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11

More People To Tell Us What To Do With Our Lives

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In the future, 9/11/07 will be known as the day that the tide finally turned and the ducks and geese would be free to, uh, die in peace. Yes, a new group has joined the fight against foie gras, bringing the total number of people who really care about this issue to 15. (This will probably get them about 48 more Sunday Inquirer cover stories.)

Foie gras — pronounced “foy grass” — is made from the fattened liver of geese and ducks. About 2-3 weeks before slaughter, the goose or duck is force-fed through a tube in its esophagus. Some people think this is cruel to the animals, sometimes pontificating about it while they chew on a juicy hamburger.

The new group that’s entered the fray is called Professionals Against Foie Gras; its members are attempting to convince City Councilman Jack Kelly to push a bill through City Council that would ban foie gras; he introduced a bill back in April 2006 but — surprise! — nobody who matters actually cares.

Meanwhile, a bunch of horses were killed today after breaking their legs on horseracing tracks, but that’s heroic.

Local Group Enters Fray Over Idea To Ban Foie Gras [KYW 1060]
 
dmac | 12:56 PM | 4 Comments
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Dec

15

Keystone Cops: I Don’t Think This Is What They Mean By A Press Defense

Keystone Cops

Keystone Cops is an occasional look at crime, public safety and police news.

• Former Temple hoops star Pamela Balogh — the school’s all-time leading scorer — was arrested for allegedly molesting a player while she was basketball coach of Somerville’s Immaculata High School. John Chaney continues to look more and more awesome every day. [NBC 10]

• Prosecutors argued yesterday they should be able to use Christopher Kornberger’s rap lyrics in his capital murder trial. The 21-year-old, who has also confessed on videotape, received this impassioned defense from his mother: “He was a typical boy. He didn’t have murderous thoughts. If he had those thoughts, don’t you think he would have come to his mother?” Don’t answer that. [Camden Courier-Post]

• In the continuing Week of Weird School News, Newtown Elementary School was closed today because 190 kids had been sickened with a stomach virus. The outbreak started Wednesday, coincidentally the same day as the “mystery toxic sludge lunch.” [KYW 1060]

• Police were called to a meat packing plant in Souderton after there was a work stoppage after employees were upset about bonuses being delayed. The bonuses, of course, were for the company’s championship football team that defeated the Pottsville Maroons last weekend. [AP/6 ABC]
 
dmac | 1:38 PM | 0 Comments
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