Friday 1/14/22
Celebrate National Dress Up Your Pet, Hot Pastrami Sandwich, Caesarean Section, Feast of the Ass (a Christian feast during medieval times, which was mainly celebrated in France. It celebrated all of the donkeys of the Bible, especially the one that was believed to have brought Jesus and his family into Egypt after Jesus' birth, during what is known as the Flight into Egypt.), International Kite, Organize Your Home, Ratification, and (in the UK) Pothole Day.
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The hottest dispute in names is coming from your charcuterie board.
If gruyere doesn’t come from the Gruyeres region of Switzerland, is it just sparkling cheese? A federal judge ruled last week that no, gruyere can be called gruyere whether it’s curdled in the Alps or Wisconsin.
In response to a lawsuit from a group of Swiss and French cheesemakers, a Virginia judge concluded that the meaning of gruyere has “eroded” in the US and “rendered it generic.” So despite its 12th-century Swiss heritage, the US won’t grant gruyere the international trademark protections afforded to region-specific products like Champagne, Roquefort cheese, and Cognac brandy.
The gruyere group behind the suit plans to appeal. A spokesperson for Switzerland's agricultural department said the decision “threatens the reputation of the original product and its place in the foreign market and can only harm the entire sector.”
Meanwhile, in the US, the National Milk Producers Federation said it was “ecstatic” about how the case was sliced, while the Dairy Export Council is downright “thrilled.” According to the DEC, European food producers are trying to hoard the entire charcuterie board, with gorgonzola, feta, asiago, and bologna makers all recently seeking international trade protections.
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Entertainment News -
Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are splitting after four years of marriage.
“We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times,” the couple said Wednesday in a statement on Momoa’s Instagram.
“A revolution is unfolding ~ and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring.
“And so ~ We share our family news: That we are parting ways in marriage. We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy ~ but so that~ as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty.”
“The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived,” they said in their statement. “We free each other ~ to be who we are learning to become… our devotion unwavering to this sacred life and our Children.”
Momoa, 42, and Bonet, 54, married in October 2017 after dating for more than a decade. It was the first marriage for Momoa and the second for Bonet who had been married to rockstar Lenny Kravitz from 1987 to 1993.
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Six years after saying he “ain’t never eating a hot dog” again, Snoop Dogg is apparently planning to launch his own brand of frankfurters called “Snoop Doggs,” according to a recent legal filing at the federal trademark office.
Attorneys for the hip-hop legend – real name Calvin Broadus – applied last month at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a federal trademark registration on the term “Snoop Doggs,” saying he plans to use it to sell hot dogs and other types of sausage.
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Pete Davidson's name is on the list as a possible host of this year's Oscars.
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Megan Fox said yes! The Transformers actress, 35, is engaged to boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly after over a year of dating.
"In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree," Fox wrote in the caption of her post. "We asked for magic. We were oblivious to the pain we would face together in such a short, frenetic period of time. Unaware of the work and sacrifices the relationship would require from us but intoxicated off of the love. And the karma."
"Somehow a year and a half later, having walked through hell together, and having laughed more than I ever imagined possible, he asked me to marry him," she continued. "And just as in every lifetime before this one, and as in every lifetime that will follow it, I said yes.…and then we drank each other's blood. 1.11.22.
Wait...What???? Oh Great..another Angenilla Joli and Billy Bob Thronton.
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A groundbreaking new study published this week identified what could be an unexpected tool in the world's fight against COVID-19: cannabis.
Yes, you heard that right.
But don't reach for that joint just yet — the compounds, CBD-A, CBG-A, and THC-A, are non-psychoactive and degrade at high temperatures, which makes smoking or baking less-than-ideal ways to consume them. Pills or gummies are better, not to mention concentrates that have been designed to maximize the content of these specific substances.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - New Jersey grows two-thirds of the world’s eggplants.
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