Totally Irrelevant Social Parasites Actually Do Something Positive And Relevant!

If it was up to me, Kings, Queens and Royalty the world over would be stripped of their titles and entitlements, their money distributed to the poor and then put to work in animal sanctuaries. Fortunately though it's not up to me. If it was, if I had that kind of earth shattering power... that would make me a sort of king myself, the ultimate king! And after I finished with royalty I'd go after wall street billionaires and strip them of their wealth, build ginormous solar panels in space to supply the world with free energy, and then re-train the bankers to be the maintenance crew. Wahahahaha!

But I digress. The recent royal wedding in England, being the gigantic money sucking waste of space, time and energy that it is nevertheless managed to squeeze an ounce of progressive policy through its gold plated sphincter: They went vegan! Yes folks, the entire wedding was catered with vegan only food. Not a plate of bangers and mash (ugh) in sight. No Pheasants, fish eggs or goose livers - some of the favorite victims of the privileged - were harmed during this absurd spectacle.

Now, being royalty and completely out of touch with reality, the main reason for this gastronomical beneficence is political. The Queen wanted to make sure her guests, which included Hindus and Muslims (who think some types of meat are OK but others are verboten, but not the same ones) didn't offend their respective deities thereby causing what surely would be an international and inter-dimensional incident in which Krishna, Allah and Jesus would have to enter a pie (vegan pie, mind you) eating contest to settle things.

In the real world this will mainly serve to reinforce what many people mistakenly believe: that veganism is elitist; that you need to be rich to be a vegan. For the British people, victims of outrageous bank fraud and draconian social spending cutbacks, that if anything is what will resonate. I hope I'm wrong.

Hey! A New Potentially Apocalyptic Consequence of GMOs

Super! From the company who's main product is death in one form or another comes another heart stopping reason why you really shouldn't fuck with shit you don't understand.

In a letter from Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University sent to Tom Vilsack, the US Secretary of Agriculture in January, Dr. Huber lays out some serious conclusions he's reached concerning a heretofore unknown micro-organism:

A team of senior plant and animal scientists have recently brought to my attention the discovery of an electron microscopic pathogen that appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings. ... This previously unknown organism is only visible under an electron microscope (36,000X), with an approximate size range equal to a medium size virus. It is able to reproduce and appears to be a micro-fungal-like organism. If so, it would be the first such micro-fungus ever identified. There is strong evidence that this infectious agent promotes diseases of both plants and mammals, which is very rare.

Based on a review of the data, it is widespread, very serious... 

Wow. A new fungus that can cause disease in you and your corn flakes. Super!  But wait... it is widespread, very serious, and?

...and is in much higher concentrations in Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and corn-suggesting a link with the RR gene or more likely the presence of Roundup... It is found in high concentrations in Roundup Ready soybean meal and corn, distillers meal, fermentation feed products, pig stomach contents, and pig and cattle placentas.

The letter goes on to warn that this micro-organism, new to science mind you, could be linked to outbreaks of plant disease and animal reproductive failure and recommends that this situation be treated as an emergency. He concludes with this:

I have studied plant pathogens for more than 50 years. We are now seeing an unprecedented trend of increasing plant and animal diseases and disorders. This pathogen may be instrumental to understanding and solving this problem. It deserves immediate attention with significant resources to avoid a general collapse of our critical agricultural infrastructure.

OK. Sounds straightforward enough. Let's stop the insanity and ban the use of GMOs and Roundup until we can get a handle on this craziness (if that's even possible anymore).

Meanwhile, the Canadian Government presses on with it's 'Whatever the Corporations Tell Us To Do' policy.