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Reports that US government could axe POTATOES as a vegetable sparks fury among Democrat AND Republican senators
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Posted on 03/29/2024 9:40:47 AM PDT by algore
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To: algore
Animal, mineral or vegetable?
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:23:13 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: Orosius
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:33:30 AM PDT
by
samiam5
To: samiam5
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:35:51 AM PDT
by
Orosius
(Wake America Up Again )
To: algore
Typical example of what our tax dollars are used for by federal and state employees...
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:55:28 AM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
( hen we so desperately need him)
To: algore
THIS MEANS WAR!!!
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:56:24 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: SuperLuminal
Will they revisit how to pronounce it? Maybe even hire a former VP to review spelling options?
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:57:12 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
To: algore
It’s not an animal or a mineral, so it’s a vegetable. QED.
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:59:47 AM PDT
by
jz638
To: algore
If our President can be a vegetable, so can potatoes.
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posted on
03/29/2024 10:59:51 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: algore
Babylon Bee???? This is ridiculous
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:15:47 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(The Tree of Liberty is getting thirsty...)
To: algore
Why is it the government's job to classify vegetables at all?
The solution isn't better (or less "political") classification, it's less government.
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:34:58 AM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
To: high info voter
Who changes their diet based on what the government says?
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:40:28 AM PDT
by
Rusty0604
(W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:41:28 AM PDT
by
Rusty0604
(W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
To: algore
I can understand why the classification to a grain works. Nutritionally, potatoes are more like a bread than a veg. diabetics notice this more than non-diabetics. turnips are different because they don’t contain the starches that potatoes have, and are a good substitute for potatoes.
Carbohydrates are what causes cholesterol issues in people according to my endocrinologist, not dietary fats. Because of this, Keto diets work by utilizing fats for energy. unused carbs are stored as fats.
For some, grains are a good thing. if 25% of people are diabetic, then 75% can utilize grains well. However, diabetes is on the rise as is obesity.
Carrots, peas, beans, corn are all starchy veggies. Diabetics have to count them as both a bread and a veg. It doesn’t mean they don’t contain good nutrients, but too many starches are harming people and making big pharma wealthy by providing the meds to manage the issues caused by too many carbs. Think statins among others.
On average, we don’t get the exercise needed to burn off those carbs. Layoff them and see what happens, for yourself.
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:43:08 AM PDT
by
PrairieLady2
(USA: Land of the free, Because of the Brave.)
To: GMThrust
My guess is potato farmers will be punished somehow. Regulations and taxes.
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:44:30 AM PDT
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Rusty0604
(W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
To: Rockingham
Mashed potatoes is Biden’s brain.
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:46:44 AM PDT
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Rusty0604
(W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
To: Moorings
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:47:44 AM PDT
by
Rusty0604
(W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
To: Moorings
” The kind of things that could spark bi-partisan anger?! Spend us and our kids into massive debt and oblivion, no fury! Steal an election, no fury! Open borders bringing in millions of people, no fury! Rampant crime and lawlessness, no fury! Grooming our babies into sexual perversion, no fury!
Change the classification of potatoes - that is cause for bi-partisan intervention. “
It’s the kind of fake issue that their donors don’t care about.
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posted on
03/29/2024 11:51:41 AM PDT
by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: algore
this is what they choose to focus on?
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posted on
03/29/2024 12:04:14 PM PDT
by
ronniesgal
(have you even tried to mind your own business?)
To: dayglored
Right there with you on that.
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posted on
03/29/2024 12:16:46 PM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: OHPatriot
"If the US government stops classifying potatoes as a vegetable, WHAT will we refer to BIDEN as?" Ahhhh... How about a "flake?"
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