Now, see what nurses are capable of. I don’t know if Florence Nightingale would be proud of this woman, or those who think nurses should be docile little mice even if their life is at stake, but I commend this woman. She defended herself, didn’t whimper and shirk, and ultimately saved her own life.

The fact that she’s an ER nurse may have something to do with it. Loonies come into the ER all the time, and since hospital security generally sucks, ER personnel realize that they have to defend themselves. So maybe she did pick up some street smarts on the job!

From the Seattle Times:

PORTLAND — When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from work earlier this month, she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.

Neighbors praised the woman for her bravery. Investigators initially said they believed the dead man — Edward Dalton Haffey — was burglarizing Kuhnhausen’s home.

But after an investigation, police say the intruder Kuhnhausen strangled was apparently a hit man hired by her estranged husband — Michael James Kuhnhausen Sr., 58 — to kill her.

Really, I didn’t think there could be a government agency quite as inept and corrupt as the FDA, but the USDA is huffing and puffing and closing in on them. This agency doesn’t even try to hide its tight connection to the food industry, and its total disdain for the consumer and the laws designed to protect us. Like the FDA, it is time for the USDA to be disassembled, incinerated, and put back together as a legitimate and trustworthy and UNBIASED agency.

Here is the latest in their antics. It is enough to make you puke.

USDA SAYS SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR FRANKENRICE

The USDA has finally reacted to the contamination of the U.S. rice supply by an unapproved, genetically engineered variety of rice created by the Bayer Corporation. Three weeks ago, it was discovered that Bayer’s mutant rice, gene-spliced to survive heavy doses of a powerful herbicide called glufosinate, had contaminated U.S. long grain rice stocks. The USDA admitted it had “no idea” how extensive the contamination was.

Meanwhile Japan has banned all U.S. rice imports, while the EU is rejecting U.S. imports
that test positive for contamination. The rice industry has been in a state of upheaval, with rumors of a massive market recall spreading across the country. This week, the USDA announced its plan of action: instead of recalling this illegal, and potentially unsafe rice, it is working with Bayer to fast-track the approval process.

“Illegal, potentially hazardous rice in grain bins, on supermarket shelves, in cereal, beer, baby foods, and all rice products. It should be a no-brainer. Recall this stuff to make sure no one eats it,” said Joseph Mendelson, Legal Director of the Center for Food Safety. “Instead, USDA plans to rush through ‘market approval’ of a genetically engineered rice
that Bayer itself decided was unfit for commerce. Why? To free Bayer from liability.”

Does this boggle the intelligence or what? Do they really think that pushing through the approval process is going to make this rice “safe?” Or do they think that their seal of approval is going to pacify Japan and Europe into buying this garbage? Are they on the same planet as the rest of us?

And of course, the FDA doesn’t think that genetically engineered foods need to be labeled. That might “confuse” the consumer.

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