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"And I want to stress that fertilizer thing."

Failing farms are good for J.D. Vance investment portfolio.
Dots aren't hard to connect:

www.farmlandgrab.org

JD Vance funded AcreTrader. Here's why that matters.

Vance invested up to $65,000 in private investments in AcreTrader during his stint as a venture capitalist, according to his 2022 financial disclosure to the Senate ethics committee. The investment firm Narya Capital"which Vance launched in 2020 with backing from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel"was a vehicle for these investments, and a key backer in early funding rounds of the farmland startup. And while Vance is no longer listed as a partner at Narya Capital, according to his 2023 financial disclosure, he appears to still be an investor in the firm"or more technically, multiple legal entities with names including Narya.

The fuel price shock due to disruptions in the supply chain are the obvious immediate signs people can see and react to. In America those shocks are relatively light compared to other countries where basic services had to be curtailed due to a lack of fuel. (Typ. American policy that harms other people and we only care when we are harmed).

but the fertilizer issue is a problem that will play out for years

Loss of fertilizer will result in lower crop yield resulting in less food going to vulnerable areas of the world.

That will inevitably lead to local conflicts that push people to migrate to where food is available-that is inevitable and unavoidable.

And when those people show up on our shore, the zero tolerance immigration policy will be useless. Desperate people will take desperate measures.

And magat scum will accept no responsibility or culpability for this mass migration. They will say go back to where you came from even though OUR actions have made those areas unlivable.

Haiiti is an example of this dynamic. Imperialist countries exploited the nation for centuries and then when they pulled out the left the Haitians with a debt that prevents investment. That leads to sustained poverty and violence. Regular meddling in their affairs leads to constant instability. Combine that to a number of natural disasters results in Haitians wanting to flee, need to flee because people need and want to actually live. Then you get -------- like Piggy and Vance screaming their eating cats and dogs, never acknowledging these people are here, in part, because we ------ up their country

www.justice.gov

Mark Houck

Ballsucker's example of Biden "lawfare"

Serial harasser of women seeking reproductive care verbally abuses and curses and elderly man and then shoves him to the ground in front of his 11-year old son.

Is charged with felony obstruction of a reproductive care facility

This is what that ------- compares to Piggy ordering the DoJ to file charges against political enemies.

" Ever hear of Mark Houck?"

No."

Here is a link:

www.ncregister.com

He got into a minor altercation with an abortion clinic volunteer. The volunteer yelled at his 12 year old son and Houck shoved the man who t then tried to press charges against Houck. Local authorities declined any prosecution. So, the Feds conducted a pre-dawn, guns drawn raid and arrested him and charged him with violating the FACE Act. He was acquitted and then successfully sued the DOJ for civil damages. Lemme guess, you don't view that as lawfare.

" Ever hear of Mark Houck?"

No."

Here is a link:

www.ncregister.com

He got into a minor altercation with an abortion clinic volunteer. The volunteer yelled at his 12 year old son and Houck shoved the man who t then tried to press charges against Houck. Local authorities declined any prosecution. So, the Feds conducted a pre-dawn, guns drawn raid and arrested him and charged him with violating the FACE Act. He was acquitted and then successfully sued the DOJ for civil damages. Lemme guess, you don't view that as lawfare.

Texas city charges $2 million for Flock records as agencies make it harder to see how cameras are used
www.texastribune.org

... In the Fort Worth-area suburb of North Richland Hills, getting answers about how police use their Flock Safety cameras could cost $2.3 million.

Or at least, that's how much the city is charging a Flock watchdog -- requiring it all be paid up-front -- after he filed a public records request for information about the city's AI-powered cameras. The invoice said it was accounting for labor costs of $15 an hour -- equivalent to more than 14 years of work -- to search about a terabyte worth of communications about errors, misuse and effectiveness of the Flock system.

The North Richland Hills price tag is just the latest example of how local and state governments have increasingly made it more difficult to access information about Flock cameras as scrutiny over the surveillance system has intensified in recent months. ...


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