I WANTED it to be true - and have realistic consequences.

only if he's related to the Mayor

No, two different things; we have trash on the left and mascot on the right.

what he did here isn't; but what he did in Brazil sure is - prison in Brazil!

When was the last good snowpocalypse? I remember one I think in Feb 2009? And then the big one that went from DC to Boston was... 2016? I remember that one because I was at a conference in Chicago in February (I thought that was a cruel joke), and everyone at the conference flying back to the east coast got stuck in O'hare. (I lucked out because I'd attached a weekend in San Fran to my business trip before returning home) - and we had a pretty good storm at some point during COVID (early 2021? - I think we were all still in lockdown) - but it wasn't a snowpocalpyse.

Well, except that the reason it was shot down by the state was that it was a legally ok product. Slave labor is illegal, so should automatically be banned everywhere. Realistically, we don't, internationally; because we still sell things like designer sneakers, and pre-peeled garlic. We shouldn't, but that should be federal bans.

aah, that's your fallacy right there, "people" (as a collective) do not learn. A person can, but just look around for.. however long you've been alive... man, PEOPLE, don't learn.

Makes sense - foie gras (a waterfowl liver in the fatty state pre-migration) can be found in some wild ducks/geese. It's not like we invented it.

If more people really cared to look under the plastic wrappers at where their food came from, it would be quite telling on how much their personal food choices would change, or how much pressure could/might be put on regulations and producers. I am not overly optimistic that the average person would care, even looking it plain in the face. Afterall, none of this is a secret, most people are just making an active decision NOT to look behind the curtain.

I would be worried the foie and uni would overpower the wagyu! It's so delicate!

It really is delicious. Takishi over in West Village (RIP) had the option to get a slab on top of your beef ramen (only served at midnight on Friday and Saturday) - it was crazy delicious!

I'd guess (and that's all it is) that if it's a city only ban, then the state has set precedent to overturn it on similar grounds.

By that same argument, it's overreach of the city - did the people vote for it? I don't remember it ever being on a ballot. City making that decision for its people would also be overreach. Restaurants and customers can ban it as they see fit - and already do.

it is a double standard, but probably not pursued because of cultural/racial issues attached to halal that foie gras doesn't have. I wouldn't eat halal, but religion is a helluva drug, Peter.

Exactly. Battery house chickens are some of the most horribly treated meat animals in our country. People just seem to care less about chickens than any other factory farm nightmare - I don't know why.

Edit: probably chicken nuggets is why. :-/

OK, it never went into effect - I was sure I've seen foie gras on a menu in NYC this year.

"...the city was barring the sale of a lawfully produced farm product "not for reasons of the health, safety or welfare of its citizens — but to change animal husbandry practices occurring on farms outside its jurisdiction to which it objects."

They do have a point.

I dunno, I've never gotten old anywhere else. I will say from friends back home, "old" just seems to start a helluva lot earlier. Plus being stuck with the same people from high school forever... *shudder*

You won't. It's an endless cycle of attempting to chat with people, and then getting too busy, and then they're too busy, and then you're too busy, then one has a kid, and another moves, repeat forever.