the watcher

Boom !

I believe DeSantis is worse. I think he actually believes the crap he spouts and spews. Trump on the other hand had a belief system started and ended himself. Whatever stoked and stroked his ego was what he promoted. The only saving grace with DeSantis is maybe he won't sweep the masses along with him.

So true.

It's ignored alot. Or as I've heard from their very lips, " I don't care I'll pay the fine " . A neighbor of mine lost a long rented half section of land 4 years ago. He was renting it as pasture as it had 4 or 5 separate sloughs on it. All drained. Farmed corner to corner now. I have lots more examples.

Mark F said 40000 acre farm seems not good to me. Hard for me to understand the economics of it. I guess most of it is leased would't you think? Personally I see no redeeming features or any benefits to society to have huge farms. It benefits the owners and that's about it. They can be extremely hard on local economys and local communities in general. Environmentally I find them worse if for no other reason that if they are run in an environmentaly damaging way it effects a larger area. It's very comparable to a small company vs giant corporation situation. I'm not sure if this particular farmer rents/ leases alot or not. It's pretty hard to tell. Edit: I'll add this in . When land/ farms sell around here you end up in most cases with some beautiful yards generally in the 2 to 10 acre range that can be subdivided from the farmland and sold in the $150 to$ 300,000 range. Its really awesome as it seems the acreages are often bought by young people with families which is exactly what is needed to keep small communities alive. Most small to mid range farmers jump at the chance to do this. BUT often the big aggressive farms won't do it. Basically they would rather farm the land square than have a couple of acres out of it. It's crazy but a quarter million dollars means less than having no obstacles to drive around. Lol, when I write it out it sounds like BS but it's true. Another factor would be that don't want non farmer eyes watching what they are doing

And yet millions and millions would still support and vote for the crooked lunatic. Trump is what he always was. What a country.As I've said before Trump is a symptom of a diseased country.

As a small organic farmer I'm a bit torn by this. Kudos to him for going organic but 40,000 acres ? Even by Saskatchewan size that's ridiculous. It's 2 townships . I'd love to know if he is environmentally friendly in other ways ( drainage, tile- draining, land clearing.....) . I have a neighbour right close to me who is moving into organics. He is also one of the group of farmers who remove every tree and drain every wet land and is currently tile draining ( my greatest environmental concern )every acre of his 8,000 acres farm. This article makes no mention of his general treatment of the environment just economic advantages for him.

Exactly what was needed

Man it's great to be hitting these kicks . But I think I've got PTKSD from last year.

Brady looks like a freight train once he gets rolling

Just in case Hammy gets a bit of hope the D puts its foot on their throat.

Wow, just wow.

Man, Zach is in mid season form.

Wait a minute ! We are actually allowed to MAKE the point after attemt ? I'll be damed !

How sweet it is !!!!

They got it right!

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Terrible snaps

OK, that was an impressive run

Nice 2 and out

He's fast when he chooses to run as well

That's it !!! They need more tax breaks !!!

A good article on Tina from the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/25/through-pain-and-joy-tina-turner-wrote-herself-into-pop-history-again-and-again

Wild path said " tend to read lighter fiction when I need something to calm down after a long day. Grisham, Crichton, stuff like that." I often read before I sleep to calm my mind. Lol My rule is when I start reading the same paragraph for the 3rd time, turn the light off and go to sleep. Last winter I found I was spending way to much time staring at screens so I self imposed some rules about reading instead. It was interesting to re- read The Lord of the Rings. I had read it in the 1970s then again in the late 80s or early 90s to my kids. What I really noticed this time was the difference between the movies and the books. All the characters and the story itself is so much richer in the books . Gandalf is more wizardry, the bond between Frodo and Sam is so much stronger, the elves more fantastical. It's an interesting example of how deeper and richer the written word can be. I think it is very rare that it is the other way around. Perhaps my only example would be The Commitments by Roddy Doyle. Perhaps because the movie( one of my favorites of all time ) is packed with some fantastic music. Anyway, great thread and thanks for some great reading suggestions everyone.

Hey thanks for starting this thread. I do most of my reading over the winter. Usually non-fiction but with a bit of fiction sprinkled in here and there. I've found myself diving back into a few that I already read and had buried deep in my cluttered office. A Fever in the Heartland looks interesting. Last winter I re- read The Lord of the Rings trilogy, American Fascists by Chris Hedges , Lake Agassiz by Bill Redekop and re-read The Pioneer Years by Barry Broadfoot.