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Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking: for frying foods or as a salad dressing. It can be found in some cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, and fuels for traditional oil lamps. It also has additional uses in some religions. The olive is one of three core food plants in Mediterranean cuisine; the other two are wheat and grapes.

Spain accounts for almost half of global olive oil production; other major producers are Portugal, Italy, Tunisia, Greece, Morocco and Turkey. Per capita consumption is highest in Greece, followed by Italy and Spain. Olive oil has long been a common ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, including ancient Greek and Roman cuisine.

In countries that adhere to the standards of the International Olive Council :

Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of virgin olive oil derived by cold mechanical extraction without use of solvents or refining methods.It contains no more than 0.8% free acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste, having some fruitiness and no defined sensory defects.

Virgin olive oil is a lesser grade of virgin oil, with free acidity of up to 2.0%, and is judged to have a good taste, but may include some sensory defects.

Refined olive oil is virgin oil that has been refined using charcoal and other chemical and physical filters, methods which do not alter the glyceridic structure. It has a free acidity, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0.3 grams per 100 grams (0.3%) . Oils labeled as Pure olive oil or Olive oil are primarily refined olive oil, with a small addition of virgin for taste.

Olive pomace oil is refined pomace olive oil, often blended with some virgin oil. It is fit for consumption, but may not be described simply as olive oil. It also has a high smoke point, and thus is widely used in restaurants as well as home cooking in some countries.

In the summer of 1941 Italians and Italian Americans interned in Fort Missoula Montana were said to have rioted when officials switched their provided cooking fat from olive oil to beef suet (rightly so)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They basically espouse Andrew Yang level let's not move right or left let's move forward, but for "communism" . It's almost comical to go out and claim revisionism is bad, but anti revisionism is also bad, and for that matter anarchism is bad, trotskyism is bad, ML is bad, maoism is bad, left comm is bad, when you say every tendency is bad, there is clearly no room for thought other than your enlightened centrism within Marxism that is pure and untainted by identifying with a coherent set of beliefs. I think most of it just boils down to people don't like the USSR they remember gulags first so we shouldn't talk about it and then goes and lists how every ML head of state was bad and totalitarian and it's dumb to bother with any of them bc ppl don't like them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know this 1dime guy is a friend of 2nd thought, I think this guy would be the first guest that would cause a backlash appearing on the deprogram, his critiques of MLs are really shallow and a bit :LIB: even, they are also doing the thing where they are basically saying every left wing ideology is flawed besides their brand of just the Marx hold the rest "pure, unadulterated" Marxism which they never elaborate on and constantly punching left. Really weird vibes, listened to another episode of theirs, I don't get the appeal at all, really reminds me Jacobin, I've honed my craft to be able to be the most annoying person you ever met in a Brooklyn book store :brainworms: .

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

you don't see too many people who claim to be just Marxist communists, I guess :pika-pickaxe: or :bordiga-despair: , I think the tradition is highly concentrated in grad school / read too much theory / holier than though / new left / Jacobin types ... some of the points are interesting, but a lot of it is just very navel gazey

the last time I listened to something Cosmonaut adjacent it made be go :jesse-wtf: too I think I need 13 more years of grad school to understand them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

edit : I though they were defining Stalinism as Anti Revionism which is a definition that is in usage, but they defined it as a dictatorship of the secret police :agony-minion:

oh my god the podcast brings up Cockshott as a reasonable ML :agony-minion: :agony-minion:

the guest identifies as a "republican marxist" :agony-minion: :agony-minion: :agony-minion:

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Grover Furr is just Stalinist :zenz: complete crank

 

Philosophy Tube is cia/m16 because she promotes pro vax iniatiatives, they go after Shaun for making fun of Jimmy Dore and quote Caleb Maupin’s book on breadtube as if it were a legitimate source and not complete crank shit. This was written by Max Blumenthal too, no wonder Ben Norton jumped ship from this trashfire.

Also in typical Griftzone fashion the article is 1hr long so only people who want to confirm their prexisting biases will actually read the whole thing through.

And for any of the people who want to perform apologia for Blumenthal who for all intents and purposes is the Grayzone I am CIA MI6 FBI Mossad state department NED and whatever other intelligence agencies you can think of

 

β€œThe players will not play on Thursday and we accept their decision,” Hasler said. β€œThese young men are strong in their beliefs and convictions and we will give them the space and support they require.

remove them from your team, make cancel culture real I beg of you :trans-gun: