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Ethanol Eating Up U.S. Corn Exports
Ohio Farmer, by Staff
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Posted By:Srhea, 12/3/2012 8:01:49 AM
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Foreign nations that previously relied on the U.S. for corn are growing more of their own or buying from other producing countries, says Philip Abbott, a Purdue University economist. He predicted the trend will continue even if market conditions improve and U.S. corn production increases. "The U.S. has historically been a very important part of the international corn market," Abbott says. "Prior to the 2007-08 food crisis and spike in commodity prices,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Srhea, 12/3/2012 8:07:29 AM (No. 9045474)
As we continue to burn up our food supplies, the world goes on without us. No exports, no new money exchange, no balancing of trades.
This ethanol idiocy does not help us become energy independent, it uses up valuable resources, and restricts the production of food. As we continue to see our food prices soar, one of the reasons will be this ethanol debacle. Remember that corn is not only used for direct food for humans but the number one food for animal feed. Have you noticed the price of steaks these days? Blame some of it on ethanol.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 12/3/2012 8:14:48 AM (No. 9045490)
Not to mention the 3.5 gallons of diesel and nat. gas required to complete the distillation and additional transportation of each gallon of perfectly good and drinkable ethanol which we then waste as fuel.
Stop all farm subsidies.
Crop insurance can be had privately.
Ethanol in my car causes more damage than in my blender.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/3/2012 8:16:34 AM (No. 9045494)
Went to the store yesterday for a can of corn needed in a recipe. The price of canned corn is twice the price of green beans or peas. Ethanol sure is a wonderful thing. @@
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 12/3/2012 8:18:32 AM (No. 9045498)
Politics and money.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
globalwarmer, 12/3/2012 8:45:57 AM (No. 9045551)
More Big Government distortion of free market prices of a commodity. Attempting to do good, they do evil instead.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mathman, 12/3/2012 8:56:35 AM (No. 9045574)
But you don´t understand!
Ethanol is a grand utopian scheme.
IMPORT 100 barrels of diesel fuel. Use to make the equivalent of 90 barrels of gasoline. Net effect on oil dependence: negative.
Net influence on "public opiinion": profound.
Net profit to agribusiness: priceless!
And the congresscritters get their campaign contributions from agribusiness.
And ethanol contributes to global warming: the change from soybeans to corn in the US opens the market for soybeans grown in South America, where they cut down rain forests, destabilizing the global climate.
It is a win-win all the way around.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
craige, 12/3/2012 10:05:27 AM (No. 9045736)
Price of ground beef had increased at least 100%, over the last 5 years. Price of silver increased 235% over the last 5 years. Home prices are being artificially boosted by various means (talk to a realtor).
The object it seems, is to increase the cost of living.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
kanphil, 12/3/2012 10:44:05 AM (No. 9045834)
Then ethanol mandates were technical decisions made by a congress consisting mainly of a bunch of lawyers with ZERO technical knowledge. Every time that is tried, it fails. Look it up, from light bulbs to flush toilets and on and on...
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Ohio Farmer, by Staff
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Posted By: Srhea- 12/3/2012 8:01:49 AM
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Foreign nations that previously relied on the U.S. for corn are growing more of their own or buying from other producing countries, says Philip Abbott, a Purdue University economist. He predicted the trend will continue even if market conditions improve and U.S. corn production increases. "The U.S. has historically been a very important part of the international corn market," Abbott says. "Prior to the 2007-08 food crisis and spike in commodity prices,
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Painting Depicts Obama
as Crucified Christ
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Fox News, by Todd Starnes
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Posted By: Srhea- 11/27/2012 10:08:50 AM
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A painting that features President Obama posed as Jesus Christ crucified on is on display at a community college art gallery in Boston. The painting by Michael D’Antuono is part of a larger exhibit called “Artists on the Stump – the Road to the White House 2012.” It’s on display at the Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery until Dec. 15th. The painting is called “Truth” – and shows the president with his arms outstretched. A crown of thorns rests on his head.
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In 2011, the journalist Mara Hvistendahl published Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, detailing the societal effects of sex-selective abortions that target women the world over and resulted in the absence of perhaps more than 100 million girls who by now should have been born. But Hvistendahl soon learned the downside to uncovering what many believe to be a shocking trend in human rights offenses: people will want to do something about it. And so she lashed out, declaring that “anti-abortion activists
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Leaving Blue New York, Boo-Hoo
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Irish Examiner USA, by Alicia Colon
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Posted By: Drive- 4/12/2013 6:44:47 AM
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Only one of my six children has left New York for economic reasons but the strain of living in this expensive nanny state is weighing heavy on my other five and their families. As a native New Yorker, I´ve seen its middle class population decline over the years due to its neglect of blue collar families which is ironic since this is a Democrat city. With the recent arrests of several local politicians for corruption perhaps New Yorkers will pay more attention to those they put in office. Given their past indifference in local elections this is highly unlikely.
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Little Anthony Freemont´s
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American Thinker, by Doug Mainwaring
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/12/2013 6:34:43 AM
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Remember little Anthony Freemont, played by cute little Billy Mumy, in one of the "Twilight Zone´s" most famous episodes? In the opening sequence Rod Serling informs us: "A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines -- because they displeased him -- and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages -- just by using his mind. . . . and the people there have to smile. They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield
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Senate votes 68-31 to move
forward with gun control measure
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley & Ramsey Cox
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 12:23:49 PM
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The Senate voted to move forward on gun control Thursday, clearing the first of what is expected to be many 60-vote hurdles for the legislation. (Snip) Sixteen Republicans voted in favor of the motion, while two Democrats — both from states President Obama lost in the 2012 election — voted against it. The two Democrats were Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), both of whom face reelection next year.The 16 Republicans who voted to proceed were
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Ben Shapiro
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/12/2013 11:51:37 AM
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On Thursday, in the midst of ongoing national debate over prospective gun control and comprehensive immigration legislation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that he didn’t need the approval of a majority of his own party to move forward with legislation. Referring to the so-called Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL), which dictated that House leadership not bring up any bill for a vote without the support of a majority of the majority party, Boehner said, “Listen: It was never a rule to begin with.” Then, realizing the gravity of admitting
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Jonathan Winters, groundbreaking
comic who influenced
generations, dead at 87
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/12/2013 1:16:37 PM
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LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime family friend. Petro said Winters died of natural causes and was surrounded by family and friends. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities and a bottomless reservoir of creative energy.
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WPost reporter explains her
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Patheos.com, by "Mollie"
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Posted By: LComStaff- 4/12/2013 9:42:16 AM
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I’ve been writing about media coverage of abortion for many years. And so have many others. If you haven’t read David Shaw’s “Abortion Bias Seeps Into The News,” published in the Los Angeles Times back in 1990, you should. That report also explains why we cover the topic here at GetReligion.But the thing is that I’m getting kind of sick of pointing out egregious bias only to see things not just remain bad but get worse. Just think, in the last year, we saw the media drop any pretense of objectivity and bully the Susan G. Komen Foundation
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Republicans Fear Clinton in 2016
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Time Magazine, by Zeke J Miller
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/12/2013 9:57:16 AM
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HOLLYWOOD — Republican leaders plotted their party’s political comeback on Thursday with plans to court minority voters and modernize their political operations. But some wondered if one person could make it all for naught: Hillary Clinton. As attendees of the Republican National Committee’s spring meeting debated party rules and a refurbished GOP brand capable of winning back the White House, more than two dozen operatives and officials expressed worry that none of their party’s potential 2016 candidates can take her down. One early-state RNC member put it simply
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Biden criticizes gun owners
who are not hunters: ´They
like the way it feels...
it´s like driving a Ferrari´
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Washington Examiner [DC], by Charlie Spiering
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 10:41:58 AM
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During a conversation about gun violence on MSNBC this morning, Vice President Joe Biden explained that there was a growing group of gun owners that might not understand guns as well as hunters. “There is a whole new sort of group of individuals now who – I don’t know what the numbers are – that never hunt at all,” Biden said. “But they own guns for one of two reasons, self-protection or they just like the feel of that AR-15 at the range. They like the way it feels.” Biden imitated holding a weapon and added, “You know,
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Windows 8 blamed for biggest
PC shipment plunge ever
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Fox News, by Lisa Eadicicco
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/11/2013 1:17:23 PM
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Global PC shipments fell by 13.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013, and according to analyst firm IDC , Windows 8 could very well be the reason. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that 76.3 million PC units shipped during the most recent financial period, marking the biggest decline since the IDC began publishing quarterly numbers 19 years ago. “The reaction to Windows 8 is real,” Jay Chou, an IDC analyst, said to The Wall Street Journal. Increased demand for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have also played a role in this decline,
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Newtown victim´s mom to
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/12/2013 3:53:50 PM
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WASHINGTON — The White House says the mother of a Newtown shooting victim will deliver the weekly presidential radio and Internet address. President Barack Obama typically gives the talk, focusing on a topic that´s in the news or a policy the White House is pushing. This week, Obama has asked Francine Wheeler to deliver the address instead. Wheeler and her husband, David, lost their 6-year-old son Ben in the December schoolhouse shooting in Newtown, Conn. White House spokesman Jay Carney says Obama believes the voices of Newtown families have been critical to progress on gun control.
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MSNBC’s Touré: Obama
too busy helping America
to practice shooting hoops
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Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/12/2013 10:53:47 AM
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During a discussion about the new RNCC website yesterday afternoon, MSNBC’s Touré used the opportunity to defend President Obama’s poor performance on the basketball court at the White House Easter Egg roll. “He’s not out there shooting all the time. He’s not working on his J,” Touré insisted. “He is working on his problems of the nation.” As the rest of the panel laughed at his analysis, Touré continued to defend his position. “He’s also a man of the people, out there like you know, opening the people’s house and having a good time with some American citizens,”
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