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I don’t have a masters in security studies or anything but uh... are y’all having a little civil war?
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Apr 18, 2021 21:51
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What thread is that since I aint clicking poo poo
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Apr 18, 2021 21:52
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FrozenVent posted:I don’t have a masters in security studies or anything but uh... are y’all having a little civil war? No, mass shootings are just kind of a normal american thing.
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Apr 18, 2021 21:58
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FrozenVent posted:I don’t have a masters in security studies or anything but uh... are y’all having a little civil war? A civil war needs to originate from the civil region of France. We're having a sparkling breakdown of a previously functioning capitalist exploitation wasteland.
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Apr 18, 2021 22:00
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Laranzu posted:A civil war needs to originate from the civil region of France. We're having a sparkling breakdown of a previously functioning capitalist exploitation wasteland. Thank you for the clarification. 
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Apr 18, 2021 22:06
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This day feel weird as poo poo to anyone else, forum wise
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Apr 18, 2021 22:13
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Blue Angels are about to do their first program of the year with their new jets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrDf0-IHkqg DreamFlight's idea about "triggering the memories [WW2 vets] had when they were there" seems well-intentioned, but fraught with problems.
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Apr 18, 2021 22:15
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Milo and POTUS posted:This day feel weird as poo poo to anyone else, forum wise Every day feels like it was written by a Zucker and directed by John Landis in the late 70s.
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Apr 18, 2021 22:20
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Milo and POTUS posted:What thread is that since I aint clicking poo poo Idiots on social media. Its sanitized at this point and fairly safe, unless you want to argue about ad hominem attacks limiting discourse, and something about FYAD bad.
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Apr 18, 2021 22:21
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FrozenVent posted:I don’t have a masters in security studies or anything but uh... are y’all having a little civil war? Technically...not yet. When people who've never known hunger other than "I skipped lunch" in the US start going hungry for the first time...all bets are off.
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Apr 18, 2021 22:30
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Technically...not yet. I'm pretty sure we're going to see food riots in the us in our lifetimes, and it's gonna be wild.
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Apr 18, 2021 22:49
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Midjack posted:I'm pretty sure we're going to see food riots in the us in our lifetimes, and it's gonna be wild. I've always wondered how that would play out. Where I live now, I'm surrounded by farms and I can't help but wonder if we'd be alright due to local food production, or if it would be a holodomor situation.
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Apr 18, 2021 22:53
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The food price index is at 125%, which I think is like the highest since 1974 or something? Also lumber price is going to the moon as fast as bitcoin. The ups and down since the 1970's look like noise compared to current cost. e; 
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Apr 18, 2021 22:54
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M_Gargantua posted:The food price index is at 125%, which I think is like the highest since 1974 or something? Was going to say. Food inflation jumped a huge amount and was hidden by the fall in gas prices during COVID.
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Apr 18, 2021 23:00
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Pine Cone Jones posted:I've always wondered how that would play out. Where I live now, I'm surrounded by farms and I can't help but wonder if we'd be alright due to local food production, or if it would be a holodomor situation. It'll be like the British East India Company and the Bengal famine. All the food gets shipped off to satisfy the contracts unless you have enough locally-aligned military power willing to throw down over it.
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Apr 18, 2021 23:02
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M_Gargantua posted:The food price index is at 125%, which I think is like the highest since 1974 or something? yeah if you all wanna track various commodity metrics, this is a really convenient futures dashboard: https://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=SOFTS&p=m1 https://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=GRAINS&p=m1 etc.
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Apr 18, 2021 23:07
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lightpole posted:Was going to say. Food inflation jumped a huge amount and was hidden by the fall in gas prices during COVID. Food and lumber going the way of healthcare/education/childcare etc is just inflation working its way down the hierarchy of needs lol
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Apr 18, 2021 23:09
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The food/lumber/appliance/etc inflation isn't so much regular inflation, but a supply/demand mismatch. A lot of factories closed early on in the pandemic, then closed again during the surge waves to decrease supply. Then, the plant managers thought demand was going to flatline for consumer goods and building materials, and cut production accordingly, then oops we don't have enough to sell with this hyperdemand! That's one of the main reasons why Republicans are only halfheartedly ringing the INFLATION IS SKYROCKETING CANCEL ALL SPENDING bell. It's not that the dollar doesn't go as far, it's just that there's less stuff to actually buy with it right now.
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Apr 18, 2021 23:46
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Not sure if it's the same as food rationing, but there is a pretty good chance a huge chunk of the Western US is gonna have to deal with severe water shortages this summer. Can't wait to see poor people stand in line for gallons of water while fat midwesterners flock to LV to gawk at the Bellagio fountains.
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Apr 19, 2021 00:00
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pmchem posted:yeah if you all wanna track various commodity metrics, this is a really convenient futures dashboard: It's pretty fun because you can check this stuff out yet the fed says inflation is only at 4 or 5% right now
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Apr 19, 2021 00:06
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At least here lumber is through the roof in part because everybody is renovating. I got a quote for some renos and the cheapest quote came back 2x what me and the bank expected. So I’m keeping the asbestos for now.
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Apr 19, 2021 00:10
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We're in a frenzied boom economy when everyone thought covid would cause a depression I think
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Apr 19, 2021 00:12
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bengy81 posted:Not sure if it's the same as food rationing, but there is a pretty good chance a huge chunk of the Western US is gonna have to deal with severe water shortages this summer. Can't wait to see poor people stand in line for gallons of water while fat midwesterners flock to LV to gawk at the Bellagio fountains. It's ok, some dipshit government employee at Hoover said it was fine, the Bellagio owns that water!
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Apr 19, 2021 00:13
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bengy81 posted:Not sure if it's the same as food rationing, but there is a pretty good chance a huge chunk of the Western US is gonna have to deal with severe water shortages this summer. Can't wait to see poor people stand in line for gallons of water while fat midwesterners flock to LV to gawk at the Bellagio fountains. May not last much longer in Vegas than the rest of the region. Last couple of trips I've seen people stealing water from the hoses behind every 7-11 I pass in the middle of the night.
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Apr 19, 2021 00:13
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maffew buildings posted:It's pretty fun because you can check this stuff out yet the fed says inflation is only at 4 or 5% right now Thought last meeting it was still under 3%. Its concentrated in certain areas which is why you don't see it. Sitting at home all the time makes people want to renovate. Season was extremely dry with no snow pack so its going to be bad in fires, water availability and food production.
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Apr 19, 2021 00:25
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ASAPI posted:They are still looking for the dude. The area is set up in a way that they need lots of people to look for someone that is trying to hide. Lots of trees and hiking trails, parks etc. yeah no poo poo they know who it is, he's one of theirs (and out on bond for child rape) https://amp.statesman.com/amp/7277348002
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Apr 19, 2021 01:11
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https://twitter.com/mnnationalguard/status/1383808422190059541?s=21 Soooo can you can get a CAB or CIB when deployed to the US?
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Apr 19, 2021 01:32
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hobbesmaster posted:https://twitter.com/mnnationalguard/status/1383808422190059541?s=21 Not yet, but give it a few years.
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Apr 19, 2021 01:35
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FrozenVent posted:At least here lumber is through the roof in part because everybody is renovating. Neighbors were quoted 600 sq ft single story addition 300K
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Apr 19, 2021 01:37
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TCD posted:Neighbors were quoted 600 sq ft single story addition 300K The low end basement finish around here is $39/ft, which was mid range two years ago here.
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Apr 19, 2021 01:49
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I wonder what’s going to happen when the statewide moratorium on evictions expires 45-60 days after the pandemic “ends.” That kind of seems like the “Wiley E. Coyote running off the edge of the cliff but not falling until he looks down” moment except with people shooting at sheriffs deputies coming to evict them.
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Apr 19, 2021 01:56
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American insurgency
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Apr 19, 2021 02:11
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pantslesswithwolves posted:I wonder what’s going to happen when the statewide moratorium on evictions expires 45-60 days after the pandemic “ends.” That kind of seems like the “Wiley E. Coyote running off the edge of the cliff but not falling until he looks down” moment except with people shooting at sheriffs deputies coming to evict them. I can't help but hope/think this might be what deep-sixed the fifty grand of student debt relief thing. They just can't say it outright because THE ALMIGHTY NUMBER hates presidents and policymakers doubting it. The banking industry  -ing it is far more likely, though.Abongination posted:American insurgency Everybody gangsta until the thermobaric Hellfires pop their buddies like human water balloons.
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Apr 19, 2021 02:13
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BIG HEADLINE posted:
Or the ginsu version whacks the guy next to you in a car
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Apr 19, 2021 02:18
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https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1383870519670280202?s=20 I'm just so tired, so very tired
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Apr 19, 2021 03:11
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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1383870519670280202?s=20 Honestly, I'd be surprised if the fraud aspect outweighed the benefits of the sheer simplicity and reliability of using physical cards to track this. Any digital method of doing it would have been by necessity thrown together at the last minute and would have a very high chance of loving something up - just look at how well the ACA website rollout went, and that was something they actually had time to plan for and develop. With a card you don't have to log in to a website or set up an account or try to get text message notifications working, you can just stick it on your fridge as a reminder for when your second shot is scheduled. There's a lot of unappreciated value in that.
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Apr 19, 2021 03:28
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Honestly, I'd be surprised if the fraud aspect outweighed the benefits of the sheer simplicity and reliability of using physical cards to track this. Any digital method of doing it would have been by necessity thrown together at the last minute and would have a very high chance of loving something up - just look at how well the ACA website rollout went, and that was something they actually had time to plan for and develop. With a card you don't have to log in to a website or set up an account or try to get text message notifications working, you can just stick it on your fridge as a reminder for when your second shot is scheduled. There's a lot of unappreciated value in that. Shot cards are common, there's just been no reason to ever fake them because who the gently caress fakes a vaccination
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Apr 19, 2021 03:53
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hobbesmaster posted:https://twitter.com/mnnationalguard/status/1383808422190059541?s=21 It's honestly shocking how rarely cops, prosecutors, and judges are actually targeted in the US. With so many lives and families destroyed, you would expect more people taking that personally.
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Apr 19, 2021 03:58
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Nick Soapdish posted:I'm just so tired, so very tired I don't see how this matters? It's supremely stupid, but the cards shouldn't be used by any organization or event as a means of verifying vaccine status in the first place. Even if the cards where somehow strictly controlled and forgery proof, you'd still have shitheads borrowing other peoples cards or outright stealing them.
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Apr 19, 2021 04:06
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Defenestrategy posted:I don't see how this matters? It's supremely stupid, but the cards shouldn't be used by any organization or event as a means of verifying vaccine status in the first place. Even if the cards where somehow strictly controlled and forgery proof, you'd still have shitheads borrowing other peoples cards or outright stealing them. I sure hope it counts, because the card is pretty much the only record I have of getting the vaccine. I did standy walkins at some Wallgreens. Ninja Edit: I just remember that they both took my health insurance, so nevermind there would be a record presumably.
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