{"id":38198,"date":"2022-03-04T20:17:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T04:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=38198"},"modified":"2022-03-05T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T23:49:24","slug":"its-all-craziness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=38198","title":{"rendered":"It’s all craziness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Vladimir Putin likes to be photographed without a shirt<\/strong>, and this picture of him horseback riding barechested in Siberia in 2009 circulated worldwide.\u00a0
\n\"\"Perhaps it inspired this well-publicized spoof showing Putin riding a bear. “I\u00a0have seen ‘photos’ of\u00a0me riding a\u00a0bear,” the Russian president has said. “I\u00a0have not ridden a\u00a0bear yet, but there are such photos already.” Is yet<\/em> the operative word here?<\/p>\n

In his apparent quest for Russia to regain its Soviet Union hegemony over much of Eastern Europe, Putin may yet be gobbled by a bear, for not even all Russians are happy with his invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Who’s waffling?<\/em><\/p>\n

I bought a pint of “Organic Maple Syrup”<\/strong> to go with my daily waffle, but when I brought it home, I noticed it didn’t taste quite as I expected, so I examined the tub it came in.<\/p>\n

Printed on a label atop the tub is a “California Proposition 65 WARNING: Consuming this product can expose you to chemicals including lead, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov\/food.” I checked the warning and found: “Lead and lead compounds are on the Proposition 65 list because they can cause cancer.\u00a0 Exposure to lead and lead compounds may increase cancer risk.”<\/p>\n

Yet the syrup is promoted as “organic” and “non-GMO” (without genetically modified organisms). How can something that sounds so healthy also be dangerous?<\/p>\n

It’s all craziness.<\/p>\n

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