[RightGeek]

US stock market is way up today. Not sure why.

[Mr. K]

The Chinese production is shutting down- they will need to import a lot of stuff.

Exactly the opposite of what all the ‘experts’ were saying today (Kudlow specifically)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Probably because the market thinks it won’t be a dim in November.

[Rebelbase]

Dem fiasco in Iowa foretells Trump win in November.

[rb22982]

After last night, the market thinks its more likely Trump wins and likely takes back the house as well.

[BobL]

“US stock market is way up today. Not sure why.”

They believe the garbage that the Trump-haters in our government are telling them.

[BobL]

Soon Japanese production will be impacted, and then, a bit later US production. So if you were thinking of buying a new car...you may want to make that move sooner than later!

[null and void]

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[DoughtyOne]

502 points minutes ago...

Seems strange to me.

[xp38]

Invest in Magna International....Canadian auto parts giant.

[Alas Babylon!]

Hyundai makes cars in Montgomery, Alabama.

They need to add another shift to the plant, or even go to three shifts here. The multitude of suppliers along the I-85 corridor, too. also, Hyundai makes KIAs at their plant in West Point, Georgia. Expand, baby, expand!

[FreedomPoster]

Iowa caucus.

[alternatives?]

The percentage of merchandise made in China in our stores is fairly high.

[metmom]

Infectious disease ping.

[wildcard_redneck]

As this epidemic disrupts supply chains from Asia the outcome will be a reallocation of supply chains, many to within North America.

Companies that practice just-in-time inventory will be hardest hit, even before women and children.

The only silver lining in this shitty cloud is that American manufacturing will be coming home faster than ever.

Pray for the sick.

[mrsmith]

EVERYTHING will be disrupted.
There will be inflation on many, many products.

Don’t know how long it will last, or how severe it will be.

[GulfMan]

Here comes all the idiots saying this will destroy OUR economy rather than realizing that this is an unfortunate chance for us to make the US the Empire it deserves to be ...

[Bayard]

Lot of sleepless nights in companies that are diverging supply chains.

I would love for them to reconsider sourcing more local supply in the USA. We’re way more stable than China.

[GOPJ]

I’m thankful Trump stated the process three years ago of bringing jobs and industry back to the United States.

China could easily go unstable and our ‘just in time’ supply chains could have failed.

Now we have a chance... our steel mills didn’t close down - our energy’s not dependent on command economies .... and foreign money that seeks safety runs to us.

That could be part of the reason the stock market’s up...

[Ronaldus Magnus]

It will be interesting to see if other manufacturers follow this example. An epidemic can disrupt both supply chains and markets. Either way, this will have a negative effect on the world’s total productive output.