dmjalund Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 10 hours ago, csyphrett said: Brain Freeze That's the name of an ice themed genius supervillain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Venice is recovering from an exceptionally high flood. https://fortune.com/2019/11/14/record-floods-venice-damages-climate-change-natural-disasters/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Sadly, I think Venice better get used to flooding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/u-s-senate-unanimously-passes-hong-kong-rights-bill-idUSKBN1XT2VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Taking a stand against China is wonderful, until you realize that we have allowed our economy to be based solely on their good graces. I have often wondered what th US would look like if China called in their marker on our debt to them. Would it be total economic collapse, or would they accept land instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: Taking a stand against China is wonderful, until you realize that we have allowed our economy to be based solely on their good graces. I have often wondered what th US would look like if China called in their marker on our debt to them. Would it be total economic collapse, or would they accept land instead? Oh, trust me. I was worried about the whole 'hey, love you China' stuff for awhile now, before it was cool even. I get that it was born of a way to keep them from cozying up with the USSR, but it backfired in a lot of ways. Chief being their grip on our economy. We can ween ourselves off them , moving stuff to India and so on... but it won't be easy and I'm sure Big Biz will be whining the whole time 'But there's money there!" etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 15 minutes ago, Hermit said: moving stuff to India and so on Which India will then outsource to China. They've been doing that for years. Hard to find the story I read before b/c Google is stuck on the guy that outsourced his job to China article, but here's a small example. Hermit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: Which India will then outsource to China. They've been doing that for years. Hard to find the story I read before b/c Google is stuck on the guy that outsourced his job to China article, but here's a small example. Nargh. I could go into more opinions but I should probably save that for the politics thread, sorry all, but good point. Thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Physicist Wins Ig Noble Prize For Study On Whether Cats Should Be Classified As Liquids Or Solids pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 8 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: I have often wondered what th US would look like if China called in their marker on our debt to them. Would it be total economic collapse, or would they accept land instead? This is literally impossible. There is no "marker". That's not how treasury notes work. What could happen is for China to dump some of its T-notes on the international market at a discount, thus throwing its own money away in order to cause some inflation in the U.S.; alternatively, it could dump all of it, and crash both economies (and probably the rest of the world's). The reality is that the U.S. and Chinese economies are linked tightly enough that they're almost one economy; you can't negatively affect one very much without negatively affecting the other. This has pros and cons, but it has the effect of preventing widespread war in Eastasia, so I'm mostly okay with it. Lord Liaden and Matt the Bruins 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 Umpire leaves in middle of youth baseball game after being berated by parents Can't say I blame him. I volunteered to be an umpire once for a Church league game. Once. Never again. Duke Bushido 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 Former McDonald's Worker Admits To Putting 11 Nuggets In 10-Piece Boxes Pariah and Hermit 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 Fast Foodmaker's Ten, I take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 Ex-Vikings kicker Fred Cox, inventor of Nerf football, dies at 80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 Famed Cartoonist Gahan Wilson Dies At 89 Logan D. Hurricanes and Cancer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 :sad: A brilliant one. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 The Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50531208 Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 hour ago, death tribble said: The Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50531208 Sad news indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 23, 2019 Report Share Posted November 23, 2019 For that, you can thank Chinese traditional medicine, in which powdered rhino horn is The Cure for impotence, and Sumatra is the closest and easiest place for them to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 7 hours ago, death tribble said: The Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50531208 The Koala is functionally extinct after climate change-induced wildfires destroy 80% of their food supply and habitat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pattern Ghost Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 16 hours ago, death tribble said: The Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild Small correction: In Malaysia. There are about 100 remaining in the wild, according to the article. They're critically endangered. Though that isn't much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 On 11/20/2019 at 6:44 PM, Old Man said: What could happen is for China to dump some of its T-notes on the international market at a discount, thus throwing its own money away in order to cause some inflation in the U.S.; alternatively, it could dump all of it, and crash both economies (and probably the rest of the world's). It wouldn't even do that. China holds ~5% of US government debt. If they sold all their T-bills and refused to buy more, they'd lose money and some other government would buy it instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 There was a terror attack in London today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 Prayers sent to London Hermit and tkdguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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