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Few Earmarks For Bridge Repairs After Minnesota Collapse

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Earmarks, Campaigns, Minnesota Bridge Collapse, Pork, US Pirg, Lobbyblog, I-35 Bridge, Bridge Repairs, Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Bridge Collapse, Politics News

Amid the national hand-wringing after the Minnesota bridge collapse of 2007, members of Congress earmarked 10 times more money for new transportation ...

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Rabia Sarwar Tried To Slit Husband Sheikh Naseem's Throat For Making Her Eat Pork, Wear Short Skirts

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Staten Island Muslim, Rabia Sarwar Attempted Murder, Islam, Sexy Skirts, Rabia Sarwar Attack, Staten Island Islam, Rabia Sarwar, Pork, Muslim, Rabia Sarwar Assault, Staten Island, New York, New York City, Sheikh Naseem, New York News

NEW YORK — A devout Muslim woman told police she slashed her husband's neck with a kitchen knife as he slept because he forced her to eat pork, ...

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Big Pork at the Government Trough -- Again

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: National Debt, House Agriculture Committee, Bailout, National Pork Producers Council, Swine Flu, Ohio, Factory Farms, Usda, Pork, H1n1, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

The public no longer wants a combination of financial bailouts and government deregulation. But Congress and the U.S.D.A. never seem to have gotten the memo when it comes to Big Agribusiness, especially the pork industry.

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A Sandwich Shop Ups Its Game

Ed Levine | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Restaurants, New York, New York Restaurants, Chopped Liver, Sandwiches, Ricotta, Pork, Flatiron, Restaurant Reviews, Goat Cheese, New York News
Ed Levine

It was only a matter of time before 'wichcraft, Tom Colicchio's very solid sandwich bar in the Flatiron, started serving dinner.

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The Constructive Effects of Public Exposure

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Spending, Pork, Support the Troops, Earmarks, Defense Budget, House Armed Services Committee, Winslow T. Wheeler, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

After the practice was publicly identified in recent debates, the Congressional Armed Services Committees seem to have reduced one of their own more obnoxious, anti-defense, pro-pork activities.

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The Pentagon Kluge That Refuses to Die

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: F-22, Robert Gates, Earmarks, F-22 Raptor, Congress, Pork, Defense Spending, Defense Budget, Winslow T. Wheeler, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

After a long fight, Gates and President Obama ultimately prevailed this summer in ending further F-22 production. Game over. Right? Anyone who thinks so doesn't appreciate the staying power of Congress' porkers.

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What Can Danish Hogs Teach Us About Antibiotics?

Laura Rogers | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Antibiotics, Pamta, Congress, Pork, Industrial Agriculture, Denmark, Health, Pew Charitable Trust, Laura Rogers, Health Care, Living News
Laura Rogers

Denmark's ban on the routine use of antibiotics on food animal farms is a success. The United States has an effective model to draw upon when it comes to protecting public health.

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Defense Pork Ladled Out To Defense Subcommittees' Campaign Contributors

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pork, Defense Spending, Earmarks, Lobbyblog, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Transparency, Politics News

Earmark watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense is barking: The 18 members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense will bring home 60 percent...

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Support Our Troops: The Senate Porkers' Approach

Winslow T. Wheeler | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Senate, John McCain, Defense Spending, Pork, Earmarks, Defense Budget, Defense Appropriations, Politics News
Winslow T. Wheeler

In 30 years on Capitol Hill, I never saw Congress mangle the defense budget as badly as this year. Despite that, I see signs that we might be on the cusp of a change for the better.

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Perfect Pulled Pork

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Pork Butt, Pork, Barbecue, Pulled-Pork, Barbeque, Bbq, Food, Grilling, Cooking, Smoking Pork Butt, Mustard Sauce, Pulled Pork Recipe, Pulled Pork, Style News
Craig

This process, which can take 8-12 hours or more, is the quintessence of smoke cooking. Lazy, slow, easy, fragrant.

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Pork Industry Bailout Request Full of Fat

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Horse Protection Act, Iowa Pork Producers, Animal Welfare Act, National Debt, Commodity Programs, Public Funds, Pork, Usda, Critics, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

Our government actually bails out the pork industry when it overproduces and buys up volumes of surplus pork, typically by dumping these surplus commodities into our nation's schools and food programs.

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Senate/Assembly Pork: Who's Getting The Choicest Cuts?

Times Union | Times Union | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Pork Barrel, New York State Senate, Grants, New York State, Pork Barrel Spending, New York State Assembly, Pork, New York, Legislation, New York News

Under Democratic control of the Senate, upstate lost nearly $26 million in member items, the discretionary grants doled out by legislators commonly ca...

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Pig Roasts: The Latest NYC Restaurant Trend

Ed Levine | Posted 08.29.2009 | New York

Read More: East Village, Pig Roasts, Manhattan, Pork, Pigs, Hearth, New York News
Ed Levine

Beef and chicken, so has been. Pork is in.

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Behind the Scenes with a Real Iron Chef

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 08.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Barbecue, cancersuckschicago.com, Bbq, Cookoff, Mike Lake, Tana Shupe, Kcbs, Candy Weaver, Shannon Il, Todd Johns, Mike Davis, BBQr's Delight, Illinois, Lotta Bull, Fast Eddy's, Pork, Barbeque, Warth, Cookshack, Style News
Craig

Competitive barbecue may be the fastest growing sport in the nation. Many of the cooks are part of a band of roving gypsies who drive for days to go for gold and glory.

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Stimulus Has Millions In Spending On Actual Pork, Ham

New York Post | GEOFF EARLE | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Food Banks, Stimulus Spending, Pork Barrel Spending, Pork, Stimulus, Business News

Millions of dollars for pork. No, we mean actual pork. The NY Post reports today that the government is going on a stimulus spending "deli run," with ...

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How Pork Rinds Are Made (VIDEO)

Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Processed Food, Pork, How Pork Rinds Are Made, Industrial Food System, Factory Farming, Pork Rinds, Pork Production, Prok Ring Factory, Food, Green News

In case you haven't gotten enough behind-the-scenes industrial food production footage from Food, Inc., we've got a video for you. Highlights include ...

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Common Sense vs. the Military-Industrial-Political-Complex on the Floor of the U.S. House Today

Tom Andrews | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Army, Military, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Appropriations, F-22, Pork, Iraq, Democrats, Defense Budget, House Armed Services Committee, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Andrews

The Defense bill Congress takes up today is less about meeting the national defense needs of the United States and more about meeting the pork-barrel political needs of Washington politicians.

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Has Change Come to the South?

David Parker | Posted 07.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, French Quarter, Pork, Mississippi, Comedy, Seafood, Seersucker, Comedy News
David Parker

In the French Quarter, bartenders still look like strippers, strippers still look like prostitutes and prostitutes still look like, well, they also look like prostitutes.

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Does the Waxman-Markey Bill "Give Away 85% of Allowances to Polluters"?

David Roberts | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Ed Markey, Emission Allowances, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Pork, Henry Waxman, Myths, Auctions, Allocation, Environment, Green News
David Roberts

As the Waxman-Markey climate/energy bill nears a make-or-break vote in the House, those who work to improve it need more than ever to understand it first.

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Will Zoe Loefgrin Vote $108 Billion For European Banks While California Goes Bankrupt?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry McNerney, Sam Farr, San Jose, Boondoggle, Meltdown, Campaign, Mike Thompson, Rahm Emanueal, Election, Zoe Lofgren, Cervical Cancer, 2010, California Bankrupt, Doris Matsui, Monterey, Waste, Supplemental, European Toxic Assets, Pork, Mike Honda, Sacramento, European Bankers, Napa, Breaast Cancer, Pleasanton, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

How will Loefgin justify giving $108 billion in loan guarantees to European banks while her own state goes bankrupt? How will anybody?

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Make Your Own Signature BBQ Sauce: A Taxonomy of America's Regional BBQ Sauces

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 06.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Memorial Day, Barbecue Sauce, Barbecue, Rendezvous Rub, Ribs, Cooper's, Texas Mop Sauce, Piedmont, North Carolina, Hot Sauce, Kansas City, Brisket, Dry Rub, Alabama, Louisiana, Jack Daniels, Lexington Dip, Bbq, Memphis, South Carolina, Low Country, Pork, Pulled Pork, Big Bob Gibson's, Barbeque, Memorial Day Weekend, Style News
Craig

Barbecue has evolved along disparate paths around the nation, led down these trails by the racial and ethnic immigrants who settled there. Indeed, barbecue sauce is a cultural phenomenon.

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Celebrating Mexican Pork Day

Carolynn Carreño | Posted 06.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Mexican Independence Day, Pork, Michelada, Puebla, Tinga, Cinco De Mayo, Carolynn Carreno, Style News
Carolynn Carreño

My favorite Poblano dish to make, partly because it is infinitely quicker and easier than the better known mole Poblano, is tinga, a dish of pulled pork bound by a sauce of onions and chipotle.

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Doth Smithfield Protest Too Much? Swine Flu Brings Focus to Factory Farm Practices

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Smithfield Foods, Swine Flu Outbreak, Swine Flu, Cafo, Factory Farms, Larry Pope, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Pork, H1n1, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

As I wrote earlier this week, the virus formerly known as the swine flu (although the CDC continues to say that indeed the H1N1 strain does, as initia...

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Are Contrarians Helping or Hurting the Food Movement? Pork Op-Ed in NYT a Shill for Big Ag

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Pork, Shill, False Equivalence, Free-Range, New York Times, Big Ag, Media, Free-Range Pork, Food Policy, Factory Farms, Food Safety, Green News
Paula Crossfield

It seems that the New York Times, in its desperation to sell papers, fell into the trap of story building over truth-finding.

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Tea Party Video: Right-Wing Tax Protests Caught On Tape

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Party Tax Protests, Tea Party Videos, Tea Party Protests, Tea Party Day, Tea Party Tax, Tea Party Video, Tax Protests, Tax Tea Party, Tax Day, Tax Tea Parties, Tea Parties, Tax Day Tea Party, Video of Tea Party, Tea Party 2009, Tea Parties Video, Tea Parties in Fort Worth, Video of Tea Parties, Tax Day Tea Parties, Protest, April 15 Tea Party, Tea Party Tax Day, Tea Party Protest, Pork, Tea Party, Tea Protest, Tea Party April 15, Tea Parties Tax Day, Politics News

HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Anti-tax activists are assembling ...

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