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[Regnum] Real honey differs from counterfeit even in color. This was stated on August 1 by the head of the interregional public organization "Interregional Union of Beekeepers" Alexander Kuks, commenting on the discovery of counterfeit honey in retail chains.
Roskachestvo conducted a study of honey from 16 private label brands of the largest retail chains, as well as inexpensive honey in chain retail. As a result, it was established that the products of none of the brands studied fully comply with the requirements of the legislation. The main methods of falsification included dilution with syrups and non-compliance of the product with the declared botanical name.
"There is natural bee honey, for which there is a GOST. This honey is tested by the veterinary service. There is also a confectionery product that is produced according to the TU developed by manufacturers. This product may or may not contain natural honey. Documents for such products are issued by the food industry, not the veterinary service. This product has nothing to do with bee products and does not comply with GOST," Kuks explained.
He pointed out that the incorrect botanical name means that, for example, honey contains more sunflower pollen and less linden pollen, but the honey is still called linden.
According to him, when buying honey in stores, you should pay attention to the label and find out whether the product is made according to GOST or TU. Unfortunately, confectioners have succeeded more than bees, he noted. Their products look more attractive than real honey, which does not have bright colors. The colors of the natural product are blurred and unsaturated, the beekeeper explained.
He added that, for example, the label may say "Raspberry Honey," but the jar contains a product with a pinkish tint. In reality, raspberry honey is light, light gray, and does not smell like raspberries. Confectioners add raspberry crumbs to such a product, but this does not apply to natural honey.
"To buy real honey, it is better to contact beekeepers. It is also best to buy honey in specialized honey shops, where there is a stricter check. Such shops work only with honey and strive to maintain their reputation and the trust of customers. You can also buy honey at specialized fairs and exhibitions, where the veterinary laboratory service examines the honey and issues the appropriate conclusions," he specified.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, during the study, Roskachestvo identified the main counterfeiters producing products under their own brand or private label: Medovaya Dolina LLC, Medovy Dom LLC, and TD Voyal LLC. The experts identified three types of counterfeiting: non-compliance with GOST standards for the ratio of fructose and glucose, proline content, and non-compliance with diastase standards.
SberZdorovye gastroenterologist Daria Utyumova said that ginger, lemon and honey, which contain ascorbic acid and B vitamins, help improve blood circulation and strengthen the body's immune system.
[USNInews] The current and future size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, the capacity of the U.S. shipbuilding industry to execute the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, and Navy proposals for retiring existing ships have been oversight matters for the congressional defense committees for many years. Congressional focus on these matters has been heightened over the past decade by the increasing size and capabilities of China’s navy, and by the capacity of China’s shipbuilding industry compared with the capacity of the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
The Navy fell below 300 battle force ships (the types of ships that count toward the quoted size of the Navy) in August 2003 and has generally remained between 270 and 300 battle force ships since then. As of May 28, 2024, the Navy included 296 battle force ships.
In December 2016, the Navy released a force-structure goal that called for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 355 ships of certain types and numbers. The 355-ship goal was made U.S. policy by Section 1025 of the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2810/P.L. 115- 91 of December 12, 2017). The 355-ship goal predated the Trump and Biden Administrations’ national defense strategies and did not reflect the new, more distributed fleet architecture (i.e., new mix of ships) that the Navy wants to shift toward in coming years.
In June 2023, the Navy sent its preferred new force-level goal to the congressional defense committees. In March 2024, as part of its FY2025 30-year (FY2025-FY2054) shipbuilding plan, the Navy released the details of this new goal, which calls for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 381 manned ships of certain types and numbers, plus 134 large unmanned surface and underwater vehicles. The Biden Administration to date has not explicitly endorsed, as an Administration objective and funding priority, either.
The United States of America has sent 12 warships to the Middle East, The Washington Post reports, citing a senior Pentagon official.
"The ships included the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and accompanying warships," the newspaper wrote.
In addition, the US authorities have sent a three-ship Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, which includes more than four thousand Marines, to the Middle East.
As reported by Regnum news agency, on July 31, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the military to launch a direct attack on Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
Iran's permanent representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Irwani, said that the US is the biggest supporter of the Israeli regime in the region. Haniyeh's murder would not have been committed without the help of US intelligence, he believes. On July 31, the US, Great Britain and France blocked a draft UN Security Council statement proposed by Russia on the assassination of the Hamas politburo chief, Irwani added.
Middle East expert Mais Kurbanov believes that the world is on the threshold of a large-scale conflict in the Middle East, which could start at any moment. The orientalist recalled that Haniyeh was one of the prominent figures of Hamas and his death cannot go unpunished, Iran will not forgive this, a response will definitely follow.
announcement is official although it is from an Assistant Secretary of State. FWIW, there was voter ID required and no vote harvesting and minimal absentee voting
[MSN] The top U.S diplomat for Latin America said opposition candidate Edmundo González won Venezuela's presidential elections and beat strongman Nicolas Maduro by millions of votes, signaling that the Biden administration is getting ready to officially recognize González as the country's president-elect.
Given the overwhelming evidence obtained by documented proof of millions of votes cast, Maduro and his representatives should recognize Edmundo González as the winner of the July 28 presidential election," Brian Nichols, the assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, said during an emergency meeting of the Organization of the Americas States on Wednesday to discuss the results of the Venezuelan election
"Given the clear evidence, the world’s governments should also acknowledge Edmundo González’s overwhelming electoral victory," he said. "Those that fail to do so are only enabling Maduro and his representatives to attempt a massive fraud and disregard for the rule of law and democratic principles."
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Sec. Blinken released a statement after the one by the Assistant Secretary.
Nothing from Biden or Harris yet. Maybe waiting to make a joint statement with other countries.
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[Bee] Americans Thankful That Socialists Rigging Elections Only Happens In Venezuela
Following socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro's use of military force to maintain political power after an election in which the opposition seemed to have won by more than 30 percentage points, Americans across the United States have expressed their extreme relief that socialists rigging elections is a phenomenon confined to Venezuela.
According to numerous US citizens, socialists cheating in elections and undercutting the will of the people is an "unimaginable abomination." Over 98% of Americans polled say they are "incredibly grateful" that it could never happen in America.
"Oh, yeah, it's absolutely tragic what's going on down there," said Steve McGannon, an American citizen. "I'm so glad we live in a country where socialists would never dare to steal elections. I mean, imagine if one of our political parties were to harvest ballots, insist on non-citizens voting, use underhanded methods to secure an election, and brand anyone questioning voting integrity an "extremist conspiracy theorist," all in the name of safe and secure elections. I'm so glad that sort of thing only happens in countries like Venezuela — could never be the US, am I right?"
Republican leaders across the country have taken a strong stance on the matter by issuing extremely strongly worded tweets, and then going off to play golf at the country club. When asked for comment, several prominent Democrats blushed coyly and assured the American people that they would never do such a thing.
At publishing time, Americans had started giving thanks that graphically inappropriate displays of public nudity only happened in godless places like Paris.
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'Minimal absentee voting' possibly due to the apparent restrictions with their online registration where only about 65,000 out of over 2 Million overseas voters were actually able to register.
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Better screen grab Harris' high-five of the Madura Numbers. Something something accept the Madura Numbers and just get over it.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Paris has been subjected to 68 cyberattacks since the start of the Olympic Games. This was stated by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Agence France-Presse reports.
According to a French official, the cyberattacks were aimed directly at the resources of the Olympic facilities.
"All 68 cyber attacks were promptly identified and prevented," Attal said at a meeting of the French government.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, there was a disruption in the movement of high-speed TGV trains. Several fires broke out at railway facilities. About 800 thousand passengers in France were forced to stay at train stations on the day of the opening of the Olympic Games.
Investigators are studying the version of the possible involvement of an “anonymous group of opponents of the Olympics” in the sabotage on the railway tracks on the night of July 26.
The 2024 Olympic Games Organizing Committee has cancelled a press conference ahead of the opening ceremony without giving any reason.
[CNN] A few weeks after promising to eliminate taxes on tips, former President Donald Trump has unveiled a second proposal for targeted tax relief. The beneficiaries this time would be senior citizens, an influential voting bloc.
"SENIORS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY!" Trump posted Wednesday on Truth Social.
While lifting the levy would benefit many older Americans for a little while, the proposal would harm the popular entitlement program, as well as Medicare and the federal budget, if Trump and Congress don’t come up with a way to replace the lost revenue, said Marc Goldwein, senior policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. What’s more, many seniors could ultimately be hurt if Social Security and Medicare’s trust funds run dry sooner and benefits have to be cut."
* Taxes on Social Secuirty was begun during the presidency of the onerous Bill Clinton.
This was an awakening moment for me in an environment where the only four letter words your couldn't say were Rush, Dole, and Bush.
Of course I had a entry level, not for everyone job, and payroll taxes shock. 'So they take my money involuntarily, and x decades later (if I get it at all) they return my money and tax it.'
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currently individuals with less than $25k of income don't have to pay any tax on SSecurity
individuals with over $34k of income may have to pay taxes on up to 85% of SSecurity
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Medicare is taken out of my social security separate from the tax. I don't see how this would affect medicare. Congress needs to stop raiding social security.
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- new jobs less than expected
- unemployment up
- long term unemployment up
- people working part time when they want full time - up
- work week hours - down
- previous months job gains revised - down
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And raise taxes, negative interest rates, price fixing should clear the way to a lotto of which businesses must hire a number of illegals. It'll be random, they promise.
Link directed to alternative news site.
[SpectrumNews1] Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Thursday that 499 non-citizen registrations from Ohio voter rolls. LaRose said it's part of a multi-phase, comprehensive audit of the state's voter registration database as the November election approaches.
“I swore an oath to uphold the constitution of our state, and that document clearly states that only United States citizens can participate in Ohio elections,” said LaRose in a statement. “That means I’m duty-bound to make sure people who haven’t yet earned citizenship in this country aren’t voting. If or when they do become citizens, I’ll be the first one to congratulate them and welcome them to the franchise, but until then the law requires us to remove ineligible registrations to prevent illegal voting.”
LaRose said in May, there was a review of voter records using identification records from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. At that time, 136 voter registrations assigned to Ohio residents were found to have twice confirmed their non-citizenship status to the BMV. Eighty of them failed to respond to notices that asked them to confirm their citizenship status or cancel their registration. Local boards of elections are starting the removal of those registrations.
The removals announced Thursday are those who confirmed their non-citizen status to the BMV and have been confirmed to be as such. Additionally, these individuals also failed to respond to notices from LaRose's office asking if they can confirm their citizenship status or cancel their registration.
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One of the instructions I received on hand to hand is to drive your opponent's nose into the skull. If done just right it can be a killing blow or so I was told.
Born in 1999 in Tiaret, Algeria, Khelif has been boxing since she was a child and has always competed in women's categories. In her career, she competed in the Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi in 2018 (finishing in 17th place), then competed in Russia the following year. She competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, reaching all the way to the quarterfinals, and she finished second in the 2022 Women's World Championships in Istanbul.
Everything seemed to be running smoothly until the 2023 World Cup, organized by the International Boxing Association. The Russia-led IBA, which is not recognized by the International Olympic Committee, disqualified Khelif after a gender eligibility test allegedly found she has XY chromosomes. IBA president Umar Kremlev has said that both Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting, who allegedly had a similar test result, “were trying to deceive their colleagues and pretend to be women.” Khelif has contested the allegations.
The controversies of the past few days took serious issues such as hyperandrogynism—the excessive production of testosterone by female bodies—and intersexuality, in which someone is born with sex characteristics that don't fit neatly into traditional definitions of male and female, and debased them. They then further poisoned an already very sensitive debate around transgender women's participation in the Olympics and sports competitions in general.
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I was in a conversation about such things with someone dear to me and still learning about life, and the posit was, "If he has had the chop and been on the hormone stew for a couple years, its fine."
I will present this boxing / martial sports match-up without comment.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Regnum] Paris has been subjected to 68 cyberattacks since the start of the Olympic Games. This was stated by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Agence France-Presse reports.
