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USDA Advisory Board Will Now Make Nutrition Recommendations Based Upon Environmental Impact to The Earth; Will Discourage Meat Eating

Ah yes, of course. Naturally it has come to this.

WASHINGTON -- A panel that advises the US Agriculture Department appears set to recommend that Americans be told not only what foods are better for their health, but also for the environment.

That means that when the latest version of its dietary guidelines comes out, the government may push even harder than it has in recent years for people to choose more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and other plant-based foods -- at the expense of meat.

...

The advisory panel has been discussing the idea of sustainability in public meetings, indicating that its recommendations, expected early this year, may address the environment. A recommendation circulated last month said a sustainable diet helps ensure food access for both the current population and future generations.

A dietary pattern higher in plant-based foods and lower in animal-based foods is "more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact than is the current average US diet,’" the said.

That appears to take at least partial aim at the beef industry. A study by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last year said raising beef for the American dinner table is more harmful to the environment than other meat industries such as pork and chicken.

I just can't.

Update: Course Reversed. Yesterday, the USDA declared "environmental impacts" will not be part of dietary guidelines.

An advisory committee to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reversed course and will not recommend that the agency consider the environmental impact of food production when updating its national dietary guidelines, a USDA official told VICE News on Monday.

In December, the Associated Press (AP) reported that the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) of the USDA would make recommendations based on nutritional considerations, as it has done historically, as well as environmental impacts.

...

While the DGAC did review literature on sustainable diets, the USDA says the effects of food production on the planet will not factor in to its final dietary guidelines.

And yet how close did they come?

What the hell is going on with "our" government?


Posted by: Ace at 10:41 AM




Comments

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1
Now that the actual medical reasons for not eating saturated fat and meat are being proven bunk, we had to think of another reason.

The government advice for eating has been almost universally terrible. It should all be ignored, except that it affects the poor kids who are stuck in public school living off rice cakes.

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (lIU4e)

2 Ok, so do go apey before or after the starving times?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (uSAVP)

3 Yeah. Who didn't see this coming?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (nrGEu)

4 Where'sthe beef?

Posted by: PeeteySDee at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (WDCYi)

5 Oh shit, was I first?

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (lIU4e)

6 That is so funny! Rare please!

Posted by: FCF at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (kejii)

7 Good. I hate the environment in general, and effing polar bears in particular.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (oKE6c)

8 But, seriously folks, try the veal.

Posted by: PeeteySDee at January 06, 2015 10:44 AM (WDCYi)

9 So we are to kill all the cattle, right?

These clowns go beyond parody, right into self beclowning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 06, 2015 10:44 AM (DoX/w)

10 The government advice for eating every friggin' thing they have ever advised on has been almost universally terrible.

Is this what you meant?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 06, 2015 10:44 AM (uSAVP)

11 Know what's also good for the environment? A couple billion people dying. Think how pristine and unspoiled Nature would be without all the disgusting people fucking everything up.

Deep Ecology for the win!

Posted by: Eco-Fascism News at January 06, 2015 10:44 AM (ZPrif)

12 How many small critters get killed by combines harvesting grain?

Wheat is murder.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 10:44 AM (Ua6T/)

13 Nuh uh you ain't taking my beef cake away!

Posted by: Pajama Boy at January 06, 2015 10:45 AM (J9KCd)

14
What difference, at this point, does it make?/1!?!!?/1/1/1!!??!?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 06, 2015 10:45 AM (HSmrB)

15 Who can afford beef?

(ponders heating another bowl of venison chili for brunch)

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 06, 2015 10:45 AM (uSAVP)

16 The takeover of ranch lands by the Feds is about nothing more than this. If you can't ban cattle, make it impossible to raise them.

The county where Bundy lives is finally fighting back but it appears one of their councilmen is in someone's pocket.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 06, 2015 10:45 AM (nrGEu)

17 Stomped all over those funky trees.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 10:45 AM (vPh3W)

18 I'm surprised they're so easy on pork, what with it being haram and all. Mmm, bacon.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at January 06, 2015 10:45 AM (zgHLA)

19 These clowns go beyond parody, right into self beclowning.

And yet, they published this crap in earnest.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 10:46 AM (Ua6T/)

20
And now for something totally serious. Beef is a delicacy in my household due to it's record high price. Lowering demand for it can only be beneficial for my tummy and my wood smokerand charcoal and propane grills... increasing my carbon foot print as I cook more beef.
#Winning!

Posted by: PeeteySDee at January 06, 2015 10:46 AM (WDCYi)

21 On the upside, this means that soylent green will never catch on, right?

Posted by: Flyguy at January 06, 2015 10:46 AM (PyFzz)

22
Is this what you meant?
-----

That too.

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 10:46 AM (lIU4e)

23 Environmentalism isn't an anti-human cult! We hate when you evil right-wingers say that.

It's an anti-human Science!

Posted by: Eco-Fascism News at January 06, 2015 10:46 AM (ZPrif)

24 The county where Bundy lives is finally fighting back but it appears one of their councilmen is in someone's pocket.

I wonder who's pocket.

/s

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 10:46 AM (Ua6T/)

25
I promise to limit my beef intake to no more than once per meal.

Seriously, SHOW ME ANYWHERE that the federal government has the duty, right, and obligation to spend my hard earned dollars to tell me what to eat.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 06, 2015 10:47 AM (20Zla)

26 Eat recycled food. Its ok for you and good for the environment.

Posted by: Robo-advertiser thingy at January 06, 2015 10:47 AM (uSAVP)

27 Dear USDA Advisory Panel,

FYNQ

Sincerely,
Actual

Posted by: Actual at January 06, 2015 10:48 AM (r69Lb)

28 When we said 'no', we meant 'NO!'

Posted by: Your betters at January 06, 2015 10:48 AM (Spluw)

29 Eat me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 10:48 AM (Zmw74)

30
I have the sudden urge for a ribeye for lunch.....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 10:48 AM (TIIx5)

31 Seriously, SHOW ME ANYWHERE that the federal government has the duty, right, and obligation to spend my hard earned dollars to tell me what to eat.


Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 06, 2015 10:47 AM (20Zla)


You know exactly what they'll tell you: "...and promote the general welfare..."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 10:49 AM (fwARV)

32 Don't take away my land based animal protein, if you know what's good for you. My Skandi forebears thrived on little oily fishes, but they didn't turn out to be very good neighbors. Ask around.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 10:49 AM (Ua6T/)

33 "Eat recycled food"

Feels like I've been doing that since 2008 at least.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2015 10:49 AM (4mdoJ)

34 You'll have my cow when you pry her from my cold dead hands.

Posted by: Phinn at January 06, 2015 10:49 AM (i5GO4)

35 Off to McDonald's.. BOGO Big Mac's for lunch.

Posted by: honeybunny at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (yrXQK)

36 Madison is spooling up in his grave.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (4IFRz)

37 ".....the government may push even harder than it has in recent years for people to choose more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and other plant-based foods ....."


Hahahahahahahahaha!

Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (uSAVP)

38 Someone needs to publish their photos, names, and relevant histories so we know who we can blame for having lives without barbecue.

Or we could just deport the dippy shitheads.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (scgac)

39 All of us down at the Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Choice
Clinic think that eating meat is mean and the animals have rights too. We do not promote eating things with a face in Brattleboro. We call on Michelle Obama to ban all meat products so that the animals can live a free and healthy life too.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (Sd++4)

40 USDA Advisory Board.
STHU.

I'm respecting Ace'x request not to use F word.

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (sj3Ax)

41 So, despite the high cost, I'll be eating more beef. After all, isn't dissent the highest the highest form of patriotism?

Posted by: State drone at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (jJ5t1)

42 The ribs I had for breakfast were fried in peanut oil if that helps.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (zauWW)

43 Good. I hate the environment in general, and effing polar bears in particular.
Posted by: Jay
---------------
Hear, hear!
As a conservative, there's nothing I despise more than clean air and water. I've been pissed off that my conservative predecessors invested so much effort and money in building water and waste treatment plants.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 10:51 AM (vPh3W)

44 Serious, though, Deep Ecology environmentalist really do want to kill off most of humanity.

They estimate that "sustainability" means the Earth only has a "carrying capacity" of about 1 Billion humans.

The other 6 Billion will ... have to go.

...

In unrelated news they want to control what food your children eat. To maximize health - of the planet.

It's Science, you know, so you should just do what they say.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 10:51 AM (ZPrif)

45 Seriously, SHOW ME ANYWHERE that the federal government has the duty, right, and obligation to spend my hard earned dollars to tell me what to eat.



Read the Good N Plenty Clause in the Constitution.

And by the way, Good N Plenty candy is also on the banned list because unsustainable and shit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 06, 2015 10:52 AM (4IFRz)

46 Have they dictated how many times a day we can wack off?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 10:52 AM (Zmw74)

47 F*ck Moar Chikin........

Posted by: Bessie at January 06, 2015 10:52 AM (IsdBe)

48 Everyone calm down. Calm. Down.

Remember, Rainbow Six has the happiest ending of all the Clancy novels.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 10:52 AM (mf5HN)

49 So EBT cards will become Vegan only?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 06, 2015 10:52 AM (Mxs5H)

50 "And yet, they published this crap in earnest"

No they didn't. They published earnest-sounding crap to fool the gullible into accepting more government control over their lives and to further reinforce their position as "better than you".

Our "betters" have as much interest in following these guidelines as they do in having a lower carbon footprint. Skimping is for the little people.

Posted by: Jaws at January 06, 2015 10:53 AM (WKNX4)

51 I'm respecting Ace'x request not to use F word.
Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (sj3Ax)

So do I, every fuckin day

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 10:53 AM (Zmw74)

52 So EBT cards will become Vegan only?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 06, 2015 10:52 AM (Mxs5H)


Well that I would support

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 10:53 AM (Zmw74)

53 Oh hey good.

BC? You know how you wanted to see what would happen if someone got between me and ordering the food I want?

Well this has the extra added delegation doctrine side of stompy.

So yeah. I'm taking this well.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 10:54 AM (mf5HN)

54 Donuts are plant-based foods. So is Pepsi.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 10:54 AM (/kI1Q)

55 Soylent Green futures are up!

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 10:54 AM (GQ8sn)

56 You now how you can tell when something's bullshit? They use the word "sustainability".

Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 06, 2015 10:54 AM (j6e8f)

57 Just this week I received an email from Lib friend. It pointed out the horrors of pig farms.

I wrote back that if he thinks contemporary farms are bad, he should have seen the way pigs were raised in my grandfather's day.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 10:54 AM (vPh3W)

58 If conservatives would pick a dozen things like this, that tyrannize Americans bit by bit, and lightbulbs etc, they would be much more popular.

Posted by: Baldy at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (+35FH)

59 You know what's great about "sustainability"?

It's whatever we say it is! Yay, Science!!

You can't eat that. It's not Sustainable.
You can't wear that. It's not Sustainable.
You can't get the medicine. It's not Sustainable.
You can't have that surgery. It's not Sustainable.

You can't have that baby. It's not Sustainable.
You can't have that birthday. It's not Sustainable.

Here, just take this pill and lie down. Trust us, it's Sustainable.

Posted by: Eco-Fascism News at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (ZPrif)

60 In honor of this stupidity, I'll make a bacon double cheeseburger for lunch.

Posted by: no good deed at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (w3a0Z)

61 Utter bullshit. (swidt?)

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (9BRsg)

62 We get crap like this while we are told we can't cut the Federal budget 1%.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (8ufJT)

63 So they don't want people to take their health advice seriously? I guess making your job obsolete really doesn't have an impact in bureaucrat land.

Posted by: Chupacabras at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (V40IZ)

64 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (kff5f)

65 Normally I wouldn't get exercised over mere guidelines, except that gullible people will take these guidelines as actually good nutrition advice, and of course it does impact what schools will serve. Considering that these guidelines have offered recommendations that were actually the opposite of a good diet, that we continue to look to the government to recommend best principles for eating of all things is surely a sign that we shall embrace the coming of SMOD.

Posted by: PZ at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (P1jJI)

66 That means that when the latest version of its dietary guidelines comes out, the government may push even harder than it has in recent years for people to choose more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and other plant-based foods -- at the expense of meat.

The panel then joined the Agriculture Secretary for dinner at the White House which featured wagyu beef

Posted by: kbdabear at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (GrXXa)

67 50

Exactly. I doubt the WH will stop with all of the Wagyu beefthe President enjoys so much.

Posted by: Gaff at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (jPS2y)

68 @11- You're on the right track.
"Sustainable" is a key word being driven into the public consciousness.
End game? A sustainable global population. What do the true movers and shakers of global govt think that is?
5 hundred million.
Except it has nothing to do with resources.
It is only about how many they can totally control.
And their "master" loves death and slavery.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (9lTjk)

69
I have the sudden urge for a ribeye for lunch.....

-If only I hadn't packed cheese enchiladas today! although that's still a cow product, so I'm going to count it.

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (lIU4e)

70 All we want is for Americans to eliminate their intake of carbs, protein and fat. You can eat as much as you want of anything else. Like say, dirt.

Posted by: The USDA at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (4IFRz)

71 All of us down at the Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Choice
Clinic think "people should eat to live" and "not live to eat".

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (Sd++4)

72
Government advisories and advice - is there anything that they get right?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (bWFHa)

73 They can have my beef when they take it from my cold, dead, iron-and-B-vitamin-enriched fingers.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (2Ojst)

74 Donuts are plant-based foods. So is Pepsi.
Posted by: HR
-----------------------

So is tofu..., wait, bad example...., on all levels.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (vPh3W)

75 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (kff5f)

76 Weasel Zippers down again or is it only me?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (Zmw74)

77 I have the sudden urge for a ribeye for lunch...

I actually have part of one in my lunch bag, but I was thinking about getting the salad with the chicken and pepperoni, then having the steak for supper, because otherwise supper might be a cheese sammich.

(Rib-eye is also plant-based; the plants are just filtered through a cow first.)

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (/kI1Q)

78 Ace
You are mentioned in this morning Morning Jolt.

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (sj3Ax)

79
Serious, though, Deep Ecology environmentalist really do want to kill off most of humanity.

They estimate that "sustainability" means the Earth only has a "carrying capacity" of about 1 Billion humans.

The other 6 Billion will ... have to go.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 10:51 AM (ZPrif)






And of course, by 6 billion people, they mean 6 billion brown people.

Paul Ehrlich started his "Population Bomb" bullshit after a trip to India, and observing the teeming masses of "brown faces" on the streets of Mumbai. It's in the introduction to the book, he admits it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (TIIx5)

80 I didn't really need yet another reason to ignore the government's "advice" on what to eat, but thanks anyway.

Posted by: Socratease at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (2GbWn)

81 And the Malthusian Left rears its head again.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (kff5f)

82 They have been wrong about every eating recommendation since the bullshit USDA started.

So naturally they feel compelled to lecture us on the enviournment.

F them.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (A98Xu)

83 The panel then joined the Agriculture Secretary for dinner at the White House which featured wagyu beef

Posted by: kbdabear at January 06, 2015 10:55 AM (GrXXa)

Let's be fair, they also had arugula.

Posted by: Ken in NH at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (0Y1hO)

84 Have they dictated how many times a day we can wack off?

-
And what we have think about while were doing it?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (j6e8f)

85 Clinic think "people should eat to live" and "not live to eat".
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien
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Okay. I think I've identified your problem.

Posted by: Bacon cheesburger at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (vPh3W)

86 Exactly. I doubt the WH will stop with all of the Wagyu beef the President enjoys so much.


Yeah, Mooch's lobster is totally sustainable.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (4IFRz)

87 Salt is verboten.

Posted by: USDA at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (9BRsg)

88 The ribs I had for breakfast were fried in peanut oil if that helps.

You are a great American!

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (Ua6T/)

89 I want to wish myself a lovely, wonderful birthday filled with no work.

I don't even really like meat very much, but in honor of our wise betters at the USDA,I will take every opportunity to eat meat on this memorable and important day.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 10:58 AM (oa/c7)

90 Go fuck yourself.

We are headed to Cap Grille for lunch. Sirloins all around with some of that magnificent lobster mac and cheese on the side.

Yes and the green beans have bacon. As does the wedge salad.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 10:58 AM (GGCsk)

91 Have they dictated how many times a day we can wack off?
------------------

I think Jocelyn Elders addressed that.

Posted by: Bacon cheesburger at January 06, 2015 10:58 AM (vPh3W)

92 (Rib-eye is also plant-based; the plants are just filtered through a cow first.)

If "you are what you eat" and cows eat vegetables, then QED: cows are vegetables.

Alternatively- "vegetables are what food eats."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 10:58 AM (kff5f)

93 71 All of us down at the Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Choice
Clinic think "people should eat to live" and "not live to eat".
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (Sd++4)

----

Oh my gosh, I laughed out loud.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 10:58 AM (A98Xu)

94 (Rib-eye is also plant-based; the plants are just filtered through a cow first.)

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 10:56 AM (/kI1Q)

Which puts ribeye in the same category as cow shit, which I'd rather not think about.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 10:58 AM (2Ojst)

95 Yes, yes, let's load everyone up on grains. That's sound policy.

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (MYCIw)

96 Your government atwerk.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (0HooB)

97 We are headed to Cap Grille for lunch. Sirloins all around with some of that magnificent lobster mac and cheese on the side.

Take me with you.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (kff5f)

98 Considering how against the green revolution most environmentalists were, there's never a doubt in my mind that they ultimately want people dead.

Posted by: Chupacabras at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (W2YA6)

99 chique - Many happy returns.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (vPh3W)

100 Happy, happy chique!

*confettis*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (mf5HN)

101 NGU, it's down for me as well. I guess they were hacked again.

Posted by: no good deed at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (w3a0Z)

102 Someone ought to give them a black eye and put a sirloin steak on it.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (GGCsk)

103
Who is the blogger who offers gear for sale via his website, on which he offers a tee shirt with the slogan, "For every animal that you don't eat, I'm going to eat three"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (bWFHa)

104 87 Salt is verboten.
Posted by: USDA at January 06, 2015 10:57 AM (9BRsg)

----

More bullshit. Of course researchers are finding that salt is fine. If you bloat have less of it or better yet drink more water.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (A98Xu)

105 95 Yes, yes, let's load everyone up on grains. That's sound policy.
Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (MYCIw)

There's a chart showing obesity skyrocketing after all the USDA food pyramid crap came out, and we started eating more high-carb diets.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (2Ojst)

106 Fritos are plant-based. Twinkies, Ho-Hos, that fake canned "cheez" on the gas station nachos...

Think of how much healthier we would all be if we ate that crap for lunch instead of pork, or something.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (/kI1Q)

107 And the Government's PLANNED Emasculation of the US Man continues.

Red Meat helps built that evil Testosterone... which leads to Manly Rapey behavior...

So, it must be outlawed.

Posted by: BB Wolf at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (qh617)

108 Paul Ehrlich started his "Population Bomb" bullshit after a trip to India, and observing the teeming masses of "brown faces" on the streets of Mumbai. It's in the introduction to the book, he admits it.

Ehrlich, aka the wrongest man in science since Ptolemy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (4IFRz)

109 Leftover hamburger scramble won't be enough for lunch, so I will add in two eggs.

Nom! Nom! Nom!

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (Ua6T/)

110 Allen, regarding your question from the earlier thread: Have a look at Psalm 51:5 and Romans 5.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (aLfY1)

111 Just remember that without the USDA we'd all die from food poisoning. They are the thin bureaucrat line that stands between those rapacious customer-killing capitalist pigs and the helpless populace.

Posted by: gwelf at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (+7Usq)

112 NGU, it's down for me as well. I guess they were hacked again.
Posted by: no good deed at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (w3a0Z)


Or their new protection system is working just a tad to well

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (Zmw74)

113 As someone who struggles with oron deficiency, let me just ho on record to say:

This. Is. Bull. Shit.
Cow. Manure.
Steer. Turd.
Moo. Poo.

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (omwhF)

114 Obesity: It's what's for dinner.(TM)

Posted by: despair at January 06, 2015 11:01 AM (dcY7v)

115 "Sustainability" is another one of those trendy socially moral terms that our betters use. It's the environmental movement's version of "social justice."

Posted by: fly gal at January 06, 2015 11:01 AM (8TdcF)

116 I guess that separation of Church and State does not apply to Gaia worship.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:01 AM (PD6iL)

117 Someone ought to give them a black eye and put a sirloin steak on it. eat the tasty tasty steak while they watch.

Seriously, WTH are you thinking, wasting a good cut of meat on heathen that way...?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 06, 2015 11:01 AM (DT3rQ)

118 103
Who is the blogger who offers gear for sale via his website, on which he offers a tee shirt with the slogan, "For every animal that you don't eat, I'm going to eat three"?


Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (bWFHa)


How about...

Support Vegitarianism!

(more steaks left for me!)

Posted by: BB Wolf at January 06, 2015 11:01 AM (qh617)

119 113 As someone who struggles with oron deficiency, let me just ho on record to say:

This. Is. Bull. Shit.
Cow. Manure.
Steer. Turd.
Moo. Poo.

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (omwhF)

You should only ho off the record. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:01 AM (2Ojst)

120 ...and what is Brandy but concentrated fruity-bits.

Drink up!

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid's doctor at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (uSAVP)

121 They might just be recommendations and guidelines, but the Obamacare apparatchiks will pick that up and start banning shit that they don't like because "we have to cut health care costs and promote wellness"

Posted by: kbdabear at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (GrXXa)

122 This is what happens when the USDA is under staffed.

Posted by: John Boehner at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (XzRw1)

123 Who is the blogger who offers gear for sale via his website, on which he offers a tee shirt with the slogan, "For every animal that you don't eat, I'm going to eat three"?


Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (bWFHa)


Scroll down a bit. http://tinyurl.com/ytfdl

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (fwARV)

124 There's a chart showing obesity skyrocketing after all the USDA food pyramid crap came out, and we started eating more high-carb diets.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (2Ojst)

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THIS. It's ridiculous, they are wrong about everything.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (A98Xu)

125 Happy Birthday, chique!

I've still got some chocolate stout cake leftover from my birthday if you want some.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (/kI1Q)

126 "Sustainability" is another one of those trendy socially moral terms that our betters use. It's the environmental movement's version of "social justice."

Sumptuary laws.

It's all sumptuary laws.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (DT3rQ)

127
I'd like to take this opportunity to express my admiration for the humble Swine, and it's piggy superpower.

http://tinyurl.com/k5okjmo

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (TIIx5)

128 They want us all to be soy-munching hipsters!

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (GQ8sn)

129 Here's a conversation I overheard between my oldest kids a few minutes ago:

Boy: I'm glad sausage is so bbq food. Sausage is my favorite thing.

Girl: It's also a breakfast food.

Boy: Sausage is amazing. There are so many kinds, and I like them all!

So, yeah, I'm thinking my family would be a bit hard to target for a vegetarian conversion.

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (MYCIw)

130 And the Malthusian Left rears its head again.

I call them the Auschwitz Left.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (zF6Iw)

131 ".....the government may push even harder than it has in recent years for people to choose more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and other plant-based foods ....."
***

Push all you want. Government coercion is real fucking popular with the public right now, guys. Seriously.

I love how in their tiny little broken calliope of a mind no one who eats meat also eats those other foods as well. No, we all have to switch to vegan so we can be just like those pasty skinny fucks you see at Whole Foods with the raw muscle mass of Keira Knightley who are only alive because of a vitamin bottle.

Good thing these assholes came along because apparently we've been eating the wrong stuff since forever. The only thing stupider than the article are those nodding fucktards in the comments to it.

Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (+Gtkw)

132 *gets out the tallest stepstool*

*clambers up on soapbox*

How many times do I have to explain this to people?

If you cannot tell me whether I can put a dick in my mouth, you cannot tell me whether I can put a donut in there either.

*peers about kingdom*

Soon, my pretties. SOON.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (mf5HN)

133 Also, this recommendation is bad for me.

I don't eat what food eats.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (fwARV)

134 But what about the environmental impact of all those Tofurkey farts?

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (TWY1+)

135 Red Meat helps built that evil Testosterone... which leads to Manly Rapey behavior...

Soy mimics estrogen. If men are envious of female breasts, they can grow their own. Eat a tofu based diet and smoke lots of pot.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (Ua6T/)

136 That cinches it. I'm going to have BBQ for Linner today. Have to drive to Burlington NC in a few hours, going to allow some extra time to stop somewhere in the area. Never been there, but a quick search showed a bunch of BBQ joints in town. Brisket, I'm thinking. And banana pudding.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (2cS/G)

137 >>Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 10:59 AM (kff5f)
<<

We'll be downtown. You can't miss us. We all look like the guy from the Monopoly box and will be lighting Cohibas with $100 bills.

And here everyone's thinking that's just a Wall Street caricature. Ha!

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (GGCsk)

138 Relatedly, the good news is that it looks like AAC will bring the Honey Badger to the market after SHOT show.

I say relatedly because this makes it clear the burning times are near. A society this stupid can't survive.

Posted by: Jollyroger at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (t06LC)

139 There's a chart showing obesity skyrocketing after all the USDA food
pyramid crap came out, and we started eating more high-carb diets.


For extra fun, put "smoking rates" and "obesity rates" on the same chart.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (/kI1Q)

140 117 Someone ought to give them a black eye and put a sirloin steak on it. eat the tasty tasty steak while they watch.

Seriously, WTH are you thinking, wasting a good cut of meat on heathen that way...?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at January 06, 2015 11:01 AM (DT3rQ)


Tennager: Whats for supper???

/shakes meat at the teenager

Meat... plenty of Meat!

Posted by: Hub McCann at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (qh617)

141 We may not be a perfect federal agency but we can say that none of our employees shit in our hallways.

Posted by: The USDA at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (4IFRz)

142 Well, good thing the eco-fascists aren't in charge of the nation's water supply or anything.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (ZPrif)

143 I'll eat the first person that gets between me and my steak.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (0HooB)

144 To me, "sustainability" simply means eat a bigger steak.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (GGCsk)

145 Ace
You are mentioned in this morning Morning Jolt.
Posted by: Carol
---------------------

With a link to the AoSHQ blog.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (vPh3W)

146 Team Government will still be mostly comprised of fatasses. Like salt n peppa, it's what they do.

Posted by: X at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (KHo8t)

147 135 Red Meat helps built that evil Testosterone... which leads to Manly Rapey behavior...

Soy mimics estrogen. If men are envious of female breasts, they can grow their own. Eat a tofu based diet and smoke lots of pot.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (Ua6T/)


I would never leave my house if I had boobs. It'd be bad.

Posted by: Jollyroger at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (t06LC)

148 Weasel Zippers down again or is it only me?

-
It looks like the Nazis have struck again.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (j6e8f)

149
obama's USDA...

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (zKUiX)

150 My kids are meatatarians, God bless 'em. I've also been subtly instilling in them the singular truth that vegans are pussies.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (2Ojst)

151 Methinks someone ought to give them "the meat"

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (GGCsk)

152 Next thing you know, they'll be telling us to just eat dirt.

Wait - THAT can't be good for Gaia, can it?

Posted by: shredded chi at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (T481d)

153 That cinches it. I'm going to have BBQ for Linner today. Have to drive to Burlington NC in a few hours, going to allow some extra time to stop somewhere in the area. Never been there, but a quick search showed a bunch of BBQ joints in town. Brisket, I'm thinking. And banana pudding.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (2cS/G)



I've eaten at Hursey's before. Go there. It's pretty good.

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (GQ8sn)

154 The only thing stupider than the article are those nodding fucktards in the comments to it.

--

Word.

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (vVueR)

155 12 How many small critters get killed by combines harvesting grain?

Wheat is murder.
Posted by: fluffy

Don't forget the birds killed by green, sustainable windmills!

I would think of more ways to "destroy" the environment on this best of days (evar), but I fear my butt is too lazy.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (oa/c7)

156 De Blasio Ups Anti-Police Rhetoric Ignore The Loudest And Disrespectful Voices



Which is rather ironic considering de Blasio has allied himself with Al Sharpton.

Weasel Zippers--back up for the moment

DeCommio doubles down on feud with the NYPD.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (Zmw74)

157 High fructose corn syrup is a plant-based food.

...and gluten? Comes from plants.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (/kI1Q)

158 Who is the blogger who offers gear for sale via his website, on which he offers a tee shirt with the slogan, "For every animal that you don't eat, I'm going to eat three"?


Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (bWFHa)


Scroll down a bit. http://tinyurl.com/ytfdl


I stole "Wheat is murder" from him.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (Ua6T/)

159 You can pry the pork chop from my cold dead hand.

Posted by: toby928(C) at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (rwI+c)

160 154 The only thing stupider than the article are those nodding fucktards in the comments to it.

--

Word.
Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (vVueR)

So it's just like here?

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (2Ojst)

161 I don't care, I like meat, red meat and plenty of it. I'll eat it as long as I can afford it. I'll die someday and if it's because I ate too much meat, then I'll live with that.

Posted by: huerfano at January 06, 2015 11:06 AM (bAGA/)

162 121 They might just be recommendations and guidelines, but the Obamacare apparatchiks will pick that up and start banning shit that they don't like because "we have to cut health care costs and promote wellness"

Posted by: kbdabear at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (GrXXa)

-----

That sports talk prick, Colin Cowturd, (you know the renown genius) said "of course we should ban large soft drinks, Bloomberg, who is one of the smartest men in America, said so. If we are subsidizing health care we have to make policy to
make people healthier to save on costs."

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:06 AM (A98Xu)

163 The government advice for eating has been almost universally terrible. It should all be ignored, except that it affects the poor kids who are stuck in public school living off rice cakes.

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 10:43 AM (lIU4e)

The kids are in open revolt over the school lunches, snapping photos of servings that are in some cases worse than what they serve in prisons

Rather than actually pay attention to what the kids are saying about the meals, they'll commission millions of dollars for a study on why kids are going hungry in school or throwing out what they're getting served.

But in the meantime, the hacks who run these schools will ban cell phones in the cafeterias. Can't have the hacks who are their bosses getting publicly criticized

Posted by: kbdabear at January 06, 2015 11:06 AM (GrXXa)

164

There's a chart showing obesity skyrocketing after all the USDA food pyramid crap came out, and we started eating more high-carb diets.Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (2Ojst)---Yep. Terrible advice, all the way round. Eat margarine! Eat grains! They've just changed it to 'whole' grains. Bah. Paleo diet folks have them running scared, too. If they would just stick to 'eat more veggies and fruit' I think we would all be on the same page.

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 11:06 AM (lIU4e)

165
Just remember that without the USDA we'd all die from food poisoning. They are the thin bureaucrat line that stands between those rapacious customer-killing capitalist pigs and the helpless populace.

--

Instead, we have ten to twelve cases of E Coli or Salmonella that sicken hundreds of people each year. Once again, the federal government spends my money with positive results approaching zero percent.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 06, 2015 11:06 AM (20Zla)

166
Let it burn.

No, not the steaks, dumbass.

Posted by: LibertarianJim at January 06, 2015 11:06 AM (WDCYi)

167 If you cannot tell me whether I can put a dick in my mouth, you cannot tell me whether I can put a donut in there either.

*** golf clap ***

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (Ua6T/)

168 Also, happy birthday to Chique

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (lIU4e)

169 I wonder what will happen when the agricultural lobbies get on the phone with congress?

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Rant Responsibly at the Outrage Outlet! at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (hLRSq)

170 That these Malthusians should FOAD; at least we Catholics and Protestants can agree on something!

Posted by: LadyS at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (5dip8)

171 The government-approved high-carb diet worked for me!

Posted by: Governor Chris Chrstie at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (vgIRn)

172 I want to wish myself a lovely, wonderful birthday filled with no work.

Happy birthday, chique! May you have many more.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (zF6Iw)

173 Cropland kills off many more animals than grazing land. Orders of magnitude more. Cause everything that might eat the crops has to be killed.

Grazing land can have all sorts of critters roaming about.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (ZPrif)

174 It should all be ignored, except that it affects the poor kids who are stuck in public school living off rice cakes.

It's sad that they don't have parents capable of getting a free jar of peanut butter and a free loaf of bread and putting together a sammich for them to take to school.

Micromanaging us isn't going to fix that sad.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (/kI1Q)

175 Happy birthday Chique!

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (2Ojst)

176 Happy birthday Chique!

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (2Ojst)

177 Who is the blogger who offers gear for sale via his website, on which he offers a tee shirt with the slogan, "For every animal that you don't eat, I'm going to eat three"?

The Fat Guy from Boston

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (Zmw74)

178 144 To me, "sustainability" simply means eat a bigger steak.


Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (GGCsk)


Sustainability means being able to have Steak every day!

Which.... I can...

Posted by: Wolf, Big Bad, 1 ea. at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (qh617)

179
Soon there'll be a govt panel to [strongly] recommend how many babies women can have as to ensure "access" to natural resources for current generations as well as future generations.



Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (zKUiX)

180 The govt has had their head up their ass about nutrition since...forever. Now instead of the corn lobby writing the guidelines, it's the environmental lobby.

Posted by: brak at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (Tj+s6)

181 I'll tell you what. When Michele Obama slims down I'll start to consider vegetables as a food choice. Which will be never.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (GGCsk)

182 11
Know what's also good for the environment? A couple billion people
dying. Think how pristine and unspoiled Nature would be without all the
disgusting people fucking everything up.



--------------------------------

That's what the Greens and the Watermelons want, really. Let the brown people in the Third World live on swill since GMO crops = evil, let our kids get listless and scrawny because red meat = evil, let us all live without tasty joy in our bland food because salt and sugar = evil. No vaccinations or pesticides through trendy scare tactics. Then after plague and famine have scythed through the world's poor, leaving misery and anarchy in their wake, the Revolution can come.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (/mTq0)

183 I would never leave my house if I had boobs. It'd be bad.

With all that estrogen coursing through your system, you would probably lack the desire and ability to fap.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (Ua6T/)

184 USDA Advisory Board Will Now Make Nutrition Recommendations Based Upon Environmental Impact to The Earth; Will Discourage Meat Eating



And the can place their ruby red lips on my rosey red ass.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (HmfMS)

185 Thanks for the tip. Hursey's is the first one that showed up. Gotta go get directions now.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (2cS/G)

186 Wisconsin Deer Hunters will have a thing or three to say about this commie BS.

All this indoctrination ,

" Never eat anything with a face"

Devolution @ Back to small brain and an additional effeminate gene to boot


Posted by: Capt Haddock at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (/WmRg)

187 I love tenderloin steaks, my older brother & I have them every Sunday together.
I also love angus beef cheeseburgers, especially since I discovered smoked Gruyere cheese is sliced at deli counter.

I have to wait for FedEx to supposedly deliver a new credit card today.
Mine was cancelled last week after they called to ask if I tried to charge $350 at Kohls last weekend. I've been waiting for new one since 29th
I have cash but don't like to carry much because I'm small & afraid someone might see it & try to rob me.
I'm going to go buy Angus Beef & smoked Gruyere cheese now that I have seen this.

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 11:08 AM (sj3Ax)

188 "Sustainable." Seriously.

Cows have calves, some* of which grow up to become breeders.

So cattle perpetuate themselves. Sounds sustainable to me.

*The others become beef.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (K7u45)

189 I have a quarter steer in the freezer. Just finished some chili, so now to thaw out some steaks.

USDA should self-copulate with a stick blender.

Posted by: Stace, having an epiphany at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (sNESL)

190 It's sad that they don't have parents capable of getting a free jar of peanut butter and a free loaf of bread and putting together a sammich for them to take to school.

Micromanaging us isn't going to fix that sad.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (/kI1Q)



You forget that kids cannot bring peanut butter sandwiches to school any more because some kid may have a peanut allergy.

Also peanut butter sandwiches are racist.

No, I'm not joking about either of those.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (mf5HN)

191 Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."

Me: "It's been growing for 40 years. If it isn't even 'sustainable', how can it possibly be growing?"

Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."

Me: "Have you suffered some kind of brain injury?"

Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (vPh3W)

192 And today I plan on eating something beef related for supper, with cheese and other dairy products involved.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (/mTq0)

193 Just have laboratories create envioronmentally friendly beef. Science, wingnuts.

Posted by: neal "black hole" tyson at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (1W2Op)

194
Weasel Zippers down again or is it only me?

-
It looks like the Nazis have struck again.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 06, 2015 11:04 AM (j6e8f)







I didn't know that WZ was based at Pearl Harbor.....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (TIIx5)

195 It's sad that they don't have parents capable of getting a free jar of peanut butter and a free loaf of bread and putting together a sammich for them to take to school.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (/kI1Q)


Actually - it's against the rules (in Northern Virginia school districts, at least) to bring peanut products into the building because some little snowflakes may be allergic.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (fwARV)

196 It's sad that they don't have parents capable of getting a free jar of peanut butter and a free loaf of bread and putting together a sammich for them to take to school."

Oh, haven't you heard? They're trying their damndest to ban sack lunches. Parents can't be trusted.

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (MYCIw)

197 This is forcing a kind of religious dogma on us, isn't it? It certainly is in conflict with my understanding of my own religious standards. It smacks of a form of public state animism to elevate livestock and landscape to gods and relegate humanity to some slavey sub-station.

I mean, isn't this simply the religious views of filthy fucking hippies made into unconstitutional governmental actions?

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (scgac)

198 Gonna dig me a hole.
Gonna put a nerd in it.

Posted by: Corona at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (fh2Y7)

199 Also peanut butter sandwiches are racist.

No, I'm not joking about either of those.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (mf5HN)

When they're on white bread, they sure are.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (2Ojst)

200 The food pyramid is upside down.
http://tinyurl.com/p7ql5xz

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (zauWW)

201 A Low T America is a safe America!

Posted by: Progressive Trash Ruling Class at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (ZPrif)

202 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyfnUhQJcpk

The GuyFromBoston

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (Zmw74)

203
Scroll down a bit. http://tinyurl.com/ytfdl
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:02 AM (fwARV)


Thanks!

(Damn... they're out of my size!)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (bWFHa)

204 First, HAPPY BDAY AFRICAN CHICK!!!

Thirdly, USDA can go fuck itself with the flaming sword of my rage.

I dare you to try and stop me from eating what I want, when I want.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (da5Wo)

205 "108
Paul Ehrlich started his "Population Bomb" bullshit after a trip to
India, and observing the teeming masses of "brown faces" on the streets
of Mumbai. It's in the introduction to the book, he admits it.



Ehrlich, aka the wrongest man in science since Ptolemy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 06, 2015 11:00 AM (4IFRz)"

For those of you who don't know how demonstrably wrong Paul Ehrlich is, read about his wager with economist Julian Simon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%E2%80%93Ehrlich_wager

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (PD6iL)

206 Also peanut butter sandwiches are racist.

No, I'm not joking about either of those.
Posted by: alexthechick
----------------

White privilege.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (vPh3W)

207 191 Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."

Me: "It's been growing for 40 years. If it isn't even 'sustainable', how can it possibly be growing?"

Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."

Me: "Have you suffered some kind of brain injury?"

Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (vPh3W)




Makes sense to me.

Posted by: Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (vgIRn)

208 How nutritious would Bureaucrat Steaks be? Could we just eat them instead? Or at least render them into Soylent Green...

Posted by: Stu-22 at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (vd4oB)

209 Try the Ribeye Steak Sandwich with Caramelized Onions and Havarti from Capital Grille. It's outstanding.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (GGCsk)

210
Rather than actually pay attention to what the kids are saying about the meals, they'll commission millions of dollars for a study on why kids are going hungry in school or throwing out what they're getting served.


And that commission will be headed by a close personal friend of the president or some other crony.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (0HooB)

211

You're arguing nutrition? This isn't about nutrition or the godam environment.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (zKUiX)

212 "Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."

Brawndos got electrolytes!

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (MYCIw)

213 Allen, regarding your question from the earlier thread: Have a look at Psalm 51:5 and Romans 5.

Romans 5 doesn't work. That's not about children, and explicitly states "for until the Law, sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law." Which would be the case for children, at least infants, who are completely incapable of knowing the law.

Romans 5 is saying (a different way) that "all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God." All men need salvation. That's not in question. The question is what does God say about children- specifically infants- who have no opportunity *not* to sin?

As for Psalm 51- the Psalmist is specifically not a child. He admits to his own transgressions, and only has understanding of "in sin my mother conceived me," because of his own understanding.

At no point have I said children do not sin. Human nature is sinful. What the Bible says, over and over beginning with Genesis, is that people who literally do not know better (where there is no law) cannot be held to account for their actions.

Sin entered through the knowing act of Adam. Likewise, until Christ, all died- even those who had not sinned in a like manner (I would argue that would include children- Heaven was forbidden to all Men). After Christ, Heaven is open, and those who have not sinned (knowingly) are judged innocent. Outside of children, that is a vanishingly small number of people.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (kff5f)

214 Paul Ehrlich started his "Population Bomb" bullshit after a trip to India, and observing the teeming masses of "brown faces" on the streets of Mumbai. It's in the introduction to the book, he admits it.
***

And once again I have to quote P.J. O'Rourke in All The Trouble In The World:

"Fretting about overpopulation is a perfect guilt-free - indeed, sanctimonious - way for "progressives" to be racist"

and

"When an environmentalist talks about overpopulation what he really means is there is too much of you and just the right amount of me."


Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (+Gtkw)

215 You forget that kids cannot bring peanut butter sandwiches to school any more because some kid may have a peanut allergy.

Oh, well, that totally justifies wasting billions of dollars to give poor kids a rice cake and 1/2 cup sliced raw jicama (no longer with 1tsp lo-fat ranch dip) to throw away.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (/kI1Q)

216 Oh, wait, we just got the newest fad results. We now need you to eat ONLY meat, but the meat has to have been touched by third world people.

Posted by: USDA at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (VAsIq)

217 Radical environmentalists (are there any other kinds?) view humanity as a blight, a chancre sore on the lower lip of Mother Gaia. I personally believe the source of their anti-humanism is plain old self-loathing, and this whole Green religion is an expression of that self-loathing writ large enough to encompass everyone.

Posted by: troyriser at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (CAJL/)

218 If beef isn't raised for food, they will become extinct. Because no one will bear those costs for pets.
Why does the government encourage extinction?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (HmfMS)

219 In a totally unrelated decision, the USDA has ruled that Wagyu is not harmful to the ecology.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (6n332)

220 Whatever, as long as they don't target cream puffs, donuts, and slabs of delicious butter, why should anyone care?

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (+YNzP)

221 What the hell is going on with "our" government?


Commies.

The end.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (7ObY1)

222
Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (vPh3W)


Yeah, at their present rate of increase, they're on track to TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (bWFHa)

223 I just saw the update. The expected reaction occurred.

Ace said: "What the hell is going on with "our" government?"


Groups try to influence regulatory agencies as rules are added, updated, and removed* from the Code of Federal Regulations. If there is an issue, an industry, an idea, then there will be a pressure group/lobbying group for it. and they will all do their best to influence not only Congress but also the rule drafting procedures to get their pet idea or what not favored. Groups such as the American Dairy Council, the National Rifle Association, the Sierra Club, and so on. It is very American and has been going on since, oh I guess the Washington Administration.

*Theoretically possible.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Rant Responsibly at the Outrage Outlet! at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (hLRSq)

224 Oh, well, that totally justifies wasting billions of dollars to give poor kids a rice cake and 1/2 cup sliced raw jicama (no longer with 1tsp lo-fat ranch dip) to throw away.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (/kI1Q)

1/2 cup is the athletes' portion. Everybody else gets 1/4 cup.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (2Ojst)

225 Healthy diet, in reverse pyramid order of caloric intake:
Meat (i.e. Animal Kingdom protein)
Fat (Animal and Vegetable Kingdom)
Veggies (Only those that don't irritate your system)
Fruit ( The whole thing, no juicing)
Nuts/Seeds/Etc (Unless you are allergic)

Eggs are in there somewhere too, in the meat category prolly.

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (/UCw4)

226 Update: A balanced diet based on the formerly-discredited food pyramid seems to work pretty well.

Posted by: USDA at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (VAsIq)

227 We just got the yearly yearling. Freezer is full. And guess what?

Free.

Like 15 roasts, 30 steaks, maybe 50lbs of ground beef.

Suck it hippies.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (x3YFz)

228 Grazing land can have all sorts of critters roaming about.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 11:07 AM (ZPrif)

Yep, rangeland is home to all kinds of endangered and declining birds and other species. But ranchers are icky Jesus people, like gun owners.

Posted by: Stace, having an epiphany at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (sNESL)

229 135 Red Meat helps built that evil Testosterone... which leads to Manly Rapey behavior...

Soy mimics estrogen. If men are envious of female breasts, they can grow their own. Eat a tofu based diet and smoke lots of pot.

-----

This is the real deal. Just look around and the truth is evident.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (A98Xu)

230 Uh-huh, because compounds used to ensure that nut and fruit trees aren't destroyed by insects and blight, along with those used to treat corn and soy crops in order for them not to succumb to weeds are all in the "environments" best interests. Oh, I forgot about "Organic Farming". Sure thing. After all of us are forced to eat like a panda, I'm sure that hippies and their respective 20 X 20 shit plots will be able to keep up with demand! Sorry about the rest of the planet.

Posted by: WVinMN at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (he/dn)

231 " Never eat anything with a face"
~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~

I'll cut off your face before I put you in the pot.

Posted by: Lord Humongous at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (Ua6T/)

232 222
Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (vPh3W)

Yeah, at their present rate of increase, they're on track to TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (bWFHa)

The solution is obvious: we need to start eating polar bears.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (2Ojst)

233 Breaking: USDA advises common sense and ignoring all past recommendations.

Posted by: USDA at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (VAsIq)

234 Thanks for the awesome-day wished, Mike H, HR, and my Queen.

HR, I am a sad sinner/worst person in the world who doesn't like chocolate (I know), but I will accept your gracious gift as I am sure it is absolutely delicious.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:13 AM (oa/c7)

235 217 Radical environmentalists (are there any other kinds?)


Yep. Conservative environmentalists. There are many of us, and we are the true environmentalists.

I've met a (very) few Libs who are honestly true environmentalists, but most are Conservatives.

Posted by: Citizen X at January 06, 2015 11:14 AM (7ObY1)

236 We need a new federal agency to oversee the USDA. It must be well staffed.

Posted by: John Boehner at January 06, 2015 11:14 AM (XzRw1)

237 Actually - it's against the rules (in Northern Virginia school districts, at least) to bring peanut products into the building because some little snowflakes may be allergic.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (fwARV)


*points wildly* See! See how I'm right!

Lauren is right about schools trying to ban sack lunches. See re: this - http://bit.ly/1tM9Nft

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 11:14 AM (mf5HN)

238 Know what's also good for the environment? A couple billion people
dying.


Pretty much the core of the "sustainable development" concept, a core tenant of global warming policy. Keep poor third-world brown people living in squalor while westerners watch over them like zoo animals, and let them die off while encouraging westerners to not reproduce. It's eugenics 2.0.

Posted by: brak at January 06, 2015 11:14 AM (Tj+s6)

239 "197
This is forcing a kind of religious dogma on us, isn't it? It certainly
is in conflict with my understanding of my own religious standards. It
smacks of a form of public state animism to elevate livestock and
landscape to gods and relegate humanity to some slavey sub-station.



I mean, isn't this simply the religious views of filthy fucking hippies made into unconstitutional governmental actions?

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (scgac)"

The Constitution was written a hundred years ago by slave owners who did not have iPhones or even any decent video games. Why should we pay any attention to that obsolete stuff. We are much smarter and more enlightened today.

Posted by: Pajama Boy at January 06, 2015 11:14 AM (PD6iL)

240
I don't care, I like meat, red meat and plenty of it. I'll eat it as long as I can afford it. I'll die someday and if it's because I ate too much meat, then I'll live with that.

Posted by: huerfano at January 06, 2015 11:06 AM (bAGA/)








Or as I've consistently said, swearing off red meat, bacon and alcohol might make me live longer, but WHY WOULD I WANT TO?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (TIIx5)

241 And thanks to any other morons and 'ettes who send birthday wishes.

I love you guys!

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (oa/c7)

242 How nutritious would Bureaucrat Steaks be? Could we just eat them instead? Or at least render them into Soylent Green...



Hog feed. Worm food. Buzzard bait.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (HmfMS)

243 chique, happy birthday! If you don't like chocolate, would home-made blueberry pie do?

Posted by: LadyS at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (5dip8)

244 Yeah, at their present rate of increase, they're on track to TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!


I thought that was penguins.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (/kI1Q)

245 But what about "Mocchi: The Silent Killer!"

http://bit.ly/1wjFs3f

Posted by: Socratease at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (2GbWn)

246 Actually - it's against the rules (in Northern Virginia school districts, at least) to bring peanut products into the building because some little snowflakes may be allergic.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile
The elementary schools here do the same stupidity. Funny thing; the middle schools and the high schools don't. it's as if either the legions of kids with deadly airborne allergies were healed by graduating, or these clowns are that stupid.

I don't dare point this out too loud, lest they propagate the stupidity.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (Spluw)

247 What the hell is going on with "our" government?


Too many people with free time on their hands.





"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

-C.S. Lewis

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (GQ8sn)

248 Happy Birthday African Chicque!

And... test run is done, back to work.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (kff5f)

249 209 Try the Ribeye Steak Sandwich with Caramelized Onions and Havarti from Capital Grille. It's outstanding.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:11 AM (GGCsk)

----

Sounds fantastic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (A98Xu)

250 We do not promote eating things with a face in
Brattleboro.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at January 06, 2015 10:50 AM (Sd++4)

Head Cheese!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (Zu3d9)

251 I am a ... person ... who doesn't like chocolate

Those words don't make sense in that order.

Happy Birthday!

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (Ua6T/)

252 If you are what you eat, then I'm a human being!

Posted by: Turd Ferguson's Oversized Hat (It's Funny) at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (VAsIq)

253 I couldn't raise beef cows. That would not be sustainable. All that temptation parading around in front of you. And a hot grill.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (GGCsk)

254 Chique! holy smores! I haven't stalked you in... shoot... a year or so?

/wink

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (x3YFz)

255 The Ruling Class in America has mostly converted away from Christianity and to the new nature cult of Environmentalism.

What we are experience is what the average Roman pagan citizen experience when the Ruling Class converted to Christianity.

All of a sudden the Ruling Class is tearing down the supports for the old religion and building institutional supports for the new one. New dietary laws, new religious dogma.

It's confusing for the average citizen. It makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense from the perspective of the Ruling Class. They've converted to a new religion, they want to destroy the old religion, and they are using the power they have to impose their new religion on the confused masses.

Which is why we have to engage in the weekly purity ritual called Recycling where we sort through our garbage and separate the Clean and Unclean bit of refuse.

Consumer recycling is incredibly wasteful -- yet it's done in the name of Sustainability and Earth Worship. It's just a sick purity ritual of the New Cult.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (ZPrif)

256 141 We may not be a perfect federal agency but we can say that none of our employees shit in our hallways.
Posted by: The USDA at January 06, 2015 11:03 AM (4IFRz)

----------------

WRONG! Or not in the hallways, anyway...

Posted by: The USDA break-room shitter at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (vd4oB)

257
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (oa/c7)

Happy Birthday to you, cd'a!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (bWFHa)

258 235 217 Radical environmentalists (are there any other kinds?)


Yep. Conservative environmentalists. There are many of us, and we are the true environmentalists.

I've met a (very) few Libs who are honestly true environmentalists, but most are Conservatives.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 06, 2015 11:14 AM (7ObY1)

I think of them as conservationists, not environmentalists.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (2Ojst)

259 Lard is good food. Michelle sucks arugula.

Posted by: Super Creepy Rob Lowe at January 06, 2015 11:17 AM (oDCMR)

260 First, HAPPY BDAY AFRICAN CHICK!!!


That goes double for me, AC.

May your Valu-Rite not have many paint flakes in it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:17 AM (0HooB)

261 Fucktardopia

Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2015 11:17 AM (xWW96)

262 Chique,
I was trying to copy & paste in iPad but my hands are cold.

Have a Happy Birthday!!

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 11:17 AM (sj3Ax)

263 B - 214 - P.J. nails it every time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:17 AM (vPh3W)

264 This meant that Barry couldn't get his "wagyu" any more.

Posted by: Michelle O at January 06, 2015 11:17 AM (Bk8Wa)

265 Or as I've consistently said, swearing off red meat, bacon and alcohol might make me live longer, but WHY WOULD I WANT TO?




Swearing me off will shorten some.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:18 AM (HmfMS)

266 So Michelle's Special Tree Bark Soup won't be on school lunch menus?

*phew*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:18 AM (MeS8s)

267 EAT MOR BURAKRATS!

Posted by: The Chick-fil-A cows at January 06, 2015 11:18 AM (vd4oB)

268 If I remember correctly, the human race went through and agrarian period. It wasn't sustainable.

Do these people read or understand any history?

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:18 AM (GGCsk)

269
www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015.asp#overview

If you take a look under the Q and A section, turns out the approved guidelines have more than an "eat your kale" bitchin at you impact.

Actually used to configure assistance programs like SNAP and such.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 06, 2015 11:18 AM (kdS6q)

270 Good news from Iraq, an ISIS beheader was beheaded evidently for smoking. Now these guys understand transformation.

Posted by: Super Creepy Rob Lowe at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (oDCMR)

271 We're trying a new ranch out to see if it's worth buying a a whole cow from them. Beefmaster cattle, raised and finished 5 miles from my house (see, look at me eating local you damn hippies). We shall see if they're yummy.

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (MYCIw)

272 Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 11:16 AM (ZPrif)

----

Nailed it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (A98Xu)

273 "Our" Government has too many agencies, bureause, etc!

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (sj3Ax)

274 Thanks, Lea, MP4, and Insomniac!

On the topic of the evil Gaia-hating meet, I think I will demand to be taken to a meaty restaurant today.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (oa/c7)

275
" Never eat anything with a face"

My counter to that is "never eat anything that didn't used to love its Mommy".

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (JtwS4)

276 "Brattleboro Women's Reproductive Health Choice
Clinic"

Where half the humans don't come out alive.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (DoX/w)

277 Hell, I'm anti-environment. I'm opposed to anything that's trying to kill me. It's ONE degree right now.

Posted by: AmishDude at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (x1Ln+)

278 Posted by: Mikey NTH - Rant Responsibly at the Outrage Outlet! at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (hLRSq)

Campaign contributions from individuals are down...

Its all about businesses and bundles of money now....

And you WORK for who PAYS you...

Thus, grouped special interests have power in DC.... while we the People do not.

Posted by: Wolf, Big Bad, 1 ea. at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (qh617)

279
Under obama's rule we have:

- a leader similar to Kim Jong Il
- the fascist economy of Venezuela
- the govt of China

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (zKUiX)

280 Of course, this would mean that the USDA cafeteria would no long have any beef product (i.e. hamburgers all beef hot dogs, etc).

Posted by: Michelle O at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (uIGjr)

281 We do not promote eating things with a face in Brattleboro.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien


Head Cheese!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo



Toe jam!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (HmfMS)

282 I'm sure Mitch the bitch and droopy boner would fight this leftard stupidity with every tooth in their toothless and empty heads.

Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2015 11:20 AM (xWW96)

283 Actually used to configure assistance programs like SNAP and such.

Which can be used for Doritos, which is how I know they're *serious* about nutrition.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:20 AM (/kI1Q)

284 Sorry, Allen, but I can't see it.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 06, 2015 11:20 AM (aLfY1)

285 273
Should sau Bureau!!

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 11:20 AM (sj3Ax)

286 YESSSS! YOU WILL OBEY, PEASANTS! LEAVE MORE STEAK FOR MEEEE!!

Posted by: Michelle Obama, chowing down on a whole roasted cow carcass at January 06, 2015 11:20 AM (vd4oB)

287 My counter to that is "never eat anything that didn't used to love its Mommy".

I think that leaves out most seafood, though.

And while I'm not a fan of crustacean, I do like calamari and fish.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 11:20 AM (kff5f)

288 "218
If beef isn't raised for food, they will become extinct. Because no one will bear those costs for pets.

Why does the government encourage extinction?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:12 AM (HmfMS)"

Let my tell you about the government's new program to raise those cute cattle at government expense in order to prevent them from going extinct. Oh. By the way, expect your taxes to go up to pay for this.

Posted by: Pajama Boy at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (PD6iL)

289
244 Yeah, at their present rate of increase, they're on track to TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!


I thought that was penguins.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (/kI1Q)


Actually, it's both of 'em. When they inevitably win, they'll celebrate by drinking a round of Cokes obtained from vending machines located on the by then ice-locked Galapagos Islands...

...at least, that is how the renowned documentary "Coca-Cola's Nature" series 'splained it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (bWFHa)

290 In order to piss off the liberals, I'd run out and snatch up a bunny and rip out its throat with my teeth.

Except laundry detergent is insanely expensive.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (x3YFz)

291 Hell, I'm anti-environment. I'm opposed to anything that's trying to kill me. It's ONE degree right now.

Well, it's warmer than that here in DFW, but I know what you mean.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (kff5f)

292 There are so many food allergies these days, but is there even one proven case of being allergic to beef?
I rest my case.
Beef is health food.

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (5RnAT)

293 Some people see a cow and think what a wonderful animal. I see a cow and immediately think Worcestershire Sauce.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (GGCsk)

294 If I remember correctly, the human race went through and agrarian period. It wasn't sustainable. Do these people read or understand any history?



Dood! That was like, over 20 years ago!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (HmfMS)

295 OT


Police officer shoots self in the stomach after fumbling with his gun.


http://tinyurl.com/mxhztpn


Look how close the woman was to the ricochet. You can see it almost hit her!

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (GQ8sn)

296 The best counter?

Its Evolution bitchez... our teeth and digestive tract have evolved to handle meat and vegetables.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (MeS8s)

297 We don't really like beef, but some supplies must remain for us to eat since it is necessary for our good health and productivity.

---Pigs in the Ruling Classes

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (l3vZN)

298 They dare not come for the bacon.

Posted by: flounder at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (FHh8u)

299
Update: Course Reversed.


And yet how close did they come?
What the hell is going on with "our" government?

---

Money talks, donor money is especially loud.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (20Zla)

300 Re peanut butter in lunches,
My grandson is allergic to peanuts, our solution was to homeschool him till 2nd grade when he knew enough to not eat anything he hasn't checked. We pack his lunches and I dare the school to say one word about it!

Posted by: FCF at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (kejii)

301 I'm going to have a roast beef sandwich for dinner, using two steaks instead of bread.

Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (7Kbxu)

302 Except laundry detergent is insanely expensive.

And ineffective. For Teh Planet.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (/kI1Q)

303 Soilent Green is good for the environment

Posted by: The Jackhole at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (6/J77)

304 What the hell is going on with "our" government?

What government?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (IXrOn)

305 Hmmm, I guess I should have trusted my judgement this morning and kept the kids home from school. #closeFCPS is trending on Twitter. I'm going to pick them up early.

Posted by: no good deed at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (w3a0Z)

306 Q: Why are the Dietary Guidelines only for ages 2 years and older?

A: Early iterations of the Dietary Guidelines recognized the unique nutritional needs and eating patterns of infants and toddlers from birth to 24 months of age because of the wide variance in the developmental stages of this age group. For this reason, the DGA has traditionally focused on adults and children 2 years of age and older.


... today, we are all one-year olds

Posted by: PeeWee Herman at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (uIGjr)

307 So... I have an email from the RNC in my in-box with the subject "What should the GOP accomplish first?"

How open do you think they would be to "fire John Boehner and Mitch McConnell?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (kff5f)

308 The USDA is, get this, lying about not using sustainability in making the recommendations. Oh we are totes not doing that! Totes mcgoats!


The USDA guidelines *delegation doctrine ragetwitch* are used by a ton of entities as if they are writ from on high. School districts, nursing homes, hospitals, SNAP, you name it.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (mf5HN)

309 You know what this post needs? A follow-up food thread about cuts of steak.

And yes, I now want a steak for breakfast.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (0HooB)

310 I dare you to try and stop me from eating what I want, when I want.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 06, 2015 11:10 AM (da5Wo)


Silly boy. We don't have to stop you. All we will do is make the price of beef so prohibitive, you'll have to stop yourself from buying it. Easy as pie.

Which you also can't have.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (zF6Iw)

311 I try to minimize my baby animal consumption, other than that it's open season.

Posted by: Chupacabras at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (+hPIb)

312

THIS is exactly the reason I began voting for Republicans -- to stop bullshit like this.

Today I have NO reason to vote for Republicans.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (zKUiX)

313 Wanna see the leftard plan to nobody raising beef? Take a look at the idiotic shit they do to make sure non-native wild horses are left along to destroy native wildlife habitat.

Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (xWW96)

314 Four words: Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (GGCsk)

315
Posted by: Michelle Obama, chowing down on jaws unhinged to swallow a whole roasted cow carcass at January 06, 2015 11:20 AM (vd4oB)

FIFY

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (bWFHa)

316 Let them eat Kale

Posted by: Michelle O at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (uIGjr)

317 Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (5RnAT)

I think there are genetic diseases that make protein digestion difficult.

But as a food? Beef is pretty good. It's got most (maybe all for the medium term) of what humans need.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (Zu3d9)

318 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (IXrOn)

I have no doubt that the government exists.

What "our?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (kff5f)

319 Welcome towhat happenswhen you put the Faculty Lounge in charge of everything. Are our children learning anything even remotely useful, orat least non-bizarre?

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (fb100)

320 Pretty soon it will be because we are pistol packing they will push too far

http://tinyurl.com/pl8tbtb

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (MeS8s)

321


Vegetarians are getting cancer in droves.

Another culling experiment.

obamacare + vegetarianism = culling of the horde

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (IXrOn)

322 My counter to that is "never eat anything that didn't used to love its Mommy".



My personal motto?
"If it ever had a momma, kill it and grill it"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (HmfMS)

323 Human beings are naturally religious. A small % aren't, but most are.

As Christianity has died in the West, Environmentalism has crawled into it's desiccated husk.

It gives people a sense of belonging, a higher purpose, a grand vision that makes sense of the world, a belief that they are true and noble and good - part of the Elect.

Plus it steals a lot of the basic structure of Christianity. Garden of Eden (unspoiled nature), Original Sin (technology), Armageddon (Global Warming), etc, etc.

The eco-cultists won't call it a Religion, but that's exactly what it is.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (ZPrif)

324 Forget it, Ace. It's Chinatown.

Posted by: Pmzey at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (pmzey)

325 295 OT


Police officer shoots self in the stomach after fumbling with his gun.


http://tinyurl.com/mxhztpn


Look how close the woman was to the ricochet. You can see it almost hit her!

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:21 AM (GQ8sn)

But only cops should have guns, because trained professionals or something.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (2Ojst)

326 I thought that was penguins.

Posted by: HR
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Fortunately, they are constrained to the Southern hemisphere.

Posted by: Neil Grassy Tyson at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (vPh3W)

327 I thought that was penguins.

Posted by: HR
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Fortunately, they are constrained to the Southern hemisphere.

Posted by: Neil Grassy Tyson at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (vPh3W)

328 I thought that was penguins.

Posted by: HR
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Fortunately, they are constrained to the Southern hemisphere.

Posted by: Neil Grassy Tyson at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (vPh3W)

329 My counter to that is "never eat anything that didn't used to love its Mommy"

I'm so conflicted.

Posted by: Norman Bates at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (Ua6T/)

330 When I come for their dogs, they will think twice about this whole beef ban thing.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (GGCsk)

331 Bacon-Wrapped Filet Mignon.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (GGCsk)

I prefer my beef with enough natural fat to taste good plain.

Although there is nothing wrong with deglazing the pan with some butter for a nice sauce.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (Zu3d9)

332 Soylent Oceanographic Survey Report, 2015 to 2019

Posted by: The Jackhole at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (6/J77)

333 311 I try to minimize my baby animal consumption, other than that it's open season.
Posted by: Chupacabras at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (+hPIb)

I love veal. The suffering makes the flesh taste that much sweeter.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (2Ojst)

334 Vegetarians are getting cancer in droves.


Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (IXrOn)
--
Linky?
Because that would be so cool to cite ...

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (5RnAT)

335 Vegetarians are getting cancer in droves.


Got a link or other source for this?

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (aLfY1)

336 Wow! A triple sock post.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (vPh3W)

337 Neal, Neal, Neal you just scored a Triple LOLz

North Korea: 9.5
East Germany: 5.9
Vietnam: 8.9

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (MeS8s)

338 Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range. The only way some of them can hit the ground is gravity.

Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (xWW96)

339 Uh oh, Hursey's seems to be a mainly pork BBQ joint "We cook over 1200 pork shoulders a week, and that's not counting hams!" . So, no brisket for me, but they do have beef ribs. Might go for those or a BBQ half-chicken meal.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (2cS/G)

340 336 Wow! A triple sock post.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (vPh3W)

Meh. I give only 2.8.

Posted by: Russian Olympic Judge at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (2Ojst)

341 There is zero demonstrable proof that holds up under scrutiny that a vegetarian diet is healthier. In fact, it's the opposite.

It is more about moderation, not some Food Nazi's totalitarian idea about what everyone should eat.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (GGCsk)

342

How about some irony?

There's a huge acreage of land in the south that has soybean fields.

There are so many deer that their crops are literally being eaten up.

The farmers are begging the hunters to hunt the deer.

the meat is eating the veggies

ahahaha

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (IXrOn)

343 Wow! A triple sock post.

Should have known it was you.

If I send you $25 through PayPal, could you deposit $20 in my bank account?

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:27 AM (Ua6T/)

344
THIS is exactly the reason I began voting for Republicans -- to stop bullshit like this. Today I have NO reason to vote for Republicans.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home


Will probably just depress you further to point out:

Beginning with the 1985 edition, HHS and USDA have appointed a Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) consisting of nationally recognized experts in the field of nutrition and health. The charge to the Committee is to review the scientific and medical knowledge current at the time. The Committee then prepares a report for the Secretaries that provides recommendations for the next edition of the Dietary Guidelines based on their review of current literature.

So, looks like a Reagan era "what could wrong?" initiative.

Whoops.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 06, 2015 11:27 AM (kdS6q)

345 338 Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range. The only way some of them can hit the ground is gravity.
Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (xWW96)

I saw some reality show that followed a bunch of police cadets through the academy. I swear I thought they were going to shoot themselves or the range officer during handgun training. They looked like monkeys trying to fcuk a doorknob.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:27 AM (2Ojst)

346
Posted by: Neil Grassy Tyson at January 06, 2015 11:24 AM (vPh3W)

While you do love the sound of your own voice, it is neither sonorous nor soothing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:27 AM (bWFHa)

347 I'm going to have a roast beef sandwich for dinner, using two steaks instead of bread.
Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 06, 2015 11:22 AM (7Kbxu)


*sidles over*

Hi. How you doin'?


Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 06, 2015 11:28 AM (mf5HN)

348 Although there is nothing wrong with deglazing the pan with some butter for a nice sauce.

Try deglazing with a dark malty beer. It'll change your life.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:28 AM (/kI1Q)

349 If you cannot tell me whether I can put a dick in my mouth, you cannot tell me whether I can put a donut in there either.

You know, I'm just gonna leave this out there as a fine example of why AtC deserves to be Empress.

Posted by: physics geek at January 06, 2015 11:28 AM (MT22W)

350 342 LOL
I dunno if I'd eat those deer though - probably tastes like tofu.
;P

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:28 AM (RiG1Q)

351 You know what's worse than having that fat assed, Michelle Obama telling me what to eat?

Nothing.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:28 AM (A98Xu)

352 Next time you go to DC look at how f'n huge the USDA buildings are. I guess they need to do something to justify their phony baloney jobs.

Posted by: Timon at January 06, 2015 11:28 AM (1aUjs)

353 The department of agriculture's only concern should be food production.

When did these clowns get into dietary and nutritional recommendations?

Posted by: Fritz at January 06, 2015 11:29 AM (UzPAd)

354 There's a huge acreage of land in the south that has soybean fields.

There are so many deer that their crops are literally being eaten up.

The farmers are begging the hunters to hunt the deer.

the meat is eating the veggies

ahahaha
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (IXrOn)

And the bucks are growing teats.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:29 AM (2Ojst)

355 You know what this post needs? A follow-up food thread about cuts of steak.



And yes, I now want a steak for breakfast.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (0HooB)


all beef is great if prepared correctly. Today I have a NY strip defrosting.

It's a matter of taste. Some folks like it grilled, I like 'em broiled. So I'll broil it in a glass pan underneath heating stones in the oven @ 365 degrees slathered in olive oil to keep it juicy.

Seasoned with pepper, garlic, parsely.

Cooked until the point you cut 1/4 of the way through and see pink.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:29 AM (x3YFz)

356 Vegetarians are 'less healthy' and have a poorer quality of life than meat-eatershttp://tinyurl.com/mz6speb


That's just one article.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:29 AM (GGCsk)

357 Although there is nothing wrong with deglazing the pan with some butter for a nice sauce.

BBC

Booze (cooking sherry, port, amontillado)
Butter
Cream

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:29 AM (Ua6T/)

358 Try deglazing with a dark malty beer. It'll change your life.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:28 AM (/kI1Q)

And butter?

That sounds....weird. But what the hell, I'll give it a try.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (Zu3d9)

359 I'm sure China was just curious about ... hydropower and stuff.

Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
RT @businessinsider: federal employee provided China with sensitive information on US dams--@BillGertz via @FreeBeacon read.bi/1vZwlDK

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (ZPrif)

360
The department of agriculture's only concern should be food production.
Posted by: Fritz



The Department of Agriculture shouldn't exist.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (kdS6q)

361 And remember USDA can certify if the chicken you buying at Wal-Mart is Made in the USA or overseas.

But INS can't do anything about illegals from overseas.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (MeS8s)

362 I haven't met a vegetarian yet that didn't have a chronic case of the sniffles.

Posted by: Chupacabras at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (+hPIb)

363 Booze (cooking sherry, port, amontillado)

For the love of God, Montresor!

Posted by: Fortunato at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (2Ojst)

364 While you do love the sound of your own voice, it is neither sonorous nor soothing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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'Caterwauling'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (vPh3W)

365 Before issuing new rules, the government should probably consider the impact of ordering electrons in ways nature never intended. I'm thinking we need a new group to fight the untrammeled issuance of new rules, and I'm calling it "Pete": People For the Ethical Treatment Of Electrons.

Posted by: MTF at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (LISuA)

366 Bobwhite quail populations are crashing. South Texas just was named Legacy Landscape of National Significance. And why is that you ask?

Because of large, intact BEEF ranches, that are intact because of income from BEEF, HUNTING, and [gasp] OIL and GAS production.

That's a trifecta of Jesusland ickiness, and it's what's keeping wild bird species from being extirpated.

Posted by: stace at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (ImzkZ)

367 "What the hell is going on with "our" government?"

The Left has taken control and is using to wage war on the United States.

Posted by: EndOfPatience at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (wjVrI)

368 338 Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range.

Yeah, I watched one recruit draw and aim his pistol like he was casting for a fish: Brought it way up over his head and then down again to line up with the target. Must have learned it from a cop show somewhere.

Posted by: Socratease at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (2GbWn)

369 361 And remember USDA can certify if the chicken you buying at Wal-Mart is Made in the USA or overseas.

But INS can't do anything about illegals from overseas.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (MeS8s)

Replace INS with the USDA and we can start eating certified illegals.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (2Ojst)

370 as if any Moron would take dietary advice from some commie shitbag liberal. Heh....

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (x3YFz)

371
Look for the NIH and HHS to start screaming about an epidemic of "Rage Carbs" maladies in 5, 4, 3, ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (bWFHa)

372 I'm going to pack 3-foot Pixie sticks of colored sugar and 2-liter Cokes for all three of my kids for lunch tomorrow. Because I can. Any school or government busybody wants to complain about it? Fine. My knuckles have remained unbruised for far too long.

Posted by: physics geek at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (MT22W)

373 Try deglazing with a dark malty beer.

Got any brand recommendations?

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (Ua6T/)

374 And I must have been psychic since last night had a steak and a salad.

Bwahahahaha

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (MeS8s)

375 The USDA Offices are right across the Mall from Capital Grille in DC.

Just saying.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (GGCsk)

376 "Vegetarians Found to have More Cancer, Allergies and Mental Health Disorders"


http://tinyurl.com/nxjsbya

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (fwARV)

377 I haven't met a vegetarian yet that didn't have a chronic case of the sniffles.
Posted by: Chupacabras
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The all look like asparagus stalks.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (vPh3W)

378 Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:29 AM (Ua6T/)

Well, for a classic pan sauce, yes.

But the steak house trick has always been to add butter (and sometimes the fat trimmed from the aged primals).

I think I would go the classic route for a low or mid-priced cut. But for NY strip or porterhouse, I like the minimalist way.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:32 AM (Zu3d9)

379 "246
Actually - it's against the rules (in Northern Virginia school
districts, at least) to bring peanut products into the building because
some little snowflakes may be allergic.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile

The elementary schools here do the same stupidity. Funny thing; the
middle schools and the high schools don't. it's as if either the legions
of kids with deadly airborne allergies were healed by graduating, or
these clowns are that stupid.



I don't dare point this out too loud, lest they propagate the stupidity.



Posted by: Blue Hen at January 06, 2015 11:15 AM (Spluw)"

On the other hand, I have several relatives with severe peanut allergies and on more than one occasion have driven them to the emergency room after they stabbed themselves with their epi-pen after being inadvertently exposed to peanuts. I am quite sure that they would be much happier if peanut allergies really were bullshit but several near death experiences argue that they are real.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:32 AM (PD6iL)

380 I haven't met a vegetarian yet that didn't have a chronic case of the sniffles.
Posted by: Chupacabras
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The sickliest, most unhealthy-looking people I ever met were hard-core vegetarian health food nuts.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (2Ojst)

381 Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range. The only way some of them can hit the ground is gravity.
***

I've shot a lot over the last 30 years with a number of LEOs at various gun ranges, After all this time, I'm still not entirely sure some of them were even hitting the berm.

Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (+Gtkw)

382 Cooked until the point you cut 1/4 of the way through and see pink.

I now really, really want a steak for breakfast.

I like mine grilled lovingly over charcoal in the backyard of Casa Backwardio with Dale's Steak Sauce.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (0HooB)

383
Case in pont:

The Department of Agriculture was authorized a budget for Fiscal Year 2015 of $139.7 billion

Almost all food stamp and rural housing assistance welfare money.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (kdS6q)

384 Its time for a serious discussion on Inner Thigh Gap.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (08Znv)

385
"Vegetarians Found to have More Cancer, Allergies and Mental Health Disorders"


http://tinyurl.com/nxjsbya

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:31 AM (fwARV)


Putting on my Richard Feynman cap, I'd offer that it has to do more with the fact that they're idiots and less to do with vegetables.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (x3YFz)

386 If you cannot tell me whether I can put a dick in my mouth, you cannot tell me whether I can put a donut in there either.


You know, I'm just gonna leave this out there as a fine example of why AtC deserves to be Empress.
Posted by: physics geek



Donut on a dick. Kinky.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (HmfMS)

387
Wow! A triple sock post.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (vPh3W)







One for the right, one for the left, one for the junk.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (TIIx5)

388 When did these clowns get into dietary and nutritional recommendations?

Hmm, food is produced by farms and we regulate that, people eat food and we regulate that, people fly airplanes. We should be allowed to regulate airplanes.

Posted by: Your Helpful Friends at the USDA at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (MbqmP)

389 Eat Mor Chikin!

Posted by: Chik-Fil-A Spokescow and Gummint Lobbyist at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (RHLfG)

390 Drudge claims the leadership is actually out whipping votes for Boehner's re-election. I'll bet you they never thought that would be necessary.

Posted by: MTF at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (LISuA)

391 Thanks, Carol, fluffy, BB, KvCarnot, and LadyS. And my very beloved stalker, T9.

Yes, LadyS, I would love some of your blueberry pie alongside HR's chocolate cake.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (oa/c7)

392 USDA: Primed for being shuttered.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (UhRGU)

393 So....they'll just find some other way to make us all vegan for the environment, then?

Commies never give up, they just change tactics. And they do not like livestock.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (ABcz/)

394 Cows eat vegetables. Milk comes from cows. Cheese comes from milk.

Beer is made from water, barley, hops and-sometimes-wheat.

I'm gonna have a vegetarian lunch today: cheeseburger with beer. And I'm going to send that to school with my kids before I'll bow down to this bullshit.

Posted by: physics geek at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (MT22W)

395 376 - "Vegetarians had higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders , a higher need for health care, and poorer quality of life."
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Emphasis is mine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (vPh3W)

396 Got any brand recommendations?

I used Sun King's Cowbell porter for my sauce the other day, but I don't think you can get it outside Indiana. Anything in a porter or a stout would probably work. My first try was with a marzen (Oktoberfest), but it was a little sweet.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (/kI1Q)

397 I am quite sure that they would be much happier if peanut allergies really were bullshit but several near death experiences argue that they are real.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:32 AM (PD6iL)


Of course they're real. No one's claiming otherwise. What we're claiming is that entire school districts should not be obligated to shift their entire dietary system to accommodate individuals.

Pack lunches. Get epi's for the teachers and train them on what to look for and how to respond.

It's like guns. If a conservative doesn't want a gun, he doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't want one, he tries to have them banned.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (fwARV)

398 >>Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range. The only way some of them can hit the ground is gravity. <<

They are better than the dopes at any local gun range. I won't even go anymore unless its very early and virtually nobody is around.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (GGCsk)

399
If you cannot tell me whether I can put a dick in my mouth, you cannot tell me whether I can put a donut in there either.


AtC, I so want this on a t shirt.

Posted by: Moki at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (bAB8f)

400 Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:32 AM (PD6iL)

Yes. They exist.

But as cold and heartless as this may sound....why is it my problem?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (Zu3d9)

401 Thus, grouped special interests have power in DC.... while we the People do not.
Posted by: Wolf, Big Bad, 1 ea. at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (qh617)


The definition of "lobby" meaningtrying to influence a government official is the second one in my American Heritage Dictionary. I am not trying to be snarky or sarcastic, but this idea that their are people trying to peddle influence in government at all levels is not exactly a recent happening.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Rant Responsibly at the Outrage Outlet! at January 06, 2015 11:35 AM (hLRSq)

402 LOL.

I am old enough to remember when the USDA was PROMOTING agriculture.


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 06, 2015 11:35 AM (V70Uh)

403 I think I would go the classic route for a low or mid-priced cut. But for NY strip or porterhouse, I like the minimalist way.

Butter only? We get DelMonicos in our CSA sometimes and there is way to much fat on them to grill without burning.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:35 AM (Ua6T/)

404
Try deglazing with a dark malty beer. It'll change your life.

Do you have a newsletter?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 06, 2015 11:35 AM (JtwS4)

405 The advisory panel has been discussing the idea of sustainability

Are sustainable advisers halal?

Posted by: AskTheImam at January 06, 2015 11:35 AM (DL2i+)

406 Someone likely said this up-thread, but organic farming is a less efficient use of the land than regular farming,so....they're against organic farming, right? Right?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 11:35 AM (ABcz/)

407 Be kind to plants. Don't eat them either.

Posted by: Malthus at January 06, 2015 11:36 AM (V70Uh)

408 "Vegetarians Found to have More Cancer, Allergies and Mental Health Disorders"

I don't know about cancer, but most allergies are psychosomatic, & vegetarianism is already a mental health disorder.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 06, 2015 11:36 AM (MbqmP)

409 Any time you see the word "sustain" used in any form coming out of government, it's Agenda 21 coming out of the UN.

Make fun of it all you want, but it's real and becoming more established in this country with each passing day.

Posted by: Soona at January 06, 2015 11:36 AM (vqSqm)

410 Vegetarians had higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders

Bit of a chicken-and-egg thing there, isn't it?

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:36 AM (/kI1Q)

411 New standard AoSHQ reply.

Yes, and they can eat the donut off my dick.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:36 AM (GGCsk)

412 We recommend walling off all metropolitan areas and developing new varieties of Soylent.

Posted by: USDA Advisory Board at January 06, 2015 11:36 AM (1CroS)

413 Most vegetarians, and all vegans, are orthorexic.
They need a shrink. And a cheeseburger.

Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:37 AM (KMBaX)

414
My counter to that is "never eat anything that didn't used to love its Mommy".
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 06, 2015 11:19 AM (JtwS4)

Love it! We wouldn't want people picking up bad morals from their food now, would we?

I may or may not provide attribution when I steal this.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:37 AM (oa/c7)

415 For the love of God, Montresor!
Posted by: Fortunato at January 06, 2015 11:30 AM (2Ojst)


ISWYDT

Posted by: Poe' Boy at January 06, 2015 11:37 AM (vgIRn)

416 Thanks, Carol, fluffy, BB, KvCarnot, and LadyS. And my very beloved stalker, T9.
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99 chique - Many happy returns.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

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Damn. Excluded again.
* sinks into self-esteem-consuming funk *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:37 AM (vPh3W)

417 "Vegetarians had higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders , a higher need for health care, and poorer quality of life."

Don't forget that male vegetarians/vegans have a lower sperm count, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (ABcz/)

418 I presume that eating lots of long pig (the other other white meat) is good for Mother Gaia.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (/eTPT)

419 This image seems appropriate for this thread:

http://goo.gl/Yod3SH

Posted by: physics geek at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (MT22W)

420 I know a vegan and vegetarian. They are sick more than anyone I know and have zero energy.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (GGCsk)

421 It's even stupider than you think about how they handle allergies in school. My friend has a son with egg allergies. She packs his lunch, and sends him with his episode pen. Easy right? Oh well no. The school makes it a huuuuuge pita for him to have the epi pen. The poor kid has to ride the short bus because of it. I'm not even joking.

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (MYCIw)

422 Bit of a chicken-and-egg thing there, isn't it?

Posted by: HR
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Well, at the least, it feeds on itself.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:39 AM (vPh3W)

423 "Vegetarians Found to have More Cancer, Allergies and Mental Health Disorders"
http://tinyurl.com/nxjsbya



Liberalism IS a mental disorder. The science is settled bitchez!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2015 11:39 AM (HmfMS)

424 "You can have my steak when you can pry the donut off my dick."

Nah....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2015 11:39 AM (MeS8s)

425 I am quite sure that they would be much happier if peanut allergies really were bullshit but several near death experiences argue that they are real.Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:32 AM (PD6iL) Of course they're real. No one's claiming otherwise. What we're claiming is that entire school districts should not be obligated to shift their entire dietary system to accommodate individuals. Pack lunches. Get epi's for the teachers and train them on what to look for and how to respond. It's like guns. If a conservative doesn't want a gun, he doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't want one, he tries to have them banned.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Are these people being killed by being in the same cafeteria as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? or at the same table? And why aren't we encountering this in the middle schools and high schools then?

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 06, 2015 11:39 AM (Spluw)

426 The State Department spokesbozos continued their unbelievable recent run by wishing the living captives of ISIS a rousing "RIP" in a tweet.

No kidding: these people may be the dumbest employees in government service anywhere.


http://tws.io/1xB8yz6

Posted by: MTF at January 06, 2015 11:40 AM (LISuA)

427 Pretty sure the vegetarians mental issues preceded their diet choice.

The wife was flipping channels the other night and on one of the cooking shows there was a cute little 8 year girl on there, the niece of one of the hosts. One of them remarked smarmily about the 8 year old that "she's also a vegetarian."

Right. A demographic that will lie about brushing their teeth before bed has made an informed decision to be a vegetarian.

Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:40 AM (+Gtkw)

428 Hammer, have some pie.

Posted by: LadyS at January 06, 2015 11:40 AM (5dip8)

429 there is way to much fat on them to grill without burning.

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2015 11:35 AM (Ua6T/)

I trim out that big chunk of fat in the middle of the Delmonico (boneless rib steak) and any other big chunks I can excise. Then I trim a little from the perimeter. Finally I try to close off the holes left by reforming the steak into a solid roundish piece. There is plenty of fat leftover for flavor, and it minimizes flare ups and burning.

Have you tried pan searing and then finishing in the oven?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:40 AM (Zu3d9)

430 Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (MYCIw)


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The less any government entity knows, the better.

I can't even imagine what they ask when you sign up for Obamacare.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:40 AM (A98Xu)

431 Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range. The only way some of them can hit the ground is gravity. <<

They
are better than the dopes at any local gun range. I won't even go
anymore unless its very early and virtually nobody is around.


Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (GGCsk)


Same. Our local range has the usual handgun stalls. Over which are numerous holes in the ceiling.

Kinetic energy = 1/2 (mass) * (velocity)^2

nitwittery abounds

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:40 AM (x3YFz)

432 Happy Birthday, Chique d'Afrique!

Posted by: T. Jeff. at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (/Ho8c)

433 320
Pretty soon it will be because we are pistol packing they will push too far

http://tinyurl.com/pl8tbtb

Cross drawing is teh sexy.

Posted by: John Boehner at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (XzRw1)

434
Drudge claims the leadership is actually out whipping votes for
Boehner's re-election. I'll bet you they never thought that would be
necessary.

--

I just called Trey Gowdy's office and asked how he was going to vote. Phone person said he didn't know as he hadn't spoken to him about it (yeah, uh-huh). Said that Mr. Gowdy had supported Boehner in the past, but wasn't sure how his vote would go. I told him Mr. Black and I were firmly against reelecting Agent Orange, and hoped our congressman would feel the same.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (tsGZY)

435 Cows eat vegetables. Milk comes from cows. Cheese comes from milk. Beer is made from water, barley, hops and-sometimes-wheat. I'm gonna have a vegetarian lunch today: cheeseburger with beer. And I'm going to send that to school with my kids before I'll bow down to this bullshit.
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And the vegatables come from the energy of sunlight. You Sir are Green Energy powered. Would you like a Solar eating Subsidy?

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (/eTPT)

436 A Dick Donut A Day, Keeps The Gubmint Away.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (2cS/G)

437 "You can have my steak when you can pry the donut off my dick."

So you like the TastyKake mini-donuts, I see.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (2Ojst)

438 Alternative energy source, our founding fathers spinning in their graves.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (/GgDU)

439 That thing I did in your mouth was for the planet baby

Posted by: Sense and reprehensibility at January 06, 2015 11:42 AM (TcePY)

440 376 - "Vegetarians had higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders , a higher need for health care, and poorer quality of life."
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WORD

Posted by: Adolf Hitler at January 06, 2015 11:42 AM (/eTPT)

441 376 - "Vegetarians had higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders , a higher need for health care, and poorer quality of life."
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WORD

Posted by: Adolf Hitler at January 06, 2015 11:42 AM (/eTPT)

442
Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range. The only way some of them can hit the ground is gravity.

Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (xWW96)







As that shit-head lefty (but funny) Carl Hiaasen put it in one of his early books "the average cop couldn't hit the broad side of the SS Norway at 10 paces with a bazooka".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 11:42 AM (TIIx5)

443 A Dick Donut A Day, Keeps The Gubmint Away.

*type*
*delete*
*type*
*delete*

I think I'll go get that salad now.

Posted by: HR at January 06, 2015 11:42 AM (/kI1Q)

444 Vegetarians had higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders

Bit of a chicken-and-egg thing there, isn't it?


First on the list of mental health disorders?

Refusal to eat meat.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:42 AM (0HooB)

445 You Sir are Green Energy powered.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 06, 2015 11:41 AM (/eTPT)


If I can find a way to use the methane that the cask conditioned ales produce in me, I'd be even greener. And family would be eternally grateful.

Posted by: physics geek at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (MT22W)

446 Oh well no. The school makes it a huuuuuge pita for him to have the epi pen. The poor kid has to ride the short bus because of it. I'm not even joking.
Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (MYCIw)

FFS. They'll take a 13 year old girl out to get an abortion, but they'll break some poor kid's balls over his epi pen.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (2Ojst)

447 The solution to this is unhackable computers.

Posted by: Neil Degrasse Tyson at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (1CroS)

448 >>Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:40 AM (x3YFz)
<<

We had a guy with a jam who went behind the stalls to clear, never put the safety on, painted everyone and then fired into the ceiling.

That was it for me. When I'm getting shot at I want to be in a position to fire back.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (GGCsk)

449 A Dick Donut A Day, Keeps The Gubmint Away.

Just how do you think donut holes are made?

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (2Ojst)

450 I just called Trey Gowdy's office.


Trey's got my six and I owe him one for voting the Cromnibus out of committee. Lot of debts to pay back right now.

Posted by: John Boehner at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (XzRw1)

451 My father has a severe tree nut allergies - so he can eat peanuts and almonds, but will DIE if he has any exposure to cashews, pistachios, hazelnut, etc. (The last time he almost did - person at hospital cafeteria made him a sandwich on a cutting board used earlier for something w/nuts). He's 81, and he's managed to avoid these commonly used nuts through being very careful and having my mom taste test anything questionable.

I don't envy people, especially kids, with peanut allergies. But I'm not sure the world needs to reorganized to keep 'em safe. But, yes, let the kid keep an epi handy w/out putting him on the short bus. Common sense seems to have died.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (ABcz/)

452 Same. Our local range has the usual handgun stalls. Over which are numerous holes in the ceiling.

Kinetic energy = 1/2 (mass) * (velocity)^2

nitwittery abounds
***

That reminds of the old bowling alley I used to go to back in the late 80s. Almost every lane had at least some old busted up suspended ceiling framework over the lanes just past the ball return.

Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (+Gtkw)

453 Now I want a bacon cheeseburger for lunch.

Posted by: NCKate at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (76Tbt)

454 The less any government entity knows, the better.
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And i'm living proof of it

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (/eTPT)

455 The solution to this is unhackable computers.

No, we need a cow that grows on sunlight. GET ON IT.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (659DL)

456 hahahaha------

I like Neil Degrasse Tyson because he provides countless hours of socking hilarity.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (A98Xu)

457 We had a guy with a jam who went behind the stalls to clear, never put the safety on, painted everyone and then fired into the ceiling.

That was it for me. When I'm getting shot at I want to be in a position to fire back.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (GGCsk)

Holy shit. I've never seen anybody do anything that stupid at the range.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (2Ojst)

458 380
I haven't met a vegetarian yet that didn't have a chronic case of the sniffles.

Posted by: Chupacabras

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The sickliest, most unhealthy-looking people I ever met were hard-core vegetarian health food nuts.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM

Their kids look like possums.

Posted by: Lester at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (2UPXV)

459 Don't forget the birds killed by green, sustainable windmills!

I would think of more ways to "destroy" the environment on this best of days (evar), but I fear my butt is too lazy.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 06, 2015 11:05 AM (oa/c7)


Trolling Huffpo with this anecdote is one of my favorite pastimes coupled with proclaiming Obama a dog-eater.

Happee birthday! I don't have cake... (pushes hunk of cornbread thru USB port)

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid's at January 06, 2015 11:45 AM (uSAVP)

460 454 The less any government entity knows, the better.
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And i'm living proof of it
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (/eTPT)

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Well played. You douches are on your game today!

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:45 AM (A98Xu)

461 By the way - does anyone here think theat the National Cattlemen's Beef Association might have some influence in Congress and at the USDA? Sufficient influence to have had these rules scotched?

Because I think they darn well just might considering that cattle grazing and meat packing goes on in just about every state of the union.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Rant Responsibly at the Outrage Outlet! at January 06, 2015 11:45 AM (hLRSq)

462 Don't forget that male vegetarians/vegans have a lower sperm count, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 11:38 AM (ABcz/)



That's a plus for the rest of us.

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:45 AM (GQ8sn)

463 "338
Wanna see shitty marksmanship, go to a police range. The only way some of them can hit the ground is gravity.

Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2015 11:26 AM (xWW96)"

When my daughter was 12 I got her a .38 Special Model 10 Smith and Wesson because she did not like the cases flying out when she shot any of my other pistols. We would shoot at a range that was used by the local police departments. It was interesting to see that a 12 year old girl shot significantly better than many of the police at that range. She would consistently put six shots in the 8 ring of a silhouette target. I am not sure how many of the police shooters rounds missed the paper entirely but they could sure empty their magazines in a hurry.

When she turned 21 the revolver was hers.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:45 AM (PD6iL)

464 Can't I just finish my Kobe beef with Shiitake mushrooms?

Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at January 06, 2015 11:46 AM (PXU5j)

465 436 A Dick Donut A Day, Keeps The Gubmint Away.

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think again

Posted by: Bawny Fwank at January 06, 2015 11:46 AM (/eTPT)

466 >>Holy shit. I've never seen anybody do anything that stupid at the range. <<

That's only one incident. The RO was walking towards the guy and it could have ended badly.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:46 AM (GGCsk)

467 I'm fortunate. A huge herd grazes on our land, so we get a critter a year, free.

And since beef has doubled in price in just the last year, I'm thankful to have half a cow in the freezer.

And that won't change any time soon.

I really do feel for ya'll paying $4 a lb for ground beef right now.

If you're in Co Spgs, I do have a little extra.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:46 AM (x3YFz)

468 The school makes it a huuuuuge pita for him to have the epi pen. The poor kid has to ride the short bus because of it. I'm not even joking.
Posted by: Lauren
----------------------

The usual suspects are behind all of this shit.
Cherchez l'avocat

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:46 AM (vPh3W)

469 NC Kate,
Try it with smoked Gruyere cheese, it's delicious.
Unless you don't like smoked cheese.




Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (sj3Ax)

470 I'm preparing myself for another kick in the balls.

Posted by: spypeach who wants the boner fired at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (/vbEv)

471 T9

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (vPh3W)

472 457 We had a guy with a jam who went behind the stalls to clear, never put the safety on, painted everyone and then fired into the ceiling.

That was it for me. When I'm getting shot at I want to be in a position to fire back.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (GGCsk) Holy shit! Isn't there a range officer on site to help these types of imbeciles?

Posted by: Timon at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (1aUjs)

473 does anyone here think theat the National Cattlemen's Beef Association might have some influence in Congress and at the USDA?

A wafer-thin bit, possibly.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (659DL)

474 >>Don't forget that male vegetarians/vegans have a lower sperm count, too.



>>That's a plus for the rest of us.


I was thinking more in terms of the USDA wanting to force veganism on us, thus assisting in reducing the number of citizens. No matter where they start, in the end, the environmentalists really just want to rid the earth of most humans.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (ABcz/)

475 Finally, a viable alternative to the GOP, The Dick Donut Party.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (2cS/G)

476 I am not sure how many of the police shooters rounds missed the paper entirely but they could sure empty their magazines in a hurry.


Mag dumps are SOP.

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (GQ8sn)

477 Kids cant carry an epipen, dangerous weapon yanno?

Posted by: FCF at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (kejii)

478 T9, I am definitely jealous!

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (MYCIw)

479 Police should consistently shoot at a range where moving targets are available.

A WORLD of difference between target shooting and moving targets.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (A98Xu)

480 470
I'm preparing myself for another kick in the balls.

The trick is to expect nothing from the GOP and be surprised and happy when they don't disappoint you.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (XzRw1)

481 >Holy shit. I've never seen anybody do anything that stupid at the range. <<

That's only one incident. The RO was walking towards the guy and it could have ended badly.


Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:46 AM (GGCsk)

hah.... dude. I've seen shit on the range that's made me take a mfr face down.

Safety first.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (x3YFz)

482 Happy Birthday, Chique! *clinks glass* Cheers!

Posted by: fly gal at January 06, 2015 11:49 AM (8TdcF)

483 I've never seen anybody do anything that stupid at the range.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (2Ojst)

I used to shoot at a range in the Oakland hills.

Nothing focuses the mind quite like having some nitwit turn toward you and industriously work the action of his rifle while pointing it at your midsection.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:49 AM (Zu3d9)

484 Don't forget that male vegetarians/vegans have a lower sperm count, too.
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Testosterone levels lowered..., but hen, that is self-obvious.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:49 AM (vPh3W)

485 Eat Mor Chikin!

Yep.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/02/chicken-fried-steak/

Posted by: dartist at January 06, 2015 11:49 AM (ahBY0)

486 Yeah, Get back to me when Barry stops having one thousand dollars a plate meals.

Posted by: nanny hag at January 06, 2015 11:49 AM (Queum)

487 I'm preparing myself for another kick in the balls.

Posted by: spypeach who wants the boner fired at January 06, 2015 11:47 AM (/vbEv)



Prepare to be disappointed.

Posted by: EC at January 06, 2015 11:49 AM (GQ8sn)

488 There's a reason that shooting instructors and average guys who have them have started wearing plate carriers more at the range. I started myself last year. If you don't see horribly stupid shit at a gun range, you should be going to shoot more. It's a rare visit when I don't get swept by some idiot in the stall near me at my range.

Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:50 AM (+Gtkw)

489 Happy Birthday, Chique.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 06, 2015 11:50 AM (2cS/G)

490 Safety first.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (x3YFz)

And the rules are extremely simple and can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

It ain't rocket surgery!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:50 AM (Zu3d9)

491 Don't have a cow, Man.

Posted by: Bart Simpson, Federal employee at January 06, 2015 11:50 AM (/eTPT)

492 How long before a special environmental sin tax for meat is pushed on us

Posted by: Greg61 at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (H0lcY)

493
That reminds of the old bowling alley I used to go to back in the late 80s. Almost every lane had at least some old busted up suspended ceiling framework over the lanes just past the ball return.

Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (+Gtkw)







John Wayne used to tell a story about being banned from a local bowling alley. Apparently, they were miffed at his overhand delivery.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (TIIx5)

494 Holy shit. I've never seen anybody do anything that stupid at the range.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:44 AM (2Ojst)


Went to a turkey-shoot in October and witnessed a guy wrestle with his shotgun trying to extract a shell he had loaded backwards.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid's at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (uSAVP)

495 Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (ABcz/)

My sister works (well, volunteers) at the Boy Scout Ranch in New Mexico every Summer. Last year they had a boy going into what appeared to be anaphylaxis, so they brought him in:

"Are you allergic to anything like nuts?"

"No. I just don't eat nuts."

"Oh, why don't you eat nuts?"

"They make my throat feel funny."

"..."

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (MbqmP)

496 Reminder: These are the same people who told us to stock up on carbs for three decades.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (659DL)

497 T9, I am definitely jealous!

Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (MYCIw)


It's furtunate. Who said being a cowboy would never pay off?

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (x3YFz)

498 Are they voting yet? According to the House.gov site they are not in session. This is the 1st thing they Have To Do!

Posted by: Paladin at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (LTquJ)

499 Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (A98Xu)

I thought that American cops only shot at Black teenagers who are on their knees with their hands up?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (Zu3d9)

500 Eco-tard: "The polar bear population isn't sustainable."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:09 AM (vPh3W)

Yeah, at their present rate of increase, they're on track to TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!

-
Two words: white privilege.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (DpriK)

501 "Don't forget that male vegetarians/vegans have a lower sperm count, too."


Sounds like vegetarianism/veganism is a self-correcting problem.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Rant Responsibly at the Outrage Outlet! at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (hLRSq)

502 when you get sent away for collective organic farming you will be required to lug along a bucket of shit

Posted by: EMT Union Guy at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (ob+O3)

503 That was it for me. When I'm getting shot at I want to be in a position to fire back. Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:43 AM (GGCsk) Holy shit. I've never seen anybody do anything that stupid at the range.
Posted by: Insomniac

I had a friend and housemate shoot my TV.In the living room.It also shot my house. The trajectory indicated that it mayhave a wandered in the direction of a neighbor's property across the street. Which ( I swear to God) had aswimming pool in their front yard. Itwas an awkward scene; me, staring out the window, looking for a cartoon-like spout of water.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (Spluw)

504 "Sustainable"........

Hahahahaahahahahahahaahhaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Entropy at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (/Ho8c)

505 >>Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (x3YFz)
<<

You must be a Lightfighter.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (GGCsk)

506 361
And remember USDA can certify if the chicken you buying at Wal-Mart is Made in the USA or overseas.
But INS can't do anything about illegals from overseas.
================


Anna, take a page from Tomino-sama's latest show and call them "kuntala". You can be persuading elite LIV types in Manhattan to gush about "Mexican kuntala with mixed rice and fava beans".

Posted by: exdem13 at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (/mTq0)

507 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (Zu3d9)

Good point.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:53 AM (A98Xu)

508 Everything I eat turns to crap.

Posted by: nanny hag at January 06, 2015 11:53 AM (Queum)

509 Don't forget that male vegetarians/vegans have a lower sperm count, too.
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I'm gueesing the same is true for the femalevegetarians/vegans, based simply on unattractiveness.

Posted by: Bart Simpson, Federal employee at January 06, 2015 11:53 AM (/eTPT)

510 Even some "naturalists" are getting the message that Big Gov is not their friend, but actually evil succubuses ...

democratsagainstunagenda21 dot com

"Sustainability" is just another brand name, buzz word ... To get that stamp of approval requires submission to federal authorities. A billion in China or India can pollute all they want, but clean and productive Americans are not sustainable, based on labeling CO2 as a pollutant.

More CO2 makes things grow better and faster, it regreens areas that had turned to dust bowls. So of course the "sustainable" tyrants must tax it, for our own good. They destroyed Detroit "for our own good", but they won't stop till they've destroyed every last city on a hill.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 06, 2015 11:53 AM (+/zkf)

511 when you get sent away for collective organic farming you will be required to lug along a bucket of shit

You can't make me carry Sean Penn around. Camp or no.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 06, 2015 11:54 AM (659DL)

512 "I was thinking more in terms of the USDA wanting to force veganism on us, thus assisting in reducing the number of citizens."

I think that's spot on, Lizzy. I've noticed the trend in men's fashion with those ridiculous pencil shaped slacks and narrow shoulder suits. They don't look like men; they look like hungry 12-year-old boys. That's by design.

Posted by: fly gal at January 06, 2015 11:54 AM (8TdcF)

513 But remember kids, if you try organic farming to get what you want when you want it how you want it without Big Agro or Big USDA getting involved, a SWAT team will raid you like Tarleton's Legion.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 06, 2015 11:54 AM (/mTq0)

514 Everything I eat turns to crap.


That means you're doing it right.

Posted by: eleven at January 06, 2015 11:55 AM (Ae7K+)

515 Ace Update: What the hell is going on with "our" government?

From the polls, it's quite clear that we have no control over "our" government and haven't in a long time.

I also remember some old Soviet dude saying that we'd be fed socialism/communism so slowly that we'd never know it. This has been imposed on us in clear conflict with our Constitution. What I can't figure out is how it happened. Who allowed these jackbooted thugs to take over our institutions?

Their goals were even discovered and read into the Congressional Register back in the '60's and it still occurred? WTF?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Native American at January 06, 2015 11:55 AM (0HooB)

516 Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.

Posted by: Watermelon Environmentalists at January 06, 2015 11:55 AM (rwI+c)

517 502 when you get sent away for collective organic farming you will be required to lug along a bucket of shit

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Hey, a Promotion!

Posted by: Pissboy at January 06, 2015 11:55 AM (/eTPT)

518 We're all dizzy.

Posted by: Michelle's Turnips at January 06, 2015 11:55 AM (XzRw1)

519 With the price of red meat now it might as well be illegal for me.

Posted by: eleven at January 06, 2015 11:55 AM (Ae7K+)

520 http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/retaliation-weber-boehner-speaker-race/

This is how it works in our government. F You, Boehner.

No honor among thieves.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 06, 2015 11:56 AM (A98Xu)

521 Went to a turkey-shoot in October and witnessed a guy wrestle with his shotgun trying to extract a shell he had loaded backwards.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid's at January 06, 2015 11:51 AM (uSAVP)

*facepalm*

Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2015 11:56 AM (2Ojst)

522 And the rules are extremely simple and can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

It ain't rocket surgery!


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2015 11:50 AM (Zu3d9)


1) keep it pointed down range
2) keep your booger hook off the bang switch
3) if it fails to fire, see #1, wait, clear, repeat steps 1-2.

Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:56 AM (x3YFz)

523 new thread

Posted by: Pissboy at January 06, 2015 11:56 AM (/eTPT)

524 I had a friend and housemate shoot my TV.In the living room.

Your friend's not named Elvis, by any chance?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2015 11:57 AM (zF6Iw)

525 492
How long before a special environmental sin tax for meat is pushed on us
==========

Probably about the same time the cops are putting a Mexican in a choke hold for running an untaxed beef burrito food truck.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 06, 2015 11:57 AM (/mTq0)

526
Posted by: TangoNine at January 06, 2015 11:48 AM (x3YFz)


You must be a Lightfighter.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 06, 2015 11:52 AM (GGCsk)







*snort*

Haven't heard that word in awhile. One of the stupider ideas to come out of Big Green. In the 6ID(L), we used to darkly snark that our mission was to be flown to a foreign land to die in a loud, flamboyant military manner so that the armored divisions could avenge us 6 months later.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 06, 2015 11:57 AM (TIIx5)

527 519
With the price of red meat now it might as well be illegal for me.
===========

That's Mom and my sister at Christmas, saying how gas went down and beef went up!

Posted by: exdem13 at January 06, 2015 11:59 AM (/mTq0)

528 >>"Oh, why don't you eat nuts?"



>>"They make my throat feel funny."

That's why my dad's allergies are so bad - his mom poopooed his complaints about nuts making his mouth hurt and he was told to clean his plate.
Oh, and she worked for NIH. She was not a pleasant woman...

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 12:00 PM (ABcz/)

529 was penguins.


Fortunately, they are constrained to the Southern hemisphere


They can swim. I've seen documentaries and cartoons.

Posted by: DaveA at January 06, 2015 12:00 PM (DL2i+)

530 Yeah, at their present rate of increase, they're on track to TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!



-

Two words: white privilege.

Posted by: The Great White Snark>>>

A image of a polar Bear gnawing on a seal with "White Privilege" printed below would make a great Tshirt.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 06, 2015 12:00 PM (Mxs5H)

531 >>A image of a polar Bear gnawing on a seal with "White Privilege" printed below would make a great Tshirt.

Heh. This and AtC's donut comment would make excellent shirts.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 12:01 PM (ABcz/)

532 i know why they revered course; if they were to make dietary recommendations based, in part, on environmental impact then they would have to endorse GMOs.

Posted by: steve walsh at January 06, 2015 12:04 PM (MWt2Y)

533 Donut on a dick. Kinky.

Where's the most popular guy at the nudist colony to tell us about sprinkles?

Posted by: DaveA at January 06, 2015 12:05 PM (DL2i+)

534 531
>>A image of a polar Bear gnawing on a seal with "White Privilege" printed below would make a great Tshirt.

Heh. This and AtC's donut comment would make excellent shirts.

It must be done!

Posted by: exdem13 at January 06, 2015 12:06 PM (/mTq0)

535 Someone needs to send these links about sickly vegetarians/vegans to that lefty nitwit Willey, who draws "Non Sequitur."

He can be funny (if predictable), but his latest sequence -- all about how a strict veggie diet is soooo healthy -- is unbearable.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 06, 2015 12:06 PM (K7u45)

536 "397
I am quite sure that they would be much happier if peanut allergies
really were bullshit but several near death experiences argue that they
are real.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 11:32 AM (PD6iL)


Of
course they're real. No one's claiming otherwise. What we're claiming
is that entire school districts should not be obligated to shift their
entire dietary system to accommodate individuals.

Pack lunches. Get epi's for the teachers and train them on what to look for and how to respond.

It's
like guns. If a conservative doesn't want a gun, he doesn't buy one. If
a liberal doesn't want one, he tries to have them banned.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (fwARV)"

And that is pretty much what we do. The thing is that you are wrong. There are plenty of people who do claim that there is no such thing as peanut allergy. I have seen it in these threads from time to time. Also, the individual with the allergy should be the one with the epi-pen as soon as they are old enough. The intelligence and common sense of teachers is not evenly distributed. While many, or even most, teachers may well be competent to handle the situation, you can't count on there being a teacher with the sense to pour piss out of a boot, let alone use an epi-pen correctly.


And it is like guns because whenever there is a gun control debate with liberals, they will always claim "No one is trying to take your guns" when, in fact that is their ultimate goal from the beginning.

All I ask for is some awareness and common courtesy. Just like safe gun gun etiquette starts with not pointing the muzzle at anybody you are not willing to kill, it is courtesy to ask if there is anybody who is allergic to peanuts before you open a package, especially in a closed room or vehicle where the sensitive person cannot easily get away. The reason is the same. you might kill somebody without intending to do so.


It is an inconvenience. I can't eat bananas with peanut butter when these relatives are at the house and I can't watch TV while eating peanut butter from the jar with a spoon. But balanced against the inconvenience of another trip to the emergency room and the possible inconvenience of a funeral, it is not that bad.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 12:17 PM (PD6iL)

537 I've shot a lot over the last 30 years with a number of LEOs at various gun ranges, After all this time, I'm still not entirely sure some of them were even hitting the berm.
Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (+Gtkw)

I spoke to a retired cop buddy of mine on the subject. A former Chicago homicide dick, hethinks overall poor LEO marksmanship goes to inconsistenttraining (some instructors are stellar while others are substandard at best) and infrequency of practice. Shooting proficiency is a perishable skill. I've taught handgun and rifle marksmanship both in and out of the Service. Some people are open to learning, others not. The worst students (usually male) are those with shooting experience but who lacked prior training with emphasis on fundamentals.
That said, an Indianapolis cop using his service pistol (a Glock) shot the gun out of the hand of a man threatening suicide about two years ago. The man with the gun was approximately20 feet away. He had the gun to his head when the Indy cop fired. Aside from a minor wound on his hand froma bullet graze, the guy came out all right.Turns out the guy who attempted suicide was a schizophrenic who forgot to take his meds, and then kept on forgetting. That cop made an amazing shot, especially given the stress of the circumstances.

Posted by: troyriser at January 06, 2015 12:22 PM (CAJL/)

538 I think that's spot on, Lizzy. I've noticed the trend in men's fashion with those ridiculous pencil shaped slacks and narrow shoulder suits. They don't look like men; they look like hungry 12-year-old boys. That's by design.
Posted by: fly gal at January 06, 2015 11:54 AM (8TdcF)

I watch The Profit, and I"ve always wondered why someone with Lemonis' money, who owns a $3B company and untold smaller investments, wears suits that make him look like he has hips that won't fit through a standard door. It's because they taper at the ankle like some Walmart Grandma stretch pants. And yes, the jacket has skinny shoulders and narrow lapels.
Uggh.
Marcus needs Stacy and Clinton to resurrect their show.

Posted by: Jen the original at January 06, 2015 12:23 PM (kF3VB)

539 "528
>>"Oh, why don't you eat nuts?"





>>"They make my throat feel funny."

That's why my
dad's allergies are so bad - his mom poopooed his complaints about nuts
making his mouth hurt and he was told to clean his plate.
Oh, and she worked for NIH. She was not a pleasant woman...


Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2015 12:00 PM (ABcz/)"

A bureaucrat in the tradition of John Nestor at FDA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nestor

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 12:25 PM (PD6iL)

540 It won't be part of the guidelines.

They'll just instruct FDA and EPA to harrass the beef producers out of business.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at January 06, 2015 12:27 PM (XO6WW)

541 "537
I've shot a lot over the last 30 years with a number of LEOs at various
gun ranges, After all this time, I'm still not entirely sure some of
them were even hitting the berm.

Posted by: B at January 06, 2015 11:33 AM (+Gtkw)



I spoke to a retired cop buddy of mine on the subject. A former
Chicago homicide dick, hethinks overall poor LEO marksmanship goes to
inconsistenttraining (some instructors are stellar while others are
substandard at best) and infrequency of practice. Shooting proficiency
is a perishable skill. I've taught handgun and rifle marksmanship both
in and out of the Service. Some people are open to learning, others not.
The worst students (usually male) are those with shooting experience
but who lacked prior training with emphasis on fundamentals.

That said, an Indianapolis cop using his service pistol (a Glock)
shot the gun out of the hand of a man threatening suicide about two
years ago. The man with the gun was approximately20 feet away. He had
the gun to his head when the Indy cop fired. Aside from a minor wound on
his hand froma bullet graze, the guy came out all right.Turns out the
guy who attempted suicide was a schizophrenic who forgot to take his
meds, and then kept on forgetting. That cop made an amazing shot,
especially given the stress of the circumstances.

Posted by: troyriser at January 06, 2015 12:22 PM (CAJL/)"

I read about a sheriff in Texas who shot the pistol out of a gunman's hand. For years that story gave him a fearsome reputation that encouraged other criminals to back down in confrontations.

After he retired, he admitted that he had been trying to shoot that other fellow in the heart but he was nervous and missed and it was just dumb luck that it had hit the gun.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 06, 2015 12:31 PM (PD6iL)

542 Vegetarians are getting cancer in droves.


Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 11:23 AM (IXrOn)
--
Linky?
Because that would be so cool to cite ...
Posted by: votermom at January 06, 2015 11:25 AM (5RnAT)


Sorry, was putting groceries away. Big shopping day.

Here's one link:

http://tinyurl.com/nxjsbya

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 12:43 PM (IXrOn)

543 votermom

newsmax covered it, too

http://tinyurl.com/q4mvscb

also atlanta cbs local affiliate

off the same study, I think

http://tinyurl.com/ngolo97

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 12:46 PM (IXrOn)

544 votermom

newsmax covered it, too

http://tinyurl.com/q4mvscb

also atlanta cbs local affiliate

off the same study, I think

http://tinyurl.com/ngolo97

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 12:46 PM (IXrOn)

545 Speaking as a person who grew up in the 80s with a deathly peanut allergy, before anyone even really knew that was a thing, the only way to keep a child safe from it is to tell them VERY EARLY and VERY OFTEN that they are not to eat anything except that which you provide. They don't get "hot lunch" at school. They don't eat anything at school parties or get-togethers. They don't share lunches with their friends. Is it foolproof? No. I've got a few hospital visits on my record to testify to that. But It's the only way to do it.



If a student is so allergic to peanuts that just being in their presence is a potential trigger -- thankfully I'm not THAT allergic, but I know fumes can set some people off -- you'll need to talk to the school about allowing the student to eat away from other students. Make sure that s/he always has an epipen with them (unless ZERO TOLERANCE!!! says they can't, in which case fuck zero tolerance, do it anyway), and that there's an epipen in the school nurse's office. Make sure teachers are aware. Make sure the parents of the child's friends are aware. But first and foremost, make sure the child is aware and is vigilant.




If you're taking any kind of mass transportation, especially planes, always try to do so as early in the day as possible. Planes especially are only given a thorough cleaning first thing in the morning before the first flight of the day, so any residue from bagged peanuts or other peanut items would be as reduced as possible.




Read the ingredients on everything. EVERYTHING. Even things you've bought for years. At restaurants, tell the waitstaff about the allergy and ask them to recommend menu items that are safe. If you're really allergic, to the point that even small residue or smell could set you off, don't go out to eat, or only eat at specific restaurants that you know are safe for you. Never let your guard down, or else be prepared to face the consequences.




Thankfully, people with severe allergies like mine are a minority; I wouldn't wish it on anyone, honestly. But as a minority we have to adapt to the world around us, not vice versa. If you have an anaphylactic reaction to bee stings, you don't go to the home of your neighborhood beekeeper and demand s/he destroy their hives. All you can do is take reasonable precautions to make sure you're safe -- the more severe the allergy, the more pronounced and prescribed the precautions -- and that others around you are aware of what to do if you suffer an attack.




It sucks. A lot. But that's life!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at January 06, 2015 12:47 PM (4df7R)

546 This is exhibit A of too much government.

And yet, some people still contend that cutting government is of the devil.

Posted by: Bacon Kevin at January 06, 2015 12:49 PM (WuGBT)

547 Factory farms (as detestable as they may very well be, and I have seen a few) are one reason why we have a reliable food supply.

Get rid of them and we have food scarcity. Prices rise.

We are on a treadmill.

Posted by: navybrat at January 06, 2015 12:50 PM (JgC5a)

548 #39, I protest this Reich-wing slander and impersonation trolling! Regular commenters are not to be sock-puppetted, especially by redneck RethugliKKKan trailer trash!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at January 06, 2015 12:51 PM (ZzmAT)

549 "Vegetarians had higher incidences of cancer, allergies, and mental health disorders , a higher need for health care, and poorer quality of life."
----------------

Emphasis is mine.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2015 11:34 AM (vPh3W)



It's due to malnutrition.

If you look up the final analysis of the Adam Lanza shooting, even HuffPo states he was so skinny he was malnutritioned, which caused his psycho state.

Vegetarians are typically skinny, maybe not anorexic, like Lanza, but bordering.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2015 12:53 PM (IXrOn)

550 Sh*t like this makes me want to litter in protest.

Posted by: eureka! at January 06, 2015 01:12 PM (dvZET)

551 Public comments:

"People gonna complain about eating what is new to them but good for them." ~applause~

Later:

"Now, gimme some more of that Lobster and some more lemon garlic butter for dipping it. Now, I said."

Posted by: Moochelle at January 06, 2015 01:16 PM (dvZET)

552 Let them eat cake.

Posted by: 2soonold2latesmart at January 06, 2015 01:50 PM (Sot2r)

553
It is an inconvenience. I can't eat bananas with peanut butter when these relatives are at the house and I can't watch TV while eating peanut butter from the jar with a spoon. But balanced against the inconvenience of another trip to the emergency room and the possible inconvenience of a funeral, it is not that bad.
-----------------

This thread may be dead, but I have to share this story anyway, just because. My coworker is allergic to nuts and so we had to learn to be careful about opening them in the room, and bringing things in with nuts, etc.. First person I've really spent time with with a nut allergy. (she can handle them in the room, but they make her itchy).

So, last year she was pregnant. Co-worker and I threw a baby shower and bought cake and because she's allergic, did not buy nuts, only mints. Lady in other office comes to party, says "you know what would go great with this cake, nuts!". We say 'she is allergic'. Other lady runs to her office and brings her GIANT CAN OF NUTS to my pregnant, allergic coworkers own baby shower and starts chomping away.

!!!#E%@@$%#@%$#%@@! WTF???

Posted by: Lea - See you next year at January 06, 2015 02:30 PM (lIU4e)

554 I was going to have chicken for dinner tonight but I think I'm going to go get a steak.

Posted by: Ceroth at January 06, 2015 03:48 PM (AAaPx)

555 Escort girls http://REGMODELS.RU

Posted by: Tina at January 06, 2015 05:03 PM (3H5dG)

556 An earth without meat is not worth living on.
Maybe we cannibalize liberals. We get meat, they lower their carbon output. Burp.
Win win!

Posted by: ubik at January 07, 2015 08:57 PM (lCc6O)

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