unplucked_gem

@SarasotaSlim

 Who do we see in net, Swiss Cheese Skinner or the kid?

Not that it'll matter.  Lord Stanley in the house.

@soup-can

 Totally agree.

Part of the missing piece, we don't know her briefing.  I am sure there is a protocol for something like this which speaks to stop, continue, address the heckler....I mean senator.  

@wallstreetcappers

 #115.

Not shocking.  

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/14/nx-s1-5433645/minnesota-state-legislators-lawmaker-shootings

@wallstreetcappers

 #101

I think this is part of the general disconnect.

An event occurs and either side puts forward the nobility behind said event when we all know the real intent.  On the surface, I agree with interest by elected officials but in this instance it's disingenuous.

Similarly on the other side, shipping migrants to Martha's Vineyard.  Lot of noble arguments, but we all know what they were doing.

@soup-can

this happens all over politic today from senate hearings to special council testimonies

it goes from asking a question to just berate the person who starts to answer, not taking sides here either. the country would be better served if we allowed both people to speak with fewer interruptions

100%.  They're so unproductive.  I'm reclaiming my time.

Chester, well parts of it are decent.  They were trying to bridge Fishtown and NoLibs and it was getting half decent.....but definitely a nightmare now.

"You think the senator does not have the right to be in an OPEN room and to ask a question that impacts the population"

No value judgement on my end either way on this senator other than:

Could I go to Capitol Hill and enter my elected representatives offices to ask questions?  

No.  Although I probably have an equal right, there is a process and decorum.  

Again I have no opinion and see validity in both sides, just noting that I couldn't do that.

"rather than being held accountable for their actions."

They answer to God, not man.  But definitely a bad look for the church.

"yeah but Gem, we're talking about cartels and drugs and you're talking about heart disease."

 Glad you asked.  Annual estimates of illicit drug sales 13-110 billion with most agreeing it's somewhere near 50 billion.

Meanwhile global pharmaceutical revenue is estimated at 1.6 Trillion or 16x drug sales.

"The only cure for the drug trade is to stop demand, you cannot and will not stop supply no matter what you do."

re-enter heart disease and stopping demand which this country doesn't have the appetite for, let alone the correct discussion.

https://www.getreskilled.com/pharmaceutical-companies/

* Many sources for many figures re cartel estimatss

@StumpTownStu

#78

 So when I lived in Philly they were trying to get out ahead of it and offer a safe space to use. 

They picked Kensington and the locals fought it but lost to the moral proclamations of the city's left.

"kensington ave philadelphia" on YouTube is a good first hand source and a reason we moved.

"The only cure for the drug trade is to stop demand, you cannot and will not stop supply no matter what you do."

Plausible you cannot and will not stop either and there is no "cure".  Similar to the culprit in the #1 killer of Americans.

Redirect. 

What is the number one cause of death in the US?

1) heart disease (680,000)

2) cancer (613,000)

Outside top 10) drug overdose (105,000)

In 2022, synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) were involved in nearly 74,000 overdose deaths, representing 90% of opioid overdose deaths.

States with the highest rates (per 100,000 population, 2023 data):

West Virginia: 81.9

Kentucky: 53.2

Louisiana: 54.5

Maine: 54.3

Delaware: 55.3

New Mexico: 50.3

Ohio: 45.6

Tennessee: 56.0

Pennsylvania: 40.9

Indiana: 41.0

Very much like obesity, its a white and brown problem with a litany of underlying contributory and targeted factors.  The least of which is ever going to be solved on covers.

You cited me by name to address a position or point that I made, which is fine.

However, the multiple incendiary references to "you guys" and "TNC" is unfounded, personal, and not relevant to either the point made or the one you should be trying to make.

I politely demand better in the similar way our current environment has amended interaction.

@wallstreetcappers

Honestly, you lost me at so.

My point was there are many narratives to suit whichever way one wants to travel.  Often those narratives overlap.

Im not squeezing anything.  Other than my point in about 12 words.

What time does the report come out today?

I think two things can be true at the same time, in that white doods in Arkansas are cooking meth while cartels are running 99% of the trade.

After all, 1% of a big number is......a big number.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdar/pr/gentry-woman-sentenced-over-23-years-federal-prison-drug-trafficking-and-money

@THEMUGG

 #20

I'd settle for one of them anytime.  Statistically impossible.

Honestly, I haven't felt the pinch.  I grow what I can and have such a small foot print elsewhere.

Lot of congee and kitchari with minimal chicken or filet to supplement on occasion.

Insult where my guy?

if you're referring to the 2000 characters line that specifies where my disagreement lies with no insult intended.

Just trying to be specific that the first 2000 characters were unobjected, its the last 2000 that were problematic.

suggest lightening up as that wasn't an insult