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Somehow I have 69 followers? If you asked me to name 69 people I know, I’d probably laugh and then... I dunno. It’d take a while! Next update is fairly big, and is gonna show a bit of *The Story So Far*ᵀᴹ. It’ll be a good break from the classic terror, with existential terror! Anyway... seriously, thank you. Y’all are neat, and I look forwards to showing what I got in store. NOW BACK TO ART!
EU countries are stalling on plans to halve pesticide use amid concerns it could hinder agricultural production in Europe and harm global fo
EU countries are holding back plans to halve pesticide-use, amid concern such policies could hinder agricultural production in Europe and harm global food security.
A majority of EU member states, led by Poland, have called on the European Commission to carry out an additional impact assessment on the revision of legislation on the sustainable use of pesticides.
New EU rules on the sustainable use of pesticides, a key initiative of the EU's Farm to Fork strategy unveiled in June, set an EU-wide legally binding 50 percent pesticide-reduction target by 2030.
But EU member states now argue that the restriction needs to be reviewed — because the impact assessment underpinning the proposal does not take into account the impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security and the European Union.
"Our priority should be to ensure food security of EU citizens and preserving food sovereignty," Polish deputy minister of agriculture Ryszard Bartosik told his counterparts when presenting a joint non-paper during a council meeting on Monday (26 September).
Non-papers are normally issued to facilitate negotiations and seek agreement, notably within the EU council.
The document, which calls on the commission to carry out the new impact assessment, has been signed by at least 10 member states — including Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, and Austria. But several EU agriculture ministers also took the floor on Monday to support Poland's demands.
"This is a very sensitive proposal," said Spanish agriculture minister Luis Planas, calling on the EU executive to improve its assessment over the implications.
Only France, Germany, and Denmark voiced clear opposition to delaying action, together with the Netherlands and Cyprus. But they all raised concerns over the impact of the proposal on farming productions across the EU.
The regulation is seen as particularly affecting eastern European countries, which are richly-endowed with agricultural land.
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At issue is not only food security for the present and near-future, but food security in the long term. The latter will not be achieved by spraying vast expanses of monocrops with pesticides and fertilizers.
Advance the damn plot
I procrastinated one thing by writing the easier thing even though the thing I wrote doesn’t need to be finished by the end of the month and the thing I didn’t write does.
All I have to do is shoot a minor character, expose the villain, explain the connection and boom (literally; there’s another shootout coming), it’s done.
And yet ...
Choke Your Prehistoric Chicken 30 Jul-5 Aug
"Now, it's time to die, me laddo," the Pterodactyl called to me. "No, more running for you. No more sticks to swing either. But I'm not going to end this one fast. It's going to be slow. I'm going to pull your organs out one at a time. First maybe your liver, then a spleen..."
"While that sounds like fun," I told him. "I'm going to have to pass."
"The only thing that's going to pass," the Pterodactyl replied, "is your heart after I eat it."
I shook my head. "Boo!"
"What?" he gasped. "I'd like to see you do better with the lines you're giving me."
"It's a poor musician than blames his instrument."
"My instrument is just fine. Thank you. It's the brass section that is having trouble keeping up. Fortunately, I'm about to make this song a solo."
"You know what an orchestra is?"
"Of course, I do. I'm not a philistine."
"No, but you're a pterosaur living in a nest without a single shred of technology in sight."
"What does technology have to do with an orchestra? I can fly just fine on my own to listen to some musicians play."
"Musical instruments are technology. Brass instruments are technology. Making brass instruments requires technology!"
"You silly morsels and your attempts at thinking," the Pterodactyl laughed, as he continued to circle me. "It's so cute. And appetizing."
Suddenly, he dove down at me, but this time I was ready for him. I leapt over him and landed on his back. I wrapped my legs around his short torso and around his thin neck. "Get off of me!" he shouted. "Get off of me or I'll tear you apart!"
I held him tighter, trying to put him to sleep. The Pterodactyl continued to flap wildly, doing his best to free himself, but slowly his thrashing began to fade. And then he was out and we were falling. I dove for the mountain, reaching out as far as I could, but it wasn't far enough.
to be continued next week
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Grassley FED UP with Dem delay tactics over Kavanaugh nomination, sets deadline for documents
Grassley FED UP with Dem delay tactics over Kavanaugh nomination, sets deadline for documents
(National Sentinel) Time Limit: Democrats in the Senate know they don’t stand a chance in Hades to block the appointment of POTUS Donald Trump’s second Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
So they are pulling every trick in the book in order to delay his nomination as much as possible.
For one, Democratic senators are refusing to meet with Kavanaugh, laughingly claiming they have…
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Democrats use only tactic, delay, to turn confirmation runway into parking lot
Democrats use only tactic, delay, to turn confirmation runway into parking lot
Democrats have been afraid to attend confirmation hearings for Trump’ cabinet nominees.
February 12, 2017
It’s been like air traffic control management in the Senate recently.
Various Cabinet nominees stuck on the tarmac in a full ground stop. That could be Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, who finally has a confirmation hearing on Thursday.
Some have pushed back from the gate. Maybe Rep.…
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Govt using delaying tactics in Panama case: JI ameer
Lahore: Jamat-e Islami (JI) ameer Senator Siraj ul Haq has said that government is using dilatory tactics which has extended the Panama leaks case, the media reported here on Monday.
Siraj added that the faces of the rulers have turned pale and their tactics not assisting them. The government is trying to delay the case by not filing documents in the Supreme Court (SC) as usual.
He maintained…
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Procrastination Is Robbing Me of My Now
Procrastination Is Robbing Me of My Now
I nearly laughed out loud when I picked up yesterday’s Good Weekend magazine from Saturdays paper March 5th, 2016. I was sitting on the balcony with a coffee procrastinating for about the 50th time this week about writing when the mag fell open at a story about procrastination in the brilliant article DELAYING TACTICS by Amanda Hooton. Amanda, if by some google alert miracle you are reading this…
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