December 2010
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“My promised land is filled with people who are of all colors, of all classes,...”
November 2010
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'Fire Under the Snow' DVD Now on Sale! →
‘Fire Under the Snow’, Masako Tsumura and Maura Moynihan’s documentary on 403 salon presenter Palden Gyatso is now on sale. It is the story of Palden’s 33 years of torture and imprisonment by the Chinese Communist government, and his faith,resilience and willpower which helped him survive with h…is spirit, mind and soul intact and ablaze. It was an honor to host him...
March 2009
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BLUESTOCKINGNYC.TUMBLR.COM
This is my last post at this address. I have migrated all of my posts to bluestockingnyc.tumblr.com. Please visit me there!
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CURRENTLY READING.......
An acquaintance of mine from my activist days recently came out with a new book. Pratap Chatterjee, who I met while I was working with Rainforest Action Network, has written Halliburton’s Army, How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War, which is an expose of corporate malfeasance and political cronyism, and an investigation into the nexus of the...
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BIKING IN NYC
The New York Times has an article called “The Wild Bunch” about the breakdown in civility between bikers, drivers and pedestrians, and the responsibility of bikers in the equation. With the growing population of bikers not going anywhere but up, and from first-hand experience, I feel that the onus is equally on all parties in endeavoring to co-exist peacefully on city streets. Though I gleefully...
SURFING CONTEST HELD AT SHARK BITE CAPITAL →
What a brilliant idea! Almost as brilliant as holding a surfing contest at Rosarito beach to draw tourism in the middle of the worsening violence among drug gangs in Mexico’s border areas.
“Mother nature doesn’t do bailouts.”
– Environmental saw
THE PRESENT →
Click post title for trailer of The Present, the new surf film by Thomas Campbell, the artist, photographer and film-maker who did Sprout (probably one of my all time favorite surf films) and The Seedling. Featuring Rastovich, Tudor, Machado, Meador, Junod, Hess and more. Shot in Java, Hawai’i, Cali, Australia, NZ.
Premiering on my birthday, tomorrow, at the Montalban Theatre in LA. NY...
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MARCH 22
……is the date that the 300% tariff on Roquefort cheese goes into effect. Shrub raised the tariff from the 100% it’s been at since 1999, to a ridiculous 300% in retaliation for the European Union’s continued ban on hormone-treated beef. (Which I personally think they are right to deny). Other European luxury imports, such as foie gras, French truffles, Italian sparkling...
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“Only we humans make waste that nature can’t digest.”
– Captain Charles Moore on plastics
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A GOOD START, BUT NOT ENOUGH →
Click on the post title for a fascinating video on the dangers of plastic by Captain Charles Moore - discoverer of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation.
The Washington Post reports that the six largest manufacturers of baby bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA) will stop selling them in the United States. BPA is an endocrine disrupter and has been...
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WILL GOOGLE EARTH MAPPING OF THE SEA FLOOR HELP IN... →
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FOOD SAFETY, THE WHITE HOUSE AND MONSANTO
Monsanto. Ugh. Aaarrrgh. The very mention of the company boils my blood and makes me see red. I have been following their misdeeds for around 15 years now (and have the files in storage to prove it). I could write volumes about Monsanto (and very well may at a later date), but this is only an opener to this post, which is really about the fact that I just sent a letter to our Secretary of...
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WatchTHE AGE OF STUPID (TRAILER)
The Age of Stupid is a film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20th 2009, followed by other countries. (US premiere will be in May, with release in September). Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055,...
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TZATZIKI - MY NEW OBSESSION
So I’m just home from the Le Baron party at Goldbar, and finding myself in need of a snack before bed, I decide to make some tzatziki - something which I find myself doing quite often these days. If you’ve never had it, you’re missing out! A refreshing blend of Greek yogurt, cucumber, garlic, lemon, olive oil and salt (with the optional dill or mint), it is delicious eaten with...
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GO ALICE!!! →
Click the post title for a brief article on the political education of one of my longtime heros, Alice Waters - visionary, culinary revolutionary, founder/chef of Chez Panisse, and widely influential in the international discourse of food politics.
Alice was one of the first American chefs to espouse local, seasonal and organic produce at Chez Panisse, founded in Berkeley in 1971 - long before...