Coffee Crowd for Civilized Discourse on World Events

in the very beginning i felt the monotany of it all when all that was posted was #'s constantly of cases all over the globe. that's when i decided to start telling jokes to break it up and liven the situation up during the chaos.

the trainwreck went slower and slower. over time i tried to educate for the world that is coming. never expected this slow burn to continue this long. never thought the ppl would handle the yoyo of masks on/off again and again. for the most part the public didn't. they have gone to vaxes or no masks. some places like schools did go in/out of lockdowns but very few places. i think that is 1 reason parents never completely returned to work. 1 was kept as a backup for school closings.

by now many ppl have chosen their fates. some have said" if it happens, it does. or they'll "deal with the food shortage after it runs out". others are prepped for a short run only and betting on neighbor help. fate has been decided. if the situation goes full collapse and raiders show up. many don't want to live. many don't want to if life can't b like 2019.

the US has no real clue what is coming. we have always been protected from such events. even during the GD and WW2, we had farms. we weren't as separated from farms as much as today. and ppl were more neighborly back then. ppl in Europe do have a better understanding,at least the older generations.

it isn't just the shortage of food and meds that will kill ppl off. it is also the mental and emotional drain. each year will get harder for a while. probly for 5 yrs.

the crystal ball says after the downward spiral, there will b a decade of war on US soil. the nation will split from it's 50 state status into many smaller parts. these parts won't b the size of the states we have. the states will split. there is already rifts between rural towns and the metro cities that use up the tax $$. with pandemics,plural, many small communities will die out.

oh i do think the govern has plans to counter that. in the US the plan i doubt will b accepted by the ppl. of course it also depends on how fast the AI/robots can b brought online to replace workers. the race between what they want and how fast covid and the viruses spread and cause destruction continues.

Oh MAN!!! How does THAT happen!?! I'm SO jealous! So very cool!

I hate to type this, but I think this bout of allergies is making my kidneys worse. Can't really eat and my output seems less than before. I had to reschedule all my appointments last week so I don't have any new numbers. Nausea is worse than before, too. Hope I'm wrong.

let me think outside the box. ifv the bank issue doesn't get fixed, govern will have to pay all the ppl. they'll usher in UBI and reset. the UBI will b a twisted way to pay the ppl back. by doing it over time, the claim will b this will curb inflation rates away from HI.

ain't it funny how it lines up with MSM tied up reporting on the war? won't take much to keep the bank woes out of news cycles til Thx giving.

I just got an 80% on my first CHST practice exam! While I'm happy with that, it's still the bare minimum score to pass the real exam, so I've got some more studying to do. I should be able to get that certification within the next 90 days, I would think.

Good for you! At least it's a great place to start. I'm glad I don't have to do the tests anymore! LOL The CERT ones were bad enough. The more we did, the harder they got. I can't even imagine doing S and R now.

Did I remember to tell you guys that I finally got my fire rake? It came in the middle of having the crud. The box is still in front of the tv. Planning on using it this week sometime.

Don't remember you saying anything about it. Similarly, the 1,000-pound capacity crane I ordered that attaches to my truck's bumper hitch arrived, but due to hand surgery, I can't assemble it yet. It's still in the box in my barn. Stitches come out tomorrow, so maybe this weekend.

Don't remember you saying anything about it. Similarly, the 1,000-pound capacity crane I ordered that attaches to my truck's bumper hitch arrived, but due to hand surgery, I can't assemble it yet. It's still in the box in my barn. Stitches come out tomorrow, so maybe this weekend.

I missed you having hand surgery. Everything ok?