tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post702953467526216744..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: "Lower Your Expectations"Always On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-22381733572203985182021-10-29T11:03:46.620-05:002021-10-29T11:03:46.620-05:00Also LMAOAlso LMAOFranks Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719723332049498962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-25379484969643096522021-10-29T06:51:45.546-05:002021-10-29T06:51:45.546-05:00Agreed! 100 percent Agreed! 100 percent Franks Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719723332049498962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-39381146919764672452021-10-26T20:43:08.553-05:002021-10-26T20:43:08.553-05:00I get it.I get it.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-36744740710392288142021-10-26T10:22:09.495-05:002021-10-26T10:22:09.495-05:00The problem --as I see it-- is that "Progress...The problem --as I see it-- is that "Progressives" in general and the Biden administration in particular, are suffering from a plague of ideological <br />induced stupidity. I would suggest psychotropic drugs but that seem to be what causes the problem to start with. <br />Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720528359843578475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-84378627214824255872021-10-26T08:42:17.334-05:002021-10-26T08:42:17.334-05:00LoL and trueLoL and trueSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-1260858596778835222021-10-26T06:31:21.165-05:002021-10-26T06:31:21.165-05:00To be specific, Gretchen Whitmer shut down.....
F...<i>To be specific, Gretchen Whitmer shut down.....</i><br /><br />Fair point. I misunderstood the theme of your post. I had supply chain & logistics on my mind.CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-48595933121263832892021-10-26T05:33:10.923-05:002021-10-26T05:33:10.923-05:00SF,
Up votes for your comment.SF,<br />Up votes for your comment.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-32535952140173396532021-10-26T05:31:00.539-05:002021-10-26T05:31:00.539-05:00Ed,
wearing magic talismans on their face across t...Ed,<br /><i>wearing magic talismans on their face across the mouths and having evil chemicals pumped into their body to avoid something that has less chance of killing them than the shots they are taking, and taking, and taking</i><br /><br />Well said!<br /><br />And what people are doing is insane, in my view.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10881606705947256282021-10-26T05:29:12.368-05:002021-10-26T05:29:12.368-05:00Ed,
Sounds deliberate to me!Ed,<br />Sounds deliberate to me!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-49021724486353990632021-10-26T05:28:37.167-05:002021-10-26T05:28:37.167-05:00Jayhawk,
And a huge part of the blame lies with th...Jayhawk,<br />And a huge part of the blame lies with the government for making policies that favor outsourcing several of our industries. Steel-mill towns such as Steubenville, Ohio, we destroyed. <br /><br />I mention Steubenville because I saw the destruction over a period of years. I visited there in 1985, 2003, 2005, and 2007. The town has become a pitiful place!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-24540559103974133162021-10-25T21:10:40.245-05:002021-10-25T21:10:40.245-05:00Biden has implemented Venezuelan socialism. Print...Biden has implemented Venezuelan socialism. Printing money and empty grocery stores. Time for the "Biden Diet" to start slimming all you fat Americans down....-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-74133630657078511942021-10-25T20:39:34.333-05:002021-10-25T20:39:34.333-05:00To be specific, Gretchen Whitmer shut down local s...To be specific, Gretchen Whitmer shut down local stores and allowed big box stores to stay open and specifically exempted, as I said, pot shops and abortion mills.<br />Forbade power boating and funerals. Pushed sick in with the elderly. It was kind of a big thing.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34291346277989043072021-10-25T20:36:32.108-05:002021-10-25T20:36:32.108-05:00Gee CI, Pick up a Michigan newspaper from last yea...Gee CI, Pick up a Michigan newspaper from last year.<br />I broadcast a few shows on it with prominent guests talking about it.<br />And obviously "sheep panicked" is a metaphor, or a simile, or an analogy, or something.<br />People thought they were going to die if they touched a gas pump handle without a latex glove on.<br />They are still wearing magic talismans on their face across the mouths and having evil chemicals pumped into their body to avoid something that has less chance of killing them than the shots they are taking, and taking, and taking.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8543815476617363482021-10-25T18:42:10.075-05:002021-10-25T18:42:10.075-05:00Hell, I'll bite. Please tell us how government...Hell, I'll bite. Please tell us how government picked "chains over hardware stores, pot shops over bakeries, abortion mills over bookstores".....and how the sheep 'panicked'.<br /><br />I'll wait.CIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261660740601698500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69744085101437788032021-10-25T18:34:25.833-05:002021-10-25T18:34:25.833-05:00Lean manufacturing is a nightmare when you are try...Lean manufacturing is a nightmare when you are trying to keep equipment running, that when it fails causes you to miss a shipment. Or when your supplier shorts you, the same.<br />Often to avoid carrying costs and storage costs. Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-61801448540677102272021-10-25T18:31:38.567-05:002021-10-25T18:31:38.567-05:00SF said: "Covid did not wreck the economy. Hy...SF said: "Covid did not wreck the economy. Hysterical government reactions did."<br /><br />I would suggest government manipulations did.<br />Picking chains over hardware stores, pot shops over bakeries, abortion mills over bookstores.<br />And panicking the sheep.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10310395093328079452021-10-25T13:58:38.124-05:002021-10-25T13:58:38.124-05:00We've all been beggaring each other's wage...We've all been beggaring each other's wages. Two big reason I am pessimistic we can address these issues or even discuss them rationally:<br /><br />1. We are polarized in to left tribes and right tribes, where doctrine always trumps facts and logic<br /><br />2. Many people--including most politicians--are ignorant of basic economics<br /><br />Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-2465423863273603282021-10-25T13:53:38.727-05:002021-10-25T13:53:38.727-05:00Good questions. I am very pro-free markets and ve...Good questions. I am very pro-free markets and very much against Bernie and Sandy's demand economy government domination of markets, but we must all face the fact that we have been living a debt-sponsored fantasy for decades.<br /><br />I don't think there is any other nation where goods and services are so plentiful and so cheap.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-33353935334046095432021-10-25T12:49:08.782-05:002021-10-25T12:49:08.782-05:00Well... what did we expect? At some point supply l...Well... what did we expect? At some point supply lines would of course be disrupted by something, crashing the "just in time" delivery system designed in part to maximize profits to corporations and shareholders.<br /><br />As people complain about less help, unstocked shelves and rising prices, a fair question comes to mind...<br /><br />How many are willing to see less in their retirement accounts if companies are forced to manufacture goods here in the US or closer to our shores in more expensive locations?<br /><br />I dare say legions of 401K holders are not out there clamoring for less ROI in exchange for more goods being produced in the USA and other areas where we have greater control.<br /><br />There's a reason we make so much stuff in China... it costs less, increases profits and puts more bucks in our retirement accounts. <br /><br />Consequences be damned. Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-42756629686363577952021-10-25T11:09:56.328-05:002021-10-25T11:09:56.328-05:00At the grocery store on Friday, I noticed quite a ...At the grocery store on Friday, I noticed quite a few sections of shelves completely empty -- with a supply-line-disruption notice taped to the shelves. Mostly for items I don't buy -- although there were significant gaps in the toilet-paper and paper-towel sections.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-80725067699361287992021-10-25T11:09:49.853-05:002021-10-25T11:09:49.853-05:00I was referencing the Just-in-Time process of dist...I was referencing the Just-in-Time process of distribution.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-32516107151114634832021-10-25T11:07:38.790-05:002021-10-25T11:07:38.790-05:00From the Guardian (October 22, 2021):
Supermarket...<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/22/supermarkets-using-cardboard-cutouts-to-hide-gaps-left-by-supply-issues" rel="nofollow">From the <i>Guardian</i></a> (October 22, 2021):<br /><br /><i>Supermarkets are using cardboard cutouts of fruit, vegetables and other groceries to fill gaps on shelves because supply problems combined with a shift towards smaller product ranges mean many stores are now too big.<br /><br />Tesco has begun using pictures of asparagus, carrots, oranges and grapes in its fresh produce aisles, prompting ridicule on social media.<br /><br />“Mmmm, delicious photos of asparagus,” one commenter wrote on Twitter. Another mocked an oversized picture of the vegetable piled up: “I love that asparagus grows to this size in the UK. It’s our climate, I’m sure.”<br /><br />Shoppers have spotted fake carrots in Fakenham, cardboard asparagus in London, pictures of oranges and grapes in Milton Keynes, and 2D washing liquid bottles in Cambridge. Sainsbury’s has also used outline drawings of packaging to fill shelves.<br /><br />The tactic comes as shortages of HGV drivers and pickers and packers on farms and food processing plants lead to low availability of some items in supermarkets. Problems at ports, where handlers are struggling to cope with a surge in deliveries for the festive season, are also leading to shortages.<br /><br />Bryan Roberts, a retail analyst at Shopfloor Insights, said he had only begun to see the cardboard cutouts of fresh produce in the past year, but said similar tactics had been in place elsewhere in supermarkets for some time. <b>“It has become quite commonplace. It is not only because of shortages, but because a lot of the larger stores are now simply too big.”</b>...</i>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-17497164287817545372021-10-25T11:01:39.721-05:002021-10-25T11:01:39.721-05:00SF,
Welcome back!
Thank you, my friend. And than...SF,<br /><i>Welcome back!</i><br /><br />Thank you, my friend. And thank you for keeping this blog up and running during my long absence.<br /><br />I'm not up to full steam, but getting there.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-49842297691793126152021-10-25T10:36:50.692-05:002021-10-25T10:36:50.692-05:00Japan did not come and steal our manufacturing. We...Japan did not come and steal our manufacturing. We sent it to China. Sent it. To save cost. Part of the blame lies with manufacturers who wanted to increase profits, but part lies with consumers who wanted an ever increasing panoply of cheaper goodies.<br /><br />When Japanese cars first became an issue there was a massive advertising campaign, in part by American labor unions, to buy American and save American jobs. It failed rapidly as consumers went for the cheaper prices. <br /><br />It's like blaming the con man for stealing from you. A can man knows he cannot steal from an honest person. He looks for someone he can persuade to participate in a crooked game with him.<br />Jayhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-17686698611147497972021-10-25T09:18:16.774-05:002021-10-25T09:18:16.774-05:00I place a good portion on the disruption of our &q...I place a good portion on the disruption of our "distribution" system on the movement to "Just in Time" delivery. I witnessed this in our Health care system a decade or more ago.<br /><br />The just-in-time (JIT) inventory system is a management strategy that minimizes inventory and increases efficiency. Just-in-time manufacturing is also known as the Toyota Production System (TPS) because the car manufacturer Toyota adopted the system in the 1970s.<br /><br />Most folks started to recognize something was up when they took their car in for repair. No auto repair shops kept parts on hand anymore.<br /><br />Our health system ended our stock rooms including an adequate amount of drugs, and went to next day delivery from pens to medical supplies. No doubt the companies that supplied them assumed the same concept.<br />We were constantly short of drugs and having to switch patients to other medications, often not in their best interest. But who cared to talk about it. Same with other medical supplies.<br />This was a disaster waiting to happen. Considering about 90 percent of our drugs came/come from China what possibly could go wrong.<br />We reap what we sowed. Thank Japan.<br />Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.com