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That Works posted:This is an important thread and cites all of the claims it makes at the end. Good for a reference if nothing else. I took my dog for a walk this morning and saw a handful of brand new TRUMP 2020 flags hanging from porches. I wish people could understand how hosed up things are. Our governor was talking about how the FEMA confiscated a bunch of ventilators, but the MAGA brigade doesn't care because he's a gay Democrat. It's super frustrating. How do we even stop this?
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I really can't believe that people are willing to sacrifice grandma Betty just because they can't get a margarita at Chili's.
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Godholio posted:There's a non-zero part of me that just wants to say "gently caress it, open everything up and do it soon so we get a couple more rounds before the election." The school situation is legit frustrating, trying to be a teacher and work full-time isn't working. I totally get why people are frustrated and resentful but holy gently caress, I really don't think people grasp how hosed our health Care system is. I was talking with a customer last week, OR director in a poor rural county, and they said the media was overreacting and this was all fake news. There are maybe a dozen ICU beds spread out in a 200 mile area for 12000 mostly old and poor people. poo poo is gonna be ugly when the Rona hits rural America...
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I don't like that part very much.
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Lake of Methane posted:A cattle ranching group I follow is absolutely livid at Sonny Perdue about this, which is a little surprising. The position is that there aren't shortages of livestock, but that the large corporate-run packing plants are slowed or shuttered, and were already unwilling to pay for domestically-raised beef (relying on imports from South America). Our local meat packing plant is directly responsible for at least 3 coronavirus deaths and over 700 confirmed cases among employees. Also I think part of the anger about that program is that it means farmers won't get as much insruance money for their unsold crops.
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That Works posted:USDA can't even suss out getting vegetables to food banks in time to prevent farmers from plowing their crops under. I don't expect them to be able to work out a grain swap for meat. I think a lot of that grain wouldn't be suitable for human consumption, so I suspect that killing the meat industry would just result in more expensive food and more starving people in the short term.
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Apr 29, 2020 01:22
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Immanentized posted:Musk is very publicly losing his poo poo. I wonder how long before he loses control of Tesla in a similar way he did with SpaceX and accusing NASA riflemen of sniping his prototypes from the launch towers. I saw on twitter its because he is a month away from hitting a milestone that pays out a 3/4 billion dollar bonus, and this stay at home stuff is making his number look bad, so he might not get his money. We should feel bad for the musky man, doesn't he deserve his money?
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Jesus Christ, what a bunch of drooling, selfish, and paranoid morons. Hats off to that guy, no way I could have that kind of patience.
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