I think that it is very interesting that the news cycle in 2016 is helping me prove my principles and resulting policy beliefs left and right.

So remember the post about how I thought it was weird that some other professors here claimed that the US had already solved their legal environmental and food safety issues and I thought they were off their rocker?

See the following article which shows that the U.S. and its companies need to be constantly vigilant against food security and environmental compliance issues.

Mars recalls chocolate in 55 countries – http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35642075

California methane leak ‘largest in US history’ – http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35659947

While I love the idea of maintaining gun rights for U.S. citizens, remember how I posted that guns do not belong on school grounds?  Even some long time Texans who love their guns, agree.  For goodness sake, when you have to tell your staff not to talk about anything controversial in case a student has a gun and acts like a child or a Republican Presidential candidate and acts out for no good reason, you are totally screwed.

University of Texas dean to quit over gun law – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35673426

To my friends who thought that my idea of throwing away the lawnmower in my house and buying a pet goat instead, see even the politicians in Oregon thought it might be a good idea.  Unfortunately, there was no way to tell the goats to differentiate the weeds and invasive species from the native plants and the public hates the barnyard smell.  I think that Oregon employed too many goats – 75 seems much.  Even I only thought 2-5 at the most so you can coral them from the good plants and things you wanted saved as goats eat anything…

Oregon scraps goat landscaping scheme due to cost and smell – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35676221

Current Mood: You can tell I have been sick for a few weeks.  Have way too much time to read the news stories of late and think about how to incorporate or rethink about incorporating these schemes in my daily life.