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  • First 4 Episodes of the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour

    Oooooh laa laaa CHLY.

    How I love thee. My very own radio show proposal was accepted, and now every Wednesday morning at 8am, listeners hear the brand new SWEET AND SOUR VARIETY HOUR!!! (more…)

  • Sister Mary Ashta Covers the RIOT Act

    Every Thursday at 5pm, the Reverend Terence rips up the CHLY airwaves with his presentation of rare, interesting, and obscure tracks. He calls it The RIOT Act!  On January 26th I was fortunate enough to guest host the show.

    For two hours, I branded myself Sister Mary Ashta and “covered” the show. The theme? Unlikely covers. Grouped into genres, I had a blast doing this show! Check out all past episodes of The RIOT Act here.

    To check out the Unlikely Covers episode, hosted by Sister Mary Ashta, click here. Right click to save!

     

  • Members of the Icelandic Parliament nominate Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize

    Read my post from last week about who Bradley Manning is

    From globalresearch.ca:
    February 1 2012 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. Following is the reasoning we sent to the committee explaining why we felt compelled to nominate Private Bradley Manning for this important recognition of an individual effort to have an impact for peace in our world.
    Our letter to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee:
    We have the great honor of nominating Private First Class Bradley Manning for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Manning is a soldier in the United States army who stands accused of releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The leaked documents pointed to a long history of corruption, war crimes, and imperialism by the United States government in international dealings. These revelations have fueled democratic uprising around the world, including a democratic revolution in Tunisia. According to journalists, his alleged actions helped motivate the democratic Arab Spring movements, shed light on secret corporate influence on our foreign policies, and most recently contributed to the Obama Administration agreeing to withdraw all U.S.troops from the occupation in Iraq.
    Bradley Manning has been incarcerated for well over a year by the U.S. government without a trial. He spent over ten months of that time period in solitary confinement, conditions which experts worldwide have criticized as torturous. Juan Mendez, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, has repeatedly requested and been denied a private meeting with Manning to assess his conditions.
    The documents made public by WikiLeaks should never have been kept from public scrutiny. The revelations – including video documentation of an incident in which American soldiers gunned down Reuters journalists in Iraq – have helped to fuel a worldwide discussion about America’s overseas engagements, civilian casualties of war, imperialistic manipulations, and rules of engagement. Citizens worldwide owe a great debt to the WikiLeaks whistleblower for shedding light on these issues, and so I urge the Committee to award this prestigious prize to accused whistleblower Bradley Manning.
    Sincerely,
    Birgitta Jónsdóttir
    Margrét Tryggvadóttir
    Þór Saari
    Members of the Icelandic Parliament for The Movement

  • Nuclear mom slow cooker recipe: Cranberry Roast

    Easy, delicious, hearty, and filling! Not even slightly vegetarian, this recipe is best if you can get a beef roast that hasn’t traveled thousands of miles. It’ll be more delicious!

    In a slow cooker:
    -a pack of onion soup mix (on the bottom)
    -a beef roast
    -a can of whole cranberry sauce (pour over the roast)
    Cook on low for 8 hours.
    When you get home from work, steam some green beans or asparagus.
    Remove roast, and wisk in a couple teaspoons of melted butter and flour to thicken the gravy. Oh man.

    sooooo goooooood.

  • Meat & Dairy: Forks Over Knives

    Meat & Dairy: Forks Over Knives

    One of those movies that does a good job of changing your mind ever so slightly for the better. (more…)

  • Healthy slow cooker recipe: Indian Goulash

    With a slow cooker, anything that comes out of it at the end of the day will taste good as long as all the flavours make sense.  This one is the easiest, most nutritious, yummiest, cheapest, and most convenient!

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