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Monday, February 6. 2023

Monday morning links

 Harvard Medical School adds climate change to its curriculum


 Healing the blind is "ableism"


 Ag Sec Vilsack announces new nutrition standards for school meals


 American Students -- Dumber and More Woke


Award-Winning Journalist Compares Donald Trump, Republicans to Ku Klux Klan


 Canada’s government poised to move closer to ending free speech


 Revealing the New York Times’ Deceitful Russiagate Coverage


 Bill Maher to the Progressive Left: You Think You Want A Revolution? Study What Happens When They “Spin Out of Control”


Memphis: It looked like gang violence to me 


 How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Psychiatrist Became a Key Player at Crypto Exchange FTX


 New FBI HQ Slated to Be Twice the Size of the Pentagon, Larger Than the Kremlin


 NYC residents are just about fed up with the migrants


 MELONI ASCENDANT

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Donald Trump and Republicans being compared to the KKK? You mean to tell me the KKK is worse than Hitler, Satan, the Antichrist, and Ron DeSantis?
#1 Jerryskids on 2023-02-06 08:42 (Reply)
I think that the Democrat party simply cannot get past the fact that THEY were the KKK. Not acted like! Not used by the oppenent as a name calling opportunity. They were the KKK. They are still the KKK except now they are hating on white working class normal males. Don't get me wrong, they still hate POC but they can use POC to hold power so strange bedfellows and all that shit go together.

One thing I have learned about the Democrats and the left over the years. If they accuse the Republicans and conservatives of something nefarious THAN they are doing that themselves.
#1.1 JustMe on 2023-02-06 10:10 (Reply)
JustMe: {Democrats} are still the KKK except now they are hating on white working class normal males.

That makes no sense, as the KKK was a white-supremacist organization, while the modern Democratic Party is largely minority. Sounds like an ad hoc explanation that ignores history.
#1.1.1 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 10:51 (Reply)
'Poor kids are just as bright as white kids.' - Joseph R. Biden
#1.1.1.1 Lord Heathen on 2023-02-06 13:05 (Reply)
QUOTE:
We have this notion that somehow if you're poor you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids, wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids. I really mean it. But think how we think about it. We think now we're gonna dumb it down. They can do anything anybody else can do given a shot.
#1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 13:15 (Reply)
“I do not buy the concept, popular in the ’60s, which said, ‘We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers. In order to even the score, we must now give the black man a head start, or even hold the white man back, to even the race,’ ” Biden told a Delaware-based weekly newspaper in 1975. “I don’t buy that.” I agree with him and yet here we are in 2023 insisting that everything be viewed through the prism of racial identity. Yet I am labeled a 'supremacist' while Biden is somehow a 'champion' for minorities. Peak clown world.
#1.1.1.1.1.1 Lord Heathen on 2023-02-06 13:39 (Reply)
Your 'context' makes the category confusion even worse.
#1.1.1.1.1.2 eeyore on 2023-02-06 13:39 (Reply)
Lord Heathen (quoting): We have suppressed the black man for 300 years and the white man is now far ahead in the race for everything our society offers.

"It is obvious if a man is entered at the starting line in a race 300 years after another man, the first would have to perform some impossible feat to catch up with his fellow runner."

Lord Heathen: Yet I am labeled a 'supremacist'

Oh?

eeyore: Your 'context' makes the category confusion even worse.

Biden is clearly trying to be inclusive and hopeful.
#1.1.1.1.1.3 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 14:08 (Reply)
Z: Biden is clearly trying to be inclusive and hopeful.

Sure but implying poor kids aren't white. Now, the poor kids can resent white kids! How inclusive!
#1.1.1.1.1.3.1 mudbug on 2023-02-06 14:20 (Reply)
mudbug: Sure but implying poor kids aren't white. Now, the poor kids can resent white kids!

His intent is clear from context. But sure. Make believe otherwise.
#1.1.1.1.1.3.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 14:25 (Reply)
Just one of his many brain-dead gaffs, eh? Or was it a subliminal view into how he thinks?
#1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1 mudbug on 2023-02-06 15:25 (Reply)
mudbug: Just one of his many brain-dead gaffs, eh?

Biden has always struggled with verbal communication. His meaning is clear in context.
#1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 15:53 (Reply)
I have identified who Zach is: https://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-90-miles-mystery-video-nyctophilia_042582044.html

An AI disinformation BOT
#1.1.1.2 Anon on 2023-02-06 13:26 (Reply)
The KKK was prominent at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
#1.1.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 11:23 (Reply)
So was antifa and BLM.
What's your point, Quibble-DickZ?
Cry harder.
#1.1.2.1 Zachinoff on 2023-02-06 12:28 (Reply)
The KKK still exists. It is still odl style Democrats. It is a fringe organization that only seems to show up to create confusion. The KKK at Charlottsville was a farce. They were there to make the demonstration look bad. If you look at the pictures and video you will see their flags still had the creases from being taken out of the original wrapper. What they were; was hired troublemakers by the left who were given their flags, signs and apparel and told to infiltrate the demonstration. THAT allowed the BLM and Antifa thugs "cover" to make it appear that they were correct to go out there and counter demonstrate and cause trouble.

It was also clear that the police and mayor worked in concert with the left wing thugs to make the simple demonstration into a riot that turned deadly. The mayor and police chief should have been brought up on charges for this.
#1.1.2.2 JustMe on 2023-02-06 13:05 (Reply)
JustMe: The KKK still exists. It is still odl style Democrats.

We can see from the KKK's participation in the Unite the Right rally, along with likeminded alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, and their ilk, that they are aligned with the political right; while the Democratic Party is largely associated with the political left.

JustMe: What they were; was hired troublemakers by the left who were given their flags, signs and apparel and told to infiltrate the demonstration.

The entire rally was white nationalists. They even chanted "Jews will not replace us!" while carrying torches.
#1.1.2.3 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 13:11 (Reply)
"We can see from the KKK's participation in the Unite the Right rally..."

Again I'll say that the KKK wasn't invited. And worse they were paid and placed there by the left. The entire purpose of putting them and the other fake so-called right wing people there was to allow/facilitate the violent left (the mayor, the police chief, BLM and Antifa) to turn it into a hateful riot.

I think you know this and are simply lying about it. This was obvious to anyone who paid attention. I do not understand why you lie about the left unless it pays well. Imagine you actually believe what the left wing/Democrats tell you but in order to explain or justify what they do you have to resort to lies. You would think there would be an AHA! moment. But, no, you just keep making up the lies about Democrats. This is what Hitlers followers did, had to do, and what Lenin's followers did. This is what all left wing followers/comrades have to do. Seriously you would think it would dawn on them that they have to lie to support their beliefs and leaders and that it would bother them. But... no!
#1.1.2.3.1 JustMe on 2023-02-06 14:56 (Reply)
JustMe: This was obvious to anyone who paid attention.

The rally was organized by Jason Kessler, a white supremacist and anti-semite; along with Richard Spencer, Identity Evropa, League of the South, and Christopher Cantwell. It's all on video, so not sure why you deny it.
#1.1.2.3.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 15:24 (Reply)
"JASON KESSLER: I’m not a white supremacist, I’m not even a white nationalist. I consider myself a civil and human rights advocate focusing on the underrepresented Caucasian demographic."

The slur "white supremacists is ironically used by POC supremacists and their gullible supporters. I know, beyond doubt, that when someone says "white supremacists" that they themselves are the racist ones.

It is interesting that this month is Black history month. What is that? Black supremacism???

I don't know Jason Kessler, I never heard him speak or read anything about him before (until you brought him up). Interestingly, he never shot anyone, or robbed them, or beat up a 9 YO white girl on a school bus, BUT because he doesn't bow down to the POC talking points he must be thrown under the bus. You should be ashamed!
#1.1.2.3.2.1 JustMe on 2023-02-06 19:50 (Reply)
The KKK was prominent in the Democratic party in Congress. Anyone remember Robert Byrd?
#1.1.2.4 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-06 14:12 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: The KKK was prominent in the Democratic party in Congress.

Not just in Congress, but in local governments, which were controlled by white southern Democrats. Then some things happened.

QUOTE:
John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Phone Call That Changed History

“Good morning, Mrs. King,” the voice said. “This is Senator Kennedy.” After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Kennedy offered his sympathy: “I want to express to you my concern about your husband. I know this must be very hard for you.” He mentioned that he was aware she was expecting a baby. “I just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you and Dr. King,” he said cordially. “If there is anything I can do to help, please feel free to call on me.”

Nowadays, most white southerners vote Republican, while most Blacks and other minorities vote Democratic.
#1.1.2.5 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 14:24 (Reply)
You are trying to deflect again.
Joe Biden gave the eulogy at Robert Byrd's funeral. He referred to Byrd as a "mentor" and a "friend".

Byrd also filibustered the 1964 civil rights act for 14 hours.
#1.1.2.5.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-06 14:43 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: Joe Biden gave the eulogy at Robert Byrd's funeral.

Byrd renounced his racist past.

You had pointed out that the KKK was prominent in the Democratic Party. We agreed, while also pointing out that the Democratic Party later became the party of racial and ethnic diversity.
#1.1.2.5.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 15:14 (Reply)
That doesn't help get the 1964 civil rights act passed.
#1.1.2.5.2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-06 21:59 (Reply)
In both the house and senate, a larger percentage of republicans approved the 1964 act than the democrats.
#1.1.2.5.2.2 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-06 22:26 (Reply)
Glad you know your history.

indyjonesouthere: That doesn't help get the 1964 civil rights act passed.

That's right. The Democratic Party had long been the home of white segregationists (in a coalition with labor and progressives). While Byrd renounced his racist past, he long stood in the way of civil rights legislation, particularly with his use of the filibuster in the Senate.

indyjonesouthere: In both the house and senate, a larger percentage of republicans approved the 1964 act than the democrats.

That's right. The Democratic Party had long been the home of white segregationists (in a coalition with labor and progressives). Southern white representatives, largely Democrats, long stood in the way of civil rights legislation, particularly with their use of the filibuster in the Senate.

There was a struggle during the twentieth century within the Democratic Party. Truman integrated the military, causing a fracture in the Democratic Party. The Dixiecrats ran a third party campaign, nearly costing Truman the presidential election. Kennedy made efforts to help King when he was arrested, and introduced civil rights legislation, even though siding with King was fraught with political peril. Johnson worked tirelessly and successfully to pass civil rights legislation.

There had been a general movement of Blacks to the Democratic Party, which turned into a flood in the 1960s. That then started the slow movement of southern whites to the Republican Party, the Southern Strategy.
#1.1.2.5.2.3 Zachriel on 2023-02-07 09:40 (Reply)
The Al Gores and Robert Byrds are evidence that the old racists remain in the democratic party.
#1.1.2.5.2.3.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-07 14:11 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: The Al Gores and Robert Byrds are evidence that the old racists remain in the democratic party.

Robert Byrd is dead. Al Gore is no longer active in the Democratic Party. It's as if your learning of history stopped in 1956.

"It took courage to call my daughter-in-law at a time like this. {Kennedy} has the moral courage to stand up for what he knows is right. I’ve got all my votes and I’ve got a suitcase, and I’m going to take them up there and dump them in his lap." — Martin Luther King Sr.

In 1956, Blacks had voted Republican by roughly 60% to 40%; in 1960 they voted Democratic by roughly 70% to 30%.
#1.1.2.5.2.3.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-07 14:33 (Reply)
NYC residents are fed up with illegal aliens? I ask, because the story is calling them 'migrants'. Those are illegal, i.e. undocumented aliens, right? So.... I'll believe they're fed up, when they start voting like they're fed up.

Also, 'Award-Winning Journalist' is no longer the credential it once was, considering who the awards have been flowing to over the past few years - looking at you, Russia-Gate NYT 'award-winner'. It's now more of a consumer warning label.

The Columbia Journalism Review story about the Russia-Gate fiasco is a long one - I'm through Part 1 of 4 and so far, it's worth reading. Old-fashioned investigative journalism where facts are touted and supported, you know, objectively.

https://www.cjr.org/special_report/trumped-up-press-versus-president-part-1.php

All 4 sections are here, see the buttons at the top of the page.
#2 Aggie on 2023-02-06 08:57 (Reply)
Aggie: Old-fashioned investigative journalism where facts are touted and supported, you know, objectively.

Gerth overlooks the lede: Putin worked to interfere in the 2016 election to help Trump win, and Trump helped this effort by denying that it was taking place.
#2.1 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 09:45 (Reply)
Didn't happen, Quibble-DickZ.
Nobody's buying that shit anymore.
Cry harder.
#2.1.1 Zachinoff on 2023-02-06 10:37 (Reply)
Gerth was primarily considering the journalist malfeasance on the part of the establishment main-stream media, which has become plain for all to see now, if they can stand to look. Putin's efforts to disrupt or steer the 2016 election were insignificant by comparison to other countries and political groups, so to draw attention to it in your way is disingenuous. The US already has done and does far more than Putin when it comes to attempting to influence foreign elections - for example Ukraine in 2014, and more recently as well. The purpose of Gerth's story was to shine a light on the corrupt behavior of the establishment mainstream media, and the results are long overdue. Unless you like a lying and highly-politically-biased press. Do you? Feel free to speak up, no censors here - unlike some other places that are also seeing some sunlight right now.
#2.1.2 Aggie on 2023-02-06 13:20 (Reply)
Aggie: Gerth was primarily considering the journalist malfeasance on the part of the establishment main-stream media

Did he use the term "malfeasance"? He did say that Trump had his own "hyperbolic version of the truth." Certainly, the press made mistakes, but the broad outlines were that Russia worked to interfere in the election, and the Trump campaign welcomed that interference.

Aggie: Putin's efforts to disrupt or steer the 2016 election were insignificant by comparison to other countries and political groups

Huh? They feloniously hacked the DNC, then released the emails for maximum political damage.

Aggie: The purpose of Gerth's story was to shine a light on the corrupt behavior of the establishment mainstream media

Did he use the term "corrupt"?
#2.1.3 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 14:03 (Reply)
Did he use the term "malfeasance"? Did I say he used the term 'malfeasance'? Was it in quotes?

Did he use the term "corrupt"? Did I say he used the term 'corrupt'? Did I express it in quotes?

These things are called words, and they are collectively known as vocabulary'.

I thought it was Gucifer that leaked the DNC emails? Was he a Russian? I thought he came from a different country. And I thought that the Mueller report only made allegations on this matter and was unable to prove it to their own satisfaction. And that the FBI was not terribly helpful getting to the bottom of it.

'Proof' - there's another one to add to your vocabulary.
#2.1.3.1 Aggie on 2023-02-06 16:00 (Reply)
Aggie: Did I say he used the term 'malfeasance'?

Well, you might find a quote that supports your claim.

Aggie: Did I say he used the term 'corrupt'?

Well, you might find a quote that supports your claim.

Aggie: I thought it was Gucifer that leaked the DNC emails?

Guccifer 2.0 was exposed as a Russian GRU officer working in Moscow when they had a problem with their VPN.
#2.1.3.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 16:10 (Reply)
Z: Putin worked to interfere in the 2016 election to help Trump win...

Yeah, I remember that! The Russians had thousands of bots on twitter that was exposed by the Madison 86 project!

Also, since Russia's main industry was oil and gas, he was cheering on the guy who promised to make it cheaper and more plentiful!

Makes sense...
#2.1.4 mudbug on 2023-02-06 14:25 (Reply)
Hillary, the FBI, and the CIA interfered in the election and through Trumps entire presidency. The media, such as Hamilton 68 did all they could to amplify the narrative. Neither Mueller or Weissman could find anything. They were all trying to cover their own tracks as they had been illegally spying through Obamas tenure.

Hamilton 68 narratives ...

https://www.racket.news/p/move-over-jayson-blair-meet-hamilton
#2.1.5 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-06 14:28 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: Hillary, the FBI, and the CIA interfered in the election and through Trumps entire presidency.

Clinton is allowed to "interfere" in the campaign. That's what candidates do. Yes, Comey at the FBI did interfere against Clinton, but he thought he had his reasons. None of this compares to Trump welcoming Russian interference.

indyjonesouthere: Neither Mueller or Weissman could find anything.

The Mueller report provided multiple instances of obstruction and of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian agents. Trump's campaign manager was convicted of conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
#2.1.6 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 15:12 (Reply)
mudbug: Yeah, I remember that!

Russia feloniously hacked the DNC, then released the emails for maximum political damage to the Clinton campaign. Trump welcomed Russian interference. That happened.
#2.1.7 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 15:25 (Reply)
Says who? Crowdstrike? The company hired by the DNC to investigate the theft of their emails? Exactly what were they hired to do? And why wasn't the FBI brought in to examine the server? It was a crime, right?

And then, it's been determined that the theft of their emails was to another local storage device and not across the Internet because the time it would take to transfer files remotely was longer than the meta data showed.

And how did Trump welcome Russian interference?
#2.1.7.1 mudbug on 2023-02-06 15:37 (Reply)
mudbug: Says who?

The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee. Multiple security experts who monitor traffic from Russia.

And publicly available information, including the URL used to phish Clinton's campaign chair; and the time when something went wrong for a few moments with the VPN publicly exposing their location at GRU headquarters on Grizodubovoy St in Moscow.
#2.1.7.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 15:48 (Reply)
Is that like the 51 intelligence officials who were sure that Hunter Biden's laptop was "Russian disinformation?"

The "Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee" was a joke just like this whole Trump-Russia collusion business.
#2.1.7.2.1 mudbug on 2023-02-06 16:04 (Reply)
mudbug: Is that like the 51 intelligence officials who were sure that Hunter Biden's laptop was "Russian disinformation"

They were former intelligence officials who did not have access to current intelligence.

QUOTE:
We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails, provided to the New York Post by President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement — just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case.

Also, keep in mind that copies floating around have been tampered with.
#2.1.7.2.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-06 16:16 (Reply)
Show me where they had no access to intelligence when the FBI knew from the beginning, along with the CIA, that the whole dossier was fake and only the clown posse at Hamilton 68 was regurgitating the fake news, fake bots, and fake contacts. This was all narrative from start to finish to try to save their own hides.
Hillary is not allowed to fund fake Russia garbage through intermediaries.
The combination of Weissman and Mueller could find nothing of substance during their months long investigation. All that remains is the narrative that they themselves created and was kept alive by Hamilton 68.
#2.1.7.2.2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-06 22:11 (Reply)
And who do we find as spokesman for Hamilton but former FBI counterintelligence agent and "disinformation" expert Clint Watts.

And how many "former" FBI agents did they uncover at Twitter. How many are at Facebook? Are they actually former or just "identify" as former.
#2.1.7.2.2.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-06 22:33 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: Show me where they had no access to intelligence when the FBI knew from the beginning, along with the CIA, that the whole dossier was fake and only the clown posse at Hamilton 68 was regurgitating the fake news, fake bots, and fake contacts.

The issue was Hunter Biden's laptop and mudbug's misstatement of facts surrounding the letter by former intelligence officials.
#2.1.7.2.2.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-07 09:45 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: the FBI knew from the beginning, along with the CIA, that the whole dossier was fake

The Steele Dossier was considered raw intelligence, not confirmed claims. However, the primary claims, that Putin favored Trump over Clinton, that Putin ordered an influence campaign to damage Clinton and the public's faith in the election, that Putin ordered the cyberattack on the Democratic Party, and that there are multiple contacts between Russian agents and the Trump campaign, have been substantiated.

indyjonesouthere: Hillary is not allowed to fund fake Russia garbage through intermediaries.

Actually, she is. Running background is standard political process. However, the Clinton campaign didn't use the Steele Dossier, which wasn't published until after the election.

indyjonesouthere: The combination of Weissman and Mueller could find nothing of substance during their months long investigation.

You said that already, then ignored the response. The Mueller report provided multiple instances of obstruction and of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian agents. Trump's campaign manager was convicted of conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
#2.1.7.2.2.3 Zachriel on 2023-02-07 10:06 (Reply)
The CIA knew it was fake from day one. Both the FBI and CIA needed the "deflection" of a rouge Trump to cover their misdeeds and they got it with the Hamilton 68 and media collusion. Hillary helped fund the deflection. That is the real evidence and not the narrative of the government.
If there was the slightest evidence of obstruction then Weissman would have jumped on it. His reputation for false and inaccurate legal charges is very well known as is Mueller's. Whitey Bulger, Ted Stevens or Arthur Anderson familiar?
#2.1.7.2.2.3.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-07 11:29 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: The CIA knew it was fake from day one.

Ignoring our response is not an argument against it.

indyjonesouthere: If there was the slightest evidence of obstruction then Weissman would have jumped on it.

The Department of Justice has issued a memorandum that says a sitting president can't be indicted due to constitutional separation of powers. That opinion has never been tested, but that is still their legal opinion.

indyjonesouthere: false and inaccurate legal charges is very well known as is Mueller's

Manafort was convicted.
#2.1.7.2.2.3.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-07 13:04 (Reply)
That still leaves the Biden criminal gang free and what price did Mueller pay for knowingly keeping innocent men in jail. No price at all ... the taxpayers had to pay a settlement. What price did Weissman pay for falsely charging and convicting Arthur Anderson (thousands of jobs lost) and falsely charging and convicting Ted Stevens? He should have lost his law license. Those are evidence that the Democrat machine is corrupt and never held accountable for its corruption.
#2.1.7.2.2.3.2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-02-07 14:19 (Reply)
indyjonesouthere: That still leaves the Biden criminal gang free and what price did Mueller pay for knowingly keeping innocent men in jail.

Ignoring our response is not an argument against it. All you are doing is repeating unsupported claims.
#2.1.7.2.2.3.2.2 Zachriel on 2023-02-07 14:26 (Reply)
My oldest two are in college now and I have fought to keep them from being woke. Every time one of them told me about the glorious new thinking they were hoping to force on all of us, I would point out the French Revolution and Mao's fiasco to try to wake them up about this.

Nice to see Maher finally come round, though.
#3 Dangerous Dean on 2023-02-06 09:01 (Reply)
The story on school lunches stated:
"Sugar is added to food and sauces to make them more pleasing to taste buds."

So what, exactly is the goal here; to make the sauces more repugnant? Every cook knows the value of a spoon of sugar in a recipe. Try a tsp of sugar in your spaghetti sauce, it neutralizes some of the acidity of the tomatoes. Does it hurt you? Well let me tell you a secret; when your body digests spaghetti it doesn't turn it into spaghetti molecules to be sent into your blood it turns it into sugar. 100% of the carbs you eat are turned into sugar and that is because your body runs on sugar. Without sugar you go into a coma and die.

“School meals happen to be the meals with the highest nutritional value of any meal that children can get outside the home,”

Seriously have you seen school meals? In general they look disgusting. Go to you tube and look at what Japanese students lunches look like. The meals should be nutritious and appetizing and not something for politicians to preen over.

The problem is that experts are unable to define what is good for you and what is bad. They can nit pick around the edges but for the most part they always judge the value of a food component on it's side effects on a person who has a health problem. While salt is good for some 80% of the population for a small percentage they need to limit salt. So the bureaucratic fix is everyone limits salt. Ditto with refined sugar.
#4 OneGuy on 2023-02-06 09:51 (Reply)
Go to you tube and look at what Japanese students lunches look like. Thanks for the eye-opening tip.

WOW! I've worked in A-rated restaurants that weren't as scrubbed as the Japanese school kitchens! The cooks are happy, the food looks great, and the kids seem to like it. Not at all like the American Public School Lunch, prison food served by ladies from the DMV.
#4.1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2023-02-06 16:50 (Reply)
I just started working in an elementary school where breakfast and lunch are provided free of charge. Most of it gets dumped in the trash. The teachers don't bat an eye. They say things like: "We have to have it in front of them for at least 20 minutes, but we can't force them to eat it." It's a horrible waste of food.
#5 LP on 2023-02-06 19:11 (Reply)
Right now the actual inflation rate is somewhere between 16%-20%. The traditional way to fight inflation is to raise interest rates. As painful as it was in 1980 when inflation was about as bad as today the Feds raised the rates well above 12% to fight it. It took a few years but it worked. The Fed should raise the rate s to about that same rate again but it can't. Well it could but politically it can't. But today the enormous national debt prohibits high interest rates. In 1980 the national debt was around $2 trillion and today the debt is closer to $32 trillion. Here is the kicker; if the interest rate exceeds 10% the federal government will spend more on interest on that debt then it takes in from taxes. That would be officially bankruptcy. That is the problem we can't stop inflation because our debt is too high and so one or the other is going to crush us.
#6 Anon on 2023-02-06 21:21 (Reply)

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