On that note, I was recently contacted by Medicins sans Frontieres, looking for financial support to distribute a product called Plumpy-Nut. It's peanut butter-based (presumably to appeal to Americans), with added micronutrients (something woefully deficient in even calorically adequate diets in poverty-stricken areas, and something that grain-based food aid doesn't help). Looks like it is very well designed both to target the problem of malnutrition (especially in children), and to work with the lifestyle of the people it's intended to help. (I saw an article on CNN about it a few days later, in this case being distributed by UNICEF. Again, I was perhaps most impressed with the effort to match distribution to conditions on the ground.)
Yeah, what I heard was that it was a product being used in clinics for people with starvation, but they tested it in "regular" hungry people, to great results. So why not give it to more people?
Burrell, I will not that it was basically assembling, not cooking -- she didn't make any of the parts. Not to downplay the deliciousness! Just the barrier to having your own.
Timelies all!
For a day that started with me banging my shin against the base of my bed(guess what? It's dark at 6:30 am) it hasn't been all that bad.
I was listening to NPR while doing errands and fully 10% of FL adult population cannot vote because they are ex-felons and don't have their voting rights restored. You have to apply after you get out of prison to get your voting rights back and your ability to be a lawyer, etc.
What do all of you think about this? Other states give you voting rights after you have served your sentence. I kind of feel that if you have the ability to drive or hold a job, why shouldn't you also be able to vote?
I think voting rights are different from the right to get a gun - the latter right should be limited based on felony status.
What do all of you think about this?
This was a big part of Florida swinging to Bush in the 2000 elections. The voter registration rolls were heavily purged. By which I mean, "no black people allowed."
I'm sort of amazed that 1 in 10 adult Floridians has been convicted of a felony. Though I kind of think everybody should be allowed to vote, even people in jail.
I could see it being a big problem in local races, though, if you have a large prison within the district/area.
I'm sort of amazed that 1 in 10 adult Floridians has been convicted of a felony.
Yeah, that's kind of bonkers. Even thinking about the reprobates I hung out with in high school, I don't think 10% of people I've ever known have been convicted of a felony. Although maybe. But I hung out with criminals.
Huh, point. Yeah, especially since many officials involved in criminal procedure (sherriffs, prosecutors, judges) are elected in some areas!
The only non-violent things that seem to be felonies are drug possession and burglary. But I suppose those could be heavily pursued locally.
