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Cooking With Acorns Not Just for Squirrels (Mmmmm....Acorn Bread) :)
Offbeat  (tags: Native Americans, California, acorns, main food source, acorn bread, recipes, yum )

Little
- 4 days ago - siouxme.com
Natives did not have to be farmers, and...were hunters and gatherers. There was a ready supply of deer, fish, rabbits, fowl, native plants for vegetables, and native fruits. Even so, acorns were the main food source for 3/4 of California Native Americans.
Meet the Billionaire Brothers Funding the Right-Wing War on Obama
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, business, government, obama, opponents )

Tierney
- 11 days ago - alternet.org
Billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch are the wealthiest, and perhaps most effective, opponents of President Obama's progressive agenda. They have been looming in the background of every major domestic policy dispute this year. Ranked as the 9th ri
Cyclone Alert for South Gujarat
Offbeat  (tags: Cyclone, south Gujarat, depression, Arabian Sea )

Sophie
- 41 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The weather department has issued a cyclone alert in south Gujarat as the deep depression over Arabian Sea moving in the northerly direction is expected to cross between Mahua and Dahanu early on Thursday morning.
DESERT GURL: Inspiration When It's Bugger Down Here on Earth
Offbeat  (tags: inspiration, health, prayer, meditation, interesting, humor, entertaining, monty python, song )

Marion
- 117 days ago - desertgurl.com
Saturday. I love Saturdays. And though I'm retired and you'd think the days would run together, Saturday still feels extra special. Saturday is such a relief after a bugger of a week. And this week seemed to be more so than usual.
Mosquito Repellent Firm Fined for Mosquito Breeding
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, ethics, crime, bizarre, business, odd )

Suzybell
- 173 days ago - metro.co.uk
The manager of a mosquito repellent factory in Sri Lanka was fined and faces a possible six months in jail - for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on his company's premises. 'The court fined the superintendent of a mosquito coil company for fail
Cops Surprised By Squirrel in Woman's Cleavage
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, humor, interesting, funny, bizarre, animals, police )

Suzybell
- 173 days ago - metro.co.uk
Police got a furry surprise during an interview, when a squirrel climbed out of the cleavage of a woman they were questioning. The baby squirrel climbed out from between the women's breasts as she was in the police station with detectives in Warren, Ohio
Cocaine in Spain Is Hidden By a Sprain? | Oddly Enough | Reuters
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, crime, world, news, odd, off-beat, police )

Joan
- 291 days ago - reuters.com
A 66-year-old passenger who arrived at Barcelona airport in a wheelchair and with a leg cast made entirely of cocaine was arrested on Friday as he tried to get through customs.
Spiritually Rethinking the Economy
Offbeat  (tags: debt, economy, ethics, finance, humans, money, society, conservation, nature, protection, ethics, government, conservation, environment, humans, interesting, organic, society, culture, ethics, environment, technology )

Kat
- 291 days ago - utne.com
With the economy in crisis, right now seems like a good time to rethink the economic fundamentals of American life. The latest issue of Tikkun has three articles questioning some of the basic assumptions inherent in today's economy, trying to move...
Disabled Woman Given Mermaid Tail to Help Her Swim
Offbeat  (tags: Nadya Vessey, amputee, mermaid, mermaid's tail, swimming, disabilities )

Blue
- 298 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A woman who lost both her legs as a child has been turned into a mermaid by the Lord of the Rings special effects team so she can go swimming.
New Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Flavors Cream Bush
Offbeat  (tags: ice cream, food, politics, sarcasm, government, news, Obama, GWBush )

Lynne
- 307 days ago - alternet.org
I'm not usually one to forward on chain emails, but the following joke (yes, unfortunately the following is just for laughs) has been going around and it's too good not to share.
 
 
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