You're like the FOX commentator screaming "why isnt the black community condemning this crime?" or "why isn't the Muslim community condemning this crime?" when no one asks that of white people when a white christian commits a terrible crime.
But yet everything you quote there is correct. Castro did indeed create an amazing medical system for a third world nation and their education system isnt so bad. He was also a very skilled orator. I have zero love of communism and little love for Castro (I do admire his medical system) but Trudeau did not utter a single falsehood there.
Maybe you should examine your own intellect if you're questing Trudeau on that point.
Hillary was most certainly a moderate democrat. If that's not obvious you don't know what moderate democrat means. I have no interest in debating competent with you as it would require too much of my time.
Really? The Republicans have been getting nuttier and nastier for years. Mainstream Republicans used to believe government could and should do at least some things. With what gerrymandering has brought us most Republicans tack far right to avoid challenges from the most active elements of their own party because they don't have to worry about Democratic challengers.
A place where "anyone" can lead is a good thing? Please, there's plenty of idiots in this country and a rabid nationalist who has no experience is not a strong candidate.
"In any case during the campaign Trump (and all his faults) were compared to Clinton (and all her faults) and in a majority of states voters thought the later was worse. What is the the problem ?"
Well the problem is that the majority of Americans (you know, the country the president governs) didn't choose Trump, they chose Hilary. The electoral college is a travesty that lets 10 or so states decide our presidential elections. And no, before you mention it, it is not empowering the small states at all as half of the top ten most populous states are swing states.
Oh and being hated by your party's elite doesnt automatically mean good (although I too share some frustrations with our two main parties). It could mean he's not fit to govern ("gosh, I didn't know being president would be so hard! Maybe I should spend 8 years of presidential vacation years in one, playing golf at my resorts)
Cheers to you sir, you win the grasp on reality award for the evening! Regional gun laws are indeed crap but not because gun laws are crap. It's because guns just come in from elsewhere.
And yet gun violence is massively lower in most of Europe. It's a lot harder to get guns into Europe from those areas then it is to bring guns over state lines in the US thus gun violence rates are far lower. It then follows both logically and in a literal statistical fashion that homicides are lower because it's a good bit harder to kill someone with a knife then a gun (which essentially a point and click device).
I find wearing headphones (something kind of large that covers the ear, not earbuds or anything) scares off a lot of interruptions. If i'm doing something light I might even have music playing on them but most of them time they're just for show.
You (quite innocently I'm sure) left out at least one option. Russia performed the hack and planted false emails in the release because they didnt have any good dirt and some one fucked up a little in making the fakes.
As noted before, I'm sure it was a completely innocent mistake that you left out the biggest running theory right now as to what happened and the one the casts Russia in a poor light.
Obamacare was never intended to lower everyone's insurance prices and Id be willing to bet a shit ton of money that your insurance rates were going up before Obama Care.
"I wouldn't say this has "suddenly became a problem", either. It's been a problem in development, steadily getting worse, for several decades"
Depends on what your timeline is. In the context of human history, a few decades is rather sudden.
Also, slashdot had a great posting maybe a year ago that I've lost track of and dont have time to look up about a huge Israeli study in regards to nutrition that was showing some interesting results in regards to how relative to the individual how the body processes food is. One persons blood sugar would spike with a slice of whole wheat while anothers would not. Differences in gut bacteria was the culprit although the study was still ongoing as of the article I think. Anyways, it'll be interesting to see what comes of people finally looking at the bacteria in our bodies considering it makes up so much of us.
Oh, I see. You're making up a fantasy scenario to support your claim now. Where's your data?
There have always been outliers of people who live longer then everyone else around them. That fact is the norm was to die young for paleolithic man and that norm continued through the agricultural revolution and up until the 20th century when people started eating more varied diets.
Right, so Democrats are bad because even though they talk about helping people they MUST be only doing it to create more dependants. And the reason this has to be their motive is...? Because you say so?
And let me guess, modern conservatives keep it real by straight up telling us they dont think social programs should exist and whose only plans seem to all revolve around shoveling money at rich folks to the benefit of no one else and are thus the good guys?
I'd like to remind you, we're arguing over a food group that has made up the majority of almost every cultures diet since well before anyone ever thought obesity could possibly be a problem for society. Please, tell me how for thousands of years (including many decades which historians would categorize as the "modern era") did humans ever survive on such horrible food without getting fat before it all of a sudden became a problem.
Sorry, you havent sold me a bit. If a state is going to take federal money it cant bitch and moan about strings being attached. It's the state's job to take care of this shit, if they aren't doing a good enough job it's not the federal government's fault.
"You're basically telling me facts don't matter unless they're accepted by a specific person."
No, what I'm telling you is that I'm not going to simply take your word for things. Virtually every major diet considered healthy features plenty of veggies.
Whole grains are most certainly not as close to bleached as you make out and serve as a good substitute for a staple of the American diet. Or in other words, a food the entire world has been consuming in massive amounts for thousands of years, well before any form of obesity epidemic or many of the health issues that have come up that people try to solve by cutting out grains, is probably not that horrible to eat.
" Child mortality obviously has little to do with dietary choices."
That is the core of your point and is so blatantly wrong I dont understand how you can say it. Malnutrition almost never equals death directly, what it does equal is being weaker and less able to defend oneself from disease, parasites, and environmental dangers all of which we have very neat solutions to nowadays so that even if you're weak you still probably wont die from any of these hazards.
How about I turn about another way? What explains the high child mortality rates you want to cut from the equation?
Pasta: the last time I ate pasta was in stir fry I made and yes, roughly it was a small serving size. I do lots of veggies and meat.
Sandwich: The last sandwich I ate was a single slice of whole grain folded over sardines. This, along with whatever produce I have sitting around, is my standard fast meal for when I don't have time or don't want to cook. I keep the bread in the freezer so it wont go bad.
Cereal: I dont eat cereal
I also basically dont eat desert items outside of holidays, birthdays (I prefer to not be rude by refusing food everyone else is eating by telling them it's not healthy) and the rare ice cream treat I quite happily enjoy.
No, you're eliminating data points to accommodate your world view. That's great you want to harbor your delusions but please keep them to yourself and refrain from voting.
Yes, I read all of that and was aware prior to me ever talking to you and I still think you're sticking to your guns about making up numbers rather then doing proper comparisons. I worked in a rather nice grocery store for a few years that has a very nice bakery. If you think more healthy carbs are the only thing people pig out on you're deluding yourself.
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You're like the FOX commentator screaming "why isnt the black community condemning this crime?" or "why isn't the Muslim community condemning this crime?" when no one asks that of white people when a white christian commits a terrible crime.
But yet everything you quote there is correct. Castro did indeed create an amazing medical system for a third world nation and their education system isnt so bad. He was also a very skilled orator. I have zero love of communism and little love for Castro (I do admire his medical system) but Trudeau did not utter a single falsehood there.
Maybe you should examine your own intellect if you're questing Trudeau on that point.
Hillary was most certainly a moderate democrat. If that's not obvious you don't know what moderate democrat means. I have no interest in debating competent with you as it would require too much of my time.
Really? The Republicans have been getting nuttier and nastier for years. Mainstream Republicans used to believe government could and should do at least some things. With what gerrymandering has brought us most Republicans tack far right to avoid challenges from the most active elements of their own party because they don't have to worry about Democratic challengers.
A place where "anyone" can lead is a good thing? Please, there's plenty of idiots in this country and a rabid nationalist who has no experience is not a strong candidate.
"In any case during the campaign Trump (and all his faults) were compared to Clinton (and all her faults) and in a majority of states voters thought the later was worse. What is the the problem ?"
Well the problem is that the majority of Americans (you know, the country the president governs) didn't choose Trump, they chose Hilary. The electoral college is a travesty that lets 10 or so states decide our presidential elections. And no, before you mention it, it is not empowering the small states at all as half of the top ten most populous states are swing states.
Oh and being hated by your party's elite doesnt automatically mean good (although I too share some frustrations with our two main parties). It could mean he's not fit to govern ("gosh, I didn't know being president would be so hard! Maybe I should spend 8 years of presidential vacation years in one, playing golf at my resorts)
Cheers to you sir, you win the grasp on reality award for the evening! Regional gun laws are indeed crap but not because gun laws are crap. It's because guns just come in from elsewhere.
And yet gun violence is massively lower in most of Europe. It's a lot harder to get guns into Europe from those areas then it is to bring guns over state lines in the US thus gun violence rates are far lower. It then follows both logically and in a literal statistical fashion that homicides are lower because it's a good bit harder to kill someone with a knife then a gun (which essentially a point and click device).
I find wearing headphones (something kind of large that covers the ear, not earbuds or anything) scares off a lot of interruptions. If i'm doing something light I might even have music playing on them but most of them time they're just for show.
You (quite innocently I'm sure) left out at least one option. Russia performed the hack and planted false emails in the release because they didnt have any good dirt and some one fucked up a little in making the fakes.
As noted before, I'm sure it was a completely innocent mistake that you left out the biggest running theory right now as to what happened and the one the casts Russia in a poor light.
Write a sentence properly, someday, please.
Obamacare was never intended to lower everyone's insurance prices and Id be willing to bet a shit ton of money that your insurance rates were going up before Obama Care.
"I wouldn't say this has "suddenly became a problem", either. It's been a problem in development, steadily getting worse, for several decades"
Depends on what your timeline is. In the context of human history, a few decades is rather sudden.
Also, slashdot had a great posting maybe a year ago that I've lost track of and dont have time to look up about a huge Israeli study in regards to nutrition that was showing some interesting results in regards to how relative to the individual how the body processes food is. One persons blood sugar would spike with a slice of whole wheat while anothers would not. Differences in gut bacteria was the culprit although the study was still ongoing as of the article I think. Anyways, it'll be interesting to see what comes of people finally looking at the bacteria in our bodies considering it makes up so much of us.
No, I'm not surprised that people are dumb and self entitled enough to get upset with strings being attached to free help.
Oh, I see. You're making up a fantasy scenario to support your claim now. Where's your data?
There have always been outliers of people who live longer then everyone else around them. That fact is the norm was to die young for paleolithic man and that norm continued through the agricultural revolution and up until the 20th century when people started eating more varied diets.
Right, so Democrats are bad because even though they talk about helping people they MUST be only doing it to create more dependants. And the reason this has to be their motive is...? Because you say so?
And let me guess, modern conservatives keep it real by straight up telling us they dont think social programs should exist and whose only plans seem to all revolve around shoveling money at rich folks to the benefit of no one else and are thus the good guys?
I'd like to remind you, we're arguing over a food group that has made up the majority of almost every cultures diet since well before anyone ever thought obesity could possibly be a problem for society. Please, tell me how for thousands of years (including many decades which historians would categorize as the "modern era") did humans ever survive on such horrible food without getting fat before it all of a sudden became a problem.
Sorry, you havent sold me a bit. If a state is going to take federal money it cant bitch and moan about strings being attached. It's the state's job to take care of this shit, if they aren't doing a good enough job it's not the federal government's fault.
"You're basically telling me facts don't matter unless they're accepted by a specific person."
No, what I'm telling you is that I'm not going to simply take your word for things. Virtually every major diet considered healthy features plenty of veggies.
Whole grains are most certainly not as close to bleached as you make out and serve as a good substitute for a staple of the American diet. Or in other words, a food the entire world has been consuming in massive amounts for thousands of years, well before any form of obesity epidemic or many of the health issues that have come up that people try to solve by cutting out grains, is probably not that horrible to eat.
"Telling kids they cant eat junk food is hard!" :(((((((((((((((
Give me a break... Try some parenting.
Sure, there are tons of healthy diets that include the nachos and and tatter tots that have been served in school for years.
Get a clue...
" Child mortality obviously has little to do with dietary choices."
That is the core of your point and is so blatantly wrong I dont understand how you can say it. Malnutrition almost never equals death directly, what it does equal is being weaker and less able to defend oneself from disease, parasites, and environmental dangers all of which we have very neat solutions to nowadays so that even if you're weak you still probably wont die from any of these hazards.
How about I turn about another way? What explains the high child mortality rates you want to cut from the equation?
Oh, and let me answer your questions.
Pasta: the last time I ate pasta was in stir fry I made and yes, roughly it was a small serving size. I do lots of veggies and meat.
Sandwich: The last sandwich I ate was a single slice of whole grain folded over sardines. This, along with whatever produce I have sitting around, is my standard fast meal for when I don't have time or don't want to cook. I keep the bread in the freezer so it wont go bad.
Cereal: I dont eat cereal
I also basically dont eat desert items outside of holidays, birthdays (I prefer to not be rude by refusing food everyone else is eating by telling them it's not healthy) and the rare ice cream treat I quite happily enjoy.
No, you're eliminating data points to accommodate your world view. That's great you want to harbor your delusions but please keep them to yourself and refrain from voting.
Answer my question, If I offer you 5 bucks and say you can only spend it on health food, am I extorting you?
Yes, I read all of that and was aware prior to me ever talking to you and I still think you're sticking to your guns about making up numbers rather then doing proper comparisons. I worked in a rather nice grocery store for a few years that has a very nice bakery. If you think more healthy carbs are the only thing people pig out on you're deluding yourself.