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US bacon prices rise after virus kills baby pigs
AP ^ | April 8, 2014 | M.L. JOHNSON

Posted on 04/08/2014 12:13:00 PM PDT by don-o

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, and with little known about how it spreads or how to stop it, it's threatening pork production and pushing up prices by 10 percent or more.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bacon; foodsupply; pork
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“pigs kill more humans than are killed by them?”
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Actually I think that would be impossible;>)


41 posted on 04/08/2014 3:06:44 PM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: massgopguy

“Bacon Infused VODKA”???

Are you serious....? This exists?

Heading to the liquor store this weekend.

My American ancestry screams BACON!!!!! My Ukrainian ancestry screams “WODKA!!!! DA!”

And the two met somewhere in the middle...

Magic...


42 posted on 04/08/2014 3:21:29 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: DuncanWaring

WOOF!

Okay...one at a time...

Caffeine... OK. Coffee and Cola are good.
Nictoine... Since I don’t smoke, that’s out...
Sugar... Oh, BABY....
Fat... I had a fat woman once... she was so big when she sat around the house, she sat AROUND the house...

(baddaBING!) (yeah... I crack ME up too...)


43 posted on 04/08/2014 3:24:20 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Mount Athos; don-o

“...tofu ....”

ARGH!!! MY EYES!!! NO!


44 posted on 04/08/2014 3:25:13 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Dallas59

Man... that brings a tear to me eyes....

It’s just.....AWESOME....


45 posted on 04/08/2014 3:25:56 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: RipSawyer

I’m probably unfamiliar with the statistics.


46 posted on 04/08/2014 3:26:59 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: NFHale
Since I don’t smoke, that’s out...

Get a patch.

47 posted on 04/08/2014 3:27:43 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: VanDeKoik

Well there is Canadian Bacon =)


48 posted on 04/08/2014 4:19:38 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“pigs kill more humans than are killed by them?”
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I was referring to the sentence construction.


49 posted on 04/08/2014 6:04:08 PM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: RipSawyer

I suppose there are more poetic ways to compose the actual wording, but I’m aware of no direct violations in the grammatical sense.


50 posted on 04/08/2014 7:16:32 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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51 posted on 04/08/2014 7:19:39 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Telepathic Intruder

It just struck me as sounding as if you are asking if pigs kill more humans than are killed by pigs. That’s why I said I thought it would be impossible. Of course I knew what you meant but it struck me as funny.


52 posted on 04/08/2014 8:11:01 PM PDT by RipSawyer
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