BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN: December 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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RIP

Meinhardt Raabe,

'Wizard of Oz' coroner munchkin,

'really most sincerely dead'

at 94

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Happy holidays to ALL

Happy Channukah
Bon Nadal
Joyeux Noel
Gelukkig kerstfeest
Mele Kalikimaka
Feliz Navidad
節日快樂.
Frohe Weihnachten
Happy Kwanza
Merii Kurisumasu
Veselé Vánoce
Merry Christmas

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

eclipsed

Monday, December 20, 2010

Hemp today, gone tomorrow!

Hurrah for Infinity Foods!

NatureFlex NK, a high barrier compostable cellulose-based material manufactured by Innovia Films, has been chosen by organic food wholesaler, Infinity Foods, to wrap its range of snack packs.

The transparent material was launched in 2008 and offers not only compostability, but also a moisture barrier approaching that of co-extruded OPP. This means it has the best moisture barrier of any transparent single layer biopolymer film currently available.

NatureFlex offers a sustainable solution for the packaging in this application as the film begins life as a natural product - wood - and breaks down at the end of its lifecycle in a home compost bin (or industrial compost environment) within a matter of weeks. It also offers advantages for packing and converting such as inherent deadfold and anti-static properties, high gloss and transparency, resistance to grease and oil, good barrier to gases and aromas, print receptive surface and a wide heat-seal range.

NatureFlex films are certified to meet both the European EN13432 and American ASTM D6400 standards for compostable packaging. The material typically has a renewable biobased content of some 95% by weight of material.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Repeal health care?

For 2 years, GOP leaders in Congress

fought

tooth and nail to oppose

health care reform.

They did their best to keep

tens of millions without coverage,

decrying any effort

to help citizens as "socialist,"or "fascist" .

And incredibly,

they are now talking about repealing it.

And yet, when it comes

to their own coverage,

Republicans in Congress are not only using government-sponsored health care,

they are whining about having to wait for it.

Well, four brave members of Congress

are calling GOP leaders on their hypocrisy,

demanding they practice what they preach,

and calling on them to give up their

government-sponsored health care:

Four members -- Joe Crowley (NY), Linda Sanchez (CA), Donna Edwards (MD), and Tim Ryan (OH) -- are rounding up signatures for a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Speaker-to-be John Boehner, encouraging them to press their members to refuse their federal health benefits based on the same principles underlying their opposition to health care reform.

"It is amazing that your members would complain about not having health care coverage for a few weeks, even after campaigning to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which will help provide coverage to millions of Americans who find themselves without health insurance for months or even years," the letter reads. "It begs the question: how many members of the Republican conference will be forgoing the employer-subsidized FEHBP coverage and experiencing what so many Americans find themselves forced to face? If your conference wants to deny millions of Americans affordable health care, your members should walk that walk."