Recycle...

Recycling is the globe’s bizarro commodity, created by the richest people on Earth and sold to the developing world. Like all commodities, its price reflects a staggering string of interconnected happenings. 

Your 2011-era empty Coke bottle wasn’t just worth a lot because of high oil prices it was worth a lot because of Pakistan devastating monsoons in the summer of 2010 that sent cotton, in April 2011, to its highest nominal price since records began in 1870. 

Jeans were going to be more expensive, Levi’s announced. And so, it turned out, was recycled PET plastic, because for Chinese manufacturers of articles like teddy bears and blue jeans, polyester fibers made from old plastic bottles were a cost-effective replacement for cotton. Cotton was up; plastic was up; recycled PET prices went up. 

After China stopped buying, a supply glut sent prices for recycled materials down, and fast. Recyclers found themselves dumping paper in landfills outside Seattle and incinerating plastic in the suburbs of Philadelphia.  Northeastern recyclers were sending just 54 percent of the bottles they collected to processors for reuse. The rest were basically landfilled.

Rigged...

A persistent group of Sanders supporters still won't let go of the slights real and perceived from the last campaign. The frustration is notable now that Sanders is a 2020 front-runner, raking in $18.2 million in the first quarter, downplaying concerns about DNC bias and highlighting his success in bringing the party around on liberal policies it once resisted.

The acrimony stems from a fiercely fought campaign and a sense among Sanders loyalists that party leaders privately favored Clinton. DNC leaders at the time scheduled fewer debates than Republicans and sometimes slated them for nights with low television viewership. 

Often opaque delegate allocation rules also contributed to a belief among some Sanders supporters that the primary was essentially rigged.

According to data from the Pew Research Center, the tension took a toll. About 81% of people who consistently supported Sanders during the primary season and were confirmed to have voted in the general election said they ultimately voted for Clinton, while 11% said they supported Stein or Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, and 3% supported Trump.

Tan...

A former NAACP leader in Washington state who was exposed in 2015 as a white woman pretending to be black has reached an agreement to avoid trial on charges of welfare fraud.

Rachel Dolezal, who changed her name to Nkechi Diallo two years ago, was charged with two felonies last May.

Investigators alleged she failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in income from her memoir, "In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World," and other sources, so she could collect $8,847 in food and child care assistance from the state.

The Spokesman-Review reported that Diallo entered into an agreement with prosecutors March 25 in Spokane County Superior Court to repay the money and complete 120 hours of community service to avoid a trial.

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Fish...

He’s all for transparency  ­except when it comes to his own fundraising.

Mayor de Blasio resorted to virtually every excuse in the book Friday to explain why he had to raise funds for his federal political action committee from a Boston developer who’s trying to bolster his business in New York City.

Speaking during his weekly spot on Brian Lehrer’s WNYC radio show, de Blasio offered up a laundry list of excuses for why he refused to reveal that developer John Fish was the host a $5,000 per person fundraiser thrown in Boston Friday for the mayor’s Fairness PAC, a cash cow for his potential 2020 bid for president.  Media outlets were able to obtain invitations to the event from third parties.  

Part of the political game, according to de Blasio, is allowing Fish to host a swanky fundraiser in Boston, even though his company, Suffolk Construction, is actively seeking to secure more developments in New York City.
Overbuilding NYC, Taxing the people for driving, deteriorating the transportation system, and no fixing to any thing. But the real estate developers got money and in this case in the right hands.

Overestimating...

Not touching...

Since no one can predict the outcome, no one wants to touch this issue. Illegals, crimes, work with no permits, no taxes, use the welfare system... but not touching it. Let someone else do it.

The Europeans are trying to entice other countries to block the illegal immigration before reaching Europe shores.

Girlish...

Cuckoo...

Some are running out of option. The coming 2020 election is just around the corner and some need to do something. Here it is.

Melancholy...

Lovesickness refers to an informal affliction that describes negative feelings associated with ongoing relationships, or the absence of a loved one.

Many people believe lovesickness was created as an explanation for longings, but it can be associated with depression and various mental health problems.

Literature and poetry have often described love as a kind of madness, and the medical profession takes a similar approach.

Passionate love will almost always fade or turn into 'love melancholy’ — this is a form of depression or sadness.^[5] Passionate love is the love in the "honeymoon phase", the beginning of new love, but it burns itself out after a year or two, compassionate love is what occurs after passionate love fades, it is a stronger bond of companionship.^[6] In both cases, lovesickness can be experienced if love is lost or unrequited.

The ride...

When you’re picking up over-the-counter drugs or prescription medications, you’re focused on the ingredients that will make you feel better, not the ones that are along for the ride.

But those inactive ingredients comprise as much as 99 percent of a pill or capsule, to keep your medication stable, help you absorb the good stuff, help prevent tampering, and enhance the taste.

Researchers found that close to 93 percent contained at least one of 38 inactive ingredients that can trigger allergic reactions. What’s more, 55 percent of pills contained sugars that may cause digestive problems in people with irritable bowel syndrome. 

While that sounds pretty scary, don’t panic, “Inactive ingredients are actually tested rigorously.