Thanks for the rundown! And I agree with your comment at the vagueness around "mental health"

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Dirty bombs? ISIS? Theocrats? Chaos? Sounds perfect for the empire!

Blowback is just another opportunity. Safety is not the goal.

Though in more serious talk, if you believe Ben Norton from Geopolitical Economy Report and the sources therein, the ultimate goal isn't Safety from nuclear war or dirty bombs. The goal is China. Fracturing Iran into weak states, where a few may be comprador western allies gets us one step closer to the goal of China. A goal that I dont think is viable, but a goal nonetheless.

And this is just my vibe here, but I dont think the architects of the apocalypse give a shit if some Americans die from a dirty bomb. If need be, a hundred American cities could be nuked to glass. Accumulation of their power and control is all that matters.

Economics is a SCIENCE

There are currently 7.0 fears in the market

Before I saw your comment I had just deleted a spam text message on my phone that claimed to be an "old friend" wanting to catch up on WhatsApp. I'm not an important journalist, or person, but it was extra spooky after seeing that article.

So yeah, deleting WhatsApp now.

My wife is in a similar situation with her family. She has an uncle and cousins who are in Tampa and are not evacuating. They have the means to do so, they just.... aren't.

It's wild

Edit: I also know it's easy to fall into blaming people for not leaving when they don't have the money or ability to do so, but to the best of my knowledge that isn't the case here. They are very securely upper middle class and recently moved to Florida. I think they just don't understand the severity of it? Maybe I'm mistaken though. Idk. I hope somebody can get through with your family and they can be safe!!

Sometimes I look back at my lib reaction to 2016 and I give myself a little pat on the back with how far I've come lol. Feels like another time altogether

Isn't that why they're planning on holding it (or parts of it?) virtualy?

But with Trump we'd have two genocides, maybe even three.

Trump derangement syndrome is real for these people. My older liberal friend is sweet in so many ways, but desr God she just has to bring up Trump every goddamned time any criticism of anything is brought up. It's the safety valve, scapegoat, to place all of our failures on. But we already know that about them. Really shows how limited their understanding of the world is. Almost everything she is afraid of has already come true, but she fails to see it because it didn't happen under scary Trump. Or, maybe she just doesn't care