minnabruna

Respectfully, your answer overlooks an important component of this issue. Your argument focuses on the need to keep mining coal until there is no more coal, and only then switch to renewables, as this will keep at least some coal mining jobs for some time longer.

This is true, but it overlooks a huge argument against coal mining - the environmental impact, of the mining, but even more so of global warming. In order to avoid a worse-case situation regarding global weather and sea levels, the sooner all coal use can be stopped, the better for everyone.

As a person with family that farmed for centuries before it became impossible to live by it anymore, I understand the position of wanting to keep jobs and livelihoods in an existing industry in an area highly dependent on that industry. I certainly understand and support efforts to diversify the regional economy and regional opportunities. However to approach this issue solely as one of local jobs and no other issues overlooks a key reason for the regulation you oppose, and the fate of everyone on the entire planet.

She may be more concerned with the fact that it is illegal to be gay.

In Saudi there is a famous anecdote among expats about the culturally-minded Austrian Embassy's frequent musical instrument imports. One month the embassy received a call from customs asking them to "please come and get the piano, it is leaking."

More recently, the Russian Protein Research Institute translated their homepage to English, where they proudly proclaimed their pursuit of the study of squirrels. (In Russian, the word for "of protein" and for squirrel is belka).

http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003990.php

What is the name of this chemical? How is it used? Is it actually put on the chicken?

Also, overall, how clean are the chickens when they arrive and when they leave?