Tue, 14 Nov 2006
16:32
Business Week on my home state's latest jack booted thug maneuver:
Everything not forbidden is compulsory.
Everything not compulsory, is forbidden.
Move along. Nothing to see here.
The Scourge of Raw Milk
What's behind these crackdowns by major states against producers of raw milk? I
suspect it's a combination of two forces at work.
First, there's the simple matter of growing demand from consumers seeking food
with as little processing as possible, who want to buy it from local farm
producers (see BusinessWeek.com, 10/16/06,
"The Organic Myth"). Organic
Pastures has seen its revenues climb 35% to 40% annually since it switched to
selling raw milk in 2000. Similarly, the Family Farms Co-op has grown from
nothing to nearly 1,000 members over the last four years.
Second, as raw milk and organic milk (milk which is pasteurized, but obtained
from cows fed organic feed, with no hormones) become more popular, large
dairies are becoming concerned and exerting pressure on agriculture officials
to crack down on the raw-milk producers. Just take a look at the Web site
milkismilk.com to get a sense of the conventional dairies' concern.
16:16
Love Borat or hate him, this is probably the funniest ironic reaction yet. From the Romanian village of Glod, where the opening and closing scenes were filmed:
Give me your tears, gypsy. Or I will take them!
And Salon's got the scoop on What's Real In 'Borat'. According to semi-official statistics, police were called ninety-one times during filming.
Honestly, I have to love any movie that includes credits like "Naked Fight Coordinator". Not to mention "Mr Baron Cohen's feces provided by".
Glorious
...when local vice-mayor Petre Buzea was asked whether the people felt offended by Baron Cohen's film, he replied: "They got paid so I am sure they are happy. These gipsies will even kill their own father for money."
