Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: carranza2 who wrote (721615)	7/16/2020 8:57:38 AM
From: skinowski	5 Recommendations Recommended By Ben Smith burlegoat rogermci® SteveinTX Stock Puppy Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793750

It sounds that China had a long periods of relatively few rains - and that revived the ambitious old idea about putting the mighty Yangtze to work. Now, they got a once in several decades super heavy rain season - and it’s a disaster. Our entire civilization, in many ways, is built on an expectation that everything will go well. And now — a moderately serious virus strikes - and, in our hubris, we decide to “control” it - and within weeks we have Depression era unemployment, serious damage to the economy - and the darn virus, undeterred, is still making its way through the populations, with nature taking its course.