MooPig Horse Bits :: "Eating Horse - A Modest Proposal"

Scooped by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 27, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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In our quest to be clever in the face of bombast, MooPig has recently stumbled upon a situation. Europeans have been mixing horse meat with their beef and selling it to the public to eat. And much of the horse meat comes from exported American horses.

We may be opening Pandora's lunchbox here, as beef shortages are reported, that Americans might have to start eating some horse themselves. Be warned.

What we are warning about is that Monsanto might have already purchased all the patents and copy rights on all horse meat. Yes, they are usually way ahead of the curve when it comes to malnutrition. Can horses be the new genetically modified meat source? And, when that source is depleted, what is next?

Jonathan Swift - A Modest Proposal: "”I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. ...”"

Are nations looking for easy answers to complex problems? You bet they are. It's a classic tale, feed the poor with the poor, feed the rich with the poor... it's the circle of the rich, for the rich, by the rich.

I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children. (Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). LINK)

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NEXT WEEK  :: The next big thing -- Australians are about to discover that they've been eating a combination of emu, roo, and lamb as "beef" for years -- which probably explains why Australian life expectancy is so much better than American, British or Canadian life expectancy. Eh?

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http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html
http://grist.org/news/why-shouldnt-you-eat-horse/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=update
http://www.foodpolitics.com/2013/02/the-horsemeat-scandal-an-object-lesson-in-food-politics/
http://grist.org/list/2011-12-01-eating-horses-is-legal-now-and-peta-loves-it/
http://grist.org/list/we-used-to-respect-animals-enough-to-give-them-a-fair-trial-before-putting-them-to-death/
http://www.fark.com/comments/7567982/Burger-King-makes-a-whopper-of-an-admission

MooPig Home School Department :: "MOOC's"

Massive Open Online Courses
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 27, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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UC Irvine professor stops teaching online course in dispute - latimes.com: "Gary Matkin, UC Irvine's dean of Continuing Education, Distance Learning and Summer Session, said in a statement that McKenzie is "not accustomed [as few are] in teaching university-level material to an open, large and quite diverse audience, including those who were not seriously committed to achieving the learning objectives of the course or who decided not to or could not gain access to supplemental learning materials." Future lessons and assignments, as developed by McKenzie, will continue to be presented, Matkin said."

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The action by Richard A. McKenzie, an emeritus professor in the UC Irvine business school, highlights the uncertainties faculty face in adapting traditional face-to-face classes to the emerging universe of Massive Open Online Courses, known as MOOCs.

Under the Coursera model, much of the grading is automatic or performed by fellow students. Professors videotape lectures in advance and often comment in general on message boards without answering questions. Although enrollment is free, Coursera charges students $30 to $99 for a completion certificate.

" ... The big story this week is that Coursera is in talks with the American Council on Education to grant degrees for online classes offered through the network of MOOC courses that are currently free and not-for-credit. For that to happen, the parties would have to ensure they could prevent cheating and meet other academic standards. Colleges would also have to decide whether they accept Coursera credits. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding the review and several other MOOC ... -related developments. -(Wired Academic on Thursday, November 15, 2012.  LINK) ... "

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0219-uci-online-prof-quits-20130219,0,984177.story
http://www.wiredacademic.com/2012/11/colleges-consider-awarding-credit-for-free-mooc-courses/
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/US-Program/Postsecondary-Success

MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Free Energy Devices"

Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 27, 2013  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK] Paramahansa Tewari, a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Banaras Engineering College, India, is the first Indian to get a Free Energy device patented. An increased efficiency homopolar generator.

Collective-Evolution – Free Energy Devices: Yes They Are Real: "People are waking up to the fact that not everything on planet Earth is as it seems, and new truths are starting to infiltrate the consciousness of the masses. It is very likely that free energy devices do exist and like many other discoveries, they have been concealed and hidden from the human race. The energy is extracted from what we call ‘space time’, it’s the energy all around us that we can’t see. A device like this cannot have a meter on it, it can’t be measured and  no price tag can be put on it. "

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Journey through every day for a while as it is reported on the Internet, and at some point in your travel something amazing will come clear. What ever you were brought up believing is very far from the truth.

If you fail to take the journey, you will find yourself in a place of isolation. You see, it is low tech ideas holding up our societies. For instance, Japanese support their high tech industry by a low tech technique called saving forty percent of their money. That's forty rin on the Yen is put away into savings by Japanese in their daily trek.

Americans support high tech food industry by eating. Industry supports utilities by paying meters. Yes, behind every high tech machine is a low tech reason for existence.

And, every institution can be upended by a low tech reason. The music industry is today nonexistent because patrons decided to burn their own tapes, and CD's. It does not mean that people quit listening, it means they found an almost free source of music.

If it became clear to people that electricity is all around us as an almost free source, we would gather it from the ground. The best reason for our Tech Industry to me is that humans are basically hunters/gatherers, a very old low tech concept. We want to gather our own stuff from the earth, it's basic instinct.

" ... This can mean that a free energy device is a threat to the industry that controls our world and the people on it, the energy industry. The energy industry dictates who has access to life and who doesn't  If you look at where the funding comes from, it’s easy to make connections between the energy, pharmaceutical, health, food and educational industries. Let’s take a look at what has been concealed from us and what’s becoming increasingly transparent. (ARJUN. DECEMBER 4, 2012. LINK) ... "

Tewari, a senior engineer with India's Department of Atomic Energy-Nuclear Power Corporation, also directs the Kaiga Project, India's largest atomic power facility, in Karnataka. He freely acknowledges his debt to DePalma, who has shared his experimental results with Tewari for many years. According to Tewari, "The electrical power generated by the Space Power Generator is indeed commercially viable and should be brought to the notice of the general public." (ARJUN. DECEMBER 4, 2012. LINK)

Bruce Eldridge De Palma, a well known figure in the Free Energy suppression community for his invention, the N-machine Homopolar generator, a device based on the Faraday disc which is reported to produce up to five times the energy required to run it. After Bruce's death his research was discontinued. A close friend of Bruce, Paramahamsa Tewari had been under some instruction and was in partnership with Bruce to produce the N machines. (ARJUN. DECEMBER 4, 2012. LINK)

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http://www.collective-evolution.com/2012/12/04/free-energy-device-yes-they-are-real/
http://psychedelicadventure.blogspot.com/2012/06/indias-first-free-energy-device-patent.html

MooPig Email FWD :: "Estrogen Dominance"

Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 26, 2013  |  Bryan TX

Al Sears, MD
11903 Southern Blvd., Ste. 208
Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411

February 26, 2013

Can This "Health Food" Shrink Your Manhood?

Dear Patdarnell,

It really gets my goat that they're getting you to eat this stuff.

Is this "healthy" chicken sandwich a
threat to your manhood?

Like that grilled chicken sandwich that they've been telling you is so good for you...

Eat enough of them and they'll turn you into a plump, moody, weepy female.

And the veggie burgers? Don't get me going. They're even worse.

No joke.

These fake health foods can take away everything that makes life great for a man.

But there's an easy way to get up every morning and feel charged, optimistic and confident again. Ambitious and full of energy.

My patients who have experienced this are some of my happiest, and are on top of their game again.

Let me show you what I mean...

The average chicken sandwich comes from chickens that are pumped full of the hormones that your body thinks are estrogen.

That veggie burger, too. Soy products are highly estrogenic.

Estrogen is what makes a woman a woman... but too much can "feminize" a man, and start to turn him into a woman.

Commercial beef, poultry and soy products are a HUGE source of this fake estrogen. Add cheese? That's more estrogen. Add some bacon? Even more.

That lettuce, tomato that are supposed to be so "healthy"? Yep, you guessed it, more fake estrogen in the form of chemicals sprayed on your vegetables while they're still in the ground.

These fake estrogens have a structure that makes them a dead ringer for the real thing... and your body can't tell the difference. I call them "estrogen mimics."

Ketchup has ingredients that have the same effect. Even the grain in your sandwich bun is tainted.

And the more estrogen that gets into your blood, the more your manhood shrinks. That means more belly fat, your energy tanks and your sex life goes the way of the woolly mammoth.

Is this a scientific fact? No, not yet, because the medical establishment has refused to invest the money to do the tests necessary to prove this. But do I believe it's true? Absolutely. And I'll tell you why...

I Bet Your Doctor Never Told You This...

There are almost no clinical trials that have studied estrogen dominance and its effects. Truth is, most doctors don't even realize excess estrogen is the "hidden cause" of the problems a lot of guys face every day.

Don't be fooled... veggie burgers made with soy could "feminize" your body.

Clinical trials are helpful, but there are problems with relying only on what you read in a handful of medical journals.

Modern medicine often gets hung up on these placebo trials and completely ignores the evidence right in front of them.

Just like they ignore the oldest systems of medicine in the world even though they have thousands of years of real-world trials behind them.

And today, science lags as many as 15 years behind what doctors in practice know.

In the case of estrogen dominance, it's been more than 20 years, and modern science still hasn't gotten around to studying this effect that only I and a few other doctors have caught on to.

That's how long ago I started seeing a connection between estrogen mimics in the environment and complaints from my male patients about low energy and a softening of their male features.

So I started to research for myself when I realized what was beginning to happen in today's world. As a doctor, I knew I had to do something about this completely new problem. So I came up with a solution to address it.

Since then, I've been helping men use this one simple approach that helps reduce and begin to wipe out the effects of too much estrogen. I've helped thousands of men keep their true strength, vitality and ability to perform.

That's a two-decade, real-world trial right there.

And I believe, from my success with men in my clinic that this solution can quickly restore your estrogen levels to a healthy balance, starting you back on the road to a lean body and a focused mind.

STAND UP And Reclaim Your Power As A Man

It doesn't matter what condition you're in now. I've seen it all. And I've fully restored men you might consider "lost causes."

One patient, who we'll call "P.L.", came to my clinic complaining of 4 out of the 5 classic symptoms of what I call "estrogen dominance." He was chronically tired, emotionally out of sorts, had a beer belly, a double chin and was losing his ability to perform.

When I checked his testosterone, it was down to 384, a level you'd expect to see in an old man. (At the time, P.L. was in his early 40s.) Also not a surprise, his estrogen was close to 200, which is more than most women.

Here's the bottom line: Estrogen makes you fat. That's why they give it to farm animals. It starts with a smooth layer of fat under the skin that robs you of muscle definition. Then it grows into a fat belly, a round face and "man boobs."

In P.L.'s case, he only weighed 175 pounds but was carrying a lot of body fat (35%). That's technically obese, but he didn't really look "overweight," just bloated and out of shape.

But look what happened when I gave him my estrogen "antidote."

Body Composition Chart

% of Body Fat 35%

29% 22% 15%

Pounds of Body Fat

58 51 37 28

Lean Body Mass

108 125 133 157

Look at the top line. His body fat percentage went from 35% all the way down to a much leaner 15%.

The middle line, "pounds of fat," shows the amount of fat he was carrying went from 58 pounds down to a more manageable 28.

And on the last line, his "lean body mass," which measures how much muscle you have, went up from 108 to 157.

After three months, his estrogen dropped and his testosterone started to rise. Plus he built 49 pounds of muscle and lost 30 pounds of fat.

Kick Excess Estrogen To The Curb And
Get Your Manhood Back NOW

As an MD who is also an ACE certified fitness instructor, coach and consultant to professional athletes, I know how to keep men it top condition. In fact, I've built my reputation on it.

Like the thousands of men who come to my clinic for help... including guys like "P.L."... I'll show you EXACTLY how my strategy works and how it can put YOU back in the saddle again.

First, let me show you what we're up against.

It's Not Just In Your Food...
Estrogen Is A Staple Of Our Plastic World

You don't see it, feel it or taste it... but estrogen gets into your blood every day.

Sometimes it's in the food you eat, sometimes it's in the plastic products you use. But whether you know it or not, there's a steady stream of this feminizing hormone getting into your bloodstream.

As you've already seen, ranchers in the meat and poultry industries inject their cattle and chickens with estrogen to "fatten them up," and speed up the time it takes them to reach "maturity."

And every time you eat a burger or chicken sandwich made from these animals, you're likely getting the estrogen that animal had when it was slaughtered.

Even the soy products are to blame, as any soy product that has not been fermented is highly estrogenic. (The fermented products like soy sauce and tofu are the exceptions.)

What may be ever worse, modern industry produces thousands of chemicals that get into your everyday environment. And the majority of these chemicals and compounds mimic the female hormone estrogen.

The problem is that many of these chemicals have a molecular structure that closely resembles the female hormone estrogen.

When these estrogen look-a-likes get into your bloodstream, they attach to estrogen receptors and give your cells a new set of feminizing instructions.

You see, your receptors are like "landing pads" on the surface of your cells that receive incoming nutrients and information.

And when these "estrogen mimics" bind with your cells' receptors, your cells don't realize it's a chemical and not the real thing. And in response to these new "messages," your body gradually rebuilds itself to become more feminine.

One of the first signs of excess estrogen is increased fat deposition in your breast and belly. But long before you get "man boobs," most men will get a gradual "softening."

First, you may develop a soft, "dough boy" appearance as your muscle is replaced by fat. Over time, you may start to lose your masculine edge, your confidence and sense of purpose. You may feel tired or moody and your bedroom performance may not be as strong as it used to be.

Ever Use A Plastic Bag Or Drink From A Plastic Cup?

Plastic is by far the worst offender... and in today's world, plastic is almost impossible to avoid. Chemicals like the widely publicized "bisphenol A" or BPA are highly estrogenic and found in almost all plastic products.

Other countries around the world have banned BPA, but it's still a favorite in the US. And aside from the obvious dangers of plastic, big industry puts thousands of chemicals into the items you use everyday.

Here are just a few examples:

• Vinyl flooring
• Detergents
• Shampoo
• Soaps
• Deodorants
• Garden hoses
• Pesticides
• Fertilizers

These estrogen look-a-likes are waging war on your masculinity. They attack your testosterone. This gradually saps your strength, muscle, ambition, competitive spirit and sexual performance.

But there's an "estrogen antidote" I use with my male patients that helps support a healthy balance of estrogen and helps you reclaim your natural masculine energy and body type.

EstroCleanse is easy to use and goes to work right away. The key ingredients transform the feminizing estrogen into a "neutral" form.

That means you can easily minimize the feminizing force of estrogen so you have an easier time when you:

• Want to boost muscle mass.
• Start to slim down and get rid of your "spare tire."
• Begin to ramp up your endurance in and out of the bedroom.
• Get back into the game with more ambition, more energy and more confidence.

EstroCleanse is safe and natural, too. In fact, these powerful estrogen-neutralizing compounds come from vegetables.

Use My Phytonutrient Secret To Zap Estrogen

Published research over last ten years suggests you can neutralize excess estrogen with extracts from "crucifers," a group of vegetables including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and cabbage.

Here's why: The way estrogen is "metabolized" or broken down in your body is critical to how it acts when it gets into your bloodstream.

Certain compounds found in cruciferous vegetables turn the "feminizing" estrogen into a more beneficial version. One of the best compounds is indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a phytochemical found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli.

When you eat a vegetable like broccoli, your body breaks it down into multiple compounds, one of which is I3C.

I3C helps convert the less-desirable "feminizing" estrogens into neutral or even helpful estrogens such as 2-hydroxyestrone.

Studies published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and the Journal of Endocrinology support the ability of I3C to convert the "bad" estrogen into a neutral metabolite.1,2

When I3C gets to your digestive tract, part of it converts into diindolylmethane (DIM), another "estrogen neutralizer."

Together, I3C and DIM play an active role in clearing your body of excess estrogen.

Not only does this simple solution help promote a healthy balance of estrogen, it helps promote a healthy testosterone to estrogen ratio, which can lead to maintaining the energy, power and performance men feel when they're younger.

Feel Strong And On Top Of The World

As a certified ACE fitness instructor and coach to professional athletes, my first priority is optimizing a man's testosterone to estrogen ratio.

Your ratio of testosterone to estrogen should be at least 4:1. That's four parts testosterone to one part estrogen. The higher your ratio, the more masculine you'll look and feel.

To really feel strong and on top of the world, it's better to get closer to 8:1.

But these days, a lot of guys have ratios that are below 4:1. Once you fall below 4:1, you'll start to experience the depressing and power-robbing symptoms of "estrogen dominance."

Aside from EstroCleanse, there are also other ways to boost your testosterone and lower your estrogen so you can keep your strength and manhood...

These are techniques I use with my male patients that help them increase their sexual performance... maintain well-defined muscles... strengthen their heart's pumping power... keep a normally-functioning prostate... and more.

Never Again Will You Have To Listen To A Doctor Tell You:
"It's Just Part Of The Aging Process..."

When you order EstroCleanse today, I'll send you the e-book version of my "Bible" for safeguarding your manhood called 12 Secrets to Virility: A Man's Guide to Peak Health, Great Sex, and Powerful Living... at no extra charge.

Thousands of copies of this 198-page best seller have been sold at $19.95. It contains the core of everything I do to help men live a more powerful, sexually-charged lifestyle. And it will help you regardless of how old you are or what condition you're currently in.

12 Secrets to Virility exposes the dangers of estrogen and gives you quick and powerful ways to:

• Toss Your Viagra in the Trash: My simple 2-step strategy for turbo-charging your sexual performance will keep you ready for action no matter what your age.
• Eat the Foods You Love Guilt Free: Stop torturing yourself with low-fat "health food." I'll show you how to enjoy your New York strip and improve your heart health at the same time.
• Live Pain-Free: Jump out of bed, run to the store, walk a round of golf... you'll use the quick and easy solutions that slash your risk of arthritis and reduce joint pain forever.
• Eat Food Fit for a Man: Don't fall for the biggest con of our time. Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease, and eating fat doesn't make you fat. Learn from your ancestors and get back on the path of vibrant health.
• Stay Virile to 100: Learn to measure the "bio-markers" of aging. These hidden forces determine how quickly you age. You can take steps to reverse them. This puts the power of choice back in your hands.
• Rebuild a Super-Healthy Heart: Find out why your heart is starving for energy... and which miracle nutrient can revitalize it.
• Boost Your Brain Power: Your brain shrinks as you get older... robbing you of memory and the ability to think clearly. But that doesn't mean you have to sit back and let it happen. Discover the nutrients that reawaken a youthful and razor-sharp mind.
• 12 Secrets to Virility reveals the real truth about male health and aging. It details exactly what I use in my own practice to restore the physical and sexual vitality of my male patients.

These are the powerful secrets that re-ignite their sex lives and turn them back into real men.

You'll lose your gut, build functional strength and regain youthful sexuality. Starting as soon as you begin practicing the secrets in 12 Secrets to Virility.

And you can do it without spending a single extra dollar when you...

Try EstroCleanse Today RISK-FREE

EstroCleanse is a simple and effective way to get rid of excess estrogen and reclaim your manhood. I've used a version of this formula for decades. It's worked on thousands of men and their medical records prove it.

I've seen countless men come to my clinic with the same symptoms. They walk in feeling fat, fatigued and bored. And after a few months, EstroCleanse helps them start acting and feeling like real men again.

You can try my new formula with NO RISK.

If you decide it's not for you, not a problem. You get all your money back... including what you paid for shipping and handling!

I stand behind everything I do and have a very open policy when it comes to helping you maintain your manhood. If it doesn't work for you can get a full and prompt refund.

And even if you need a refund, you can keep 12 Secrets to Virility with my compliments.

It's a no-lose offer.

But based on my experience, I know you'll appreciate EstroCleanse. I use it almost every day with my patients and wouldn't think of going without it. In this estrogen-saturated world we live in, I'd be crazy not to.

Just click the link below and get started today.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD
* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

NOTE:
The women of our modern day society are facing a silent crisis, that includes a plethora of serious diseases that were not present in our ancestors. The cause of these new diseases all have one thing in common: the molecule estrogen. (LINK)

____________________Reference
http://www.alsearsmd.com/
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http://www.gestaltreality.com/2012/05/19/fake-estrogen-a-modern-health-epidemic/
http://estrogenepidemic.wordpress.com/
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/vmiller_lab/estrogen.cfm
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2. Bradlow HL, Telang NT, Sepkovic DW, Osborne MP. 2-hydroxyestrone: the ‘good' estrogen. J Endocrinol. 1996 Sep;150 Suppl:S259-65.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/sya-bpa/
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bisphenol-a-47091707

MooPig FWD Email :: "Texas"

You Might Find Texas Peculiar
Captured by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 26, 2013  |  Bryan TX

Only in Texas...

Love the sun?
Sun City, Texas 78628
Sunrise, Texas 76661
Sunset, Texas 76270
Sundown, Texas 79372
Sunray, Texas 79086
Sunny Side, Texas 77423

Want something to eat?
Bacon, Texas 76301
Noodle, Texas 79536
Oatmeal, Texas 78605
Turkey, Texas 79261
Trout, Texas 75789
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Salty, Texas 76567
Rice, Texas 75155
Pearland, Texas 77581
Orange, Texas 77630
And top it off with:
Sweetwater, Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!
Detroit, Texas 75436
Cleveland, Texas 75436
Colorado City, Texas 79512
Denver City, Texas 79323
Klondike, Texas 75448
Pittsburg , Texas 75686
Newark , Texas 76071
Nevada, Texas 75173

Memphis, Texas 79245
Miami, Texas 79059
Boston, Texas 75570
Santa Fe, Texas 77517
Tennessee Colony, Texas 75861
Reno, Texas 75462
Pasadena, Texas 77506
Columbus, Texas 78934

[Pictures of Firehouse and Bank in Italy, Texas]

Just Texas
Pep, Texas 79353
Smiley , Texas 78159
Paradise, Texas 76073
Rainbow, Texas 76077
Sweet Home, Texas 77987
Comfort , Texas 78013
Friendship, Texas 76530

Feel like traveling outside the country?
Athens , Texas 75751
Canadian, Texas 79014
China , Texas 77613
Dublin , Texas 76446
Egypt, Texas 77436
Ireland, Texas 76538
Italy, Texas 76538
Turkey, Texas 79261
London, Texas 76854
New London, Texas 75682
Paris, Texas 75460
Palestine, Texas 75801

No need to travel to Washington DC
Whitehouse, Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth , Texas 79031

We have a city named after our state:
Texas City , Texas 77590

Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452

Cold?
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas 79567

Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , Texas 76878
Goliad , Texas 77963
Alamo , Texas 78516
Gun Barrel City , Texas 75156
Robert Lee , Texas 76945

Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670

Want to go into outer space?
Venus , Texas 76084
Mars , Texas 79062

You guessed it. It's on the state line.
Texline , Texas 79087

For the kids...
Kermit, Texas 79745
Elmo, Texas 75118
Nemo, Texas 76070
Tarzan, Texas 79783
Winnie, Texas 77665
Sylvester, Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas, to make you smile......
Frognot, Texas 75424
Bigfoot, Texas 78005
Hogeye, Texas 75423
Cactus, Texas 79013
Notrees, Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest, Texas 76886
Kickapoo, Texas 75763
Dime Box, Texas 77853
Old Dime Box, Texas 77853
Telephone, Texas 75488
Telegraph, Texas 76883
Whiteface, Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

The Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore, Texas 75662

[Book LINK]

And our favorites...
Cut and Shoot, Texas 77303
Gun Barrel City , Texas 75147
Ding Dong, Texas
West, Texas (it's in Central Texas)
And, of course,
Mule Shoe , Texas 79347

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about folks from Texas

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80, and everybody's passing you, you may live in Houston, Texas;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Brownsville, Texas;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely have lived in Texas.

Here are some little known, very interesting facts about Texas :
1. Beaumont to El Paso : 742miles

2. Beaumont to Chicago : 770 miles

3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

4. World's first rodeo was in Pecos , July 4, 1883.

5. The Flagship Hotel in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built over water. Destroyed by Hurricane Ike - 2008!

6. The Heisman Trophy was named after John William Heisman who was the first full-time coach at Rice University in Houston , Texas .

7. Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other area in North America .

8. Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America 's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.

9. Jalapeno jelly originated in Lake Jackson in 1978.
10. The worst natural disaster in US history was in 1900, caused by a hurricane in which over 8,000 lives were lost on Galveston Island
11. The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was " Houston ," but the Space Center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time.

12. The King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island .

13. Tropical Storm Claudette brought a US rainfall record of 43" in 24 hours in and around Alvin in July of 1979.

14. Texas is the only state to enter the US by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union ) instead of by annexation.
This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the US Flag, and Texas may choose to divide into 5 states.

15. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.

16. Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.

17. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.

18. Texas has had six capital cities: Washington-on-the Brazos, Harrisburg , Galveston , Velasco, West Columbia, and Austin .

19. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the US which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington , DC (by 7 feet).

20. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington Monument .

21. The name ' Texas ' comes from the Hasini Indian word 'tejas' meaning "friends". Tejas is not Spanish for Texas .

22. The State Mascot is the Armadillo. An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies.

They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.

23. The first domed stadium in the US was the Astrodome in Houston .

KOCH IND :: "Obsessed with Secrecy for Good Reason"

Want to Boycott the Koch Brothers' Products? Here's Where to Start : TreeHugger: "Want to boycott the Koch Brothers' products and not have your money going to support the Tea Party, more dirty polluting political shenanigans, attacks on workers rights to organize? Here's a quick list of the companies you should be avoiding. Anything That Georgia-Pacific Produces"

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____________________Reference
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/want-to-boycott-the-koch-brothers-products-heres-where-to-start.html
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-500857
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer
http://www.forbes.com/companies/koch-industries/
http://shoqvalue.com/anticipating-a-koch-boycott-a-few-of-their-products
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/koch-industries-report-reveals-secret-sins/story?id=14676652
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer-with-secret-iran-sales.html
http://www.kochind.com/factssheets/KochFacts.aspx
http://www.desmogblog.com/koch-industries-inc-holdings-investments

Cage Match #69 :: "Pope Benedict vs Sandusky"

White Hair used to mean 'Great Wisdom'
By Pat Darnell and the Herd  |  Feb 23, 2013  |  Bryan TX

Pope Benedict 

-- versus --

Jerry Sandusky

Some Back Story ::

• Did you know that B.Y.U. was Jerry's first choice before Penn State. He thought it was "Bring 'em Young".
• I hear Sandusky had to stop going to church. The priests kept fighting over who got to hear his confession.
• Sandusky claims he's really young at heart. He says sometimes he feels like a 60 yr old stuck in a 10 yr old's body.
• Sandusky is set to remake two Schwarzenegger films into one...It's going to be called Kindergarten Predator.
• Do you know what Jerry Sandusky's favorite part of the trial was? Recess.
• Penn State: Safe for your daughters.
• I've heard Sandusky taught his team to stand firm even while taking a pounding
• What did the lady at the beach say to Sandusky? Move, you're in my son.
• What do Sandusky and a chef have in common? They both like their meat tender.
• I used to be a virgin like you but then I took a sandusky to the ass
• Q: What do Jerry Sandusky and Nickelodeon have in common? A: They've both sacked Wild and Crazy Kidz
• Jerry Sandusky's favorite movie was Child's Play
• Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story

Today's Cage Match is Brought to Us by This Guy:

Cage Match is an invention of Pribek.net
Friday Night Cage Match/Fondue Party/Evolving Conversation/Dancing About Architecture

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http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2011/11/16/midday-snacks-11-16-11/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/vatican-pope-didn-resign-sex-scandal-article-1.1271641
http://imgur.com/r/ImGoingToHellForThis/4jGbA
http://pribek.net/2013/01/18/friday-night-cage-matchfondue-partyevolving-conversationdancing-about-architecture-vol-150/

MooPig Human Rights Update :: Feeding Intolerance: Prohibitions on Sharing Food with People Experiencing Homelessness

Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 20, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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Some proponents of food sharing restrictions have argued that sharing food with people in outdoor locations enables them to remain homeless.

More likely, persons who receive food from outdoor food programs may remain homeless due to lack of affordable housing, shelter space, and services, or due to their struggles with physical or psychiatric disabilities or substance addiction.

Instead of removing food sources, cities would more likely reduce or end homelessness in their cities by finding solutions to the underlying causes of homelessness.

Framing sharing food as a factor in enabling people to remain homeless is misleading. Food is not an addiction; food is necessary for survival.

Depriving a person of food means that she must put all of her energy into obtaining food and less energy on improving other aspects of her life. Food sharing programs that reach out to those in public spaces may be the only way some homeless individuals can obtain healthy and safe food.

Feeding Intolerance: Prohibitions on Sharing Food with People Experiencing Homelessness: A Report by The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and The National Coalition for the Homeless 15nov2007: "The right to food is a well-recognized human right. This basic human right is explicitly mentioned in the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and over 120 instruments of international law.

13 Twenty-two countries have included a right to food in their domestic constitutions.

14 As the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has stated, a nation must refrain from taking “actions that result in increasing levels of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition.”

15 Food sharing restrictions deny homeless persons this basic human right. Placing restrictions on food sharing at a time where there is an increased need for housing and food assistance leaves many people with nowhere to turn for basic survival needs."

'via Blog this'
CONCLUSION
Make your own conclusions. As politicians try to invent lackey ways to deal with high density urban problems, like homelessness, those same politicians are diminishing your and my freedoms.

These laws to prohibit feeding the homeless on city streets come with hefty fines and prolonged visits to jail. It is personal, and in your face.

Having something to eat is a basic human right.

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http://www.mindfully.org/Food/2007/Sharing-Food-Prohibitions15nov07a.htm
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/publications/foodsharing/index.html
[ ... ]
13 Laura Niada, Hunger and International Law, 22 Conn. J. Int’l. L. 131, at 166.
14 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Fact Sheet, available at http://www.fao.org/WorldFoodSummit/english/fsheets/food.pdf.
15 United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, www.righttofood.org
[ ... ]
http://eryounge.blogspot.com/

MooPig FWD Email :: "Criminalization of Us"

Re-grouped by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 20, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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You Might be Committing a Felony at This Very Moment ... | Uncommon Wisdom Daily: "How many felonies have you committed today? The answer may surprise you. That’s because, if you’re like most Americans, you probably violate federal or state law several times each day — without even knowing it.

The “criminalization” of American law is nothing new. But most citizens don’t realize just how frequently their state and federal governments expand the list of activities that are considered criminal offenses.

But it’s not just adults being targeted. More recently, children attending public schools have been deemed criminals as well. Sounds absurd, right? Trust me, we haven’t even yet scratched the surface …"

'via Blog this'

Have You ‘Defaced a Hamburger’ Lately?

In Las Vegas, you can be thrown in jail for spilling a drink in a nightclub. That’s what happened to Justin O’Connell last summer. Apparently a bouncer watched O’Connell spill his drink and then asked him to leave. O’Connell then asked for his $30 cover charge back. The nightclub then called police, who escorted O’Connell to jail. He now faces criminal trespassing charges.

Here are some other criminal offenses in Las Vegas (and many other cities, for that matter):

• Sitting or lying down on public sidewalks in the downtown redevelopment district.
• 
  
• Buying drinks for more than three people within 24 hours.
• 
  
• Feeding the homeless in public. Incidentally, it’s also illegal to feed pigeons.
• 
  
• Pawning your dentures.
• 
  
• Defacing a hamburger, by leaving its contents anywhere in public.
• 
  
• Jaywalking.

We hope Warren Buffett enjoyed that hamburger … and properly disposed of it when he was done!

That’s the tip of the criminalization iceberg. Have you ever purchased sinus medication over the counter? Well, so did Diane Avera, a 45-year-old Mississippi grandmother. Now she faces a year in prison after being convicted of intent to manufacture amphetamine.

It’s a long story, but basically, Mississippi law requires a prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in many sinus medications. To save time and aggravation, Avera drove to Alabama to purchase her medication, but got caught up in a sting operation.

It’s no wonder the United States has by far the world’s largest prison population per capita anywhere on earth. More people rot in local, county, state or federal prisons in the United States than in all other developed countries combined.

According to the World Prison Population List, Ninth Edition (2012): “More than 10.1 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pretrial detainees/remand prisoners or as sentenced prisoners.

Almost half of these are in the United States (2.29 million), Russia (0.81 million) or China (1.65 million sentenced prisoners) … “The U.S. has the highest prison population rate of 743 per 100,000 of its national population followed by Rwanda (595 per 100,000).”

Paraphrasing President Obama, “Yes we can … put you in prison!” Even more disturbingly, the criminalization of America is now creeping into high schools, junior high schools … and most recently, even kindergarten classes.

Last month, a 5-year-old boy (from Mississippi … again!) wound up in the back of a police car because he didn’t wear the right color shoes to class. His teacher told him he had to wear black shoes. Unfortunately, the little boy had no black shoes, and his mother apparently didn’t have the money to buy any. So she improvised. She used a marker to cover up his red-and-white tennis shoes. Unfortunately, she missed a couple of spots.

When the boy showed up at school the next day, his teacher called the cops. Shortly thereafter, police escorted him home in a police car and delivered a stern warning to his mother.

Apparently, this is “business as usual” in Mississippi.

Indeed, the U.S. Justice Department recently filed a lawsuit against officials in one Mississippi county for running what critics call a school-to-prison pipeline.

You’ll hopefully excuse me from making a couple observations: Anyone can inadvertently run afoul of America’s metastasizing network of criminal laws. Spilling a drink in a nightclub is hardly what anyone would consider a criminal offense. Neither is purchasing medication over-the-counter. Once you have a criminal record, especially a felony conviction, you’ll find it much more difficult to live outside the United States, or to acquire a second citizenship and passport.

Not to belabor the obvious, but if you have any interest at all in establishing a second nationality, don’t wait until some inadvertent slip-up results in an arrest and possible felony conviction.

Contact me today for more information about how to acquire a second passport, and keep your eye on this column for more ways that you can protect yourself and your wealth from ridiculous — but real — threats that continue to grow in number as your rights continue to dwindle.

Best,
Mark
Mark Nestmann is President of The Nestmann Group, Ltd., an international tax planning and wealth preservation consultancy. For nearly 30 years, he's made it his life's work to document the escalating threats to privacy and wealth, and devise original and fully legal strategies to protect his clients from them. His most recent book is “The Lifeboat Strategy,” which you can learn more about by following this link.

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http://www.mindfully.org/Food/2007/Sharing-Food-Prohibitions15nov07a.htm
http://www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/you-might-be-committing-a-felony-at-this-very-moment-15756?FIELD9=1
http://www.nestmann.com/the-lifeboat-strategy-to-financial-security/?affid=15
http://www.nestmann.com/signup

MooPig Mercantile Department :: "Meteorites"

It Shattered Windows and Injured Thousands
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 19, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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Rubles from heaven: Russians scoop up meteorite chunks for sale - latimes.com:   ... "They're calling it the meteorite rush.

Prices asked for purported pieces of the alien visitor range from $20 to $30,000.

Typical Ad:

“For sale: a piece of meteorite. Cures cancer, AIDS and prostate. Improves academic performance at school, “ reads one ad, which was posted under the name Yevgeny and is perhaps overreaching a bit. He is asking $10,000 for his space rock, without specifying its size."

'via Blog this'

Russia's massive meteorite: By the numbers ... the big space rock that crashed into the Ural Mountains last week was the largest in a century, and worth more than its weight in gold ...

55 -- Diameter of the meteorite, in feet, according to NASA

10,000 -- Weight of the meteorite, in tons

500 -- Amount of energy, in kilotons, put out by the meteor as it neared Earth — 30 times the energy of the atomic bomb that struck Hiroshima

40,000 -- Estimated speed of Friday's meteor, in miles per hour, before crashing, according to Russian space agency Roscosmos

567 -- Typical cruising speed of a Boeing 747, in miles per hour

25 -- Diameter, in feet, of a hole in frozen Lake Chebarkul, believed to be where a large chunk crashed through the ice

53 -- "Small, stony, black objects," confirmed as meteorite fragments, that scientists have recovered so far from around Lake Chebarkul

$2,220 -- Price per gram of recovered fragments of the meteorite — 40 times the price of gold — according to Dmitry Kachkalin, a member of the Russian Society of Amateur Meteorite Lovers

5,000 -- Rough estimate of known meteors 100 feet in diameter or bigger that could hit Earth,

... according to NASA Sources: Bloomberg Businessweek, CNN, Guardian, Reuters, Space dot com, Wall Street Journal, Wired

" ... The best bet, Ford [Mark Ford, a longtime collector who is chairman of the British and Irish Meteorite Society] says, is to buy from a dealer who is a member of the International Meteorite Collectors Association, a self-policing group of dealers. Ordinarily, after a major meteorite fall, “the dealers are on the next plane,” he says. “But this being Russia, it’s a bit more difficult. They have to get visas, and there are some security issues because Chelyabinsk is a nuclear city.” (Carol Matlack on February 19, 2013. LINK) ... "

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http://theweek.com/article/index/240276/russias-massive-meteorite-by-the-numbers
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-russians-scoop-up-meteorites-20130219,0,327561.story
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-19/first-came-the-russian-meteor-now-the-meteorite-deals
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/18/hunt-russian-meteorite-fragments-comet
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/18/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130218
http://www.space.com/19847-russian-meteorites-found-chelyabinsk-fireball.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323764804578312264130040432.html
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/russia-meteor/
http://www.imca.cc/

MooPig Movie Reviews :: "Movie Trailers"

Plundered and Distributed by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 19, 2013  |  Bryan TX

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Theaters raise revenue and tensions by charging to show trailers - latimes.com: " ... "What makes this business run are trailers," said Chuck Viane, a former president of distribution for Walt Disney Studios. "When the right trailers aren't seen by the public with the right movie, that can hurt the box office." ... "

'via Blog this'

That's a heavy concept, movie trailer distribution in our modern era of Internet and Web. One movie company pays the theater to run its trailer, and it becomes a precedent. SONY Pictures paid to " ... advertise its comedy "The Animal" in front of the hit Universal movie "The Mummy Returns." That aberration soon became the norm, with pay-for-play accelerating in the last two years. ... "

If trailers become a profit maker for theaters, you know there will be a lot more trailers at the beginning of your favorite blockbuster movie. A trip to the cinema costs around $6 per person for just the ticket, that does not mean we want to see seven or eight trailers that are money makers for the theaters. Besides, a trailer runs about 3 minutes; that adds about 21 minutes to your theater stay.

Your 2 hour movie now becomes 2-1/2 hours long, or more. And, each trailer is preceded by its pandering and brutal bright green screen ratings, and anti-piracy stuff, to make sure your 13 year old or younger children are not watching the preview.

" ... As they [trailers] rose in value, the total number of trailers shown before a movie started going up. Three or four was the norm a decade ago. Regal and AMC theaters now run six or seven before every feature. ... "

This is like punching in the numbers in the jukebox, and seven musical previews play short excerpts before your selection comes on. Eh?

Pretty soon the whole world will be like cable TV, with sixteen minutes of commercials for every hour of show.

" ... Theater owners charge more for the final trailer before a movie starts because, Neuman, chief executive of Verites said, "There's a big difference between how many people see the first trailer and the last." Verites is a Burbank company paid by studios to check theaters to see that trailers are being shown and that marketing materials such as lobby cards and standees are in place. (Ben Fritz and Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times. February 19, 2013. LINK) ... "

NEXT WEEK :: Movie Downloads and Piracy, no Charge ... just Kidding!



___________________________Reference
http://www.moviefone.com/movie-trailers
http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2008/01/mpaa-accidentally-purpose-exaggerated-impact-piracy

MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Remember East Germany?"

After the Wall came down, Volkswagen bought the Manufacturer and Dismantled the Buildings
Retrieved By Pat Darnell  |  Feb 19, 2013  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK]  A Trabant 601 expense in 1988 approximately 12,700 marks, which was 10 to 17 times the monthly salary of a well-paid worker.

Edmunds.com calls the 1957 Trabant, a two-cylinder, two-stroke engine compact from East Germany, "one more reason why communism is evil."

Page 3 - 10 Worst Cars of All Time - TheStreet: ""Over the years, the Trabant has become an underground poster child for bad global cars," Oldham says. "It was produced for a long time, but never got better, never [embraced] any technology improvements" despite 30 years in production."

Today, 2013, John Deere "GATOR" MSRP $15,499.00

'via Blog this'

There's a guy down on Boonville Road, Hwy 158 toward Huntsville who sells four-wheelers that have more horsepower than the East German beauty, "Trabant." Get 'em while they're young!

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http://www.thestreet.com/story/11381094/3/10-worst-cars-of-all-time.html
http://www.achterdemuur.nl/trabant.htm
http://www.fourwheeler.com/roadtests/bed_toys/129_1011_2011_john_deere_gator_xuv_825i/photo_03.html

Jaw-Dropping Meteor Fireball Explodes Over Russia, Injuring 400 the Day Before Asteroid Fly-By

MooPig Takes full Responsibility for the ...

Jaw-Dropping Meteor Fireball Explodes Over Russia, Injuring 400 the Day Before Asteroid Fly-By:

  'via Blog this'

MooPig takes full responsibility for the content of this recorded communication.



_____________________Reference
http://gawker.com/5984470?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

MooPig FWD Email :: "BEEF"

Snagged by Pat Darnell | Feb 16, 2013 | Bryan TX

Al Sears, MD
11903 Southern Blvd., Ste. 208
Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411

February 15, 2013

Your Meat Now Raised On Candy

Dear Patdarnell,

Red meat will kill you! Stay away if you want to live!

The message is coming from everywhere recently. Whether it’s news articles and reports, or clinical studies published in scientific journals.

Fortunately for you, that juicy steak or burger is just as good for you as it always was. You just have to know where to find the right meat.

Then you’ll be able to enjoy the benefits of quality protein and delight in the savory taste of the red meat that makes your mouth water just thinking of it.

You see, most studies on red meat don’t differentiate between commercial beef and pasture-raised meat. And that’s where there’s a problem.

Because commercial beef is not only different by nature, it may be giving you health problems. It has the wrong kind of fat that’s unhealthy for your heart. But, contrary to what you hear, this is not because it’s red meat. In fact, I regard some beef as among the healthiest of all foods.

Cattle, in one form or another have been on this planet for millions of years. They have successfully survived by grazing on grasslands, prairies, and hillsides. Cattle’s natural diet consists of grasses and legumes. Their anatomy and physiology reflect their diet.

Most commercial cattle no longer eat their natural diet. Growers feed them cheap grain and other “feedstuff” in order to fatten them up quickly.

What are some of these “feedstuffs”?

Right now it’s chocolate bars, rainbow sprinkles, gummy worms, and stale cookies.

Corn prices are so high that ranchers are adding these processed sugary junk foods to the cows’ diet as I write to you.1 They rationalize it by saying the cows use all the sugar since the rumen in their first stomach is loaded with microbes that “break large sugar molecules into volatile fatty acids that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream, providing most of the cow’s energy and aiding milk production.”

But just because they can feed this stuff to cows, doesn’t mean they should. A direct injection of sugar to the bloodstream is causing the cows to suffer from the same chronic diseases humans do when they eat this way.

It’s no wonder red meat has been linked to certain chronic health concerns. How could any cow that’s raised in such a way remain healthy and produce healthy beef? It’s next to impossible.

It causes the cows to become fatty instead of lean. Toxins, hormones and anibiotics then accumulate in the fat. These get passed on to you when you eat commercial beef.

The bottom line is factory-farm red meat is simply horrible stuff. And you have every right to be scared to death of it.

However, pasture-raised, grass-fed beef could not be any more different. You have nothing to fear when you make it a part of your diet. In fact, pasture-raised, grass-fed beef is so loaded with health benefits, I’d even go as far as to call it a “super food.”

The Journal of Animal Science found that the more grass cattle ate, the more nutritious their beef became.2

Grassfed products have three to five times more conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) than that of commercial animals.3 CLA is an important nutrient that has cancer-preventing properties.

I even read one study that revealed grass-based diets for cows help them produce more vitamin A and E, as well as cancer fighting antioxidants such as glutathione and superoxide dismutase (SOD) compared to grain-fed cows.4

In fact, grass fed beef has 4 times more Vitamin E.5 Grain fed cows have so little vitamin E, one of our most powerful antioxidants, that researchers at Colorado State University recommend supplementing... the cows. They say each head of commercial cattle should be supplemented with 1,000 IU a day because they are so deficient.

Some grocery stores are starting to offer grass fed beef. You can ask the butcher. But don’t be fooled by beef labeled “organic.” The organic label only means that the cattle do not have detectable levels of antibiotics or hormones in their body at the time of slaughter. It does not mean that ranchers have never subjected cattle to antibiotics or hormones. Also most organic cattle eat nutritionally deficient grains.

Grassfed meat is a deep red to maroon color, not pink like commercial beef. And grassfed beef is very lean. The flavor is richer and tastes like wild game.

The surest way to get grassfed products is through a private farm.

Some good ones that I like are:

US Wellness Meats – One of the original grass-fed meat suppliers, and the one I use, with a unique way of raising cattle to have more CLA and omega-3 (grasslandbeef.com)

Weatherbury Farm – This Pennsylvania farm also has grass-fed lamb (grassfed.weatherburyfarm.com)

Wallace Farms – The owner of this Iowa farm has a master’s degree in ruminant nutrition from Iowa State University also raises fish naturally (wallacefarms.com)

Mount Vernon Farm – Family owned since 1827! They use rotational grazing so everything is sustainable as nature intended. They also partner with a nearby farm to produce ecologically grown vegetables (mountvernonfarm.net and waterpennyfarm.com).

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD

_____________________Reference
1. Breselor, S. "When Corn Costs Soar, Let Cows Eat Cake." Wired Magazine. www.wired.com. Jan 14, 2013. Retreived Jan 15, 2013.
2. French P, et al. "Fatty acid composition, including conjugated linoleic acid, of intramuscular fat from steers offered grazed grass, grass silage, or concentrate-based diets." J Anim Sci 2000; 78: 2849-2855
3. Dhiman T, Anand G, Satter L, Pariza M. "Conjugated linoleic acid content of milk from cows fed different diets." J Dairy Sci. 1999 Oct;82(10):2146-56.
4. Daley C, Abbott A, Doyle P, Nader G, Larson S. "A review of fatty acid profiles and antioxidant content in grass-fed and grain-fed beef." Nutr J. 2010 Mar 10;9:10.
5. Smith, G. "Beef for domestic and international markets - strategic alliances for supplementing vitamin E to increase shelf-life and retail case life." Presentation to the Liquid Feed Symposium on the American Feed Industry Association, Omaha, Nebraska. 1996.

MooPig FWD Email Department :: "Supreme Stooges"

Yes, We are Experiencing a Dry Spell in Leadership
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Feb 17, 2013 | Bryan TX

"THE THREE SUPREME COURT STOOGES — (Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito) At this critical time in our nation's history when our leaders need to stand for fairness and justice, these three knuckleheads are doing their best to permanently tip the balance of power to the richest Americans and most powerful corporations. Their decision to skip this week's State of the Union address represents the lowest character from our nation's highest court members. Perhaps their worst decision was Citizens United which gives corporations the rights of people.

“Egregious” doesn't even begin to describe the negative impact of this decision on our democracy. It has opened the floodgate to groups that can now officially buy our government and make decisions further enriching those groups. They have a lock on our future. We the people must stand against this tyranny. This week we saw a true patriot, Elizabeth Warren face down federal regulators for failing to take Wall Street's banksters to task. So there is hope. Share this link to depose these three stooges."

• Tracy Knauss

Majority Says the Federal Government Threatens Their Personal Rights
Views of Congress: Problem Lies with Members, Not the System

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http://www.people-press.org/2013/01/31/majority-says-the-federal-government-threatens-their-personal-rights/1/
http://www.people-press.org/topics/congress/2013/
http://politicalwire.com/archives/judiciary/
http://www.people-press.org/2013/01/31/trust-in-government-interactive/
http://www.people-press.org/2010/04/18/distrust-discontent-anger-and-partisan-rancor/
http://www.people-press.org/2013/01/17/section-2-views-of-congress-and-the-parties/