@Race2Extinct Fellow Selway enthusiast and trail volunteer here. I can relate to your comments about trails disappearing. Yeah, stock animals do a lot of damage and only benefit a tiny percentage of the population.
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Dan Lynch
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Dan Lynch
@mtngun
Hillbilly trying to make sense of the world.
Joseph Plains Beigetreten Kasım 2008
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My Selway-Bitterroot article just made Google News.
Wilderness doesn’t collapse all at once.
It unravels quietly — invasive plants spread, salmon vanish, and ecosystems that still look intact stop functioning.
The Selway is further along that path than most people realize.
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@Ampersand48 I read somewhere that a plurality of Idaho County residents are on Social Security. But of those who are employed, most work for the gummint. So basically we are a socialized welfare state.
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Central Idaho has a production economy where labor adds value to our natural resources. In my 30 years dealing with local business, a reliable workforce is the most important part of a businesses success. The employees here are dedicated to their jobs, for generations.
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@matthewstoller @Rory_Johnston Pipelines are easily bombed. It's not just oil, it's also fertilizer and other petrochemicals. Bottom line: peace is required for reliable commerce.
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@Rory_Johnston Curious. Let's say Iran establishes a toll booth at Hormuz. Is it possible to build a full pipeline network to get around it? How long would it take to do that?
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Guy who clearly understands how oil markets work:
"see, we never needed the Strait of Hormuz 😏"
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@MattBruenig My rule of thumb for social programs: “everybody in, nobody out.”
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Basic base-broadening wisdom here. If you want to finance rich-kid child care through payments from rich families, is it best to charge *all* rich families a *small* amount or *only* rich families with very young kids a *large* amount? Very simple stuff: peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/11/30/ill…
Ken Girardin@PolicyEngineer
Pulling down a half-million and still expecting taxpayers to pay for your kid's preschool is really...something.
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@keithdorejel The U.S. could not even defeat Yemen and is getting its ass kicked by Iran. We would have never, under any circumstances, have had a prayer against China. But hey, we can kick some banana republic ass.
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I mean what the fuck would we even do now that our clod of a president has entangled us with Iran?
Spencer Hakimian@SpencerHakimian
🚨BREAKING: TAIWAN DETECTS MASSIVE CHINESE MILITARY PRESENCE SURROUNDING ISLAND
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I legitimately do not understand why a bag of potato chips is now $5. They cost almost nothing to produce, package and market
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You should be committed. You are no Democrat.
U.S. Senator John Fetterman@SenFettermanPA
Committed Democrat here. I’m a hard no. My vote is Operation Epic Fury. 🇺🇸
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@witte_sergei True, but Iran may have something to say about the matter.
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If you zoom out from Twitter, Trump has a pretty good setup for flexibility and dismount. Strategic ambiguity (no definite objective articulated), plus no boots on the ground, plus a shiny object (Khameini killed).
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@matthewstoller Lots of candidates run on bringing our troops home. It's called "lying."
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Someone should run on the U.S. closing all our middle east bases and bringing all our troops home. We don't need the oil. It's not our problem.
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@MarcoCraveiro @nntaleb K, but Presidents have been starting wars without Congressional authorization, so ... the mandatory military service should extend to the President, his cabinet, and his advisors. If the Prez is really commander-in-chief, let him lead from the front like George Washington.
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I would call this the Taleb rule after @nntaleb - and it should be in the front lines
Shadow of Ezra@ShadowofEzra
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura is demanding that the United States pass a law requiring that when Congress votes to go to war, a family member of each member of Congress must begin immediate military service. “I’m sick and tired of the Vietnam stuff.”
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🍞 Bread Day
My own special recipe. Fresh out of the oven.
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@DanMKervick I used to follow him but his Epstein take was the final straw. Tracey's schtick has always been contrarianism, so no surprise that he has a contrary take on Epstein. But that reveals the limitation of a world view based on contrarianism.
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I don’t follow or keep up with Michael Tracey. So for those who do: why is he doing what he’s doing? It seems rather goofy.
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@imetatronink @witte_sergei @ArmchairW Don't you think Iran has the ability to hit an aircraft carrier? (tho sinking is a lot harder than hitting)
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⁉️ Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete Relics?
I assert they are in the context of a major-power war.
Many of my respected colleagues, including @witte_sergei & @ArmchairW, seem to disagree.
War against Iran may not decisively answer the question.
War against Russia or China will.
Big Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺@witte_sergei
People are very quick to announce the death of the aircraft carrier, but it’s still the premiere platform for massing strike power for both kinetic and intimidative purposes. Until one gets sunk, this is the world we live in.
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There is a lot to criticize about the Democrats but they don’t have anyone in Congress who says anything remotely this heinous.
Congressman Randy Fine@RepFine
If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.
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@keithdorejel Chomsky had already lost me after he remarried and jumped on the vote-blue-no-matter-who ship. 2nd wife also seems to figure prominently in Epstein relationship.
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It’s not going to be possible to erase this from Chomsky’s legacy and people shouldn’t sacrifice their own reputations trying.
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@matthewstoller In fairness, cattle ranchers are millionaires and less than 1% of the population.
The bigger picture is the U.S. no longer can feed itself due to growing population and climate change.
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@matthewstoller This is true, broadly speaking. But I'd focus on middle men who add no value, & breaking up monopolies.
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There is no way to make things more affordable without reducing corporate profits.
Lower prices require lower profits.
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‼️ Apparently the US just shot down the Iranian drone that has been keeping a close eye on CSG-3.
UPDATE: This has now been confirmed by CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins.
Will Schryver@imetatronink
⚓️👁 The USS Fraidy Abe Remains on the Outskirts CSG-3 continues its aimless wander in the deep blue waters of the Arabian Sea, ~700 km south of the Iranian coast, with Iranian drones keeping close watch overhead.
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