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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 93 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes we know MAGAts black is white, up is down and the Orange Turd is a genius. We don’t don’t believe you.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 58 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ignorance is strength, war is peace, freedom is slavery.

France is bacon.

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought it was Chris P Bacon....

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[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago (24 children)

If you live in the US and are not wealthy, stock up on rice, beans, lentils, and spices now. As much as you can reasonably afford. You will be glad you did.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't forget mouse traps and other ways of keeping them safe from vermin.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And then later, catching and eating the vermin.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Urban pigeons and rats are definitely NOT a safe food. They're full of chemical pollution that you can't cook out, and probably more than a few diseases which you might also catch. It beats starving to death, but you should consider basically anything else, including boiling your (vegetable tanned) leather belts and shoes.

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pigeons are actually a domesticated animal that used to be bred for (among other things) food. So you re-domesticate a few of them, and then eat their offspring which you feed household scraps.

You might also save on heating in the winter by having larger cattle in your house and sleeping on a loft above them.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, you can totally eat pigeons, and people do. You can totally eat rats (and I assume some people do). But those aren't the ones you randomly spot eating garbage in the cities.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember a tour guide in Paris showing me a poster from the Siege of Paris by the Prussians.

Dog meat, pigeons, rats, etc.

Honestly I'd just do what Napoleon III did and just sit in the field and wait to get hit at that point.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I imagine a late 19th century rat or pigeon had a much healthier diet than a modern one. Just be sure not to touch the lungs too much...

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah fuck, I just threw a dead mouse away a couple weeks ago. I'm gonna be kicked out of the community for wasting food soon. 3 people could've ate with that.

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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 11 points 1 week ago

Build a garden box or two if you can afford it. Stupid easy to build and they can be fun.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We had a 22 percent increase in domestic investment.

That's good, it really is, but that in and of itself doesn't mean much. Industrial production left the US for a reason. What's changed? The cost of living has only gone up, especially housing, which means the cost of domestic labor is still going to be much higher than many other countries, so how do these US producers plan to turn this new capital investment into a profitable enterprise? How are they going to profitably produce quality goods that Americans can actually afford? Are they only going to make luxury goods for the highest income Americans? If so, who's going to serve the middle and the bottom income levels?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is precisely like when Russia's currency tanked like a stricken submarine, which meant their PPP-adjusted GDP shot up the rankings and became one of the highest numbers in the world, which all the tankies promptly seized upon and used as an example of why the sanctions are actually helping Russia, by boosting its domestic economy, which is why everything is going great.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The sanctions on Oil and Gas certainly were helping Russia because they are lacklusterly enforced but drove up the global prices, benefiting Russia.

By half assing sanctions, the EU and US helped bankroll Russias war chest in 2022.

https://energyandcleanair.org/financing-putins-war/

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[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thing is the article says the actual domestic investment growth was 9.8%, not 22%.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Inventories was also most of that. Means less production in future quarters.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

exactly, that boost was to delay the inevitable crash that just around the corner

[–] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Maybe slave labor. Or possibly something that actively steals wealth. Like, buying out mortgages then telling families to triple up in the house to cover less food and higher rent. Basically whatever you can imagine that makes things worse for most of us is probably the plan.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

If so, who's going to serve the middle and the bottom income levels?

Certainly not the government!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

who’s going to serve the middle and the bottom income levels?

And laughter ensued from the 1%

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not a crazy thing to say if you don‘t particularly like the USA which I have to assume he doesn‘t.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I'm horrified.....

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 17 points 1 week ago
[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For the billionaires planning on buying everything up to finish Russiafying our Oligarchy it's a great thing.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

That's because all bad news is fake news now, everybody deserves the freedom to choose their own truth! /s

[–] tal@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I expect that Navarro will be needing to do a "high prices are good news" bit once stockpiled goods in warehouses in the US also run dry.

If Trump thought that this statement would be a political winner, I suspect that he'd be doing it himself, rather than having Navarro doing so. Right now, the only thing that Trump's currently seeing net positives in the polls I've most-recently seen is his immigration policy. Not on the economy.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

“I know we cut off both your arms, and while that may seem inconvenient at first, it’s a good thing because we helped you lose weight!”

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah good news for his boss Putin the rest of the world not so much.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

So is Ron Vera.

anything to avoid criticising an idiot

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
[–] Frjttr@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

The moment you realize you're getting a golden shower from Trump who didn't drink enough water.

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