Nick Hanauer is rich. He’s an unrepentant capitalist and he’s not ashamed to tell you so. But at the same time, he has unconventional opinions for a rich guy: he wants to raise the minimum wage.

Hanauer argues that growing inequality is pushing our society to the brink, and the conditions resemble pre-revolutionary France. I don’t think his assessment is incorrect. In Los Angeles, the minimum wage is $9. Anyone in LA can tell you that $9 an hour is absolutely nowhere near enough to get by. And what our economy needs isn’t just more people who are able to get by, but more people who can get by and buy.

We can argue all day about what type of economy would best serve the people; all people, wealthy, middle class, and poor. But when it comes to the economic system we have now, consumer spending is what powers this system. If the consumers can’t spend, producers can’t produce. It’s as easy as that.

As Hanauer says in Robert Reich’s documentary, Inequality for All, a billionaire will only go out to eat so many times. He only owns so many pillows. So many pairs of jeans. Consolidating wealth doesn’t create jobs and it doesn’t power economic activity.

We’ve begun to hear so much about GMO foods in the news. Some people want to use them, others want to ban them. But in both camps, there are folks who aren’t totally sure what a GMO crop is.

By definition, a GMO, or genetically modified organism, is the result of a laboratory process where genes from the DNA of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal. The foreign genes may come from bacteria, viruses, insects, and even humans in some cases.

The debate rages on about whether or not these genetically modified ingredients should appear in our food. All we can do is be educated about it and make the right choices.

Detoxing your body is an incredibly important thing to do. It’s not a once in a while thing to do, though. This is something we should be doing over the course of our lives to help continue good health through all of our days. In addition to regular detoxes, eating well and exercising are critical to overall good health. But let’s get into this super easy detox tea:

You will need:

• 1/4 cup of cloves
• 2 organic lemons, sliced finely
• 6 thumbs of organic ginger, or a piece about the size of your palm

Instructions...

I’ve had chickens for years and argue that they’re easier to take care of than cats, though like with any animal, pet or livestock, there’s some work that goes into making sure they’re set up and have a safe living arrangement. Chickens are low on the food chain, and some local predators might try to get at them. I actually had a falcon attempt to catch one of mine last week. Thwarted, naturally.

When it comes down to it, a lot of store-bought eggs don’t come from farms like this:

But from farms like this...

This video was a lot of fun to watch. In it, Joe Rogan talks with Eddie Bravo about the common misconceptions people have about cannabis.

Back in Boston, the real problem was I hung out with a bunch of fuckin’ idiots. The people that I knew that smoked pot were idiots and pot wasn’t helping them. If you got a little low watt brain and you super charge it with fuckin’ jet fuel, you still got a low watt brain. So I associated pot with stupid people but then I meet this genius (Eddie Bravo) and he smokes pot all the time. I’m an open-minded person, and I’m willing to drop all preconceived notions that I have and go “Ok, I’ll try it”. I remember very clearly the day I got high with him. I remember that day going , “Fuuucck!!!” It was like I shot through a cannon and all of a sudden I was on the other side. He was like “Dude, glad to have you over here”. And I’m like “Glad to be over here. I can’t believe I was over there!” Shit, we had ice cream sundaes, I couldn’t believe how good it taste! Millions of new thoughts were just flooding my brain, it was like I was ripping down walls and shit was just flowing in.