Entries tagged with 'politics'
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John Scalzi You might even say it's a landslide. That's Bob Bacon (D) vs. Matt Fries (R) running for Colorado's State Senate District 14. See the final tally here. I hope Bacon can reach across the aisle to Fries. I think their common ground is anywhere you can find a good burger. [via John Scalzi]...
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Egg-laying hens and veal-bound calves everywhere rejoice! With California's Proposition 2 passing yesterday, the farm animals will get ample wiggle room in those cages by 2015....
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We're going to suspend our blogging for the day, since, like us, most of our U.S. audience will be glued to the TV tonight. Here's a fancy gadget from Google that shows election results as they roll in—and they're just starting to as we post this. In the meantime, we'll leave you with this, from the Washington Post food blog, A Mighty Appetite: Where's Food on the Next Presidential Agenda?...
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When an election lasts this long, people start doing all kinds of crazy stuff. For one man, that meant rendering the faces of both presidential candidates on slices of American cheese. Artist Esteban Pulido used liquid photo emulsion for his art piece, which will be on display in Normon, Oklahoma, at Forward Foods through the rest of the day. CNN even sent a crew out there to document the decomposition, which is nasty and, according to Pulido, metaphorical. Short video, after the jump....
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Sometimes actions, and food, speak louder than words. It may have been a queen who declared, "Let them eat cake!" but Bakerella insists that democracy can be just as sweet. These stunning and patriotic little cake pops are Bakerella's "sweet reminder" to take your bite out of the American pie today: VOTE!...
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Photographs from Huffington Post Staring at the screen tomorrow night, watching as states light up red and blue, will require energy. Depending on the winner, it may also require comfort food. Here's some ideas for your election night party menu: Savory "Right Wings" (recipe) Pork Barrel Tenderloin (recipe) Baked ACORN Squash (recipe) War "Hero" Sandwiches (recipes) Obama's Favorite Chili (recipe) Elitist Foods Involving Arugula (recipes) McCain Frozen Foods (more info) Sloppy Plumber Joes (recipe)...
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Photograph from roboppy on Flickr Caged chickens are right up there with gay marriage and Barack Obama on California's ballot this year. If passed tomorrow, the hot button Proposition 2, or the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, will prohibit the "cruel confinement" of California's pigs, cows, and chickens. Farmers would have until January 1, 2015, to increase space within crates and cages or go entirely cage-free. While many farmers and vets are behind the happy vision of animals being able to stretch their legs, the opposition argues that it could put local egg farmers out of business. If cage real estate gets too expensive, eggs will have to be imported from Mexico (where cage roominess standards don't exist)....
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Honestly, I don't know what's going on in this video. Fake Barack Obama makes bacon, some of the kids behind Sizzology rap about it, and then—how did we ever miss this tidbit of news?—they cut in a Michelle Obama breakdown in which she says, "I do my protein as bacon. We're bacon people." I'd imagine that was clipped from some appearance on a morning talk show where she either made a recipe or talked about breakfast. The video, after the jump....
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As if you needed a reason to do your civic duty, but free ice cream don't hurt nothin'. "Come to participating scoop shops on November 4 from 5 to 8 p.m., show us you voted and you'll get a free scoop of ice cream. Show us your 'I Voted' sticker, a photo of you in front of your polling station, do the 'I Voted dance,' or just tell us you voted." Hmm. Those guidelines seem pretty lax. I predict a rampant amount of ice cream fraud the evening of the election....
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This year, pumpkins are the newest form of campaigning. There's campaign-o-lantern patterns for both McCain and Obama couples. Some more here. Over at Zombie Pumpkins, Obama is ahead by over 25-percent in pumpkin polls. Obama's team even has their own blog called Yes We Carve, dedicated to Obamalanterns....
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