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Common sense washes over council member, citizens afraid

March 5th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Well kiss my grits and break out the fine plastic china. As reported by the Sun’s B’More Green blog, Tim Wheeler tells us this morning that Jim Kraft, long time advocate of the proposed ban on plastic bags in grocery stores has somewhat reversed his opinion and opted for a program of mutual cooperation between businesses and city community groups in an effort to educate the public (wha????) concerning the virtues of reusable grocery bags and litter reduction. HIGH FIVE, JIM KRAFT. Meanwhile, unfortunately, councilman Bill Henry is still opining for a fee on the plastic menace, while Mary Pat Clarke would like to see an “automatic trigger” put into effect in which a ban or fee would be implemented if certain reduction goals are not met. …and we all know … Read entire article »

Filed under: Politics

The Wonderful World of Carbon Offsets

September 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments

So I’m browsing through my bank’s reward-related website so I can cash in my accumulated 15,000 or so bonus points that I’ve hoarded over the past four years or so, in an effort to maybe get something of value. And big shocker, the only thing worth trading those points in for is cold, hard cash at a conversion of $0.008 per dollar spent using the card (not including bonus points or whatever). None of this matters, what DOES matter is the fact that I happened upon something that you can apparently trade in your bonus points for, something I had heard of but thought was strictly related to lifestyle choices: Carbon Offsets. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Consumerism, WTF

Baltimore News Threefer

April 23rd, 2008 | 6 Comments

(from Monday) Prosecutors try to make their jobs easier; slightly craftier murderers continue to murder Upon first glance, this plan ‘serves to increase the rate of convictions’ but if they outright refuse to prosecute a murder simply because they’re too fucking incompetent to protect a single witness or get them to testify, then we truly should all just buy shotguns and walk around in body armor at all times. I would have no problem with the entire city entering a state of Mutually Assured Destruction. Everyone in body armor, armor-plated cars (sorry, Hummers), laser guided Pit Bulls and surveillance cameras documenting the whole thing. Then, we sell the feed to Fox, turn it into a cable pay-per-view channel, and use the forthcoming windfall to build 10 foot walls around Federal Hill, Canton, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Baltimore