Made From Recycled Customers 9/25/13  Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.  dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com.  612-298-2354

Wednesday September 25, 2013 "As early as 1804 some New England Federalists had discussed secession from the Union if the national government became too oppressive."

"Secession was again mentioned in 1814–1815; all but one leading Federalist newspaper in New England supported a plan to expel the western states from the Union. Otis, the key leader of the Convention, blocked radical proposals such as a seizure of the Federal customs house, impounding federal funds, or declaring neutrality. Otis thought the Madison administration was near collapse and that unless conservatives like himself and the other delegates took charge, the radical secessionists might take power. Indeed, Otis was unaware that Massachusetts Governor Strong had already sent a secret mission to discuss terms with the British for a separate peace." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Convention

***Smartphone app, learned about on Twitter:

    40% of the food we produce goes to waste.
    25% of us don't know our neighbors' names.
    70% of us are overweight.
    16% of Americans lack enough food for a healthy lifestyle.
    99% of us don't need a second helping of the beef lo mein.

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***From Twitter:

GalleyCat ‏@GalleyCat
Would you like a glass of "Red Satin?" E.L. James helps create ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ wines: http://mbist.ro/190wN8J

isalmanac ‏@Disalmanac
Today in 1951, Mark Hamill was born. George Lucas has removed Hamill from the original "Star Wars," replacing him with a CGI walrus.

Jessica Misener ‏@jessmisener
i think we're all ignoring the real news here: portland has a VEGAN STRIP CLUB
Retweeted by Ben Smith