Supply chain issues from an insider.

yup

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it's absolutely ridiculous what Trump has done

it would be like you owning a battery store and talking so much shit to your ONLY supplier that they refuse to do business with you anymore thus driving yourself out of business...

except he's done it to the entire country

Here ya go Trinity. This is an article from 2009.

Nickel Closest Thing to a True ‘War Metal’ – by Stan Sudol

This column was originally published in Northern Life, Greater Sudbury’s community newspaper on February 23, 2007

The metallic “Achilles heel” for any military and navel production has always been nickel

Sudbury was definitely going to be “nuked” by the Russians. At least that was our conclusion back in 1976 when I worked at CVRD Inco’s Clarabell Mill for a year.

During one graveyard shift, a group of us were talking about Cold War politics and atomic bombs. We all agreed that if there ever was a nuclear war between the Americans and Russians then there must have been one Soviet “nuke” with our community’s name stenciled on it. We all laughed a little nervously, but there was also some pride in knowing Sudbury was important enough to get blown-up in the first round of missiles.

Access to strategic materials has always affected the destinies of nations. The Romans conquered Britain in AD 43 to control valuable tin deposits in Cornwall. Combining tin with copper produces bronze, a more valuable and militarily important alloy. Ancient Chinese metallurgical expertise with iron and steel allowed the Middle Kingdom to become a dominate military and economic force during the prosperous Han dynasty.

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a lot more at:
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yup

it's absolutely ridiculous what Trump has done

it would be like you owning a battery store and talking so much shit to your ONLY supplier that they refuse to do business with you anymore thus driving yourself out of business...

except he's done it to the entire country

buy some asbestos thongs for your feet

It's much deeper than that brother...

Think CHEMICAL SHORTAGE..

THEY CANNOT PRODUCE IT ANYMORE!

There are MASSIVE chemical shortages going on..

Everything needs these chemicals to be produced.

You guys are living in denial.

It's much much worse than you can imagine.

Metal shortages too...

Something else is afoot here...

That's exactly what they are doing.

They are preparing for fucking WAR....

So are the Chinese.

yup

Had not heard about metal shortages...from personal experience months ago (before lockdown), most of the recycled metal/steel was NOT going overseas (China), but being redistributed/bid on and purchased by American recyclers and remaining in CONUS.

Has this changed?

I checked my local Lowe's, for lumber availability, here in Mississippi.

They were out of a few treated items, but had good stock on most all lumber.

I found some receipts from Feb. 25th of this year, when I bought some lumber before I went into quarantine. When I compared prices, I was amazed.

Look at this, and tell me it is not the beginning of HYPERINFLATION.

There may be merchandise available, but WHO CAN AFFORD IT?

Feb 25 to Aug 2 2020 Price Changes

6-6-16 TREATED #2 GRADE TIMBERS
Item #: 465454 37.37 Now 60.98

2-6-8 TOP CHOICE KD WHITEWOOD
Item #: 30820 5.23 Now 6.35

2-6-8 TREATED TOP CHOICE #2 PRIME
Item #: 489045 5.11 Now 7.57

4-4-12 TREATED #2 GRADE TIMBERS
Item #: 464530 12.08 Now 24.98

2-6-10 TOP CHOICE KD WHITEWOOD
Item #: 31100 6.98 Now 8.42

2-4-10 TOP CHOICE KD WHITEWOOD
Item #: 27172 4.77 Now 5.57

2-8-16 TC TREATD #2 PRIME(201519)
Item #: 489191 14.65 Now 22.67

2-6-16 TC TREATED #2 PRIME(90297)
Item #: 489143 10.79 Now 16.27

4-4-16 TREATED #2 GRADE TIMBERS
Item #: 464538 16.62 Now 31.98

4-4-8 TREATED #2 GRADE SQ
Item #: 639138 6.65 Now 14.57

2-6-16 #2 PINE GM2
Item #: 5159 8.48 Now 11.11

2-4-8 KD WW SELECT STUD
Item #: 6005 3.01 Now 4.22

23/32 CAT RATED SHEATHING
Item #: 12244 21.78 Now 34.06

15/32 CAT BC PINE ULX EXTERIOR
Item #: 12227 20.00 Now 35.35

15/32 CAT 3-PLY SHTG 32/16
Item #: 12192 16.35 Now 24.19

2-8-8 TC TREATED #2 PRIME(91658)
Item #: 489148 8.47 Now 10.98

2-4-8 TREATED TOP CHOICE #2 PRIME
Item #: 489062 4.37 Now 6.27

don't think anyone is enjoying this, but i have always liked homegrown vegetables, peas, beans, tomatoes, lettuces, veggies in general, and herbs and such, also enjoy making jellies and preserves, canning .... and it's nice when people share information that is handy to their hobbies, self-sufficiency, interests and which may be very useful during difficulties or just liking the feeling of doing it on your own

Walmart is limiting most of their item to Quantity 1 only
go to their website for grocery and try to add items :)

We're in this predicament because demonrats insisted we suck the China tit for everything we needed.

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World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” amid vaccine search against COVID-19, as the pandemic continues to accelerate with over 18 million confirmed cases and at least 680,000 deaths globally.

The state government has flagged harsher penalties for those caught flouting coronavirus restrictions, as police issued the largest number of fines in one day since Victoria's second lockdown began.

Victoria Police issued almost $250,000 worth of fines in the 24 hours to Monday morning, including one to a man who travelled to the Melbourne CBD to play Pokemon Go and another who went to his Surf Coast holiday home.

A total of 172 fines were issued on Sunday, of which 22 were issued at vehicle checkpoints and 27 were handed to people not wearing a face mask or covering without a valid exemption.

It was the largest number of fines issued in a day in Victoria since stage three restrictions were re-introduced in the state at midnight on July 8.

Examples of fines provided by police included a man from Sunshine who was found in Melbourne playing Pokemon Go and a woman at Southern Cross Station in the CBD attempting to travel to Bendigo.

Two men were fined after police questioned them at a fast food outlet in Hobsons Bay. The pair said they had come from a friend’s house in Altona where they stayed overnight.

A Keilor man intercepted by police in the Surf Coast admitted to police he had travelled there on Friday to stay at his holiday home and was fined, as were a group celebrating a birthday at a Point Cook short-term rental property.

Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday announced "I'll have announcements [on Tuesday] about penalties where ... [there is] totally unacceptable behaviour, doing the wrong thing," he said.

"Victoria Police, as I've said a few times now – and the fine data backs me up – they are not mucking about. They will continue what has to be done."

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Bull. I work in demand management for a huge company and their is no shortage of chemicals. Plant utilization is not 100%, we’d love to sell more. Also my local HD and Lowe’s have all the treated lumber you could want

Any shortage you see is local..

People are stuck at home and gardening and doing projects. I’ve seen multiple lumber shortages over the years due to hurricanes etc. this will pass quickly.

I just added 100 cans of SPAM to my order, so they're not limiting everything.

Yep....my last visit to Home depot showed a lot of holes on the shelves....no batteries for my Milwaukee tools, many oddball fasteners gone, and chemical related stuff....epoxy adhesive, spray paints, solvents, etc....

I kept hearing "we're backordered on that item and don't know when we'll get more".....

BEER DOOM

I live across the street from a independent small town liquor/grocery store. It's owned and managed by our very own version of the Simpson's "Apu" (stereotypes exist for a reason!) Super nice guy with a THICK Indian accent. He basically LIVES there - opens early and works late SEVEN days a week. I honestly don't know how he does it. Dude has a family - trying to save for college.

But I digress ...

Our small Midwest farm town's population is about 50% Mexican. Most of those undocumented. The local school system student body is over 90% kids from these folks.

But I digress further ...

Point is, I walked into the place the other day and HALF the beer fridge row was EMPTY and there was NO MEXICAN BEER!

Considering HALF the town drinks Mexican beer almost exclusively, this is a MAJOR issue!

Talked to "Apu" and he said he routinely orders about 200 cases a week of beer a week, but has been receiving HALF of that. No Mexican beer in the last delivery, and other imported beers are getting harder and harder to get.

Beer is his bread and butter sales item.

Better stock up folks!

I'm bumping this thread.

I stopped at a local home depot on Friday morning at approx. 6 am. I am a state licensed general contractor.

I do a lot of door and window business with them (but I buy lumber, roofing, siding and certain other materials from local lumber yards)

So I took a real good look at the store layout and retail displays (I worked in a supermarket as a teenager and also did a stint as a dept. Manager for them, so I know all about displays and "filling-in" shelves when items are OOS, (out-of-stock).

And WOW, OP is dead on RIGHT and speaking truth x 1000.

Not that I ever doubted the OP, but I wanted to see and do an evaluation based on my region. I am in the Northeast, and the economy and life in general can be reflected differently compared to other US regions.