Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The current Supreme Court is a rogue court. Very dangerous.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Republicans would impeach Biden if he bit into a whole Kit Kat rather than breaking the sections apart.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

I am pretty sure Katy Tur wasn’t always such a bootlicking sycophant.

I was promised a recession.

It’s a new day. Light all those Biden polls of young people on fire and throw away the ashes.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Pelosi: “He either is stupid, or he thinks the rest of us are.” Why not both?

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

Second rate reporter says what?

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

We won’t go back.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

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  4. 4.

    laura

    Those tie-dyed overalls created an object permanence, so, you’ve never left Cat Daddy.

  8. 8.

    bbleh

    …. a bunch of stuff came up …

    WHAT?  You have a LIFE?  Do you REALIZE to whom you are, um, TALKING, in a sense?

  13. 13.

    Jackie

    I have no words.

    Donald Trump once again threw his support behind Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), “whose three-year tenure representing Coloradans has been marred by allegations of hypocrisy,” the HuffPost reports.

    He called Boebert “a Proven Conservative and Effective Leader” and a “trusted America First Fighter” who has his “Complete and Total Endorsement.”

    I’m sure Ken Buck’s eyes rolled so far back, that they’re stuck.🙄

  16. 16.

    dmsilev

    I saw the 2nd part of Dune today. I’m not sure extreme worm-surfing will ever really catch on as a popular sport.

  19. 19.

    Chief Oshkosh

    So what’s this latest crazy shit from RWers about Newsom exempting Panera Bread from the new CA minimum wage hike? I’m visiting friends and the resident RW loon blew a gasket when I walked in from the road carrying a Panera takeout bag.

    Dog these people are nucking futs. Even if there a connection, why shit on your guest the minute he walks through the door?

  25. 25.

    dmsilev

    @NotMax: Always remember to check whether you’re rappelling up the side of an express worm or a local. Preferably before you sink the hooks in.

  26. 26.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Chief Oshkosh:

    I read that Newsom signed a fast food minimum pay increase that exempts chains that bake their own bread on premises as of a certain date so that other chains can’t jump on the cheap labor train. A cut out for a billionaire buddy of his, as it is being put. The buddy was against the measure but not now.

    If true then Newsom is an asshole for doing this. I’m waiting for more to develop but it doesn’t look good.

  27. 27.

    KrackenJack

    @Chief Oshkosh: Newsome has a history of sketchy sweetheart deals and this one has an odor about it as well; and it’s not fresh-baked. Why do fast food restaurants that bake bread on site need an exemption from the minimum wage?

    Anyway, the controversy is making his administration backtrack:

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/panera-newsom-wage-exemption-18696927.php

    I’m happy to see him take on red states, but I prefer presidential candidates with less baggage and grandstanding.

  28. 28.

    Chetan Murthy

    @KrackenJack:

    but I prefer presidential candidates with less baggage and grandstanding.

    I’d prefer MVP Harris.  I’d prefer Big Gretch.  I hear Pritzker is pretty good (and from what I’ve seen, it appears he is).  Gov. BetterHair does pretty good work, but he’s always had this odor of …. unreliability about him.  And besides, we have a ton of better prospects.

  29. 29.

    NotMax

    @dmseilev

    Ha!

    “We’ve got interstellar travel. We’ve got mentats. We’ve got gravity-negating assistance. And we still can’t come up with a self-driving worm.”

  31. 31.

    Scout211

    @Chief Oshkosh: So what’s this latest crazy shit from RWers about Newsom exempting Panera Bread from the new CA minimum wage hike

    Here’s the long version.

    The short version is, the law was passed and signed into law to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers.  But restaurant workers are not fast food workers, so they stay at the current minimum wage.  But wait, what about hybrid food sellers, like Panera bread? Newsom’s close long-time friend and donor owns 24 Panera Bread franchises in California and has Newsom’s ear.  Was he influential in changing Panera from fast food to restaurant designation? Republicans say yes, big scandal. Newsom says no, no scandal, in fact Panera is not exempt.

    Only the magic 8 ball knows for sure.

    ETA:  KrackenJack  also with an explainer above, and others.

  33. 33.

    NotMax

    @dmsilev

    Imagine the childhood travail of growing up with a Voice-capable Bene Gesserit mother.

    “CLEAN YOUR ROOM.”
    “EAT YOUR SPINACH.“
    :)

  34. 34.

    karen marie

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:  I don’t understand Panera.  I guess, really, I don’t understand people that spend money at Panera.  Panera bakes frozen dough trucked in from a factory.  That ain’t a fucking bakery.  The fact that so many people think it is makes me pessimistic about the future of mankind.

  36. 36.

    Nukular Biskits

    Mr. Cole, if I may be so bold, I’d like to mention Creature Comforts CC Animal Shelter in Quitman, MS.

    They just held ( a few days ago) a fundraiser.  Anyone so inclined, please consider helping out.

    Full disclosure:  My very first love (high school sweetheart from 40 years ago [?]) works there but that in no way has influenced me, nosirree!

  38. 38.

    dmsilev

    @NotMax: In Pratchett’s Discworld novels, there’s a character with similar abilities and she had great success in her day job as an elementary school teacher. Same basic idea…

  40. 40.

    cain

    @karen marie: I have never liked Panera bread. We have a local chain called Grand Central Baking and their stuff is great. A lot of restaurants use their bread as well.

    One thing I love about Portland is how much the local establishments use each other’s products .

  42. 42.

    Fake Irishman

    @Jay:

    Make sure to tell Loomis that over at LGM. (Solid Labor historian, but man sometimes he’s a dick about certain things.)

  43. 43.

    Jay

    @Fake Irishman:

    Here in March, we have another raise for the minimum wage coming, there are no carve out’s, you know, other than for gig workers, farm workers, piece workers and independent contractors.

    there is new legislation coming as well covering ride share workers and door dash type workers, to pull them into the “wage” categories.

  44. 44.

    karen marie

    @cain:   I’m in exile in Arizona and miss Massachusetts so much.  Especially the mom-and-pop bakeries that populate southeastern Massachusetts.  In Fall River, I had four bakeries I could walk to in ten minutes.  If I walked five minutes more, I’d trip over at least three more bakeries.

    Too far to walk but Fall River also has two – count them! – two Middle Eastern bakeries.  Oh, do I miss the open and closed meat pies and open cheese pies and Maneesh and beautiful, soft, thin, fragrant pita bread.

    The donuts were closer to home.  The pork pies and Portuguese sweet bread a short stroll from the donuts.

    One of my favs was a bakery that had little egg salad, tuna salad and chicken salad sandwiches on little rolls.  I guess you kids these days would consider them “sliders.”  Everything made on premises from scratch.

    If you have a proper bakery that you frequent, let them know how much you appreciate them, because they are jewels of incomparable, immeasurable value.

  46. 46.

    Jay

    @karen marie:

    having done distribution for 3 commercial bakeries over the years, I learned that a lot of small bakeries, don’t bake everything or make everything from scratch. They buy products from other bakeries, baked or flash frozen, and only bake from scratch their own specialties and use the flash frozen “base” to assemble their own unique products.

  47. 47.

    Gretchen

    @Chetan Murthy: We need to remember that Newsom used to be married to Don Jr’s girlfriend. The minute he’s nominated she’ll be out with daily reminiscences of what a terrible weirdo husband he was. Doesn’t need to be true. The media would Hunter Biden’s laptop it all the way to Election Day.
    i was glad to see one thing that’s bothered me about the laptop story raised at the hearing. We know that Apple invalidates the warranty and otherwise makes it very hard to work on their laptops. Hunter said, Apple stores are all over the place both near where he was living at the time and near his dad’s place. Why would he hunt down a no-name repair shop?

  48. 48.

    Yutsano

    I had some excellent Italian food tonight with my family to celebrate my mom’s 74th revolution around the sun. Excellent restaurant run by some Croats. The marinara was fantastic, but their cheesecake…

  55. 55.

    Chetan Murthy

    @NotMax: When I was a young’un in Texasssss I used to really like The Black Eyed Pea’s cheese broccoli soup.  Like, a *lot*.  Recently, I found a copycat recipe that used Velveeta and made it.  It was …. not as good as I remembered it.  I mean, it was like I remembered it, but I guess my tastes have …. evolved.

    Velveeta …. sigh.  A runny, smelly brie it ain’t.

  57. 57.

    Chetan Murthy

    @mrmoshpotato: You see all this raving about “jambon beurre” (ham and butter sandwich on a baguette).  I gotta say, I’m really partial to a “jambon brie” — the smellier the brie the better.

  59. 59.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Jay:

    I read about it in the news and not some right wing site (not much diff but…). I like how Panera has no response to the Governor’s claims that they are not excepted…lol. It sounds to cozy to be real (conservative pipe dream material) but we have had stupid Democrats do stupid shit in the past. I’m just watching to see what happens as nothing is sure at this time.

    Thanks for the link!

  60. 60.

    NotMax

    @Chetan Murthy

    A more grown-up cheese-adjacent alternative? ;)

    Baby Doe’s Beer Cheese Soup

    8 c Milk
    2 tsp Tabasco sauce
    4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
    4 tbsp Chicken base
    16 oz Cheez Whiz
    6 tbsp Cornstarch
    1/3 c Water
    1 c Beer
    1/8 tsp MSG
    Cayenne pepper
    .
    Combine milk, Tabasco, Worcestershire, chicken base, & MSG. Bring to a boil, stirring regularly.

    Add Cheez Whiz, after warming in hot water or in microwave. Mix in well.

    Dissolve cornstarch completely in the water. Add to soup, which should thicken immediately. Reduce heat a bit and stir in beer.

    To serve, ladle into bowls and dust with cayenne pepper. Source

  61. 61.

    Chetan Murthy

    @NotMax: I appreciate the attempt, but there’s no way I’m cookin’ with Cheez Whiz.  As it is, I’m probably going to throw away the other pound of Velveeta, as well as the pint-and-change of leftover soup.  My next attempt will be to find a recipe that uses actual cheddar.

    Or, y’know, I’ll buy a block of gruyere and make proper French onion soup again.

  62. 62.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @karen marie:

    We’re Bimbo bakeries here but it helps that a good friend of ours has his own route/business with them, so we get lots of damaged/not fit for shelf but still good stuff. We do buy lots of their stuff too as I like Oroweat bread and Entenmann’s dounts.

  64. 64.

    Chetan Murthy

    @eclare: I made it using an instant pot recipe for caramelizing the onions.  It turned out …. okay.  I’ve read that there’s no substitute for actually caramelizing over the stove, even though it takes hours of attention.  Which …. sigh.  I’m gonna try it again with the instant pot, switching to the stove after the pressure-cook phase; maybe that’ll turn out better.

  66. 66.

    Chetan Murthy

    @NotMax: When I lived in Ithaca, I was partial to Heluva Good cheese from Herkimer, NY.  The Grand Canyon of the East!  Never got there, but apparently there’s a river gorge with a bridge across it holding a ….. barge canal !!!

  67. 67.

    Jay

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:

    here we don’t have “carve outs” for wage categories. Waiters get at the worst, minimum wage + tips.

    Even Salaried workers have protections. OT is accrued as “banked time” at the same rate as wage workers. The employer can opt to pay it out when they want, or they have to pay it off every year.

    When IBM laid me off, I was still on salary for 2 1/2 months, then severance kicked in.

  70. 70.

    Soprano2

    @karen marie: I like Panera. I love their Strawberry Poppyseed salad. We don’t have that many local bakeries here. You have to remember that not everybody lives in a big city where there are great local places on every corner. We do have a comparable local place, but it’s literally all the way across town from where I live and work, and it’s their only location.  I generally don’t buy Panera’s bread, but I don’t look down on people who do. Sheesh……

  72. 72.

    Chetan Murthy

    @karen marie: I looked up Fall River, MA.  It’s …. not a big place (94k ppl).  So many bakeries, eh?  Wow, that must have been a nice place to live.  I don’t expect a small city like that to have so much foodie goin’ on.

  73. 73.

    Soprano2

    @Jay: In MO tipped workers make half the regular minimum wage, which is $12/hr. The employer has to make it up if the tipped worker doesn’t make the $12/hr minimum between their hourly and tips. It’s a strange state where they love TFG but also passed the $12 minimum wage, defeated right-to-work, and expanded Medicaid through the ballot.

  76. 76.

    eclare

    @Chetan Murthy:

    I applaud you for experimenting at home on French onion soup, I never have.  Which means when I see it on a menu I definitely order it!

    Good luck with the carmelization.  I don’t have an Instant Pot, but it seems like that would be hard to do in one.

  77. 77.

    CaseyL

    Hi, everyone. This is a Big Movie weekend for me.

    Just saw “Poor Things” tonight. Based on what I knew of the story, it was not on my list of movies to watch. But a friend wanted to see it, and it has certainly gotten glowing reviews, so we went.

    I was wrong about the movie, so very wrong. It is a demented delight. There are squicky bits, but not nearly as many or as bad as I feared. I don’t want to say too much, as it’s best seen unspoiled. Strongly recommend: the movie is as good as it’s said to be.

    And tomorrow I go with a different friend to see “Dune Part 2.” She was going to see it with another friend of hers – they’d made plans earlier in the week. I did not ask her to invite me along – I did want to see it, but hadn’t made any concrete plans yet, and don’t impose myself on other peoples’ outings. But I did ask if she was familiar with the book, or had seen Part 1. No, she said, neither. To which I said she absolutely and positively had to go online to find recaps of Part 1, or she wouldn’t know what the hell was going on. I tried to give her a (very brief) outline – at which point she decided I simply had to see the movie with her and her friend. And so I am.

    Wheee! I’ve seen more movies in theaters in the past few months than in the previous three years. Kinda cool.

  79. 79.

    NotMax

    @CaseyL

    FYI.

    Best picture nominee “Poor Things” is coming to Hulu ahead of the Academy Awards.

    The film, a Frankenstein-esque tale directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe, will arrive on Hulu on March 7. … Sorce

  82. 82.

    geg6

    Went into the city with my younger niece to have dinner and see The Book of Mormon.  It was lovely.  Went to Meat and Potatoes, a nice Castro pub, and had steak frites.  The show was so much fun.  Niece is going to France in a few weeks and is very excited.  A week each in Germany and France.  Then she graduates in May with her degree in nuclear medicine and already has a job offer with a $30k signing bonus.  I’m so proud of her!  And we have such fun together.  Gotta try to set up some time with older niece soon.  She’s even more difficult to get time with because she’s just went back to school for her RN.  Plus she works as a private aide to an elderly woman and as an aesthetician.  Oh, and she has three kids under the age of five and a husband.  But she turns 30 this year and I need to make it a special year for her.  She killed it this past semester, so I’m massively proud of her, too.  I love being the cool aunt.

  84. 84.

    eclare

    @geg6:

    Sounds like a great evening.  I have fond memories of spending time with my “fun aunt” growing up, I’m glad you’re giving your niece similar memories.

  85. 85.

    Ruckus

    @Yutsano:

    I welcome your mom to her 74 year, an age which I currently share with her, for at least a few more months. It’s so very nice to make it this far.

    I’m going for at least another 1/4 of a century for myself, just to see what it’s like….

  89. 89.

    Rachel Bakes

    @eclare: I’ve successfully done caramelized onions in my slow cooker a few times. Layer onions with some salt and let cook for 8 hours. They come out a big juicy but if you twke the top off for the last hour most of that liquid cooks off. Overnight works well, but you may wake up hungry from smelling caramelizing onions all night.

  93. 93.

    Dangerman

    @NotMax: Tempe-rary absence.

    I’ve heard it’s a long way to Tempe-rary.

    Definitely a long way to go.

    ETA: FML. Beaten at 9. Nearly 1am my time. Blame it on the clock. Kind of a clock block come to think of it (it’s BJ After Dark Folks).

  94. 94.

    Jay

    @AlaskaReader:

    Not American Cheese Whiz, an oil based product. In Canada, it’s made from real cheddar. When we visit T’s friend Bun in Arizona, we have to bring a case of Canadian Cheese Whiz. A years supply.

    It’s like UK Mars bars, vs. Canadian Mars bars, vs. US Mars bars. They are not the same.

  96. 96.

    bjacques

    Speaking of cheese, Limburger cheese is really a thing. I grew up with it only as a running joke on Rocky and Bullwinkle. It’s delicious and only stinky by Dutch standards, mild by French standards. Best eaten with little bits of rye bread and a dark syrup. Yum!

    Also totally aiming to be the cool uncle in Amsterdam for my nieces. Growing up I totally envied kids who could travel abroad for holidays, so now I’m doing my part to make it happen for my relatives.

  98. 98.

    AlaskaReader

    @Jay:

    Canadian Cheese Whiz: Ingredients. Modified Milk Ingredients, Cheese (milk Ingredients, Modified Milk Ingredients, Bacterial Culture, Salt, Calcium Chloride, Colour, Microbial Enzyme, Lipase), Water, Corn Maltodextrin, Salt, Sodium Phosphates, Seasoning, Sodium Alginate, Ground Mustard, Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Colour.

    Excuse me and all that ‘real’ cheese talk, I’ll stick with actual cheese, like Tillamook Cheddar Cheese, …contains four natural ingredients: cultured milk, enzymes (rennet), salt, and annatto.

  99. 99.

    Jay

    @AlaskaReader:

    sorry, I like Cheeze Whiz on buttered toast or crackers from time to time. Some people, (not me), like it slathered into the groove in celery.

    May be, because at the end of the month, when money was getting tight, my lunch at school would be my Mom’s home bread, Cheeze Wiz and sliced sweet pickles.

    But then, I also like Sardines on toast.

    Kipper’s too.

    I don’t cook with it, ever.

  100. 100.

    AlaskaReader

    @NotMax: Nothing grown up about killing off one’s own gut biome.

    I kinda like having a working immune system and an intact brain-gut axis, they rely on an undamaged gut biome.

    I like food, I don’t like food additives. Cheese dips, and beers especially, are chock full of harmful additives.

  101. 101.

    NotMax

    @AlaskaReader

    Jeeze, the recipe was a light-hearted rejoinder to the Velveeta debacle comment which preceded it, not necessarily an endorsement

  102. 102.

    AlaskaReader

    @Jay: People like a lot of things that aren’t in their best interests, …story of humankind.

  103. 103.

    AlaskaReader

    @NotMax: My honest opinions and answers, offered in good faith, are often viewed as little more than buzzkill.

    Transfiguration and reformation alway faces resistance.

    Concepts like best use practices, and sustainability require more than lip service.

    Light hearted or not, I only commented on the health aspects of processed food and the harm of food additives.

    Think of it this way, …I’m only suggesting substitutes for your recipe.  That’s usually an accepted practice, no?

  104. 104.

    Geminid

    Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull:

       “When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occasions, he’s like the 12-year-old boy that goes to school and meets the captain of the football team. It’s really creepy.”

    @wellsy57 posted this excerpt along with a 1:47 Tiktok video of Turnbull speaking to a TV panel.

    I found it on Laura Rozen’s Twitter feed just now. Rozen is a good aggregator of reliable reporting, including several items last night on the Gaza war, humanitarian relief, and War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz’s visit to Washington. Gantz will be meeting with Vice President Harris and National Security advisor Jake Sullivan, maybe some Congressional leaders as well.

  109. 109.

    Geminid

    @eclare: I wonder how they will cover Benny Gantz’s visit. Gantz is widely assumed to be Israel’s next Prime Minister, once the current government collapses. That event is not imminent, but it may not be far off either.

  111. 111.

    lowtechcyclist

    @NotMax:

    Imagine the childhood travail of growing up with a Voice-capable Bene Gesserit mother.

    “CLEAN YOUR ROOM.”
    “EAT YOUR SPINACH.“
    :)

    “PLACE YOUR ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA.”

    ;-)

  112. 112.

    eclare

    @Geminid:

    I don’t know, but the show has been critical of Bibi, blaming him for how successful the October 7 attack was.  I DVR it everyday, and I pick and choose what to watch, I will definitely watch those segments.

  114. 114.

    Geminid

    @eclare: The 6 am CBS radio news had a short clip of Trump bellowing at a Richmond rally last night. They noted that Governor Youngkin did not attend on account of “prior commitments.”

    The lead item was a report that a truce and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas may be imminent. The U.S., Egypt and Qatar really want to get this going before Ramadan begins March 8.

  116. 116.

    eclare

    @Geminid:

    One news source I checked this morning reported that Israel had agreed, and we were waiting on Hamas’ decision.  If Joe and his team really pull this off today or tomorrow, wow.

  117. 117.

    Geminid

    @NotMax: One key to Youngkin’s successful campaign for Governor in 2021 was fending off a Trump visit to Virginia. Trump had proven to be a potent GOTV force for Virginia Democrats during his presidency. Democrats hate him, most Independents dislike him, and many of the Republicans here are not enthusiasts.

    So I was glad that churl came yesterday. It likely meant another 10,000 votes for Nikki Haley on Tuesday.

  119. 119.

    Princess

    @Odie Hugh Manatee: I’ve never understood the Newsom adoration tbh. He’s a very good communicator for our team — I’ll definitely give him that. But I don’t trust him.

  121. 121.

    Geminid

    @eclare: Israeli journalist Barak Ravid does good reporting on this matter in Axios and on Twitter. Ravid has good sources in both the U.S. and Israeli governments.

    Al Jazeera is also good, especially because the Qatari government is a key party to the negotiations and Al Jazeera is owned by the Qatari government. Whenever Prime Minister al Thani has something important to say, an Al Jazeera reporter comes and very respectfully interviews him. The Qatari PM never has to worry about reporters shouting at him.

    Prime Minister al Thani has involved himself personally in these negotiations and serves as interlocutor with Hamas. CIA Director William Burns has represented the U.S., and Mossad head David Barnea reps the Israeli government. The fourth player is Egypt’s intelligence chief, representing President al Sissi. Some hard men working a hard problem.

  122. 122.

    Princess

    @AlaskaReader: You know, the only peculiar ingredients in here are the sodium Phosphate and alginate. The latter is for texture and the former is probably a preservative. Maltodextrin is just a type of sugar. All the others are standard cheese ingredients including calcium chloride which is in many cheeses whether on the label or not. I’m actually surprised it’s so natural!

  124. 124.

    eclare

    @Geminid:

    The Guardian is now reporting that Hamas says acceptance of the deal is up to the Israelis.

    Sounds like you have better sources.

  127. 127.

    Geminid

     

     

    @Baud: Many observers thought that President Biden jumped the gun then, and he may have. Evidently we now are close to a ceasefire but there are potential stumblig blocks.

    One is that while Hamas leaders in Qatar are negotiating it’s the leadership in Gaza that must deliver, and they might not want to or even be able to. And they may not agree as to numbers and status of the 400 prisoners Israel has offered to exchange for 40 abductees.

    Last December, the shorter truce and prisoner exchange hit a snag a couple days in. During a day’s hiatus a Qatari government plane flew into Ben Gurion airport. Speculation was that it was Qatari intelligence officials conferring directly with Hamas leaders in Gaza, and then with Israeli officials.

    Then the exchanges resumed, and the Qatari jet flew back home after stopping in Cyprus first. Qatari planes do not fly directly to or from Israel.

    This time negotiators are staying nearby in Egypt. Hamas representatives there presumably can contact the leadership holed up in southern Gaza.

  132. 132.

    AlaskaReader

    @Princess:…as noted before, …humans do often go a long way to justify continuing habits that aren’t in their best interests.

    Because many food additives are found in many foods doesn’t in any way speak to whether they should be there.

    Because of loopholes within the FDA’s regulations, corporations can ‘self certify’ additives and it’s only afterwards we find that many of those additives previously designated safe were and are anything but.

    Food is not food additives, food additives are most likely in processed food because it increases profits for corporations, not because they are safe for you to ingest.

    When we learn that accepted past practices are not safe as was imagined, it pays to pay attention to what the new information can tell us.

    Example, BHA was found in many foods for years before anyone tested it and found it was a major problem.

    PFAS are in the news and there was a time no one said they were unsafe.

    More here.

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