Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

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you never mentioned about the number of shootings - not to mention the number of mass shootings and especially in schools. My family spent 3 months in Orlando three years ago and were shocked at the number of experiences they had with regards to their safety. Eg advised not to talk to a driver in slow moving /stalled traffic and ask for directions. The local schools in well to do /middle class areas doing weekly exercises in case there is a ‘prowler’ on the premises - immediately go under your desks, etc, etc,. There is no unemployment assistance once you lose your job - you are on your own

Us outsiders looking in are a bit mystified with Americans complaining about the cost of food given they are the most obese nation in the world.

My father-in-law was one of them, this was from a video call last week after the election…

"We were getting our gas from Canada, then the Democrats cut that off. Now we're importing it from terrorists in Argentina. Trump will reopen the Canadian pipeline".

Do you think people who voted for Kamala hoping for a change and for the things to get better are any smarter that those who voted for Trump

Depends on how you define change?

If people voted on the economy and based that vote on the policies of both candidates and voted Harris then that voter is more informed. Does that equate to smarter?

If a Trump voter believed America has the worst economy in history and they think Trumps Tariffs on Chiiiiina!, are going to make their lives better, then they are misinformed.

AKA. the Manchurian candidate

While that is very true, those same fat reserves on the body could feasible allow a person to skip food a few days here and there.

Fat, is essentially stored energy.

Fats are the slowest source of energy but the most energy-efficient form of food. Each gram of fat supplies the body with about 9 calories, more than twice that supplied by proteins or carbohydrates. Because fats are such an efficient form of energy, the body stores any excess energy as fat.

That seems to be over. Musk is this term's Steve Bannon as well. Great "fear" about him.

The polls stated Trump was far more unlikeable but they voted for him anyway.

Harris losing is directly attributed to the likeability of Biden, which was poor.

The reasons for that are as strange as they are confusing.

The charge now largely coming from some Democrats is Joe abandoned the working class.

But it doesn't stack up when weighed against reality of what Biden did for the Unions and actually growing manufacturing jobs. Americas economy by every single metric is in A territory.

Maybe a large amount of the ones who stayed away were actually Biden supporters who were annoyed that he didn't run again. A protest non vote, which essentially is a vote for Trump.

It's all very interesting. If you're into these sort of things.

I don't buy that Biden was particularly unpopular. I mean, I can see it amongst the 'My Gas is too high' crowd and definitely amongst the muslim population, so maybe that was enough to swing things, but I think he's probably been one of the less divisive presidents of the last 20 years. Maybe I'm completely wrong.

The fat content is not what makes people gain weight. That's down to the carb level a given food source will have and a lot of food that we eat is just pure carbs, especially fast/junk food which are heavily calorific. It satisfies quickly, but you're often hungry again a short time after. And coupled with a less active lifestyle that a lot of people have nowadays, gaining a lot of weight becomes very easy because they don't burn off the calories.

People are wrongly petrified with the fat content of a given foodstuff, but fail to look at the "energy" level that same foodstuff contains. A lot of food claims to be low in fat, but it's actually more calories than you'd need in a single meal.

American food, especially, is usually very high in calories and the regulations on food production is a fraction of what it is over here. I remember asking my cousin why the bread over there tasted so sweet. He said it's because it's laced with sugars. A typical slice of white bread this side of the pond will provide you with about 80 to 85 calories. Over there, it could well north of 100.

A slice of pizza in New York could contain around 500 calories. That's a quarter of a woman's calorie intake a day and a fifth of a man's.

Sweet bread is one of my abiding memories from the time I lived there. Their chocolate was terrible too.

Back then food was cheap but awful, now i hear it's expensive but still awful. The last time I was there on a holiday I think I mostly stuck to sushi.

I think you've grabbed the wrong end of the stick and decided to run a marathon relay with it.

I am not suggesting that people do this, I honestly didn't think I would have to write something so bleeding obvious. I was merely commenting, how it could be a last ditch attempt at getting through a difficulty time.

Hope that helps clear up your confusion.

Totally, fat has been given a bad reputation. Sugar and salt are the big things to look out for.

Anyway, this is going off topic, so we should end it there.