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If signed, House Bill 109 would allow Idaho's Health and Welfare Director to request a waiver from the USDA to exclude soda and candy from the list of SNAP eligible foods.
If the waiver is not granted, the bill says the state will re-submit its request annually until granted.
In the bill's statement of purpose, sponsor Representative Jordan Redman (R-Coeur d'Alene) writes in part,
"Food stamps are currently fueling the junk food epidemic." He concludes, "Banning soda and candy from food stamps would prioritize health and nutrition while also reducing taxpayer's out-of-control Medicaid costs. Make Idaho Healthy Again!"The bill passed through the senate on Monday, with a vote of 48 in favor, 20 against.
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and what'll remain is fully organic ?.....no chemicals or nasty additives etc .
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Thailand heard you loll
Fit thru the gate, get a food discount.
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OR flip into the grave
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i guess those 20 people have no freaking idea what foods are nutritive.
This is a ranch, and a whore-house, not a civilization. We are being raped and pillaged in the most subtle way they can manage without getting lynched...often they don't even bother to be very subtle about it, these days.
Poutine is impressed too. Absolutely gorgeous to watch. Met gretsky in my early 20's, so glad we'll finally stop hearing about him n see his fake face.
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I used Dawn Dishwashing Liquid as an outdoor bug spray last year, and I feel like it worked. We've had real bad Japanese wood-beetle issues around this area lately, and I used it on them. It was plague like and needed a solution, but my solution had to be aggressive, but I didn't want to poison my toads or upset the bees by going in there with a shit-tonne of chemicals, so I used the Dawn.
My question is, did it work or was it my imagination? Has anybody else used a similar solution to a remarkable level of success? I want to do it again this year. Am I wasting my money on a placebo, or does it really work?
This is what else I found but you probably have as well Poltergeist.
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This is great news. I'll just be more strategic and assertive with my catnip, scallions, and garlic. They have been pretty much just growing wild, they are so comfortable here. I don't really pay them any mind except when they bloom, but now they have my attention. From now on out, they will be exalted and glorified.
Thanks, LindaMay...my attitude is already improving too, so thanks for that bump as well.
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