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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 01:55 PM Original message |
"Pork's Dirty Secret" . . . Rolling Stone . . . (warning: disturbing photo) . . . |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. All of a sudden, I can see going Kosher or Halal. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I have to assume that Smithfield meat packages do not have "Ks" on them. |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. No, not kosher by definition. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Yeah because Cows and Sheep don't poop. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. An excellent overview |
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slor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Damn... |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R.nt |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Another reason to push the development of TDP technology |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Hey!!! I thought I was the only one following that!!! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. It CAN be done better -- check out Niman Ranch, among others |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Absolutely - It can and should be done better - |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. My dad is a small family farmer |
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lordsummerisle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. What an eye-opener |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. you also eat the last dying moments of this animal |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. mmmm...dying moments... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. I don't know...I had a friend once describe to me that animals can sense death... |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. It reads a bit like Fast Food Nation. However, it comes as no surprise |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. We have family in NC |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. The legacy of industrial agriculture isn't limited to hogs, but don't boycott |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'm a vegetarian, I don't expect Americans to stop eating meat though. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. delusional? probably. |
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suziedemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 07:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Oh I know! But it's gotten a lot better. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wow, that is the most disgusting article I have read in quite some time |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I think "Radioactive" was a metaphor for really nasty |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If you read the article... |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yes, amazingly I did read the article |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Did I not just acknowledge it wasn't radioactive? |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. I read the whole thing |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. How nice that I don't eat |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. If I recall correctly, Al Gore got in hot water here in IA for stating the obvious... |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Pardon the pun but Holy Crap!! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Ugh. I'm so glad I haven't eaten pork since about 1982. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 07:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I am so glad I don't eat anything with hair, fur or feathers. n/t |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. That story is simultaneously.. |
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katamaran (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. Smithfield (the town) has been increasingly against the company |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why did they kill all those baby pigs? I don't want to go to the link. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Ceos |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Oh, silly panther! |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. Okay. |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. METHANE! |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
37. when I read that story I thought about karma |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Pigs aren't sentient, dude. (Dudette?) |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. what?!? of course they are. they feel pain, they have a sense of self. |
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rolfboy (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
38. What a potential for Renewable Energy! |
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Chimichurri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
41. We should use that excrement as fuel. Thailand found a way to use |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. ttt |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
43. I read that magazine and I don't think I could eat pork every again |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. I grew up with friends who had a hog farm |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. mmmmmmmmm. bacon. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
48. Al Franken was talking about this in Lies and Lying Liars. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. I quit eating pork over 20 years ago |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I Went About 10 Years W/out Pork |
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HughLefty1 (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. I also quit eating pork years ago... |
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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. That article was VERY disturbing |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
54. Already covered in the May issue of Harper's |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
55. I am way more concerned about the "pigs" than I am the "environment"... |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Contrary to what some believe... |
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BlueStorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Not to mention that pork has about 75-100 different parasites |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I almost want to try that pork chop experiment... |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. Articles like this make it very easy to be a vegetarian. nt |
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