Posts Tagged ‘Friday Afternoon’

Ginger Loving Care

I know the weekend is near when I get an email from the farmers market director on Friday afternoon. Rebbie Higgins writes about what she’s been eating: You may feel like you’re up to your armpits in tomatoes (everyone’s a gardener this year!), but it won’t last forever, so enjoy them while you can. Tree and Leaf is already starting to bring their green tomatoes: I fry them in olive oil and serve them on brown rice with a fried egg and salt for comfort food. Rebbie also highlights the ma


Patrick Sheltra Completes First NASCAR Nationwide Series Practice At Kansas

KANSAS CITY , Kansas (October 2, 2009) – - ARCA RE/MAX Series ( ARS ) veteran driver Patrick Sheltra tackled his first NASCAR Nationwide Series ( NNS ) laps at Kansas Speedway Friday afternoon trying to dial in his No. 81 Buffalo Wings & Rings-MC2 Energy Drink Dodge Charger for tomorrow’s Kansas Lottery 300. Sheltra, fresh off an 11th place finish in Thursday’s Kansas Lottery 150 ARCA RE/MAX Series campaign posted the 34th fastest lap by maneuvering a time of 33.128 seconds at 1


Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread: Fossil Fuel

Emily Gertz at Grist writes: G20 cans fossil-fuel subsidies, but fails to make other climate-conserving moves On Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama formally announced that the world’s 20 major developed and developing nations had agreed to gradually eliminate fossil-fuel subsidies. It was the only climate-specific policy directive to come out of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Pittsburgh, and it fell far short in the view of climate activists, who were hoping for a firm propo


Mr. Reality Sprays Some Roundup on the Green Shoots

A little Friday afternoon econolinkage for you. U.S. durable goods orders tumble 2.4% in August - Excluding transportation, orders weakest since April…. Wichita Suffers From Bizjet Downturn - A severe downturn in the aviation industry has led to the loss of 30,000 jobs in Wichita as the impact from mass layoffs at companies such as Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and [...]


Obama ‘green jobs’ adviser quits amid controversy

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama’s adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.Related Posts:Van Jones — Obama ‘green jobs’ adviser quits amid controversyByron York — The Van Jones (non) feeding frenzyPolitico on the Friday afternoon Obama decision: Caldera resigns after flyover debacleAxelrod waffles on Obama no-middle-class-tax-hike vow: PoliticoAP: Obama’s own party worried health plan lacks votes


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