• An idea whose time has come….

    ….we’ve been writing for some time about the hazard posed by the wide-spread use of antibiotics in raising animals.  So-called “superbugs” have come along making it harder and harder to fight bacterial infections.  Now, at least one hospital has decided to fight back.  It’s serving beef (and chicken) that was raised without antibiotics. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-antibiotic-free-meat-20140401,0,129974.story#axzz2xgebjUrS

  • All in a day’s work….

      ….there’s probably no course at the police academy for this kind of emergency.  A Florida sheriff’s deputy receives a call to rescue a drowning…..Bull! http://www.aol.com/article/2014/03/31/deputy-rescues-drowning-1-000-lb-bull/20860000/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl9%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D459508#!slide=2511948 Thanks to Church Matthews for the link.