HT – Marion Nestle – https://www.foodpolitics.com/2026/03/weekend-reading-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-food/ Download the full report – https://yuka.io/en/report-food-price-composition-us/ Yikes.
Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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Participants with the highest intake averaged 9.3 servings of ultra-processed foods per day, while those with the lowest intake averaged 1.1 servings. Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest. […]
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So, how do we reduce the debt burden?
We begin cutting budgets across all areas of the federal government, reduce spending, and stop printing money. The last time we had a balanced budget Bill Clinton was President. Geez!
Yes, I remember Bill Clinton left the White House actually with a surplus as I recall. I think George W Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for years and years put a wrinkle in that. And then COVID came along. Add in Donald Trump and you end up with a real mess!
A BIG mess.
Oh, and I forgot about an insurrection and overturning RvW. That makes it a Mess with a capital M!
Don’t get me started on R vs W. I am having a calm day so far.
Mañana. I’ll save that for tomorrow.
Gee, thanks I think