• hark@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m not surprised. Border enforcement, like all law enforcement entities, do more to hassle harmless actions than stopping harmful ones. They’re the wrong group to handle the fentanyl epidemic anyway. That should be the job of proper drug rehabilitation programs.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      could be for good reason, there’s a huge bird flu outbreak in the US right now, plus the US also has really strict egg washing laws, so depending on where these eggs are going, and assuming that it isn’t just eggs, which is likely, it could make sense.

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        6 hours ago

        It’s strange that Canada isn’t having the same issue: epidemics don’t usually respect borders

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      Dude I’m a Yankee. Born and raised in RI and now living in southeast Mass.

      Last year I went to Texas. Visited Houston, Austin, and Dallas. Rented a Mustang Mach-E and drove between the three cities (which are a big triangle with not much in between).

      Texas has these gas station rest stops that are well known. Bucc-ees. And they are absurd. They are at least as large as a supermarket up here.

      They have fountain beverages with Styrofoam cups.

      I was so taken aback by this. I cannot believe that there are still companies choosing Styrofoam for fountain drinks.

      No wonder they freak out about paper straws. Like, those legitimately suck, don’t get me wrong…but paper and even plastic cups are only functionally worse than Styrofoam when it comes to insulation (and by proxy, condensation)…they are objectively better in every other way I can think of.

      How the fuck are they going to adopt paper straws if they are still using Styrofoam cups?

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    1 day ago

    Hilarious image of egg smugglers being forced to ‘lay’ their contraband under supervision in a CBSA bathroom.

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Actual answer?

      Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there’s a lot of separate farms.

      US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.

      If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.

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      2 days ago

      Because there is a big bird flu in USA and it is being mismanaged by a government of idiots who rather insult every one.

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        2 days ago

        No, that is not the issue anymore and has not been for a while. Last time, to stop this, the government had to threaten with anti cartel actions - the prices were suddenly down again.