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posted by martyb on Thursday July 26 2018, @06:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the It's-a-meat-wave! dept.

WKBW-TV reports:

Some new numbers are showing that the U.S. has more than 2.5 billion lbs [1.1 million metric tons] of meat in cold storage warehouses, and it's all because Americans aren't eating enough to keep up with supply.

Another reason is that the trade situation is chipping away at global demand.

[...] The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects the industry will produce a record 102.7 billion pounds of meat this year.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:15PM (3 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:15PM (#713095) Journal

    Yes, indeed, we do. But please kindly remember that a good margin more than half of us were not dumb enough to vote for this jackass clown.

    But focus on the future, not the past.

    If we have an excess of meat:
    * feed it to the vegetarians
    * relabel it as "soy" or "all natural" or "health food" or some other such baloney, ooops, I mean non-meat product
    * repurpose it as furniture stuffing material
    * if it is possible for it to meat the high standards of American dog food, then make it into dog food
    * donate it to homeless shelters, food kitchens, etc
    * abandon large truckload quantities at all PETA offices
    * use it as building material for constructing a wall on our southern border
    * and northern border
    * and east and west coastlines

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by BananaPhone on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:51PM (2 children)

    by BananaPhone (2488) on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:51PM (#713129)

    Mark my words: They will WASTE it.

    They will bury or burn it.

    They will NEVER feed somebody who will not (Or cannot) pay for it. (It would affect profits)

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:03PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:03PM (#713146) Journal

      Storing excess meat outdoors in large piles next to PETA offices would not be a waste. And I did offer other suggestions that don't involve trying to help people who can't pay.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @05:46PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @05:46PM (#714840)

      you're probably right and the people should kill them for it.