Thursday, April 12, 2007
GREED
Two news stories that caught my attention today:
One, that Turkey is champing at the bit to invade northern Iraq to quell PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) rebellion. The Turkish military brass are already mobilized in their southern region, and well placed to continue on over the border into Iraq. The U.S. has consistently tried to discourage this type of behavior by their ally, but with U.S. forces stretched so thin in the region, the timing might be right for a little land (and oil) grab by Turkey, pre-empting any thoughts of an independent nation for the Kurds.
Two, the CFO of pet food manufacturer Menu Foods accidentally sold half of his shares in Menu three weeks prior to the news getting out about family pets dying of kidney failures, apparently a result of them eating pet food and treats made from contaminated wheat products that Menu purchased from a Chinese supplier. He supposedly had no knowledge of these events because he "would not have known about them because of the size of the company," according to Menu apologist Sam Bornstein. Was he too busy on the golf course, perhaps?
The veneer of bullshit has become so transparent that one wonders why the takers even bother to try to conceal it.
Farewell to Kurt Vonnegut, who made his transition today; aged 84 years.
One, that Turkey is champing at the bit to invade northern Iraq to quell PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) rebellion. The Turkish military brass are already mobilized in their southern region, and well placed to continue on over the border into Iraq. The U.S. has consistently tried to discourage this type of behavior by their ally, but with U.S. forces stretched so thin in the region, the timing might be right for a little land (and oil) grab by Turkey, pre-empting any thoughts of an independent nation for the Kurds.
Two, the CFO of pet food manufacturer Menu Foods accidentally sold half of his shares in Menu three weeks prior to the news getting out about family pets dying of kidney failures, apparently a result of them eating pet food and treats made from contaminated wheat products that Menu purchased from a Chinese supplier. He supposedly had no knowledge of these events because he "would not have known about them because of the size of the company," according to Menu apologist Sam Bornstein. Was he too busy on the golf course, perhaps?
The veneer of bullshit has become so transparent that one wonders why the takers even bother to try to conceal it.
Farewell to Kurt Vonnegut, who made his transition today; aged 84 years.
