Got milk?

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Living in Iowa, I had come to believe that raw milk was illegal. Now, I had found a place to get my illegal goodies. It was a bit of a drive though, actually a goodly drive. Eventually I just stopped going to get it. Since moving to Utah I didn't think about raw milk. I have had too little functional time and too much else needing to be done when I could get going. An article, however, just reminded me of my love of raw milk. And led me to understand that it is not only legal in some states, it is legal to buy in some grocery stores in some states! A quick check and... Okay, not legal to buy in stores, but quite legal to buy from farmers directly. So, this morning, I have been looking for a local source! So far no luck online.  I think asking locals might be the way to go.  Not just cows milk either, I wouldn't mind finding a source of goat milk too.

Of course, raw milk is more dangerous.  And always take your medicine no matter.  And abide civility even when your life is in peril.  Oh, and... well... here...

It seems olive oil producers in already hard hit European nations, such as Italy and Greece among others, are having a tough time selling their oils.  No, I do love good olive oil, the best I can find.  I have backed away from olive oil because of having to pay exorbitant prices only to find the oil I had purchased was no more extra virgin than the women I have dated.  At least my women didn't lie, mostly.  Whether these farmers were a party to that, or whether they have been cheated through false advertising, it matters little.  Until something is done so that I can trust to buy a quality, fairly priced, olive oil, I am out of the market.  It seems the E.U. is stepping in and creating containers so that the oil can be held from markets to maintain prices.  I hope the E.U. is ready to build a hell-a-lot of containment because that is going to drive demand down further.  Play fair or play alone because I won't play that game.

I read an article about how people are deselecting the classics from their reading habits.  I deselected long ago, as I became aware of just how left politically many of those writers were.  Oh, it's fine to fantasize about utopian notions when you are a starving man under a king, a slave, or such.  But the realities, when these people taught the elite, has been anything but blissful.  Some of the complaints, it seems, is having to look up Old English words.  I've not had that problem.  I even have some handle on historical figures and businesses that might be mentioned or written regarding.  As if that is valuable information to have!  Having dug through dozens, perhaps hundreds, of classics, I have to admit, if you aren't going for an English major, and more for some specific period of writing, I think it is a waste of your very precious time.  Even such notables as Socrates and his students are pretty much... bogus.  Perhaps they were the best in their times but... just saying... that doesn't mean all that much.  Still, read as you wish.  Just don't say I didn't warn you.  Stay away from modern trash too, unless you are selling your time for escape.  Movies are worse though, that is true.  So, what should you do to entertain yourself?  Learn an instrument, write your own stories, go hiking and learn to use a compass and read a map, or just sleep.  At least you aren't being indoctrinated while you sleep.

Now this was interesting.  Playing a violent video game, essentially in virtual reality, in order to treat PTSD?  Who would have guessed (save anyone with PTSD who has... played violent games).  I didn't read it too closely, but my guess is they are using the game to allow the "client" to walk through what is wrong and try to recalibrate feelings and reactions, perhaps (probably) with a guide.  (If it is the V.A. running this program, they are sending the client's profile to the FBI and banning their ability to get a conceal carry permit.  Damn vets anyway, innit?  Just a warning to you other vets out there, you are a target of your government through the V.A.)  Hmm, I suppose the researches got the idea from the fact that so many vets play games?  Go figure on that one.

Oh, and another government agency has decided to censor the author of articles relating to diet.  Apparently it is illegal to tell people what worked for you, regarding your health problems and how you solved them with food, the paleo diet in this case, without being a board certified dietician.  Wouldn't want anyone to accidentally get healthy, would we? Why, that could bring medical costs way down.  Something only Zerocare promotes with lips moving while lying through it's teeth.  Doctors don't want that, insurance companies don't even seem to want it, and the government definitely doesn't want that.  Free speech is hanging by a thread while health of the populace is declining in leaps and bounds.  I am definitely proud of my government for really sticking it to me any chance they get.

Oh, and don't be silly.  I really do love women, some women.  I can't love them all, I'm just one man!  As one of my love advisers mentioned, what choice do I have?  What could I advocate, giving the sheep a vote?  I've just been having some fun with some things.  Yeah, some of it is serious.  Some of us might never agree on some things.  And?  Plus, I needed the testosterone hit.  All this thought of marriage, and some of the music lately, and everything else just got a bit much.  I was getting estrogenclaustrophobic illness.  I had to get a whiff of fresh air.  No, don't worry.  If I am wrong and bad, God will won't kill me.  He'll do something a woman would do, find me a wife who will deliver twelve daughters or something, keeping me alive forever.  I'll be begging D.C. to kill me... shoot me, strangle me, run me over... cause I'll be in hell!  If I am right though?  Best not bet against a former devil.  That's... all I'm saying right there.  Oh, and yeah, I'm feeling all testeroni again, feeling better that is... thanks for asking.

Well, fine.  That should be enough for now.  I ought to figure some things out, put a load of wash in, reset the dishes that are soaking, and get dressed more properly in work clothes to go handle some digging.

Good day.