I think you are right. In the long run, shortages will cause a lot of deaths. In the short term, we need to stock up on what we can and try to preserve what we can using some of Ms. Wildfire's ideas. I am already doing that, and we are now ramping that up this week. My wife went to the store this morning and she ran into a panicked populous. Word has gone out about shortages due to the tariffs and people are panic buying this week. In a couple of days, the shelves are likely to be relatively bare.
We are all in trouble here in the west as this trade war ramps up in earnest. Mexico has been given a one month reprieve when the PM offered to put 10,000 Mexican troops on the border in exchange for more U.S. cooperation to stop the gun smuggling. China is taking the U.S. to court in a more symbolic gesture than anything as the WTO court is pretty useless. Their economy, although slowing some, is still better able to handle the trade issues than Canada. Canada is going full tilt as best as they can, in every province except Alberta. Alberta still thinks they can suck up to Trump and get by. Premier Smith is delusional. Meanwhile, Canada is pulling every bit of American alcoholic beverages off their shelves right now, plus other tariffs.
I was joking (not joking) with a Canadian friend about my grandfather being a Canadian citizen who immigrated to the U.S. and if that would help me immigrate to Canada, should the need arise. A question I never thought I would be asking a few years ago.
Nick Tsergas, a Canadian who publishes the Canada Healthwatch newsletter on Substack, put his contact info on his post from today to help anyone who is thinking of emigrating. Who would have thought that 56 years after the draft for the Vietnam War started that Americans would be thinking of getting out of the country again.
They will have to put up a wall and make us pay for it to keep out the American hoards who will be overwhelming the northern borders. The Canadians will have to call on China to supply support troops to handle the influx, and wouldn't that just be fucking marvelous if they started to say the same things about Americans that trump is saying about our southern neighbors. I want to see it. I want to see what will happen. Please, Canada, say nasty things and keep us out. Blame us for all the drugs and crime in your country create a worldwide backlash against the US who is sending all its ignorant, humabeasts to infect your country. While you're at it, I think I can arrange a trade with you, you give us Alberta (they'll fit right in) and we'll send you Georgia or maybe Nevada.
This particular reply got out of control really fast.
I think you are right. In the long run, shortages will cause a lot of deaths. In the short term, we need to stock up on what we can and try to preserve what we can using some of Ms. Wildfire's ideas. I am already doing that, and we are now ramping that up this week. My wife went to the store this morning and she ran into a panicked populous. Word has gone out about shortages due to the tariffs and people are panic buying this week. In a couple of days, the shelves are likely to be relatively bare.
We are all in trouble here in the west as this trade war ramps up in earnest. Mexico has been given a one month reprieve when the PM offered to put 10,000 Mexican troops on the border in exchange for more U.S. cooperation to stop the gun smuggling. China is taking the U.S. to court in a more symbolic gesture than anything as the WTO court is pretty useless. Their economy, although slowing some, is still better able to handle the trade issues than Canada. Canada is going full tilt as best as they can, in every province except Alberta. Alberta still thinks they can suck up to Trump and get by. Premier Smith is delusional. Meanwhile, Canada is pulling every bit of American alcoholic beverages off their shelves right now, plus other tariffs.
I was joking (not joking) with a Canadian friend about my grandfather being a Canadian citizen who immigrated to the U.S. and if that would help me immigrate to Canada, should the need arise. A question I never thought I would be asking a few years ago.
Nick Tsergas, a Canadian who publishes the Canada Healthwatch newsletter on Substack, put his contact info on his post from today to help anyone who is thinking of emigrating. Who would have thought that 56 years after the draft for the Vietnam War started that Americans would be thinking of getting out of the country again.
Unfortunately Canada is less welcoming to immigrants than ever, but wealthy Americans would likely be accepted. System is very backlogged, be warned!
They will have to put up a wall and make us pay for it to keep out the American hoards who will be overwhelming the northern borders. The Canadians will have to call on China to supply support troops to handle the influx, and wouldn't that just be fucking marvelous if they started to say the same things about Americans that trump is saying about our southern neighbors. I want to see it. I want to see what will happen. Please, Canada, say nasty things and keep us out. Blame us for all the drugs and crime in your country create a worldwide backlash against the US who is sending all its ignorant, humabeasts to infect your country. While you're at it, I think I can arrange a trade with you, you give us Alberta (they'll fit right in) and we'll send you Georgia or maybe Nevada.
This particular reply got out of control really fast.
Great time to start death pools. Who want to put in a dollar that I will die before Campi?
I'll take that bet.