Good to Go is Good to Go so Let's Go!

Here's an open letter from Robin Supak about Good to Go--an organic and local food takeout restaurant we're trying to open:

The storefront of Good to Go Organic and Local Food 
Takeout Restaurant in Cherry Valley, NY

Hi, Everyone,

My lease is signed, and 17 1/2 Main Street is waiting patiently for me to turn it into a tasty, healthy dynamo of a little kitchen. To do that, I’ll need a bank loan, and to get that, I need an impressive show of support. From Friends, Family, Sustainable Food Enthusiasts, Upstate Small Business Investors, and of course, the many that want to see our dear Cherry Valley flourish. 

Here are the details. 

The bottom line is this:  When I open, I will give this kitchen all I have:  my heart and soul, blood, sweat and tears, and time and energy.  The copious amount of encouraging words I’ve received has been overwhelming,  but what I need from each of you now is another cliche altogether: put your money where your mouth is. 

If you can’t afford a whole share, go in on one with somebody.  That’s only fifty bucks:  one for every year of my life that has led me to this very point. Please, I am raring to go. Literally: Good To Go.  Help me get started: stomachs, palates, lives, minds, farms, the economy, the state, karma, earth…all these things will improve with this venture. Get excited with me.

Love and thanks,
Robin Supak

Cato Institutue's Resdient Climate Science Fake Skeptic Finally Takes What He Said Is a Good Bet

When someone says something's a "good bet" one would think that that means they'd be willing to be on it. But with some people, it's like pulling teeth. Probably because they're really not that sure of their own BS.

So, I was surprised when Patrick Michaels finally agreed to the bet he said was a good one.

Fake Climate Science Skeptic Finally Willing to Put Money Where His Mouth Is

Back in January, the CATO Institute's resident climate science fake skeptic Pat "Often Wrong" Michaels wrote in the Moonie Times: "...it’s a pretty good bet that we are going to go nearly a quarter of a century without warming."

Being a life-long gambler who discovered and then lost the best bets ever--politics and climate at Intrade--I contacted him and asked, "How much?"

World O' Crap: The Wit 'N' Wisdom O' Doghouse Riley

World O' Crap: The Wit 'N' Wisdom O' Doghouse Riley

Jesus, think what these people would be like without the humanizing effect of Christianity.

Robert Samuelson: "What Frustrates Constructive Debate is Muddled Pundit Opinion" | Beat the Press

Again with the Dean Baker (if you don't subscribe (RSS), you should)--SS     

Robert Samuelson: "What Frustrates Constructive Debate is Muddled Pundit Opinion" | Beat the Press:

Samuelson's complaint about the size of spending on the elderly is also highly misleading. He complains: 

"In fiscal 2012, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and civil service and military retirement cost $1.7 trillion, about half the budget." 

That sounds really outrageous -- those damn old people. Samuelson case is considerably weakened by the fact that the vast majority of this money was paid into these programs through designated taxes. He might think it's fine to tax people for Social Security and Medicare and use the money for the military or to pay interest on Peter Peterson's government bonds, but the less educated public might not share this view.

Mooching Off Medicaid - NYTimes.com

K-Thug, in part eleventy billion on the GOP rigging of their supposedly Free Markets.--SS   

Mooching Off Medicaid - NYTimes.com:

Don’t tell me about free markets. This is all about spending taxpayer money, and the question is whether that money should be spent directly to help people or run through a set of private middlemen.

This is why Obama can’t make a deal with Republicans

Ezra Klein keeping it real.--SS   

This is why Obama can’t make a deal with Republicans:

So let’s back up. Murphy’s initial view was that to unlock GOP votes for a budget deal, Obama just needed to endorse chained CPI and more means-testing in Medicare. Then it was pointed out that Obama has endorsed means-testing in Medicare, so Murphy wondered why he didn’t endorse chained CPI as part of a deal. Then it was pointed out that Obama did endorse chained CPI, at which point Murphy called chained CPI “a gimmick,” and said Obama had to endorse raising the Medicare age, drop his demands for more revenue as part of a deal and earn back the GOP’s trust. 

Recall what Chait said would happen if the Republican legislator in my column was forced to react to the fact that Obama has endorsed chained CPI: “He would come up with something – the cuts aren’t real, or the taxes are awful, or they can’t trust Obama to carry them out, or something.” Check, check, and check.

The Science Behind Coffee and Why it's Actually Good for Your Health

Of course, Organic Kona Coffee is even better for you.--SS     

The Science Behind Coffee and Why it's Actually Good for Your Health (from Lifehacker):

A cup of coffee contains (30):

6% of the RDA for Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5).
11% of the RDA for Riboflavin (Vitamin B2).
2% of the RDA for Niacin (B3) and Thiamine (B1).
3% of the RDA for Potassium and Manganese. 

May not seem like much, but if you drink several cups of coffee per day then this quickly adds up.
But this isn't all. Coffee also contains a massive amount of antioxidants. In fact, coffee is the biggest source of antioxidants in the western diet, outranking both fruits and vegetables combined...