday morning in the Capitol courtyard, according to the website of his National Action Network.
Sharpton, also an MSNBC host and commentator, will be joined by the parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis. Continue reading “Al Sharpton to march on Tallahassee against “Stand Your Ground””
A team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and other drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health. Their research is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in an article titled “Discovery of a New Class of Non-beta-lactam Inhibitors of Penicillin-Binding Proteins with Gram-Positive Antibacterial Activity.” Continue reading “New class of antibiotics discovered by chemists”
Activist Post – by Amanda Warren
Phoenix military-style police were in a stand-off with an armed robbery suspect who was in his home on Wednesday. They had blocked off the entire suburban road.
A little pup walked in the middle of the operation and decided to pick a fight, barking at the police to stand down. Continue reading “Attention Police: This is How You Handle a Puppy In a Stand-off”