Yo no quiero Taco Bell

I have emerged from a cocoon within which I am simultaneously ill and writing several lengthy essays. I note that (a) some people are admitting that Iraq is not on the verge of civil war, as the media keeps saying ("Iraq may be on the verge of civil war after today's attacks in...") - Iraq is actually in a civil war. No kidding. How many people need to be killed every day for "on the verge of" to become "in"? And (b) There is E. coli contamination at some Taco Bell restaurants. No kidding again. The sight of the taco mixture being squeezed out of an icing bag is enough to put most people off eating there, although I don't mind that as much as the general contamination awaiting "diners" in the fast food nation as a whole.