The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday – 12th April 2020
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Wisconsin USA is a State that could be a prototype for us. Some things are too similar. Then I remembered a large dairy poisoning in the 1970s in Michigan. It was related to fire-retardant and it might be the same stuff we have recently been alerted to here. So I will give links and you can follow up if you are interested.
From The Guardian on the downturn in Wisconsin’s long-term major industry, dairy farming, milk production.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/23/wisconsin-dairy-farmers-bleak-future
https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/special-reports/dairy-crisis/2019/05/16/wisconsin-dairy-farms-closing-milk-prices-drop-economics-get-tough/3508060002/
A recent report on Michigan’s poisoning in 1970s affecting its dairy herds; (I remember a farmer struggling to carry on, refused state financial support, and holding up one cow by tying its back legs together with string).
https://greatlakesecho.org/2010/06/04/poisoning-michigan-an-author-revisits-the-most-widespread-contamination-30-years-later/
Nine million residents consumed contaminated meat and milk for a year after a Michigan chemical plant mistakenly added PBB (polybrominated biphenyl) – a toxic fire retardant – to dairy cattle feed, and distributed it to farms throughout the state.
Note: That two crusading journalists who tried to out this to the public had a hard time. They came to NZ to publicise the matter. Somewhere I will have their card which I considered was an icon. I try to remember important things.
I include a link from the Yanis Varoufakis link. A bit of info from an exotic source, apart from China and the 5 Eyes bunch. Could be interesting for an individual with 2 eyes!
https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2020/03/20/monetising-misery-the-future-of-capitalism-abc-radio-national-big-ideas-program/
Wikipedia from a 5-eyed search. Great classical art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes