In an apocalyptic scenario, what would be the best/safest route from the west coast of the US to the east coast, or vice versa?

duroo · 4 days

Yeah if you're anywhere near a line you can't miss 'em.

dondrapeher · 6 days

Similarly, Great Books of the Western World

duroo · 6 days

I'd keep high tension power lines in mind, their rights-of-way are kept fairly clear and might be a way to bypass trouble spots if you're on foot.

together_we_fall · 6 days

Since you referenced the corralito, have you read Ferfal's blog about his experience? There's a post right now advising how to prepare for Greece's troubles.

derpledooDLEDOO · 11 days

I don't know exactly what would happen if Ron Paul won the nomination but I suspect the entrenched interests within the party would go nuts. The resulting platform would probably be a huge pile of harmless compromise, the neocons would create their own agenda and go about business as usual.

derpledooDLEDOO · 12 days

Ron Paul clearly isn't bound by neo-con ideals but the Republican Party is dominated by big government thought and those people will demand that they get something for their support.

As the Republican Party candidate, he would have to support the platform that is voted for at the national convention.

MongrelMatty · 12 days

Yeah.

Made it to 1:00 before the cheese overwhelmed me.

Downward_Spiral_Blog · 12 days

And here we were all worked up over the Carrington effect being the greatest threat to the electric grid.

bringbacktheboogie · 12 days

This is true. I stayed in a hotel in that region and swore there was crack in the tap water, you couldn't stop drinking it.

bringbacktheboogie · 12 days

As an aside, if someone made a nonalcoholic vodka with exactly the same taste (hopefully with the slight burning sensation) I would probably enjoy it. But I like seltzer water and other tastes that people find odd.

derpledooDLEDOO · 12 days

The ugly fact is that Ron Paul would be somewhat constrained by the platform that the Republicans adopted, but why not have two candidates that have libertarian ideals?

Hopefully the mainstream political parties would at least shift a little towards issues of personal liberty as a result, in an attempt to woo some of the voters away.

Can't see how competition of good ideas here would hurt.

no_front_teeth · 13 days

No, you can't. Not unless it is directly related to the work that you are doing.

8spd · 13 days

A slow collapse has the potential for being 'not that bad' but I keep coming back to something that my dad used to say.

"The main difference between the Great Depression and the next one is that we have forgotten how to be poor"

This came from a man who was a teenager in the Great Depression and worked his ass off on the farm. His father did a little bit of everything to make ends meet and come out a little ahead, even had a contract from the county to lay down ashes on the road that they lived on in the winter.

DreadnaughtHamster · 13 days

Upvoted for your bold stand against the grammar police!

arcadecabinet · 13 days

I've always chalked it up to an attitude that the replicants were a kind of object to Tyrell, something that he was used to dealing with in the context of a production lab.

jmutter3 · 16 days

I will probably be visiting a Culver's soon because my wife likes their commercials.

EditL Oh, and I've made sugar cookies after hearing Real Industrial Radio station ids too many times.

baclaroy · 17 days

I thank you for your kindness! Perhaps the downvoter was unaware that TMI stands for Three Mile Island.

From the perspective of a seven year old who was at school when the decision to evacuate was made, there are few experiences that leave you feeling so completely helpless.

I'm not sure that an evacuation would be ordered in the event that the fuel pools at Fukushima failed. Where would they go to? The logistics of clearing even a fairly small population had to be staggering, extend that to a situation where millions would be affected.

Some bean counter somewhere might determine that the long term health consequences are outweighed by the economics of such a disruption. My guess is that people would be advised to stay indoors for a time and then told that everything was okay.

Rosewater_Foundation · 18 days

I loathe that phrase. Usually the person doesn't want to be advised at all, they just want to drop a problem in my lap.

londubhawc · 19 days

Agreed, there is strong precedence that the LP can use in their favor so this problem will likely go away soon.

I think that write-ins are one way to influence the two party system that we have right now. It will be interesting to see if the Republican party platform has a few planks that directly appeal to Ron Paul's supporters in an effort to win them over.

londubhawc · 19 days

Well, according to another article that I just read, Michigan's Secretary of State will not print Gary Johnson as the Libertarian candidate on the ballot because his name was on the Republican primary ballot.

The Libertarian Party is going to challenge this but a write-in might be the only way to vote for an acceptable candidate.

baclaroy · 19 days

As a TMI evacuee, I encourage people to think about this.

mation · 23 days

I keep playing around with it but lack of innate talent keeps me from doing anything more impressive than flying titles in Openshot.

mation · 23 days

Roger, wilco!

mation · 23 days

Can't wait to see what people come up with!

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