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Post by sweetpea on Oct 18, 2023 11:35:41 GMT -6
LOL who voted for Candice Miller to be Speaker? Anyway, the House is in recess. We shall see what happens next. Someone from Michigan. I had to google her name when I heard it
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Post by dc2london on Oct 18, 2023 11:38:42 GMT -6
LOL who voted for Candice Miller to be Speaker? Anyway, the House is in recess. We shall see what happens next. Someone from Michigan. I had to google her name when I heard it She used to be the Michigan SOS
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Post by byjove on Oct 18, 2023 11:56:35 GMT -6
Question about red dye #3: now that California has banned it, will food companies just take it out of all their products rather than have one set of products for California and one set for the rest of the country? It just seems cheaper and more efficient to take it out of every product a company sells. I would think it would have implications nationally.
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Post by byjove on Oct 18, 2023 12:48:40 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Oct 18, 2023 13:20:48 GMT -6
Question about red dye #3: now that California has banned it, will food companies just take it out of all their products rather than have one set of products for California and one set for the rest of the country? It just seems cheaper and more efficient to take it out of every product a company sells. Apple ditched lightning entirely bc they couldn’t put it in products sold in the EU so yeah, I think it will likely have an impact national. Of course, some companies will just elect to pull out of California, but that's a huge market to leave behind
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Post by dc2london on Oct 18, 2023 13:22:33 GMT -6
I will never forget when our taxi driver in Jamaica told us that McDonald's completely pulled out of the country rather than use ingredients compliant with Jamaican food standards. Just wild.
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Post by jaygee on Oct 18, 2023 13:37:06 GMT -6
I will never forget when our taxi driver in Jamaica told us that McDonald's completely pulled out of the country rather than use ingredients compliant with Jamaican food standards. Just wild. Lucky Jamaica!
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Post by Sweetjane on Oct 18, 2023 13:47:08 GMT -6
I will never forget when our taxi driver in Jamaica told us that McDonald's completely pulled out of the country rather than use ingredients compliant with Jamaican food standards. Just wild. Omg you just unlocked a memory for me! We once had a cab driver in Cuba that couldn't believe we had elected DT. He was aghast that Americans were so gullible.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 18, 2023 13:50:07 GMT -6
I will never forget when our taxi driver in Jamaica told us that McDonald's completely pulled out of the country rather than use ingredients compliant with Jamaican food standards. Just wild. Lucky Jamaica! My oldest was obsessed with the food there. He kept saying, "It's real food! Even the packaged food tastes good! The Ketchup tastes like actual tomatoes!"
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Post by jaygee on Oct 18, 2023 13:58:02 GMT -6
My oldest was obsessed with the food there. He kept saying, "It's real food! Even the packaged food tastes good! The Ketchup tastes like actual tomatoes!" I became obsessed with the Blue Mountain people who live into their hundreds basically on their natural environment. It’s pretty amazing. If I was Jamaica I’d say no thanks to the Golden Arches too.
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Post by fatpony on Oct 18, 2023 15:47:13 GMT -6
lol
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Post by dc2london on Oct 18, 2023 19:46:16 GMT -6
Ok actually, to be transparent, I can't find the source that led me to believe the cause for Mcdonald's pulling out of Jamaica, so I am probably totally wrong. I remember fact checking it at the time, but I also spent like 2 weeks locked in a tiny hotel room so my memory may not be totally accurate. I just don't want to be spreading falsehoods.
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Post by elle on Oct 18, 2023 19:53:49 GMT -6
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 19, 2023 3:02:17 GMT -6
Ok actually, to be transparent, I can't find the source that led me to believe the cause for Mcdonald's pulling out of Jamaica, so I am probably totally wrong. I remember fact checking it at the time, but I also spent like 2 weeks locked in a tiny hotel room so my memory may not be totally accurate. I just don't want to be spreading falsehoods. at a minimum I can confirm that macdonald's does alter recipes for different markets. It's often couched in matching the preferences of the market but it often has more to do with the food laws in other areas too.
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Post by downwarddog on Oct 19, 2023 6:34:30 GMT -6
Ok actually, to be transparent, I can't find the source that led me to believe the cause for Mcdonald's pulling out of Jamaica, so I am probably totally wrong. I remember fact checking it at the time, but I also spent like 2 weeks locked in a tiny hotel room so my memory may not be totally accurate. I just don't want to be spreading falsehoods. at a minimum I can confirm that macdonald's does alter recipes for different markets. It's often couched in matching the preferences of the market but it often has more to do with the food laws in other areas too. I spent a month in Vancouver in 2002 and I was so amazed that the McDonalds there had a veggie burger that you could sub on any burger. And it was really good! I never saw that anywhere else.
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Post by byjove on Oct 19, 2023 7:05:11 GMT -6
Tracks
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Post by dc2london on Oct 19, 2023 7:33:03 GMT -6
Apparently he was doing so much whining during the hearing yesterday the judge had to disrupt proceedings to ask him to STFU
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Post by dc2london on Oct 19, 2023 7:33:22 GMT -6
POTS is giving an Oval Office address this evening at 8 EST
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Post by byjove on Oct 19, 2023 7:55:56 GMT -6
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Post by trueblue on Oct 19, 2023 8:01:40 GMT -6
Sidney powell plead guilty in GA. 👀👀
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Post by dc2london on Oct 19, 2023 8:16:59 GMT -6
Sidney powell plead guilty in GA. 👀👀 I smell a plea deal
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Post by trueblue on Oct 19, 2023 8:59:46 GMT -6
Sidney powell plead guilty in GA. 👀👀 I smell a plea deal Looks like all the big charges were reduced and she’s left with 6yrs probation, a $6k fine ($1k for each count), $2700 in restitution, an apology letter to the citizens of GA, and truthful testimony in the case. One of the talking heads on CNN said the deal extend to the 1/6 case by the DOJ, where Powell is an unindicted co-conspirator but I don’t know if that’s accurate-perhaps just that her testimony in the GA case can be used as part of the federal voting interference case?
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Post by byjove on Oct 19, 2023 9:33:42 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Oct 19, 2023 9:34:20 GMT -6
Bluesky friends, can we start a list of people to follow? I'm having trouble trying to migrate my way over.
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Post by elle on Oct 19, 2023 9:35:44 GMT -6
Guess he's had his fill of humiliation.
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Post by elle on Oct 19, 2023 9:36:01 GMT -6
Bluesky friends, can we start a list of people to follow? I'm having trouble trying to migrate my way over. Good idea, I'm having the same issue.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 19, 2023 9:54:49 GMT -6
Guess he's had his fill of humiliation. First majority party Speaker designee in history to recently fewer than 200 votes
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Post by cnf on Oct 19, 2023 10:12:25 GMT -6
Guess he's had his fill of humiliation. First majority party Speaker designee in history to recently fewer than 200 votes Poor Gym, not as popular as your ego believed you to be. Much sad.
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Post by elle on Oct 19, 2023 10:24:53 GMT -6
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Post by PandaWatch on Oct 19, 2023 10:58:17 GMT -6
Things seem to be going well in the Republican Conference. Much array.
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