Your neighbor is EVERYONE!! Somebody needs to school these Christian Nationalist because it looks like they don't even know the basics of acting like a Christian. God, you have your work cut out for you!!! Thank you, God!! Amen! Awomen!
Oh Beloved, God's work is OUR work. If WE are kind and responsible, WE have the absolute right to call them out. If I must abide, so too must they. If I must sacrifice, so too must they. the republicans have lost their compass: admiring the reflection like Narcsisis
I lived in farm country in CA. Those people who tend the fields and harvest the crops have really tough jobs. I tried picking grapes and couldn't do it. Too damn hard. The living conditions were not great for these people either. Most I knew had to follow crops to make a living, which meant moving frequently. I saw little kids in the fields because they had no childcare.
We have cheap food. It may not always feel like it, but we have grown to expect all fruits and veggies all year around, which jacks up our prices.
Point being, farm workers are essential to our society. We need to treat them well.
Another report that a pregnant woman suffering from a miscarriage bled to death in Texas! Again, 10-15% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage as it is nature’s way to rid the body of a malformed fetus! An Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics here.
This SOOOO hurts my heart, I just CAN’T with the replicantz… Who the fuck do they think they are??? WOMEN ARE DYING because…??? How does someone else have the right to object to YOUR LIFE over a non-viable birth? This is absolutely despotic, draconian-era bullshit.
The deity apparently ends about 25% of pregnancies in miscarriage — many before the woman even knows she's pregnant. (With many other animals you have 6 or so progeny per litter and expect almost all of them to perish.) The woman however must have been pretty successful. She made it to adulthood and was fertile … and was neither intended nor suitable for nature's detritus pile. SHAME.
Wookie Monster, I don't think they were warned. If in fact a person only knows Fox, News Max, Infowars or whatever, there was no warning. Not excusing it, but too many Americans get all of their opinions from TV. Reading different points of view to form opinions went away a long time ago.
Even our Cronkites of news reporting were just headlines. TV took over educating one's self.
Just wait till the next hurricane hits the US and see how much those undocumented construction workers are missed!!! After Katrina hit and people started to rebuild, they were everywhere. Only a fraction of the rebuilding would have gotten done without them.
Super Grape Cheat Mode here. I have a small grape vine of my own right at the front door. I can get away with opening the front door, reaching out and plucking a fresh bunch of grapes.
However, what we really need to do is get some messaging out to those that did listen that are going to be hurt by these things on how to prepare themselves. A small tomato plant in a small pot can be put out and do well on most doorsteps. Small herbs indoors. We heed to teach how to Garden with min space and effort/time. It's easy and it's just sharing the knowledge.
Most humans are so used to life on easy mode that even a bag of rice seems scary for them. We need to spread the hidden knowledge of things like a used yard sale crock pot and how to make cheap, healthy filling meals with em. How to spend 5 minutes prepping something in the pot the night before and have a big meal ready the next day. The basics of a bicycle, that the public transit isn't scary, and to talk to neighbors and check on each other.
Me, I've got a very good seed supply and a large enough garden area to make use of it and extra pots to go around..
I love your thinking here. I live in a community where it's of farming goes on and have a small veggie garden myself. I barter with my local farmers often- rides, babysitting, whatever - and receive meats and other foods (veggies, pies, etc.) in return. In line with your idea of learning to produce food with minimal time/money, do you know of any sources of info on that? Any websites or books that you might recommend?
This guy is one I follow, all kinds of excellent ideas and tips. I'm hoping to get some larger area I can do more with in the upcoming years. I have a large space, but current health struggles do not allow me to make the most of it like I should though.
It was 1965. Sec. of Labor, Willard Wirtz, announced the formation of his A-TEAM = Athletes in Temporary Employment as Agricultural Manpower. (Ain't that a fancy title!?)
He claimed 20,000 young men would replace the Mexican farm workers (the Bracero Program) and harvest our crops for us.
No need for migrant Mexican workers when we had strapping American Anglos to do the work!
The fruits and vegetables that did manage to make it to market looked like Lizzie Borden and her Band of Butchers did the harvesting and the ghastly remains were sold at premium prices.
Also, the precious White boys of this illustrious team, with their pale skin and tender hands, quit within a few days. They'd recruit more in their place, they'd throw in the towel...lather, rinse and repeat.
Farmers were not happy. Consumers were not happy. Those poor, soft White boys of the A-TEAM were not happy.
In case you want to read more (and I hope the link works):
Will they ever learn??? This happens time and time again. Definition of insane is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
Pundits are ignoring the reality that tRump lies, constantly, and his MAGAt don’t mind at all. It’s ’reality TV’. You know it is scripted (poorly), posed, and the basket ingredients aren’t really a surprise, just like the timing and countdown are staged for effect. It’s more entertaining that way. tRump can change his mind and they will call it genius. They all agree that he never lies and never concedes so it’s all part of the plan (or concept of a plan),
The "China Virus" bullshit caused real problems for Asians where I live. Serious stuff. Brown people will be subjected to horrible shit. Won't matter who they are.
Oh, agreed. That went on everywhere. Yes, brown people, no matter who they are. Remember 9/11, when the idiots attacked Sikhs, thinking they were Arabs, which would have been wrong, too? Jeez, we ARE in idiocracy.
I think it's time to edit my "No Farmers No Food" bumper sticker to read "No Racist Farmers' Food For Me." Let them pound dirt. It's all they're going to have left, and hopefully they'll lose that when they go bellyup because they have no one to work the land/harvest the crops.
There are still farmers who are not corporate owned. There are still farmers who are not racist. I only know farmers who are small and grow organic food. Local and not MAGAts. I dunno how much of the small farm industry that is. Just saying.
My heart goes out to all the temporary foreign workers and undocumented migrant workers who come to work the backbreaking jobs. They are just trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. However, actions have consequences. So if all the foolish ( I’m being polite here) people who voted for the orange faced guy suddenly find their food prices are higher or harder to find, well, you won’t find any sympathy from me.
You know, they just don't get it. I remember a time back when I believe Florida threatened deportation of farm workers and they just didn't show up. A farmer got a few "Americans" to apply - one came, worked about half an hour and quit because it was too hard. Yeah, the immigration system is really broken when an incoming president can protect his immigrant wife and her family from deportation, but others who are less fortunate.....welll...they are less fortunate. tRump is turning the US into a $#it hole country and he hasn't even taken the oath of office yet. God help us! Please!
I remember also that Alabama passed a "show me your papers" law some years back, and the same thing happened. Crops rotted in the fields because the immigrants wouldn't go there.
Fully agree--I used to teach migrant kids and talked at length with their families. Here's the rub, Lord--does Old MacDonald really exist now, and if not, is most farming corporate? And with that, would the Yam backpedal like someone at the Tour de France who overshot the finish line and go on talking about the concept of how it will be done by midterm? Someone tell me if I'm wrong! Meanwhile, can't wait until my bougie racist relatives can't afford lettuce.
Never fear, poor USans. Remember that Melon Husk and RummyTummy are planning to sack many tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of gummint workers. You scoop them up with those massive shovel trucks as in "Soylent Green" and run 'em out to the farmland. The ones that haven't died you dump in the fields to do the slave work. The b*st*rds that have bin and gone and died on you you mince up for compost (keeping the best bits for your kranskies).
Your neighbor is EVERYONE!! Somebody needs to school these Christian Nationalist because it looks like they don't even know the basics of acting like a Christian. God, you have your work cut out for you!!! Thank you, God!! Amen! Awomen!
Oh Beloved, God's work is OUR work. If WE are kind and responsible, WE have the absolute right to call them out. If I must abide, so too must they. If I must sacrifice, so too must they. the republicans have lost their compass: admiring the reflection like Narcsisis
Good afternoon JFC.
I lived in farm country in CA. Those people who tend the fields and harvest the crops have really tough jobs. I tried picking grapes and couldn't do it. Too damn hard. The living conditions were not great for these people either. Most I knew had to follow crops to make a living, which meant moving frequently. I saw little kids in the fields because they had no childcare.
We have cheap food. It may not always feel like it, but we have grown to expect all fruits and veggies all year around, which jacks up our prices.
Point being, farm workers are essential to our society. We need to treat them well.
Oh yeah thanks.
Another report that a pregnant woman suffering from a miscarriage bled to death in Texas! Again, 10-15% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage as it is nature’s way to rid the body of a malformed fetus! An Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics here.
This SOOOO hurts my heart, I just CAN’T with the replicantz… Who the fuck do they think they are??? WOMEN ARE DYING because…??? How does someone else have the right to object to YOUR LIFE over a non-viable birth? This is absolutely despotic, draconian-era bullshit.
empty barrels make the most noise.
The deity apparently ends about 25% of pregnancies in miscarriage — many before the woman even knows she's pregnant. (With many other animals you have 6 or so progeny per litter and expect almost all of them to perish.) The woman however must have been pretty successful. She made it to adulthood and was fertile … and was neither intended nor suitable for nature's detritus pile. SHAME.
Your bona fides aside, do you have a link or reference.
Hannah, the British National Health Service states 1 in 8 pregnancies end in miscarriage which is 12.5%. Check out their website.
I believe the statistic. I should have been more clear. I meant the woman that you referred to.
Thank you for responding.
The report was on MSNBC this afternoon.
Thanks, no wonder I missed it. I can find it there. Thanks.
They were warned. They did not listen. Now we will all pay the price.
Wookie Monster, I don't think they were warned. If in fact a person only knows Fox, News Max, Infowars or whatever, there was no warning. Not excusing it, but too many Americans get all of their opinions from TV. Reading different points of view to form opinions went away a long time ago.
Even our Cronkites of news reporting were just headlines. TV took over educating one's self.
Construction companies in Texas are also up in arms, because they depend so heavily on undocumented workers. #FAFO
Just wait till the next hurricane hits the US and see how much those undocumented construction workers are missed!!! After Katrina hit and people started to rebuild, they were everywhere. Only a fraction of the rebuilding would have gotten done without them.
The fact that us rich Americans are subsidized by underpaid foreigners is shameful.
Due to the greed of capitalism. Ever it has been so.
The Grapes of Wrath was about Americans starving and paying other Americans nothing to pick the grapes.
Super Grape Cheat Mode here. I have a small grape vine of my own right at the front door. I can get away with opening the front door, reaching out and plucking a fresh bunch of grapes.
However, what we really need to do is get some messaging out to those that did listen that are going to be hurt by these things on how to prepare themselves. A small tomato plant in a small pot can be put out and do well on most doorsteps. Small herbs indoors. We heed to teach how to Garden with min space and effort/time. It's easy and it's just sharing the knowledge.
Most humans are so used to life on easy mode that even a bag of rice seems scary for them. We need to spread the hidden knowledge of things like a used yard sale crock pot and how to make cheap, healthy filling meals with em. How to spend 5 minutes prepping something in the pot the night before and have a big meal ready the next day. The basics of a bicycle, that the public transit isn't scary, and to talk to neighbors and check on each other.
Me, I've got a very good seed supply and a large enough garden area to make use of it and extra pots to go around..
I love your thinking here. I live in a community where it's of farming goes on and have a small veggie garden myself. I barter with my local farmers often- rides, babysitting, whatever - and receive meats and other foods (veggies, pies, etc.) in return. In line with your idea of learning to produce food with minimal time/money, do you know of any sources of info on that? Any websites or books that you might recommend?
This guy is one I follow, all kinds of excellent ideas and tips. I'm hoping to get some larger area I can do more with in the upcoming years. I have a large space, but current health struggles do not allow me to make the most of it like I should though.
https://www.youtube.com/@Selfsufficientme
Thanks so much for this!
It's oh so terribly horrifying. The goal really is to strike fear into the hearts of people only striving to find a better life. I'm ashamed.
Maybe those family farms are not so family friendly…national corporate sin called greed🥺
Family-friendly is basically now a euphemism for christofascist-friendly.
It was 1965. Sec. of Labor, Willard Wirtz, announced the formation of his A-TEAM = Athletes in Temporary Employment as Agricultural Manpower. (Ain't that a fancy title!?)
He claimed 20,000 young men would replace the Mexican farm workers (the Bracero Program) and harvest our crops for us.
No need for migrant Mexican workers when we had strapping American Anglos to do the work!
The fruits and vegetables that did manage to make it to market looked like Lizzie Borden and her Band of Butchers did the harvesting and the ghastly remains were sold at premium prices.
Also, the precious White boys of this illustrious team, with their pale skin and tender hands, quit within a few days. They'd recruit more in their place, they'd throw in the towel...lather, rinse and repeat.
Farmers were not happy. Consumers were not happy. Those poor, soft White boys of the A-TEAM were not happy.
In case you want to read more (and I hope the link works):
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/31/634442195/when-the-u-s-government-tried-to-replace-migrant-farmworkers-with-high-schoolers
Will they ever learn??? This happens time and time again. Definition of insane is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
I tried picking grapes. It was too damn hard. Didn't last a day. No, wasn't part of that stupid plan.
Pundits are ignoring the reality that tRump lies, constantly, and his MAGAt don’t mind at all. It’s ’reality TV’. You know it is scripted (poorly), posed, and the basket ingredients aren’t really a surprise, just like the timing and countdown are staged for effect. It’s more entertaining that way. tRump can change his mind and they will call it genius. They all agree that he never lies and never concedes so it’s all part of the plan (or concept of a plan),
Yes, I think that could be what's coming. Meanwhile, the Yam has made it OK for racists to bug any Latin-looking human about their citizenship.
The "China Virus" bullshit caused real problems for Asians where I live. Serious stuff. Brown people will be subjected to horrible shit. Won't matter who they are.
Oh, agreed. That went on everywhere. Yes, brown people, no matter who they are. Remember 9/11, when the idiots attacked Sikhs, thinking they were Arabs, which would have been wrong, too? Jeez, we ARE in idiocracy.
I think it's time to edit my "No Farmers No Food" bumper sticker to read "No Racist Farmers' Food For Me." Let them pound dirt. It's all they're going to have left, and hopefully they'll lose that when they go bellyup because they have no one to work the land/harvest the crops.
There are still farmers who are not corporate owned. There are still farmers who are not racist. I only know farmers who are small and grow organic food. Local and not MAGAts. I dunno how much of the small farm industry that is. Just saying.
My heart goes out to all the temporary foreign workers and undocumented migrant workers who come to work the backbreaking jobs. They are just trying to make a better life for themselves and their families. However, actions have consequences. So if all the foolish ( I’m being polite here) people who voted for the orange faced guy suddenly find their food prices are higher or harder to find, well, you won’t find any sympathy from me.
You know, they just don't get it. I remember a time back when I believe Florida threatened deportation of farm workers and they just didn't show up. A farmer got a few "Americans" to apply - one came, worked about half an hour and quit because it was too hard. Yeah, the immigration system is really broken when an incoming president can protect his immigrant wife and her family from deportation, but others who are less fortunate.....welll...they are less fortunate. tRump is turning the US into a $#it hole country and he hasn't even taken the oath of office yet. God help us! Please!
I remember also that Alabama passed a "show me your papers" law some years back, and the same thing happened. Crops rotted in the fields because the immigrants wouldn't go there.
AMEN! Awoman!
Fully agree--I used to teach migrant kids and talked at length with their families. Here's the rub, Lord--does Old MacDonald really exist now, and if not, is most farming corporate? And with that, would the Yam backpedal like someone at the Tour de France who overshot the finish line and go on talking about the concept of how it will be done by midterm? Someone tell me if I'm wrong! Meanwhile, can't wait until my bougie racist relatives can't afford lettuce.
Never fear, poor USans. Remember that Melon Husk and RummyTummy are planning to sack many tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of gummint workers. You scoop them up with those massive shovel trucks as in "Soylent Green" and run 'em out to the farmland. The ones that haven't died you dump in the fields to do the slave work. The b*st*rds that have bin and gone and died on you you mince up for compost (keeping the best bits for your kranskies).
Fixed! The Rump will fix everything, right?