A pig in a poke

Boing Boing has gone bonkers over a story of pig farming in: Big factory pig farms are some of America’s worst polluters. I’m glad I had a light breakfast.

“For someone talking about Apple using Cisco’s property, actually they’re infringing on copyright themselves. So it’s just a double standard.” [via] Oops.

“It was pretty disheartening to be objectified like that.”

“A decent first step would be to create transparency around the whole system.”

“… former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown said party politics influenced decisions on whether to take federal control of Louisiana …”

“That’s more people than will ever serve him a drink or take his plate away in every speaking arrangement he’s ever done and billed for.”

“What we’re seeing at the top of the world is like a global biopsy. The results do not look good.”

“… part of a plan to ‘give somebody else that experience’ to build up the back bench of Republicans by giving them high-profile jobs.”

“What happens when the residents become aware of something shady in their town government can be interesting.”

“Bush isn’t mad because they can blow our satellites up. He is mad because they beat us.”

“Australian scientists found out how sick sheep heal themselves: they eat things that make them feel better, and they learn it from their moms!”