Natural and Local

There is an economic consideration to buying natural food locally!

Stephen Colbert

Even though I have never seen his program, I am a fan of Stephen Colbert.  I enjoy a short video clip of his every month or so.  An old idiom says "there is truth in wit."  This gentleman seems to rarely miss an opportunity to prove that adage.   

Programing and Marketing or Coincidence?

What Do Barbie, Diet Pills, and Artificial Sweeteners Have in Common?

I really hadn't considered this before, but Barbie, diet pills, and cyclamates all entered the world about the same time, which is about the same time I arrived on the scene, as well!  This Big Biz, Big Pharma thing has been going on, my entire life!

Fabricate an impossible image, manufacture a magic pill, and provide the poison!  Be sure it's wrapped in programming, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie  1959

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phentermine  1959

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cyclamate#History  1958 (Generally Recongized as Safe)

Cyclamate was discovered in 1937 at the University of Illinois by graduate student Michael Sveda. Sveda was working in the lab on the synthesis of anti-fever medication. He put his cigarette down on the lab bench, and, when he put it back in his mouth, he discovered the sweet taste of cyclamate

The patent for cyclamate was purchased by DuPont but later sold to Abbott Laboratories, which undertook the necessary studies and submitted a New Drug Application in 1950. Abbott intended to use cyclamate to mask the bitterness of certain drugs such as antibiotics andpentobarbital. In the US in 1958, it was designated GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe). Cyclamate was marketed in tablet form for use by diabetics as an alternative tabletop sweetener, as well as in a liquid form; one such product was named 'Sucaryl' and is still available in non-US markets.

Lab Grown Meat

At what point do we stop?  Is there a limit?  Is there a boundary in place at all?  Meddling with creation, be it with GMO fruits and vegetables or now this lab grown meat product has to be of great offense to our Creator.  How dare we?  Who do we think we are?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/lab-grown-beef-taste-test-almost-like-a-burger/2013/08/05/921a5996-fdf4-11e2-96a8-d3b921c0924a_story.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/tech/innovation/cultured-meat/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_meat

. . . every man did that which was right in his own eyes.  history of Holy Scripture