New Rule: Getting It in the Nuts | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@DGDfan13]

Rants like these are why I still listen to Bill; and this is one of his most important yet imo. I don't agree with a lot of what he says - but he is right about a lot and even when I don't agree I appreciate the perspective. It's called being an adult and we all need to get better about it.

[@jeil5676]

Harumph!

[@lsdimontenegro5705]

This so hard. It's a dying skill, being able to appreciate someone's perspective.

[@davidthornton365]

You are what we all need to do...as Americans

[@tomallen5837]

This is not perspective. This is more like pandering. Bill is not going after anyone or anything. And Nestle is not going to listen. The only way to clean up this mess is to get rid of all of the corporations. That's going to be a serious downturn. Are you ready for it? I didn't think so. I'm pretty sure Bill is not ready for it. But he sure enjoys his Hollywood contract - his feel-good BS that he feeds everyone with. Oh and look at him living in Beverly Hills complaining. He probably ordered his help to get him an almond latte and it was late getting delivered to his studio. Ah go back to New Jersey Bill - see ya. Or go join Joe Rogan. I'm sure he love your company. PS I'm not ready for it either. ...and trust me I'm doing well here in California, but please, stop kissing this guy's ass. He's not 'spot on', sorry to write this. Just one of the many narcissists who have tv show deals or podcasts ...whoopty-do.

[@DGDfan13]

@@tomallen5837 I'm not saying you're wrong, but I mean his perspective overall. Not just this topic. It's good to listen to opposing views - that's what I was saying. You think I'm not aware Bill is of a privilege class? Come now. He's a talk show host and a comedian. Take what they say with a grain of salt OBVIOUSLY. Also, getting rid of all corporations? I'm all for taxing the rich and big business and ACTUALLY having them pay their fair share - but they aren't going anywhere. They're too deep in the system and I don't see how we get them out at this point. Nestle, like most big business, is atrocious and I knew it before this video. Said I don't agree with Bill on a lot, because I don't. It's not kissing his ass to say he is calling out the right issue. At least by talking about it Bill is bringing awareness to these kinds of issues - pandering or not, that can have impact. Think of the people who have never considered this before this video. You want them to just stay 100% in the dark? You want progress? Congress needs to actually be effective but good luck with that with the current system. We need 1) new blood in Congress or 2) a total rehaul of the system which will never happen with those currently in power. Tough spot. America is fucked.

[@alinaigrad]

I was wondering if he's gonna mention Nestle or Coca Cola. Well said Bill!

[@jmwoods190]

Remember what the CEO of Nestlé said? "Water isn't a right."

[@DgurlSunshine]

@Ectoplasmic Feedback Abolish Price-Anderson!

[@DgurlSunshine]

@@jmwoods190 he can go without then

[@hardrays]

pile on!!!!

[@DgurlSunshine]

@Ectoplasmic Feedback Abolish Price Anderson

[@anonymouscommentator2943]

This was honestly a really great segment and I learned something new today

[@wyzedominick]

Bruh when Bill is talking about leaving CA you know they fucked up…

[@GoldenPhil]

I know, right. And he was serious. With the issue of almond farming and esp how long it is taking him to hook up his solar panels

[@kchris5326]

He supports the policies that ruined California. Now he wants to leave and go ruin a different state.

[@harryballsak1123]

@@kchris5326 sure sure. I supposed your one of those "Let corporations do whatever the fuck they like" since you're so anti-regulation. We that is EXACTLY the issue he's gripping about. All these people moving to places like Texas are going to find out the hard way

[@fadedrose9]

K Chris Supports??? How so???

[@azores15]

The political party he supports is what fucked California up.

[@kari8187]

Take a look at Nestle and their water usage, it’s insane.

[@mindfuldrone]

@FrankFit All thinking humans made fun of "President" Trump. And partly because he said silly non sequiturs, like yours just was.

[@kylestubbs8867]

The folks at “Ring of Fire” certainly have.

[@e22ddie46]

@FrankFit I mean...it was ridiculous and he said it in a more silly manner.

[@marystephens765]

@FrankFit Don the con Hitler wannabe didn’t like anyone regulating anything

[@marystephens765]

Nestle steals water from the CA National Parks

[@aspieatheist6040]

I'm glad that someone is pointing out how already rich farms are getting subsidies from the government.

[@ljohnson2181]

@FrankFit And still do!

[@marvinmartion1178]

I live in Wisconsin and farmers here brag about the 250000.00 dollar farm subsidie checks they get! Of course they hate people on welfare!

[@johnshafer7214]

Only a small amount of farmers are rich and those small amount of farmers are getting the Lions share of the farm subsidies. Majority of farmers are struggling to survive. I blame the Republicans and their get big or get out mentality. By the way, I live in western Wisconsin.

[@walker4133]

Republican farmers sure love that socialist government when it fits their needs

[@eongoosm]

@Frasier Crane Interesting. But "lying" seems overwrought. Does your post redress or drastically change the overall point about crop consumption? I dont think so but that doesnt make you a liar. Nor does your post address the corporate profiteerism at work on the tax-payer dime. Lumping two very valid points made by the show's writers together as lies isnt productive, its actually highly subjective trying to be objective. Again in my opinion, theres a degree of greater accuracy that needs to be attached onto the already strong arguments being made. Case closed.

[@LIGHTintheHALLS]

They’re trying to farm in a damn desert.

[@mistym0rning]

Not all of California is desert. But yeah, the Central Valley has become too dry, there’s not enough snowpack runoff from the Sierra Nevada anymore, etc. :(

[@274pacific]

The Central Valley grows 50% of all the produce grown in the United States. Only a small part of Cali is dessert.

[@riconui5227]

@@274pacific No argument with the figures on produce. But I would suggest that roughly half of the state is desert. The fact that a large portion of the San Joaquin Valley is in production is by virtue of extensive, government funded (socialist bastards!../s), water projects that move water south. The Central Valley Project in the Central Valley, and the L.A. aquaduct from the Owens Valley. The Imperial Valley is, without diversions from the dwindling Colorado, a desert. Certainly from the Tehachapis south to the border with Mexico and east to Arizona, including Los Angeles and San Diego and all it's various burbs, is desert. There little logic in trying to maintain water demanding crops when there is little of it to go around. Cotton is another crop with no reason , apart from cheap water, to be growing in California. It's Chinatown Jake.

[@fadedrose9]

"Socialist???" Hardly. Corporate Greed. Corporations aren't socialists. SMH

[@malcolmwatt6924]

@@fadedrose9 Tell that to the Chinese.

[@mjmaccabee7252]

Also worth mentioning is that monoculture like almond orchards plays a large part in the die- out of bees.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Plus pesticides and herbicides.

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

Veganism is bad for the planet, grass feed beef is good for the environment

[@bradandrewdavis6594]

Excellent add-on point

[@digitalbookworm5678]

Almond orchards have to have bees brought in by mobile beekeepers.

[@brettrobinson2901]

@nishanth v Evil flesh devouring basterd! 😜.....now as I consume my veggie & fishstick sammich, whom else should I troll. Oh and I LOOOOOOVE almonds! Without em and my almond soy milk...I'd go NUTS!

[@MarGoLuv]

This almond farming topic in California was brought up 4 years ago and no one did anything.

[@Lon.BedStuyforLife]

I didn't know about this until this segment. With Cali's wild fires, it makes no sense to be wasting valuable water resources _AND_ land in order to grow _ALMONDS_ where almonds were never meant to grow!!!

[@kylestubbs8867]

Who brought it up, if I may ask?

[@mreasterntownshiptootheeas1247]

I remember joe Rogan talking about this years ago

[@edythmcnair8920]

This is happening in Florida too which isn't a socialist state run by Dems. In fact there's one town where they have to bring in water from elsewhere because the state sold the rights to their water to a bottling company which sells that water (Zephyrhills water) all over the country. They've tried to correct the problem for years but the bottling companies have too much influence in the state legislature.

[@michaelk5448]

I don’t understand why it’s so hard to find news and commentary that calls out the bs on both the left and right. Thank you Bill. This show is one of the few safe harbours in a turbulent sea of talking points and half-truths.

[@mikecole1664]

Dave Ramsey.

[@mikegulnazarian3540]

i feel the same way but i just realized that had he been a snake he would've bit us. thats all im saying.

[@DgurlSunshine]

If only they cared this much about water. Abolish Price-Anderson!

[@diapersFTMFW11]

They arent half truths they are all out psychological warfare and propaganda

[@Monkeybongoes]

But he's still Russia-gating. And propping up Biden.

[@daggerstreetwear]

This little bit of information just blew my mind. Almonds, wtf....

[@SB92XD]

Beef production requires 5 times the amount of water

[@riplexmann4675]

@@SB92XD not true it takes less then almonds

[@daggerstreetwear]

@@SB92XD I'm wondering if Bill would have known that.

[@MasterOfYoda]

@@SB92XD Beef takes 3300 gallons if there is no rain whatsoever per kilogram. So around twice as much as almonds. Still, cali produces several times more almonds than beef, which is why almonds are a bigger problem. Also I don't know what your diet choices are over there but beef and dairy are more important as nutrition. Going without milk sounds a lot worse than going without nuts.

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

How are you doing Thomas

[@nadinadi8385]

Tell it Bill!!! That was a damn good rant! I loved every word of it!

[@jimip9755]

Its actually a red herring. Beef and dairy production accounts for significantly more water usage in California, as compared to almonds. The water use for alfalfa production alone accounts for more of California's water use than almonds. www.businessinsider.com/real-villain-in-the-california-drought-isnt-almonds--its-red-meat-2015-4

[@billymathers9596]

Love the deep dive on Nestle a non American Company and Coke selling us back our own water

[@davidhearne7881]

Who owns Nestle?

[@billymathers9596]

@@davidhearne7881 I believe they are a swiss owned conglomerate... Swiss chocolate & coco& such

[@Aj-qb3pr]

Wait what, Nestlé is not a American company 😳

[@eemoogee160]

@@Aj-qb3pr Hersheys is.

[@ricksimon9867]

Well to be fair, among all the Europeans, the Swiss people rememble Americans the most: tons of guns, hating immigrants, feel the need to be "different" no matter what, exploit third world countries, dysfunctional political system. The only difference is that they can speak more than one language. _

[@DJL78]

Just when I thought I was done with Bill….. This. And it’s pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tamzinbrown9384]

Bill's Back!

[@DJL78]

@@tamzinbrown9384 I wouldn’t go that far. One segment doesn’t equal a rehabilitation tour.

[@tamzinbrown9384]

@@DJL78 But better than he has been in a long while.

[@DJL78]

@@tamzinbrown9384 1000% agree. Tonight was a decent episode. And his opening monologue was hysterical.

[@t.m.larson1283]

Born and raised in SLO. I moved away in 2016. I am now a proud Minnesotan and couldn’t fathom moving back to California. I miss my beaches but not much else. Good segment Bill.

[@TainoInHawaii]

“Corporations selling us the water we own” read that again. America isn’t a country it’s a business and profit is king.

[@mohammadmursalin6817]

Actually, its just one big scam.

[@KalEl7802]

Exactly! The reason why we don't have Kings anymore is because we replace them with CEO's.

[@EchoBravo370]

They are referring to Dasani water the bottle showed in that moment. It is owned by Coca Cola. It was revealed a few years ago that it is not from a spring....it is tap water Coca Cola bottles and sells.

[@hayleyferguson3346]

Canada too

[@maribelcaudillo258]

you got that right!

[@rebelscum9783]

Here in Michigan, Nestle pays a $200 a year permit to use, and bottle all the water they want. Wish my water bill was that cheap!

[@Kayte...]

Unfortunately nestle does that else where too.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Nestle probably doesn't need to repair and maintain the water infrastructure that is necessary to deliver water to millions and millions of homes either.

[@Relevance4life]

They pay VAT per bottle. That my friend is the reason. You only pay a one off. They pay endless money gotten from you

[@HocusPocus6969]

Yeah, and they get the good stuff you get the Flint

[@MtNikota]

as a european, the simple fact that you have water bills amaze me… it's like paying for air… it's insane, it's a universal right… i really don't get how americans accept this shit…

[@RobertEskuri]

This reminds me of the Sam Kinison bit where he screams " You live in a fucking desert!!! ". 😂

[@NewMessage]

But... what would we do without almond milk? It's not like there's 17 other non dairy milk substitu... oh, wait.

[@CommanderWar64]

Soy milk, despite all the soy-boy comments you'll face is the best non-dairy substitute with only needing 4 liters of water to make 1 liter of soy milk which is comparable to cow's milk.

[@thisisnotachannel]

Oat milk is pretty good, but soy and coconut milk are fuckin' gross.

[@merricat3025]

@@thisisnotachannel I like coconut milk but I don't like soy or oat milk

[@delbomb3131]

@@merricat3025 funny how everyone has their own particular favorite while despising the rest.

[@farandwide7176]

@@CommanderWar64 Yeah...Only needing that WATER in the recently cleared Amazon and Indonesian rainforest... Soy, palm-oil, etc is increasing in price. So they DESTROY areas where it rains to grow that shit.

[@Sebagoguy]

I'm with Bill. He always makes perfect sense.

[@Trevdawg48]

I'm a conservative and Bill is spewing straight fire here. Preach on, my brother!

[@tacotacotington3638]

The left has moved so far left that people like Bill who were always on the left but more center are starting to be viewed as conservatives.

[@Trevdawg48]

@@tacotacotington3638 true, and that is why I left the Left and am a former Democrat.

[@SS-yr3ij]

@@Trevdawg48 i can relate to someone like Bill from personal experience and understandable u left the Left... but after that u did switch over to Arkham Asylum Nuthouse on the Right ?...hope not

[@Trevdawg48]

@@SS-yr3ij no. My stance can be most easily described as atheist libertarian.

[@CubanLibertarian]

@@Trevdawg48 I was like you once. Then I realized that the atheists and libertarians are pushing demoralization and they eat their own.

[@nakedmongoose6837]

“California grows 81% of all the world’s almonds” Wow, that’s the most interesting almond related fact i’ve heard all week.

[@pamsinclaire913]

Go to the Central Valley thousands of acres of Almond Trees.

[@fivestring65ify]

It's nuts.

[@ProctorsGamble]

Fukkinuts

[@Juddyfresh]

New Jersey grows about 66% of the world's eggplants. #themoreyouknow

[@mrunseen3797]

And when you think about how much of that might just be produced for almond "milk"...drinking milk of a cow (which lives under good conditions) seems not so bad anymore. In my opinion.

[@co-bruh1423]

I like almonds… But yeah, if you’re growing them in the one place where it’s extra difficult to grow them, you might need to take a hint. Grow them in the Midwest in the South; it rains all the time out here. Lots of space too.

[@tynorstrom2761]

lol its been raining here in bama for the past week, we even have natural almond trees! and i don't even care for the things

[@mathurex211]

@@tynorstrom2761 For real. I'm growing almond trees in north Texas. Plenty of rain. Let's send that shit to the south!

[@co-bruh1423]

@@mathurex211 someone should start up an almond farming company. Just buy up tens of thousands of acres all over the South and get that business booming.

[@mathurex211]

@@co-bruh1423 South Texas and Florida would be gold for almonds.

[@rabidpepeii4194]

NOOOOO!

[@paulm6059]

My ESL students are fast becoming Bill Maher fans. Thanks for such great material!

[@stormwatcher59]

WELL DONE BILL!!!

[@thaddeust.thirdiii736]

Golf courses waste so much freaking water. It’s insane

[@alexiatorrez7680]

Maybe golf course should use artificial grass

[@JewTube001]

golf courses are waste in general. if there was one sport we should get rid of it would be that one.

[@wolf7el356]

@@JewTube001 That sounds pretty totalitarian...

[@LovePeaceBeer]

@@JewTube001 George Carlin would be proud of you!

[@JewTube001]

@@wolf7el356 totalitarians tend to have their own golf courses so go figure.

[@haraldsdalify]

You're one of the most important voices in USA. Sharp, clever and charming-aggressive. 🤘 I will stop bying almonds from now on. I always enjoy your show. Respect from a danish wiewer.

[@haraldsdalify]

@Toby Thompson ok, Noam Chomsky is more important. But Bill has a bigger platform, and that's important to.

[@trollofjom7291]

The Caitlin Jenner line killed me 😂😂😂😂

[@michelmadaire257]

Ya Bill has ( Balls ) lol.

[@Then.]

It’s almond milk and almond flour that are the main uses. I had no idea they were this wasteful of water. I’m almond out.

[@jimip9755]

Beef and dairy production actually account for significantly more water usage in California, as compared to almonds. The water use for alfalfa production alone accounts for more of California's water use than almonds. www.businessinsider.com/real-villain-in-the-california-drought-isnt-almonds--its-red-meat-2015-4

[@seththomas9105]

@@jimip9755 It all comes down to the fact there are to damn many people living from the Front Range of the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Farming exploded in the West post WWII because of the mass migration of people moving there starting in the 1930's. People want to eat. People want food. Agribusiness figured it was cheaper to grow food closer to people than to ship it. California passed Wisconsin as the number one dairy state something like 20 years ago. Wisconsin is the perfect state to raise and milk cows in, but then you ship the milk from Madison to San Francisco and the price goes to 5 bucks a gallon. But people do waste too damn much water in the West. WTF is the deal with your own private pool? Go to a public pool or creek or pond or river like we do in the Midwest.

[@MorpheusOne]

I'm allergic to all cytochrome c oxidase (COX, a.k.a Complex IV) inhibitors; so, I don't eat almonds. At all. So, yep, this would definitely drive me insane if I lived in California.

[@williamgardiner2010]

@Santiago1123 Well, they are burning the Amazon forest to grow soya for that latte . A damn sight more damaging than dairy cows in small herds in England where they spend most time in grasslands. PS. I’f you’re a man, go easy on soya consumption anyway. It’s not great for the prostate.

[@nosmoking5366]

@@jimip9755So get rid of subsidies for meat and nuts.

[@aaroncoffman7267]

And for those of us in the southwest, you look at oil drilling, where a single well installation can use 3-6 million gallons of water.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Fracking ourselves to death...

[@andrewdavid5928]

So you gave up your car to save gas?

[@slydawwg]

BS , You, the ignorant, unread, will believe anything. People, the educated know your game now, & your cast to the fringe. Cheers

[@tchula8265]

@@andrewdavid5928 Nah, I switched to an electric car. They're awesome!

[@evensteve284]

@@slydawwg what are you trying to say?

[@marinoaristy5659]

One of the best new rules in a long time. I felt Bill's raw emotions. We living in strange times.

[@marinoaristy5659]

@FrankFit Now a days both sides are massive hypocrites.

[@marinoaristy5659]

@Toby Thompson agreed.

[@jmhamilton87]

As a farmer, this is what’s wrong with subsidies… it encourages certain behaviors, even if the conditions on the ground don’t warrant that behavior/crop/style of farming. If we had a true free market in agriculture, we wouldn’t be growing almonds where there is no rain, we wouldn’t be growing corn to turn into fuel, and we wouldn’t have consolidation of small farms into these corporate/industrial monstrosities. The only way these unsustainable farms can operate is because they do so at the tax payer expense, while truly sustainable farms like I operate have to do so with little to no help. This is not a plea to get government into subsidizing sustainability… stopping the funding of these industrial farms and allowing them to be on the same footing as us is more than enough for these industrial farms to collapse under their own bloated weight.

[@StephensCrazyHour]

Look at Australia's agriculture. Narry a subsidy in sight and yet it produces enough food for three times the population of the country on the driest continent in the world. If less efficient corn farmers in Ohio need to go bust and start farming elderberries instead then so be it. The world would be better off if the land was used more effectively.

[@jmhamilton87]

@@StephensCrazyHour Bingo! Subsidies ossify these unsustainable practices and retard the natural process of adaptation to changing growing conditions… The Midwest US should transition most of their acreage to the native prairie that contained grasses/shrubs/etc that fed millions of bison for thousands of years. They could still grow enough corn for human consumption… just not for making fuel or feeding ruminants.

[@jerrymontz2172]

Josh Hamilton, exactly what subsidies are you referring to that almond farmers are getting?

[@gerardjagroo]

But surely if these big farming companies collapse wouldn't that cause problems for food security? This is why government may bite the bullet and keep propping them up. Also I imagine these farming cooperation might have considerable lobbying power.

[@yourmommashouse]

@@jerrymontz2172 they don’t know, they are just assuming and repeating things they have heard and didn’t fact check, like 95 percent of people these days.

[@Antechynus]

Your state has laws preventing homeowners catching rainwater and having a tank as stealing from the catchment... In a place as dry as California it's utter madness. I'm in Australia and I couldn't get by without my 5000 gallon tank. Edit.. I have solar as well... Haven't paid a water or power bill after setup for 18 years.

[@dionmcgee5610]

Not sure where you're getting your info, but California passed a law in 2012 that makes it legal to harvest rainwater for personal use- as long as that use isn't filling up a dozen swimming pools everyday. While it actually is illegal to catch rainwater in some states, we changed our laws in an effort to deal with the eternal drought. There is a lot of BS info being spouted in the rightwing media about Cali. Like the majority of what people are told on the right- it's a lie.

[@CubanLibertarian]

@@dionmcgee5610 Naw. Saw the homeless and 💩 in San Francisco. Stop 🧢.

[@Antechynus]

@@dionmcgee5610 thanks mate... Local info always better.

[@dionmcgee5610]

@@Antechynus Very happy living here by the beach- an hour+ drive to Hollyweird. But if I was to move any place for the weather and ambiance- Australia might be one of the few places comparable. It isn't too humid, right?

[@mistym0rning]

@@dionmcgee5610 - Australia isn’t too humid? 🤣 Well. Depends on where you are. It’s a huge country. They have a tropical, subtropical, and temperate climate zone. Sydney and Melbourne don’t get too humid compared to Brisbane or Cairns. But it’s definitely no dry heat (unless you wanna move to the outback).

[@chadwickmccarty4944]

Damn, Maher delved-out some difficult truths about the water supply & regulations.

[@jimip9755]

Its actually a red herring. Beef and dairy production account for significantly more water usage in California, as compared to almonds. The water use for alfalfa production alone accounts for more of California's water use than almonds. www.businessinsider.com/real-villain-in-the-california-drought-isnt-almonds--its-red-meat-2015-4

[@chadwickmccarty4944]

@@jimip9755 First, thanks for the referencing links. Second though, are you saying what Maher presented is a lie or just out of context when comparing to your examples & not just his examples? If Maher's facts were true it isn't a "red herring" it may just be a too selective of comparing of resources.

[@michaelrs8010]

But he forgot some of the most important. It's not the nut Farmers, it's the environmental NUTS. If you don't mind FACTS interfering with your feelings or opinion on the subject, here they are. californiaglobe.com/section-2/blaming-almonds-for-californias-water-shortage-is-just-nuts/

[@morgoth1946]

People should be out on the street protesting against this madness!!

[@co-bruh1423]

I don't think MORE fires will solve the issue

[@Bawbster1]

I agree... but you waste those opportunities when the alt-left riot, burn and loot when a career criminal pulls a weapon on a police officer and the officer has the nerve and audacity to defend himself and shoot the piece of shit so he can go home to his family...

[@Bawbster1]

@@co-bruh1423 you can protest without the riots, looting and setting shit on fire y'know.

[@co-bruh1423]

@@Bawbster1 I'm aware. Just a running joke.

[@mjmaccabee7252]

@@Bawbster1 Puullleeeze. Go peddle this right-wing BS somewhere else.

[@C.S.M.Hageroth]

Thank you for showing this. I am from Germany and I know of this for over 10 years and always though why this is not spoken of. Good job.

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

How are you doing Christoph

[@C.S.M.Hageroth]

@@JenniferSmith-ho3im I'm doing fine, thank you for asking. How are you? :)

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

@@C.S.M.Hageroth I’m fine I would like to know you more don’t you mind giving me your email or number so we can chat better off here

[@dshock85]

The problem is the farmers are still getting f'd in all of this. They are kept in debt by these companies. But he is not wrong. This and the bottled water industry. For a good California water history watch the classic Jack Nickolson movie Chinatown.

[@Vulmio]

Or more recently, the tv show Goliath. Season 3 is all about water supply and almond culture in California (but watch season 1 and 2 first to better understand the characters). But remember, it's entertainment, not a documentary.

[@adameanglin]

apple core...

[@Dayvit78]

Good movie! Another semi-related is There Will be Blood. Both about resource allocation.

[@extantsanity]

I've heard a different story. My friend bought land just an hour away from us in California to grow almonds, and he's been talking about how all the regulations are geared to give money away to almond farmers. He says it's a corrupt system but he's going to take advantage of it while he can.

[@akshayde]

@@Vulmio fuck I dont remember goliath season 2 being about that. ill need to watch it again

[@jaivan30]

Preach!!!

[@pattygould8240]

This is the only comment section I've seen with multiple book recommendations. I'm impressed with Bill's audience.

[@kevinodom2918]

Damn, Bill on fire in this episode

[@GyrefalconArgenteus]

If only he had said, "Tell Costco to stop carrying CA sourced almond milk."

[@tomogden2432]

Did you really expect him to target every retailer who carries almond milk?

[@Joel-StevenVoicedude]

He never mentioned almond milk ONCE, did he?

[@pauleywallnutz9429]

Leave COSTCO alone! They pay a living wage with good bennies!! Stop buying it. ALmond milk is just another gimmick. Drink purified water and eat well and you'll be fine. lol.

[@edwardrhoads7283]

Don't target the retailers. Target the consumers. We need to not buy almonds and stay the hell away from almond milk. If nobody buys almond milk they won't make it anymore.

[@theredbirds3896]

Don't be mad at the almond growers or the stores that sell it, be mad at the scuzzy politicians you guys keep voting in to allow this to happen.

[@justing307]

This almond thing has always bugged me. Grew up in Central Valley and haves learned that many of the almonds are shipped over seas. We really need to stop growing these almonds for export.

[@PriteshDagur]

That's true! India grows its own Almonds but demand for "Californian" almond is higher and their packaging swanky! Our native breeds are dying out due to demand for Californian Almonds

[@pauleywallnutz9429]

That's what our tax dollars pay for thanks to privatization that the republicons love! We're the next batch of nuts to be exported!!!

[@nathaniellarson8]

That doesn't make sense, we want to export goods, they should still tell the almond farmers to screw off when it comes to water, but the export thing makes no sense.

[@egregiousqueef7781]

The Blue Diamond almond company does make a kick-a** line of spicy almonds - Cayenne; Ghost Pepper and Carolina f'n Reaper almonds The earth will recover, could care less if humans do

[@nathaniellarson8]

@@egregiousqueef7781 wow, you are a bada**, not caring for human existence and all. So different and edgy, such a unique person you are.

[@nVizhonTeam]

I'm sending this clip to Newsom who emails everyone in CA looking for donations to stop the recall

[@wiscgaloot]

I love that idea!

[@gbish3037]

Keep it going and will get more water recall Newsom now not in six months

[@wiscgaloot]

@@gbish3037 How are we going to "get more water"?

[@glitch605]

I was never a fan of Bill but lately hes making alot of sense and Im proud to be a fan of his.

[@OurWisdom-10]

Love it! Always on point.

[@OurWisdom-10]

@FrankFit He may... but DT is not only crazy nuts but also ignorant. BM on the contrary, reads books, articles and listen to people and talks to everybody.

[@Denji2006]

Government: "CONSERVE YOUR WATER CONSUMPTION" (fine legal print) for the benefit of corporations

[@jesuscichlidtank]

@FrankFit dont forget windmills and nuking hurricanes. injecting bleach in your body and UV lights within the body.

[@Denji2006]

@FrankFit So old corporate stooge told everybody what I posted? So what was done about it? 'Cause I don't recall anything changing.

[@souldavidthompson4854]

Almond growers, pay for your water. Problem solved.

[@kb26inla]

No, they rather pay the politicians, its a lot cheaper

[@halibaitor]

Besides, there's no water to buy.

[@halibaitor]

@Toby Thompson They can't buy water that doesn't exist 😅.

[@tessie7e777]

@Toby Thompson they would grow fewer almonds or move out of the state if they had to pay the true cost of the water. It’s only lucrative for them because their water and it’s transportation is subsidized.

[@tradinwiznit]

Thank you Bill for always telling it like it is. This is nuts!

[@paulbyrne6388]

hey at least your almond trees won't burn

[@Doc.Holiday]

Nuts to you…NEWS FOR YOU! 1930s “Dust Bowl” California drought was far worse than now. Now isn’t unprecedented. Heard of the author Steinbeck? Give his “Grapes of Wrath” a read. It was required reading when I was a kid, not now kids aren’t sufficiently taught to read. If you can’t read, John Ford directed a prize winning film named the same. You may have a point about Almonds vs other agriculture but AGRICULTURE was California before California was idiotic. People want to live in LA they need to pay for water. If you generate power there is a whole ocean to desalinate.

[@pathof7494]

You have an ocean right there. Lots of water. Invest in desalination.

[@pamsinclaire913]

No, not the answer, very costly to build and what do you do with all the salt? Pour it back into the ocean and create a dead zone? Stop wasting water on lawns,golf courses, Beverly Hills hush landscaping. Geffin pays 20 grand a month to water his five acres, shouldn’t be allowed. All of Southern Ca gets the majority of their water from the Eastern Sierras and Northern Ca, yet No Cal is under strict water conservation. Stop building in the desert!

[@frederf3227]

@Chris Крис Lol people buy salt all the time. Yeah, every weekend I go buy 108.3 pounds of salt for my food. You know because that's as much salt contained in 385 gallons of sea water which is the average amount of water used by a person in CA each week. That's not to mention the 4-5kWh of electricity. Genius.

[@bbslabaugh]

@@frederf3227 there are 350 million people living in this Country. Build the damn desalination plant and limit Salt imports from other Countries. Why is everything so complicated to people like you?

[@javierortiz5765]

Soooo that almond milk isn't looking so healthy anymore.

[@susannegrabowski4685]

Never sounded good to me. Milk from some guys nut tree.. Yea - NOOI! 😝

[@stephenbeacham9717]

Almonds have nutritional value. Almond milk has Zero.

[@susannegrabowski4685]

@@stephenbeacham9717 almond milk does have some nutrional value, just not as well as good old dairy milk. Pro & cons of almond milk: Almond milk is rich in vitamin E, which is an important antioxidant. Vitamin E can help lower your risk of serious health conditions like stroke, heart disease, and even cancer. Depending on the brand, enriched almond milk can also be an excellent source of phosphorus. Almond milk is a poor source of protein, fat, and nutrients important for an infant's growth and development. What's more, many processed varieties contain additives like sugar, salt, flavors, gums, and carrageenan

[@beverlystraus9300]

Let's switch from almond milk to OAT milk, right?

[@susannegrabowski4685]

@@beverlystraus9300 I prefer dairy myself, can't seem to get past the thought of "milk" from a plant. It's a flavor thing I guess -afraid it won't measure up IDK. That said.. Oat milk is a better alternative to almond or dairy as far as impact on resources: Water: a litre of oat milk needs about 48 litres of water produce. In terms of water, then, oat milk is much lower impact than other milks. Land: oats use 80% less land to grow than dairy milk requires.

[@mattmayo3539]

I live in the county under water restrictions. Yet my friend who’s family owns the local corn farm is driving a Ferrari and using more water than probably any customer in the city. Most of the “Family” farms out here are now corporately owned.

[@tacotacotington3638]

Most real farmers have millions in the bank. They just dont act like it. Doesnt have to be corporations. The cost of just one farming combine is the same as a Ferrari.

[@mrmrmaples]

Corn for cows

[@josephzug4726]

Most farmers make less then minimum wage. Few are rich

[@douglei4413]

@@josephzug4726 . farmers that owned their land are rich. and most farmers own their own land

[@jonlosa2542]

@@douglei4413 they are rich when it comes to assets not cash. All their money is tied up in land and equipment it's not liquid

[@maryannegantparker7914]

I appreciate Bill Maher. He is smart, intelligent, entertaining and funny. Thank you.

[@WorldsOkayestSorcerer]

Americans have been led to believe there’s no such thing as “out of season.” That’s the biggest contributing factor to CA’s problems, re: Big Ag.

[@rshiva08]

Hear hear

[@mogznwaz]

That's a big problem everywhere. The papers went nuts in the UK taking about Brexit food shortages, like we were Russians queuing for stale bread or something. What they actually meant was a slight delay in importing lettuces, in December, from Spain. Barely noticed it on the shelves. And Covid was a full on factor too. It was utterly pathetic.

[@AuroraAquarius]

Yep!

[@deborahbarry9421]

I remember those days, "out of season". I actually tell my grandchildren about it. They just don't believe it! A tomato is not a tomato anymore and chicken no longer taste like chicken!

[@bobbafett1849]

@David Winehouse but if you DONT let businesses fail then that IS NOT capitalism.

[@lkshw]

Wow now even Bill Maher considering moving out of Cali!

[@blatherskite3009]

The more states that legalize recreational weed, the more options Bill has

[@rc0ll18]

I'm curious if he did decide to go, where he would move to. Florida is nice but still hasn't legalised marijuana for rec use so that's out, it's legal in New York and it's a good TV market to continue running his show from but it's not like NYC doesn't have its own problems with regulations, taxes and crime, right now I don't see the appeal for anyone living in a state with nice weather to move there. Perhaps Arizona or Georgia? (In GA it's illegal but decriminalised in the cities)

[@noirrain6005]

Of course. That’s the first thing liberals do (AKA COMMIES) Hype crackheads and drugs, liberal shyt, then when the state is unlivable because of high taxes, homeless, crazy psychos, bazillion useless laws to take your money, proceeds to move a a republican run state and then proceeds to push for the same shyt that made him move. Bill, just learn how to fly from the 10th floor please. Oh yeah, almost forgot, blame the environment lmao.

[@delbomb3131]

@@rc0ll18 does being in a tv market even matter for his kind of show? He could easily do the same thing in vegas or denver, both legal pot, both transportation hubs for guest, and Vegas has enough flow through for an audience while denver is big enough for sustained audience. His only choice would be weather. Either way he'd save a ton in taxes and avoid the regulatory hell that's stopping his solar side project

[@Aj-qb3pr]

@@noirrain6005Red states suck. A bunch of backward ass trailer park meth heads. California is prime real estate, and If you don't have the money you can't afford to live there anymore. So we take our money to red states and live like kings.

[@bornwild3955]

Wow this has been your best episode: Said your doctor! He he You’re 100 % right about the water administration

[@RobertMichael]

Bill has been on the money so much recently

[@TienHuynh5312]

Tell me one thing that is not related to money on this show?

[@quakeslider1]

Except for the fact that "Southern California", where Bill resides, uses more than half of the water from the Colorado River not to mention the rest coming from the San Joaquin water shed area. He is using something about Almonds to cover up the greedy needs of those with Pools and Golf Courses in SoCal. he isn't right on so much as he is so wrong.

[@ATRTAP]

Wow. Just like that I’m not buying almond milk anymore.

[@SwiftySanders]

Same.

[@paullangland6877]

Never did. I live in Wisconsin, I support our dairy industry. Cows milk is way better in my opinion.

[@ATRTAP]

@@paullangland6877 lol I’m not buying cow’s milk

[@davidb3271]

This was a great segment

[@TheNefastor]

Dayum, Bill was on fire in this segment !!! Too bad there's no water to put him out :-D

[@jamesmorrison2063]

My man Bill. Always right on.

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

How are you doing James

[@tbecker97204]

Best part of his shows, when Bill hits us with "New Rules". That's when he gets *very real* and serious.

[@TomAHawk-lb8wk]

I’ve been binging new rules. It’s been so good I want to get hbo just for his show

[@batgurrl]

Old McDonald is now E.I.E.I.O. incorporated😂😂😂😂 Bill starting the war on almonds ☮️

[@mosesking2923]

People forget why almond demand has increased in the past decade: almond milk use, ironically by environmentalist liberals. Proof that liberals only become their worst enemy. Now to choose: cows or almonds?

[@batgurrl]

@@mosesking2923 I’ve been watching him since Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central (???) before he went to ABC This is not his first almond critique 😜

[@johncastillo9018]

@@mosesking2923 Than almonds should be grown in wetter states. But the reason we have hotter dryer weather getting worse with time is that we keep spewing more carbon emissions into our atmosphere. Even though trump and the republicans said it was a hoax, denying it, covering it up like that did not help. It was a kick in the nuts.

[@MrDLOC11]

Almond growers are super rich, so tax them. They deserve a extra-tax, for all the extra-water they steal. The meat industry is the worst, by a mile, so it should be taxed the most. Otherwise they will continue the devastating destruction, business as usual, & never change their ways. TAX THEM!!

[@vipertact]

@@mosesking2923 This reminds me of the show the Good Place, in which, the character Chidi Anagonye just seem to know he went to "hell" for drinking almond milk. So there's your solution, let the people know, if you drink almond milk you go to hell, where also there is no water.

[@mistercarlile6939]

Goddamn, Bill; you're on a fuckin' roll on this one. Keep it up.

[@dandangalodangalus9082]

Another strong take from Bill! Dude has been killing it these last couple seasons. Fantastic content.

[@lilyn2341]

OMG this was done ingeniously! Informative, surprising from a language point and also very funny! Eieio incorporated 🤣 great!

[@williamsmark8731]

Hi

[@jackhandy4406]

It's the low carb craze driving the almonds, almond flour.

[@susannegrabowski4685]

It's more than that. It's the vegan craze too & more Companies make you believe their product is what YOU want, that YOU HAVE TO have it for a happier healthier life. And people buy it-literally! Such gullibility!

[@nickidgal]

@@susannegrabowski4685 yeah, and all those dairy farms and cattle for the carnivores aren't causing any ecological problems. At least vegans aren't supporting that bullshit.

[@dontsaygabe]

Good point. Almond milk. Almond butter.

[@teeque5320]

that's what you get for demonizing Beef

[@susannegrabowski4685]

@@nickidgal not looking for an argument over tree vs. Cattle. As an ever expanding species who don't practice good stewardship of the earth, we need to start now! We need a balance between nature & man. 😀

[@HeavyChevy]

Bill was dishing out some tuff love. The greedy CEOs running these corporations don’t give a rat’s ass about the working class and the middle class. We need to hold the politicians accountable for this mess.

[@mk1st]

Not just the CEOs. Shareholders DEMAND returns and approve fat payouts for top brass to ensure it happens.

[@chrisb8655]

@@mk1st SO true. That's a huge part of the problem.

[@michelmadaire257]

Good Luck.

[@mreszotnik]

Bill Maher is a national treasure.

[@garrydhintz8017]

This actually makes sense. I would love to see a restructuring of all these sectors of business.

[@justgivemethetruth]

The problem is that the almond trees are a sunk cost ... they are where they are ... how do we move them, and where would we move them to? The answer I think is massive investment in energy - and that means nuclear - and that means we have enough energy to desalinate massive amounts of water, to use the leftover sludge as building materials mixed with concrete, and then pump that water to where it is needed - and then quit taking natures rain water. The choice is between planetary castrophe and death of humanity, or the chance that in the next 40-50 years we might have a Fukushima or Chernobyl? Seems like an easy decision to me ... I did not say pleasant did I? ;-)

[@birchfingers5706]

@@justgivemethetruth The trees should be harvested one last time and the farmer given a choice. Move them to another area or pay them a small amount for each tree destroyed and be done with it. Or we can keep heading toward catastrophes and displacing people as their houses burn because god forbid we harm the helpless little agricultural giant that uses huge amount of water. No, even though this will help lets look for other means and skip this one.

[@v35rs232]

@@justgivemethetruth we

[@marciaperone1468]

I love how you analyze these problems. Never hear about any of this in the mainstream media/news. So much ridiculous crap going on that its unbelievable. California dreaming is beginning to sound like a nightmare....

[@dionmcgee5610]

A dream to some. A nightmare to others. Just kidding. Best weather in the world. Beaches are beautiful. Property values are ridiculous.

[@williamsmark8731]

How are you??

[@dionmcgee5610]

@@williamsmark8731 Beach living.

[@CubanLibertarian]

@@dionmcgee5610 Meh. Prefer Caribbean.

[@nicholase2868]

There's not enough real journalism going on. Everyone just argues the same tired topics, not even providing a new perspective.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

The water demands for almonds still pale in comparison of water use for cows and pigs. I stopped buying almond products years ago. But there's still worse out there

[@louispaquet8185]

Between 70 and 75 percent of the US rice production comes from California, so no rice either

[@pamsinclaire913]

Look where did you get that number? Lol

[@louispaquet8185]

@@pamsinclaire913 You know, there is a little thing called Google ...

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@@louispaquet8185 yeah, but it's about crop yield per gallon🤦

[@louispaquet8185]

@@veganpotterthevegan Growing rice in almost a desert is totally nuts, LOL

[@lakechocolate9785]

As a native Californian, this hits close to home, especially the last part.

[@ritaperdue]

Time for almond growers to build their own desalination plant and get their water from the Pacific Ocean!!!

[@QarthCEO]

Solar Desalination should have been the name of the game for the last 10 years, but California is corrupt.

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

Or maybe LA can. What do they need the water for they don't grow anything. Salinas on the other hand is welcome to it.

[@DontGoToHell]

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for EVERYONE! That’s GENOCIDE! This immigration and intermarriage is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries. Anti-white is called anti-racist, but it leads to the disappearance of one race and only one race, the white race. Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.

[@00griffis00]

@@DontGoToHell Ummm…So you like Almonds?

[@tobyhart8515]

I like it when Maher talks about real issues like this where facts are at play. He is the Nutty Professor.

[@jimip9755]

Beef and dairy production actually account for significantly more water usage in California, as compared to almonds. The water use for alfalfa production alone accounts for more of California's water use than almonds. www.businessinsider.com/real-villain-in-the-california-drought-isnt-almonds--its-red-meat-2015-4

[@pauleywallnutz9429]

And worth more than most Profs, when it comes to common sense and progressive thought.

[@Mic-healDay]

There is fuck all that is professorial about him.

[@rishabh999100]

Only talk show host on TV who is true to us and himself

[@donnietrumpel2471]

You are not smart. Watch what happens….. you genius lol

[@Denji2006]

Whether you agree with the subject or not, there is no such thing. They are all full of shit. Don't "believe" in talk show hosts.

[@bozhijak]

No filter i grant you.

[@Bawbster1]

well, I don't know about that... Bill Maher tends to shit the bed a lot. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

[@keithhoss4990]

Wrong… The only lefty tv host who is true. Try being inclusive and adding some conservatives into your repertoire

[@victoriahaubenstein5319]

Bill Keeping it real Thanks

[@thedahkterizzin8831]

That ultimatum at the end was how most of us feel. Come on CA. Enough graft. Help your people.

[@teeque5320]

ok, just fyi, Austin TX is over capacity now. there is no room for more californians. If you decide to leave cali, please pick somewhere else. Thanks you.

[@nikkij3920]

I didn't know that about the almonds- I will not be purchasing anything with almonds- anymore. 🙏

[@JewTube001]

it's still ok to buy them if they were sourced from a water heavy region. water heavy crops aren't bad if sourced in an efficient manner.

[@gusvaladez7163]

Hopefully you don’t consume dairy because that much worse. Not sure why he decided to go after almond when dairy is the leader.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Jessie Ventura ran on ending farm subsidies in Minnesota citing Sweden's major reform in 1989. HE had issues getting legislation passed of course because money is allowed in politics.

[@somberperspective]

We have a saying here in Southern Argentina: “Growing bananas in Patagonia”, which basically means putting all your efforts into something stupid and time consuming that doesn't give you nearly enough in return. Granted, I've never seen anyone attempting to grow bananas in Patagonia, but whoever is growing almonds in California is just as stupid.

[@petestanton1945]

Not stupid; rich.

[@chrismiller5198]

From a geography geek to the geographically challenged, the far south of Argentina's Patagonia region has a climate roughly equivalent to that of Anchorage, Alaska.

[@theskilllessgamer5795]

@@petestanton1945 Word.

[@DeezNuts-]

Ima start using that saying, its awesome😂

[@ShortFuseFighting]

​@@DeezNuts- and very relatable, with worldwide appeal

[@Notthecobracommander]

The reason they slipped through the cracks is because they lubed themselves with money and gave it to the regulators/ politicians who despite being in the position of power for as much as 5 decades still have not noticed these obvious issues. I wonder why?. Great episode.

[@hauntedhouse7827]

Actually there is a great book called water wars that lays out how California got into this situation.

[@Notthecobracommander]

@@hauntedhouse7827 Are you saying bribes and corruption have nothing to do with 1 how we got here and 2 why we are still in this mess. Making mistakes is easy, continuously ignoring a massive hole that is ever present without fixing it implies either incompetence or malpractice.

[@hauntedhouse7827]

@@Notthecobracommander There is obviously a miscommunication between us so let me try again. I recommend this book called Water Wars that does a great job explaining how California got into the situation. The book delves into the pattern of corruption and bribes as well as the political pandering and special interests that created the mess. It goes all the way back to the corruption leading to the draining of the Ownes valley to the lawsuits over rights to various rivers, some not even in California. I never said Bribes and corruption had nothing to do with it in fact they are central causes and the book explains them fairly clearly. Does that clear it up?

[@pisces031372aj]

@@hauntedhouse7827 why are you explaining the obvious to a person who seems to just want to argue. I understood exactly what you said so I'm not sure why that person responded to you like that. Thanks for recommending the book. It's good to read and learn about the why so we can all be better informed and make better choices.

[@Notthecobracommander]

@@hauntedhouse7827 Ok that makes sense, Did not know what path you were going down that's why I asked if you where saying it had nothing to do with corruption. Obviously you are, so thank you for clarifying.

[@Other3.5]

Suggested read: “Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy” by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. So eye opening that it’s stomach turning. Seriously, worth the read then pass it along to your friends to read.

[@ThomBoecker]

@@DontGoToHell And what does that have to do with anything? Zero, I suppose, unless you want to turn your handle into a codeword for typical racist dumbassery.

[@superpants07]

@@DontGoToHell Stop being stupid.

[@antoinettegeiselman1539]

@@ThomBoecker what is your problem? He was talking about corporate farming.

[@fromireland8663]

@@ThomBoecker It is relevant to corporate farming

[@IMSiegfried]

I'd read anything written by Senator Whitehouse. Thanks for the rec!

[@medula]

Reminds me of the corruption around water depicted in the 1974 film "Chinatown".

[@NormaLilia24]

I will gladly join the CANCEL ALMONDS movements

[@jsudlow12]

Nestle is like “we have to kill Bill now”

[@paullangland6877]

Well then we better band together and fight nestle then.

[@yoyoyo416]

This won't do anything. They will continue to sell shit products world wide and not give a fuck.

[@elgoog7830]

watch nestle send bill a movie copy of, "kill bill."

[@ChicagoMadisonWesternRR]

On top of almonds, the states in severe drought need to invest in gray water systems. Plus, we have to abandon this idea that every property needs a lawn. It’s not feasible in the long term. How about growing indigenous plant species?

[@j.r.8592]

Because the rich folk won't tolerate that. In this country money can get you anything you want including preferential treatment and immunity from law. The poor would die of thirst before anyone tells the rich that they can't water their lawns, fill their swimming pools, or have "the help" wash their cars.

[@someguy2135]

Here in Southern Nevada, the Water Company pays home owners to convert their lawns to desert landscaping. I don't see too many grass lawns any more.

[@j.r.8592]

@@someguy2135 that would work great for the poor and middle class. I don't see ANY rich people giving any of those things up. They'd rather demand WE cut back on consumption so they don't have to

[@brucefreadrich1188]

@@j.r.8592 The grass is always greener at the members only country club.

[@j.r.8592]

@@brucefreadrich1188 yup. If they faced some jail time for violating water rationing instead of a fine... But that's just wishful thinking

[@RWAsur]

I'd give up almonds to protect Californians, and I've never been west of the Mississippi. Sincerely, someone who genuinely likes almond milk.

[@teeque5320]

@David Winehouse big almond

[@elrenosso]

Thank you my fellow countrymen! This land is our land and therefore our responsibility to care for it and each other. Country > Party

[@wiscgaloot]

thank you!

[@brad.bryant]

Give oat milk a try.. takes way less resources and, in my opinion, is way better

[@wiscgaloot]

@@brad.bryant Thanks, I'll give it a try!

[@earnieeveridge]

Wow! Finally, somebody acknowledging this? I've known about Nestle for a long time; they are stealing Lake Michigan too. I didn't know about the almonds, though out there, holy crap!

[@kimberlyboyer2613]

My name is Kimberly.....Do you care for a chat and get to know each other more better?

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

How are you doing Earnest

[@davidjones3165]

The almonds dont even stay here they are big sellers in Asian countries

[@Piapia650]

Netflix has a documentary about how nestle is taking water from public sources all over the world and selling it. It was really informative and super depressing.

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

@@Piapia650 Governments problem.

[@bozhijak]

I do appreciate his sentiment. Left there 15 yrs ago. Only want to visit now, briefly.

[@HelderP1337]

Bill is awesome, the ultimate centrist this country needs more of.

[@dparky1627]

He’s still very Lefty, but he might be shifting toward Left-of-Centre. Unfortunately in this political climate that’ll get him labelled “alt-Right” and likely cancelled before too long.

[@d1p70]

@@dparky1627 Oh that's already happened. His views on Islam, the woke movement and cancel culture has got him cancelled (!) by the new left. It's hilariously sad to watch these new lefties in action. Like toddlers throwing tantrums.

[@dparky1627]

@@d1p70, and whatever anyone does, even the ones on their side, it'll never be enough. It's like when Anakin Skywalker said, "You're either with me or you're my enemy." Well, the Far Left wants you completely on board with what they want. If you deviate even an iota or say, "Woah, we need to slow our roll," the Far Left will denounce you. The Far Left will always want more and more, in my opinion, regressive action and they'll never be sated. It's about time we say, "No more," and demand that this nonsense stops. We need to come back to the Centre because that's where roughly 70% - 80% of Americans are. The Democrats are trying to feed an insatiable beast that'll eventually eat them too. The Republicans are all but spineless cowards who don't know what they stand for anymore. During the Cold War they stood against Soviet Communism. Now? What do they stand for? What have they conserved? They're practically useless. So where does that leave us in a solidly two-party system? That Simpsons skit has aged very well.

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

How are you doing Helder

[@SuperToughnut]

I can live without almonds and almond extract.

[@erikjohnsen807]

It doesn’t mean that nobody would grow almonds anymore, just not as many because most of them are exported anyway.

[@arturtchoukanov1118]

Can you live without Dairy though? almond milk takes 30-50% less water to make than the water needed for the same quantity of dairy. In addition, dairy and the rest of industrial animal agriculture wreaks havoc on other resources.

[@SuperToughnut]

@@arturtchoukanov1118 I can live without dairy.

[@Admiralcrunch1111]

Yeah I haven't eaten anything in ten years

[@jameselliott9055]

@Toughnut - that's easy to do, BUT, can you make it without vanilla extract? Ha! Gotcha! Crown me!

[@ancientflames6679]

“I have a few questions: starting with what the fuck.” Phenomenal line

[@2011blueman]

Actually one of the biggest issue is actually California's archaic water rights system.

[@frankyb702]

And their robbing of las vegas of their water supply. The contract of buying water from lake mead ends soon, and then where will the libtards get their water?

[@DrJohnnyJ]

@@frankyb702 There is no such thing as a libtard. Progressives are smarter, richer and more successful than conservatives which is why all of the world's largest companies are Californian. Progressives are already moving to desalination and recycling water in LA so that importing water will be unecessary. By the way, LA bought those water rights at a time when Las Vegas didn't exist and Nevadans couldn't imagine a use for it. Californians built Las Vegas, not Nevadans.

[@schmitz9a]

@@frankyb702 Las Vegas doesn't deserve to exist to being with. Just let it die.

[@geraldobrien7323]

@@DrJohnnyJ The building of Hoover Dam lit up Las Vegas. And that’s a project that would never happen today. Many would decry the government building such a project as socialist.

[@spencerwelchii573]

@@schmitz9a I just happen to live in Las Vegas so piss-off Babs!

[@dianevohwinkel2927]

I'm boycotting almond everything

[@malonecox5245]

💯

[@arturtchoukanov1118]

Already boycotting dairy everything?

[@jimmycrackcorn2516]

I’m boycotting… everything.

[@vicj2141]

Just decided to use oat milk in my coffee instead of almond. Knew that decision was coming soon.

[@lovetownsend]

Remember that beginning of Interstellar when Michael Cain's watching the failed crops and tells Mathew Mcconaughey "Your daughters generation... will be the last to survive on earth" ...uhh yeah... that seems less and less like a movie every passing year.

[@sagesid7489]

Hazel nuts are drought resistant, it is time to make the change California.

[@cybervigilante]

And much tastier than almonds

[@gbish3037]

We are we’re getting a new governor

[@justgivemethetruth]

Great, but almonds are there ...they are producing, they are about the best quality plant protein in nature. Hazelnuts are terrible too. :-(

[@sagesid7489]

@@justgivemethetruth I suppose you hate Nutella too.

[@younewser]

Cool I didn't know that

[@vmwindustries]

So true, and farmers flood their ditches with water so they can get the same amounts of water the next year. I have a friend that's a farmer in California, and he said all the farms in his neighborhood just flush water out into ditches for this purpose. Absolutely crazy greed, and destroying their own areas for this purpose. As he just said, "WTF!"

[@susannegrabowski4685]

Sign when entering California: "Welcome to the New Dustbowl"

[@hianhoolim7786]

Farmers flooding ditches or jobless who preferred to stay at home collecting unemployment check aren't greedy greedy per say, they are responding to the incentives offered by government policies. I'm not sure why you and many others are blaming the people, because they are doing what is expected. The actual party that should be blame is policy makers.

[@colleenclement474]

In Colorado, ranchers have started valuing their land more when beavers live there because the water stays in land that houses the animals, so California needs to ditch the nuts and import more beavers through animal husbandry and maybe their stuff will stop burning down

[@robertmelvin5203]

I use to like the beavers. But the freaking creatures love to cut down nearly every tree they see and then build massive dams that flood large areas of lowlands here in Colorado.

[@Melesniannon]

California can live without its nuts but not without its beavers. Just ask Caitlyn Jenner :P.

[@pauleywallnutz9429]

@@Melesniannon I thought it was funny!!!

[@Skibbidyboobop]

I can really get behind the idea of less nuts and more beavers. If this joke was unintended then maybe you should be a comic writer.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

Whether you are being serious or ironical.....of course beavers preserve water with their damn dams. Truth be told, when non-Californian Americans stormed over the Sierra-Nevada mountains they virtually destroyed the beaver populations here. Ms. Colleen. Glad for your concern but your sources are bulls**t. How many cans of Almonds do you see in your supermarket? Guess where most of them come from. Come on, girl.

[@lovegardening4652]

Profound