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  5. US Politics

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    33 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

    It can't hurt.

    He fed a frenzy, no doubt about it, but cooler heads can prevail. A lot of his zealot support was not traditional conservatives, it was from those that felt disenfranchised, and the wingnuts. A ton of traditional Republicans parked their vote with the Dems because Trump was just too out there for them. Just as I would have if I were a US resident. With a more moderate leader the Republicans take the next election easy. Although, I think that DeSantis is not far off from Trump either which is disheartening.

    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.

  6. The Environment Thread

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    12 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

    Oh definitely I work for a watershed district and we see it all the time. Enforcement is a joke there are not enough water licensing officers the complaint process really makes it so no one is going to put in a complaint in. Funny part there is so much money available for producers now to implement environmental best management practices in the province and also pay a per-acre payments to protect these areas. 

     

     

    So true.

  7. The Environment Thread

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    2 hours ago, Jpan85 said:

    Draining Class 3-5 wetlands in Manitoba is not allowed.

    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. 

  8. The Environment Thread

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    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 

     

  9. US Politics

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    15 hours ago, Tracker said:

    TRUMP PROMISES TO PROSECUTE BIDEN IF HE RETURNS TO THE WHITE HOUSE

    Donald Trump promised to appoint a special prosecutor to prosecute President Biden, his family, and Democrats if he returns to the White House.

    Trump posted on Truth Social:

    "NOW THAT THE “SEAL” IS BROKEN, IN ADDITION TO CLOSING THE BORDER & REMOVING ALL OF THE “CRIMINAL” ELEMENTS THAT HAVE ILLEGALLY INVADED OUR COUNTRY, MAKING AMERICA ENERGY INDEPENDENT, & EVEN DOMINANT AGAIN, & IMMEDIATELY ENDING THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA & UKRAINE, I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL “PROSECUTOR” TO GO AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, JOE BIDEN, THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, & ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ELECTIONS, BORDERS, & COUNTRY ITSELF!

    Joe Biden just stated he never spoke to Attorney General Garland about Indicting his POLITICAL OPPONENT, who just happens to be leading him, by a lot, in the polls. Used to say the same thing about Hunter’s business partners, until that was revealed to be a lie! Met with them many, many times. CROOKED JOE & HIS THUGS ARE DESTROYING AMERICA!"

    Trump isn’t hiding it. The one consistent thing about Donald Trump is that he always tells the country what he is going to do before he does it. Trump is promising to throw his political enemies in prison. Trump ran as a populist in 2016, but he abandoned that snakeskin when he masterminded the Capitol attack, and now he is even more specific with his plan to trash democracy.

    Trump thinks that everyone is as corrupt as he is. The former president assumes that Biden would abuse his power just as Trump has. The difference is one candidate (Biden) supports democracy and freedom.

    https://www.politicususa.com/2023/06/12/trump-goes-full-fascist-and-promises-to-prosecute-biden-if-he-wins.html

    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.

  10. The Environment Thread

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    On 6/9/2023 at 6:48 PM, Mark F said:

    "A Saskatchewan farmer is blazing the trail when it comes to organic farming, attempting something that’s never been done before- at least in Canada.

    Travis Heide built his farm in eastern Saskatchewan from the ground up four years ago. He started with 7,000 acres and since 2014 he’s grown his operation to 40,000 acres and counting.

    Once he converts the entire operation to organic, it will be the largest organic farm in Canada, possibly North America.

    “This year we’re about 50/50,” Heide said. “Next year, 75 per cent essentially of what we’re farming will be organic and the following year 100 per cent- but that’s if we don’t add anything more.”

    https://globalnews.ca/news/4447635/sask-farmer-converts-40000-acres-into-canadas-largest-organic-farm/

    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.

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