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Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’

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> Gross, but that's their problem, not mine. There's a multitude of bad health habits, if we were actually serious, there'd be no soda or cereal on the shelves. This absolutist mindset is not helpful for making progress. People want tasty, potentially bad for them foods. You can have bad food that’s made up of “real food” just fine. Fortifying bad foods to make them marginally less bad is a good thing. Don’t let grea…

Or just address the actually cause instead of the "problem". Get the shit like food coloring and corn syrup out of our food. Other nations do just fine with their food situation without all these made up excuses and nonsense and like "fortified" food. And stop subsidizing the garbage food and cultivation of it via SNAP.

> Or just address the actually cause instead of the "problem".

Again, you’re asking for behavioral change in humans by fiat. Fortification extends well beyond just adding vitamins to chips or junk food. It’s added in many basic building blocks (milk, and most flours and rice) because it literally is solving nutritional deficiencies caused by poverty. Nobody is somehow making purchasing decisions on junk food based on fortification content.

> Get the shit like food coloring and corn syrup out of our food.

Irrelevant to nutritional content, unless you mean overly sugary foods relating to corn syrup. Which, you can have the exact same health outcomes and hyper palatability by just using regular old sugar.

> Other nations do just fine with their food situation without all this made up nonsense and excuses like "fortified" food.

Other nations fortify their food too, including many “first world” countries. I don’t know why you think this is somehow a uniquely American thing.

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>If someone came in with a curious mindset, that'd be one thing. But this is someone walking into a room with an agenda (get rid of fluoride) and a shocking lack of knowledge about that agenda. But since "Internet People Lie About Fluoride,"[0] why are you surprised? And that's nothing new. Why? I have no idea. Perhaps cpursley[1] could enlighten us? [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GefwcsrChHk [1] https://news.yc…

Yeah, exactly - she made my point. Buy proper toothpaste with fluoride. Brush after ever meal. I understand the chemistry and am an obsessive brusher. If the Danish don't need it in their DRINKING water, nor do we.

You must've watched a different video than I did.

Because you're the "Internet people lie about fluoride" guy to a tee.

Have a good day!

Re: Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’

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mock the actors and builders and hvac technicians all you'd like, sorta reinforces the overall political landscape. not a great look imo

In case it wasn't clear, I'm not mocking actors, builders, and HVAC techs; rather, I'm mocking you, for making the ridiculous claim that these hard-working folks are in such dire straits (hint: they're not) that studios should be forced to make production choices that result in ultra-lame movies just to artificially guarantee them some extra work.

Okay friend, I don’t think I’ll continue this but I hope one of us is right and the movie industry flourishes

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Europe should counter this with 500% tariffs. I (being German) really want to see a comeback of French cinema.

You probably won't. French cinema is americanizing. Good movies are still made, but 'les 3 mousquetaires' showed that most huge french productions are poor copies of 2000 era Ridley Scott (well, Ridley Scott himself make poor copies of his 2000-era films). 'Le Comte de Monte Cristo' was better (way better), but the colour filters,the lack of sound (or the music too loud and too epic), the useless sword fight and the…

Most blockbusters look alike, it doesn't matter where they come from. I don't think a German asking for more "French cinema" asks for more big-budget French movies, as those offer nothing more than American ones. I think they meant more auteur productions like those of the New Wave.

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So let me get this straight... he's not happy with the UK because of VAT (value added tax) and he's also not happy with the UK because of tax breaks? Amazing.

Both are harming US jobs. VAT is bad for US because a car made in US is 22% more expensive when sold in UK than a car made in UK sold in US. VAT makes it harder for US car company to sell in UK. It reduces number of US jobs making cars. UK giving tax breaks to US companies also reduces number of US jobs because a catering business in Los Angeles loses a job to a catering business in London. So does a carpenter, an ex…

> VAT is bad for US because a car made in US is 22% more expensive when sold in UK than a car made in UK sold in US.

But a UK car sold in the UK is also 22% more expensive than a UK car sold in the US (I'm going to overlook that you've completely overlooked sales taxes in the US).

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There are clear factual errors in the underlying assumptions of what was stated about water fluoridation. Those are simply table stakes for having a discussion about anything at all. If one thinks that water fluoridation is useful "just for a few seconds," that it's not done outside of the United States, that it's a replacement for toothpaste, that it's a vital chemical, or that we don't fortify other foods, then the…

Just brush your teeth after every meal, you will be fine like the Finns. And prob a higher IQ like them, as well (without all the unnecessary floride in the water).

Where are the studies supporting this claim? A random person on the internet saying "prob higher IQ" is not a convincing argument.

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Trump is likely saying this because the new Prime Minister of Canada is visiting tomorrow, and Canada has been fairly successful building a "Hollywood North" industry -- lots of good filming locations, lots of talents that are indistinguishable from Americans, and tax credits on top. This is 100% targeted at Canada, and trying to threaten destroying the Canadian film industry as another lever against Canada. And it i…

And indeed, Howard "Barking Carnival Huckster" Nutlick went on Fox News to attack Canada having a film industry. It is exactly what I said.

One of the most amazing things about the Idiocracy administration in place in the US is this belief that everything is the domain of Americans, and if any other nation is doing it, clearly they're stealing it. Canada had an automotive industry as long as the US did. We used to have the AutoPact before NAFTA, and we need to bring it back. Canada has a robust film industry on its own.

So when Howard Nutlick does his embarrassing "why does Canada make our films" act, there is a point there -- zero US media should be allowed into Canada. None. All IP rights on US products should be abolished. All patents and other.

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Maybe people should first understand the context of this. Apparently, here's the data: California is losing its grip on the film industry as Canada, the UK, and Australia outspend the U.S. on production subsidies. LA’s soundstage occupancy dropped to 90% pre-strikes, while Warner Brothers and Netflix ramp up overseas filming. Even a $3.75 billion tax credit boost might not be enough to keep Hollywood on top. Meanwhil…

Yeah, Trump's a real leftist!

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The MAGA people attacking Hollywood is such a big mistake. Yes I know the average celebrity doesn’t share their views, but that doesn’t change the fact that Hollywood projects American culture around the world in a way that the government could never do itself. Movies and music made here are so often cited as the reason why young people around the world idealize America and want to emulate us (buy our clothes, speak…

Hollywood made a few anti-fascist, anti-Nazi exploitation movies last year with big name actors and directors. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Freaky Tales are two that stand out. Hollywood is pro queer, pro minority and pro free speech. MAGA hates it all and would happily destroy it. It's not stupid, it's their vision for the country and they want to project that vision to the rest of the world. They don't…

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They used to do all principal photography for half of all Marvel films in Atlanta. The industry has almost completely pulled out in just the past three years. We had a booming, absolutely thriving industry for nearly two decades. People moved from LA to be here. We built hundreds of studios and sound stages. Now they're sitting empty. Everyone is going to Serbia now. IATSE folks are having to leave the industry entir…

Seems you were a-okay with people in California losing their jobs so you got them in Atlanta. You seem not okay with it moving from Atlanta to elsewhere. And stop repeating the Serbia line in every comment. You've done it multiple times. What productions are in Serbia? How many out of how many? Did you lose your job to one in Serbia and now it's sour grapes all along?

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