Georgia company “shopped” for tests in order to get its peanut butter cleared even though it was tainted with salmonella. Over 500 sickened and 8 killed by tainted product.
WASHINGTON – Roaches, mold, and signs of a leaking roof were among numerous problems federal inspectors uncovered at a Georgia peanut plant implicated in the national salmonella […]

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I saw some pretty scary stuff this past weekend. They were fakes of some of the rarest, but attainable, coins in the coin collecting hobby. They came from China. This is happening even though there is a 1973 act, US Hobby Protection Act - 15USC-2101, says that coins must be marked as ‘COPY’ when brought […]

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News agencies are reporting China’s courts issuing death sentences to two executives involved with one of the firms involved with producing melamine tainted milk that lead to the deaths of thousands of infants.
Does the punishment fit the crime? I’m not sure any punishment does. Does another killing fix a first killing?
Are these ‘public sacrifices’? Probably. […]

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It was good that President Obama’s inaugural was carried live around the world. It was good that he was a few minutes late in getting started. Why? Because the censors in China could not adjust in real time to completely cover up parts of his speech. As a result, some of it got through. President […]

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