I highly doubt that’s a China specific issue. Far too many politicians have additional ‘jobs’ as consultants, speakers or a seat in a supervisory board. At least in Germany it’s unfortunately quite common, especially in the more conservative parties, to have additional income that exceeds your regular salary as a representative.
As a European, I never heard of this guy and it’s probably not a perfect candidate either. But just based on what’s written in the article it might indeed be a valid option to consider although personally I’d wish for a more progressive US leader.
Reading comments regarding the presidential election on social media, the thing you literally read the most is that people want someone younger that is neither Trump nor Biden. This guy is still old but apparantly around a decade younger. He’s not Biden and not Trump and still somewhat popular across different generations. Might work out.
Or he’s having vast amounts of life energy.
I heard these furry suits are crazy expensive. Really kind of him that he’s working so hard to make her dream become true.
Hey bro, you mind if I watch you being alone?
I planted an apple tree four years ago. I’ve never cut a single branch so far. In the meantime, it is around 3-4 meters tall with lots of branches and leaves. But so far there was just a single apple on it and that went bad before it ripened. I love the tree for its looks but in terms of harvesting it’s not necessarily what I’d call a success story. :')
Aluminium foil needs a lot of energy to produce. I’d recommend an old newspaper or (non laminated) cardboard to soak it up. If you plan a barbecue anytime soon, you can use the greasy paper as a perfect firestarter. Otherwise just put it in the trash when cold.
A vegan diet is definetely not healthy by definition but for many specific products I would still argue that the vegan version is indeed healthier. And especially for junk food. If you take sausages for example, then both versions - let’s say pork and soy/wheat - contain plenty of fat and salt. But meat products have…
Animal based food on the other hand has better protein quality. E.g. eggs or meat contain a way better composition of amino acids than soy, wheat, peas etc. alone. This negative aspect of a vegan diet can be compensated by combining various different sources of protein (e.g. a mix potatoes, spinach, beans, peas and soy in one meal rather than just soy).
This obviously can be done but it requires some knowledge, practice and more time if you want to prepare everything yourself. Using pre-processed food can make things way easier, more convenient and not necessarily unhealthy. If you can buy a healthy vegan something that tastes good, has similar nutrients like an egg and doesn’t take hours to prepare that’ll make the transition for people a lot easier. If you give them complex recipes and long tables instead of what should be combined with what, it will scare off many folks.
Therefore, if we want more people to go vegan in a we shouldn’t object pre-processed food in general. We should rather praise manufacturers that manage to produce healthy substitutes. Without adding loads of sugar, cheap fats etc. There’s nothing wrong with large-scale food processing in general.
I’ll never get behind that term ultraprocessed. It typically means that a lot of ingredients were combined with specific physical and chemical reactions to create something new.
But think about what happens inside a chicken. You put in corn, soy, insects, water, give it air to breathe. Then it will first use its beak to physically break everything into smaller pieces. Then, it will use highly complex chemistry, enzymes etc. to first digest and then - again using highly complex processing - rearrange all these aminoacids, fat etc. into meat, eggs etc.
And the chicken isn’t even the first step of the chain. The worm, the soy and the corn already did plenty of crazy processing before that.
It’s not processing or chemistry in general that decides about healthy or unhealthy. There’s specific stuff that makes food healthy or unhealthy.
In processed meat you find a lot of added nitrates which can turn into nitrosamines which are known to be cancerous. In vegan substitues it’s as far as I know mostly sugar and fat that make them unhealthy.
Btw. also because because something is ‘natural’ doesn’t mean it’s healthy by default. There are countless poisonous plants and animals that can easily kill you if you eat them just once. And also 100% natural food can be dangerous if consumed in high amounts, e.g. brazil nuts (radio active!), red meat, salt, …
Plus a signicifant part of livestock never sees the sun. Compared to what we do to animals in times, this doesn’t look too bad.
Are there any better known sources? Charter97 doesn’t appear too trustworthy to me or am I wrong?
The Guardian counted 50000 only. Any higher bids?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/north-carolina-bees-house-wall
Not sure if it’s just me but personally Boss in general feels like an anti status symbol. Whenever I see someone wearing clothes with an obvious Boss logo on it I cringe a bit and think of them having a very low self esteem and poor spending habits…
Drunk driving and murder are potentially dangerous for the child as well. I agree that it’s a very difficult topic to tie parental rights to one’s criminal records.
Or maybe a transparent plastic bottle is the water equivalent of a penthouse. You’re being carried around by a servant all day and you’ve got a nice 360° view on the surroundings.
Unlike these poor homeless droplets in the ocean. Being pushed around by the wind permanenly, fish pooping on you and no privacy at all.
You can search for vegan trekking food. There’s plenty of brands selling convenient products (e.g. trek n eat) where you just have to add hot water. But you’ll also find many recipes to prepare such meals youself.
Some inspiration: cous cous, instant pasta, powdered hummus (must be made from roasted chick peas as raw ones are toxic), tomato soup. For protein you can add nuts, seeds etc. If you don’t care for the weight, you can also buy pre-cooked rice etc. and just add an instant soup to heat it up.