Exploring my interests and sharing what I find along the way. Coastal Carolina baseball alumni.
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Tom Durkin retweeted
Not to change the subject from burritos but when I was earning poverty wages in my 20s I used to go to Subway nearly every day and get a footlong Italian sub for 5 dollars. It was generally the only big meal I would eat in a day.
If I was hungry later at night, I could always swing by McDonald’s and grab a chicken sandwich for a dollar.
All of these people are screaming about “eating at home” but I basically never made meals at home in those days and I was able to get by. You used to be able to survive on low wages without making meals from scratch. If that’s not possible anymore then it’s a sign that our standard of living is declining. That’s a problem. You should care about that.
Anyway, I went to a Subway recently and that same sandwich was 13 dollars. McDonald’s, of course, doesn’t sell anything for a dollar anymore.
So when will they stop taking my money?
Social Security is on track to become insolvent by the end of 2032, putting benefits at risk of a 22% cut. cbsn.ws/4umfAHh
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Tom Durkin retweeted
The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.
The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start.
Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have.
If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.
We can't afford the size of our government. Rampant spending causes inflation, which happened before Trump and Biden. They both sure did their part of continuing to spend though.
Democrats complaining about affordability is like an arsonist complaining about a house fire.
Joe Biden caused the inflation crisis. Donald Trump was elected to fix it, and that's exactly what he's doing.
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"Let me meet your fat fruit friends." - Nate Bargatze
Fruit sugar is still sugar.
Whole fruit has benefits, but excess fructose still impacts insulin and blood glucose.
#SugarTruth #MetabolicHealth
Tom Durkin retweeted
List of micronutrients in ground beef:
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
Niacin (Vitamin B3)
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Thiamin (Vitamin B1)
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)
Folate (Vitamin B9)
Biotin (Vitamin B7)
Vitamin A
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Iron
Zinc
Phosphorus
Selenium
Potassium
Magnesium
Sodium
Copper
Manganese
Chromium
Molybdenum
Cobalt
Nickel
Tom Durkin retweeted
BREAKING: The Trump Administration announces the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, putting REAL FOOD back at the center of health. 🇺🇸
REALFOOD.GOV
Tom Durkin retweeted
THREAD: Today’s childhood vaccine schedule change is historic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just made one of the most sweeping changes to U.S. vaccination policy in history.
Even the New York Times is calling it a seismic shift.
Let’s break down what actually changed:
Out of all the good work Saagar has done, this is such an odd hill to die on. These are objectively good SMALL wins and worth celebrating.
And yes, there are various studies showing differences in C-Reactive Protein levels for individuals in HFCS vs. Sucrose consumption, but that's not the point!
These are low hanging fruit decisions to get processed garbage out of the food.
.@BioLayne: "Biochemically there is very little difference between cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup...if you're telling me a 5% difference in fructose.. is somehow going to change our nations health...you're putting energy into stuff that won't make a bit of difference"
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