Jamaica me craayzay

Hot new song with a kickass video...looks like this summer's soundtrack is coming along nicely, considering this amazing mos def/dub remix just dropped, too. The jams are here early, but we're so close I can taste it...

another RECIPE!

tonight we made something we like to call Ghetto Paella. we've made it before in a slightly different incarnation, but that's the beauty of Ghetto Paella: it can really have anything! (as long as it has rice, of course)

GHETTO PAELLA

what you need:

rice (cooked, uncooked, the leftovers from last night's rice 'n beans)

anything else you have around (we had tomatoes and canned green peas, plus some leftover rice that had some black-eyed peas and spinach in it)

other ideas: sausage, hot dogs, peppers, turnips, just about goddamn anything.

1. cook everything up in a big pan on high heat with a lot of oil

2. if needed, add sriracha/lime/coriander/salt/black pepper

3. ENJOY!

The Pace of Progress

Will Rosenfelds Law be enough to save us?
Given we have (max) a century to figure this shit out before we completely cook ourselves, my guess is a cautious maybe...
Why a century, you ask? Physics, I answer:

For every 4Gt Co2 we emit, the atmospheric concentration goes up by about 1ppm. The global economy emits roughly 8Gt/yr. Between 400-550ppm, temperature increases correspond to roughly to 1degree increase/50ppm increase. But above 550ppm, increases can jump to around 1-2degrees/50ppm...so by 650ppm we are committed to over 5degrees average surface temperature increase, at which point Denver will be tropics. (or more probably a desert...)
Most scientists agree that 350ppm is the concentration we need stabilize at in order to preserve the world climate as it is today. But this implies almost zero emissions in the next fifty years...likely? Hmm. No. So lets give it some wiggle room- say 550ppm. (This still commits us to between 2.3-4degrees increase in average temperature- a potentially catastrophic gamble, but one we are well on the path to making) Since C02 hangs around for centuries, to stabalize at 550ppm we can emit no more than 720Gt Co2 EVER. Thats total, for everything society does over the next several thousand years. Given our current and ever-increasing rate of 8Gt/yr, that gives us just 90 short years to stop emitting completely before we cross the 550ppm threshhold, and, well...

OUR FIRST REAL RECIPE POST

ok, so the other day I made a most delightful snack (not for the vegetarians out there, of course) and since we've been talking about posting our recipes up here for so long, I'm going to DO IT. here goes:

BEANS 'N BACON

(Crazy, I know.)

What you need:

can of beans (preferably black)

some bacon (at least 5 pieces)

optional: The Three C's: cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper

1. pour out most of the bean goo and cook in small saucepan, covered, over low heat, for at least 15 minutes. if you'd like, add the three c's. Not too much, just a little. Maybe a little more cumin than the others. (**black beans and cumin go really well together)

2. in the meantime, cut up the bacon into really small pieces, the smallest you can do. (This is before cooking it!)

3. when you're about 10 minutes into the bean cook time, throw them bacon bits into a pan and cook 'em up real nice. Crunch factor is up to you; I prefer them on the chewier side, but to each his own.

4. When the bacon's looking near-done, throw in those yummy, slightly gooey beans. Cook them altogether for a few more minutes, getting that delicious sizzling bacon fat all over the beans.

5. EAT!

(fucking delicious, right?)

WooHOO

Just got this email from MPP:

Dear Gabriel:

Today, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen
certified the Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 for the November
ballot. This means that on November 2, Californians will finally be able to vote to end marijuana prohibition.

The groundbreaking initiative would make personal
possession and cultivation of marijuana legal for adults over 21 in
California. It would also allow cash-strapped cities and counties to tax and
regulate marijuana sales in order to reap millions in new tax revenues.

This historic proposition will finally allow California
to move away from the destructive policy of prohibition and toward a
more rational approach to marijuana. With talk of marijuana policy reform
already resonating through the halls of the state capitol, today's
announcement will certainly heat up the debate.

We're looking forward to educating the public about the
benefits of taxing and regulating marijuana in the months leading up
to November - hopefully you are too.

Please show your support by pledging to vote
"yes" on California's Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act on
November 2 by visiting, http://www.taxcannabis.org/page/s/pledge?source=mpp



Thanks for supporting MPP and sensible marijuana policy
in California.

Sincerely,

aaron Smith's signature

F. Aaron Smith
California Policy Director
Marijuana Policy Project

Daybreak, Daphnis et Chloé

Ravel. Think floating in orbit on mushrooms, over a star going supernova. That would be close.
Before and beyond filmscore...like a turn of the century Fantasia. Thank god for absinthe!

A Conservative Who 'gets it'

Read this guy...former fox speechwriter, needs a bigger mic!