gehringer_2 Posted September 5 Posted September 5 2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: To be fair, he has said that he wants to ban a lot of processed foods. I don't know what his plan is for that. Of course, for starters, the term "processed" is so vague a term as to be scientifically meaningless when it comes to food. A corn flake may be highly 'processed' but it may contain zero additives. 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted September 5 Posted September 5 13 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Of course, for starters, the term "processed" is so vague a term as to be scientifically meaningless when it comes to food. A corn flake may be highly 'processed' but it may contain zero additives. Yes, I don't know how to make the determination, but there are many foods available that are pure junk. We would all be better off if they were greatly reduced as smoking has been. Quote
Tigermojo Posted September 5 Posted September 5 Stolen from Reddit regarding Trump and his supporters: "Gonna share you a secret: they don't listen to him. They don't have to. All they want is to consume "information" that tells them all is well, and the world makes sense, and everything is running how it should. If they have that, they don't need to engage their minds enough to reflect that how they are informed is not very direct or clear or in line with anything anyone else is saying. A society will fall thanks to the need of idiots to have simple answers." 2 Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted September 5 Posted September 5 8 minutes ago, Tigermojo said: Stolen from Reddit regarding Trump and his supporters: "Gonna share you a secret: they don't listen to him. They don't have to. All they want is to consume "information" that tells them all is well, and the world makes sense, and everything is running how it should. If they have that, they don't need to engage their minds enough to reflect that how they are informed is not very direct or clear or in line with anything anyone else is saying. A society will fall thanks to the need of idiots to have simple answers." YouTube algorithms have ruined the world Quote
oblong Posted September 5 Posted September 5 9 hours ago, Tiger337 said: Yes, I don't know how to make the determination, but there are many foods available that are pure junk. We would all be better off if they were greatly reduced as smoking has been. I agree... however cost is an issue in poor communities as that's often all that's available. It's not easy in the neighborhoods in Detroit to find good fresh food that's good for you. especially if you don't have a car. But that can of soup and beef stick and cheese from the gas station will have to do. That's all you can get. Quote
RatkoVarda Posted September 5 Posted September 5 jobs report sucks; 6 months of Trump economy has sucked; he has promised another 12 months of pain. Will Dems make him wear this crap every f****** day? No, they won't. What an incompetent party. Quote
oblong Posted September 5 Posted September 5 what do you expect the dems to do? Screaming and yelling and talking about it won't fix it. Trump and his admin do not have to respond to public pressure anymore. Approval ratings are meaningless. Talking about it on Sunday morning shows and podcasts will not affect them. Even Fox News turning on them won't affect them. They have the authority to do what they want and they will. Yelling at them in hearings in Congress will be blown off. We're stuck with this **** for 3 1/2 years. It might get a little better if Dems flip the house, and maybe the Senate. Quote
mtutiger Posted September 5 Posted September 5 (edited) 9 minutes ago, oblong said: what do you expect the dems to do? Screaming and yelling and talking about it won't fix it. Trump and his admin do not have to respond to public pressure anymore. Approval ratings are meaningless. Talking about it on Sunday morning shows and podcasts will not affect them. Even Fox News turning on them won't affect them. They have the authority to do what they want and they will. Yelling at them in hearings in Congress will be blown off. We're stuck with this **** for 3 1/2 years. It might get a little better if Dems flip the house, and maybe the Senate. I don't think they respond to public pressure, but I do think their colleagues in the House/Senate can and will respond to it. Even if it seems hopeless, they shouldn't stop trying. The fact that Bobby Jr. was taking fire from actual GOP Senators yesterday (not just Ds) is directly tied to the CDC director and leadership making it as difficult as possible for them to be removed and subsequently raising the profile of the moves IMO. Opponents of this administration (including Ds but also others) should learn from it. And raising the profile of the moves raises the salience to voters, who then apply pressure as well when they figure out they cannot do things they once took for granted (ie. getting a COVID shot) Edited September 5 by mtutiger Quote
mtutiger Posted September 5 Posted September 5 They can cook the books all they want, but if the Biden years taught us anything, all the data in the world isn't going to override what people see in front of them in their day to day life. 1 Quote
LaceyLou Posted September 5 Posted September 5 11 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I am not happy that I don't qualify for a vaccine. I have had Covid before and it was no big deal for me, but I will be teaching for the next 8 months and if I get Covid I am supposed to stay at home. That means remote teaching for a week which isn't good. The lecture is OK, but doing computer labs in breakout rooms is not a good way to learn. I think you'll be able to get one. https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2025/09/03/against-fda-restrictions-healey-issues-order-making-covid-vaccines-more-accessible-in-mass/ 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted September 5 Posted September 5 (edited) 42 minutes ago, oblong said: I agree... however cost is an issue in poor communities as that's often all that's available. It's not easy in the neighborhoods in Detroit to find good fresh food that's good for you. especially if you don't have a car. But that can of soup and beef stick and cheese from the gas station will have to do. That's all you can get. That's something else that needs to change, but I know it won't especially not under this administration. Their only "solution" to every problem is punishing people. Edited September 5 by Tiger337 Quote
GalagaGuy Posted September 5 Posted September 5 13 hours ago, Motown Bombers said: How do we know drugs were on the boat? Maybe all those bundles were Pokemon cards! Quote
chasfh Posted September 5 Posted September 5 21 hours ago, Motown Bombers said: Even if they were confirmed criminals, the smart thing to do would be to arrest them and interrogate them on their operations. Depending on the manner of interrogation, that could make for a good video recruiting tool. Quote
chasfh Posted September 5 Posted September 5 20 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: Why go after the low lying fruit. They are expendable, I get it. However it's just theatre. Sinking the boat stops one small shipment. Why not seize the boat and go after the big money cartels and chop off the head. This move by Trump did absolutely nothing in the scheme of things. Except create a super cool video they can use to recruit psychopaths. Quote
chasfh Posted September 5 Posted September 5 20 hours ago, Tiger337 said: The number of people with diabetes has doubled (surprisingly he got that right), but that is a little misleading. Some of it is because we are now better able to diagnose and treat diabetes and also because because people are living longer in general. It is a big problem though which brings us to your point about his funding cuts for diabetes research. Not for nothing, changes in the way autism is diagnosed has also led to higher reported numbers of that. 2 Quote
pfife Posted September 5 Posted September 5 Imagine how crappy the unrigged job numbers must be Quote
chasfh Posted September 5 Posted September 5 11 hours ago, pfife said: Even this bag of rocks gets it Joke's on Bag O'Rocks: the regime is already rounding up people who fled the Venezuelan dictator, temporarily holding them in squalid conditions, then flying them out of the country on DoW transport to various countries where they can be killed. So the regime is just short-circuiting the process and saving on admin costs to boot. Quote
chasfh Posted September 5 Posted September 5 10 hours ago, Tiger337 said: To be fair, he has said that he wants to ban a lot of processed foods. I don't know what his plan is for that. Extract a huge bribe out of manufacturers and then look the other way? Is that a thing for RFKJ? Quote
chasfh Posted September 5 Posted September 5 51 minutes ago, mtutiger said: They can cook the books all they want, but if the Biden years taught us anything, all the data in the world isn't going to override what people see in front of them in their day to day life. Quote
chasfh Posted September 5 Posted September 5 (edited) 29 minutes ago, mtutiger said: Isn't he outright telling us that by removing, I assume, "political dissidents" from the jobs numbers, the regime will be cooking the books? Edited September 5 by chasfh Quote
Tiger337 Posted September 5 Posted September 5 7 minutes ago, chasfh said: Extract a huge bribe out of manufacturers and then look the other way? Is that a thing for RFKJ? It's a thing for the administration in general. I am not sure of RFK's level of corruption. I know he is unqualified and not very bright. Quote
mtutiger Posted September 5 Posted September 5 4 minutes ago, chasfh said: Isn't he outright telling us that by removing, I assume, "political dissidents" from the jobs numbers, the regime will be cooking the books? That's exactly what he's saying.... If I was in the business of running a company or making money, it'd scare the **** out of me. Quote
ben9753 Posted September 5 Posted September 5 The only rule you need to follow: Dear Leader never fails. He is only failed. Quote
RatkoVarda Posted September 5 Posted September 5 i think Dems want to save us, but they are too stupid to do so Quote
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