End of Hunger

Since we still produce enough food for the entire population of the world, ending hunger is still an achievable goal. But in reality the actual situation is not that good now. Many people still go hungry everyday, even in developed countries like the US. I wonder how mush worse it will be when the population has grown to a point where we can't produce enough food for everyone. The US government is apparently very serious when it comes to ending hunger. It is renaming the annual hunger report to the food security report. So as of now there are no hungry people in the US, just folks with very low food security. I wonder what the intelligence security of those folks who came up with this idea is.

If I Did It...

Just when I though that we have heard the last from O. J. Simpson, he will discuss how he would have committed the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend "if I did it". I wonder why he would do such a thing. It turns out he has a very good reason. He is trying to sell some books. I guess some folks would really do anything for money. I wonder if this is just a start of a whole series of books like the dummies series. I am sure there are plenty of materials to write about that is of interest to a wide audience. A few that I can think of off the top of my head (in alphabetical order):

Barry Bonds - I did not use steroids, but if I did it...

Bill Clinton - I did not have sex with that woman, but if I did it...

Bobby Knight - I did not hit my player, but if I did it...

Anna Nicole Smith - I did not marry for money, but if I did it...

Humane Killing

I wonder what took so long but someone finally invented a humane shellfish killing machine. You may ask why but apparently there are places with laws requiring humane killing of animals including crabs, lobsters, and crayfish. The inventor of this machine happens to be a lawyer. So I guess suing or defending inhumane shellfish killers in court weren't bring in enough money for him. I wonder which is more humane, humane killing by such a machine or death due to natural causes. By the way, I also wonder if humane killing some how make the shellfish tastes better. I doubt it since if it was the case the maker of the killing machine would be jumping all over that. Afterall, taste better is a much better marketing point than humane.

Robocall

With the National Do Not Call Registry, I am no longer getting calls from telemarketers. But with the election just days away, I am getting robocall instead. I wonder if there will ever be a similar law to opt-out of receiving election campaigning related calls. Probably not since that would need the votes of people whose jobs are in many case dependent on it. How many people you know would vote themselves out of a job? There wouldn't be any gerrymandering if politicians don't but their own interest first above ours, would it? I wonder how long it would be before we can election related robo-email in our inboxes.

Mud Slinging

Election day is less than a week away. That means it is time once again to be bombarded with campaign ads again. This time around, there are so many negative ads that I wonder if there are any positive (or at least non-negative) ads at all. I actually came across two. But both are from candidates so far ahead that they will be winning by a landslide. I heard an ad on the radio that is so low that I would not have believed it if someone had told me about it. A candidate is being attacked for investing in mutual funds that own stocks in Pfizer and Philip Morris. Do you check every day to see what stocks are owned by the mutual funds that you have invested in? I guess I shouldn't run for public office since I bought Pfizer stocks directly myself. I wonder how many good and capable people we have kept away from running for public office just because they don't want to be subjected to personal attacks.