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Post by spatial on Oct 2, 2021 22:45:24 GMT 10
Fears of Australian grocery and food SHORTAGE due to COVID | 7NEWS
There are fears this morning for NATIONAL food and grocery supplies, as Melbourne supermarkets struggle to stay open because of COVID. Some stores are dramatically reducing their hours, and might even have to close this weekend, because of staff shortages. It's due to the 14-day isolation rule, when a staff member becomes a "close contact" of a positive shopper. Thousands have been off work as a result. But, even if stores can stay open, strict isolation rules are playing havoc right through the food supply chain. The Australian Food and Grocery Council says it's crunch time for the $133 billion industry. Tim Piper is a retail expert from the Australian Industry Group and joined Weekend Sunrise to discuss. In the UK they call it a pingdemic, so many have to isolate as close contacts, It has taken more people out of the workforce than actual sickness.
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Post by spinifex on Oct 4, 2021 19:07:01 GMT 10
Add to that China has now officially out a ban on exporting glyphosphate products for agriculture until sometime next year Yeah. China is more to blame than Covid for global supply difficulties. I'll bet my a$$ that CCP is white-anting global supply chains to weaken us prior to a war. And ... they know their opponents can rebuild their industrial capacity within 10 years if we really apply ourselves. So ... read between the lines ... War with Communist Chinese Government: Probably less than 5 years away ... maybe much sooner. Its coming ... many signs point to it. Oz will be facing its first serious threat to national survival since early 1942. Only this time ... we're not a distant side-theatre for the opposition ... we are the main event.
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 4, 2021 20:06:43 GMT 10
Japan though about invading Australia in WW2, but the country is so big, and has so much coastline, they knew it was a almost impossible task, so they bombed the NT instead to give a 'scare' to the people. Not now, take down the grid, comms, internet, remove the weapons and people will be defenseless against the yellow hordes.
6 moths ago I could even spell Engineer, now I are one !
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Post by spatial on Oct 5, 2021 16:01:11 GMT 10
Add to that China has now officially out a ban on exporting glyphosphate products for agriculture until sometime next year Yeah. China is more to blame than Covid for global supply difficulties. I'll bet my a$$ that CCP is white-anting global supply chains to weaken us prior to a war. And ... they know their opponents can rebuild their industrial capacity within 10 years if we really apply ourselves. So ... read between the lines ... War with Communist Chinese Government: Probably less than 5 years away ... maybe much sooner. Its coming ... many signs point to it. Oz will be facing its first serious threat to national survival since early 1942. Only this time ... we're not a distant side-theatre for the opposition ... we are the main event. There are a few pundits out there proclaiming war is imminent between Taiwan and China. Iraq and Israel. theeconomiccollapseblog.com/on-top-of-everything-else-could-we-potentially-see-2-major-wars-start-before-the-end-of-the-year/
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Post by spatial on Oct 5, 2021 16:14:33 GMT 10
Japan though about invading Australia in WW2, but the country is so big, and has so much coastline, they knew it was a almost impossible task, so they bombed the NT instead to give a 'scare' to the people. Not now, take down the grid, comms, internet, remove the weapons and people will be defenseless against the yellow hordes. 6 moths ago I could even spell Engineer, now I are one ! Yip take grid down and the country fights itself with all the entitled Centrelink demanding free stuff. Also take out water sources using poison... Chinese economy is vulnerable, history has taught us start a war to deflect from sever internal problems. The Chinese are not without their Achilles' heels'.. Need to take out the 3 gorges dam - it would cause significant problems. China currently has blackouts due to lack of coal, India has managed to divert coal from Chinese ports as part of the gridlock and embargo. It is all getting very strange, no apocalyptic or dystopian novelist could come up with such weirdness that we are currently witnessing. www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3150954/india-buys-cheap-australian-coal-sitting-chinese-ports
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 5, 2021 16:23:42 GMT 10
The CCCP has already won a war, they just bought us out and paid off the polyfilth.
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Post by Beno on Oct 6, 2021 10:08:21 GMT 10
It appears India is likely to run out of coal by the end of the week. India running out of coal too.
Supplies are getting squeezy tight for some primary materials. I’m not one to usually stock up huge amounts of food, fuel etc but i might reconsider this and have a crack at filling a 44 with some rice ‘n grain. Just in case…
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Post by dirtdiva on Oct 6, 2021 10:34:14 GMT 10
Placed a curbside pickup order today down the mountain for pickup tomorrow to top up on staples. Unavailable rice, oatmeal, some dried beans, popcorn and cooking oils specifically olive and coconut. Noticing lots of smaller packages and higher prices. Limits on toilet paper and paper towels. Also no scratch grain available for the poultry. Will have to shop around for that.
Tennessee remains #1 for Covid cases but they say they are coming down a little. Gas $2.78 per gallon regular.
The neighborhood Dollar General store down the road has not received a truck in 2 weeks. The store closed down yesterday. Sign on the door says due to covid infection in employees.
We continue to self isolate by choice.
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Post by frostbite on Oct 6, 2021 11:09:32 GMT 10
It appears India is likely to run out of coal by the end of the week. India running out of coal too.
Supplies are getting squeezy tight for some primary materials. I’m not one to usually stock up huge amounts of food, fuel etc but i might reconsider this and have a crack at filling a 44 with some rice ‘n grain. Just in case… Hope you haven't arrived at the party after everyone has left. I got 5 of those 44g drums full of rice and pasta and a heap of smaller ones as well. I had to upgrade my trailer to a caged dual axle rated for 1.5 tonne just in case I need to relocate to my retreat.
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Post by Beno on Oct 6, 2021 12:27:54 GMT 10
I think i’ll be right. I’m surrounded by my own food and more than enough to feed us for as long as we need but i do need more variety hence getting more grains. I also have stores but no where near as much as that. We just won't need so much regardless of what happens. I’m lucky i live at my retreat I don’t need to move anything.
Do you know how much the 44s weigh with the food in them? I’d think they would be on par with ones filled with fuel (?) Any storage tips other than freezing first? I chose steel drums over plastic cause i've seen rats eat into plastic ones.
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Post by frostbite on Oct 6, 2021 12:38:11 GMT 10
I thinks there's about 100kg per drum. I keep an empty drum to transfer into if I ever needed to move, because where they are kept is cool , dark and secure but not accessible with a trolley. I freeze to kill weevils, never had an issue with mice or rats.
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Post by Beno on Oct 6, 2021 15:44:16 GMT 10
Excellent. Well that’s about 80-90kg lighter than i would have thought. I guess it depends on how tight it’s packed. 1 bloke can move that easily which if needing to is a big bonus on getting gone quick.
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Post by frostbite on Oct 6, 2021 16:06:35 GMT 10
They are packed in the original 2kg bags tbey came in. I don't store larger bags or loose grain to reduce loss if one bag becomes infested with weevils (which has never happened since I started freezing each bag many years ago). They are fairly tightly packed tbough.
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 6, 2021 18:08:50 GMT 10
Buying organic feed wheat etc in bulk bags, freezing to kill the bugs, then vacuum sealing. A 44 drum full of grain would weigh over 250 kg, but thats what tractor cranes are for.
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Post by Stealth on Oct 7, 2021 14:56:07 GMT 10
I've noticed that my local grocery stores are not as salubrious as normal. Less in the greens section. The 'extras aisle' as I like to call it (towels, candles, shoe polish, ironing board covers etc) is definitely never fully stocked anymore. Cheap chinese stuff just isn't there the way it used to be.
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Post by milspec on Oct 7, 2021 16:58:41 GMT 10
Add to that China has now officially out a ban on exporting glyphosphate products for agriculture until sometime next year Yeah. China is more to blame than Covid for global supply difficulties. I'll bet my a$$ that CCP is white-anting global supply chains to weaken us prior to a war. And ... they know their opponents can rebuild their industrial capacity within 10 years if we really apply ourselves. So ... read between the lines ... War with Communist Chinese Government: Probably less than 5 years away ... maybe much sooner. Its coming ... many signs point to it. Oz will be facing its first serious threat to national survival since early 1942. Only this time ... we're not a distant side-theatre for the opposition ... we are the main event. Noting that AUKUS has happened and our defence spending is ramping up I assume (hope) .gov is pulling the finger out to boost our POL reserves ahead of round 1. As more time lapses our national reserves get boosted, US assets on our soil get increased and we make more progress with acquisition and integration and training with new military capabilities. It hasn't had much of a mention but the introduction of Tomahawk is quite a game changer for our capabilities and it will have a direct impact (lol - pun intended) on Chinese facilities and supply lines on those remote outposts from which they will be trying to project force our way. However we must not only get that kit but master it as well before it becomes an effective capability. I wonder if these factors will push China into pulling the trigger sooner rather than later? We are playing catch up right now since we (.gov) had its head in its nether regions for so long.
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Post by norseman on Oct 7, 2021 17:13:22 GMT 10
I reckon China will go early rather than later pingping's mindset is Neanderthalic at best!
Xi Jinping is ‘a man in a hurry’ when it comes to Taiwan
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Post by spinifex on Oct 7, 2021 19:22:03 GMT 10
I don't think China really needs Taiwan.
What they need is Oz mineral and energy resources to fuel their huge economy. Taiwan agitation may be nothing more than a strategic/propaganda feint.
If China has a strategic target ... its us. I'm closely monitoring the state of their relations with Indonesia. If those two get friendly to the point Indo will let CCP send an invasion force through their archipelago ... Oz is in for some serious fight.
We can't get big US bases set up here quickly enough ... the process of setting up and stocking bases (both supply and theatre CC) must be rapid moving forward.
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Post by milspec on Oct 7, 2021 20:43:22 GMT 10
I don't think China really needs Taiwan. What they need is Oz mineral and energy resources to fuel their huge economy. Taiwan agitation may be nothing more than a strategic/propaganda feint. If China has a strategic target ... its us. I'm closely monitoring the state of their relations with Indonesia. If those two get friendly to the point Indo will let CCP send an invasion force through their archipelago ... Oz is in for some serious fight. We can't get big US bases set up here quickly enough ... the process of setting up and stocking bases (both supply and theatre CC) must be rapid moving forward. Xi Jinping's ego needs Taiwan.
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Post by captain on Oct 8, 2021 3:14:27 GMT 10
I don't think China really needs Taiwan. Don’t forget, the Chinese are a very nationalistic bunch of people. Many of the older members of their society see Taiwan as belonging to them - and they neeed and want Taiwan back - to complete the Chinese rainbow. the younger generations may not fully agree though and may not give a damn - but there are still members of Chinese society that says they must bring back the recalcitrant kmt (even though today’s kmt is not the same as the kmt from previous days). What bugs me though, is that the mainland has never really had control of Taiwan in the first place. It’s been a Japanese colony, a Portuguese colony and also a place where the kmt escaped to in the late 1940s - hence the Taiwan of today. but with that all said, the nationalistic tone of the Chinese say that it is theirs and they want it back and from all the countries in the world, I would say that the Chinese are probably the most nationalistic of anyone (with the people of the US following a close second).
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