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Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The vote was 50-48 in favor of Kavanaugh.
Senators Collins, Flake, and Manchin had already announced their intentions to confirm Kavanaugh before the vote was held. Senator Lisa Murkowski, who was previously ready to vote "no", agreed to vote "present" instead so that Senator Steve Daines could attend his daughter's wedding instead of being present in the Senate to support Kavanaugh.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 08 2018, @02:09PM (6 children)
I have never experienced a civil war personally, but I imagine the immediate precursor is a fever pitch that looks like this.
The difficult thing about this one that's brewing is that it will be tough to figure out who's on which side. North vs. South was pretty clearly geographically delineated. They had Copperheads and that sort of thing, but mostly it was clear. This is going to be worse than Yugoslavia, where everyone was mixed up together.
I have half a mind to propose an Ask Soylent about how we get through it all. Do we set up a ham radio system, mesh networks, evacuation routes with supply caches, safe houses?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 08 2018, @02:42PM (2 children)
For now look to darknets. Stay away from major cities, and keep a bug-out bag stocked, ready, and with you at all times. Make sure you already know where you will evacuate to with your loved ones and how you will get there without relying on major highways. Make sure to rotate any canned foods you've stocked up so that if it's still five years until we run out of gas on the side of the road, you don't find that your stores have gone bad. Ham radio operators are important, but they will not become crucial until after N-day.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday October 08 2018, @04:30PM (1 child)
I wish I could PM you somehow, but since you insist on posting AC...it's fairly clear we've just passed a major inflection point in the timeline with this nomination. I'm not using any fancy equipment or anything to determine this; I've simply got well-tuned wetware. A number of possible futures have been irrevocably shunted off into the Dirac Sea, so to speak, and a few have suddenly become more likely.
Given this, what do you think is going to happen over the next couple of years? When is "N-Day" appearing in your probability calculus, what sets it off, and where does it begin?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 08 2018, @07:05PM
The timing is important. When things get moving it would of course be best to be far away from large cities. In the meantime, the large cities are where the jobs are that pay well enough to support a family. So does everyone leave the cities now and scratch out a living in the Rockies on a survivalist's compound for 5 years until chaos ensues, or should everyone hang tight for 4 years and lay down solid evac plans?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 08 2018, @02:56PM (2 children)
AC's answer to your post is pretty much the stock answer. I'll add, know your friends and neighbors - especially any zealots, on either side. Avoid those zealots, even if you think you're on the "same side", because they will blame you for not supporting them. But, get the hell out of the cities - that's where the shit will get deep, and uninhabitable first.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 08 2018, @07:19PM
I know what my plan is to get out of NYC. We rather had three dry runs in 9/11, the Northeast blackout of 2003, and the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy when all the gas stations ran dry. 15 million people can't go anywhere fast. Driving barely works on a regular day, much less when something big happens. Walking doesn't even work well, because with that many people you can't walk fast. It's a slow shuffle across the bridges and through the tunnels.
The only chance is to pick routes that wouldn't occur to others and try to get ahead of the human wave that will strip the surrounding communities bare. Even the best prepared and fittest, though, will be hard put to make it.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday October 09 2018, @11:58AM
Thats literally already the case in California now... cities uninhabitable due to sidewalks covered in hepatitis shit