i cant believe there's no butter

norwegian butter crisis escalates as swedes arrested in smuggling scheme
the grim situation in scandinavia worsened over the weekend as the norwegian government, attempting to cling to power in the face of a severe butter shortage, arrested two swedes who'd been attempting to smuggle 550 pounds of butter over the border.

americans have so far largely ignored the crisis developing in the nordic countries: a faddish low-carb, high-fat diet, a bad year for dairy production, and the vicious and violent nature of life in the frozen north have combined to create a severe lack of butter—even as scandinavians are gearing up for their most-celebrated holiday, "christmas."
as always, in the face of such a crisis, a black market has emerged

(source: gawker.com)