When forced to eat their vegetables, children classically entertain several key methods of avoidance: a) hiding them under a napkin b) feeding them to a willing dog c) holding them in their mouths until they get to the bathroom and spitting them in the toilet. The swift justice from parents is often feared, but when it comes to enforcing the eating of veggies, anything goes.

You'd be surprised how ineffectual the law can be when it's just blatantly ignored.

That pesky, waste-dumping, official-bribing, often-being-sued Monsanto Corporation was doing just that, after U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White told its executives that growing their genetically modified "roundup ready" beets was against the law. Far be it, though, for the comically corrupt company to letting the ruling or inadequate USDA inspection stop them from selling their beets.