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  1. 9 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

     

    Do you even live in the USA? Do you even know what is happening here?

     

     

    Even people living there don't know what's happening all over the country. They might have firsthand experience about what's happening to them and their immediate circle of friends and acquaintances.  As for what's happening nationally, they find out the same way expats do: they watch town hall discussions, see people airing their grievances live and see the protest marches on the international news.  Just because you might live in Podunk, PA does not mean you know what's going on all over the country.

     

    Yours is a sad attempt to shut down the conversation by claiming others aren't speaking from firsthand experience.

     

     

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  2. 10 minutes ago, JungleBiker said:

     

    Erm... cancer is a NCD! 

     

    The quoted statement says that diabetes and heart disease are now the top cause of death among Thais.  Whether or not cancer is communicable is beside the point.

     

    [edit] and now that I re-read, they used "cause" in the singular, so maybe they're lumping the stats for diabetes and heart disease together to get their "top cause".

     

     

  3. 8 hours ago, robblok said:

    Why don't they start with regular checks for pesticides on fruits and vegetables with high fines for sellers and producers. That would help a lot for for sure after that they can fine tune things but I would say the pesticide problem is far more important than what is mentioned in this article.

     

    Your first sentence says they need to start checking for pesticide residues, presumably to see if there is a problem.  Your next sentence says there is a problem. Which is it?

     

    I don't disagree that chemical farm inputs need to be managed, monitored, regulated, etc.  But I think there is already an agency responsible for this, isn't there?  

     

    8 hours ago, Changoverandout said:

    Banning deadly sprays would be a ‘healthy’ start “you beat me to it”

     

    7 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

    Start banning toxic chemicals to be sprayed on local vegetables. 

     

    Enough with the chemophobia.  As long as residues aren't excessive at the point of sale, the only people at risk from farming chemicals are the farmers themselves.  An outright ban of pesticides will result in more than 50% losses in crop yield.  A lot less fresh fruits & veggies at the supermarket - what do you think THAT will to do the health of the general population?  It'll be a lot worse that a few parts per million of atrazine on your veggies before you wash them. 

     

    The following post is more realistic:

     

    4 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

    Banning pesticides isn't going to fly, like it or not they are necessary. The issue here is the correct and responsible use of those substances. Good luck with that.

     

    Pesticides cost money. No farmer wants to spend the time and money applying pesticides unless they have a serious pest problem.  As pointed out, pest pressure is much greater in tropical ecosystems.  Applicators should be trained and licensed.  Investments should be made in crop varieties and cultivars that are naturally pest resistant, so little or no pesticide needs to be applied at all.  The right balance needs to be found between chemical defense levels and crop yield.  I agree with the conclusion reached by that poster: good luck with that.  I'm just dreading the day the whole "organic" food and "all natural" nonsense takes hold here.

     

    Government needs to make capital investments in the farming sector, for both technology and educating the farmers.

     

    As to the OP, consumers need to manage their intake of fats, oils, sugars (all types, not just granulated table sugar) and minerals.  Most people should probably be eating less and moving around more.  The mention of MSG is ridiculous because that substance appears in many food products naturally.  Cooks may add a few grams more, but if somebody has a personal problem with it, that's not a national issue.

     

     

  4. 4 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

    If I was a foreign intelligence agency wanting to slip the Don some information, I would also do it through a private citizen working for an american registered company...seems hassle-free and should be real easy to set up.

     

    You have just demonstrated why 52 USC 30121 exists and why it needs to be taken seriously.  But to get back to the OP, you wouldn't even need to do that because Trump just said he has no problem committing the crime of soliciting election interference from a foreign national.

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  5. 27 minutes ago, atyclb said:

    what's the "reality" of the hatch act .  ;  how things work in an ideal world vs the real world, even in the usa

     

    We are seeing how things work in the real world.  This discussion is about events unfolding in reality.  Nobody has brought up hypotheticals (except for you when you said "what politician or party wouldn't be interested in listening to possible / dirt?") or unrealistic expectations of how the Act should work.

     

     

    27 minutes ago, atyclb said:

    # confusing us all?  ;  i responded to one ( a single) 1 poster thus confusing "us all" is not applicable.

     

     

    Then feel free to frame your reply with respect to the poster whom you were responding to.  That post cited your hypothetical as a raison d'etre for the Act.  How is that response, or the person who made it, confused?

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  6. 3 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

    I live in the USA and shop here everyday and prices have not gone up or at least not to the point anybody could notice it.

     

     

    Have you really been shopping "everyday" for major appliances, furniture, bedding, floor coverings, auto parts and building materials? Because that's where the tariffs have been mostly targeted:
     

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    As we move into the late summer and fall, the impact of new tariffs is going to be felt on more of the average consumer goods like electronics and staples like peanuts, sugar, wheat, chicken & turkey.

  7. 52 minutes ago, mogandave said:

    I do not believe what Congress is “investigating” actually falls under oversight.

     

     

    As the judiciary continues to remind us, it doesn't matter what you believe.  Congress is under no obligation to explain WHY they need certain information, except maybe to a judge if the information falls under secrecy or privacy protections, such as grand jury information.  Even in those cases, judges almost always release said information to congress.

     

    Congress is further mandated to collect information that might be useful in the crafting of new legislation.  In that case they would be justified in subpoenaing confidential information about things that aren't even illegal.  That would be an example of a "fishing expedition", albeit a perfectly legal one.

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  8. What is the purpose of this?  Is the water bill checked to see that the name matches the ID?  Does the ID need to show an address where the water bill is delivered? If I pay my inlaws' water bill for them, do I need to carry their ID along with me to show the cashier? Did they make a photocopy of the ID?

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  9. 13 minutes ago, Morch said:
    10 hours ago, elmrfudd said:

    The election was decided by people voting their own choice, not by facebook ads.

     

     

     

    People arrive at their decisions via all sort of ways. That's why politicians invest efforts and resources  in elections campaigns. You wish to claim Facebook ads and other social media posts aren't part of that? Go right ahead.

     

    Fudd doesn't seem to understand how marketing and targeted advertising work.  In another recent discussion he was trying to argue that it doesn't matter how many people are reached by a campaign, what really matters is what you say to the few people you DO reach.  

     

    Sorry but in all advertising, it's quantity not quality that matters.  

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