They’re some local running for a low level local office who decided preaching to everyone here was a great idea. Anyone who disagreed with them was treated very poorly.

Sometimes tweets work fine. Other times, late at night, pondering how we got to this sorry reality, where the future is taking us, opens up the braingates for words to spill.

Also, FWIW, most people's loop is eat,commute,work,commute,eat, tv, sleep... repeat.

Being retired gives me too much idle time now that this boomer's made way for the next gen to take my place. :)

Depends on the process! Brattleboro town compost takes all kinds.

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i cant believe people have time to write this much

Thanks for the history, I had no idea what that sub was about but the exclusionary, preaching to the choir tone, doesn't surprise me.

My rants aren't so much to find agreement as to serve a discourse where facts and best ideas hopefully prevail

> EASING regulations?

Ok, first thanks for your reply. Next, my federal POV is dead in the water; it'll no nowhere; despite my disagreeing with your outcomes.

Easing regulations is what has lead to regulatory capture, giving corporations personhood and no responsibilities. Creating the revolving door, where people stay in gov just long enough to get lucrative lobby jobs; and then, get paid to re-enter politics; Influence peddlers taking key congressional jobs.

The so-called reverse revolving door, in which lobbyists for highly regulated interest groups temporarily take jobs in government with influence or oversight over policy impacting their former employers

To the point where many corporations with a stake in government policy now write the incentives into employment contracts. Where Banks and defense contractors extend special bonuses as a reward for executives to leave and enter government.

> getting rid of the electoral college

Popular vote, free of fixing/gerrymandering etc... is direct democracy; like it or not. Choosing a 'college' to do that for us may have had its place, but no longer. Because we cannot trust either them or the process.

> many of [your points] just perpetuate an image of a dystopian future. We BARELY live in a capitalistic society. What we currently live under is more closely related to corporatism.

And going even further in that direction unless we collectively act to stop it.

> both parties agree/consent without the need for approval from a third party. What is wrong with that?

Nothing, that's the marketplace in an ideal world; which is not where we are. Corporatism is, by definition, predatory; one's gain is another's loss. It's ruthless enough w/out corruption, but add that spice and you end up with what we have now: a kakistocracy serving kleptocrats.

> to rebuild us back to glory and wealth...

Allow that our 'glory-n-wealth', in the 0sum game has come with buckets of bloodshed that made an aristocracy filthy rich in a land that supposedly shed itself of a monarch. Its a myth told by the victors, but more important, as they've drained the well there is no going back. Only bleeding more blood from the stone that was the middle-class who once benefited by being trickled-down upon.

You may not agree on the speed in which collapse is coming, but 'objects in the rearview are closer than they seem' is apropos. Unless something is created (State-wide at least) to claw back our ideals, working-class ideals, caring for the least ideals, ... they'll be no different from the vanishing wildlife and bees.

Your landlord is supposed to make some kind of arrangements for handling food scraps: https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/wmp/SolidWaste/Documents/Universal-Recycling/Landlord-FAQ-Food-Scrap-Management.pdf

Unfortunately, one of the options listed is “require tenants to make an independent plan to manage their food scraps separate from the trash and confirm that this happens” which sounds like a pretty easy out for landlords…. They should at least have provided you with information about drop off options, though. (If you are interested, you can find a list of Chittenden County drop-off locations here. They all accept food scraps; $1 for a 5 gallon container, or free if you are also paying for trash drop-off.)

North Winooski Ave.

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Yea, that sub be ded, jim :)

As a parent, VT has been on the top if our list to flee to from our current state. We have been preparing.

At the Williston station it’s free even if you don’t have trash to drop off.

And nothing of value was lost

I hadn’t realized kitty litter could be composted. Is it only certain types?

Nulhegan Pond in East Brighton has a new access along Rt 105 and no motors. I kayak Spectacle Pond, Bald Hill Pond, Long Pond, Job Pond & Center Pond quite a bit too and though they allow motors, I hardly ever see anyone with motors. All those ponds are very close to one another. All fishing boats go fish Echo, Willoughby, Seymour. This is in NEK. Westmore, Newark, Brighton.

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In Chittenden county, it's free as long as you're bringing in some trash anyway.

Why do we need to adopt socialism? Why not simply allow citizens to take their own lives by their own reigns by EASING regulations?

If we were to go the route you describe, would you be willing to lose large swathes of current US land/genocide millions upon millions of people? Because only a small percentage of this nation would agree to what you propose if they fully understood the ramifications.

You speak of getting rid of the electoral college, which is one of the main reasons we live in a UNITED states of America; no state other than the most populous would be willing to join a contractual agreement to be subjected to the will of plurality. We would never have gained independence, and we would have never had the compromise needed to bring the nation back together after the civil war.

Now; there are some points you made I can agree with, but many of them just perpetuate an image of a dystopian future. We BARELY live in a capitalistic society. What we currently live under is more closely related to corporatism.

Capitalism at the end of the day is two consenting parties agreeing to do business, and only ABLE to do business if both parties agree/consent without the need for approval from a third party. What is wrong with that? That is the most peaceful form of economics IMO.

Our nations framework and building principles are what the nation needs to rebuild us back to glory and wealth for MOST instead of a few. We have just gotten so damn far from our roots of freedom and liberties through bureaucratic legislation and corruption at all levels of government.

The issues stem from our politicians having no expectation of retaliation/accountability for literally destroying the lives of millions of people at a time by fucking signing a paper.

Thanks. Where are they?

Thanks

I collect food scraps in a 3 gallon composting bucket with a carbon filter to avoid smells. When it is full I walk it 300 or so feet into the woods and dump it.

I tried a composter. It has never made it overnight without getting ripped open. I figure fuck it.

Rama got a lot of flak for spamming this sub. Probably worried those she angered would do the same.

I lived in that lodge for a couple years. Hidden gem of Vermont

The res itself allows power boats. Little river is a great spot for paddling though. Even if power boats can come up, there’s a no wake zone for most of it

Dump it in your back yard an turn it over in the summer every 2 weeks. Cooks down to garden soil