What actually raises the price of milk is the farmer uses his profits to buy up other local dairy farms consolidating their position in the market. They then sign exclusivity deals with both grocers and further milk processors (who are also consolidating) to prevent competing in the market, driving their competitors to either sell for cheap or go out of business. https://theconversation.com/americas-dairy-farms-are-disappearing-down-95-since-the-1970s-milk-price-rules-are-one-reason-why-237439#:~:text=Across the country%2C the dairy,per farm – has been rising.

Because "farm Inc" has a massive horde of wealth, they can stamp out competition by either buying them out, cutting them out, or driving them out of business with prices a small farmer can't handle. After that, they get to set and raise prices at will with the now smaller pool of big name "farm Inc".

This literally happens every time a market is poorly regulated and businesses allowed to grow too big. It's the natural end state of capitalism.

The real problem with the filibuster, in my opinion, is it shields senators from taking a public position. The most extreme senator from Idaho can filibuster the "feed the children" act which prevents a senator from Georgia from having to vote no.

Not really. It was ok but not great pizza.

Idiot forgot to make generous campaign contributions

Yup, they deliberately ran it into the ground. They took out loans against Kmart to buy Sears and sold Sears and Kmart properties off to give themselves money via stock buybacks.

And what's worse, because it worked, you can see similar actions happening to other major retail outlets. Target, in particular, seems to be following directly in the footsteps of Kmart.

Agreed, very well done.

It's racist.

They are literally only doing this because it's protests for Palestinians. When you put negative attributes on an entire group of people based solely on their race, we call that racism.

These CNN bigots are every bit as bad as the lynch mobs killing black people because a white woman said they raped her.

Assuming he has a competent lawyer. Very possible she sucks and so does his lawyer.

Project 2025. But when only the Nazi freaks liked it the Republicans have had to backtrack and pretend like that was never the plan.

I lived above a pizza shop at one point. Was not an issue.

In my state (Idaho) it's because a good number of the legislators are landlords.

They don't give a fuck that half their apartments are Airbnbs, they prefer it that way.

It'll sound counter intuitive, but one way to avoid problems with oxalates is to consume calcium rich foods with oxalate high foods. For example, a glass of milk (soy milk counts) with a PB&J.

The reason this works is the calcium binds with the oxalate in your stomach and not your liver/kidneys.

For this to work, you have to consume both at the same time.

The UN statistics on deaths in Gaza have not been updated in months. Do you know why? Because israel has killed everyone that can count the dead and israel is not counting the dead.

Israel does not have numbers on how many people they've killed because they frankly do not care.

To sum up the reports here. Hamas is in the west bank, ACCORDING TO THE IDF.

And if you read any of the articles you actually posted, you know that there are a lot of problems with just verifying what the IDF claims as true. For example, Wissam Khazem's death where the IDF quickly hid the body and hasn't allowed any 3rd party verification.

Or the fact that in the very same article about Wissam Khazem's death, it goes on to talk about how snipers killed elderly and disabled people in the region.

You see, Israel likes to play this neat trick where every person they kill is suddenly hamas. So, excuse me for not believing israelie intelligence sources when we have crystal clear evidence of them massacring civilians.

But again, are you going to answer my question. How many hostages are in the west bank?

I once saw a hamas at a wendy's. I was so ascared that the hamas was going to get me. Then the hamas just told me to stop starring at them. When I ever so politely yelled at them for hamasing around me, they just kept saying "Fuck off, I'm Mexican", which I think is a new hamas antisemitic slur.

You did not answer my questions.

But I'll answer yours. Hamas is not in the west bank you dolt. There is no "pretending" about it. You actually have to be mentally ill to think that somehow "Hamas" has spread out of one of the most heavily guarded regions through Israel and into the next most heavily guarded regions, the west bank.

I guess if you've now taken israel's definition of "hamas" which is all arabs, then yeah, hamas is literally everywhere in the region.

Now, explain why fighting "hamas" involves desecrating bodies and bulldozing homes? How is that counter terrorism? Oh wait, you don't think arabs are human so I guess that makes it ok, right?

Cool... and how many hostages are in the west bank? What did the west bank do to justify this invasion? Yeah...

You’ll stick with the theory an innocent death is for the the greater good until it’s your innocent death.

I never said the death was for good. Nor have I said that it'd be immoral for a doctor to break the law. The death is because of a horrible legal reality and a doctor that complies with the law isn't some sort of monster. There are justifications for that decision, but you won't respect them. I am not some moral absolutist like you appear to be. Things can be murky.

You could make the same argument that someone without insurance or means should be denied access because the hospital needs only paying customers to stay in business.

I could, but I'm not making that argument. In fact, I argue strongly that the entire healthcare industry should be nationalized and paid by taxes. Just because that's my desired outcome doesn't mean that I turn around and shame doctors and nurses for working for more than minimum wage. Which is effectively what you are saying "These doctors are making healthcare expensive for all because of their salaries. They should work for free!"

In the exact same vein, I argue that abortion should be legal and highly available. But that's not the environment I or doctors find themselves in. So, sorry, I'm not going to fault doctors for not playing hero.

Secondly, you seem to suggest that an innocent death is for the greater good. Sure you want to stick with that?

I'm suggesting that we have a real life trolley problem. Save a pregnant person's life, remove yourself from being able to save the life of someone that has a heart attack, stroke, or any other list of life threatening diseases.

Yes, I want to stick with that because that is very much the situation these doctors and hospital systems find themselves in.

And, to be real clear, many of these doctors are leaving the red states to get out of this situation. And I don't blame them for doing that.

And how many other patients end up dying because there are no doctors staffing the ER? What happens to a community if the state government shuts down a hospital because of repeated violations of their abortion law?

That's why your blame make no sense. While I'd certainly congratulate any doctor brave enough to be arrested over the law, I understand completely why they don't and would not expect any doctor to.