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The Boycott of Israel is “Gaining Speed” – An Analysis (9/7/10)

On September 5, 2010 the Israel newspaper Haaretz published an article the headline of which read “Anti-Israel Economic Boycotts are Gaining Speed.” The subtitle went on to state that “the sums involved are not large, but their international significance is huge.” Actually, what seems to have triggered the piece was not international. Rather, it was the decision of a “few dozen theater people” to boycott “a new cultural center in Ariel,” an illegally settled town in the Occupied Territories. This action drew public support from 150 academics in Israel. The response from the Israeli right, which presently controls the government and much of Israel’s information environment, was loud and hateful.

Though this affair was domestic, it provided a jumping off point for Haaretz to go on and examine the larger international boycott of Israel which is indeed “gaining speed.” It noted that Chile had recently pledged to boycott products from the Israeli settlements and Norway’s state pension plan had divested itself of companies involved in construction in the Occupied Territories. The Haaretz article pointed out that these incidents (and there are others that can be named in such countries as Ireland and Venezuela) are signs that the boycott movement –so long the province civil society– is now finding resonance at the level of national governments. The Israeli paper declared that “the world is changing before our eyes. Five years ago the anti-Israel movement may have been marginal. Now it is growing into an economic problem.”

The article puts forth two explanations for this turn of events one of which is problematic, and the other incomplete. Let’s take a look at them.

1. “Until now boycott organizers had been on the far left. [Now] they have a new ally: Islamic organizations….The red side has a name for championing human rights, while the green side [the Islamic side] has money.” I have some personal knowledge of the boycott movement and I find some of these particulars to be, at best, exaggerations. The term “far left” must be based on some arbitrary Zionist definition of the political spectrum. Worldwide community support for the growing boycott movement has gone beyond political alignments. Today, it is a reflection of real united front seeking the promotion of Palestinian human rights (in this Haaretz is on the mark). As for the “green side” there is certainly an understandable affinity here. Muslims too are concerned about the human rights of Palestinians (including the Christians ones). However, the claim of any significant flow of cash is, as far as I know, another exaggeration. The Haaretz piece cites the example of the aid flotilla to Gaza, with its link to Turkey. But this is just one case in a worldwide movement. And, there was nothing illegitimate (despite Israeli propaganda) about the involvement of Turkish charities. It might come as a surprise to the Israelis, but you can run a boycott movement without heavy outside funding–as was the case of the boycott against South Africa.

2. Haaretz continues, “but then came the occupation, which turned us into the evil Goliath, the cruel oppressor, a darkness on the nations.” The article suggests that this is such a contrast with the righteous stand that helped convince the West to support the original formation of Israel that many have turned away from Israel in disappointment. “And now we are paying the price of presenting ourselves as righteous and causing disappointment: boycott.” No doubt there is much disappointment. The horrors of Israeli expansionism and occupation are such that they draw worldwide attention. And rightly so. But, they are symptoms of some deeper cause. What might it be? The state of Israel was founded on an ideological program called Zionism. That program called for the establishment of a state designed to serve the exclusive interests of one religiously identified group. While the Zionists felt this aim was justified by the centuries of persecution suffered by European Jews, it actually carried within it the seeds of its own corruption. The simple truth is that you cannot successfully design a state for one group only unless you found it on some desert island. If you put it down in a place that is occupied by others who are not of your group, what is the most likely next step? You turn into racists, ethnic cleansers, or worse. The Zionist adherence to their ideology and its program is the cause of their turning into “cruel oppressors.” The means dictated by their end made it so.

The Haaretz article does not go beyond these points, but there is plenty more to say. Those who wonder whether they should support the boycott should certainly consider the horrors of the Israeli occupation and its ghettoizing of the people of Gaza. They might also consider the following:

1. The non-Jewish population of Israel proper, that is Israel within the 1967 borders (the “Green Line”) are subject to segregation and economic and social discrimination that is both de jure and de facto. Their overall standards of living are lower than the Israeli Jews, their educational facilities inferior and their economic prospects poorer. This is to be expected. If you are running your state based on a racist principle, by definition discrimination must infuse the home front. This fact does not appear to fit with the often heard claim that the Israelis are “just like us” Americans. However, in a rather anachronistic way they are “like us” – that is like the United States prior to our civil rights legislation. In other words, Israel is like, say, Georgia or Alabama circa the 1920s.

2. The second factor worthy of consideration is the negative international impact of Zionist ideology, for the harm Zionism is not confined to either Israel or its Occupied Territories. The fact is that Zionist influence spreads far beyond Israel’s area of dominion and now influences many of the policy making institutions of Western governments, and particularly those of the United States. This influence is corruptive if only because it distorts both official and popular notions of national interests in the Middle East. When you have a powerful and single-minded lobby that is able to manipulate your government in such a fashion that it pours its national treasure into a racist state, arms it and protects it to the point of becoming an accomplice to its crimes, and by doing so willfully alienates 22% of the world’s population, you know that your notion of national interest has been seriously mangled. This harmful influence makes it imperative that Israel’s oppressive behavior be singled out as a high priority case from among the many other oppressive regimes that may be candidates for boycott.

So no one in Israel, the U.S. or anywhere else should be surprised that the boycott against Israel, in its many manifestations, is “gaining speed.” If you are not yet a supporter you should become one. To join the boycott is good the world’s future in general. It is certainly good for the Palestinians, and yes, it is good for the Jews too.

Lawrence Davidson
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West Chester University
West Chester, Pa 19383
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Revisiting a Rossellini Classic to Find Resonances of Today

The 1950s are full of movies that were initially greeted, by critics and audiences, with indifference or derision, only to be hailed as masterpieces in hindsight. “Vertigo,” “The Searchers” and “The Sweet Smell of Success” are among the best-known examples of this kind of revisionism. Another, only slightly less famous, is Roberto Rossellini’s “Viaggio in Italia,” a film so maligned and neglected in 1955, the year of its American release, that it did not receive a review in The New York.
Better late than never. A restored digital version of “Voyage to Italy” (one of several English titles that have been used over the years) begins a nine-day run at Film Forum on Wednesday, which seems as good an occasion as any to update the critical record. As it happens, the treachery of time — the unwelcome intrusion of the past, the empty languor of the present, the terrifying uncertainty of the future — is one of Rossellini’s themes, and part of what makes this film, for all its charming glimpses of a bygone era, feel so unnervingly contemporary.
Its failure no doubt had something to do with the scandal that embroiled the movie’s director and its star, Ingrid Bergman, and also with the ideological volatility of Italian cultural life. In 1948, after seeing “Paisan” and “Rome: Open City,” Bergman wrote Rossellini a letter offering her services if he should “need a Swedish actress who speaks English very well.” While making “Stromboli,” they began an affair that ended both of their marriages and provoked the highly selective moral outrage of the American press. In his own country, Rossellini was attacked less for marital infidelity than for betraying the cause of neorealism, allowing his camera to stray from local social problems to Hollywood stars.

And yet the reality of postwar Italy is very much visible in “Voyage,” as is a strong intimation of the direction of Italian cinema in the coming years. The film follows Katherine and Alex Joyce (Bergman and George Sanders), a British couple who arrive in Naples to sell a piece of property belonging to a recently deceased and highly enigmatic relative known as Uncle Homer. That business transaction is never concluded, and is in any case a distraction from the luxurious stasis that envelops Alex and Katherine, a state that might be described as a blend of ennui and la dolce farniente.

The two languish for a while at a hotel and at Uncle Homer’s villa, where the frosty state of their relations fails to melt in the Mediterranean sun. Katherine spends her days sightseeing in the Museum of Archaeology and experiencing a tremor of anxiety at the Cave of the Cumaean Sibyl. Alexander takes an excursion to Capri, where he flirts and socializes.

Sanders later complained that “the story of the film was never understood at any time, by anyone, least of all the audience when the picture was released.” And he had a point, even though he may have missed Rossellini’s. “Voyage” is not driven by the usual machinery of plot and exposition, but rather by a succession of moods, an emotional logic alternately reflected and obscured by the picturesque surroundings. The rich symbolism of the Italian landscape — the volcanic pools at Vesuvius, the ruins of Pompeii, the vistas that have stirred the imagination of artists at least since Virgil — makes the emptiness of the Joyces’ marriage all the more palpable and painful. Their emotional and spiritual sterility contrasts with the fertility signified by the baby carriages and pregnant women Katherine encounters every time she ventures into Naples, and also by the religious procession of the film’s devastating final scene.

Rossellini’s way of dissolving narrative into atmosphere, of locating drama in the unspoken inner lives of his characters, anticipates some of what Michelangelo Antonioni would do a few years later in “L’Avventura.” “Voyage to Italy” is thus in the vanguard of what Pauline Kael would disparagingly call “come-dressed-as-the-sick-soul-of-Europe parties.” Some of us will never tire of those soirees, with their black-tied gloom and elegant suffering, and will therefore relish the beauty and melancholy of this voyage, along with its touristic snapshots and heart-tugging Neapolitan songs.

The Joyces, though their manners and modes of dress mark them as creatures of another, perhaps more refined age, are immediately recognizable in their loneliness, their cynicism and their thwarted desire to connect and to feel. It may be too late. “Voyage to Italy” takes place in a series of simultaneous aftermaths — of World War II, of a glorious ancient civilization, of Uncle Homer’s wild life, of whatever passion once united Katherine and Alex. And yet amid all this exhaustion it finds signs of vitality. In its time, this film represented the arrival of something new, and even now it can feel like a bulletin from the future.

Voyage to Italy
Directed by Roberto Rossellini; written by Vitaliano Brancati and Roberto Rossellini; director of photography, Enzo Serafin; edited by Jolanda Benvenuti; music by Renzo Rossellini; set design by Piero Filippone; costumes by Fernanda Gattinoni; produced by Adolfo Fossataro, Alfredo Guarini, Roberto Rossellini, Sveva-Junior and Italiafilm-SEC; released by Janus Films. At Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, west of Avenue of the Americas, South Village. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes. This film is not rated.

WITH: Ingrid Bergman (Katherine Joyce), George Sanders (Alexander Joyce), Maria Mauban (Marie), Anna Proclemer (the Prostitute), Paul Müller (Paul Dupont), Leslie Daniels (Tony Burton), Natalia Ray (Natalie Burton) and Jackie Frost (Betty).

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TACP’s “A Christmas Carol” Part 3

Scene: Early morning in Scrooge’s living room. Scrooge is seated on a recliner reading a copy of Machiavelli’s “The Prince.”  The Ghost of Christmas Present, played by George W. Bush, slowly comes crawling out from under a big couch holding a decimated french fry. Scrooge looks up from his book just as the Ghost stands up.

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Ghost: Well I’ll be a liberal’s gay uncle! All I found under there was a fry! I was told you had WMD’s hidden under there by The Ghost of Christmas Past. Guess I should’ve verified that before I went snooping around under another man’s couch.  Oh well, live and learn, eh? How are you Mr. Scrooge?

Scrooge: Not happy! Haven’t you ghosts ever heard of a damn door?  First the window entrance, and now this. And the only WMD I have here is the Bible, which gives me the moral justification to condemn and judge others as I deem fit. That, my friend, is a powerful weapon when combined with great wealth, a lack of empathy toward others, being male, and the blessing of having lily-white skin covering your bones.

Ghost: You have a point there, but, I’m here to see if there is any humanity left inside that crusty, nasty, shriveled  heart of yours. So, take my hand as I take you to neighborhoods and cities around the world where people are hungry, sick, and have no access to medical care.

Scrooge: OK, I’ll go, but if it’s a donation to some charity your after you can fuck yourself.  Prayer is all the poor need. That and to not to be so fucking poor all the time.

[A musical montage follows with Scrooge and the Ghost visiting about 75-80% of the places on our planet where humans live. Poor, sick, and starving children are seen as John Williams theme to “Superman” plays (That’s the only music I could get the rights to for this movie, so piss off if you don’t think it fits.) The music then slowly fades as the two characters return to Scrooge’s living room.]

Ghost: Well, Mr. Scrooge, how do you feel now about the state of the world and the people in it?

You Are One Hard As Stone SOB, Scrooge

You Are One Hard As Stone SOB, Scrooge

Scrooge: I have to take a massive piss, that’s how I feel. I had to since we were flying over Hong Kong but you were too damn busy pointing out poor people to pay any attention to me.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna pee, pray, then read more of Machiavelli’s “The Prince.”  It’s helping me get better at smiling while I’m telling everyone that God favors me with money and privilege just because he likes me more than them.

Ghost: Wow. You are a friggin’ stone, sir, a real solid piece of emotional granite. Hopefully, the Ghost of Christmases Yet to Come can scare some empathy into you. He’s excellent at doing that.  He’ll be here tomorrow sometime.

Scrooge: Just tell him to use the god damn door when he gets here, alright?!

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NewsMax on January 18, 2015, reported that President Barack Obama’s policies are getting people killed overseas, Sen. Lindsey Graham said, starting with his decision to take troops out of Iraq. Excerpts below:

“I think sound military advice was given to the president to leave a residual force in Iraq and he turned it down,” the South Carolina Republican said on NBC, and as a result, Iraq collapsed.

Jordan, Syria, and Iraq are serving as safe havens for the Islamic State, posing a threat to the United States, continued Graham, who believes releasing prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba “is irresponsible.”

He also believes there will be more attacks coming like the one against the Charlie Hebdo publication in Paris unless terrorist organizations are disrupted.

“America has to be part of it, go in on the ground and get these guys out of Syria,” said Graham. “The current strategy is failing.”

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By now you’ve certainly heard of Pokémon Go, and you’ve seen the crowds of people walking around, noses in their phones, excitedly chasing Pikachus and Charmanders across the countryside. Did you know that businesses are profiting from it?

Sure, the Pokémon Company itself — a subsidiary of Nintendo — is making money hand over fist from their AR game, but they aren’t the only ones getting in on the action. To understand how, you need to understand a fundamental part of the Pokémon Go gameplay.

The game centers around a real world map with various locations marked as PokeStops. These locations can be local landmarks, art installations, churches, murals, and some businesses. Not every business has a stop, and there’s currently no way to add or remove them, so it’s luck of the draw what businesses are able to take advantage of the game.

When you play the game, you can see PokéStops on the map from some distance away. However, for the low cost of about $2 an hour, players can purchase lure modules to install in a stop. These modules last for 30 minutes at a time and turn the stop into a beacon. This beacon attracts both players and Pokémon to the area, as well as making it light up on the map.

That’s where clever businesses come in. For those businesses lucky enough to be within the range of a PokéStop, or to have one for their business itself, it’s a simple matter to pay a few bucks, stack up modules for the day, and draw in customers from around the area. There are countless examples of businesses already doing so, and profiting for it.

  • L’inizio Pizza Bar in Manhattan have created Pokémon-themed pizzas to go along with their stop. A $10 investment in lure modules led to a 30 percent increase in food and drink sales throughout the weekend. Talk about return on investment!
  • An indie clothing store has lured people inside with a visible sign and catchy art.
  • Kaleidoscope Café in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania noticed the increase in foot traffic and started offering a 10 percent discount to anyone who showed off their app.
  • Best Buy phone outlets are getting in on the craze by promoting more powerful phones for those struggling to run the app.
  • The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden — as well as many other museum and art gallery locations — recognizes that its grounds happens to be full of PokéStops and is encouraging trainers to stop in to take advantage. Reportedly over 60 percent of their visitors one day were playing the game.
  • It’s A Grind in California was playing it with a more aggressive stance, offering a fresh lure on their stop for every 15 paid drinks purchased.

There are many, many more examples to boot. Any business with the capability to take advantage of the 7.5 million plus players of Pokémon Go is surely striving to do so by now.

Of course, you don’t have to be a small business to take advantage of the foot traffic. Kids across the country are setting up lures and lemonade stands near their houses. An animal shelter in Indiana is encouraging volunteering by promoting with Go, asking that Pokémon trainers come and take their dogs for walks while they go out searching.

Then you have even more enterprising young people. One interesting problem that has come up with Pokémon Go is that people are out and about, a lot, and they aren’t always paying attention to their surroundings, despite the warning in the app. In order to help prevent late night accidents, one clever 7-year-old created Pokéball-shaped reflector badges for trainers to wear. It’s a great niche that could explode in popularity, and even make the kid a lot of money, so long as he can mock up a design that doesn’t infringe on any copyrights.

There are plenty of local businesses out there feeling the lack, however. As of now, there is no way to apply to have a PokéStop at your location, and Niantic — developer of Pokémon Go — hasn’t released a statement about it yet. The company has said there will be an answer forthcoming, though, at least in response to inquiries from Forbes.

There are almost as many ways to take advantage of Pokémon Go as there are businesses. Offering free samples, free water, free toys. Giving discounts to players, discounts to people who purchase lures for the business, or discounts to players in specific teams. Even just promoting the game gets people in and active. If you want to dig into serious marketing through Pokémon Go, you certainly can.

Regardless of how you do it, now is certainly the time to invest in a little bit of Pokémarketing. The start of a trend is always the best time to capitalize on it, before it becomes passé for everyone to be doing it. Once lures are no longer special, they won’t be as attractive, and once the player-base begins to drop off, the returns on investment will slow. For now, though, the sky is the limit.

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School Of Happiness Lesson 16: Enjoy The Symptom – Part II

Watch the second part of the interview with Vita Zaman, the artistic director of VIENNAFAIR, and Bettina Reiter, a specialist in psychiatry, psychoanalyst, board member  of the Sigmund Freud Society, and editor of the Zeitschrift für psychoanalytische Theorie und Praxis (Journal of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice). For more questions and answers, problems and unlikely solutions  join us at VIENNAFAIR from October 10 to 13 during Vienna Talks/School of Happiness. Info about the timetable and speakers will be available on our website:

The interview was filmed in the library of Sigmund Freud’s former apartment and office. It is now a museum where you can see an exhibition documenting the life and work of the founder of psychoanalysis, original furnishings, articles of daily use, and antiquities from Freud’s collection as well as temporary special exhibitions. With the film crew we walked throughout the rooms where this new science was created and where Freud and his family spent 47 years.

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Bettina Reiter – psychiatrist, psychoanalyst.
MD, specialist in psychiatry and neurology, since 1990 established practice, by 1995, senior physician at the Psychiatric Hospital of the City of Vienna, Baumgartnerhöhe. Member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. Since 2000 editor of the “Journal of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice” (Stroemfeld Verlag, Frankfurt am Main),, and the author of numerous publications, among it a book: “Spaziergänge mit Freud”, edition steinbauer, Vienna, 2007. From 2003 – July 2008 the director of the Academy of Holistic Medicine – Gamed. Since 2007 member of the editorial board of the journal “Research in Complementary Medicine – Science – Practice – Discussion”. From 2008 to 2011 Vice President, from 2011 to 2013 president, and at the moment is on the board of Sigmund Freud Society, Vienna. 2010-2012 “work package leader” in the project CAMbrella – the pan European research network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Teaching since 1993 in the context of psychotherapy training (preparatory course, specific element of training, continuing education curriculum oriented psychoanalytic psychotherapy). For more info visit

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US Men’s Olympic Basketball Team

It is official, the US has announced their men’s basketball team for the 2008 Olympics.  There are all big names on the list. Unfortunately Kobe Bryant is on it. This list also includes LeBron James, Dwyane Wade,  Carmelo Anthony, Jason Kidd, Tayshaun Prince, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Michael Redd and Deron Williams.  We will see how well this team can play together.  I think they will put their egos aside but their arrogance will lead to a couple of losses.

The key to international basketball is the three point game.  I think this team is a good team but it never comes close to the Dream Team.  Many of us remember the Dream Team of the 1992 Olympics with Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, and the rest.

I believe the US team will struggle but will defenieatly win a medal.

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Sound-Poetry and Sound-Art (together at last)

So. Winterlude kicked off this past weekend, and I celebrated by, of course, checking out the ice sculptures, but also by paying a visit to the current sound-sculpture art installation at City Hall.

There’s an interactive sound-sculpture installed there until March 4th, and I highly recommend that you check it out (and bring your poetry with you).

Donna Legault‘s Cymatic Imprints is an interactive sculpture built from sand, shotgun microphones, audio mixers, aplifiers, speakers, and steel ball-chains combined with custom Pure Data software. Which doesn’t sound like much, but when you see it, and interact with it, it’s pure magic.

I went to the sculpture, knowing what it was, with the intent of interacting with (and causing) steel rain.

The glass doors to the installation were locked – it was Saturday, and the gallery is only open during the work-week proper – but that didn’t matter.
I was a singer before I was a poet, so I sang through the locked doors and made the ball-chains danced in their suspension, leaving the trails of their passage in the sand gathered at their feet.
It’s like being in a rainstorm.
I loved it! 😀

I love seeing the power of sound, of voice, made manifest like that. We’re such a visually-oriented culture that sometimes we forget the power that lives in our voices, in the music we make, in the stories we tell. Spoken word artists get it, but not everybody does.

If you’re in town and can get to city hall on a given week day, I highly recommend that you check it out. If you’ve ever doubted that your words have power, open your mouth and let your voice out. Speak here and you’ll never doubt it again.

Donna Legalut's "Cymatic Imprints" is on display and available for interaction at City Hall (110 Laurier Ave W, Ottawa) from Jan 20th to March 4th, 2012.


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  1. chinaghost says:

    buffett is picking stock like picking genius
    he’s a genius,which he chose the fastest way and best way to aacomplish the things
    ofcoz his way is contradict with george soros,coz his method require stability,but i prefer soros ‘s reflexility…it’s a only chance for the poor peopole
    buffett’s investing is not much to talk coz he knows the timeline of the economic and he is capable to buy and sell at certain time
    but it’s a good thing that people learn from as long as he is a super rich man;]

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Healthy Dry Curry with Soy Beans

Healthy Dry Curry with Soy Beans

I added soy beans I had on hand on a whim, and it was great success. This dry curry is simmered for some time, so it doesn't have that beany flavor and is delicious.

Ingredients: about 5 servings

Ground meat - beef and pork mix
300 g
Canned soy beans
1 can (as much as you like)
Canned tomatoes
1 can (400 g)
1 1/2
Green peppers
2 to 3
2 cloves
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2 1/2 tablespoons
☆Soy sauce
1 tablespoon
☆Japanese Worcestershire-style Sauce
1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon
☆Soup stock granules
a small amount
☆Salt and pepper
to taste
500 ml

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2. Add finely chopped green pepper and keep sautéing.
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4. Add soy beans.
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6. 20 minutes later...
7. 30 minutes later...
8. After simmering for about 40 minutes, when the water in the pan has reduced, it's done. Serve with a boiled egg on top.

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Save our Snack!

Trader Joe’s Traditional Thai Lime and Chili Peanuts: where are they now?  Not in stock!

Everyone’s favorite snack nut has gone missing. I’ve been enamored of these nuts well before Trader Joe’s came to New York. I even bookmarked this Times article describing their production and conception for a little light bedtime reading. A few weeks ago I tried to replenish my chili-lime peanut stock, and not only were there none in the store, their little shelf tag was gone, too.  So I asked one of the floral-shirted crew members about it, and she said that they had been discontinued because of lack of availability. That’s all she knew, and I left the store a little confused. Is there a peanut shortage? A problem getting lime leaves? I went to Trader Joe’s colorful but uninformative website and filled out a contact form. Here’s what I wrote:

I went to TJ’s in Manhattan last week and was told that the thai chili lime peanuts were discontinued because of ingredient availability. What does that mean, exactly? Are the nuts in short supply? Is there a problem with the importation of spices? I’m curious because I think most food brands would look to a substitute product to keep the masses snacking. Is that what the chili lime cashews are about? (They’re not as good – the powdery coating doesn’t have as much chili or lemongrass flavor, and the cashews are too buttery and mild to hold up even the lower level of spice.) I appreciate TJ’s innovative products, and these chili lime peanuts were my favorite. Most of all I need to know, are they ever coming back?

I’m going to give them a week to get back to me before I start hunting down TJ executives’ phone numbers and turn wistful longing into investigative reporting. In the meantime, I’m working on a recipe for homemade lime and chili peanuts.

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21 responses to “Save our Snack!

  1. Steve

    Please do let me know what you discover! I had the same sinking feeling when the thai lime and chili peanuts disappeared from the shelves of my Trader Joe’s. Hmph…

  2. Michele

    My boyfriend and I had the same unfortunate findings. If you find a good recipe please let me know. We are currently growing our own lemongrass in hopes of experimenting ourselves. Not sure about the Thai Lime leaves though !

  3. Candace

    Thanks for the info. I, too, have been searching the internet for an alternative site to buy TJ’s fantastic lime chili peanuts. When I called TJ’s corporate phone, they told me that there was “inconsistant quality” issues with the manufacturer, hence they discontinued them. Wouldn’t say if they would replace the manufacturer. When I begged for the manuf. name they told me it was “confidential information”, but I “might try similar type stores – like Whole Foods”. Haven’t gotten there yet, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

  4. Valerie

    Here’s what Trader Joe’s told me about the missing nuts:

    Hello Valerie,

    Thanks for contacting us. We have discontinued that product in our stores due to slow sales. Because our stores have such limited space, if an item does not meet a minimum sales volume, we will discontinue it in order to bring in something we think will sell better. I will pass your comments on to our buyers for consideration. From time to time, if there is enough outcry to bring back a discontinued item and we are able to do so, we will give it another run.

    Thanks for shopping with us,
    Customer Relations

    Seems like there are differing opinions as to why the nuts are missing, but according to Nikki, if we make enough noise, we might be able to bring them back.

  5. Michael

    I too was dismayed! I love this product and am willing to sign a petition to get them back. Is there some warehouse we could raid! The lime, the salt, the spices, so delicious for a snack while driving or reading!!!! Please get them back!

  6. Debbie

    Ditto all the comments above. I thought this was the greatest peanut snack I ever tried and then went to buy more and was told they are no longer in stock and will not be coming back! If anyone finds an alternative please let me know. I am a ‘TJ’ fan but the way they change products sometimes is disheartening. I understand bringing in new things to try – but why not keep the ‘oldies but goodies’? I would also sign a petition.

  7. chris

    Wow, i can’t believe this, considering the number of times i’ve gone to a TJs and found them ‘out of stock’ (before they discontinued…). And everyone i know loves them, including me who never liked or could digest snacking peanuts. I’d buy 4 bags in a single visit sometimes. Everyone i know who shops there buys these every time they go, so i cant believe it was lack of demand. as the original poster noted the product was a focus of a NYT article about how they develop products, and was held up as a signature item! so that seems dubious. the clerk in Bklyn today told me it was a supplier issue (didnt say whether quality or ingredients not being available or whatever). i too have emailed TJs, only today oct. 1, and will be interested to see the reply, given the varying responses so far. sheesh, why not remove one of their crummy items like the frozen/uncooked crabcakes? one of the only things from there i’ve every really disliked.

  8. Lisa

    I am so upset…..thank God I bought a few bags….I am so sad. I went to TJ a few days ago and found that they were replaced with lime and chili cashews….(not the same). PLEASE PLEASE bring the other ones back I am so sad!!!!

  9. sob sob

    Those peanuts are not just snacks.. It is one of the things that brought me and boy friend really close.. a funny story.. I would go any far to get it back on TJ shelves.. we miss it a lotttttt…

  10. Abby

    My friends and I have been waiting for TJ to bring back the peanuts! Ive never contacted a store over a discontinued item…but they’re irreplaceable! Has anyone found anything similar??? The cashews don’t even come close.

  11. Diana

    We love that peanut snack and our local TJ said that it did not earn its minimum volume sales, a statement that is hard to believe from the different blogs and comments I have noted. Does anyone have a receipe for the peanuts???

    • whereimcookingfrom

      Thanks to everyone who’s shared their experience with TJ’s beloved Chili Lime Peanuts. I’ve finally found a good source of raw peanuts (another thing TJ’s stopped stocking in my neighborhood), and I’m experimenting with spice blends. Will report back soon!

  12. Cari

    I am so dissappointed that my favorite spicy snack has been discontinued and no other ready made source available. Please bring it back as I am going nuts without it!

  13. Terri

    I kept checking at my local TJ’s in Indianapolis thinking they were just out. I finally asked and was told there wasn’t enough demand. They do carry Lime and Chili mixed nuts, but since I am allergic to tree nuts, those won’t work. Please keep us posted.

  14. Bob

    The only way to get them back is to have
    everybody suggest via to Trader Joe’s via their
    website to bring them back. They need to see the
    real popularity. They also took out the

  15. Karl

    ARRGGHH!! I had wondered what happened to these.. I had 4 bags in my freezer and this was my secret ingredient in my home-made thai-style fried rice!!

  16. Bill

    Count me as another fan of these great nuts. I am glad to see that others feel the same way but it doesn’t seem to have done any good. Has anyone found another source??

  17. Mairesa

    I too, am horrified to find this product no longer available. I am nuts about these nuts and going nuts over not having them around. I really don’t want to find a substitute – I want the real thing back on the shelf. I have also written to TJ and hope it makes a difference. This product is a staple in my house – I am gluten intolerant and there is only so much I can eat. I love the flavors in this product and agree with the comments that the cashews just don’t stand up to the same standard. How can they keep the cashews on the shelves and get rid of these nuts! They are nuts!

  18. Jessica

    I found fresh organic kaffir lime leaves on my grocery store shelf today. Now I am looking everywhere for a recipe for the TJ’s Thai peanuts. Any ideas?

  19. Bernard Ibarra

    I am so upset that Thai lime and chili mixed nuts are discontinued as well. I live in Redondo Beach Ca, and I went into a withdrawal when I was told that the mixed nuts were no longer on the shelf… I rushed to Rancho Palos Verdes TJ (6 miles away) and bought all the remaining mixed nuts… that was a couple of weeks ago, now it is the drought…. I contacted TJ but no response thus far. this item was so very popular… why, why?

    • Nut

      I feel the same as all other comments. Just stop going. I only showed up for this spicy treat. So many unhappy visits only to try some other high price dissapointment. Fuck em I wont go back!

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Book Review: The Collector by Victoria Scott

Title: The Collector (Dante Walker #1)
Author: Victoria Scott
Genre: Urban Fantasy, paranormal, demons
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Publication Date: April 2013
Pages: 368
Rating: 4 stars

Synopsis (from goodreads):
He makes good girls…bad.

Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence have made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple: weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal-opportunity collector and doesn’t want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within ten days.

Dante doesn’t know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect, he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector…and uncover emotions deeply buried.

My Review:

Dante Walker is so bad he’s good. Good at his job working for the Boss Man ‘downstairs’, good at training fellow collectors and good with the ladies. He gets in, gets the job done and gets out. Until Charlie Cooper. With her gawky smile and limping leg – it shouldn’t be a problem to get her to be bad with him. Ten days to claim her soul? Piece of cake!

Except Charlie is nothing like anyone Dante has ever met before. She’s just so… good! The challenge gets even tougher when Dante starts falling for the plain jane and Dante is faced with a dilemma more difficult than anything he’s faced in life – or death.

I’ve been hearing a lot about Victoria Scott’s Dante Walker for a while now. The man’s man, ladies man, man about town whose swagger is to die for. He’s one of those characters that grew on me. At first I thought he was entertaining but about as deep as dishwater. But the more I read and the more involved I got with Dante and Charlie’s story – he surprised me on a number of levels. This character has a lot going for him – and not just the sex appeal and charm that he is oh-so-well aware of. He’s got heart.

Charlie Cooper. I’m a fan of alliterative names and Charlie is one character that I was shocked to like so much. She’s one of those people who are perfect. Perhaps not physically (and lets face it flawless appearances are a bit of a turn off for me so many be that’s another point in her favour) but she’s a all-round do-gooder. There’s no one she wouldn’t help even if it was at a disadvantage to herself. She’s just that nice! When tragedy and adversity had the chance to make her bitter and twisted, Charlie took the high road and tried to be the best person she could be. Sounds like she could be sickeningly sweet but when meeting and getting to know her through Dante’s eyes – she’s just adorable.

Plot wise – there’s a lot going on. Some twists I expected, some I never saw coming but they worked well with the rest of the drama unfolding. There were a few surprises and I have to admit the ending has left me so very curious as to where Scott is going to take Dante, Charlie and the rest of the crew in the next instalment of the Dante Walker series.

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