Daily Dose of Doom Thread

[mu_hilltopper]

Here we go.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/monkeypox-case-identified-massachusetts-outbreak-grows-europe-rcna29517

[mu_hilltopper]

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/05/19/the-coming-food-catastrophe

[PBRme]

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/05/19/the-coming-food-catastrophe

Hasn't this warning been overblown for the last 50 years and ever happens.

[Hards Alumni]

Hasn't this warning been overblown for the last 50 years and ever happens.

No.

IMO, it is a very real threat this year.  Wheat and corn will be expensive.  Which will drive prices for all meat sources.

[muwarrior69]

No.

IMO, it is a very real threat this year.  Wheat and corn will be expensive.  Which will drive prices for all meat sources.

It's 10.99 a pound for hamburger here in Jersey.

[Hards Alumni]

It's 10.99 a pound for hamburger here in Jersey.

That is only going to go up.  Going to be a hard year to justify a lot of grilling.  Chicken MIGHT come down since we are on the other side of the bird flu, but who knows.

[Dr. Blackheart]

No.

IMO, it is a very real threat this year.  Wheat and corn will be expensive.  Which will drive prices for all meat sources.

More so, a lot of the corn crop goes to make fuel.

[Hards Alumni]

More so, a lot of the corn crop goes to make fuel.

Yeah, IIRC, something like 1/3 goes to ethanol production.

[lawdog77]

Yeah, IIRC, something like 1/3 goes to ethanol production.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-corn/#:~:text=Today's%20corn%20crop%20is%20mainly,of%20the%20rest%20is%20exported.
According to this site-40% fuel
36%-animal feed
most of rest exported
my kids go through enough crunch berries to at least be 1%

[Hards Alumni]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-corn/#:~:text=Today's%20corn%20crop%20is%20mainly,of%20the%20rest%20is%20exported.
According to this site-40% fuel
36%-animal feed
most of rest exported
my kids go through enough crunch berries to at least be 1%

Don't tell the dentists around here, you don't want them for enemies!

[Hards Alumni]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/19/more-than-3000-potentially-harmful-chemicals-food-packaging-report-shows

I've got doom for days, baby.

[rocket surgeon]

first amber heard, and now this lady(used loosely) what's with dropping deuces where they don't belong?  marking their spots?

the what was once known as a "beauty store" had to throw out 13 wigs?  must have been a real scanner and a double flusher


https://www.foxnews.com/us/kansas-police-defecated-wichita-amber-heard

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

This is crazy if even remotely close to the truth!?!?

Russia Looked into Using Monkeypox as a  Biological Weapon

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-looked-using-monkeypox-biological-27025603.amp

[🏀]

This is crazy if even remotely close to the truth!?!?

Russia Looked into Using Monkeypox as a  Biological Weapon

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-looked-using-monkeypox-biological-27025603.amp

If true, launch the nukes. Let's get it over with.

[mu_hilltopper]

If true, launch the nukes. Let's get it over with.

Easy there, cowboy.

[🏀]

Easy there, cowboy.

I really thought about going with a full rqqket response, but life is over as we know it. Why bother.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Easy there, cowboy.

[Hards Alumni]

This is crazy if even remotely close to the truth!?!?

Russia Looked into Using Monkeypox as a  Biological Weapon

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-looked-using-monkeypox-biological-27025603.amp

Ah, the Mirror.

[MuggsyB]

Scoop warning:

ASIAN JUMPING WORMS

Uh-Oh.  They have been found in the USA and have insanely high verts.

[PBRme]

Can they rebound,  Give em a schollie

[PBRme]

https://phys.org/news/2010-06-humans-extinct-years-eminent-scientist.html

88 years left

Let's party until it is over

[MUeng]

https://phys.org/news/2010-06-humans-extinct-years-eminent-scientist.html

88 years left

Let's party until it is over

interesting read. I had no idea the history of Easter Island. Wars over food, water or energy are certainly likely later this century IMO. Having a beer now.

[Uncle Rico]

interesting read. I had no idea the history of Easter Island. Wars over food, water or energy are certainly likely later this century IMO. Having a beer now.

"Collapse" by Jared Diamond is a good read about things like that

[MuggsyB]

"Collapse" by Jared Diamond is a good read about things like that

I'll have to pick that up as well as Upheaval.

[Uncle Rico]

I'll have to pick that up as well as Upheaval.

I don't know if I buy all his theories but he is a brilliant researcher and writer.