top of the heap to third world status in one generation

[xavier7995]

Enjoyed things of a political nature all my life, not about to stop now.

Its kind of a bummer as talking politics is one of my favorite things, but eh...most of what was occurring was not that. I am sure I will still read it and occasionally ramble about something, but going to make a concentrated effort to not do so. Summers sort of here and getting the grow up and running is probably a more healthy mental choice option, or at least a bit more rewarding.

 

[Gry]

Fifty years worth of middle class decline as a result of shipping our industry to China....

 

[Gry]

How do you get a free market ?

Bonus when one finances the largest military on earth...

 

[Gry]

As the years slip by, I am left with more admiration and respect for the first and real Americans .

 

[xavier7995]

Fifty years worth of middle class decline as a result of shipping our industry to China....

I would counter/add that we have cut education for maybe 40 of those years. Just saying, keep em dumb. Makes the rest of it way easier.

 

[Gry]

It takes an educated population to make a democracy work--
Which is why the right attacked Brown vs VA board of education.


History is relentless.

 

[Gry]

Lets criminalize those who harvest our food, and treat them 2nd rate, it
will be good for no one and it will help make prices go up...
once we fuck that up well, we can give China shit, as if they had a hundred years

worth of history fucking us...

Fox is a glide path

 

[Gry]

The U.S. Has Forgotten How to Do Infrastructure

The nation once built things fast and cheaply. Now experts are puzzled why costs are higher and projects take longer than in other countries.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...to-do-infrastructure?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole a Confederate Warship and Became a Congressman

To save his family—and himself—Robert Smalls had to do something drastic. His bravery made him a folk hero.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...-confederate-warship-and-became-a-congressman

 

[Gry]

Surviving It All

She’s 92, made it through the Holocaust, and set off for a cruise around the world in February



https://www.thecut.com/article/marga-griesbach-profile.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

- Good read Gry - tough old lady - to have made it thru all of that - and still she lives!

Surviving It All

She’s 92, made it through the Holocaust, and set off for a cruise around the world in February



https://www.thecut.com/article/marga-griesbach-profile.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

I miss the the time spent

One thing that always impressed me,
was the overall caliber of the people.

 

[Gry]

Our Economy Was Just Blasted Years Into the Future



The crisis is compressing and accelerating trends that would have taken decades to play out

https://marker.medium.com/our-economy-was-just-blasted-years-into-the-future-a591fbba2298

 

[Gry]

I’m a Chef in a Seaside Town. I’m Not an Epidemiologist.

Business owners like me face a summer of uncertainty, and I’m terrified.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...ing-be-tough/612058/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gry]

Lawmakers Ejected From Hong Kong Debate on Chinese National Anthem Bill

https://time.com/5843712/hong-kong-chinese-national-anthem-bill/

 

[Gry]

China Approves Hong Kong Security Legislation, Defying Trump

https://time.com/5843723/china-hong-kong-national-security-law-npc/

 

[Gry]

Tragic to see the number of states that have quit reporting death stats, more sad yet is that they are red states.

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Our Economy Was Just Blasted Years Into the Future

The crisis is compressing and accelerating trends that would have taken decades to play out

https://marker.medium.com/our-economy-was-just-blasted-years-into-the-future-a591fbba2298

Wow.
But a crisis like a pandemic also evolves other areas of society. For example, during the Black Death, dress hemlines went from touching and dragging on the ground, and raised them up off the ground to at the ankle. This in turn developed a fashionable shoe market. This pandemic will affect us in ways we can't imagine.

Tragic to see the number of states that have quit reporting death stats, more sad yet is that they are red states.

Unbelievable.
Isn't that what Russia and China did/is doing?

 

[Gry]

The Very Drugged Nazis

They demanded purity of blood, body, and mind. But nobody became more dependent on drugs than Adolf Hitler, and no armed forces did more to boost troop performance than the Wehrmacht did by using methamphetamine.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-very-drugged-nazis?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Oh yeah - the Nazi's were the original tweakers - they were Breaking Bad with their Blitzkrieg for 3-4 days in Europe - and managed to stay awake long enough - with the help of their methamphetamine called Pervitin - which they all ate like candy - long enough to capture France, Belgium and Holland - in one fell swoop -

The Very Drugged Nazis

They demanded purity of blood, body, and mind. But nobody became more dependent on drugs than Adolf Hitler, and no armed forces did more to boost troop performance than the Wehrmacht did by using methamphetamine.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-very-drugged-nazis?utm_source=pocket-newtab