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When someone says "billionaires," you can go ahead and include in that figure all those whose net worth is between 8 and 12 digits

Yes. Greenhouses add significant cost, that's my point.

Shipping from Mexico isn't very far, fyi. Mexico is closer to the entire southern and western US than those areas are to New England. To be clear, I support eating/buying local at every opportunity, but as international trading partners go, shipping from Mexico is about as efficient as can be.

Hydroponics and indoor farming add significant cost, also

Given that tomatoes suffer when nighttime temperatures start going below 55°F (13°C), there is pretty much nowhere in the continental US where they can be grown successfully year-round without some sort of environmental control or protection.

I can't wait to buy American tomatoes in the _fucking winter_, after the tomato growing season is over.

We still have all of July, August and September and most of October to go...

You do realize the people doing that in the US all came from Europe

I tend to agree with you. At the back of my mind, I'm wondering if Trump has the chaotic energy to accidentally break up calcified conflicts and actually make a difference on this one

>Nearly half the investors who have applied hail from the US, representing 85 applications, followed by China, 26, and Hong Kong, 24. Residents from countries across Asia and Europe make up the rest of the applicants.

"Flock" lmao

The US Navy can try their very best to keep that strait open, but they simply cannot stop 100% of commercial vessels from being attacked when there are hostile groups on both sides of the strait with significant missile capabilities. US naval vessels themselves will become targets, and there would likely be some costly US losses. Regardless, the increased risk of traversing the strait will have an immediate impact on oil prices, even if no ships are actually blocked

The the straights closed not be

>But the artist said he could see a “positive side” to the incident. “It’s like a kind of performance. Ordinary people can do it too, not just artists.”

I recognize the reality of the world is grey, rather than black or white. Given the awful things both nations have engaged in, when someone launches into a virulent pro-Israel/anti-Iran diatribe, you can bet I have questions about their motivation

I'm curious what drives a person to write this much on this topic on lemmy

Can you give some examples? I think I keep up with world news and am genuinely at a loss for what you're talking about

Is free trade an attempt at _no_ control? You'll find a lot of people who disagree with you, especially on the left. I'm just saying I think your argument is a serious oversimplification.

Why did China have tariffs on these nations to begin with?

Its important to note this fly has existed for millions of years laying its eggs in the flesh of mammals in the Americas, and that this has little to do with how we treat animals

Either delusional thinking or a serious misunderstanding of historical events