Sars Cov 2 … the grinder continues to eat away at resources and humanity.

It's dangerously close. My mil wife censors are going off as well.

Woosah. I feel this.

It's not fun sitting there looking at that bag, ready to go.

I have never been more thankful for my body keeping me outta Annapolis than I do at this very moment.

Weaning off cheap Chinese crap is the best thing the US could do.

Yes, it will be initially painful, but long term best for our stability.

As great as JIT systems can be, COVID has shown its fatal flaws.

Truth

Oh come on…. FFS

Monday to Wednesday

Januweary 14, 2022

Case totals 703,159

New confirmed 20,589

2 day average 10,294

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They better be careful.
May not like what they find.
Once that Genie is out of the bottle.
There’s no going back.

GOP Senator Demands DoD Investigate Leaked DARPA Bombshell Over Covid-19 Origins

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has requested any findings from a Department of Defense investigation into the origins of Covid-19, following the recent publication of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) report obtained by Project Veritas.

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Welcome to Ohio.
You caught up quick.

Containment zones in Delhi go up from less than 1,000 to nearly 24,000 in past fortnight.. [link to economictimes.indiatimes.com (secure)]

No, but it's nice to have GLP friends like you and TB and CC who understand this life.

What's everybody's weather doing? Beautiful blue skies here, but also smoky. I am one giant snot rag. Lol.

I could not agree more. This codependency was madness destined for eventual failure. I'm sure you remember from your business school and MBA studies that Toyota never intended JIT to mean "don't keep any inventory or supplies on hand ever." Not to mention that they considered JIT to be within the islands of Japan, not spread all over the world!

I'm all for capitalism and efficiency, but not stupidity. Unfortunately......

Fucking. Cold. Fucking. Snow. Fucking. Pain.

Carry on.

Oh man. My economics professor and I clashed fiercely. So much that he made me write 20 pages defending my stance, if I wanted my A because he knew I was just rehashing the book and not what I believed.

And here we are. Every single point that I made has come to pass. Derp.

Oh SN, I can't imagine. Thank you to you both.

I can't even imagine what is being taught in Economics classes these days. I don't want to know.

Sorry about the cold weather.

Thank you. I hope so, too. Looks like a little cough with sore throat when he coughs now.

Look at an aerial view of a Toyota plant.

You'll see their buildings surrounded very closely by their major suppliers.

Their "JIT" is actually "hey, if you want to supply us YOU will hold our inventory and deliver it chop chop".

Another way to look at it, from a military strategy standpoint is simply "who's got the longest supply line?"

Whoever has the longest supply line...loses. If the retail shelf is the "front line" and the supply starts in China? It ends up one of those equations that looks good on paper but translates very poorly in the real world.

"Officials had said they expected around 3 million people -- including ash-smeared, dreadlocked ascetics -- to attend the festival's climax on Sagar Island, where the Ganges meets the Bay of Bengal." Just unimaginable.. [link to www.voanews.com (secure)]

Cyberattack targets Ukraine government, warns citizens to 'prepare for the worst'.. [link to www.foxnews.com (secure)]

Mid 70s and sunny here today.

Going south tonight.

Tomorrow high in mid 40s with wind gusts up to 40 mph. Hunker down and make chili day.

We discussed the vulnerability of the JIT system, but because it lowered costs, there was no stopping companies from going that direction.

Now, those things we pointed out as serious vulnerabilities have appeared. If it just stayed within Japan, the vulnerabilities would be contained, but when it is spread out with a global dependence, we are watching the mess unfold in real time. If one cog slows or stops, the entire machine starts to go down.

Thank you for the kind support. I hope your hubby gets better asap. :)

Econ is raycis?

That is good news.

My husband starts next week teaching his first A&M class. Hope he does not pick up COVID from the classroom.

Excellent information. But I have to say, the "chop chop" has me LOL. I grew up hearing that expression from my Mammaw. I still say it! Haha.

The Ganges is gross. I cannot imagine how gross it must be at the end of its flow.

I was wrong.
That was yesterday.
Today:

Ohio:
41,455 new confirmed.
472 hospitalized
36 ICU
487 Deaths

Well fuck.

Yep. Wish there was an upgrade to that word.

We just got back from a quick trip to get gas before the weather hits, if ever. Lot's of people there, but not so much at the store and more and more and more people are masking up again. Too bad they're not good masks, for the most part. They've started disinfecting the carts again, too. I think they'd slacked off during the summer.

Still catching up while the pizza is cooking, but things seem to have escalated rather quickly. SN, I hear what you DIDN'T say. Y'all are in my prayers for the duration. I'm glad I'm not the only one with active mil wife spidey senses....I think. I'm afraid this is going to be the real deal this time. We'll see.

Everyone that has been/is sick, it sounds like y'all are getting better. I hope so.