For Jen

Thanks again for the hospitality and care during my stay at Wake Baptist Resort and Spa.  Except for you and Nicole and Brittany, there wasn't much to write home about.

The following essay is the one I'd referenced, but I'm adding a second that I thinks is just as pertinent.  Image pilfered from WRSA.

From Zero Hedge, The Elite Have No Idea: a sample:

What I find most surprising today is that the insiders and the elite have no idea what is percolating just beneath the surface.  Okay, maybe their arrogance actually produces its own fog, so it should not come as a surprise that they are blinded. They do not look at the calendar, which, if one really looks, says "1788" on it.  Something is close.  Very close.  Society is near the breaking point.

My own experience is that Hillary’s so-called Deplorables are actually the most reserved, most polite, and most honest demographic in the country. They are more informed, more self-reliant, and among other things, better armed.  Regarding their arms, they are incredibly responsible, and not the source of the violence for which the implement, and not the person, is too often blamed.  The Deplorables have the longest fuse.  It is, however, a fuse.

An even more valuable essay, especially I think for anyone living within 5 miles of a Walmart Supercenter and the population supported thereby, would be Bracken's When The Music Stops:

A new social contract has been created, where bread and circuses buy a measure of peace in our minority-populated urban zones. In the era of ubiquitous big-screen cable television, the internet and smart phones, the circus part of the equation is never in doubt as long as the electricity flows. But the bread is highly problematic. Food must be delivered the old-fashioned way: physically. Any disruption in the normal functioning of the EBT system will lead to food riots with a speed that is astonishing. This will inevitably happen when our unsustainable, debt-fueled binge party finally stops, and the music is over. Now that the delivery of free or heavily subsidized food is perceived by tens of millions of Americans to be a basic human right, the cutoff of “their” food money will cause an immediate explosion of rage. When the hunger begins to bite, supermarkets, shops and restaurants will be looted, and initially the media will not condemn the looting. Unfortunately, this initial violence will only be the start of a dangerous escalation. 

The ransacked supermarkets, convenience stores, ATMs and gas stations will not be restocked during this period due to the precarious security situation. A single truck loaded with food or gasoline would be perceived to be a Fort Knox on wheels and subject to immediate attack unless heavily protected by powerfully armed security forces, but such forces will not be available during this chaotic period. Under those conditions, resupply to the urban areas cannot and will not take place. The downward spiral of social and economic dysfunction will therefore both accelerate and spread from city to city. These delays, in turn, will lead to more riots with the constant underlying demand that hungry people be fed, one way or another.

Even those of us with foresight and a plan are going to have to get mighty lucky, when the poop hits the propeller.  Those who get surprised, on the other hand, won't stand a chance.  And the only reason for them to be surprised is that they wouldn't listen to those of us who've studied history.

Consider sharing these essays with your friends and co-workers. Recommend also that you bookmark the two sites hosting the linked articles, and make them both part of your daily reading list.

The comments are open, and welcome.