Before you take a bite ...

The Tower of Blue Horses, Franz Marc

... understand that it may not be what you think it is.  

Yesterday Pedo announced that he scored 300,000 metric tons of foreign ground beef that he’s going to have imported from unnamed sources (fell of the back of a truck?) without the “out of quota” tariff. I’m figuring that last bit refers to the tax levied on us, the consumers, which is what Trump’s tariffs are. He says he’s committed to ensuring the imported beef would be sold at 25% below current market rates. This ought to make U.S. cattle ranchers real happy!

This beef buy is to make up for our current cow meat shortage. WHY are there fewer edible cows in America right now? WHY is the Prez panicking?

Did all the coos emigrate to Canada and Mexico because, like other sane Americans, they despise Pedo and could see that, without voting rights or opposable thumbs, they were, pretty much, fucked? Nope. Banjaxed Brained MusKKK’s teenaged dimwit DOGE squad chainsawed the programs that watched out for and controlled little devastating things like screwworm infestations. Those boys, whose balls undoubtedly haven’t dropped yet, decided those programs were fraud and unnecessary.

Beef prices have risen in recent months due in large part to a severe cattle shortage, one exacerbated by the recent screwworm infestation that has threatened Texas ranchers – and, by some critics, blamed on the Trump administration for having terminated USAID-funded screwworm monitoring programs operated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. (source) 

The Yellow Cow, Franz Marc

By the by, this magical meat purchase coincidentally comes on the heels (hooves) of the reports that herds of wild horses are being rounded up by helicopters and slaughtered.

Mustang advocates say a New York Times report proves horses rounded up from the range in Wyoming and other states have been sent to slaughter. An advocacy group is now asking Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to shut down all sales of wild horses. (source) 

(I’d link to the NYTimes article but it’s paywalled. I don’t have subscription from which to link a gift article. While the Times does have good reporting … there’s enough capitulation to the regime that I don’t want to give them my dough.)

All this is to say that unless you’re RFK jr. or share his gastronomic tendencies, I’d stay away from what’s labeled as “beef” until maybe the next president is in office.

Now might be a great time to become a vegetarian … unless you live in the U.S. where there’s a massive, multi-state shit geyser outbreak still going on. This has been brought to us by Trump mega donors, Taylor Farms.

More than 9,400 cases associated with this outbreak have been reported in 17 states, per the FDA: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. 
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Only three states have reported zero cases since May 1: New Mexico, Montana and Hawaii.

The true number of cyclospora infections in the U.S. is likely higher than the numbers currently being reported — that’s because many people recover on their own and never get tested for cyclospora, per the CDC. (source) 

Oh but wait, now there’s not one but TWO salmonella outbreaks! One is from, again, Trump’s pals Taylor Farms. This time it’s jalapeños. 

As of Monday, 15,716 cases of the stomach bug had been confirmed in 47 states and Washington, D.C., the CDC reported. That’s up by 1,821 from its last update a week ago. (source)

The other salmonella case is courtesy of Indiana based Midwest Poultry Service. The states where the bad eggs were shipped to were Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Mississippi but …

At least 98 people in 17 states have been sickened, with 26 people hospitalized. (source) 

Since Brainworm Bobby gutted the Food and Drug Administration, his idiotic, uneducated, control freaking, fever dream fantasies of how he thinks ALL Americans should eat and live is playing out real, gosh darn swell, ain’t it? 

Top to bottom, this is THE Dunning-Kruger presidency.

🚨  Just in! 🚨

RFK jr. suggests we all eat roadkill (as he does) until all this salmonella and shit geysering passes. That ought to be … what? 2030 or so? After the next administration is in and has had half a chance to rebuild some of the country?

Just kidding. Brainworm Bob’s more apt to recommend we all go on a 60 day fast and swim in the sewers.