[theluckycountry]

That last post of mine about the CDC and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is a good example how Google and Bing etc censor stories and websites OUT of their results.

"Redfield told the Senate Committee" will get you hits but "Former CDC Director Says FDA Underreported Adverse" will get you none. The news sites that do carry the story appear to be small independent ones and carry many other embarrassing stories of interest too.

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I spoke of this on the infrastructure thread. It's a classic sign of decay in a nation.
Since the creation of Amtrak in 1971, it has failed to turn a profit and is predicted to continue losing $1 billion a year for the foreseeable future.
The pattern this follows is thus: Eventually all of the passenger lines out of the cities will close, except for a few tourist lines. Then the city lines will fall into disrepair. A couple of main trunk lines for freight will endure, for a time. Of course the US still has resources, but if the money vanishes, hasta la vista baby.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I') just posted in the "Death of Suburbia Thread" that the premise of that thread has turned out to be totally wrong.

What we actually see in the US today isn't the death of Suburbia but the death of cities.

[Newfie]

Lucky,

I have a video for you. Probably skip the intro, about 13 mins. This guy is super interesting and makes some excellent analytic points.

https://youtu.be/g7WtcTATa2U?si=ywEpa3ITkIk_nyBI

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', ' ')This guy is super interesting and makes some excellent analytic points.

[Newfie]

Lucky,

I find listening to cert a in people educational. I find that they come upbwith new ideas and concepts.

If all I do is talk and write then I miss a great number of opportunities to increase my understanding.

But back on topic, I suggested this gentleman because he is doing some risk analysis. And he is coming up with risks I was not aware of.

And this is related to the death of cities, suburbia, and culture in general.

Do you wish to discuss this topic?

[Shaved Monkey]

Cities predominantly evolved because of a centralised access point for jobs.
With AI about to wipe every white collar job out and most blue collar jobs via AI and automation...you would have to think the cities of the future will be less useful.
Small rural areas probably dont have as much negative upheaval re loss of jobs and a lot more upside through online AI assisted healthcare and other services
UBI could still fix most thing but there will need to be a tax overhaul that isnt reliant on people but corporations to fund it.
You then need to keep the idle people happy, some will find productive hobbies some will have too much time on their hands.

Hopefully we could adopt some things that the Japanese do well like micro specialisation and striving for perfection in every day tasks...be that gardens, crafts or cooking.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'A')nd this is related to the death of cities, suburbia, and culture in general.

Do you wish to discuss this topic?

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'C')ities predominantly evolved because of a centralised access point for jobs.
With AI about to wipe every white collar job out and most blue collar jobs via AI and automation...you would have to think the cities of the future will be less useful.

Hopefully we could adopt some things that the Japanese do well like micro specialisation and striving for perfection in every day tasks...be that gardens, crafts or cooking.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'A')nd this is related to the death of cities, suburbia, and culture in general.

Do you wish to discuss this topic?

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '
')
I have carrying list; of my own. In brevity…
1: Over population, it is not just we have too many people, their ambitions for a “modern life” will further bankrupt our resource budget.
2: Emergent diseases, Covid ain’t nothing compared to what could come. All it has to do is wipe out any one major food source, wheat, rice, etc.
3: AI, obviously
4: Climate change
5: Hydrocarbon eating bacteria
6: Humanities hyper focus on short term threats

That is a short list, it could be quite a bit longer, and elements are interactive.

What I can not summarize is his process of thinking, his analytic method.

[theluckycountry]

"Living In Third World": Armed Venezuelan Gang Members Roam Colorado Apartment Building
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')Far-left lawmakers in sanctuary city Denver welcomed tens of thousands of illegal aliens who invaded the US southern border under the Biden-Harris administration's watch. Now, the Denver suburb of Aurora is in turmoil as the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua roams the streets armed with rifles and pistols, transforming parts of the once peaceful metro area into a third-world-esque state.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')Denver was once a quiet city, not all that long ago either.

[theluckycountry]

In Sweden and Germany both governments have admitted their mistake, In Sweden it was the former Prime minister who admitted her error. She, along with her progressive all woman cabinet allowed the nation to be overrun with Muslim immigrants.

Our nations are built on lies. Women are equal to men is a good lie, there is nothing equal about the two sexes at all! Most women think with their hearts not their heads, they are typically hopeless when it comes to purchases beyond the household pantry, and even there they are a prey to any company that spins a good story. When the Sugar companies went on an advertising rampage in the 1960's a whole generation of women filled their children with the processed crap because "Doctor's say" children need lots of energy and sugar...

In the last few decades it's been houses and cars, major purchases that should be done with rational forethought. But women often have an inordinate say in these and end up buying "Pretty" houses and "dream" cars. The amount of money wasted in last couple of decades by women doing "Makeovers" inside old houses is legend. Following each other in a fashion herd to see how many hand basins and ceiling lights they can fit into a bathroom. How many walls they can knock out to have an Open Plan home, just like they saw in the magazine or on the TV show. Meanwhile they save by having plastic water pipes fitted and cheap particle board walls and furniture installed. The whole Ikea thing, they go into the stores and see pretty furniture and ignore the fact that it's made of absolute garbage and will fall apart in a few years. The level of ignorance is astonishing!

But lets face it, the World is running out of Quality timber and copper for pipes etc so someone has to buy this junk I suppose. I bought a very un-trendy 50 year old brick home with copper piping and a solid hardwood upper floor suspended on several steel posts and two Huge BHP I-Beams that run the full length. They don't do that now, now people pay half as much again for a home built with a particleboard floor and suspended by dozens and dozens of steel posts. So many that you could even setup a pool table between them. But Women care nothing for any of this and in most modern relationships "they" are the ones making these important decisions I have found.

A trend I see here is that young men when buying a first car tend to go economical, the young women prefer bigger SUV or trucks. It's all part of being assertive, and the young ones believe they are safer in them. Perhaps? But having good driving skills, being able to keep a cool head saves a lot more lives than having a heavier car. Go on YouTube or Kaotic or any site that shows car accidents and you'll hear the women screaming their heads off even when they are Not in the accident. They lose it! They basically can't cope. They are not all terrible drivers but they are not Equal to the average man who is more aggressive and can tend to still be able to think when disaster strikes. Women often just close their eyes and grip the wheel.

Women in politics, too tender hearted to say no to hundreds of thousands of young men desperate to enter their nations. "They can't be all bad?" "There are only a few bad eggs" Then the immigrants collect into Ghettos and you end up with little Somalias, Little Nicaraguas and the knives and guns come out. The only thing that kept them under control in their homelands were hard-line authoritarian governments, in the west they can do as they please and they know it. Look at El Salvador, it had the highest murder rate on the Planet until the new president basically jailed every suspected gang member, now it has one of the lowest.

And what does the Western Press say? "Their children are paying the consequences" Boo Hoo, cry cry for the little children. Well these are not "Little Children" They are teenagers, many of whom had committed murder. A lot more little children will get to live and have decent lives now that these animals have been incarcerated. But they didn't catch all the gang members, thousands fled north, to the United States of America. Where the government will pay them to murder... Just like the Venezuelans in the article above.

You're a middle aged White American? Most on this site are. Well guess what, it's your problem now. You get to spend your Golden Years looking over your shoulder. These predators are rife in all your cities and it will only get worse. But Remember! You have to do what your tolds, an feel sorry for them, it's not there fault! They grew up in a Bad country, they neva dun nuffin wrong, they jus poor lil boys.

2017



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')AN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) – Killings spiked by nearly 70 percent last year in this gang-plagued Central American nation, authorities said Monday, resulting in a homicide rate that could make it the world's most violent country.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')merica is a land built by immigrants, and nobody is “illegal.” Kamala will abolish ICE, give immigrant aliens home loans and voting rights, and finally allow these industrious foreigners to contribute to our society without fear of deportation

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'I')n Sweden and Germany both governments have admitted their mistake, In Sweden it was the former Prime minister who admitted her error. She, along with her progressive all woman cabinet allowed the nation to be overrun with Muslim immigrants.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')ur nations are built on lies.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '[')img]https://media.tenor.com/tXTpNO3l7DcAAAAM/dog-funny.gif[/img]

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '
')
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')ur nations are built on lies.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')The Americans have built their society on the Lies of democracy, manifold destiny and the bringers of peace and security to the world.

[theluckycountry]

You know what the problem is adam, you're a frog in a pot of hot water and you don't realize the danger you are in. The smart ones who chose to remain in the US went and bought secure properties out in the redoubt states, they were laughed at 10 years ago for doing it but now, with Boulder of all places being infiltrated by violent refugee gangs, they don't look so silly do they.

What do you do at night there, bolt your doors and hide inside? I go cycling at night, and early morning, right through the middle of town and out into the countryside following the river road here. No homeless camps, no drug addicts, just peace and quiet and the odd car passing.

You might like to think that the Woke police force would step in and squash this takeover but we all know they are hamstrung by the BLM business and are themselves afraid of going to jail for shooting someone. At the current rate in 5 years American cities and many large towns will be overrun by criminal gangs. It will be their turf, like Mexico is now. You are SO Fucked.

This was two years ago when life was normal in Boulder:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')How is nobody talking about the organized crime in boulder?

You would think that in a city that concerns itself with enforcing noise complaints, we would do something about the criminal organizations freely operating in boulder right now. But we have deemed the homeless to be above the law here. I’m not talking about the rampant illegal camping, or doing drugs in public, or littering in our creek, or shitting in the street. These are separate issues. What I’m referring to is the unchecked wave of bike theft that has literally reached an industrial scale. They have created a system where a dealer will exchange drugs for stolen bikes. This incentives any bum who needs a score to go pinch the nearest bike. These bikes are piled high in full view of the public (and police) to be stripped down and rebuilt in order to sell online. The police know about this, the city knows about this and yet they have done nothing to stop this massive operation. Right now, there are dozens of stolen bikes piled on the creek path right behind boulder public library(been there for at least a month), and I have witnessed bums rolling stolen bikes to this spot to exchange for drugs. I (and many many others) have had several bikes stolen over the last 5 years and all were locked in the general vicinity of the creek path, so it’s depressing to know that my bike helped a homeless person stay trapped at their life’s rock bottom.