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Jen and Sarah spent the next week doing research. The Internet was filled with contradictory information about monetary theory and economics, and neither of them really had the background to evaluate the arguments that everyone was having.
However, Sarah reminded them both, they didn't need to look at a perfect system, just one that worked. So, they started digging through Wikipedia articles and online textbooks on the history of money and how they came to be.
"Hey, did you know they used to use salt as currency?" Sarah asked as she skimmed through a particularly fascinating documentary about Middle Age East African economies.
"Is this some kind of joke about mining salt?"
"No, it's real, look. And apparently the word salary is from the Latin word salarium for money used to buy salt," Sarah continued fascinated.
Of course, they couldn't use something as simple as salt to represent money. In fact, they couldn't use any commodity either.
Over the last week, one of the alien traders caught wind that gold was extremely valuable on Earth, so they'd brought them in by the ton load. Gold was still useful for electronics and some dentistry, but the price of gold, mostly propped up by its value in rarity, crashed hard.
The problem with currency in galactic trading, as Sarah discovered, was that there wasn't a single commodity that was equally rare in every system.
No, whatever alternative they come up to the laughably outdated barter system had to be built on something far more rare and valuable than gold.
Something that even the most powerful human empires in history have struggled to collect.
It had to be built on trust.
"That's the system most modern currencies are based on," Sarah claimed, "you only accept dollars for work because you trust that you're going to be able to wake up tomorrow and spend it on… everything you need."
"Hmm well, we can't just ask them to take US dollars," Jen giggled. This would be so much easier if that weren't true.
"Why not?" Sarah asked, playing the devil's advocate.
"Well… well, like you said, they won't trust it! I certainly wouldn't if I were a trader! Furthermore, who knows? Maybe they have a printer in their ship that can duplicate money! Maybe we should ask them for that next time we bring Zarko some pears," Jen said, thinking out loud.
"I doubt it. The government keeps a lot of secrets about how they make Dollars , and I don't want the Secret Service knocking on my door," Sarah said. Until this week, she hadn't known that this was one of the lesser known duties of the USSS. Now that she knew it, it made the thought of attracting their attention even less palatable, "you're right. What about digital casino tokens? We can produce something that translates to Dollars and have our own system that tracks it all."
"Sure, that's not too hard to make. We would have a centralized money supply, where we don't trust each end point…" Jen continued on the brainstorm, thinking in terms of the technical system, "ok, so say we make SarahBucks, and peg its value to the US Dollar. One pound of pears would be worth 1.5 SarahBucks, one pound of sirloin steak is 6.99 SarahBucks at Safeway. That still doesn't explain how we'll get people to use it."
"I'm not sure. I need to think about this more," Sarah yawned, tired. "And I hate that name."
They agreed that they were stuck, and that SarahBucks was absolutely a terrible name.
Livermore Spaceport, Earth
A month after the spaceport opening, Sarah noticed that it had become less of a tourist attraction. There were far fewer people standing around gawking at the aliens, and a lot more companies trucking their best-selling products into the spaceport for trade.
After their abuse of Jen's cousin's employee pass got discovered by the spaceport authorities, Sarah and Jen had started placing their own bids on getting into the spaceport through the official channels. Thanks to their existing connections with the managers at the spaceport and a growing bank account of value, they could still get in to continue their lucrative trade for magical alien goods.
A bit of a rich-get-richer type of situation.
The flavor of the month were these Bohor magical air filter machines that aggressively scrubbed the air of… anything you want them to.
The Bohor planet is basically the planetary equivalent of a toxic dump.
Sure, it had biomes; it wasn't a Star Wars sci-fi planet where the entire planet is either a desert or an ice-cold tundra or a forest. But the entire planet had been polluted so heavily by its occupants that it lowered the life expectancy by half before the Bohors found a solution:
They simply filtered their entire atmosphere through air filter machines and then buried the toxins and garbage they got out of it in a very deep landfill, somewhere where very few people lived. Pretty much the kind of solution you'd expect out of a species that created the original problem in the first place.
Zikzik, the alien that was the same species as Zarko, overheard a human asking about their rocket fuel and climate change, and brought in a cargo hold of them.
It was a massive hit.
Earth's climate change problem wasn't nearly as bad as Bohor, but it was relatively simple to program these machines to suck carbon out of its atmosphere and… bury them in a landfill.
At first, few of the human traders bought them, thinking that it was going to be at least a while before the problem became big enough that big governments were going to come to them to try to address the issue, but they had it all wrong.
Soon as word got out this was an option, big companies and philanthropists started lining up at their doors. As it turned out, literally sucking the carbon dioxide out of the air was easier and cheaper than modifying many of their industrial practices to actually be environmentally green. They didn't need to run more efficient factories to claim to be carbon-neutral; just pump as much carbon into the air in exchange for undoing that by sucking it out of the atmosphere after!
Some bean counters at a think tank in DC predicted that a few more shipments of these air filters will fix Earth's climate problems by themselves in about a decade, so every trader had a waiting list of corporations with PR problems willing to buy them.
Sarah and Jen had a couple vehicle manufacturing companies on their list who were trying to get Bohor air filters to use in lobbying for looser emission standards for their dirty gasoline cars.
Today, there were traders on all the landing pads, and they were all carrying air filters. Zarko's ship was there, and he was loading fruits into his spaceship with an alien looking forklift. Sarah and Jen approached his ship and noticed the truck driver standing there.
"Hey Benny, tempting the poor aliens with cherries this time?" Sarah waved good, grinning and looking at his cargo.
Technically, Benny is a competitor, or at least he drives for a competitor. The massive fruit conglomeration he worked for, Chuckita, had not neglected to notice the massive business opportunity sitting right here as many others have, and are now delivering straight to the aliens in exchange for massive profit margins.
But Benny was a good guy. One time Jen and Sarah were having some trouble finding a buyer for a bunch of legally dubious alien psychedelics. Benny was in his late 50s, not that great with the Internet either, so he'd introduced them to whom he referred to as "my money launderer". Aka, his 22-year-old son, Benny Jr, who had a habit of buying weed and other less than legal items off the deep web. Benny Jr had found a buyer for them within minutes and even generously offered to handle the deal for them to spare them the risk of meeting some psycho hopped up on an alien high in a dark alley somewhere.
"Heh! One of the bat aliens loves sweets but has a low tolerance for sour, so they treat cherries as some kind of an odd challenge fad. They eat a random cherry, and it's either so incredibly sweet they start drooling out of the mouths, or it's a sour one, and they freak out," Benny replied, in a low voice as if he were trying to keep it a big secret. "Zarko showed me a video, and it's the most hilarious thing I've ever seen".
"I think I've seen that one, have you seen the one where they drink wine?" Sarah chuckled at the memory. Alien videos have been a big hit on YouTube. Some human merchants were trading fruit for aliens to take videos of the galaxy. Which they monetized, of course.
"No," Benny's ears perked up. Chuckita doesn't make wine, but if selling wine to aliens was going to be a thing, they were a big supplier of grapes… "Is it gonna be a thing?"
"Well guess what we brought today?" Jen also grinning from ear to ear, and holding up a big carton of low-quality box wine.
"Awww seems like I'm always one step behind you guys," Benny moaned in exaggeration, "I tried to get my money launderer to tell me what aliens would want but all he does is play video games on the Internet, kids these days."
Luckily, Zarko chose this moment to step out to spare them from more good-humored ribbing from the boomer. "Ah Sarah and Jen, you brought the grape wine this time!"
"Yup," Sarah beamed, "and I see you've run out of air filters to trade again!"
"Sadly yes," Zarko tilted his head in shame, "my ship is overdue for a cargo space upgrade, but I haven't found a port that would do it for fruit yet. Next time?"
"Alright! Alright! We'll leave our special wine with you, but you better get us some extra good filters next time!" Jen scolded mockingly. Zarko has gotten a lot more comfortable doling out IOUs since the first time.
"Of course. Only the best for you two," Zarko said with a greasy human smile imitation that almost made Sarah laugh out loud. It reminded her of a ridiculous cartoon sloth.
"By the way," Sarah asked casually, "how much is a spaceship worth on your planet?"
Zarko sobered up his expression and looked at her curiously. It was a question that other humans had asked before. To him, it was a good sign. This meant that they all dreamt of the stars. But he didn't expect such a question from someone as seemingly practical as Sarah. She had a lot of fruit, sure, but fruit doesn't build spaceships.
After thinking for a while, he replied honestly, "ships aren't traded for one single item. My family traded for the parts to build mine for generations."
He pointed at his spaceship.
Zarko proudly explained, "this is the work of eighteen generations of trading. My family was one of the richest on Zeep-zep. For thirteen generations, they traded for each of the parts on this beauty. Then, for the last five, my ancestors traded excess food from the tenant farmers on their land to expert craftsbeings that could put it together."
"Wait, eighteen generations?" Jen gasped. Eighteen generations ago, her family were probably peasants on a farm in Korea or something…
"Yes," Zarko said, looking at them with a little of pity. "After getting the spaceship, my family has traded in it for twelve generations, through civil wars and disasters."
He did some math on his hands, and said, "that's about four hundred of your years. That's why it's very unlikely that you will never go to space."
Looking at the stunned expression on their faces, he tried to lighten the mood. Zarko said mischievously, "unless you're willing to part with some more of your fruit, in which case I'll let you sit in the back seat for a whole route!"
"Hold on, back up, I'm still stuck on the multiple generations part," Sarah said seriously. "You're saying you're flying on a spaceship that started to be built thirty generations ago? That's… about a millennia for us."
"Yes," Zarko answered, "and that's why only thirteen families on my planet have had the privilege of owning one in our long history. No offense, but that's why I think no human will ever own their own spacecraft for at least fifteen more generations."
Something is wrong here, Sarah thought. The budget for NASA's FTL spacecraft was in the hundreds of millions. Yes, for a fruit farmer, that would be many generations of work if all their descendants worked in the same industry. But there were over three thousand billionaires on Earth, not including the tens of thousands of corporations that had assets or market value over a billion. And the prices for the spacecraft would surely go down as time went on…
For a planet like Zarko's to only have thirteen spaceships over generations of their development…
As they were walking away, Benny asked, "have you guys noticed something weird about the way these aliens do business?"
"Yes." "God yes." They said in unison.
"We've been thinking about it for a while, but these guys not having money is a major problemo," Sarah said, looking around surreptitiously, "Zarko and Zikzik keep talking about not being able to find someone who can upgrade their hulls for fruit. And sometimes they come with nothing good, and we're supposed to just drive our fruits all the way back!"
"And if you think about it, if they were human ships, think about truckers who don't own their trucks. We'd have loans or something to deal with the cargo space problems, and they'd be paid for by profits in a few trips," Jen added.
"The numbers he gave us for spacecraft ownership seem insane," Sarah agreed. "Your company could probably afford to order one right now, not to mention hundreds of others. They must all be dirt poor!"
Benny seemed relieved that he wasn't the only one who was thinking this, "exactly! I'm thinking we just introduce them to the concept of Benjamins and solve all their problems and ours. Would certainly make the return trip a lot easier for me if I didn't have to drive all the way to Berkeley for junior to launder all this crap!"
"We thought of that too," Sarah said as Benny pretended to groan again, "but we couldn't figure out how to get them to take money with no intrinsic value."
"Oh that shouldn't be too hard," Benny said, who's clearly already thought through this problem in his head, "we play a little game called good cop, bad cop."
"Good cop bad cop?"
"Sure, it's a mind game the cops play, where they put you in a room-"
"Yeah we know what it is, but how does that help us?" Sarah said impatiently, an idea tugging on her subconscious.
"Well you see," Benny clearly smugly enjoying this moment where he's thought of something that the duo did not, "you two come with an empty truck next time, and you tell Zarko that you'll give him a wad of clean crisp cash, fresh from the bank, for some of his air filters. And when he asks you why he'd take the cash, you just tell him that he can give it to me in exchange for some of my fruits."
"What does that have anything to do with good cop bad cop?!" Jen asked.
"That has nothing to do with good cop bad cop," Sarah chimed in, but the idea was beginning to form in her head, "but it's a good start. We don't want to deal in cash. It's too risky. It could get the feds onto us and there's a bunch of laws around it that I'm not sure about."
"But what we can do is have an internal money system for traders pegged to the US Dollar!" Jen completed.
"Yup, so when Zarko comes back next time, we tell him he has an account with the Bank of Benny, we give him a fancy looking card that has his bank account number and give him a pin code, and we deposit a certain amount of BennyBucks into his account for giving us air filters. Then when you come around, Zarko gives you his card and pin, and gives you BennyBucks for your fruit," Sarah finished.
"Aha. And then I come to you two, say, I would like to convert BennyBucks in my Bank of Benny account to good old American dollars," Benny extrapolated, completing that final step.
"Yeah! We'll just wire you the money and everyone gets theirs," Sarah exclaimed, happy they've finally thought through the loop and gotten someone on board.
"BennyBucks is a terrible name though," Jen said, calming everyone down a little, "and why are we getting so excited over the basic concept of currency? And why haven't aliens figured this out? Maybe it's against some kind of space trading code."
"Who knows? Maybe we just try it on Zarko and see if it works out," Benny said, a glint in his eyes, "and then we expand, galaxy-tically."
"Galactic credits!" Sarah exclaimed, "that's what we'll call it."
They agreed that it was the least worst name that they'd come up with so far. It was boring, but when it came to finances, maybe boring and cliché was a good choice after all.
"Explain again. I am trying to understand," Zarko said two days later as he offloads the air filters he'd promised.
"C'mon dude, for the fifth time," Sarah exasperated, "it's not that hard. We give you a bank account card and have you set up a secret number…"
Jen had spent the last two days coding up a storm. Technically, a simple debit system wasn't that hard, but she had to make a website interface that Benny could go up to and enter his account, Zarko's card information and amount, then let Zarko type in his code…etc. She'd mused that it would have been easier to just do this all in a cloud-based spreadsheet, but that wouldn't scale up if they had more customers.
Sarah had the account cards laminated and designed a logo: the letters GC, for Galactic Credit, and a stylized version of a Milky Way in the background. Part of the value in a trustworthy system is to look official, and you can't get much more official than laminated cards.
"Yes, I understand that part," Zarko said, clearly displaying his frustration on his facial expression as well, "but I don't understand why Benny would give me his fruit for just entering a number."
"Because we have an agreement with him that he'll take it in exchange for fruit!" Sarah was sure this was the umpteenth time she had to explain this, but clearly Zarko was not getting it.
"Is it similar to a debt?" Zarko said suspiciously, as if debt was this dark magic that the humans were performing on him, "I have never heard of this kind of debt before."
"Yes, it's a debt, of sorts," Jen cut in. The last time he had asked this exact question, they'd said no, and that led to fifty other questions and explanations that went nowhere, so nothing could go worse if they said yes-
"Ok. I don't understand," Zarko did his sloth version of a sigh, it was cute, but at the same time frustrating for Sarah and Jen, "But I can try it. I know you two are not trying to trick me. Do I get my fruits before I take off?"
"Yes! You go to Benny-" Sarah started.
"Yes! And that's it. Benny gives you his fruit," Jen cut her off, knowing that this was about to launch into yet another long, long line of questions they just can't deal with right now.
Sarah set up a new account for Zarko, asked him for a 6 digit base ten pin code (thank god Zarko was a ten digit species) which he promptly memorized, and hoping that Jen's prototype website wouldn't fail, showed him how they were "giving" Zarko 40,000 Galactic Credits for 8 Bohor air filter machines into his account ("No, you can't have my iPad. It's on your account card now. Show this to Benny later.")
"Well that worked out great," Benny said as he watched them wire him the $25,000 for his truck shipment of fruit. Though his costs were in the low thousands, he could have easily fleeced Zarko for his full 40k. But they all agreed that wasn't the point, which was to get Zarko to see the benefits of using a currency system abstracted from goods and services.
"Dude, you weren't there," Sarah complained, "I don't understand why he had such a hard time understanding money. Money equals goods. Bing bang boom. It's like these guys don't have the capability for abstract thinking."
"No they definitely do. You can't build spaceships without abstract math and science," Jen said, "but he clearly had a deathly aversion to using money. I think it's tied to some taboo to debt somehow. All the other species must have it because none of the aliens we've met have even mentioned anything close to a real economy."
"Whatever it is," Benny sighed happily, "I'm just happy I didn't have to go home with my truck full of weird alien toys."
"Yup. The next step is to get all the human traders to take credits. At least they'll have no problems understanding the benefits."
Sarah made some calls to the trader licensing office at the spaceport. There she found a manager willing to part with phone numbers and contact information for the other human traders, for an "information fee" of course, and started making calls to the other human traders.
It wasn't easy. Some traders were representatives of bigger food companies, and didn't have all the flexibility to make these kinds of decisions. And others no doubt were thinking of copying their system for their own profit. But they all saw the benefits of a unified network of currency debiting because they've been suffering the same problems that Sarah, Jen, and Benny had been.
Over the next few days, all the human traders agreed to take galactic credit from the aliens, which they knew they could exchange for cash with Sarah and Jen.
"We are officially in business."
In economics, there's a distinction made between different kinds of money. There's commodity money, usually gold or silver. There's representative money, which is currency backed by commodities like gold or silver. And then there's fiat money, which is not backed by any intrinsic value, but rather by government decree, hence fiat.
Galactic Credits fall into some kind of weird hybrid category between representative and fiat money. They're backed by the Dollar, which is fiat money, but also which makes them representative money. This means that the people issuing them, in this case Jen and Sarah, are not supposed to create them without also having a corresponding US Dollar in their bank account.
Of course, Sarah and Jen hadn't signed an ironclad contract with the other human traders that they're always guaranteed to take their galactic credits and exchange for money, so technically that meant that one day Sarah could simply "deposit" a large number of credits in her account and buy all the goods she wanted from Zarko, or potentially the other traders.
That would, however, be slaughtering the golden goose for the meat.
After all, they didn't want to sell fruit or Bohor air filters.
They wanted to sell the concept of money.
"Why would I take this over fruit?" Zikzik sniffed. He was known as a sharp one by all the human traders. If there's any new alien fad coming down the pipeline, chances are Zikzik is the first one to touchdown with a cargo hold full of it.
Unlike many of the other traders, he was fairly consistent in his dealings. This much fruit is for this much air filters. He knows his price, and he lets you know it too. Everyone suspected he kept careful records of all his selling and buying somewhere in his ship, but he's never brought them out. Maybe he just had a sharp memory.
"It's very consistent," Sarah insisted, trying to appeal to his affinity for a stable and predictable exchange, "one pound of fruit today is the same as one pound of fruit tomorrow, and you can deal in fractions."
Completely ignoring that most fruits are seasonal, and price changes, and inflation, she thought, let's start here.
"Fractions, you say?" Zikzik seemed thoughtful, or maybe he's just scratching an itch on his snout, Sarah could never tell with these aliens.
"Yes, fractions," said Jen detecting the slightest bit of opening, "you can trade your air filters for credit. Then you can trade maybe three quarters of your credits to fill your cargo with fruit. The next time you come down here to Earth, you would only need to bring half the amount of air filters as the first trip, combined with the credits you have left, you can leave with a full cargo load anyway!"
Is that how that math goes, Sarah thought, but didn't cut in, as Zikzik seems to be nodding, an oddly universal gesture for affirmation.
"Five eighths of the credits," Zikzik argued, "The air filters are harder to get now because the Bohor are running low, and they need time to make more."
Bargaining! There we go! That's what we're talking about! Sarah almost pumped her fists in the air and gave him a high five, not a great idea given how sharp his claws are as she found out when trying to shake his hands a couple of weeks ago.
"Ok, you would still have to negotiate that amount with each human trader," Sarah replied adding, "but they all deal in Galactic Credits."
They signed him up for an account, gave him a card, and set up his pin code. It had only taken half an hour to get Zikzik on board, which was significantly faster than the hours they'd taken to explain this to Zarko, despite them being the same species. Was it xenocist that she'd assume it was going to take just as long, Sarah wondered.
Looking at the line of traders, she sighed. This was going to be a long day.
Luckily, Zikzik accepting the credits made for great advertising. He was known for being a sharp trader, so if he doesn't think it's a scam, it must not be, right?
Sarah and Jen managed to get two other traders that day onto credits, and one more who was dipping his proverbial toes into the water.
It was a good day.
Jen had been working hard. The Galactic Credits website was now on its 16th major iteration. She'd beefed up the security on it, to make sure none of the other human traders got any funny ideas. Backups became more automatic and frequent, and there was now a rollback and dispute mechanism, not that it was being used yet.
Sarah had also been working hard. She'd been sitting in meetings all day with legal, finances, and now they had a small army of people who were ready to help out if they got into trouble there. Galactic Credits is now officially a tax paying LLC incorporated in the great state of Delaware.
Benny Jr, who had just finished college, had come in as well. He was no good at talking to clients, but he's what the duo would refer to as "street smart". Occasionally, the alien traders would bring in some exotic or ahem, dubiously sourced items, and he would know exactly where to convert that into cold hard cash. On the spreadsheets, his dealings were adding up to a nice fat padding on the margins for Galactic Credits, which to this point, hasn't been making any money other than in the fruit and air filters exchange business.
They were now working out of a rented office in downtown Livermore, with a very nice view of a brick-lined pub that offers numerous craft beers and the old railroad that runs through the heart of town.
Ironically, there's a Bank of America branch across the street, not far from the office itself, the company that had invented the BankAmericard and started the credit card revolution, seemingly oblivious to this new competitor moving into town, literally and figuratively.
They had many brilliant finance experts who were working on something, surely, but established financial institutions are not always great at moving fast and adapting to changing technology. There were many regulations to worry about, and the stakes were a lot higher.
There's something very quaint about the town itself. Some people didn't consider it part of the Bay Area metro area itself, but with the latest BART expansion station they recently built, that's been less and less true.
Now, it was literally the town where the train tracks ended. And where the final frontier began.
For the people in the office, it's also where they dreamt about a new financial revolution in the galaxy.
Some people have critiqued this chapter on the grounds that established financial institutions would have thought of this idea on day one. I appreciate the feedback, but that is a rosy view of the velocity at corporations in my opinion. I've personally worked in some of these companies, and if someone brought up this idea, it would probably have taken at least a month to get the idea through various risk audits and legal reviews.
In terms of technology, much of banking still operates on software that predates the modern Internet. This is one of the reasons why fin-tech startups have been able to beat them on time-to-market, despite massive institutional or financial disadvantages. It's why companies like PayPal, Square, Stripe, Venmo… etc could compete with the incumbents with the development of the Internet.
Sure, an intern in engineering or tools would have a semi-working prototype by week three, but the first line of code would be pushed to production by… month three. A much more likely scenario: some startup beats them to the punch, exactly as it happens here, and the large company offers their founders or investors an obscene amount of money to buy them out.
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52 China (Republic) 10 Cash $5.00
57 China (Hu-Peh Province) 10 Cash $1.00
59 Hong Kong - 1866 1 Cent NICE $8.00
61 China (Republic) 10 Cash $3.00
62 China (Kiang-Nan Province) 10 Cash NICE $20.00
63 China (Republic) 20 Cash $5.00
64 1977 D Eisenhower Dollar UNC MINT CELLO $4.00
67 British West Africa - 1940 1/10 Penny NICE $5.00
70 France (Perpignan) 1917 A 10 Centimes $5.00
71 1976 Shelbyville Dam (Illinois) Elongated/Smashed Nickel Souvenir $3.00
76 France (Orleans/Lyon/Toulouse) 10 Centimes Transportation Token (good to 31 Dec 1918) $3.00
77 Papua New Guinea - 2008 2 Kina UNC $2.00
78 Missouri Insurance Company (St. Louis) Good Luck Token $3.00
79 1900 India (Rama-Laksmana) Type C #1 (Brotman) Temple Token NICE $40.00
80 1956 Roosevelt Dime UNC TONED $6.00
83 1955 General Motors "Motorama" Medal BU $15.00
86 Central States 70th Anniversary Convention Token Jerry Lebo Advertising $6.00
87 Consolidated Numismatic Advertising Token Good For $1 Edmundston, Canada $2.00
88 France (Perpignan) 1917 A 5 Centimes $5.00
91 France (Perpignan) 1921 A 25 Centimes Scalloped Edge $8.00
93 Ukraine - 2003 100 Hryvnia UNC $2.00
94 German East Africa (Tanzania) - 1916 T 20 Heller $10.00
95 Illinois Governer Otto Kerner Inauguration Medal $2.00
96 5 Cent Trade Token NICE $3.00
98 Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) - 1923 10 Mark Notgeld UNC $10.00
99 A. Phillips Co Cambridge, Maryland 20 Cent Trade Token NICE $8.00
100 EZ Park Courtesy Token $1.00
159 Great Britain - 1949 Penny NICE $2.00
163 1959 Type B Reverse Washington Quarter UNC TONED $12.00
165 Great Britain - 1932 1 Penny NICE $3.00
166 1960 Type B Reverse Washington Quarter UNC $10.00
167 1960 Type B Reverse Washington Quarter UNC $10.00
169 Portugal - 1921 10 Centavos NICE $10.00
170 Germany (Prussia) 1700's-1800's Jeton (Token) Wilhelm 3 "Neue Ehre Neues Gluck" $3.00
172 1963 Type B Reverse Washington Quarter UNC TONED $12.00
175 1964 D Washington Quarter UNC TONED $8.00
176 Canada - 1921 1 Cent NICE $4.00
179 Stag Beer Wooden Nickel "Fair on the Square" $1.00
180 The TV Shop Slidell, LA One Wooden Buck $1.00
181 Canada - 1929 1 Cent NICE $3.00
185 1962 Type B Reverse Washington Silver Quarter NICE $8.00
186 Canada - 1920 1 Cent NICE $4.00
188 1957 Type B Reverse Washington Quarter NICE $6.00
192 Canada - 1945 5 Cents NICE $2.00
193 State of Missouri Sesquicentennial Medal $2.00
194 State of Missouri Sesquicentennial Medal $2.00
195 Canada - 1945 5 Cents NICER $4.00
196 France - 1916 2 Centimes LOW MINTAGE $2.00
197 Germany (Empire) 1914 J 2 Pfennig NICE $8.00
198 Mexico - 1946 1 Centavo NICE $1.00
200 Mexico - 1924 2 Centavos BETTER DATE $6.00
259 1954 S Washington Quarter UNC $10.00
260 1957 Washington Quarter UNC TONED $10.00
261 1963 Type B Reverse Washington Quarter UNC TONED $20.00
262 1999 D Kennedy Half Dollar UNC from Mint Set GEM BU PROOFLIKE $3.00
263 1941 S "Large S" Lincoln Wheat Cent $1.00
264 1941 S "Large S" Lincoln Wheat Cent $1.00
266 1941 S "Large S" Lincoln Wheat Cent $1.00
267 1941 S "Large S" Lincoln Wheat Cent $1.00
269 Maybrook NY Golden Jubilee Good For 10 Cent Wooden Nickel $1.00
270 Maybrook NY 1975 Golden Jubilee 25 Cent Wooden Nickel $1.00
274 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 013 UNC $2.00
275 World Silver - Barbados 1973 Proof 5 Dollars LOW MINTAGE $20.00
276 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 013 UNC $2.00
277 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 013 UNC $2.00
279 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 012 UNC $2.00
280 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 012 UNC $2.00
281 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 012 UNC $2.00
282 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse Book Low UNC $2.00
286 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 002 UNC $2.00
287 1983 Lincoln Cent DDO FS-101 $25.00
288 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 012 UNC $2.00
289 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 012 UNC $2.00
291 1964 D Washington Silver Quarter UNC TONED $8.00
293 1960's Terre Haute, IN Sesquicentennial Wooden Nickel $2.00
295 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 002 UNC $2.00
296 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 002 UNC $2.00
298 1982 Buffalo NY Sesquicentennial Wooden Nickel $1.00
352 Denmark - 1950 5 Ore KEY DATE $10.00
354 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 013 UNC $2.00
355 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 013 UNC $2.00
356 2009 P Lincoln Cent "Formative Years" Doubled Die Reverse 013 UNC $2.00
357 1990 Rappahannock Area Coin Club Wooden Nickel $1.00
359 Germany (Empire) - 1874 C 1 Pfennig $2.00
360 Old Time Wooden Nickel Co Support Our Troops Wooden Nickel $1.00
361 1941 S "Large S" Lincoln Wheat Cent $1.00
362 1941 S "Large S" Lincoln Wheat Cent $1.00
364 1980 D Jefferson Nickel Mint Error - Minor Curved Clip (@3:30) $3.00
365 1979 S "Type 2 - Clear S" Proof Jefferson Nickel $2.00
367 Germany (Empire) - 1895 F 1 Pfennig $3.00
368 Germany (Empire) - 1874 A 1 Pfennig $2.00
369 Germany (Empire) - 1900 F 1 Pfennig $2.00
370 Germany (Empire) - 1874 B 1 Pfennig $2.00
371 Australia - 1951 3 Pence $2.00
372 Great Britain - 1861 3 Pence $3.00
373 Germany (Empire) - 1875 J 5 Pfennig $2.00
375 50 Cents in Trade Token $1.00
376 Germany (Empire) - 1874 E 2 Pfennig $2.00
377 Clear Lake, IA Perkins Wooden Nickel $1.00
378 50 Cents in Trade Token $1.00
379 Medallic Art Co Grand Canyon National Park 50th Anniversary Medal Bronze $3.00
380 Great Britain - 1981 25 New Pence UNC $3.00
382 Pomona National Bridge / Jackson County 200 Year Anniversary Medal $3.00
383 Guyana - 1970 1 Dollar UNC $2.00
384 Germany (Empire) - 1875 J 2 Pfennig $4.00
385 Illawarrra Numismatic Association Membership Discount Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
386 San Juan Quality Royale Casino Token $1 Face Value $1.00
387 Canada - 1963 Prooflike 1 Cent Emerald Rainbow Toning $3.00
388 Artisan Silverworks Temecula, CA Wooden Nickel $1.00
389 Canada - 1966 1 Cent Emerald Toning $2.00
390 Germany (Empire) - 1875 E 2 Pfennig $2.00
391 Germany (Empire) - 1874 H 2 Pfennig $4.00
392 5 Cent Token $1.00
394 Germany (Empire) - 1894 F 1 Pfennig $3.00
395 Denmark - 1904/804 1 Ore NICE $8.00
396 Netherlands Antilles - 1965 2.5 Cents UNC TONED $6.00
397 Germany (Empire) - 1874 G 1 Pfennig $10.00
398 Netherlands - 1921 1/2 Cent BETTER DATE $2.00
399 Netherlands - 1922 1/2 Cent BETTER DATE $4.00
400 Germany (Empire) - 1874 D 10 Pfennig $3.00
451 Sweden - 1901 1 Ore $1.00
452 Norway - 1948 50 Ore Overdate 4/4 $5.00
453 Netherlands Antilles - 1959 1 Cent UNC $2.00
454 Germany (Empire) - 1899 A 1 Pfennig $1.00
455 Germany (Empire) - 1899 A 1 Pfennig $1.00
456 Germany (Empire) - 1898 A 5 Pfennig $1.00
457 Germany (Empire) - 1875 F 5 Pfennig $1.00
458 Canada - 1948 5 Cents $1.00
460 Denmark - 1951 10 Ore NICE $5.00
461 Barbados - 1973 Proof 5 Cents in OGP $1.00
462 Germany (Empire) - 1875 A 5 Pfennig $1.00
463 Barbados - 1973 Proof 25 Cents in OGP $1.00
464 Germany (Empire) - 1876 D 5 Pfennig $1.00
465 Hungary - 1965 2 Filler Key Date $5.00
466 Germany (Empire) - 1889 A 5 Pfennig $1.00
467 Germany (Empire) - 1889 A 5 Pfennig $1.00
468 Switzerland - 1968 5 Rappen UNC TONED $1.00
469 Germany (Empire) - 1875 A 5 Pfennig $1.00
470 Germany (Empire) - 1875 C 5 Pfennig $1.00
471 Trinidad & Tobago - 1973 Proof 1 Cent in OGP $1.00
473 Germany (Empire) - 1892 D 5 Pfennig $1.00
474 Germany (Empire) - 1897 A 5 Pfennig $1.00
475 Germany (Empire) - 1890 E 5 Pfennig $1.00
477 Germany (Empire) - 1890 D 5 Pfennig $1.00
478 Germany (Empire) - 1894 D 5 Pfennig $1.00
480 Barbados - 1980 Proof 25 Cents in OGP cello $1.00
481 World Silver - Switzerland 1975 1 Franc $6.00
482 Germany (Empire) - 1897 D 5 Pfennig $1.00
484 Canada (New Brunswick) - 1861 1 Cent $3.00
485 Canada (Nova Scotia) - 1861 1/2 Cent $2.00
486 Austria - 1893 10 Heller $1.00
488 Netherlands East Indies - 1921 1/2 Cent NICE KEY DATE $8.00
489 Austria - 1895 10 Heller $1.00
490 Austria - 1894 20 Heller $1.00
492 World Silver - Mexico - 1887 Do C 10 Centavos LOW MINTAGE $5.00
551 South Africa - 1965 Proof 1 Cent LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
553 Switzerland - 1902 2 Rappen KEY DATE FIRST YEAR $8.00
554 Panama - 1975 Proof 1 Centesimo in OGP $5.00
557 South Africa - 1965 Proof 5 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
560 South Africa - 1965 Proof 20 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
561 Panama - 1975 Proof 5 Centesimos in OGP $1.00
562 Panama - 1976 Proof 5 Centesimos in OGP $2.00
563 South Africa - 1965 Proof 50 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $5.00
564 South Africa - 1966 Proof 1 Cent LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
565 South Africa - 1966 Proof 2 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
566 South Africa - 1966 Proof 5 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
567 South Africa - 1966 Proof 10 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
568 Panama - 1974 Proof 5 Centesimos in OGP cello $1.00
569 South Africa - 1966 Proof 20 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
572 Panama - 1973 Proof 1/10 Balboa in OGP $1.00
573 South Africa - 1967 Proof 1 Cent LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
574 Barbados - 1973 Proof 1 Cent $1.00
575 Panama - 1973 Proof 1/4 Balboa in OGP $1.00
576 South Africa - 1967 Proof 2 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
577 South Africa - 1967 Proof 5 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
578 South Africa - 1967 Proof 10 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
579 South Africa - 1967 Proof 20 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $2.00
580 South Africa - 1967 Proof 50 Cents LOW MINTAGE 25,000 $4.00
584 Liberia - 1974 Proof 10 Cents in OGP $1.00
590 Mexico - 1923 1 Centavo NICE UNC TONED $8.00
593 Mexico - 1923 5 Centavos NICE $5.00
594 Bahamas - 1970 Proof 1 Cent in OGP $1.00
595 Mexico - 1935 20 Centavos NICE $30.00
596 Token "10" Unknown origin $1.00
652 Indiana Sesquicentennial Medal 1966 $3.00
654 Alleppey Dist Treasury 286 Token $3.00
655 Creotina Remedies Belleville, IL Token $3.00
657 Mexico - 2001 1 Peso UNC in original cello $1.00
658 Germany (Empire) - 1903 A 1 Pfennig $4.00
662 Germany (Weimar) - 1924 A 1 Pfennig NICE $6.00
664 Malaysia - 1977 50 Sen TONED UNC $3.00
665 Franklin D Roosevelt $2 Trade Token Union Maystern $3.00
666 Great Britain - 1953 5 Shillings UNC (Crown sized) $5.00
667 Russia - 1994 50 Roubles Blind Mole Rat LOW MINTAGE UNC $3.00
672 Mint of Romania Aluminum Token UNC $3.00
673 Bahamas - 1973 and 1974 Proof 1 Cents in OGP (two coins) $1.00
675 Canada - 1939 5 Cents UNC $20.00
676 Penny Press Mint 1 Dollar Token (Morgan Dollar Inspired Design) $2.00
677 Penny Press Mint 1 Dollar Token (Morgan Dollar Inspired Design) $2.00
678 France (Paris) Montmartre Auditing Firm "Good for one audition" Token $2.00
679 Thailand - Bangkok Institute of Accounting Token $1.00
680 Swedish Shooting Medal Double Pistols Design $3.00
681 1941 Mercury Dime Pin $4.00
682 Korea (Republic) - 1968 5 Won UNC $25.00
683 Korea (Republic) - 1973 50 Won NICE $5.00
684 Russia - 1994 50 Roubles Bison NICE LOW MINTAGE $2.00
685 Coca-Cola 1974 "It's the real thing" Silver Dollar City Token $5.00
686 State Mint of Romania Octagonal Token UNC $2.00
687 Canada - 1937 Dot 5 Cents UNC $10.00
688 France - 1977 10 Francs TONED $2.00
690 Saarland - 1954 10 Franken UNC $8.00
692 Mount Vernon, VA High School Token $1.00
693 Korea (Republic) - 1967 10 Won NICE $5.00
694 Korea (Republic) - 1967 10 Won UNC $40.00
695 Princes of Jerusalem - Cahokia Council A.A.S.RITE Valley of East St Louis Token $3.00
697 Magic Mountain Valencia California Souvenir Token $2.00
698 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Driver's Association "good for one full fare" token $1.00
700 Downtown Granite City (Illinois) Shopping Center Token $3.00
751 Canada - 1957 House of Commons Medal $3.00
753 Mr. Pizza (World's Worst Pizza) Wooden Quarter Token $1.00
754 National Pony Express Centennial Medal So Called Dollar UNC TONED $5.00
755 Pulaski Bowling Center Free Game Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
756 Four Canada 1991 UNC Cents (4 coins) in OGP CELLO $1.00
757 Four Canada 1991 UNC 5 Cents (4 coins) in OGP CELLO $1.00
758 Pair of Two Thomas Jefferson 1 Cent Postal Stamps $1.00
761 Mexico - 2000 10 Pesos UNC in original cello $6.00
764 Ye Olde Curiosity Shop Seattle 25 Cent Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
765 Mexico - 2000 20 Pesos UNC in original cello $10.00
768 Morocco - AH1320 10 Mazunas $8.00
773 Diamond Dolls Pompano Beach, FL Free Hamburger Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
774 Nadine's Backwoods Bistro One Free Tap Beer Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
775 Ocean Springs Mini Golf One Free Game Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
777 Poland - 2014 2 Zlotych UNC $2.00
778 Lansing, Michigan University Quality Inn One Free Well Drink Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
780 San Jose, California Donut Delight One Small Drink 40 Cents Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
781 H.E.B. Hustle Chip Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
782 Two Mixed Tokens $1.00
784 South Gate, California Robby's Tepee 1 Glass Draft Beer Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
785 Macadoo's One Free Sara Lee Bagle (with butter!) Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
786 Canada - 1970 1 Cent TONED $1.00
788 State Penal Institution 5 Cent Good For Token $3.00
790 Fishing Equipment & Tackle 10% Discount Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
791 District Treasury Alleppey 1860 Token Government of Kerala $2.00
792 Russia (Empire) - 1881 1 Kopek $1.00
793 Black Duck Buck Good For One Premium Drink Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
794 Goodles, Michigan Cook's Cobblestone One Free Beer Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
796 San Diego, California My Yogurt Place One Free Frozen Yogurt Sundae Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
797 Canada - 1939 Coronation Medal $2.00
798 Ellsworth, Maine Bicentennial Headquarters Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
800 Suwanee River Attractions 25 Cent Admission Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
851 Sunnyvale, California Odyssey Room 1 Free Drink Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
852 Great Britain - Queen Victoria 60 Years of Rule Medal $3.00
854 Belgium - 1944 2 Franc NICE $1.00
855 Fredericksburg, Virginia Rappahannock Area Coin Club Wooden Nickel Token One free month $1.00
859 Monarch Automatic Co Northhampton Good For One Coupon in Trading Token $2.00
860 Netherlands - 1881 1 Cent $1.00
862 Mexico - 2000 20 Pesos UNC in original cello $10.00
863 Fredericksburg, Virginia Rappahannock Area Coin Club Wooden Nickel Token One free month $1.00
864 Tullahoma, Tennessee The Finish Line Free Drink Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
865 Here's Johnny's 25 Cents off Purchase Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
866 $1 Good For Token Large $3.00
867 Canada - 1939 Coronation Medal $3.00
868 Boise, Idaho Miller's Sewing Center 25 Cent Needle Package Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
869 San Antonio, Texas Dan's 10861 FM "Round TUIT" Wooden Token $1.00
870 Belgium - 1836 2 Centimes $1.00
871 Vandalia, Ohio Skipper's $3 off purchase Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
872 Roseville, California Onyx Club One Free Beer Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
873 Long Beach, California Fayette Cleaners Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
874 Beckett, Massachussetts 1965 Bicentennial Lee National Bank 5 Cent Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
875 Munhall, Pennsylvania 5 Cent Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
877 Washington, Indiana Sesquicentennial 1966 Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
878 1953 Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal $3.00
881 Fredonia, New York Coyle's Pub One Free Drink Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
882 Monterey, California Wharfside Restaurant Complimentary Calimari Appetizer Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
883 Lyman, Wyoming Cecil Sanderson Military Token & Wooden Nickel Collector "Round TUIT" Token $1.00
884 Eastlake, Colorado Karl's Farm Dairy Inc 25 Cent Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
885 Elko, Nevada Ed's Coins & Currency "Cents of Humor" Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
887 Richmond Hot Stuff Deluxe Tattoo One Free Drink Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
888 Australia - 2014 1 Dollar 100 Years of ANZAC $1.00
889 Sacramento, California The Tides 1 Free Beer Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
890 Lancaster, Pennsylvania The Comic Store Free Comic Wooden Nickel Token RARE $1.00
891 Bennington, Vermont Bicentennial 1961 5 Cent Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
892 Torrance, California Old Towne Mall One Free Play Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
893 Duenweg, Missouri State Bank One Quart Token NICE $3.00
894 Rotary International Token $1.00
896 Canada - 1930 House of Commons Medal $3.00
897 Greenfield, Iowa Al's Shoe Service 5 Cents Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
900 France - 1944 C 2 Francs $1.00
951 France - 1944 C 2 Francs $1.00
952 Poland - 2006 2 Zlotych $3.00
953 Poland - 2003 2 Zlotych $3.00
954 Aurora, Illinois Dairy Queen Free Small Sundae Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
955 Mullan, Idaho Silver Dollar Bar 1 Free Drink Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
956 Poland - 2004 2 Zlotych $3.00
957 New Horizons Computer Learning Center Turkey Token 10 Auction Dollars Wooden $1.00
962 Lake of the Woods 40th Anniversary Token $2.00
963 The Travancore Bank Trivandrum #103 Token $1.00
964 Perryville, Wisconsin Good For 1 Glass Tap Beer Wooden (plastic) Nickel Token $1.00
966 1925 Larkin Dollar Medal BU $8.00
968 Palmolive Soap Chicago, Illinois Good For One Cake Token NICE $5.00
969 Duenweg State Bank Duenweg, Missouri Strawberry Token Good For 1 Crate $6.00
970 Dallas, Texas City Hall Token $1.00
971 California State Numismatic Association 1973 53rd Anniversary Token $2.00
972 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (Mexico 20 Centavos) $3.00
973 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (Mexico 20 Centavos) $3.00
977 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (New Zealand 5 Cents) $3.00
979 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (New Zealand 5 Cents) $3.00
981 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (New Zealand 5 Cents) $3.00
983 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (New Zealand 5 Cents) $3.00
984 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (New Zealand 5 Cents) $3.00
987 Harry S Truman US Mint Bronze Medal in OGP $3.00
988 John Wayne US Mint Bronze Medal in OGP $5.00
989 Vietnam Veterans National Bronze Medal in OGP $3.00
992 2010 Korea Money Fair Token with original Flip $3.00
993 Matchless Metal Polish Co Liverpool 1906 Token $5.00
995 Marissa, Illinois 1967 Centennial Wooden Nickel Token $1.00
996 Central States Numismatic Society 2005 Token Original AirTite $2.00
997 Central States Numismatic Society 2005 Token Original AirTite $2.00
998 Central States Numismatic Society 2005 Token Original AirTite $2.00
999 Rustler Silver Gas Token $1.00
1000 Worldwide Bi-Metallic Collector's Club World Money Fair Encased Coin (Euro 5 Cent) $3.00

worldnews

• We-can-fix-it

The European Union has fined two pharmaceutical companies for colluding to keep a cheap alternative to a sleep disorder medicine off the market for their profit and at the expense of patients.
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• angilinwago4

Chinese doctors jailed for organ harvesting
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• Moonlight102

Rapists will be chemically castrated in Pakistan under new laws approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan
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news

• ChiGuy6124

Venezuela judge convicts 6 American oil execs, orders prison
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• zanman28

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon tests positive for COVID-19
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• Marshall221

First Latino DACA recipient receives Rhodes Scholarship
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science

• smurfyjenkins

In the US, states typically pay for prison while counties determine sentencing. A natural experiment whereby the cost burden of juvenile incarceration was placed on counties led to a stark drop in incarceration. This suggests that mass incarceration in the US is in part due to misaligned incentives.
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• mvea

As interactions increasingly take place online, people find information that confirms their existing beliefs, making them less willing to listen to alternatives. This exacerbates filter bubbles and explains why public debates become polarized as people become impervious to opposing arguments.
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• mvea

People’s moral foundations can predict their compliance with staying at home, wearing masks, and social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caring and fairness are morals that predict compliance with all three public health measures.
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space

• Gari_305

Space travel is bad for the body at a cellular level
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• fchung

How six scientists survived ‘living on Mars’ for a year: « The habitat had a small living room, 1.5 bathrooms, a galley kitchen and tiny living quarters for each of the six up a flight of stairs. Power came via solar panel, water via large storage tanks outside. »
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• malcolm58

China’s plan for moon research station gets closer with Chang’e-5 success
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Futurology

• altmorty

World’s Biggest Wind Park to Be Built Offshore U.K.
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• MichaelTen

Japan Developing Laser Weapons That Can Be Mounted On Vehicles To Counter Drone Attacks
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• pairagraph_team

History records many secular and religious attempts to build paradise on Earth. They haven’t worked. Nevertheless, some philosophers believe a biohappiness revolution is imminent, insisting: 'This time really is different'.
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AskReddit

• Merlijn-69

What are underrated websites and what do you use them for?
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• chiffonation

What do you think is the biggest secret being kept from mankind?
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• TheLordOfTheSkys

People who wear shoes in the house, why?
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todayilearned

• mvpetri

TIL that strings and cables moving randomly will spontaneously knot themselves with a probability reaching 100%
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• 1FuzzyPickle

TIL when Audrey Geisel, the widow of Doctor Seuss, was selling the rights to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, she made sure that "any actor submitted for the Grinch must be of comparable stature to Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman."
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• BasementDweller3000

TIL PCs in the 80s and 90s often had a “Turbo” button which when pressed would counterintuitively slow down the processor speed to allow compatibility with older games designed for slower processors.
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dataisbeautiful

• divineartist

[OC] Effective cost of the different ways of getting Reddit Premium
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• DrPavel_Im_CIA

[OC] When does the sun set in Europe's capitals during the winter solstice (21/12)?
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• Really_Schruted_It

If COVID-19 Cases were Electoral Votes in the 2020 US Election [OC]
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Cooking

• CantThinkOfAName000

PSA: If you're spending Thanksgiving alone, there's now nothing stopping you from just drinking gravy straight. You're welcome.
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• grumblebeardo13

It worked!
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• footleatherfist

My deviled eggs were a hit!
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food

• UnOriginal-UserNames

[Homemade] Applewood smoked turkey.
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• allthebrisket

[Homemade] Double cheese burger on a potato bun
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• MhnkCSGO

[Homemade] Hand Laminated Pain Au Chocolat.
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movies

• koavf

Why ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ Is the Ultimate Thanksgiving Movie
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• Sisiwakanamaru

Casino Royale’s poker scene was as elaborate as a James Bond stunt
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• rageofthegods

Alex Garland Has A "Low Budget Horror Movie" Coming Up - Casting and financing on the project is currently underway, with a view to shoot in spring or summer 2021
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Art

• AndreMuller-art

Foot Stabber, Me, Digital, 2020
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• CaptainPeru

"I can only draw stick figures", me, digital painting, 2020
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• WitnessMe

Minotaur, Paul Reid, Oil on Canvas, 2020
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television

• WuzzWuzz

Kaley Cuoco on why she returned to TV so quickly with the Flight Attendant: 'You can easily be forgotten'
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• Sumit316

'Jeopardy!' Shares Alex Trebek's Posthumous Thanksgiving Message
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• AshIsGroovy

Saturday Morning Cartoons are coming to MeTV starting January 2
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pics

• Kiz-Fil-A

What started as an accidental text turned into an annual tradition!
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• hbgbees

My neighbors brought me a "plate" since I didn't go anywhere for Thanksgiving.
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• NewCarthagea

The Empire State Building seen from New Jersey, when it was first completed in the 1930s
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gifs

• redcobra762

Eyeball fun
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• JoeProHero7

Tubular
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• MrBrianWeldon

How Amazon ships your items.
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educationalgifs

• aloofloofah

How to calculate gear ratio
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mildlyinteresting

• mossydeerbones

I got my huge pet snail a small pet snail
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• crinklybrambles

Plate broke in weird satisfying shape
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• maz_menty

In 1993 I received my first federal tax refund. It was $1.00.
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interestingasfuck

• meepfest

Best wildlife photo of the year 2019
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• dubhead_dena

The birds of the striped cuckoo are very similar to pine cones. This is how they protect themselves from predators.
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• kreeball

My buddy caught an albino catfish yesterday. One in a million chance.
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funny

• theyoyoha

the ivory gap
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• Just-Stitious

Famous mac and cheese recipe. Don’t tell anyone but the secret ingredient is love!
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• Sclerodermasucks17

NO such thing as bad publicity. Wally’s Pub here on the NH seacoast, brilliantly seeing to it.
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aww

• macthesnackattack

I couldn’t see my family this year (for obvious reasons) so me and my boy made the best of it.
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• unnaturalorder

Golden pupper turns into a leaf sweeper when he's happy
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• Popular-Profile

A happy pygmy falcon
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Random Subreddit of the day: Borat

These are its 3 top posts of all time:

• frogcatcher52

Did haters of the sequel even watch the original?
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• skolnaja

Jeanise Jones (The babysitter) statement about the Borat 2 movie.
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• Potato_123_Tomato

Wawaweewa
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So I recently watched The Emoji Movie, a movie that Disney shills seem to hate for whatever reason, just to see what all the fuss was about. After 79 minutes, my mind was blown at how great it was! I haven't experienced this much joy in a movie since I first saw Star Wars! Then I realize that people have called this the worst animated film of all-time, while simultaneously giving praise to Disney's Star Wars trilogy, even though those movies did everything this movie is accused of, but far worse. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I realize that this movie is a better version of Star Wars than the Sequel Disney trilogy. Let me explain why:

1. The Plot

It's a simple but original hero's journey story about a blonde-haired hero, who is tired of his daily routine living with his guardians, and wants to go out and explore the universe. Eventually, he gets pulled into a battle against an evil dictator who wants to take over his world using a giant laser, and ventures into many unique and interesting worlds to outrun a highly incompetent group of soldiers, one of which is a pub with some shady figures. His sidekicks include a British guy who complains about everything and a princess who knows a good deal about computers and hacking. And eventually, our protagonist saves the day by believing in himself and destroying the giant laser. This plot is way more unique, original, and inspiring than the new movies, which include a blatant copy of A New Hope, an insulting legacy-destroyer that tries to subvert expectations by killing all our favorite characters, and the worst movie of all time that destroyed Star Wars forever (and possibly films in general)!

2. The Characters

TJ Miller, who got wrongly cancelled a few years ago, plays Gene, the Meh emoji, a universally relatable hero who wants to do more than his lot in life. James Corden plays Hi-5, a funny and relatable side character with hilarious and not-at-all annoying one-liners. Jailbreak is an example of a great female character, who's so unbelievably good at hacking without explanation but also secretly wants to be a princess, and also stands up to sexism in clearly-defined ways (much like Ahsoka, a good female SW character). And of course, Sir Patrick Stewart, Picard himself, plays a piece of shit! Talk about subverting expectations! As opposed to the sequels, which ruins all our favorite characters by either making them sad and old (Han, Leia, Luke) or giving them nothing to do (Chewie, C3PO, R2D2). They also introduce bland, no-note characters like MaRey Sue, Poe (who does nothing), Finn (who does nothing), Kylo Ren (a whiny brat), Holdo (also a Mary Sue who's also incompetent) and worst of all Rose (the character, not the actress)!

3. The Dialogue

There are some fantastic and memorable lines in The Emoji Movie. Tell me you don't get goosebumps when you hear these quotes: * "We're number two!" * "Maybe I'm meant to have more than just one emotion!" * "Throw some sauce on that dance burrito!" * "Women are always coming up with stuff that men are taking credit for!" * "You're so soft poop!" * "#blessed!" * "We have to get to Dropbox!" * "What if you get sent out on the phone and make the wrong face?" * "That's a sweet emoji you got there." Compare this to the sequels, which don't have any good lines that people remember, and certainly nothing that can be memed, unlike the prequels and their memorable dialogue. Well, except for the very last line "Rey Skywalker." This line was so bad, even though it was meant to be the capper fo the trilogy and an extremely powerful and emotional scene, that Reddit has made fun of it ad nauseum because no one can take it seriously as she clearly didn't deserve that title!

4. The World Building

There are so many original and unique worlds in The Emoji Movie, such as the Emoji Selector, the Data Mainframe, the Pub, and Spotify. In addition, there are constant references to real world products in The Emoji Movie, such as Dropbox, Candy Crush, Crackle, Just Dance, and the Twitter bird saving the day in a pivotal scene. Plus, there's plenty of slang as mentioned above like "Slay," "Shade," "NBD," and "#blessed," which makes the movie both timely and timeless as it connects to our modern world. Meanwhile, the sequels have no such world-building. They only have another sand planet, another shady pub, a bunch of Star Destroyers, another Death Star, a planet made of salt (which is basically Hoth with some red on it, don't kid yourselves), another throne room for the Emperor, and the casino planet CANTO BIGHT, which is OBJECTIVELY the worst scene in Star Wars history!

5. No Politics

The Disney movies disregarded any semblance of a story they had by forcing politics into their movies, what with their messages of "women can be heroes" and "the galaxy is diverse" and "We should stand up to oppression" and "Fascist dictatorships are bad." By contrast, The Emoji Movie contains no such politics, that have ruined many films released after the 2016 election. It simply tells a timeless story of a man with an odd hairstyle and a rambling mouth, who says things that shouldn't be said in society, and overthrows a blonde female leader who wants to maintain the peaceful status quo.

6. The Studio

The most recent Star Wars movies were all made my Disney, the global conglomerate entertainment company that owns a monopoly on pop culture, and uses it to make horrible movies that push agendas. In addition to Star Wars, they ruined the MCU with overrated films like Black Panther and Captain Marvel, plus the overrated Avengers: Endgame, and Martin Scorsese was right to say that those movies are not cinema. They also ruined Pixar with unnecessary sequels, pumped out a bunch of live-action remakes with no soul, and even produced some other overrated animated films like Frozen, Tangled, Moana, the overrated and political Zootopia, and Ralph Breaks the Internet (which coincidentally stole its plot from The Emoji Movie, showing how great the latter movie really was and how creatively bankrupt Disney is). By contrast, The Emoji Movie was released by Sony Pictures, a small indie studio behind the Spider-Man movies (which Disney tried to take from Sony to expand their entertainment empire), which is clearly their most valuable IP, as they've taken care of it well with The Amazing Spider-Man movies, Venom, and Morbius. Sony is also responsible for amazing reboots like the new Ghostbusters, Charlie's Angels, The Dark Tower, Angry Birds, The Smurfs, RoboCop and Men in Black International, plus a bunch of Adam Sandler movies, all of which are subversive masterpieces no one saw or liked because they weren't made by Disney. Sony's willingness to make movies that no one asked for or wanted gives them originality points for not playing it safe, while Disney constantly makes sequels and spin-offs with characters people clearly love. This may translate to strong box-office and critical acclaim, but don't let that fool you into thinking they're good movies, because they're all paid shills. So Sony wins by being more willing to take risks with their IP's.

CONCLUSION

After giving it much thought, it is my objectively right opinion that The Emoji Movie is both a better movie and a better representation of Star Wars than Disney's Star Wars, and anyone who tells you otherwise is a paid Disney shill!

I am trying to collect bottle caps from as many CA-based based breweries as possible...I think I've bought all the individual ones currently available on eBay. Looking for recommendations on where I might be able to find more, whether for individual sale or in bulk. I even have a list of the breweries I'm still missing. I lived in CA for several years where my collection began. I'm trying to get bottle caps from 61 different breweries to fill a wooden map of CA. Currently I have 25.
I've posted in CaliforniaBeer as well, just looking for whatever recommendations are out there.
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Edit: Breweries I am currently looking for listed below
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• 21st Amendment Brewery in San Leandro • Ale Industries in Oakland • Altamont Beer Works in Livermore • Buffalo Bill's Brewery in Hayward • Cleophus Quealy Beer Company in San Leandro • Diving Dog Brewhouse in Oakland • Drake's Brewing Company in San Leandro • Eight Bridges Brewing Company in Livermore • Faction Brewing in Alameda • Fieldwork Brewing Company in Berkeley • Hoi Polloi Brewpub and Beat Lounge in Berkeley • JP DasBrew in Fremont • Oakland United Beerworks (formerly Linden Street Brewery) in Oakland • Old Kan Beer & Co. in Oakland • The Rare Barrel in Berkeley • Shadow Puppet Brewing Company in Livermore • Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse in Berkeley • Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley • Woods Bar & Brewery in Oakland • Working Man Brewing Company in Livermore 

Amador County

• Amador Brewing Company in Plymouth • Butte County • Sierra Nevada Brewing Company headquarters in Chico • Eckert Malting and Brewing in Chico • Feather Falls Casino Brewing Company in Oroville • Feather River Brewing Company in Magalia • NorCal Brewing in Chico • Secret Trail Brewing in Chico 

Contra Costa County

• Calicraft in Walnut Creek • Danville Brewing Company in Danville • E.J. Phair Brewing Company in Pittsburg • Farm Creek Brewing Company in Walnut Creek • Elevation 66 Brewing Company in El Cerrito • Schubros Brewery in San Ramon • Epidemic Ales in Concord • Ocean View Brew Works in Albany 

El Dorado County

• The Brewery at Lake Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe • Cold Water Brewery and Grill in South Lake Tahoe • Cool Beerwerks in Cool • El Dorado Brewing Company in Diamond Springs • Gold Hill Winery and Brewery in Placerville • HWY 50 Brewery in Camino • Jack Russell Farm Brewery in Camino • Lake Tahoe AleWorX in South Lake Tahoe • Mraz Brewing Company in El Dorado Hills • Outbreak Brewing Company in Placerville • Outpost Brewing Company in South Lake Tahoe • Placerville Brewing Company in Placerville • Sidellis Lake Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe • Solid Ground Brewing in Diamond Springs • South Lake Brewing Company in South Lake Tahoe • Stash Brewing Co. in Garden Valley • Stateline Brewery and Restaurant in South Lake Tahoe 

Fresno County

• The Mad Duck Craft Brewery in Fresno • Fresno Brewing Company in Fresno • Full Circle Brewing in Fresno • Pine & Palm Brewing in Fresno • Tactical OPS Brewing in Fresno • Tioga–Sequoia Brewing Company in Fresno 

Humboldt County

• Eel River Brewing Company in Fortuna • Redwood Curtain Brewing Company in Arcata • Six Rivers Brewery in McKinleyville 

Inyo County

• Mountain Rambler Brewery in Bishop 

Kern County

• Crusader Brewing in Bakersfield • Dionysus Brewing Company in Bakersfield • Great Change Brewing in Bakersfield • Kern River Brewing Company in Kernville • Lengthwise Brewing in Bakersfield • Local Craft Beer in Tehachapi • Temblor Brewing Company in Bakersfield 

Kings County

• Bird Street Brewing in Lemoore • Hop Forged Brewing Company in Hanford 

Lake County

• Kelsey Creek Brewing Company in Kelseyville
• Mount St. Helena Brewing Company in Middletown
• O'Meara Brothers Brewing Company in Lakeport

Los Angeles County

• Absolution Brewing Company in Torrance
• Alosta Brewing Co in Covina
• Ambitious Ales in Los Angeles
• Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles
• Beachwood BBQ and Brewery in Long Beach
• Belmont Brewing Company in Long Beach
• Bravery Brewing in Lancaster
• Brouwerij West in San Pedro
• Congregation Ale House in Azusa
• Cosmic Brewery in Torrance
• Claremont Craft Ales in Claremont
• The Dudes' Brewing Company in Torrance
• Eagle Rock Brewery in Los Angeles
• El Segundo Brewing Company in El Segundo
• Golden Road Brewery in Los Angeles
• Gordon Biersch Brewing Company in Burbank
• Hand-Brewed Beer in Chatsworth
• Homage Brewing in Pomona
• Kinetic Brewing Company in Lancaster
• King Harbor Brewing Company in Redondo Beach
• MacLeod Ale Brewing Company in Los Angeles
• MillerCoors brewery in Irwindale
• Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance
• Mumford Brewing in Los Angeles
• Ohana Brewing Company in Los Angeles
• Pacific Plate Brewing Company in Monrovia
• Progress Brewing in South El Monte
• Red Car Brewery in Torrance
• Skyscraper Brewing Company in El Monte
• Sanctum Brewing Company in Pomona
• Scholb Premium Ales in Torrance
• Strand Brewing Company in Torrance
• Timeless Pints Brewing Company in Lakewoo

Madera County

• South Gate Brewing Company in Oakhurst 

Marin County

• Adobe Creek Brewing in Novato • Indian Valley Brewing in Novato • Iron Springs Pub & Brewery in Fairfax • Marin Brewing in Larkspur • Moylan's Brewery in Novato • Pond Farm Brewing in San Rafael • The State Room in San Rafael 

Mariposa County

• Yosemite Ale Werks in Mariposa 

Merced County

• Bobcat Brewing Company in Merced 

Mono County

• Mammoth Brewing Company in Mammoth Lakes • June Lake Brewing in June Lake 

Monterey County

• Alvarado Street Brewery in Monterey • Cannery Row Brewing Company in Monterey • English Ales in Marina • Peter B's Brew Pub in Monterey • Yeast of Eden in Carmel 

Napa County

• Calistoga Inn, Restaurant and Brewing in Calistoga • Downtown Joe's Brewery in Napa • Mad Fritz in St. Helena • Napa Smith Brewery in Napa • St. Clair Brown in Napa • Tannery Bend Beerworks in Napa • Trade Brewing in Napa 

Nevada County

• FiftyFifty Brewing Company in Truckee • Nevada Brewery in Nevada City • Ol' Republic Brewery in Nevada City • Tahoe Mountain Brewing Company in Truckee • Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Company in Nevada City 

Orange County

• Anaheim Brewery in Anaheim • Barley Forge Brewing Company in Costa Mesa • Brewing Reserve of California in Costa Mesa • Bootlegger's Brewery in Fullerton and Costa Mes • Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim • Cismontane Brewing Company in Santa Ana • The Good Beer Company in Santa Ana • Green Cheek Beer Company in Orange • Gunwhale Ales in Costa Mesa • Laguna Beach Beer Company in Rancho Santa Margarita and Laguna Beach • Left d Brewing Company in San Clemente and Irvine • Network Brewery in Santa Ana • Noble Ale Works in Anaheim • Old Orange Brewing Company in Orange • Riip Beer Company in Huntington Beach • TAPS Brewery & Barrel Room in Tustin • Tustin Brewing Company in Tustin • Valiant Brewing Company in Orange 

Placer County

• Auburn Alehouse in Auburn • Boneshaker Public House and Community Brewery in Rocklin • Crooked Lane Brewing Company in Auburn • GoatHouse Brewing Company in Lincoln • Knee Deep Brewing Company in Auburn • Loomis Basin Brewing Company in Loomis • Moksa Brewing in Rocklin • Moonraker Brewing Company in Auburn • Out of Bounds Brewing Company in Rocklin • Slice Beer Company in Lincoln • The Monk's Cellar in Roseville 

Plumas County

• The Brewing Lair of the Sierra (formerly UnderCover Ale Works) • Waganupa Brewing in Chester • Quintopia Brewing Co in Quincy 

Riverside County

• Aftershock Brewing Company in Temecula • Area 51 Craft Brewery in Riverside • Babe's BBQ & Brewhouse in Rancho Mirage • Black Market Brewing Company in Temecula • Brew Rebellion in Banning • Brewcaipa Brewing in Yucaipa • Coachella Valley Brewing in Thousand Palms • Desert Beer Company in Palm Desert • Electric Brewing Company in Murrieta • Grey Wolf in Norco • Inland Empire Brewing Company in Riverside • Ironfire Brewing Company in Temecula • La Quinta Brewing in Palm Desert • Las Palmas Brewing in Palm Springs • Refuge Brewery in Temecula • Wiens Brewing Company in Temecula • Woody's Brewhouse in Moreno Valley 

Sacramento County

• Alaro Brewing in Sacramento • At Ease Brewing in Sacramento • Big Sexy Brewing in Sacramento • Big Stump Brew Co. in Sacramento • Burning Barrel Brewing in Rancho Cordova • Claimstake Brewing in Rancho Cordova • Delta Borne Brewing in Sacramento • Device Brewing Company in Sacramento • Dreaming Dog Brewery in Elk Grove • Flatland Brewing in Elk Grove • Fort Rock Brewing in Rancho Cordova • Fountainhead Brewing in Sacramento • Hoppy Brewing Co in Sacramento • King Cong Brewing Company in Sacramento • New Glory Craft Brewery in Sacramento • New Helvetia Brewing in Sacramento • Oak Park Brewing in Sacramento • Palm Tree Brewing Company in Orangevale • Porchlight Brewing in Sacramento • Red Bus Brewing in Folsom • River Rock Brewery in Galt • Sacrament Brewing in Sacramento • Tower Brewing in Sacramento • Track 7 Brewing Company in Sacramento • Tilted Mash Brewing in Elk Grove • Urban Roots Brewing in Sacramento 

San Bernardino County

• 3 Iron Brewing Co. in Colton • Brewcaipa in Yucaipa • Desert Barn Brewery in Hesperia • Escape Craft Brewery in Redlands • Hangar 24 Craft Brewery in Redlands • I & I Brewing in Chino • Kings Brewing in Rancho Cucamonga • Oak Hills Brewing Company in Hesperia • Ritual Brewing Co. in Redlands • Rowdy's Brew Co. in Rancho Cucamonga • Sour Cellars in Rancho Cucamonga 

San Francisco City and County

• 21st Amendment Brewery • Barrel Head Brewhouse • Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant • Black Sands Brewery • Black Hammer Brewing • Cellarmaker Brewing Company • Cervezería de MateVeza • Eagle Brewery • Enterprise Brewery • Fort Point Beer Company • Golden City Brewery • Hamm's Brewer • Harmonic Brewing • Hibernia Brewery • Laughing Monk Brewing • Lafayette Brewery • Local Brewing Company • Magnolia Brewing Company • Schuster's Railroad Brewery • Seven Stills • Southern Pacific Brewing • Speakeasy Ales and Lagers • Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company • Thirsty Bear Brewing Company • Triple Voodoo Brewing • Washington Brewery • Willow's Brewery 

San Joaquin County

• Dancing Fox Winery and Brewery in Lodi • Five Window Beer Company in Lodi • High Water Brewing Company in Lodi • Idol Beer Works in Lodi • Lodi Beer Company in Lodi • Morgan Territory Brewing in Tracy 

San Luis Obispo County

• 927 Beer Company in Cambria • BarrelHouse Brewing Co. in Paso Robles • Libertine Brewing Company in San Luis Obispo • Tap It Brewing Company in San Luis Obispo 

San Mateo County

• 47 Hills Brewing in South San Francisco • Alpha Acid Brewing Company in Belmont • Armstrong Brewing Company in South San Francisco • Blue Oak Brewing Company in San Carlos • Devil's Canyon Brewing Company in Belmont • Freewheel Brewing Company in Redwood City • Half Moon Bay Brewing Company in Princeton-by-the-Sea • Highway 1 Brewing in Pescadero • Hop Dogma Brewing in El Granada • Sacrilege Brewery + Kitchen in Half Moon Bay 

Santa Barbara County

• Captain Fatty's Brewery in Goleta • Island Brewing Company in Carpinteria • M. Special Brewing Company in Goleta • Pure Order Brewing Company in Santa Barbara • Solvang Brewing Company in Solvang • Telegraph Brewing Company in Santa Barbara 

Santa Clara County

• Clandestine Brewing in San Jose • El Toro Brewing Company in Morgan Hill • Gordon Biersch Brewing Company in San Jose • Hermitage Brewing Company in San Jose • Kelly Brewing in Morgan Hill 

Santa Cruz County

• Discretion Brewing in Soquel • Humble Sea Brewing Company in Santa Cruz • New Bohemia Brewing Company in Capitola • Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing in Santa Cruz • Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola • Seabright Brewery in Santa Cruz • Steel Bonnet Brewing Company in Scotts Valley • Uncommon Brewers in Santa Cruz 

Shasta County

• Fall River Brewing Co. in Fall River Mills • Wildcard Brewing in Redding • Final Draft Brewing in Redding • Woody's Brewing Co. in Redding 

Siskiyou County

• Dunsmuir Brewery Works in Dunsmuir • Etna Brewing Company in Etna • Mt. Shasta Brewing Company in Weed • Siskiyou Brew Works 

Solano Countu

• Heretic Brewing Company in Fairfield • Right Eye Brewery in Suisun • Mare Island Brewing Company in Vallejo 

Sonoma County

• Carneros Brewing Company in Sonoma • Fog Belt Brewing Company in Santa Rosa • Moonlight Brewing Company in Santa Rosa • Old Redwood Brewing Company in Windsor • Petaluma Hills Brewing Company in Petaluma • Seismic Brewing Company in Santa Rosa • Sonoma Springs Brewing Company in Sonoma • St. Florian's Brewery in Windsor • Stumptown Brewery in Guerneville • Third Street Aleworks in Santa Rosa 

Stanislaus County

• St. Stan's Brewery in Modesto • Blaker Brewing in Ceres 

Ventura County

• Anacapa Brewing in Ventura • Casa Agria Specialty Ales in Ventura • Enegren Brewing Co. in Moorpark • Flat Fish Brewing Company in Camarillo • Institution Ale Co. in Camarillo • Leashless Brewing Co. in Ventura • MadeWest Brewing in Ventura • Poseidon Brewing Company in Ventura • Red Tandem Brewery in Ventura • Surf Brewery in Ventura • Topa Topa Brewing Company in Ventura • Ventura Coast Brew Co. in Ventura • Westlake Brewing Co. in Westlake Village 

Yolo County

• Bike Dog Brewing Company in West Sacramento • Dunloe Brewing in Davis • Jackrabbit Brewing Company in West Sacramento • Super Owl Brewing in Davis • Three Mile Brewing Company in Davis • Yolo Brewing in West Sacramento 

San Diego County

• Burgeon Beer Company • Carlsbad Brewing Company • Pizza Port • Rouleur Brewing Company • Offbeat Brewing Co • Nickel Beer Company • Bagby Beer Company • Legacy Brewing Company • Breakwater Brewing Co • Oceanside Ale Works • ChuckAlek Independent Brewers • Abnormal Beer Company • Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment • Align Brewing • Amplified Aleworks • The Beer Company • Deft Brewing • Division 23 Brewing • Duck Foot Brewing Company • Eppig Brewing • Fall Brewing • Kilowatt Brewing • Little Miss Brewing • Longship Brewery • Mike Hess Brewing Co. • Mikkeller • Mission Brewery • Modern Times Beer • New English Brewing Co. • North Park Beer Company • O'Sullivan Brother's Brewing • Pacific Beach Alehouse • Pariah Brewing Company • Protector Brewing • Rip Current Brewing • Rough Draft Brewing Company • Saint Archer Brewing • San Diego Brewing Company • Savagewood • Societe Brewing Company • Thorn Street Brewery • Thunderhawk Alements • Lost Abbey • Port Brewing Company • Rip Current Brewing Company • Stumblefoot Brewing Company • Wild Barrel Brewing Company • Aztec Brewing Company • Barrel Harbor Brewing • Belching Beaver Brewery • Booze Brothers Brewing Company • Indian Joe Brewing Company • Latitude 33 Brewing • Mother Earth Brew Co. • Toolbox Brewing 

Culture Brewing Co

Feel free to let me know if I missed anything, and I'll add it to the list.
Thursday September 19, 2019
The Farewell and The Last Black Man in San Francisco at Bookhouse Cinema
September Third Thursday hosted by Downtown Joplin Alliance
Miro Quartet presented by Pro Musica at First Community Church
Open Mic Night at Joplin Ave Coffee Company
Friday September 20, 2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Art of Self Defense, and Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear at Bookhouse Cinema
9th Annual Fiber Daze at the River Bend Hotel & Casino
Joplin Arts Fest at Mercy Park
Joplin Comedy Presents: Pizza and Punchlines at Blackthorn Pub & Pizza
Friday Night Magic at Changing Hands Book Shoppe
Friday Night Magic Draft MTG at Hurley's Heroes Comics and Games
Saturday September 21, 2019
Joplin Empire Market
9th Annual Fiber Daze at the River Bend Hotel & Casino
Joplin Arts Fest at Mercy Park
Monarch Festival at Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Art of Self Defense, and The Farewell at Bookhouse Cinema
Downtown Joplin Clean Team at Spiva Park
JulieFest Fundraiser Show (Raw Dogs, Killer Trash, Basset Hound, Eggs on Mars, Tennis Club & Space Dingus) at Bookhouse Cinema
Carver Legacy Day at George Washington Carver National Monument
Dig It! Record Barn Presents VINYL FEST (Alyssa Galvan, Steve Rose, Blueshell Bombshell, Granger, Blister Soul) at Dig It! Record Barn
Midwest Lowlife, Caregiver, Chase Carlisle at Blackthorn Pub & Pizza
Pathfinder RPG at Changing Hands Book Shoppe
Modern MTG at Hurley's Heroes Comics and Games
The Blu Soul Review - A Night of Comedy and Live Music at Amelie Event Center
BeerFest 2019 hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jasper & Newton Counties at Joplin Memorial Hall
MSSU Lions vs Northwest Missouri University at Fred Hughes Stadium
Sunday September 22, 2019
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, A Late Quartet, The Art of Self Defense, and Forgotten Savior at Bookhouse Cinema
Exploring the Carver Collection at George Washington Carver National Monument
Joplin Comedy Presents: Sunday Comix Open Mic at Blackthorn Pizza & Pub
Looking for events during the week or things not listed here? Check out:
Connect2Culture
What's Happening in Joplin Facebook Group
Visit Joplin MO

Thanks all for you recent suggestions.
I've added most, although I'm trying to keep them within a 2km walk from the stations.
Keep your input coming, and I'll update later in 2019.
Happy Christmas drinking.
 
MIDLAND LINE
 
Perth
McIver – Badlands Bar
Claisebrook – The Royal On the Waterfront, Whipper Snapper Distillery, Bright Tank Brewing Co.
East Perth – (Just over 1km )The Brisbane Hotel, The Queens Tavern
Mt Lawley – Loads here around intersection of Beaufort St & Walcott St, West of Station
Maylands – The Peninsula Tavern, Henry on Eighth, Swallow Bar, Inglewood Hotel
Meltham – The Civic Hotel
Bayswater – Bayswater hotel (Is a hotel for staying at, but has a bar and Bistro attached)
Ashfield
Bassendean – The Bassendean Hotel, The Cork and Bottle
Success Hill
Guildford – The Guildford Hotel, The Rose and Crown, The Stirling Arms
East Guildford - The Woodbridge Hotel
Woodbridge
Midland – The 7th Ave, The Principal, The Grand Central Hotel, The Commercial Tavern
 
JOONDALUP LINE:
 
Elizabeth Quay - (Loads of Pubs) The Lucky Shag Bar is Popular
Perth Underground – (Loads of Pubs) The Aviary is just above
Leederville – Loads of Pubs but: Niche Bar, Nowhereman Brewing Company, The Garden
Glendalough – These 3 are all nearly 2km. Pirate Bar, O.P’s Tavern, The Paddington Ale House.
Stirling
Warwick – The Carine Glades Tavern
Greenwood – Greenwood Sports Bar
Whitfords – Kingsly Tavern
Edgewater
Joondalup – The Sovereign Arms
Currambine - Currambine Bar and Bistro
Clarkson – The Whale & Ale
Butler – The Cornerstone Ale House
 
ARMADALE LINE
 
Perth
McIver - Badlands Bar
Claisebrook - The Royal On the Waterfront, Five 6 Eight
Perth Stadium Station – The Camfield (Stadium Bar – station only used on Weekends and Event days).
Burswood – Empire Bar, Blasta Brewing Co, The Casino has bars
Victoria Park – Broken Hill Hotel, Dutch Trading Company, Victoria Park Hotel, Decanter
Carlisle – The Carlisle Hotel, Daddy Long Legs, The Precinct (Wine Bar)
Oats Street – The Balmoral Hotel, Franklins
Welshpool – The Bentley Hotel
Queens Park
Cannington
Thornlie – Langford Ale House
Beckenham
Kenwick
Maddington
Gosnells – Gosnells Hotel
Seaforth
Kelmscott
Challis
Sherwood
Armadale – The Dale Bar & Bistro, Ye Olde Narrogin Inne
 
FREMANTLE LINE:
 
Perth - Shy John Brewery & Yum Cha,
City West
West Leederville - J.B. O'Reilly's
Subiaco – The Vic, Refuge Small Bar, The Village Bar, The Stanley, Paddy Maguires
Daglish – Wembly Hotel
Shenton Park
Karrakatta
Loch Street
Claremont – Claremont Hotel
Swanbourne
Grant Street
Cottesloe – Albion Hotel
Mosman Park - Rodney's Bait and Tackle
Victoria Street
North Fremantle – Mojo’s Bar, Mrs Brown Bar, Piggy Food Co, Railway Hotel, Swan Hotel
Fremantle
 
MANDURAH LINE:
 
Perth Underground - (Loads of Pubs) The Aviary is just above
Elizabeth Quay - - (Loads of Pubs) The Lucky Shag Bar is Popular
Canning Bridge – The Raffles Hotel
Bull Creek
Murdoch – The Bull Creek Tavern, The Murdoch Guild Tavern
Cockburn Central – The Gate
Aubin Grove - The Quarie Bar & Brasserie,
Kwinana
Wellard – The Well Tavern
Rockingham - The Swinging Pig (about 2.4kms from station), The Nags Head Tavern, Cooloongup, The Sporting Globe Bar and Grill.
Warnbro
Mandurah – The Sporting Globe Bar and Grill

Been 8 months since I did this list of pubs/bars/taverns near to train stations.
Any new places opened/name changes, let me know and I will update. Regardless, it's good to make it visible again anyway for any new Perth Redditors
Think the rule was places has to be within 2km of the station:
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MIDLAND LINE

Perth - Loads North or South of the Station, but The Globe is close.
McIver – Badlands Bar
Claisebrook – The Royal On the Waterfront, Zesto Cafe
East Perth – (Just over 1km )The Brisbane Hotel, The Queens Tavern
Mt Lawley – Loads here around intersection of Beaufort St & Walcott St, West of Station
Maylands – The Peninsula Tavern, Henry on Eighth, Swallow Bar, Miss Kittys Saloon,
Meltham – The Civic Hotel
Bayswater – Bayswater hotel (Is a hotel for staying at, but has a bar and Bistro attached)
Ashfield
Bassendean – The Bassendean Hotel, The Cork and Bottle
Success Hill
Guildford – The Guildford Hotel, The Rose and Crown, The Stirling Arms
East Guildford - The Woodbridge Hotel
Woodbridge
Midland – The 7th Ave, The Principal, The Grand Central Hotel, The Commercial Tavern

JOONDALUP LINE:

Elizabeth Quay - (Loads of Pubs) The Lucky Shag Bar is Popular
Perth Underground – (Loads of Pubs) The Aviary is just above
Leederville – Loads of Pubs but Niche Bar & Fibber Mcgees are Closest
Glendalough – These 4 are all nearly 2km. Pirate Bar, O.P’s Tavern, The Paddington Ale House, Herdsman Lake Tavern
Stirling - Botanica Bar & Bistro, The Saint George Hotel
Warwick – The Carine Glades Tavern, The Greenwood Hotel
Greenwood – Greenwood Sports Bar
Whitfords – The Kingsly Tavern
Edgewater
Joondalup – The Sovereign Arms, Paddy Malones
Currambine - Currambine Bar and Bistro
Clarkson
Butler – The Cornerstone Ale House

ARMADALE LINE

Perth - Loads North or South of the Station, but The Globe is close.
McIver - Badlands Bar
Claisebrook - The Royal On the Waterfront, Zesto Cafe
Perth Stadium Station – The Camfield (Stadium Bar – station only used on event days).
Burswood – Empire Bar, Blasta Brewing Co, The Casino has bars
Victoria Park – Broken Hill Hotel
Carlisle – The Carlisle Hotel
Oats Street – The Balmoral Hotel (1.6km)
Welshpool – The Bentley Hotel
Queens Park
Cannington
Thornlie
Beckenham
Kenwick
Maddington
Gosnells – Gosnells Hotel
Seaforth
Kelmscott
Challis
Sherwood
Armadale

FREMANTLE LINE:

Perth - Loads North or South of the Station, but The Globe is close.
City West - Amphoras Bar, Black Tom's
West Leederville - J.B. O'Reilly's
Subiaco – The Vic, Refuge Small Bar, The Village Bar, Subiaco Hotel - Loads of bars here.
Daglish - Juanita's
Shenton Park - The Unicorn Bar
Karrakatta
Loch Street
Claremont – Claremont Hotel, Brooklyn Lounge
Swanbourne
Grant Street
Cottesloe – Albion Hotel, Ocean Beach Hotel (known as The OBH 1.5kms), Cottesloe Beach Hotel
Mosman Park - Rodney's Bait and Tackle
Victoria Street
North Fremantle – Mojo’s Bar, Mrs Brown Bar, Piggy Food Co
Fremantle - Loads here: National Hotel, Newport Hotel, Sail & Anchor, Little Creatures

MANDURAH LINE:

Perth Underground - (Loads of Pubs) The Aviary is just above
Elizabeth Quay - - (Loads of Pubs) The Lucky Shag Bar is Popular
Canning Bridge – The Raffles Hotel, Mount Henry Tavern
Bull Creek
Murdoch – The Bull Creek Tavern, The Murdoch Guild Tavern
Cockburn Central – The Gate
Aubin Grove - The Quarie Bar & Brasserie,
Kwinana
Wellard
Rockingham - The Swinging Pig (about 2.4kms from station)
Warnbro - Drop Inn (about 2.5km)
Mandurah

I’m back. Sorry I didn’t answer many comments yesterday, but after the big reveal I got busy making a list of things that are different between my world and yours.
I will first try to answer some of the most pressing questions, and then I will try to share some more details.
 
If this is the first time you read me, here’s the abridged version of my story: I logged into my Twitter account but messed up the password, and spoke with my dead friend (part 1). Later, a strange void tried to consume me, and when I snapped out of it, the biggest terrorist attack in history had happened (part 2).
Don’t bother trying to look for it. The Leicester Square Massacre has apparently not happened in your side, because as it turns out, I’m not only logged into the wrong Twitter, but also the wrong Reddit.
 
So, let me tell you about the Leicester Square Massacre. As I mentioned earlier, it has been called the biggest terrorist attack in history and, at this point, I doubt that there’s any hyperbole there. Although the details are still a bit fuzzy, news outlets claim that the death toll is on the five figures.
What has transpired, and please take into account that all of this might be wrong, is that this dude who was upset by the whole Brexit situation had stored several bombs at several spots all across London, and yesterday in the early afternoon they all went off at around the same time... Harrods, Big Ben, the Eye… Some outlets claim there were as many as fifteen different locations.
In Leicester Square alone there were over six bombs that went off in less than ten seconds. They were set up to cause the most possible damage both to people and buildings, and after the explosions, the Empire Casino , the Odeon, and other buildings were reduced to rubble, trapping hundreds more.
Right now London is closed down. As it turns out, they never found the bomber, even after sharing his photo all over the news, so people are worried that there might be a second attack soon. We are all encouraged to stay home; airports are closed; roads are blocked with military controls; all the usual touristy areas are under heavy police surveillance…
 
Speaking of the bomber, edgeboy69 gave me the tip I needed. He was indeed the guy I had spoken to at the pub when looking for Chris. Fuck. Now I also have a stinging feeling that I might have been the thing that pushed him over the edge. I’ve tried very hard not to think about it, and I’ll go to the police after writing this.
Texxon1898 was concerned about Tyra’s behaviour and mug-throwing. I wish I could tell you different, but it’s not the first time that something like this has happened. We weren’t in the best of spots, and truth be told, it was a matter of time before the verbal fencing became physical. Currently, I have no idea where she is, or any of my friends. I’m really concerned that simply speaking about them might bring the void back. I have no idea who to ca
I’m back. Sorry about that. As I was writing earlier there was another bomb much closer to home, and the power went out. I had to leave my house mid-sentence and check what was going on, and it’s much worse that I thought. I’m leaving my mid-sentence, despite what every creative teacher has ever told me, as a stark reminder that things are happening almost as we speak.
 
It seems like the whole fabric of society is breaking down. The latest bomb wasn’t a terrorist thing, it was apparently some gang that has used the confusion to take control of a whole street. They apparently managed to steal a tank in the chaos, and they have set up barricades around a nearby church. With the police and military busy with the aftermath of the massacre, it was up to the neighbours to fight against the gang members, and it has apparently gone bad fast. I didn’t want to get involved, so I stayed far from the area, but even then I could see that there have set up some spikes with heads on them, Game of Thrones style.
As I was walking back to my place I decided to check what was happening on the other side, through Twitter. Of course, there were no mentions of any attacks or gangs, just a perfect happy world where everyone is smiling and the only things wrong with the world are crazed up billionaires who are so out of our influence sphere that it’s almost useless to care about them.
I took a picture with the rubble of some of the riots from the night before, and considered uploading it, just to see what would happen, and then the Void attacked again.
 
This time it was bigger, and I could feel the sudden rush of air and pressure. You know in scifi movies when someone blows a hole in the side of a ship in space? It was sort of like that, a feeling that everything was being sucked into the hole, into some empty vacuum.
It was only there for a second, but when it left there was a strange afterimage, like a part of the scenery was drawn by a different artist, if that makes any sense.
I ran back to my place. I feel like I’m risking everything by writing this, but at the same time, I feel an obligation to keep you informed. There’s also some peace of mind knowing that somewhere, somehow, everything is still normal.
Anyway, I’m writing this on my phone (so please excuse any typos), I have 3% battery left, and the power is still out. It might be awhile before I can speak with you again. I know I told you I would share a list of changes between my world and yours, but that will have to wait for part 4.
Thanks for all your comments and support; you are really making me feel better.
Edit: Part 4 is here
Edit 2: Part 5 and finale is here

Hi all! Just brainstorming ideas for adventures and I thought I might as well post this one in case other GMs can make use of it. While I'm personally running old WEG d6 system campaigns, this scenario is just as easily thrust into a campaign set in EotE or any Star Wars setting at all!

Summary & Background

A group of free-traders/smugglers takes on a seemingly straightforward job for a crime boss on a lax shadowport. It turns out, however, that customs aren't as laissez-faire as they used to be; they lose the cargo and their boss is pissed. They must recover the cargo and get the man his credits in three days or risk his ire.
This assumes the party is your typical Firefly/EotE smuggling/tramp freighter crew, although, as you will see, any Alliance sympathizers will find a particular interest in this scenario. One or more of the party members likely owes a debt/favor to or is involved with a crime boss or kingpin, and this adventure will fit right in with attempting to appease that vindictive, crazy MF!
While you lore buffs will note that technically the Tundei antagonists don't take power until post-Endor, this adventure can easily be set during the days of the Rebellion or even Rise of the Empire. You just need to retcon the Tundei to take power early.

Intro

The party has been contracted by "the Boss" (a seedy businessman, crime lord, etc.) to transport some medical supplies to the Core world of Abregado-rae. While the medical supplies (probably bacta and the like) aren't strictly illegal, they're controlled substances and subject to high import tariffs, hence the Boss's desire for a more under-the-radar delivery system.
While Abregado-rae is a Core world, it is also a famed shadowport, just as seedy and crime-ridden as Ord Mantell. The Boss informs the party of this fact, and any seasoned smuggler worth his salt and a good knowledge role will be able to corroborate this information. All-in-all, it looks to be a cut-and-dry, straightforward job with easy money. The job is payment on delivery; they'll have to meet up with their contact in LoBue Cantina and complete the transaction. It's important to note that without the goods the party won't get paid, and if they don't get paid, the Boss doesn't get paid. Their cut will be 20,000 credits. The Boss says he'll check in with them after their arrival on Abregado-rae.

What They Don't Know

There are two crucial pieces of info to which the party is not privy.
1) Abregado-rae has recently come under the sway of a new political entity in the system: the Tundei. Ruled by a triumvirate (a human, a Devaronian, and the founding Herglic, Shelov), the Tundei are comprised of offworlders who seek to make Abregado-rae respectable. They have cracked down on smuggling and illicit activity in the spaceport, limited the rights of the native Moochers and Gados, imposed semi-martial law, and encouraged the growth of the planet's unremarkable manufacturing industry in the hopes of stimulating the planet's economy. This takeover began when wealthy offworlders began buying up interests and bribing local officials, worming their way into the planet's politics. Ten months ago it culminated in a tense resignation of the previous government that was a coup in all but name. It's been long enough that the Tundei have had time to establish themselves as the governing force, but not long enough for such relatively trivial news to diffuse throughout the Rim. Even the Boss is not aware of this turn of events.
2) Not everyone was happy with the changes. Some locals fled into the surrounding Gado Hills and formed the Resistance, which the Tundei have termed the Separatists. However, due to Tundei control of all spaceports and the recent curtailing of smuggling activities, the Resistance is short on supplies. It was one of their agents, Phils Vaand (human male), who contacted the Boss. He emphasized caution, but in the limited communications that took place he was unable or did not think to mention the recent changes that had taken place. The medical supplies are bound for Resistance hands, though no one knows this except their contact on the planet.

The Complications

Upon arrival in Abregado Spaceport, the party is approached in the docking bay by a stuffy customs official, a diminutive customs droid, and two security officers armed with stun batons and blasters. The official is curt and the officers grim and intractable. The party should truly be alarmed by the drastic difference in what they expected to encounter and what has actually greeted them. The customs official checks the presumed captain's starship operating license and other paperwork, sinking into bureaucratic dogma, while the droid checks out the ship. Of course, they find the medical supplies (If they hid it, have them roll for it and all, but the droid has scanning equipment that detects the compartments). Since it is a controlled substance, the party must pay a hefty fine - more than they have or could scrounge up. In lieu of pecuniary penalization, their ship is impounded until such a time as they are able to cough up. And, needless to say, the cargo is impounded.
It is at this point that the Boss chooses to give them a buzz on the old comlink/holovideo chat. They can lie, they can tell the truth, they can roll well or poorly, but in the end he's still royally pissed, either believing them to be incompetent or to be double crossing him and keeping the cash for themselves. He gives them three days to scrounge up the credits... or else.

Abregado-rae

There are several options here. The spaceport and surrounding city (Abregado) are built on the coast of the eastern continent. The climate is temperate and there are many canals crisscrossing through much of the city. The locals typically get around by walking or via aquatic skimmers and speeders. Beyond the city limits are gentle hills, woodlands, and lakes dotted with villages.
Fleshing out Abregado is up to you, but here are some important set pieces, locations, and notes:
Locals
The locals are a mix of Gados (lanky fuzzy folks) and humans, with a sizable minority of other aliens, especially those that can be found up and down the Rimma (Gran, Herglic, Devaronian, Sullustan, Givin, Bith, Duros, Baragwin). There are also the native Moochers - furry reptilian humanoids who hang around the spaceports and, well, mooch.
The general attitude ranges from bewilderment to discontent to indifference.
The pros of the new Regime:

• Lower unemployment (thanks to new factories and the revitalization of old ones)
• Lower crime rates (thanks to quasi-martial law)

The cons:

• The Gados, and indeed all natives, have had their rights somewhat curtailed due to the state of quasi-martial law. While the Regime isn't xenophobic (after all, the Triumvirate is diverse and offworld), they put overall order and profit over individual rights.
• The local Moocher population has been nearly exterminated. These panhandlers have recently experienced an outbreak of Veizen fever, which the Regime fears could spread to the Gados. Thus, when a pack of Moochers is overcome with the fever, they are "quarantined."
• Income has taken a dive due to the drop in profit from illegal imports and exports. The Triumvirate is confident that once manufacturing exports pick up they will start to see a rise in profits once more.
• Some of the more disreputable establishments frequented by undesirable types have been "acquired by the State" and turned over to new ownership or removed to make room for new commercial complexes.

Amenities & Establishments
The most common means of transportation is via water speeders - repulsorlift vehicles that play the same role as gondolas in Venice.
Important note: Traffic in and out of the city is being heavily monitored. Every road has a checkpoint set up with security officers and clerks taking down names, business, and other information. It will be difficult getting out; it will be nearly impossible getting back in. Your players will have to be at their most charming and most persuasive indeed.
Before the Tundei came to power Abregado-rae was known for its many waterfront saloons, resorts, and casinos - The Star of Chance, Lost Lovers Casino, Le Yer Resort, Njinska's Tavern, and the Triple Nova Casino. The Tundei, however, in their quest to respectablilify the planet, shut down many of these establishments. A few subdued locales remain, but many sit derelict or have been demolished or re-purposed.
The only other sites of note are the growing manufacturing and industrial zones and the sprouting rows of tenement houses for local and off-world workers.
Law Enforcement & the Regime
The police force has been beefed up with Tundei. Think something akin to watered-down ESPO - stun batons, blasters, some blast armor. They get around on waveskimmers (jet skis in SPEHS), water speeders (like real-world police patrol boats), urban landspeeders (V-19, Seraph-class), and, when the need arises, a couple squadrons of airspeeders and Talon I cloud cars. The biggest station is located beside the customs office and actually adjoins it.
The Tundei are a regime, but they're not entirely totalitarian, nor are they truly evil (indeed many, even in the upper strata, believe they are working toward a better society for the planet's people). They're certainly not as totalitarian as the Empire or the Corporate Sector. They're more like CSA wannabees with a touch of puritanism and communist work ethic and drive for industrialization.
Spaceport Customs & Police Station
Located at the nexus of a web of docking bays, this place used to be a joke. Now it's a busy, well-oiled machine. Aside from customs officials, clerks, and droids, this place is also home to the largest police station in the city. The cargo is taken here, stowed in an adjacent warehouse within the police compound. The ship is in an impound lot nearby. The compound is surrounded by a high, electrified fence with barbed wire atop it. What's inside the station is up to you, but it could include a reception area, offices, an interrogation room, equipment lockers, a lounge, holding cells, a speeder garage with urban speeder bikes and landspeeders inside, and an armory.
LoBue Cantina
This is where the deal was supposed to go down. If the party still goes here they'll find Phils Vaand waiting for them. When he hears what happened he's not surprised, but tries to enlist their help in getting the supplies back. This will require breaking into the police station somehow. Phils has limited resources, but he can supply some small-arms and maybe even a few explosives. Perhaps if they go around town they'll find some good-sized fusion cutters, or maybe they can get some locals to cause a distraction. It's up the party how they want to play this.
The cantina itself is one of a handful that managed to escape the general culling and foreclosure of pubs and other unsavory locations when the Regime came into power. The owner, a Herglic by the name of Gloss Hwolool, was able to avert ruin by offering a discount on drinks to all factory workers - a show of support for the Tundei and a morale boost to their workforce. Still, Gloss is as pragmatic as he is cautious; he knows the Regime is bad for business and wants things back to the way they were. He won't, however, actually take any direct action against the Regime.
Despite its newfound respectability, LoBue remains one of the choicest spots in the city for clandestine activities. It is known for the Incredible Sharlees - two Gados in tophats and canes who do a dance routine every fourth cycle. Its signature drink is the Gusher, a cocktail so carbonated that it spouts up in the air like water from a whale's blowhole. Herglics are especially fond of this drink.
Resistance Camp
Located on the shores of a lake in the hills, this place is hidden but not that hidden - the Tundei don't care if these people want to play Robin Hood and Rebels out here. As long as they're out of sight and continue to not be a real threat, they won't devote the time or resources to rooting them out. There are perhaps a couple hundred Separatists in the camp on any given day. They have access to some landspeeders and airspeeders, but they're running low on ammo, medicine, and food, and the local villages can only supply so much. Still, they could make useful allies. The Resistance may be sympathetic to the Alliance (after all, they both fight totalitarian regimes), so any Rebel characters may find themselves quite at home rallying the populace and fighting against tyranny.

How It Goes Down

The options here are quite open-ended. Maybe the party sneaks in; maybe they rile up the locals into an angry mob and storm the place; maybe they set fire in a factory or two and while the police are all focused on that they hightail it in and out. Heck, they could even try to come up with the credits another way (though this should be quite tricky - after all, their cut alone was 20 grand; perhaps it'll be useful to note the number of casinos in the city). This is where it's up to you and the players' imagination to get them out of this tight scrape.
In the end, however (assuming they're successful), they should get the equipment, get their ship, get the goods to the Resistance, get paid, and make tracks out of the Abregado system, preferably with urban cruisers, cloud cars, and maybe even a customs vessel on their tails. Imagine a James Bond-style chase scene through the canals of the city on skimmers!
As previously stated, their cut is 20,000 big ones, and they're now a little more in the Boss's good graces... for now.
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Thanks for reading! I hope you can make use of this scenario in your adventures. If you can't, maybe it's at least provided some inspiration. Feedback is encouraged and most kindly appreciated. :)