So Fresh and So Green

AP Photo: A woman has ink applied to her finger after casting her ballot during elections in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Sunday July 4, 2010. A dozen Mexican states held elections Sunday after a campaign marred by assassinations and scandals that displayed drug cartels' power, including the killing of Rodolfo Torre the former frontrunner for governor of Tamaulipas state, whose brother ran in his place.

For the 4th of July today I’d also like to talk about Mexico. I’ll explain why the state of Mexico says so much about the US in this post. (more…)

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There’s Lean, there’s Syrup, there’s Player Potion, there’s Purple Stuff…

It’s considered by a lot of people to be normal.

If you see somebody on crack ‘What’s wrong with this guy?’

If you see someone with a cup of…Lean that’s just a player doing his thing. ~Dr. Ron Peters Associate Professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health

He’s talking about “sizzurp” a drink popular in Southern states where that drank is another name for a drink made with codine, promithazene mix and “sizzurp” which is syrup, cough syrup to be exact. (more…)

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This song was chosen because the lyrics pretty much say it all.

Song: Boogie Down Productions- “Beef”
From the Album: Edutainment, 1990

My neighbor gave me a mixtape he made back when mixtapes were actually on cassette tapes. He specifically pointed this song out to me and it has haunted me ever since! (more…)

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Photo Credit: Reuters, Afghan girl working during a harvest in a poppy field with marines on patrol

“[It]… has affected my wheat cultivation and my chickens and other animals as well,” he said.

“The powder sprayed has a white colour and I think it is chemical and if you squeeze it in your hand, water

comes out of it.” ~Farmer Haji Mohammad in Nawzad, Afghanistan as told to the BBC

Sometimes I think many believe the environment has nothing to do with them. That’s an easier position to take if one lives in an urban or even suburban community, but the effects of problems in nature can be felt in ways one might not even think of.

In this case if you’re on heroin or know someone who is junkies beware, the price is going up. (more…)

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