The Frankish Reich

The point about not killing bees is important too.

The other point I'm trying to make is that even assuming that glyphosate is toxic, that toxicity is limited to those applying it, those inhaling it downwind, etc. There is no study showing that plants grown in soil previously treated with glyphosate show such toxicity. Did the American farmer jump into glyphosate overuse without sufficient study or oversight? Absolutely. And the marketing by Monsanto was aggressive and treated it as basically risk-free - I think they invented the term "conservation tillage" which means "kill the weeds with Roundup instead of deep tilling the soil before planting." I lived in the upper Midwest back in the day and those commercials aimed at farmers were a daily thing.

Well, you're right about that - the idea that the farm/agribusiness lobby protects glyphosate. But again, the alternatives aren't great, and some (particularly for noncommercial users) may actually be worse. I am convinced that the "reformulated" Roundup you can get in Home Depot today is quite a bit worse. https://foe.org/news/new-roundup-weedkiller-45-times-more-toxic/

Looks to me like the judge will dismiss charges against Comey and James as improperly initiated. For Comey, I think that takes the alleged perjury outside the statute of limitations and he is out of the woods.

Roundup (glyphosate) works. Really well. And it doesn't remain active in the soil, so if you use it correctly (to kill off an invasive weed) it is far less harmful than many competing herbicides. The ordinary homeowner who uses glyphosate probably bears almost zero risk, again, if used properly. Commercial farms may be a different story because they are using huge amounts on an annual basis. But again: tradeoffs. Glyphosate allows farmers to use conservation tillage and to greatly reduced soil erosion, which over the long term threatens American farmers more than any Argentina ever will. So Bayer changed the formulation of consumer (not farmer) Roundup to a different chemical. I noticed that after I bought it this year and it didn't work very well. Thankfully I noticed before I used it around my vegetable garden; the replacement chemical DOES remain active in the soil for weeks. And it works less well so people will likely use more of it. I don't think that's progress. Me? I use 30% vinegar whenever I can. Cheap and Immediate weed killer and makes my yard smell like cheap vinaigrette dressing, which I kind of like. Roundup for the invasive stuff caused by my idiot neighbor not killing her goat head thorn weed, which punctures my bike tires. In other words, be a smart consumer, but don't ban something that causes people to switch to something worse. (by the way, Agent Orange was not glyphosate)

I don't think I've watched Seth Meyers for years. Past my bedtime. Thank you for the reminder, Mr. President. I will put him on "record all episodes" right now.

Agreed. There's room for some plays on offense for a guy that fast (I'm assuming he hasn't lost significant speed)

Shavers, Palmer, Gabe - not a moment too soon. What an improvement. Maybe Samuel too or is that asking too much?

How did it take this team until mid-November to work in new receivers?

I'd throw Bosa in that dumpster too.

Weirdly enjoyable game.

Which 2018 #1 draft pick QB will be the first to win a Super Bowl? Sadly, not either Josh.

Defense: talent is just lacking. Offense: yeah, injuries, but no real excuse.

Who was #40 next to Maguire?

Somehow Tarheel fails to comprehend that his heroes Patel and Bongino characterize the Beck's reporting as "grossly inaccurate." And his next post repeats that "grossly inaccurate" reporting. One might conclude that he's just plain dumb. Now onto the Bills.

So you're saying that favors us since we don't have this "downfield passing game" thing.

Yeah, that's the way it's done here. Sorry for sliding into the style known as "argument."

So here's where I stand because it's where the evidence takes me. -Trump has playfully commented a couple of times on Epstein. The first was the famous "Jeffrey loves women, a lot of them on the younger side." Then we saw the weird birthday book submission referring to every day being a new special secret. There was no indication of any disdain regarding Epstein's behavior; it was more like this is our own little thing. - the recently released 2011 Jeffrey-Ghislaine email - created long before the Presidential run - talks about Trump as a frequent visitor. - Trump himself has made weird creepy comments about his own teenage daughter. He has deliberately put himself in situations where he is around underage models (Miss Teen America, etc) and has been known to cop a look at them as they are partly clothed - We just saw new details of Matt Gaetz's 17 year old "escort." The basic facts surrounding this sordid tale have been well known in Congress for quite some time. Yet Trump nominated him to be Attorney General. Conclusion: Trump doesn't think that this was a big deal. Lots of guys do that. Himself? - He has said that when you're famous, you can do whatever you want. - He has had at least one (and where there's one there's usually more) with an "adult film actress" - someone who had sex for money, commonly known as a prostitute. He is not exactly the classic happily married man; he is a serial creeper - Virginia Giuffre killed herself, but before that had said nothing untoward happened between herself and Trump - Trump also has the known practice of paying off people who could release embarrassing information about him Conclusion: I think it is very, very likely that Trump had sex with women procured by Epstein/Maxwell. I think it is quite likely that he had some kind of inappropriate engagements (think "sensual massage" as Austin Powers put it) with at least one underage girl, and that there is a reasonable probability that this involved sexual activity of one sort or another. Am I saying there's proof that would stand up in a court of law or impeachment proceedings of these things? No. But I am saying that anyone who strongly disagrees with my conclusions is just being blinded by politics. The pattern is just too clear, both with Epstein and with Trump. If we were talking about Mike Johnson or Chuck Schumer hanging out with Epstein and his girls, my conclusion would be different. Clinton? Trump? Yep. Probably. With a high degree of certainty.

Yes. And last I checked, he is not the President. He is a private citizen, and if he were to somehow run again for public office I would expect a full interview in which he confronted with documents and photos involving Epstein.

Trump may ease tariffs on bananas and coffee. Rationale: we don't grow bananas and only a negligible amount of coffee. But I thought these were "reciprocal tariffs," aimed at getting exporting countries to treat us fairly. If you're going to have leverage over Colombia's treatment of our exports, you're gonna have to tariff coffee (oh, and cocaine). Just another example of the lack of any logic to Tariff Man's entire concept.

And somehow the Trumpistas think that their hero threatening all kinds of other people if more Epstein truths are revealed exonerates Trump. I guess they've never heard of "if you reveal my dirty secrets I'll reveal yours."

Agreed. It is certainly not surprising that bad people would hang together. Or even that one bad person would think another bad person is worse.

Peter Thiel is gay, so I doubt it has anything to do with Epstein's girls.

When you have a QB on a rookie contract playing at an elite level like Maye, you have money to do lots of other things.

The headline says it all. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting-pretty-damn-guilty-trump-epstein-petition-shutdown-elites