[Magdalen] Prescription shift

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Fri Jun 9 22:56:58 UTC 2017


Wisconsin is now having a war on Kerrygold Irish butter, as I discovered
while reading the online site of one of the Madison TV stations. People are
smuggling it in from Illinois as it's illegal to buy in Wisconsin.

Petty private fiefdoms.

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/9/2017 3:10:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> I  did take two bottles to his house once when I was going to Michigan
> to see  my mom. Interstate smuggling of an illegal  substance!>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Reminds me of the "margarine runners" in the post WW-2
> years when  both Minnesota and Wisconsin had strict laws
> that prevented the selling of yellow-colored oleomargarine in
> pound containers with quarter pound sections the way butter
> ordinarily is marketed.  This was thanks to the powerful dairy
> lobby in both states, of course.
>
> Only the squishy bags of white margarine with the little color
> packets were legal.
>
> Illinois had no such regulations, though, and there were interstate
> margarine transporters who regularly supplied WI and MN buyers
> with shipments, often in the dead of night via flashlight.
>
> My father, being an elected official, had to be especially careful,
> and our cache of margarine was kept in unmarked containers
> under lock and key in a basement room.
>
> When the laws finally permitted the selling of yellow margarine in
> MN and WI it was tantamount to the repeal of prohibition.
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>
>
> David S.
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