A story I missed yesterday: Seth Lipsky (of the always valuable Future of Capitalism blog) has an article at the WSJ called “Conrad Black and the Criminalization of Business.” W
hat I don’t understand is why, if people have a forum in which to speak out, their blogs are not hammering away, day after day, about the injustice of putting such men in prison. BRC intends to. I hope we can avoid being tedious. But we cannot forget the victims of anti-capitalism.
This is not from The Onion. The EPA intends to regulate spilt milk (because it contains animal “oils”) under the same law that regulates oils spills. According to EPA regulations: “Containers storing milk are subject to the Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program rule when they meet the applicability criteria.” And here is your handy guide to the SPCC program . But, you are probably wondering, “Is my farm covered?” Well, here is the answer: “SPCC applies to a farm which stores, transfers, uses, or consumes oil or oil products, such as diesel fuel, gasoline, lube oil, hydraulic oil, adjuvant oil, crop oil, vegetable oil, or animal fat.”
But this is not funny in the least: Cory King is being prosecuted, by the federal government , on a felony charge, for putting melting snow in his irrigation wells. Rich Samp of the valuable Washington Legal Foundation, writes about the case for Forbes.