Why "exotic tourism" like what happened on the Titanic is a bad idea.

This man is telling the truth. I have to admit that I am surprised that people are going to the Titanic on a regular basis. Wasn't it supposed to be closed off?

 

Don't like socialism, subsidies, and government regulation? Think about this one!

I wasn't going to comment about this, but watching James Cameron talk about the rescue being a charade: especially after hearing a sound like an implosion. He raises a lot of good points--the main one being qualms about the carbon fibre technology used for the sub. Also, testing the sub's hull for integrity. 

Still, think of all the money wasted on trying to find something which blew up because a bunch of people with more dollars than sense wanted to look at the Titanic. Just think of who is paying the bill for all this.

  

In 2019, OceanGate said it was concerned the certification process could slow down development and act as a drag on innovation. “Bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation,” it said.

See this for a more detailed description of why this libertarian bullshit is WRONG! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/titanic-sub-us-navy-james-cameron-detected-likely-implosion-titan-submersible

An Apple a Day, and The Rot of Government Subsidies

When Louie Gohmert, idiot at large and Republican Congressman from Texas takes to the floor of the House of Representatives to trash talk eating healthy, you have to start following the aroma of money, not food.  I would bet, given the number of Republicans who are against the government promoting healthy eating patterns, that there are large campaign donations made to them by Big Ag, directly or indirectly, for continuing the subsidies noted in the article below.

More Government Subsidies

Going to Twinkies

than Apples?

September 26, 2011 at 7:04AM by Katie Robbins | 9 Comment

In its efforts to curb the nation's obesity epidemic, the U.S. government seems to be taking inspiration from the infamous Twinkie diet, with more federal dollars going to subsidize the production of junk food than to growing fresh fruits and vegetables.

In a report released last week, the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) revealed that from 1995 to 2010, $16.9 billion in American tax dollars went to subsidize production of four common junk food additives: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, and soy oils (often processed to create hydrogenated vegetable oils).

More from Delish: Common Food Additives and What They Do

The report, called "Apples to Twinkies: Comparing Federal Subsidies of Fresh Produce and Junk Food," found that during the 15 year period studied, the federal government spent over $260 billion in agricultural subsidies. However, the vast majority of this went to commodity crops like soy beans and corn. As the production of additives like corn syrup was receiving billions in tax dollars, the study reveals that the only significant funding of fresh produce was for apples, which received a comparatively stingy $262 million in subsidies from 1995 to 2010.

More from Delish: What's Your Apple IQ?

So where are your tax dollars going?  To offer a more personalized sense of the discrepancy, the report breaks down the figures. If taxpayers were given a direct cut of the agricultural subsidies to spend  on groceries, we'd each receive $7.36 to spend on junk food each year and a mere $0.11 to purchase apples — the equivalent of 19 Twinkies and a few bites of a Red Delicious apple.

Better hope that Twinkie diet really works...