> wrote in message
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> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 3:32:44 AM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
>> I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had a lot
>> of
>> stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown the huge
>> reservoirs with very little water in them. They were showing how people
>> with lush grass and full swimming pools were being demonised.
>>
>> Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>
> While people want to demonize the almond, the water it takes to grow
> one is the same as what's used to flush away a wee.

Mosty of the nuts are sold to China. Most of the nut farms are owned by
Wall Street investment companies. So Wall Street is exacerbating the
problem by planing thousand sof new acres with nut trees to increase their
profits.



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On 5/24/2015 2:03 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 3:32:44 AM UTC-7, Ophelia wrote:
>>> I have noticed several people here mention California. We have had a lot
>>> of
>>> stuff on tv about the lack of water there. We were shown the huge
>>> reservoirs with very little water in them. They were showing how people
>>> with lush grass and full swimming pools were being demonised.
>>>
>>> Is anyone here affected? It sounds very frightening!
>>
>> While people want to demonize the almond, the water it takes to grow
>> one is the same as what's used to flush away a wee.
>
> Mosty of the nuts are sold to China.


http://www.almonds.com/sites/default...13_almanac.pdf

http://giannini.ucop.edu/ResearchRep...34-Almonds.pdf

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...112-story.html

About 40% of the company's almonds are sold to major food companies such
as Kellogg's for use in products including cereal.

Some of the nuts are also sold to China, where annual consumption of
California almonds has more than doubled in the last five years to 208
million pounds, making it the top foreign destination for the California
crop.

What bodes well for the industry is that almond demand is also expanding
in Europe and the U.S., shielding it from dips in consumption in any one
place, said Halliburton Barber of Rabobank.

> Most of the nut farms are owned by Wall Street investment companies.

Oh horrors!

> So Wall Street is exacerbating the
> problem by planing thousand sof new acres with nut trees to increase their
> profits.

It's all that nasty Wall Street, eh Marxist?

**** you!

Learn to buy some stock and take back dividends, you idiot.

On 5/24/2015 4:03 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:

>
> Mosty of the nuts are sold to China. Most of the nut farms are owned by
> Wall Street investment companies. So Wall Street is exacerbating the
> problem by planing thousand sof new acres with nut trees to increase their
> profits.
>

That is true, but the almond growers also employ people, the employees
buy groceries and pay taxes. Others maintain equipment.

Sounds like you need balance.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 5/24/2015 4:03 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
>>
>> Mosty of the nuts are sold to China. Most of the nut farms are owned by
>> Wall Street investment companies. So Wall Street is exacerbating the
>> problem by planing thousand sof new acres with nut trees to increase
>> their
>> profits.
>>
>
> That is true, but the almond growers also employ people, the employees buy
> groceries and pay taxes. Others maintain equipment.

Almond growing is a very low labor business. It is mostly mechanized. One
does not pick almonds, they are shaken from the tree using a special
machine.

> Sounds like you need balance.

Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for short term
profits.



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On 5/24/2015 11:27 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:


>> Sounds like you need balance.
>
> Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for short term
> profits.
>

I'm going to pick up a half gallon jar of almond butter tomorrow. Good
stuff.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 5/24/2015 11:27 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
>
>>> Sounds like you need balance.
>>
>> Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for short
>> term
>> profits.
>>
>
> I'm going to pick up a half gallon jar of almond butter tomorrow. Good
> stuff.

You would. But I was referring to Wall Street greed. There is no such
thing as balance when they stick their proboscis into anything that even
smells a little of money.





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On 5/25/2015 12:24 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 5/24/2015 11:27 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Sounds like you need balance.
>>>
>>> Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for short
>>> term
>>> profits.
>>>
>>
>> I'm going to pick up a half gallon jar of almond butter tomorrow. Good
>> stuff.
>
> You would. But I was referring to Wall Street greed. There is no such
> thing as balance when they stick their proboscis into anything that even
> smells a little of money.
>

You still have to go back to the roots. Is California better off with
or without almonds? Forget Wall Street, the answer is either yes or no.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 5/25/2015 12:24 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 5/24/2015 11:27 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Sounds like you need balance.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for short
>>>> term
>>>> profits.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm going to pick up a half gallon jar of almond butter tomorrow. Good
>>> stuff.
>>
>> You would. But I was referring to Wall Street greed. There is no such
>> thing as balance when they stick their proboscis into anything that even
>> smells a little of money.
>>
>
> You still have to go back to the roots. Is California better off with or
> without almonds? Forget Wall Street, the answer is either yes or no.

Not the point I was making.



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On 5/24/2015 10:39 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 5/25/2015 12:24 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 5/24/2015 11:27 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Sounds like you need balance.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for short
>>>> term
>>>> profits.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm going to pick up a half gallon jar of almond butter tomorrow. Good
>>> stuff.
>>
>> You would. But I was referring to Wall Street greed. There is no such
>> thing as balance when they stick their proboscis into anything that even
>> smells a little of money.
>>
>
> You still have to go back to the roots. Is California better off with
> or without almonds? Forget Wall Street, the answer is either yes or no.
>

**** the marxist ****, he's a damned commie.

On 5/24/2015 10:24 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> But I was referring to Wall Street greed.


A Marxist asshat like you would of course.

Wassamatta, life made you a failure?

You ASSHOLE!

On 5/24/2015 9:27 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 5/24/2015 4:03 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Mosty of the nuts are sold to China. Most of the nut farms are owned by
>>> Wall Street investment companies. So Wall Street is exacerbating the
>>> problem by planing thousand sof new acres with nut trees to increase
>>> their
>>> profits.
>>>
>>
>> That is true, but the almond growers also employ people, the employees buy
>> groceries and pay taxes. Others maintain equipment.
>
> Almond growing is a very low labor business. It is mostly mechanized. One
> does not pick almonds, they are shaken from the tree using a special
> machine.

So are pecans, guess who runs and pays for those machines.

You anti-business ASSHOLE!

>> Sounds like you need balance.
>
> Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for short term
> profits.

Sounds like you;re some risible Marxist ****wit.

I'd LOVE to get you in an MMA ring, cupcake, you game?