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Europe says US-made cheeses can't use Old World names
2014-03-12
Posted by:DarthVader

#20  What AP said.

When they lose market to American, Australian et al wines and beers, it's time for the crony bureaucratic apparatchiks to protect the domestic stuff from competition. Hence these type of artificial protective trade barriers they come up with. We're the stupid ones who keep on being played in the trade game.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-03-12 22:52  

#19  Little Miss Brussels
Was flexing her muscles,
Enjoying her whine and cheese.
Along came a Yankee
Who tossed her a hanky
And laughed, "You forgot to say please!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-03-12 22:32  

#18  Then we shall fight in the wheys!

swksvolFF wins this one!
Posted by: SteveS   2014-03-12 20:37  

#17  Then they have to stop calling European Jazz music jazz, Country music country, and blue jeans blue jeans. AND GET OFFA MY LAWN!
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2014-03-12 20:19  

#16  You want US LNG or not???
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-03-12 19:56  

#15  A thousand naggings from the Brussel empire will descend upon you! Our egos will blot out the sun!

Then we shall fight in the wheys!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-03-12 18:07  

#14  Russia's aggression prompts other nations to change names

Vladimir Putin's recent intervention in Ukraine on the pretext of defending the ethnic Russian population has forced other former Soviet republics to look for ingenious ways to protect their own sovereignties from similar moves.

On Monday, the Parliament of Kazakhstan, with a 25% ethnic Russian population and a 4,660 mile-long border shared with Russia, voted to rename the country 'New Illinois,' hoping to attract more American support for their territorial integrity. Kazakhstan's President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is expected to sign the emergency bill into law by Wednesday, setting in motion a complex process for the Central Asian nation of almost 18 million people.

A spokesman for the government in the capital city of Astana said that 'New Illinois' was chosen because US President Barack Obama was a state and then US Senator for the state of Illinois, and such a name change was more likely to get his attention and engender a strong enough reaction to the threat of foreign invasion
Posted by: Spomoque Munster2031   2014-03-12 16:13  

#13  Actually - Pull our troops out of Europe and INVITE PUTIN TO KEEP ROLLING WEST.
Posted by: 3dc   2014-03-12 16:05  

#12  Remember the one about you can't teach an old dog new tricks, well when Spot heard your edict EU, he reacted...
Posted by: Spomoque Munster2031   2014-03-12 15:58  

#11   Personally I would tell the EU to go fuck themselves.

Been there, done that.
Posted by: Victoria Nuland   2014-03-12 15:54  

#10  I'm with Darth
Posted by: 3dc   2014-03-12 15:53  

#9  I gouda toldja they were gonna do that.
Posted by: Bobby   2014-03-12 15:39  

#8  US should get together with all non European cheeze makers and come up with standard names. In a generation (outside of Europe) the European names would be mostly forgotten.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-03-12 15:23  

#7  Unlike the EU, we are happy to share our labels. Take "Whiny-Ass Bitches", for example.

Besides, as kids we called it Paramecium Cheese.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-03-12 13:35  

#6  I think a solid "who the F*&K care what you think"! is in order here.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2014-03-12 13:14  

#5  Yea, that will pull them out of their recession.
I am with Darth on this one.
Posted by: Capsu78   2014-03-12 12:55  

#4  Squirrel!!!

EU wants to distract from their part in the Ukraine.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-03-12 12:51  

#3  There will be a 1hr dissertation in the Rantburg reading room entitled.... "Whey They Came Here" at 1500 this afternoon.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-03-12 12:48  

#2  ..great.."Champagne" redux..can see the headline now: "EU Flexes Muscle in Cheese Cutting.."
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-03-12 12:37  

#1  Personally I would tell the EU to go fuck themselves.
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-03-12 12:26  

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