derf82 @ derf82 @lemmy.world

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I don’t know what the hell a cosplay farmer is, but I am assuredly not one. I do my even have a god damn garden on my 0.10 acre city lot.

Learn some history. Farmers have tried to overgrow to make more money, and it has led to collapse as the market forms a glut.

The government does do something different with corn subsidies, causing over abundance of corn, but that has just lead to the overuse of corn syrup sugar, which is a major contributor to obesity.

At times for some things. But tell me, is there a shortage right now of any major staple food/ingredient?

The farmers are not the ones getting rich. It’s Nestle, Kraft, PepsiCo, General Mills, Kellogg’s and so on. As long as they remain the big market for what the farmer’s are selling, food prices won’t change. But the farmers could go under if their prices crash due to oversupply.

I don’t think you have to worry about it. While Trump claims he wants to debate, he will refuse when offered, whining about the “liberal media’s” rules that he finds unfair (which will probably include the ability to cut his mic when he resorts to his only strategy of talking over everyone else).

The produce could be better, especially lettuce, but I have not had quality issues otherwise. A name brand is not synonymous with quality, and I find Aldi brands better than Walmart’s Great Value.

You also don’t have to deal with the massive store, crowds of unwashed masses, and lazy staff.

If they tried to be one stop, they would have to raise prices to cover a larger store with way more items. That is part of how it works.

Farmers and the amount of food they grow isn’t the issue. It’s corporate greed.

They cut his mic in later 2016 debates, as I recall.

He will make those claims no matter what. When he refuses to debate, he will blame democrat rules or some such nonsense.

Oh, Biden should agree to debate. But with rules to cut Trump’s mic when it isn’t his turn to talk.

Trump would never agree to that.

Nope, in a rural Texas county, the Republican primary is for all intents and purposes the general.

Except that they are making a sequel where they will retcon in anxiety in as being a new emotion on its own (never mind that no one else was shown with anxiety as a separate emotion, including adults.

Which makes zero sense. Why include a provision that congress can undo it with a 2/3rds vote if congress had to block them with a mere majority to start with?

And if the feds get to decide who is on the ballot, why is history filled with candidates not on the ballot in some states? Their ruling was based on what they thought the law should be, not what it is.

Why does this discussion immediately turn to culling and eugenics? It’s like you can’t even admit there could be a problem. Fixing it will be hard, but few suggest those steps are the solution. Instead, it starts with realizing everyone can’t have the standard 2.5 kids. We cannot just keep going. Earth is finite and has finite resources. Adding people means less and less is available to everyone else. But people that want a ton of kids hate hearing that. So it becomes solution aversion (if you don’t like a solution, deny there is a problem) and strawmen, like claiming anyone that thinks there is overpopulation wants eugenics.

A nonsensical ruling.

The section specifically says congress can allow someone to hold office with a 2/3rds vote. How does it make any sense that it also takes specific congressional action to disqualify someone? A simple majority could stop that.

They even noted on a footnote a case where a 2/3rds majority voted to seat a former confederate. Yet they didn’t bother to outline how he was disqualified to start with. It wasn’t congressional action.

And they exceed legal thoughts as the suppose there needs to be uniformity so the president is president for all. History is filled with candidates that didn’t appear on the ballot is some states. Lincoln wasn’t on the ballot in some southern states. Like it or not, that is how it works.

And while the majority was rightfully chided for going beyond the question presented, shame on the liberals for ruling to protect their federal power rather than protecting the integrity of elections. I hated the oral arguments where they were all saying it “feels” like a federal question. If you want it to be a federal question, amend the constitution so the feds are in charge of elections. Until then, states have the right to decide who is on their ballot.

And they are never satisfied.

“Biden must demand an immediate ceasefire!”

Biden: I demand an immediate ceasefire!

“Biden isn’t doing enough!”

It actually doesn’t make that big of difference. It is more likely Americans don’t have kettles because we drink more coffee and have drip coffee brewers instead.

https://youtu.be/_yMMTVVJI4c

We use a kettle here in the states and it’s just fine. But it’s mostly used for French press coffee.

It looks like where the road passes through Truckee, CA, a bit east of the actual Donner pass in the mountains.

stating that people should "take precautions", which if someone can work from home could be that, and/or wearing masks if not, etc.

Except that is not what is being reported, it not what managers will enforce, and it’s not what most people will do. It’s a poor decision because adding nuance will just make people ignore what they want to.

Tell that to life insurance providers, who will charge them far more.

And that’s just an extreme example. There are plenty of people out there that measure “obese” by BMI, but you would question if they are overweight.

Arbitration clauses need to be banned, at least for regular consumer purchases.

But thanks to lobbying, that will never happen.

But at least I know never to ever buy anything from LG and Kenmore.

I mean, you can’t really count the billions that have trouble getting enough to eat, either.

There is like 2.3 billion who are food insecure, with 828 million of them going hungry.

https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021