Pork Report November 19, 2009: Party Cruise Edition

“Are caged chickens miserable?,” asks three-year study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Party cruise ship receives $123,000 stimulus grant to protect it from terrorist attacks; “We feel that we’re really a low threat for a terrorist incident,” says owner, “but the stimulus was a nice perk.”

U.S. government made more than $98 billion in erroneous payments this year alone

Federal grant intended to prevent tobacco use spent on junkets, tribal elections, and publishing a newspaper

Utah police spend stimulus funds for a video recorder disguised as a box to monitor skate ramps at a park; Resident who uses the park said he has seen nothing worse than a few kids pushing each other in the park

U.N. spends U.S. aid and other nation’s contributions on extravagant gathering of dictators

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