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@SaysSimulation

Seeker. Husband. Father. Populist. Producerist. USDA Zone 5B. Proudly Midwestern. Heartland Enthusiast!

A small city in the Heartland Katılım Ekim 2020
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Labrador Skeptic
Labrador Skeptic@SaysSimulation·
@rustbeltkid1 @RolandGunnTN I know quite a bit about Arkansas. It's called part of the Mid-South, I would argue it is definitively part of the Upland South. Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri are the Ozarks, they are one place.
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Rust Belt Kid@rustbeltkid1·
@RolandGunnTN Was just thinking the other day - AR is probably the state I know the least about
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@3rdGenVol My mother was from a town on the Ohio river, so that fundamentally changes my regional view. While from the north bank of the river, she considered herself Southern. Which was the norm in the area.
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@SaysSimulation The problem you will always run into with these maps is to accurately describe the Ohio River valley, which is in itself a very distinct subregion
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Labrador Skeptic
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On a state-level basis, this is how I would break out the four distinct main cultures of the Midwest & South. The Upland South is the bridge between the Deep South & Lower Midwest, even as the Lower Midwest is the bridge between the Upland South and the Upper Midwest. 1/
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Interesting thread, worth reading. I believe the whole North/South thing is simplistic and creates an artificial hard split. Imo, it's really 4 cultures in a gradient: Deep South to Upland South to Lower Midwest to Upper Midwest. Or, 3 ways, with Greater Appalachia merging 1/

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Labrador Skeptic@SaysSimulation·
This is my view of what the "Heartland" is, on a state-level basis. If we go to counties, we should likely add in eastern California, Oregon & Washington, as well as western Pennsylvania, New York & Maryland.
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On a state-level basis, this is how I would break out the four distinct main cultures of the Midwest & South. The Upland South is the bridge between the Deep South & Lower Midwest, even as the Lower Midwest is the bridge between the Upland South and the Upper Midwest. 1/

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Labrador Skeptic
Labrador Skeptic@SaysSimulation·
I expect the greatest controversy with this map would be Oklahoma, which is not traditionally considered to be a Midwestern state. Polls show that they think of themselves as being Midwestern rather than Southern, and the culture, particularly in Eastern OK, is lower Midwestern 4
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Labrador Skeptic@SaysSimulation·
In my opinion, the split of 2 into 4 is actually a better way of building unity. We're a gradient, there isn't and shouldn't be a hard split between "North" & "South". The border states - and the areas bordering the border states - were much more complicated than many know. 3/
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together the Scotch-Irish cultural pathways, Upland South & Lower Midwest. The deepest divide is between the Deep South & Upper Midwest, but even there, we're all the deep-red Heartland people of flyover country, with a great deal in common. Strength in numbers! 2/
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Labrador Skeptic@SaysSimulation·
Interesting thread, worth reading. I believe the whole North/South thing is simplistic and creates an artificial hard split. Imo, it's really 4 cultures in a gradient: Deep South to Upland South to Lower Midwest to Upper Midwest. Or, 3 ways, with Greater Appalachia merging 1/
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state secession@state_secession

Northerners have exactly the same opinion as Southerners on whether the "Confederate flag" is a symbol of A) Southern pride or B) racism, according to this poll of 5800 people The deep divide is between the Left & Right, not between The South & North, even on Southern symbols!

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@nealjclark1 Jealous of our Midwestern Princesses, aren't you? Can't say that I blame you.
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Labrador Skeptic@SaysSimulation·
@WardoftheStates There's still hope for you. How bout a Jumbo Brain for $10? Or would you prefer the Pork Brain Sliders? hilltopinnevv.com It's really more a Germans in Evansville thingie than a general Indiana thing. But then, I'm related to some of those people.
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@SaysSimulation I've got my eyes on you. Don't think I can't draw a blue arrow at Indiana too!
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Krystian Kamiński 🇵🇱
Krystian Kamiński 🇵🇱@K_Kaminski_·
Zachodnia Europa w pigułce… Wczoraj odbyła się debata przed drugą turą wyborów na mera Paryża. Wybór jest między: „konserwatywną” kobietą z Maroka (sprzymierzona ze zwolennikiem LGBT od Macrona), białym socjalistą (zastępca mera Paryża) oraz komunistką z Algierii. Obie Arabki połączyły siły przeciwko białemu, oskarżając go o rasizm społeczny. Oskarżyły go też o zaniedbania związany z przemocą seksualną wobec dzieci w szkołach (duża afera w Paryżu), na co on odpowiedział, że sam był gwałcony jako dziecko, ale nie zaprzeczył jednoznacznie tym zarzutom o zaniedbania.
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So, when the Brent contract is over $110, and the US contract is over $100, as is currently the case, but the local currency has been falling vs the dollar, then the increase in prices is even worse. This is on top of the huge physical location premiums in oil & gas. 3/
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less exposure to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz than the great majority of the world. There is also the traditional flight to safety. It also means that the increases in oil prices that are expressed in USD terms are significantly worse for most other nations. 2/
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The US Dollar has been gaining against almost all other global currencies since the start of the war. Euro, Yen, Pound, Canadian Dollar, all of them. It's also up sharply against gold & silver. This is important in several ways. One of them is that the US is accurately judged 1/
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Separately, there were three major reasons why I was opposed to the US going into this war, and unfortunately, all three are playing out. 1. I was opposed to the US being militarily involved in the Middle East, the global hegemon days need to be over, and no US troops should 1/
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My timeline is split: half are already celebrating victory, the other half is full of video damage from ongoing Iranian strikes. Three things to watch over the coming days: 1. The Strait of Hormuz & oil 2. Rebels gaining land in Iran 3. Ongoing missile & drone strikes 1/

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will be paying the full personal consequences of what they desire. Yesterday's threads brought in a flood of Third Worlder replies calling for the destruction of America and the deaths of all US troops. No sympathy for them with what may happen next. 3/
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"entire world" with economic destruction, and predictable consequences that could kill tens of millions of people. Yet, as I saw in the replies, many people are perfectly fine with Iran doing this. Alrighty then. Hopefully, some of the people who support Iran doing this 2/
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'The Israeli strike on South Pars prompted Iran’s president to warn of “uncontrollable consequences, the scope of which could engulf the entire world.”' The above is from this morning's WSJ, and relates to my thread from yesterday 👇. Yes, Iran is explicitly threatening the 1/
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Traditionally, nations fight each other. Iran hasn't been able to reach the US (so far), and has only inflicted limited punishment on Israel. So, what Iran is doing is attacking the rest of the world. Africans by the tens of millions could die because of Iran. 1/

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