BONE DOG posted:

I live in a place where very few people really go over seas to kill people for extended periods of time, but how real is rhe fuckin Jody thing?

Blast of Confetti posted:

plenty of military wives are dedicated and normal but a lot of milwives are away from their husband for like two years at a time and that's a really long time to be away from someone. especially if you actually live on base and are surrounded by hot horny 18 year old dudes all day every day

quote:

Soybean Farmer: Trump's Trade War Has 'Devastated' Industry

Things got worse for soybean farmers hit by President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war with China on Friday after soybean futures dropped nearly 40 points on the stock market.

The price drop only added to the overall “devastating” effects that farmers say they’re experiencing since China imposed a 25 percent tariff on soybeans, in response to Trump's own punitive tarriffs, last month.

"The effect of the trade war has been very devastating on soybean farmers here,” Ohio soybean farmer Chris Gibbs told CNBC Friday. “We've taken a 20 percent drop in price,"

Following a U.S. Department of Agriculture prediction of a possible record soybean harvest of more than 4.5 billion bushels for the 2018-19 crop year, soybean futures dropped more than 4.5 percent.

“What we’re seeing with market action here today only exacerbates the fact that we have lost our number one customer because of the trade wars,” Gibbs said.

Soybeans, used for cooking oil and animal feed, among other things, make up about 60 percent of the $20 billion of agricultural exports from the U.S. to China each year, or about 37.5 million metric tons.

Over the past few months, Trump has imposed billions of dollars worth of tariffs on China. He’s also issued tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, among other products, from Europe, Canada and Mexico. Since the administration’s new tariffs that began in June, corn and soybean crop prices have been on a significant downward decline and several other industries, including New England lobster fishing, have been hit hard.

In June, economists estimated Trump's tariffs against the major U.S. allies could cost the country 400,000 jobs.

Trump has taken to Twitter to defend his actions. “Tariffs are the greatest!” Trump said last month. “Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that - and everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the 'piggy bank' that’s being robbed. All will be Great!”

Even the president’s $12 billion emergency aid package for farmers, if and when it lands, won’t make up for all the lost revenue the country’s crop growers have endured.

Gibbs said he would need $25,000 of the aid in order to preserve his 560-acre farm, which produces soybeans, corn, and hay, along with raising cattle. Said he has “no idea” if he’ll get that much.

“I can’t see that the taxpayers would fund us in that amount, particularly with a policy where it’s a self-inflicted pain by our own government which drew retaliation from the Chinese and then lowered our prices.”

Although Gibbs voted for Trump because he’s a “can-do guy” and acted like he could “get things done, and that’s true,” what the Ohio farmer did not realize was that he and others like him would be thrown into a battle they never asked for.

“What we didn’t realize was that we were going to be put on the frontlines of this trade war and demonize our number one customer,” Gibbs said. “I’ve got a cracked pelvis just from getting my butt kicked based on these prices.”

got any sevens posted:

i'm a REMF in the trade wars

Epic High Five posted:

(Marxist I'd Like to gently caress)

got any sevens posted:

i'm a REMF in the trade wars

Jose posted:

https://twitter.com/votevets/status...ingawful.com%2F

BONE DOG posted:

I live in a place where very few people really go over seas to kill people for extended periods of time, but how real is rhe fuckin Jody thing?

BONE DOG posted:

I live in a place where very few people really go over seas to kill people for extended periods of time, but how real is rhe fuckin Jody thing?

red19fire posted:

Very real. The worst one I ever saw, this guy at my battalion's wife was all Support Are Troops: care packages every week, Skype calls constantly, the whole nine. About a week before we got back from Iraq, suddenly not a word from her. We get back to our base, she's not there at the welcoming, and when he gets home the house is empty. Except for a pile of used condoms in what used to be their bedroom, meth smoking paraphernalia all over the house, and divorce papers in the mailbox. Plus his checking account was drained. I'm fuzzy on the details but I think he had stupidly given her power of attorney and she used it to fill out both sides of the divorce papers, too, but that might have just been a rumor.

BraveUlysses posted:

what is it about the military that attracts people who want to get married at like 18 lmao

Grondoth posted:

If you're married in the military you get a ton of benefits for it. It doesn't attract people who want to get married, it makes them

Grondoth posted:

If you're married in the military you get a ton of benefits for it. It doesn't attract people who want to get married, it makes them

etalian posted:

Yes you get things like a higher housing allowance for the marriage.

BONE DOG posted:

Also i would assume that a greater percentage of enlistees hold conservative / traditional family values and are more likely to be religious. Those types seem to marry really young

Jarmak posted:

There's also a not insignificant group of people that enlist after high school and marry their high school sweethearts to bring them along.

red19fire posted:

Very real. The worst one I ever saw, this guy at my battalion's wife was all Support Are Troops: care packages every week, Skype calls constantly, the whole nine. About a week before we got back from Iraq, suddenly not a word from her. We get back to our base, she's not there at the welcoming, and when he gets home the house is empty. Except for a pile of used condoms in what used to be their bedroom, meth smoking paraphernalia all over the house, and divorce papers in the mailbox. Plus his checking account was drained. I'm fuzzy on the details but I think he had stupidly given her power of attorney and she used it to fill out both sides of the divorce papers, too, but that might have just been a rumor.

E: V yeah. I had to give one of my PFC's weekend duty for months to keep him from driving to Vegas and marrying a local stripper. He skipped the chain of command and complained to the battalion CO and SgtMaj, who reamed him out for being a moron and told him I should get a commendation for preventing him from ruining his own life.

Syncopated posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghxZzWVO7A

Jose posted:

red19fire posted:

cumshitter posted:

lol at that story

i thought the power of attorney thing would be common? when i worked in lending i would occassionaly get a wife submitting an application with them signing as power of attorney. i figured it made sense: if the wife is not working everything has to be done with the husbands credit.

mostly i dealt with single guys living on base who would immediately lease a motorcycle at usurious rates

cumshitter posted:

mostly i dealt with single guys living on base who would immediately lease a motorcycle at usurious rates

mods changed my name posted:

Knew a kid who got a ten year old dodge pick-up for 28%, claimed it was a great deal because they gave him a "free" amplifier. He also claimed he was getting screwed on his pay by the army but it turned out he overdrew his account by checking his balance multiple times in one day looking to see if his deposit came and ate up his whole check with atm fees causing him to overdraft at $25 a pop.

Soldiers are dumb as fuuuck

mods changed my name posted:

Knew a kid who got a ten year old dodge pick-up for 28%, claimed it was a great deal because they gave him a "free" amplifier. He also claimed he was getting screwed on his pay by the army but it turned out he overdrew his account by checking his balance multiple times in one day looking to see if his deposit came and ate up his whole check with atm fees causing him to overdraft at $25 a pop.

Soldiers are dumb as fuuuck

brap posted:

holy poo poo atms can charge you just to look at your balance? that is loving dark

brap posted:

holy poo poo atms can charge you just to look at your balance? that is loving dark

brap posted:

holy poo poo atms can charge you just to look at your balance? that is loving dark

AnoHito posted:

ATM's are owned by individual banks. If it's not your bank's ATM, you usually get charged when trying to look at/do anything with your account. Every bank I've met with has been extremely clear about this when you sign up for an account.

How do ATMs work elsewhere?

brap posted:

holy poo poo atms can charge you just to look at your balance? that is loving dark