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SanWenYu said:

Voters are short sighted and they have the memory of goldfish. That's all this tells me.

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Abominable said:

I've been to several but the one I spent the most time in was Malawi.

True. But for some things like dairy or meat (e.g. pork in an Arab country) there's no option but to import.

Another thing is, I'm sure most of the stuff in these supermarkets is never bought and is sat on shelves for months. I remember telling a member of staff that something had expired, they said okay and took it off the shelf.

The next time I went there it had been put back up.

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Bellum_Romanum said:

Be that as it may, as a person that's somewhat familiar with Canada and who's been in that country for sometime, I would rather have the Libs than vote for that dollar store version of Trump = Pierre Polievre. The dude doesn't have an actual plan, what he has are slogans. Axe the tax, bring back jobs, protect Canada, yada yada....He's treating the would be Canadian voters as some sort of retards.

The NDP in my opinion is a bleeping joke. Bloc Quebecois is as consistent and as separatist as ever. Green Party? What's that? So that leaves out the people with the choice of voting with the Libs or voting with the insane wannabe Republicunts.

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GulfLander said:

"Bridge collapse leaves casualties in South Korea - fire officials confirm EIGHT construction workers buried beneath the rubble, rescue workers attempting to save them"

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1894207464041550226

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4 confirmed dead, 6 injured acdg to scmp.

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A collapse accident occurred at a construction site for a highway in South Korea's Anseong on Tuesday, resulting in four deaths and six injuries, with two Chinese nationals among the deceased and one who was injured. According to a statement released by the Chinese Embassy in South Korea on Wednesday

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Overbom said:

lol this Macaroni

Your biggest favour is how Xi has smh still not sent million of drones to help Russia. No worries though, your time will eventually come

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Macron to Trump: Make trade war with China, not with us​

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Donald Trump has threatened to slap 25% tariffs on the European Union claiming the 27-country bloc was “formed to screw the United States”.

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Speaking at his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the US president said he would soon release details of the latest tariff threat. “We have made a decision and we’ll be announcing it very soon. It’ll be 25%,” he said.

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Donald Trump has threatened to slap 25% tariffs on the European Union claiming the 27-country bloc was “formed to screw the United States”.

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Speaking at his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the US president said he would soon release details of the latest tariff threat. “We have made a decision and we’ll be announcing it very soon. It’ll be 25%,” he said.

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abenomics12345 said:

Can we have the do nothing. win. meme again?

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Egg prices could rise by 41.1% this year, USDA estimates​

The price of eggs is expected to rise by 41.1% this year as the bird flu continues to rip through the nation's agricultural economy, the federal government projected in a new report.

Why it matters: That's more than double the 20% increase predicted in January.

• Egg prices have been climbing to record highs daily and shortages have been growing, which has led stores to limit how many eggs any one shopper can buy.

The big picture: The outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza that begun in 2022 has recently intensified.

• In January, it affected 18.8 million egg laying hens, the highest monthly total of the three-year crisis, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

By the numbers: The USDA's Economic Research Service provided a range for its 2025 price-growth prediction of between 15% to 74.9%.

• Egg prices already increased 13.8% in January after rising by 8.4% the prior month, the report said.
• Prices this January were 53% higher than they were 12 months earlier.

State of play: Restaurants, including Waffle House and Denny's, have added temporary egg surcharges because of high egg prices and shortages.

• But McDonald's has no plans to add an egg fee and is expanding its breakfast menu and offering a deal on Egg McMuffins this Sunday.
• Michael Gonda, the fast-food giant's McDonald's North America chief impact officer, wrote on LinkedInTuesday that "unlike others making news recently, you definitely WON'T see McDonald's USA issuing surcharges on eggs, which are 100% cage-free and sourced in the U.S."

Trump admin plan to "make eggs affordable again"

What's next: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said today in a WSJ op-ed that the Trump administration "will invest up to $1 billion to curb this crisis and make eggs affordable again."

• "We are working with the Department of Government Efficiency to cut hundreds of millions of dollars of wasteful spending," Rollins wrote. "We will repurpose some of those dollars by investing in long-term solutions to avian flu, which has resulted in about 166 million laying hens being culled since 2022."
• Rollins noted prices should "start coming down maybe this spring, this summer as we work to implement some of these bigger picture solutions."
• "Once we're past Easter, then we'll hopefully have some really good solutions for the American people," Rollins said.

The intrigue: If egg prices are still high for Easter, expect families to turn to alternatives like painting and hiding potatoes, an idea that sprouted in 2023 because of high prices.

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The USDA's Economic Research Service provided a range for its 2025 price-growth prediction of between 15% to 74.9%.

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