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A Crippling Railroad Strike Is Looming, Just in Time for the Holidays
Red State. ^ | November 22, 2022 | Kira Davis

Posted on 11/23/2022 6:56:32 AM PST by george76

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To: george76; Tilted Irish Kilt

“It looks like the trains may stop running on time for Christmas.”

Socialists Rejoice! Whatever helps to ruin Christmas for the rest of us gives them great pleasure.

My Christmas Shopping is done; has been for months. I buy things as I see them year-round versus the last minute panic that the season can bring. It’s going to be a lean one this year, and everyone has already been told.

“You’re getting a cheap bottle of wine and some off-brand cheese and crackers from ALDI - and you’ll LIKE IT!” :)

Merry Brandonmas, Everyone! *SMIRK*


21 posted on 11/23/2022 11:02:13 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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My Christmas Shopping is done; has been for months. I buy things as I see them year-round versus the last minute panic that the season can bring.

Ah, a woman after my own heart. GMTA. I do the same.

Although, I wonder if it’s really going to ruin Christmas or jsut get the focus back on what Christmas is truly all about.

22 posted on 11/23/2022 1:51:54 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: george76

If the trains stop running, then the trucks stop delivering, then the shelves empty out, then people mad rush the stores for whatever’s left, and if they’re not prepped for this, they will come after anyone who is prepped.

If you can’t defend it, you don’t don’t own it.


23 posted on 11/23/2022 2:26:46 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The best thing ever built in railroads before the country collapsed for good in Atlas Shrugged.


24 posted on 11/23/2022 5:16:35 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Gnome1949

Those ding dongs better stick around . . . unless they’re really just playing a part in the ruination of the country, along with Biden and some of the RR Unions, via a major rail strike.


25 posted on 11/23/2022 5:17:51 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: george76

I am betting that a rail strike will happen. Biden recently stated to expect economic problems coming. I wondered what he was talking about.

It is the coming rail strike and he is all for it.
The democrats want to cripple the economy even more.
They view destroying jobs and having people being more dependent on the democrats as a positive.

I will watch my AMD stock which has gone recently gone up nearly 30% this past month. If I read stories that a strike will happen I will sell and watch the stock market fall and later will buy more AMD stock back at a lower price.


26 posted on 11/23/2022 7:41:21 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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#23 then the shelves empty out

Buy toilet paper NOW!!!


27 posted on 11/23/2022 7:44:47 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

I bought commercial packages (20 rolls) of Scott many years ago and have 30 of them stockpiled in the basement (17 6-level shelves) with ***everything*** else. They don’t make those packages any more.


28 posted on 11/24/2022 6:45:02 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: metmom

“...or just get the focus back on what Christmas is truly all about. “

The world needs more of THAT! :)

When my boys were learning to read, we read the ‘Little House’ books together; they one page, then me the next. They were completely FASCINATED with the Christmas story where Laura and Mary got mittens Ma had knit, a tin cup Pa had made and a candy cane and a REAL ORANGE. Those girls were in heaven.

Surprisingly, my 80’s-raised (somewhat materialistic, though Country Raised) kids didn’t scoff at it at all; they had the same sense of WONDER that Mary & Laura did.

Made my heart smile. :)


29 posted on 11/24/2022 7:35:06 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"My Christmas Shopping is done; has been for months. I buy things as I see them year-round versus the last minute panic that the season can bring. It’s going to be a lean one this year, and everyone has already been told."

Good for you.

Me too.

Happy Thanksgiving.

30 posted on 11/24/2022 9:44:57 AM PST by blam
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To: metmom
I wonder if it’s really going to ruin Christmas or just get the focus back on what Christmas is truly all about.

I'm one of those who got most of his Christmas shopping done early and am feeling pretty good about it. But this strike could in fact affect what Christmas is really all about: presents for ME!

Kidding.

31 posted on 11/24/2022 9:49:56 AM PST by Billthedrill
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#28 Won’t the toilet paper expire....? : )
I bet there is a gov’t mandated expiration date stamped on them.

“I bought commercial packages (20 rolls) of Scott many years ago and have 30 of them stockpiled in the basement (17 6-level shelves) with ***everything*** else. They don’t make those packages any more.”


32 posted on 11/24/2022 4:34:10 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

No “use by” or expiration date found on any of them...


33 posted on 11/24/2022 5:08:43 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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