American Politics: Fiscal Cliffhanger

[The Astral Mandate]

What is alfalfa even used for

My chinchilla ate it. This is also, as far as I know, is it's only use. Same with barley.

Apparently you can extract gold from it

[The Jamesian Republic]

My chinchilla ate it. This is also, as far as I know, is it's only use. Same with barley.

Apparently you can extract gold from it

Note to self: Buy alfalfa.

[Arval Va]

Apparently you can extract gold from it

Note to self: Buy alfalfa.

Just purée it and spin it in a centrifuge.

[San Lumen]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/24/biden-d ... -plan.html

Biden, Democrats plan beefed-up 50-state fundraising strategy to overwhelm GOP rivals

[The Black Forrest]

Ahhh Florida. Protecting poor white racists from the horrors of the Biden inauguration poem.

Sneaky bastard Biden. Allowing for a poem that has hidden hate messages and will cause confusion and indoctrination.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami ... index.html

[Zurkerx]

Ahhh Florida. Protecting poor white racists from the horrors of the Biden inauguration poem.

Sneaky bastard Biden. Allowing for a poem that has hidden hate messages and will cause confusion and indoctrination.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami ... index.html

Isn't this the same parent who has complained about several other things too? Florida strikes again. I feel if Democrats could ever take the majority and win the governorship that these laws will be reversed in a heartbeat.

[The Jamesian Republic]

Ahhh Florida. Protecting poor white racists from the horrors of the Biden inauguration poem.

Sneaky bastard Biden. Allowing for a poem that has hidden hate messages and will cause confusion and indoctrination.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami ... index.html

Exactly what about that poem had hate speech?

[Deblar]

Ahhh Florida. Protecting poor white racists from the horrors of the Biden inauguration poem.

Sneaky bastard Biden. Allowing for a poem that has hidden hate messages and will cause confusion and indoctrination.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami ... index.html

It “is not educational and have (sic) indirectly hate messages,” the complaint said

Bruh, if you’re gonna complain about nonexistent hate speech, the least you could do is at least use proper grammar

Ahhh Florida. Protecting poor white racists from the horrors of the Biden inauguration poem.

Sneaky bastard Biden. Allowing for a poem that has hidden hate messages and will cause confusion and indoctrination.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami ... index.html

Exactly what about that poem had hate speech?

It doesn’t glorify America enough, apparently.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

Bruh, if you’re gonna complain about nonexistent hate speech, the least you could do is at least use proper grammar

I'd expect people petitioning their government to at least have a rudimentary command of the English language but hey.

[The Jamesian Republic]

Ahhh Florida. Protecting poor white racists from the horrors of the Biden inauguration poem.

Sneaky bastard Biden. Allowing for a poem that has hidden hate messages and will cause confusion and indoctrination.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami ... index.html

It “is not educational and have (sic) indirectly hate messages,” the complaint said

Bruh, if you’re gonna complain about nonexistent hate speech, the least you could do is at least use proper grammar

Exactly what about that poem had hate speech?

It doesn’t glorify America enough, apparently.

This is insane.

[Zurkerx]

Florida lawmakers are pushing a new bill that could allow new roads be made from a "radioactive" mining waste called Phosphogypsum as a "road construction aggregate material."

Phosphogypsum is the waste left behind from mining phosphate rock, which is commonly used for producing fertilizer, and is known for containing "radioactive material," according to the EPA.

Phosphate rock contains "small amounts" of uranium and radium, the EPA says, and in the leftover waste, those elements decay to radium, which then becomes radon, a "potentially cancer-causing, radioactive gas," a spokesperson for the EPA told CBS News.

"Because the wastes are concentrated, phosphogypsum is more radioactive than the original phosphate rock," the EPA says on its website, with the spokesperson adding, "The Clean Air Act regulations require that that phosphogypsum be managed in engineered stacks to limit public exposure from emissions of radon and other radionuclides in the material."

[...]

The bill was ordered enrolled by the Florida House on May 1 and now awaits a signature from DeSantis. If signed, the Department of Transportation would be permitted to "undertake demonstration projects" using the material "to determine its feasibility as a paving material." The department would be required to conduct a study on its "suitability" for that material, the bill states, which must be completed by April 1, 2024.

If signed by DeSantis, phosphogypsum would join a list of other "recyclable materials" in the bill that legislators say "contribute to problems of declining space in landfills" and could be used for road construction. Other materials already approved include tire rubber, ash reside from coal combustion byproducts, mixed plastic, construction steel and glass.

But phosphogypsum is reserved for storage in gypstack systems – not landfills – and the EPA has banned its use in projects for decades, although a spokesperson for the agency told CBS News that the material is allowed to be used for agricultural and indoor research, with restrictions. The agency can also approve specific uses for it "is at least as protective of human health as placement in a stack." If an application meets their requirements, including one for road construction, they can approve it, they said.

The bill does state that any phosphogypsum-centered plans for road construction would be used "in accordance with the conditions" of the EPA's approval, which the EPA spokesperson reiterated to CBS News.

It's - rather interesting that is a major concern in Florida though there are definitely health and environmental risks.

[Fractalnavel]

Florida lawmakers are pushing a new bill that could allow new roads be made from a "radioactive" mining waste called Phosphogypsum as a "road construction aggregate material."

Phosphogypsum is the waste left behind from mining phosphate rock, which is commonly used for producing fertilizer, and is known for containing "radioactive material," according to the EPA.

Phosphate rock contains "small amounts" of uranium and radium, the EPA says, and in the leftover waste, those elements decay to radium, which then becomes radon, a "potentially cancer-causing, radioactive gas," a spokesperson for the EPA told CBS News.

"Because the wastes are concentrated, phosphogypsum is more radioactive than the original phosphate rock," the EPA says on its website, with the spokesperson adding, "The Clean Air Act regulations require that that phosphogypsum be managed in engineered stacks to limit public exposure from emissions of radon and other radionuclides in the material."

[...]

The bill was ordered enrolled by the Florida House on May 1 and now awaits a signature from DeSantis. If signed, the Department of Transportation would be permitted to "undertake demonstration projects" using the material "to determine its feasibility as a paving material." The department would be required to conduct a study on its "suitability" for that material, the bill states, which must be completed by April 1, 2024.

If signed by DeSantis, phosphogypsum would join a list of other "recyclable materials" in the bill that legislators say "contribute to problems of declining space in landfills" and could be used for road construction. Other materials already approved include tire rubber, ash reside from coal combustion byproducts, mixed plastic, construction steel and glass.

But phosphogypsum is reserved for storage in gypstack systems – not landfills – and the EPA has banned its use in projects for decades, although a spokesperson for the agency told CBS News that the material is allowed to be used for agricultural and indoor research, with restrictions. The agency can also approve specific uses for it "is at least as protective of human health as placement in a stack." If an application meets their requirements, including one for road construction, they can approve it, they said.

The bill does state that any phosphogypsum-centered plans for road construction would be used "in accordance with the conditions" of the EPA's approval, which the EPA spokesperson reiterated to CBS News.

It's - rather interesting that is a major concern in Florida though there are definitely health and environmental risks.

Is it enough to have faintly glowing roads?

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

Is it enough to have faintly glowing roads?

No, but it will give you lung cancer.

[Necroghastia]

Is it enough to have faintly glowing roads?

No, but it will give you lung cancer.

The party of protecting women and children, everyone!

[The Jamesian Republic]

No, but it will give you lung cancer.

The party of protecting women and children, everyone!

Alabama: Education funding please.
Alabama Government: What? You want us to use education funds to build a water park? Okay!

Alabama’s government is dominated by the GOP.

[American Legionaries]

Is it enough to have faintly glowing roads?

No, but it will give you lung cancer.

I doubt anyone here works in road construction.

[Pizza Friday Forever91]

https://twitter.com/CATargetBot/status/ ... 5121784832 dead on arrival.

[The Black Forrest]

Florida lawmakers are pushing a new bill that could allow new roads be made from a "radioactive" mining waste called Phosphogypsum as a "road construction aggregate material."

Phosphogypsum is the waste left behind from mining phosphate rock, which is commonly used for producing fertilizer, and is known for containing "radioactive material," according to the EPA.

Phosphate rock contains "small amounts" of uranium and radium, the EPA says, and in the leftover waste, those elements decay to radium, which then becomes radon, a "potentially cancer-causing, radioactive gas," a spokesperson for the EPA told CBS News.

"Because the wastes are concentrated, phosphogypsum is more radioactive than the original phosphate rock," the EPA says on its website, with the spokesperson adding, "The Clean Air Act regulations require that that phosphogypsum be managed in engineered stacks to limit public exposure from emissions of radon and other radionuclides in the material."

[...]

The bill was ordered enrolled by the Florida House on May 1 and now awaits a signature from DeSantis. If signed, the Department of Transportation would be permitted to "undertake demonstration projects" using the material "to determine its feasibility as a paving material." The department would be required to conduct a study on its "suitability" for that material, the bill states, which must be completed by April 1, 2024.

If signed by DeSantis, phosphogypsum would join a list of other "recyclable materials" in the bill that legislators say "contribute to problems of declining space in landfills" and could be used for road construction. Other materials already approved include tire rubber, ash reside from coal combustion byproducts, mixed plastic, construction steel and glass.

But phosphogypsum is reserved for storage in gypstack systems – not landfills – and the EPA has banned its use in projects for decades, although a spokesperson for the agency told CBS News that the material is allowed to be used for agricultural and indoor research, with restrictions. The agency can also approve specific uses for it "is at least as protective of human health as placement in a stack." If an application meets their requirements, including one for road construction, they can approve it, they said.

The bill does state that any phosphogypsum-centered plans for road construction would be used "in accordance with the conditions" of the EPA's approval, which the EPA spokesperson reiterated to CBS News.

It's - rather interesting that is a major concern in Florida though there are definitely health and environmental risks.

Is it enough to have faintly glowing roads?

Think of all the power we can save!

[American Legionaries]

Ahhh Florida. Protecting poor white racists from the horrors of the Biden inauguration poem.

Sneaky bastard Biden. Allowing for a poem that has hidden hate messages and will cause confusion and indoctrination.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami ... index.html

Exactly what about that poem had hate speech?

The poet seems to have a rather negative view of all those fine folks at the capital on Jan. 6th.

[Tarsonis]

Is it enough to have faintly glowing roads?

Think of all the power we can save!

And we'll call it the Marie Curie Memorial Highway

[Senkaku]

Florida lawmakers are pushing a new bill that could allow new roads be made from a "radioactive" mining waste called Phosphogypsum as a "road construction aggregate material."

Phosphogypsum is the waste left behind from mining phosphate rock, which is commonly used for producing fertilizer, and is known for containing "radioactive material," according to the EPA.

Phosphate rock contains "small amounts" of uranium and radium, the EPA says, and in the leftover waste, those elements decay to radium, which then becomes radon, a "potentially cancer-causing, radioactive gas," a spokesperson for the EPA told CBS News.

"Because the wastes are concentrated, phosphogypsum is more radioactive than the original phosphate rock," the EPA says on its website, with the spokesperson adding, "The Clean Air Act regulations require that that phosphogypsum be managed in engineered stacks to limit public exposure from emissions of radon and other radionuclides in the material."

[...]

The bill was ordered enrolled by the Florida House on May 1 and now awaits a signature from DeSantis. If signed, the Department of Transportation would be permitted to "undertake demonstration projects" using the material "to determine its feasibility as a paving material." The department would be required to conduct a study on its "suitability" for that material, the bill states, which must be completed by April 1, 2024.

If signed by DeSantis, phosphogypsum would join a list of other "recyclable materials" in the bill that legislators say "contribute to problems of declining space in landfills" and could be used for road construction. Other materials already approved include tire rubber, ash reside from coal combustion byproducts, mixed plastic, construction steel and glass.

But phosphogypsum is reserved for storage in gypstack systems – not landfills – and the EPA has banned its use in projects for decades, although a spokesperson for the agency told CBS News that the material is allowed to be used for agricultural and indoor research, with restrictions. The agency can also approve specific uses for it "is at least as protective of human health as placement in a stack." If an application meets their requirements, including one for road construction, they can approve it, they said.

The bill does state that any phosphogypsum-centered plans for road construction would be used "in accordance with the conditions" of the EPA's approval, which the EPA spokesperson reiterated to CBS News.

It's - rather interesting that is a major concern in Florida though there are definitely health and environmental risks.

Oh Jesus Christ. I heard the headline a few weeks ago and assumed they were going to be using reactor waste diluted in huge volumes of concrete or something; they’re going to be turning the entire roadway into radon sources?? I am never going back to that godforsaken piece of swamp ever again

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/401 ... -them/amp/ <<< relatedly, Florida’s tinpot autocracy rating has just been upgraded again

[The United Penguin Commonwealth]

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4017344-rick-scott-issues-travel-advisory-for-socialists-warning-florida-is-openly-hostile-to-them/amp/ <<< relatedly, Florida’s tinpot autocracy rating has just been upgraded again

scott mockingly declaring that florida is hostile enough to socialists for them to avoid going there is not the own he thinks it is.

[American Legionaries]

Think of all the power we can save!

And we'll call it the Marie Curie Memorial Highway

Ngl glow in the dark pavement would be pretty badass.

[The Black Forrest]

Exactly what about that poem had hate speech?

The poet seems to have a rather negative view of all those fine folks at the capital on Jan. 6th.

Don’t forget she was also promoting socialism and making children lazy. I mean seriously the talk of helping each other, solving problems, and leaving a better country for the next generation. She is a monster!

[Emotional Support Crocodile]

Florida lawmakers are pushing a new bill that could allow new roads be made from a "radioactive" mining waste called Phosphogypsum as a "road construction aggregate material."

Phosphogypsum is the waste left behind from mining phosphate rock, which is commonly used for producing fertilizer, and is known for containing "radioactive material," according to the EPA.

Well that doesn't sound at all like something done in exchange for some campaign funding.