Archive for the 'Food' Category
Orange Drinks with 300 Times More Pesticide than Tap Water
January 5th, 2009Don’t forget that the sodium benzoate in these drinks causes severe damage to mitochondria. Via: Daily Mail: Fizzy drinks sold by Coca-Cola in Britain have been found to contain pesticides at up to 300 times the level allowed in tap or bottled water. A worldwide study found pesticide levels in orange and lemon drinks sold […]
UK: Thefts of Food, Metal, and Petrol Increasing
January 3rd, 2009Via: Independent: Supermarkets have been forced to tag cuts of meat because shoplifters have turned to stealing food during the credit crunch. Retailers warn that the recession has changed the pattern of crime in high street stores, with thieves switching from luxury items to basic foodstuffs. Shops have been forced to step up security around […]
Quantifying Overextension—America’s “Predicament”
December 24th, 2008I doubt that any of you need to see a quantitative analysis about how overextended America is. So why post this? Cryptogon is not about trying to change society, popularity contests, group think circle jerks, or lobbying politicians on the ship of fools to make minor course corrections on the way to oblivion. At this […]
Detroit: Convicts Trying to Get Back Into Jail; Better Than Freezing or Starving to Death
December 23rd, 2008A different view of Detroit: Earthworks Urban Farm Urban Farming Takes Root in Detroit Via: AP: It’s a sign of tough times in the Detroit area where outreach experts say recently freed inmates are making a conscious decisions to get thrown back in jail. The experts say that for some, the relative security of a […]
Israeli Blockade ‘Forces Palestinians to Search Rubbish Dumps for Food’
December 21st, 2008Via: Guardian: Impoverished Palestinians on the Gaza Strip are being forced to scavenge for food on rubbish dumps to survive as Israel’s economic blockade risks causing irreversible damage, according to international observers. Figures released last week by the UN Relief and Works Agency reveal that the economic blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza in July […]
UK: Supermarkets’ Emergency Plans to Keep Shelves Full
December 14th, 2008Via: Guardian: Fears that scores of supermarket suppliers will go bust next year have led the country’s major chains to draw up emergency plans to replace them, The Observer can reveal. Separately, on the high street, bailiffs are getting ready for their busiest Christmas ever, with a slew of retailers expected to go into administration. […]
In Lean Times, SoCal Residents Trade Guns for Food
December 8th, 2008How many boxes of Cheezits were the hand grenades worth? Via: AP: A program to exchange guns for gifts brought in a record number of weapons this year as residents hit hard by the economy look under the bed and in closets to find items to trade for groceries. The annual Gifts for Guns program […]
The Milwaukee Community Currency Story
December 7th, 2008Sometimes, I read a story, grit my teeth and pray that people don’t submit it to me by the dozens. Oh well. People are SO HAPPY about this. * Holding my head in my hands * My problem with this article is this sentence: And it’s completely legal. Oh sure. And what currency will the […]
SWAT Team Conducts Food Raid in Rural Ohio
December 6th, 2008Via: Crossroad: On Monday, December 1, a SWAT team with semi-automatic rifles entered the private home of the Stowers family in LaGrange, Ohio, herded the family onto the couches in the living room, and kept guns trained on parents, children, infants and toddlers, from approximately 11 AM to 8 PM. The team was aggressive and […]
Qatar Looks to Grow Food in Kenya
December 3rd, 2008Via: Guardian: Qatar has asked Kenya to lease it 40,000 hectares of land to grow crops as part of a proposed package that would also see the Gulf state fund a new £2.4bn port on the popular tourist island of Lamu off the east African country. The deal is the latest example of wealthy countries […]
