Misunderstanding from social media spurs rise in international student food bank visits (Apparently rich foreign students like free stuff... Maybe that's why they're rich?)
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CBC ^
| Nov 13, 2024 | Andrew Lupton
YouTube video suggested food banks could provide a regular supply of 'free' food instead of for emergenciesA misconception about how Canadian food banks operate — combined with some misleading information on social media — has led to a sudden increase in usage among international students at London, Ont.'s food bank along with
others in Canada. London Food Bank co-executive director Glen Pearson said his staff were already dealing with a 43 per cent increase in visits at the start of this school year when they began to notice a spike in food requests from post-secondary students. The London Food Bank...
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Aberdeen [Scotland]: once-rich oil city now relying on food banks
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Guardian UK ^
| 23 January 2016 | Terry Macalister
Local charities say food parcels have doubled in a year as people used to earning good money in the oil and gas sector have fallen on hard times __ Former oil workers are queuing up to use food banks in Aberdeen, formerly one of the UK’s most prosperous cities, as 12-year lows
in the price of crude this week propel the North Sea industry deeper into crisis. Hundreds of staff are being laid off every week as producers, drillers and service companies slash their spending in moves which are hurting local businesses, from estate agents to hoteliers and taxi drivers....
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Why Giving Food Stamps to the Rich Is Not a Terrible Idea
Every child in N.Y.C. public schools was given a $420 benefits card. The well-off should use theirs to support food banks. (NYT alert)
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New York Times ^
| September 18, 2020 | Ginia Bellafante
... The cards, known as P-EBT (for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer), are entirely legitimate. As
it happened, every child enrolled in public school in New York City would receive one regardless of family income. The program, which delivers $880 million to New York State, was paid for by the federal government, a result of the economic relief package passed by Congress in the earliest phases of the coronavirus outbreak. The sum of $420 was meant to equal the cost of meals that a child would have received in the spring had school been open. While the notion of people who...
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As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies
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NYTimes ^
| Oct.26.23 | Matthew Rosenberg and Maria Abi-Habib
Hamas has spent years stockpiling desperately needed fuel, food and medicine, as well as ammo and weapons, in the miles of tunnels it has carved out under Gaza. As supplies of virtually every basic human necessity dwindle in Gaza, one group in the besieged enclave remains well-stocked: Hamas. Arab and Western officials
say there is substance to Israeli claims of Hamas stockpiling supplies, including desperately needed food and fuel. Hamas, they say, has spent years building dozens of kilometers of tunnels under the strip where it has amassed stores of virtually everything needed for a drawn-out fight. It is a...
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A diet rich in protein, zinc and niacin and low in saturated fat makes blood vessels more flexible, research suggests (Reverse damaging cardio aging from food alone)
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Medical Xpress / European Association for the Study of Obesity / European Congress on Obesity (ECO) ^
| May 4, 2022 | Dr. Brurya Tal et al
A study has linked key nutrients, including protein, zinc and niacin, to improvements in heart health. Improvements
in metabolic and cardiovascular health seen during weight loss in people with obesity are traditionally attributed to either the weight loss itself or the accompanying changes in glucose, blood pressure or blood fats. Participants with metabolic syndrome and obesity (55.5% male, average age 53 years) were enrolled in a one-year intensive multidisciplinary weight loss program. Arterial wall stiffening is linked to a heightened risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and so blood vessel flexibility was used as a proxy for cardiovascular health. Three...
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The Event 201 for Food - Food Chain Reaction A Global Food Security Game (video)
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Brand NewTube ^
| 01/13/2021 | Center for American Progress
In November 2015, sixty-five international public and private sectors leaders participated in Food Chain Reaction, a simulation and role-playing exercise to improve our understanding of how governments, institutions, and private sector interests might interact to address a crisis in the global food system. Over
the course of two days, the players reacted to a scenario set five years in the future in a world where population growth, rapid urbanization, extreme weather and political crises combine to threaten global food security. By collaborating, negotiating, and confronting tradeoffs, they offered new insights into our food future. Findings from game will be announced...
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French food is now racist, according to professor who studies 'food whiteness' and 'food privileges'
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The Blaze ^
| July 2, 2021 | Dave Urbanski
Turns out French food — all those crunchy baguettes, tasty pastries, scrumptious cheeses, and fine wines — is racist, according to a law professor who studies "food whiteness" and "food privileges." What
are the details? The Times U.K. reported that a video of Mathilde Cohen discussing the issue for a seminar outside Paris is upsetting folks in France, as the paper noted that the country's cuisine is "seen as a cornerstone of the national identity." Cohen, who hails from the University of Connecticut School of Law, suggested that French eating habits reinforce the "dominance" of white people over ethnic minorities,...
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From Food Inflation to Food Shortages to Food Crisis to — Famine?
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The New American ^
| May 3, 2022 | William F. Jasper
Is famine in our future? Could
that possibly happen here in America, the land of prosperity and plenty?And, if the answer is “yes,” then how near might that awful future be? And what might be done to prevent or mitigate it? Right now, tens of millions of people in the world’s poorest countries are facing starvation. The blame for much of that human desolation can be laid squarely on the shoulders of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the national “health” bureaucracies that have used politicized “science” to force deadly lockdowns on...
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Rich vs. Fox on Seth Rich lawsuit. Request for Jillian Assange answers.
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SDNY ^
| 08/05/20 | SDNY
REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION OF 18 MARCH 1970 ON THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE ABROAD IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York presents its compliments to the Senior Master of the Royal Courts of Justice, and respectfully
requests international judicial assistance in accordance with the Hague Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (“Hague Convention”), as implemented into English law by the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 (the “1975 Act”), to obtain evidence in...
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Are You Rich? The Answer May Surprise You: What is considered rich? That depends on how you measure it – and the bar for that is changing.
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Kiplingers ^
| 12/16/2022 | NEALE GODFREY, FINANCIAL LITERACY EXPERT
This is a question that many people ask themselves in quiet moments but would never have enough nerve to say out loud. What
is considered rich? As it turns out, the definition seems to be changing.What’s the Dollar Figure for Being Considered Rich?How much money do you need to be considered rich? According to Schwab’s 2022 Modern Wealth Survey (opens in new tab), Americans believe it takes an average net worth of $2.2 million to qualify a person as being wealthy. (Net worth is the sum of your assets minus your liabilities.)To get a clearer picture of where you rank,...
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California food waste law proves heavy lift in small towns as fuel costs spike [Politicians said the new law would help food banks. But the people who actually run some food banks say it's hurting them.]
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Reuters ^
| April 8, 2022 | wNathan Frandino and Christopher Walljasper
CHICO, Calif., April 8 (Reuters) - A California law requiring grocery stores and restaurants to donate leftover food has been hard for local food banks and small towns to implement due to climbing fuel costs and uncertainty over who pays for food recovery. While
other states restrict food going into landfills, California is the first to require food be donated for human consumption. Food waste makes up a fifth of climate warming gas emissions in California dumps, according to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecyle). Implementing the new rules has been especially challenging in rural California. As...
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The following rich liberal hypocrites who criticized Trump’s “tax cuts for the rich” ...
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wordpress ^
| December 27, 2017 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
The following rich liberal hypocrites who criticized Trump’s “tax cuts for the rich†have all used legal tax shelters to legally lower their own taxes Liberals are criticizing Trump’s “tax cuts for the rich.†But
this is how these liberals actually behave. The following rich liberals have all used legal tax shelters to legally lower their own taxes. I am not criticizing their legal use of these legal tax shelters. I am criticizing their hypocrisy:Debbie Wasserman SchultzThe Weekly Standard reports:Disclosure forms reveal that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a member of Congress from Florida, previously held funds with investments...
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Why Many Rich People Are Frugal-Unusual mindset of many rich...and why you might want to adopt it
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Psychology Today's How To Do Life Blog ^
| March 6, 2015 | Marty Nemko Ph.D.
I have a client I'll call Linda Loaded. When making coffee, she is so frugal that she puts less coffee into the coffeemaker than she should and compensates by, when the coffee is ready, squeezing the filter with the hot grounds in her hand to get the concentrated coffee into her cup,
incurring a bit of pain. To save a few pennies. She is worth $10 million dollars. Not surprisingly, I asked her why she does it. LL: Being not wasteful is core to who I am, why I'm worth $10 million, and why I'm able to live a life...
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Obama slams the rich at the home of a guy named Rich Richman
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New York Times ^
| 10/09/2014 | Richard Johnson
President Obama blasted Republicans as the party of “billionaires” on Tuesday while mingling with high-rollers at the $26 million estate of Rich Richman — yes, that’s his real name — in Greenwich, Connectiut. Richman, who built his $10 billion company developing rental housing, lives in the Conyers Farm area, where the minimum
lot size is 10 acres. Twenty-five donors paid $32,400 each to get their photo taken with the president. Others paid $10,000 for dinner. While Obama was schmoozing — and the press pool was playing billiards in the basement — he was also soliciting donations for House Democrats in...
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Retraction: Aaron Rich and the murder of Seth Rich
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Washington Times ^
| September 30, 2018 | Washington Times Staff
The Washington Times published an op-ed column titled, “More cover-up questions: The curious murder of Seth Rich poses questions that just won’t stay under the official rug,” by Adm. James Lyons (Ret.) (the “Column”), on March 1 online and on March 2 in its paper editions. The
Column included statements about Aaron Rich, the brother of former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, that we now believe to be false. One such statement was that: “Interestingly, it is well known in the intelligence circles that Seth Rich and his brother, Aaron Rich, downloaded the DNC emails and was paid by...
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Joe Soucheray: Rich Democrats want us to abhor rich Republicans
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St. Paul Pioneer Press ^
| 11/1/14 | Joe Soucheray
Money certainly has been the villainous elephant in the room during another midterm bombardment of horrifically childish political advertising. Democrats
have used every trick in the book to paint their Republican opponents as blue blazer-wearing Chatsworth Osborne Juniors, with the Rick Nolan campaign, for example, smugly referring to Stewart Mills as Stewart Mills the Third, apparently because thirds, in a "Great Gatsby" kind of way, have all the dough. Nolan might be running the dumbest campaign in the history of campaigns. He is trying to tell the people of northern Minnesota, who might very well be employed at a Mills...
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Well that's a bit rich, Joe! Democrat Manchin looks down on protesters from his $700K yacht 'Almost Heaven' and tells them 'we're going to make the rich pay' while holding out on Biden's $3.5T budget bill
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UK Daily Mail ^
| October 2 2021 | RONNY REYES
Protesters and political activists rowed towards US Sen. Joe Manchin's yacht this week, demanding to know why the senator refuses to support President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill. In
a video capturing the exchange, Manchin, aboard his $700,000 house boat named Almost Heaven, assured the kayakers that Democrats were working to pass a reasonable bill. West Virginians waived signs saying 'don't sink out healthcare, and shouted at the Senator while he was aboard the vessel, which was moored on the Potomac River in Washington DC.
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Someone explain to Alexandria how most rich people get rich
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American Thinker ^
| 05/12/2019 | Douglas Hackleman
The first-term Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's ambitiously socialist Green New Deal to decarbonize the U.S. economy and create jobs isn't a metaphor for money — although it will require all of yours and much more just to attempt her utopian vision of a carbon-free world in which everyone is staked with a home,
food, transportation, higher education, and health care. Despite (or maybe because of) a degree in international relations and economics from Boston University, Ocasio-Cortez suffers from a core economic misunderstanding. In a phrase, it is her belief that the rich have money the poor would otherwise have. So she...
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Tax Donkeys: Rich Enough to Pay Most of the Taxes, Not Rich Enough to Buy Politicians
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OfTwoMinds.com ^
| May 8, 2015 | Charles Hugh Smith
Real political representation must be bought, just like everything else in a market economy.Mike Swanson (Wall Street Window) and I were discussing the difference between the 1% who earn $360,000 annually and up and those in the Oligarchy class--the .01% (our podcast: America's Nine Socio-Eco-Political Classes). The difference is the 1% remain
Tax Donkeys: they pay most of the Federal and state income taxes, but are not wealthy enough to buy political influence. In other words, the 1% (and indeed, the top 10%) have taxation but no representation. The political strings are pulled by a relative handful of super-wealthy individuals...
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Lawsuits Filed By Seth Rich’s Family Dismissed By Federal Judge–PLUS More Breaking News On Seth Rich
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IWB ^
| Ruby Henley
I know the parents of Seth Rich are very disappointed today, but they also may realize aspects of their son’s alleged murder are not going away. There
are too many unanswered questions, which are only multiplying. A Federal Judge in New York has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the parents of Seth Rich against Fox News and other parties. To be quite honest, it would be naïve to think the public would not want this story reported. There is something very strange in the fact any family could think they could suppress the media in this ‘full of holes’ non-investigation....
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