from the news summary of SLATE, Microsoft's on-line magazine:> The [Wall Street
JOURNAL]
reports that Europe's hoof-and-mouth and mad-cow troubles have invigorated America's
horsemeat market. Europeans have apparently always had a taste for filly mignon, most
of
which comes from the U.S., and now horsemeat prices are booming. The Journal reports on
one horse auction where animals were bought for slaughter at prices sometimes 50%
higher
than just six months ago. And where the bidding is so fierce that even horses intended
for
sale as working animals or pets for children went to the abattoir instead.
>Ok, so President Bush isn't supporting the Kyoto protocols, nor limits on carbon
>dioxide
emissions, or negotiating with North Korea. He is, however, reports the WSJ, planning
to
launch an extended campaign to "revitalize baseball as the national pastime." The
effort
will include stops at major league and minor league and Little League games and a
series
of T-ball contests at the White House involving eight year olds and Cabinet members. <
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