What?
Too acid?
When people lie to your face - also known by the euphemism "gaslighting" they deserve scorn and contempt. I learned that from Saul Alinsky:
#5 "Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack
ridicule,
and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your
advantage...."
As noted in yesterday's "If You Thought #BareShelvesBiden Was Trending Hard, Just Wait For Saturday":
"...the logistics crisis was not fixed for Christmas, and it is about to get worse."
For documentation see this evening's "New Year Brings New All-Time High For Shipping's Epic Traffic Jam" FreightWaves via ZeroHedge.
Yeah, that's us, tomorrow's news today. Or yesterday. Sometimes it gets confusing.
And the headline story From CBS Bay Area, January 10:
New Queueing Process For Vessels At Port Of Oakland Aims To Improve Air Quality, Safety
Better Bay Area air quality and greater safety are the aims of a new voluntary queuing system for container vessels calling on the Port of Oakland, according to three shipping groups.Following its success in Southern California, the new system is being expanded to the Bay Area. Ships will wait 50 miles off the coast in a safety and air quality zone until their scheduled arrival time at the Port....
....MUCH MORE
Fifty miles is beyond the curvature of the earth. Intrepid journos will have to rent a helicopter to take pics.
Not meaning to disparage the Port of Oakland, it's not their fault, the orders come from higher up the political chain, Sacramento and D.C. Here's a spoonful of sugar to cut the acidity: A history of Oakland's pivotal role in the development of container shipping:
Shipping: "How The Vietnam War Gave Birth To Container Shipping — And Changed The World"
...In Oakland, these are the symbol of the city. But everywhere there are container ports, people are fascinated by these machines. They’re just so huge, aesthetically parked in between futuristic and prehistoric....
...The three gray cranes were the first to load ships with containers to send across the Pacific. But to where, you might ask?The answer is Cam Ranh Bay.That’s Vietnam....
