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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #200 on: February 28, 2020, 11:08:06 AM »
It's a capitalist market.  Unless government policy makes it economically unfavorable, companies will outsource operations to lower cost areas.  Any company that doesn't do this risks being buried by competitors who do.
Govt imposed costs warp the market decisions by quite a bit.  Keep corporate taxes lower and keep the administrative cost of labor under control and the US looks a lot more favorable. 

When people like Obama and his group come in, they always increase taxes, increase the regulatory burden, and increase the liability/administrative cost of employees. 
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« Reply #201 on: February 28, 2020, 11:15:49 AM »
Govt imposed costs warp the market decisions by quite a bit.  Keep corporate taxes lower and keep the administrative cost of labor under control and the US looks a lot more favorable. 

When people like Obama and his group come in, they always increase taxes, increase the regulatory burden, and increase the liability/administrative cost of employees. 

Another lesser known one is that the government subsidizes international shipping, such that it's actually cheaper to ship something (small) from China, than from Columbia, SC.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #202 on: February 28, 2020, 12:17:50 PM »
"I believe you are on the best case scenario of the spectrum, and I’m on the worst case scenario end of it... people should be ready for something somewhere in between."

OK, then I'll sit at my desk and white knuckle it while drinking heavily while you run around in circles flapping your arms and screeching about how the sky is falling.

Between the two of us we should have it covered.  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Shoot, I'm all smiles and giggles today. At 9am, I was up 6 figures, but that has fallen to very high 5 figures. The bigger the market crash, the more I'm going to rake in.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #203 on: February 28, 2020, 02:48:27 PM »
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/02/27/who-says-coronavirus-entered-iran-unseen-and-undetected-warns-outbreak-could-be-even-worse.html?__twitter_impression=true
WHO says coronavirus entered Iran 'undetected,' warns outbreak could be worse than is known

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The majority of Iran's cases have been linked to Qom, a major religious destination for *expletive deleted*it pilgrims 85 miles south of Tehran, Iran's health ministry spokesman said on state television Tuesday. An official from Qom claimed Monday that 50 people had died in the city. Tehran quickly rejected the figure and denied hiding anything.

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Iran hasn't suspended flights from China, one of its top trading partners, despite nearly all of its Middle Eastern neighbors doing so.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #204 on: February 28, 2020, 05:23:19 PM »
Shoot, I'm all smiles and giggles today. At 9am, I was up 6 figures, but that has fallen to very high 5 figures. The bigger the market crash, the more I'm going to rake in.

 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: I was up 65000 for the day at 9am, I ended up only being 7K up at the end of the day.  :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: There was messaging of the MFing FED stepping in to at at 1:30 (my time) today, and all of my dreams of cocaine and hookers went to *expletive deleted*it.
Still made a nice 45k for the week.
I need a drink.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #205 on: February 28, 2020, 07:10:38 PM »
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/02/27/who-says-coronavirus-entered-iran-unseen-and-undetected-warns-outbreak-could-be-even-worse.html?__twitter_impression=true
WHO says coronavirus entered Iran 'undetected,' warns outbreak could be worse than is known



Iran is extra *expletive deleted*ed.  Sounds like it’s out of control there... reports are the mortality rate is high teens.
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« Reply #206 on: February 28, 2020, 07:17:22 PM »
I would expect nothing less from a backwards, third world shithole like Iran.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #207 on: February 28, 2020, 08:02:02 PM »
Yeah, apparently like three or four high level people in Iran's government have the virus. At least that we know of. How crappy of a response do you have to have to get your top leadership infected?


In the meantime, the stories about American "preppers" are starting:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/pandemic-preppers-arm-up-person-with-the-most-ammo-wins
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« Reply #209 on: February 28, 2020, 09:01:43 PM »
I would expect nothing less from a backwards, third world shithole like Iran.


It's just sad that Islam put them into shithole status.  Imagine the place with no revolution.  It's not hard,  there's pictures..

Current situation sucks for Haji Bob on the street,  but reap the whirlwind.

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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #210 on: February 29, 2020, 06:45:30 AM »
It's just sad that Islam put them into shithole status.  Imagine the place with no revolution.  It's not hard,  there's pictures..

Current situation sucks for Haji Bob on the street,  but reap the whirlwind.

/ thread drift



Girls in mini skirts going to college in Tehran?


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« Reply #211 on: February 29, 2020, 08:42:25 AM »
Girls in mini skirts going to college in Tehran?

[img]https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shah-iran-tehran-students-copy.jpg


I guess the Shah was kind of an authoritarian ahole, but he sure seems to have been loads better than what came later.
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« Reply #212 on: February 29, 2020, 09:35:32 AM »
I guess the Shah was kind of an authoritarian ahole, but he sure seems to have been loads better than what came later.

Most revolutions are the act of kicking out one authoritarian ahole and replacing them with another, often worse, authoritarian ahole
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #213 on: February 29, 2020, 09:35:56 AM »
I guess the Shah was kind of an authoritarian ahole, but he sure seems to have been loads better than what came later.

Even dictators have their good qualities says Bernie.
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« Reply #214 on: February 29, 2020, 09:44:05 AM »
Most revolutions are an act of kicking out one authoritarian ahole and replacing them with another, often worse, authoritarian ahole

This right here.  And the USA has a proven record of helping the worse of two evils get into power...
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« Reply #215 on: February 29, 2020, 09:56:59 AM »
https://ncov2019.live/

This is kind of the best clearing house for raw data on the spread.
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« Reply #216 on: February 29, 2020, 10:39:05 AM »
Interesting satellite imagery over China. SWAG with just the imagery and no data, but that looks like a pretty big delta and a big dropoff in movement and activity.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/china-cornvirus-coincides-plummet-nitrogen-dioxide
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« Reply #217 on: February 29, 2020, 10:49:49 AM »
Interesting satellite imagery over China. SWAG with just the imagery and no data, but that looks like a pretty big delta and a big dropoff in movement and activity.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/china-cornvirus-coincides-plummet-nitrogen-dioxide

Unsurprising.  This is why the new green deal is such bullshit. The US could go to 0 emissions, and it would be less than 1% of the worlds total emissions, which is mostly led by China and India.
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Re: COVID-19/corona virus mega thread/prepping thread
« Reply #218 on: February 29, 2020, 12:55:58 PM »
Girls in mini skirts going to college in Tehran?




That's the one.
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« Reply #220 on: February 29, 2020, 01:34:13 PM »
Looks like we just had the first US death. While it's just one person (RIP, of course), being the first death will likely up potential emotional panic.
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« Reply #221 on: February 29, 2020, 01:37:18 PM »
If only people over on that side of the mountains were as concerned about a measles epidemic or flu deaths as they are on this. I am sure there will be more fear mongering as the day goes on by the left and others. I expect the shelves to be stripped bare on the west side PDQ.

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« Reply #222 on: February 29, 2020, 01:37:28 PM »
^^^The Seattle-King County Health Department is holding a press conference at 4 pm to release more details.  I am guessing it was someone elderly or had pre-existing disease burdens, but it will be interesting to learn the details.
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« Reply #223 on: February 29, 2020, 01:41:08 PM »
And in other news, 2 patients under quarantine in Spokane in a special pathogens unit have been released back into the wild, or we could say 50% of people under observation here just to make it sound monumental.

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« Reply #224 on: February 29, 2020, 01:46:14 PM »
Wouldn't surprised me one bit, if they haven't already, if they start screaming racism over any "POC"s held in quarantine cages.
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