• Tom Cruise told GQ magazine: "I'm gonna eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there."
• Breakfast of Champion....ratters. (photo, SFW but not for mildly weak stomachs)
• Mad Cow outbreak in British Columbia, and nobody seems concerned...Canada's 1997 feed ban included what some ( Read more... )

• Seriously cool pricemap of the US (zoomable) for gasoline prices; the hotter the color, the higher the price. Thanks to riverheart for the link.
  
• South Dakota women can't make their own decisions, you know. Just ask him.
  
• Buffalo cops gotta make that ticket quota so they ticket a fire truck at a fire.
  
• Jesus will be coming soon. Better change your name.
  
• Gosh, ( Read more... )

As folks out there have noticed, I've got a particular bug on the subject of meat inspection, and also on epidemiology, including prion-based stuff like BSE.mad cow, and how it would get into the food system. The USDA is putting forward a idea to track with RFI chips all meat production animals on all farms in a cradle to grave system ( Read more... )

• I think I'm gonna faint. Chicago is talking about cheap, affordable wi-fi throughout the city. You want a way to help make things better for the little guy? Hand out the $100 laptops and this, dudes, and promote the idea of the small entrepreneur using the internet. In Philadelphia, EarthLink Inc. is building a citywide network that will ( Read more... )

Vote for the twit-of-the-day from three nominees:

• The Japanese government just put a ban up on shipment of USA beef into Japan due to mad cow / BSE risk.  The US Government  has no idea what the Japanese are so upset about, but promises that it won't happen again.  Of course, there's no BSE in USA beef, right?
  
• The House Republicans are looking at ( Read more... )