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Front-Ranger:
Food is getting more expensive, mostly due to the stupid trade war and the stupid war on immigrants. Some foods, like beef, are going to get even more expensive because Midwestern crops used for livestock food have been wiped out. These include corn and soy beans. I read one time that 40% of the world's calories come from either corn or soy, mainly in the form of corn syrup and soy oil.
SO, I'm supposed to be writing about how I'm relieving stress and instead I write about the opposite! I feel a growing sense of foreboding. People tell me to just not watch the news but it doesn't help; indeed, I feel more foreboding when I deliberately ignore the news. :'(
serious crayons:
Another reason for expensive food is a shortage of truck drivers. :-\
As for the war on immigrants, one thing I can't understand is why left-leaning experts don't speak up more about how much our economy needs immigrants. The only time I've ever heard an expert discuss that on TV (admittedly, I don't watch much TV news, but I read a lot and haven't seen much there, either) is when an economist appeared ... on the Tucker Carlson show! Tucker Carlson kept arguing with him and telling this guy, a self-identified conservative who spends 40 hours a week studying immigration and the economy, that he was wrong about immigration and the economy. And that Tucker, the talking head, knows more about it. Finally Tucker said they'd just have to agree to disagree.
But elsewhere, we get the Pelosi-Schumer lame "Our borders do need strengthening, but Trump's is not the right way" bullshit. Our economy actually desperately needs immigrant labor and somebody should be getting that word out.
Sorry, that's just more stressfulness! The good news is, the coming widespread use of self-driving vehicles will help the trucking industry and some environmental things, too.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 12, 2019, 10:33:49 am ---Some foods, like beef, are going to get even more expensive because Midwestern crops used for livestock food have been wiped out.
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Well, less beef in the diet is supposed to be a Good Thing. My cardiologist just told me I should cut out beer altogether.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 12, 2019, 12:00:38 pm ---An economist appeared ... on the Tucker Carlson show! Tucker Carlson kept arguing with him and telling this guy, a self-identified conservative who spends 40 hours a week studying immigration and the economy, that he was wrong about immigration and the economy. And that Tucker, the talking head, knows more about it.
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Nothing gets through to these people. They believe, therefore what they believe is correct, and they know better than anyone else. Experts are distrusted, but then there's always been a strain of that in the U.S.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 12, 2019, 12:56:58 pm ---Well, less beef in the diet is supposed to be a Good Thing. My cardiologist just told me I should cut out beer altogether.
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Less beef is definitely good for the planet, both by reducing methane and lessening the need for cutting down rainforests for pasture land (if they're still doing that).
--- Quote ---Nothing gets through to these people. They believe, therefore what they believe is correct, and they know better than anyone else. Experts are distrusted, but then there's always been a strain of that in the U.S.
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Good point. In this case, I think because the expert was a self-described conservative, they (FOX and Tucker) expected him to agree with them. They only trust experts who confirm what they already believe.
In my newsroom, we have a big screen playing CNN next to a big screen with FOX. One day last week, I saw both of them using the exact same footage of Trump at the exact same time. Except CNN's caption was something like "Trump screws up visits to comfort shooting survivors" and the FOX one said "Trump talks foreign policy." :laugh: :laugh:
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 12, 2019, 12:56:58 pm ---Well, less beef in the diet is supposed to be a Good Thing. My cardiologist just told me I should cut out beer altogether.
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Actually, my cardiologist did NOT tell me to cut out beer, which I don't drink anyway. He told me to cut out beef. :laugh:
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