The Glade 4.0

All the overseas makers would just send their sugar to China.

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Fixed their for ya buddy. While we are on this subject, Are the schools down there still disallowed to sell anything that has sugar or enriched flower as the first ingredient. That's probably the kind of regulation you'd see nationwide first.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Well, they just a few weeks ago ended purchasing ice cream on fridays for kids at my daughter's school so... it's not looking good.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

When I was down there the schools (or maybe it was just us) weren't allowed to serve or sell anything that had enriched flour or sugar as the first ingredient. Also teachers weren't allowed to give food as a reward. Pizza parties and other like deals were okay so long as they were scheduled on and instead the actual lunch period. I scored a whole tub of gum drops one time (from Gum Drop Books) because the librarian didn't eat them and couldn't give them to the students. I carried the tub with me to my next call and the students were like "Can I have some" and I said "Texas law prohibits me from sharing my gum drops"

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Don't we still have tariffs on imported sugar as part of our protectionist policies towards corn? That's why HFCS is everywhere; because we tax sugar imports enough to make HFCS cheaper. At least, I thought this used to be the case, I can't say I've looked into it recently. Okay, well.. Wikipedia is still referencing this, though its reference is dated 2003.

In any event, I don't think we import all that much sugar as is.

As far as applying alcohol-like regulations; sugar licenses for retailers, anyone?

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

If so, then piling "regulating sugar" on top of that as well could be a lot worse. This article seems to be about international regulation of sugar, calling on many countries to do it, not just the U.S.

As for importing it, I have no idea. There's a lot of sugar farming going on in this area but how that compares to national consumption I have no idea.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Ah, I saw it was from a UK source, and missed the part where it was calling for broad international support when I skimmed it.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

We have the "good stuff" growing in Hawaii.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

Huh...I guess if they have good hard and firm control of sugar it would be easy to ban booze next.

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Raell Kromwell

Edgar is not pleased:



This could be a way to catch illegal (extraterrestrial) aliens.

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The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones