Monthly Archives: January 2023

Pushing Cardboard

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Fec

The tall black kid who fed the printer at work was let go this afternoon, after failing to report after the last break. A few minutes later, someone very important came down to show me how to properly load the … Continue reading →

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Making Boxes

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Fec

I had a scratchy throat last week, and spent the weekend gobbling Sudafed, so that I could return to work. A tall, young black kid showed up around 7, yesterday and took command of loading the printer. I was thrilled, … Continue reading →

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Easy Money

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Fec

The third day at my new job started at 5:00 am and lasted for ten hours. I’ll do it again, tomorrow. The employment agency placed four of of us this week at a locally-owned manufacturer. Two of them failed to … Continue reading →

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The Road to Partition

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Fec

One of the many reasons I read, listen to and watch Tom Luongo is because of the people he introduces, in this case, James Fawell and his three part series on: THE INEVITABILITY OF INSURRECTION & CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA … Continue reading →

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The Anarchists

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Fec

Yesterday, I watched The Anarchists on HBOMax. For as long as I can remember, people around me either visited or lived part of the year in Mexico. Somehow, during the last couple of years that I’ve been playing with crypto, … Continue reading →

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Coming Together in Liberty

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Fec

I was in the Liberty Food Lion, yesterday morning, when the power went off. Rather than complain, everybody moved to the registers and got checked out, during the fifteen minutes of emergency power. Meanwhile, North of Liberty on 421, they’re … Continue reading →

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Putting Myself About

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Fec

I got out of the house, today, and enjoyed the weather by visiting my old haunts, the soft underbellies of Burlington, Greensboro, and High Point, where small manufacturers needed custom software, back in the day. I left business cards with … Continue reading →

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1/3 of Duke Energy’s Power Plants Went OFFLINE | 8AM – December 24

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Fec

Poplar Preparedness put up the video. The New-Normaling of Blackouts To be very clear: rolling blackouts are not now, nor have they been, normal in the US. Therefore, having to expect rolling blackouts going forward would be abnormal. Nevertheless, as utility … Continue reading →

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