More Trump Enthusiasm As Former President / Michelle Vacate White House -- Mideast Mainstream Meda Headline? -- February 1, 2017

Updates

Later, 4:55 p.m. Central Time: "calm down" the NY Times tells us! The NY Times who warned us about the natural gas scam in the Marcellus and the likely failure of the Panama Canal expansion, now tells us the "bacon shortage" story is a "fake story." LOL. Glad to see The NY Times on top of this.

Later, 1:55 p.m. Central Time: Forbes yells -- the looming disaster -- yes, DISASTER -- of a US bacon shortage -- this has got to be a "first world problem" -- LOL -- I need to go out to the barn and bring in my comfort pony, and my motivational meerkat. And then folks wonder why I don't subscribe to Forbes any more. A "disaster." A US bacon shortage. LOL. Stock up now.
 

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Nation's bacon -- yes, bacon -- reserves hit 50-year low.

Over at USA Today.

• not yet being reported by CNBC
• is it a supply problem or a demand problem?
• demand is outpacing supply
• December, 2016: inventory totaled 17.8 million lbs; lowest level since 1957

Fast facts:

• consumption, per capita, by country: China, #1; EU, #2; US #8;
• China's pork imports to hit record highs -- July 6, 2016; 

This is actually kind of a funny story. If it weren't for the calories I would eat a lot more bacon. As it is, I've never really kept bacon in the refrigerator. Until last November. I now buy a packet of the best bacon available, regardless of price, bring it home, and divide it up into three strips in each little zip-lock bag, to freeze, keeping one little zip-lock bag in the refrigerator at all times, and generally having one strip of bacon with one little Mickey Mouse waffle once every week. The one Mickey Mouse waffle almost every day, but only one slice of bacon once a week.