@croush1211: I know a guy who was an USDA inspector in a chicken-processing center in Texas. His job was basically to find tumor-laden carcasses after the birds are slaughtered. He doesn't eat chicken anymore. Tumorous chicken breast, by the way, is an excellent substitute for tofu!.
Here's the scary part. This means that Cargill probably doesn't care at this point, because they know they've got the entire-country-needs-massive-foodbanks-and-soupkitchen-supplier-as-we-head-very-deeply-into-the-greatest-depression-since-ever-contracts all hammered out
@TheBusinessGuy: Maybe that was the point. It doesn't take a genius to see that if a traditional newspaper wants to remain in business, if not relevant, it needs to do what blogs can't, that is long-form investigative journalism that appeals to the general public's sense of constantly getting screwed over. Voice of San Diego, a much smaller online newspaper is coming at the same problem from the opposite end.
I haven't read the piece, but I can say this: Pre-packaged, pre-pattied hamburger meat is N-A-S-T-Y, and anyone who serves it at a cookout should not have cookouts. A lot of times, non-profits and such will hold large cookouts and serve them because they are cheap. I would gladly pay $10 for real, fresh hamburger. The pre-packaged patties give people diarrhea. That is a fact.
@billybobnyc: True, but it's not a problem just limited to pre-pattied meat. The problem is that ground beef, because it's ground-up, means the stuff that causes e-coli contamination (i.e., cow shit) gets within the product itself. Rinsing ground beef off does not get out what is within the ball of meat. With steaks and other solid beef cuts, the icky stuff can be more easily cleaned/washed off; it does not get within the cut of meat itself.
The "hero" of the Jayson Blair saga was a woman who Landman foisted Blair off on to try to get him to get his shit together. She is the one who told Landman that Blair shouldn't work for the Times. Landman took the glory and the woman was demoted to copy editor, where she remains today.
Phyllis Nefler promoted this comment
Edited by labyrinthine IS DOING THIS at 09/15/09 11:56 AM
labyrinthine IS DOING THIS was starred
labyrinthine IS DOING THIS was unstarred
I'm not one to ever jump the gun on race card shit, but isn't that a little racist to Africanize cartoon characters that are otherwise somewhat ambiguously white? (I guess technically they're yellow, but culturally they appear to take on more or less white stereotypes and behaviors) .. Is it that different as if an ad touting Seinfeld reaching Angola featured all the characters in blackface? (Michael Richards puns notwithstanding)
@lobstr: I'd agree if I didn't know for a fact that (1) all Angolan little girls have beaded braids and (2) all Angolan families have crooked elephant pictures on their walls.
@Nice Beaver: The fact that it's crooked is just a reference to the Simpsons, but yes, a friend of a friend just came back from a trip to Angola and said it was pretty standard to have the elephant picture. It's sort of like those possum pictures everyone in the South has.
@nozer: What? I'm supposed to have a possum picture? Where do I get one?
Just giving you a hard time (though I honestly have no idea what a "possum picture" could refer to). I'm a Southern transplant anyway.
This 'review' reminds me of when the frat boys used to pee on our outdoor sculptures in college, we worked hard on them, but whatevs, snarkiness always wins out I guess. Although it does make you as cynical, if not more, than the most cynical pieces in the show...
Both AugustaNuberty and pononimo: I think you guys missed my comment up above. I enjoyed some of it. And I think you, Augusta, definitely proved the point I made...
But how does one get into the position to be able to put someone sleeping in a museum and call themselves an artist? Do you have to be embedded in the art scene? Well-established? Anyway. Maybe this makes me a conservative yokel without any kind of appreciation for the more intelligent "pleasures" of life. Or maybe it just makes me someone who went to a museum and "didn't get it."
..in a most salient fashion. Why account for it when you can just write me off as a "frat boy"? [True story: I'm a college dropout! He's uneducated. No wonder he can't appreciate it!] Also, if you read through the rest of the comments, you'll note the stuff I did enjoy. But what's wrong with being cynical about art? I feel like if you're unendingly sincere about it, you're probably getting hosed by the artist.
Meanwhile, Ponomino: I'm not a journalist, and I'm not trying to be. Nor am I trying to be an art critic.
The best comment so far came from The Boulevard of Broken Queens, who asked the more interesting question..."is it satisfying your idea of an art experience? does it fufill your personal criteria for an art object" these, apparently, were not. therefore, they do not qualify as art for you, or rather only qualify as objects which were indicated to you as art.
That's accounting for art. And for the $12 I paid to support it, whether I enjoyed it or believed in it. I obviously believe in it enough to shell out money for it, though, so as far as sincerity goes: back the fuck up.
10/05/09
Chicken is still safe, right? And, uh... beans. And peanuts. What else is packed with protein? HALP.
10/05/09
I'll have a chicken breast in a bleach bath, please.
10/06/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
I was thinking of going that way with this, but I'm still stunned after hearing Mrs. Smitros read me most of the story yesterday.
10/05/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
10/05/09
09/15/09
09/15/09
09/15/09
09/15/09
09/15/09
I look at the picture and I can't NOT see that. jeez.
08/18/09
08/18/09
08/18/09
08/18/09
08/18/09
08/18/09
08/18/09
Just giving you a hard time (though I honestly have no idea what a "possum picture" could refer to). I'm a Southern transplant anyway.
08/18/09
07/06/09
07/06/09
But how does one get into the position to be able to put someone sleeping in a museum and call themselves an artist? Do you have to be embedded in the art scene? Well-established? Anyway. Maybe this makes me a conservative yokel without any kind of appreciation for the more intelligent "pleasures" of life. Or maybe it just makes me someone who went to a museum and "didn't get it."
..in a most salient fashion. Why account for it when you can just write me off as a "frat boy"? [True story: I'm a college dropout! He's uneducated. No wonder he can't appreciate it!] Also, if you read through the rest of the comments, you'll note the stuff I did enjoy. But what's wrong with being cynical about art? I feel like if you're unendingly sincere about it, you're probably getting hosed by the artist.
Meanwhile, Ponomino: I'm not a journalist, and I'm not trying to be. Nor am I trying to be an art critic.
The best comment so far came from The Boulevard of Broken Queens, who asked the more interesting question..."is it satisfying your idea of an art experience? does it fufill your personal criteria for an art object" these, apparently, were not. therefore, they do not qualify as art for you, or rather only qualify as objects which were indicated to you as art.
That's accounting for art. And for the $12 I paid to support it, whether I enjoyed it or believed in it. I obviously believe in it enough to shell out money for it, though, so as far as sincerity goes: back the fuck up.