"Don't test those cows!"

"WASHINGTON: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease.

The Agriculture Department tests fewer than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. A beef producer in the western state of Kansas, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, wants to test all of its cows.

Larger meat companies feared that move because, if Creekstone should test its meat and advertised it as safe, they might have to perform the expensive tests on their larger herds as well."

Thankfully, U.S. District Judge James Robertson said the government lacked the authority to restrict the company from testing, and threw the bums out of court.

- From Countdown

AIM virus

A few of you have let me know that you have an AIM Virus. While normally, information about it would go in Technical Difficulties, it seems this is wide-reaching enough that I would like to warn you in advance - and tell you what to do - where more people will see it.

If you got an AIM message from a friend that said something like:

did you see it!? I want to put it on myspace. but ur making a wierd face. lol http:// www.imagehoster .com/server2-25%verified/jpg/s-47fr544-H/picture002 .jpg, did you still want me to add it?
or

OMFG! this picture isnt too kinky to put in my new album... or is it? http://www. picturehosting. com/images/userfiles/96021/picture32.jpg,/i>


and you clicked on the link to see the picture, your computer now has the virus, too. The links don't actually go where the URL says it goes.

You should sign off AIM immediately to avoid infecting your buddy list, and then you should go to http://www.jayloden.com/

They have a program called AIMfix which should take care of the problem

Josh Shaine
Cross-posted on Sheroes