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To: epicure who wrote (332779)	3/29/2017 6:04:23 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541266

just one more example of the wasteful decline in government services. ;-) or... all the more reason to suspect they've planted a live chip in your brain. pick one.

To: epicure who wrote (332779)	3/30/2017 8:30:55 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541266

huffingtonpost.com.au One of America’s most prominent climate-denying groups, galvanized by the Trump administration listening to their claims, has set it sights on a new target: teachers. The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank that’s become one of the loudest voices when it comes to climate denial, has sent more than 25,000 science teachers across the country a package of material it hopes they’ll use in the classroom, according to a report from PBS Frontline. Alongside a note from Lennie Jarratt, the group’s project manager for transforming education, the package contains a book called Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming and a 10-minute video about using their guidance. “I’m writing to ask you to consider the possibility that the science in fact is not ‘settled,’” Jarratt says in the memo. “If that’s the case, then students would be better served by letting them know a vibrant debate is taking place among scientists on how big the human impact on climate is, and whether or not we should be worried about it.”

To: epicure who wrote (332779)	3/31/2017 9:00:47 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541266

I carried an empty suitcase with me to Madrid- because I was allowed 2 cases, and I have many food requests from friends to fill- so I took some stuff to some friends in Madrid as well- and I think pancake syrup triggered a TSA inspection :-) I've never had TSA inspect my luggage before (they leave you a note, as well as a nice little stamp- telling you what numero TSA inspector had the pleasure of rifling through your undies.) I'm keeping the note as a souvenir. It was a smallish suitcase- with bisquick, syrup and some running shoes- and I put some jeans in with it so it didn't look crazy. Madrilenos are fairly obsessed with Trump (and upset)- though they are more upset about Brexit- which may hurt them economically, given that it will change the ability of Britons to retire in Spain or have second homes- as it will change tax status and investment rules and many other things (apparently Portugal will be hit hard as well.) But the weather is gorgeous here and the food is marvelous. We discovered canistels yesterday- which apparently some people grow in Florida- but which come from India. Delicious. Try them if you can find them- they are also called the egg fruit.