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In reply to the discussion: I first uttered the words "We're fucked" on DU in 2006. [View all]Nihil
(13,508 posts)42. As someone else noted (in a slightly different context), there is a serious cascade effect here too.
It's not as simple as country A (e.g., Syria) going then country B (e.g., Yemen) next
then country C ... as shitloads of the the people who were in country A have now
moved to countries S & T, overloading them so the combined migration spreads to
countries H, K & P which then ...
There is going to be a serious battening down of the hatches in the near (very near)
future which will have the effect of pouring fuel on the anger of the migrants, leading
to some serious unrest and the corresponding backlashes.
One big clusterfuck affecting ever-increasing amounts of the 99% while the scum
at the top continue to "justify" their obscene greed and dismissal of the problems.
"Interesting times".
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Blowing a lot of people up and exposing them to radiation will solve this problem?
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#27
the best line in the movie and the first thing I thought of when I saw the OP -
ish of the hammer
Apr 2016
#13
My middle son had an occasion to quote that line to me (while I was doing something stupid)
ish of the hammer
Apr 2016
#24
As someone else noted (in a slightly different context), there is a serious cascade effect here too.
Nihil
Apr 2016
#42
About 5% of children younger than 5 yrs old have epilepsy - about one in every 20 children under 5.
proverbialwisdom
Apr 2016
#32