Milk...*

Dairy labels can be confusing by an endless array of product labels claiming various issues.  The FDA stated that dairy products and meat from BST-treated cows are safe for human consumption.

The Council of the European Union (EU) decided to definitively ban possible use of recombinant bovine somatotrophin (rBST) in the European Union.

Some claims can't be supported such as
Hormone-free, the claim is misleading since all dairy products contain hormones.

No hormones added  This label may also be misleading because the FDA requires that all commercially available fluid milk sold must be fortified with Vitamin D.

Made without the use of synthetic or artificial hormones  All milk has hormones in it.

All Natural  —  According to the FDA, these terms may be used on fluid milk products as long as they don’t contain any artificial ingredients or added colors and flavors. 

Our farmers pledge not to use artificial growth hormones.

Milk from cows not treated with rBST

No Hormones added, No Antibiotics.

So which to choose?... You be the judge.   Just a thought.

Some...

Retract...

Story...

Wish...

  

Free Agent...

Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem as a protest against........ and is now without a team.  The free agent once played in the Super Bowl but hasn't been signed by any football club.

Some critics say it's about his ability as a player. Others say he should have stood for the anthem.

The NAACP sent a letter to NFL commissioner about the situation, saying it's "no sheer coincidence" Kaepernick is unsigned.  

Protest anything you want, but not standing for the National anthem is not a protest.  

Realism...

Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as “foreign policy realism” focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other extremist organizations.

In Ohio, Trump will argue that the United States needs to work with anyone who shares that mission, regardless of other ideological and strategic disagreements. Any country that wants to work with the U.S. to defeat “radical Islamic terrorism” will be a U.S. ally, he is expected to say.
August 15, 2016 PBS.

We are not nation-building again. We are killing terrorists.”  President Trump announced an aggressive new approach to the 16-year-long war in Afghanistan. The speech included eight uses of the word “attack,” and only one use of “freedom” and “democracy.” Trump promised to bring more direct force, including American soldiers, to the unforgiving mountains and deserts of Central Asia.

Let us not break fragile countries and try to rebuild it. Not going to work.  

The Dream...*

Despite a deluge of warnings many Americans are still woefully unprepared to leave the workforce. A little more than a third don't have a savings strategy.
Half of households are not putting away enough to maintain their current lifestyle after retirement, according to the latest National Retirement Risk Index.

Deep down, we know we should be putting something in our 401(k)s, but the benefits are just so far out there, that it's not real to people."

People are living longer, so they need more. Rates of returns have fallen, so they need a bigger pile." The rise of self-directed plans such as 401(k)s, and worries about the future of Social Security, have also put more of the burden of saving on the consumer.

Cutting back gives you more room to save now, and can mean you'll need less income in retirement. Strategies might be big, such as downsizing to a smaller house, switching vehicles or right-sizing a smartphone plan.     Just a thought.

Resist...

Can we resist starting a new....

Journey...

As the special United States envoy for Afghanistan, Mr. James Dobbins was responsible for finding and installing a successor to the Taliban after they were toppled in 2001. During the 1990's, Mr. Dobbins hop-scotched from one trouble spot to another as he served as special envoy to Kosovo, Bosnia, Haiti and Somalia. 

But the Bush administration has such disdain for anything associated with former President Bill Clinton that it largely ignored useful lessons from recent United States peacekeeping operations.  

"Iraq in 2003 looks more like Yugoslavia in 1996 than Germany and Japan in 1945," Mr. Dobbins says. "What they have not done is look to the models worked out in the 1990's for sharing the burden and allowing others to participate in the management of the enterprise."

Bush, to his credit, admits as much in his memoir. 
“The task turned out to be even more daunting than I anticipated,” he writes.  Part of the difficulty lay simply in the massive complexity of the task. 

“Democracy is a journey that requires a nation to build governing institutions such as courts of law, security forces, an education system, a free press, and a vibrant civil society.” 

It is tempting to say that this should not have been a surprise to an Administration whose National Security Advisor had a PhD in Political Science, but the truth is that academics and practitioners have been captivated by a simplistic and naïve notion of how poor, oppressive countries become rich, free ones for decades-from the “modernization theory” of the 1950s to the “Washington Consensus” of the 1990s.
In addition to ignorance, there may also be disdain for poor people's desire.