Re: Pearls Before Swine: TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)

On 7/9/25 09:14, Paul S Person wrote:

On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 16:15:13 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On 7/8/2025 12:45 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:

On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 19:48:32 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

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Locally, we were assured that the shelves would be empty (as a result
of Trump's tariffs) by the last two weeks of May. Didn't happen. This
/may/ still happen, and some businesses have been affected, but so so
good.

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Actually, look more closely.  I've seen both empty shelves and
shortages in various stores on the west coast.   Often the store
will attempt to dress those empty shelves in various ways
(I've seen cardboard filler boxes; I've also seen them spread
out existing merch to fill in gaps caused by sold-out or otherwise
unavailable items).
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Check the overheads at Costco, and you may notice less stock waiting
to be sold.  You may also notice more floor space in the warehouse.
(There has been a noticable reduction in customer traffic at my
local warehouse in the last few months).
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The recent left wing-nut attempt to blame a flash flood on DOGE
appears to have collapsed: the warnings were sent, but nobody was
watching.

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One might consider the NOAA staffing reductions to have had
an impact, if minimal so close to the actual layoffs)
on the forecasting and warning abilities.  Something likely to
get worse over time due to Musk's toadies.
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Four years until the financial apocalypse of the USA according to the=20
documentary =93The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047=94
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https://www.amazon.com/Mandibles-Family-2029-2047-Lionel-Shriver/dp/0062=

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Normally, I would still be attributing the state of the economy to
Biden,

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Please don't add to Lynn's "mandibles" nonsense. It's not a
"documentary", just right-wing apocolyptic fantasy.

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A single data point, but on Sunday I went to the local supermarket,
and the fresh produce aisle was notably missing a lot of fresh produce,
particularly things like sweet peppers.
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Possibilities:
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1. Sunday is generally a day with poor stock, but I'd never noticed it
in the produce section before.
2. Tail end the of long holiday weekend
3. 1&2 together
4. Lack of harvesting, due to immigration crackdown.

 Nr 4 kind of depends on /when things are harvested/, does it not?

Foods particularly fruit must be harvested when ripe and when they are
not harvested they are wasted and the farmer must lose income. So prices
are raised due to scarcity.

 But this could be the start of a /real/ problem.
 I have noticed one story about tomatoes being buried because there is
no market for them. But that's not the same thing, although it may
actually be worse overall in the long run.
 

I'll have to see if it continues.

 The problem here is that if the shelves are /not/ empty next Fall, a
whole lot of people are likely to conclude that the left wing-nut
warnings were ... not well founded ... and vote Republican.
 It would be better to wait until shortages /actually appear/ and then
point out who is responsible.

Yes well that is a good idea.
The BBB worst provision will affect no one until after the 2026 elections.

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