One possible way to avoid that:
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What an excellent article.
Wonāt happen of course, but a useful reminder that the career people in the US are much more intelligent than most of the politicians.
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The Harvard-educated epidemiologist was promoted in July at the U.S. Public Health Service in Atlanta and contributed to responses following outbreaks of Zika, Ebola and health emergencies caused by Hurricane Sandy. He also was a prominent fixture in the Atlanta community, earning a spot in Atlanta Business Chronicleās 40 Under 40 Awards last year.
But the researcher, who studies disease patterns, was not feeling well Feb. 12 and left work around midday.
Cunningham, 35, hasnāt been seen or heard from since
A CDC researcher left work sick two weeks ago ā then vanished
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(((0)))-fuck
Guess itās the End.
Going back to the bar.
Seriously. The lack of actual news that isnāt imaginatively horrible instead of normalized horrible isnāt horribleā¦ enough. Now we got this shit. Fake news or someone in a ditch somewhere (by car accident, Iām assuming, unless itās another shooting spree). Hope heās found.
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This is so going to become a meme ā especially with all those US elections coming up.
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Speaking of apocalypseā¦
anyone else into long term food storage?
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Not for apocalypse reasons, but I am. There were earthquakes where I grew up, and tornadoes and ice storms where I live, so I like to keep plenty of food in the house in case something goes wrong.
Am I talking about the same thing, though? I just have a well stocked pantry with a lot of dried staples, not zombie-apocalypse (turnip-apocalypse) level hoarding, though.
If I need to, I can safely can anything from jam to meat. That pressure canner doesnāt get much use, but I feel like a pioneer-rockstar whenever I put up chicken. I can attest that it was still good 2 years later, and basically just like canned chicken from the store, texture-wise.
How about you?
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I grew up in a food insecure household. We didnāt go hungry per se, but there was not a lot of āextraā food, and certainly no choices. I remember eating fried ground beef and rice or potatoes a lot as a kid cuz thats all Mom could afford. So part of this is in response to that, but also I just like having a lot of variety on hand at all times.
I also an enamoured of offgrid and homesteading, so dry goods are kind of my jam right now. AND we RV, and the fridge is tiny and I hate carrying cans, so dried food is going to change how we camp for sure. Longer time between restocks, longer time in the bush, its gonna be great!
Side note: if you want good info on āpreppingā but without all the āGovt gonna collapse and put you in a Fema camp zombiesā woowoo, searching for Homesteading filters all that out, and added bonus you find out where all the back to the earth hippies that actually succeeded went! And theyāre all about self sustaining in a way that isnāt woowoo that I really like.
I bought a bunch of dehydrated food and freeze dried food, to try. And so far, its been great. Lot of stir fries, soups, stews, pastas. Iām actually amazed how much I like the dehydrated vegetables. I bought this to test em and see, and so far I love them all.
https://www.harmonyhousefoods.com/Vegetable-Pantry-Stuffer-16-Varieties-Quart-Size_p_1845.html
I donāt can, but I do pickle and dry. Iām trying to decide if I want my own dehydratorā¦
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I tried and failed with dehydrating. Obviously I did something wrong, but I donāt know what.
Iāll check out homesteading, because the prepper approach is really off-putting to me. Hippies are my people, though, I have a higher than normal tolerance for their brand of bullshit.
Oh, yes to pickling! I mostly do cabbage (curtido rather than sauerkraut), onions and garlic, but my favorite is hot sauce. Iām almost out, but the thai peppers arenāt at the farmers market yet!
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Oh cool, thank you! Iām trying to have a āpowerās gonna be out for a long timeā emergency kit, and have always struggled with it because most of the lists I find are for stuff I wouldnāt normally eat (ie processed foods), yet need to be replaced every three to six months.
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Yes. One time when my spouse got in one of her Apocalyptica Moods, she filled up two hiking packs with enough for probably two weeks of largely easy to each processed foods (Crackers, foil packs of Tuna, single serve peanut butter cups.) Well, in the intervening time of where do these packs need to be stored they got tossed up in the attic of the garage.
At least the Mice survived the winter that year. One of the packs sure didnāt.
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[shudder] Note to self: do not store in storage locker.
I like the crackers and peanut butter cups idea, though.
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Having lived several years where Out Go exceeded Incomeā¦ one can survive for a long time on peanut butter and crackers if need be.
I think the last time she was in the mood to prep, we got some of the āgood for five yearā emergency kits off of Amazon and then bought the biggest damn food dehydrator Iād ever seen. Weāve used itā¦ a couple of times.
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Harmony House also has some of the best TVP ābeefā Iāve ever eaten (not better than the stuff you can get in Chinatown but good.) And if you donāt open the jars theyāre good for years. About 6months to a year once opened. (I have also bought some Thrive #10 cans, cuz they were on sale, and I wanted to try them. Dehydrated beans are fun. No soaking, just straight to cooking!) Harmony House has sampler packs of just ingredients, which made me very happy. I hate process foods, I donāt eat them in my daily life, and I have my own bouillon cubes and spices, I donāt need to buy someoneās mostly-salt mix thank you very much!
And Iām not going to lie, I feel a little bit like a witch making a potion making a soup from scratch by just putting a little bit of dried everything into a pot and adding water. Its a bit like magic. Also delicious! 
@CleverEmi - it took me so long to find the hippies! LOL - the preppers are all so violent and aggressive! Give me the goat cheese making homesteaders every day!
This is like my version of the xmas toy catalogueā¦ I spend a lot of time day dreaming about purchases here:
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Have people seen
Runs the gamut from charming old hippies to, well, the grandpa-of-mixed-race-grandkid who was apparently teaching his dog to attack black men while the show was filming. Gotta wonder what was going on there.
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If you have thousands of dollars to flush down the toilet, by all means, buy Bitcoin or Aetherium. Ride the penny stock. I donāt see a top of the market. Itās the perfect blend of bubble commodity and criminal Ponzi schemes.
If all you have is loans to bet though, be righteous about your abilty to exit the market and know when to do so.
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