Food for thought. Wife and I were discussing all the paper mills that have been shutdown in the past 2 years. But even worse the ones that are left running have flipped staffing. HR is hiring exactly the wrong people... nose in phone, sagging pants, DGAF and running off (or NOT hiring) the right people. Gen x is frustrated and looking for the earliest point for retirement.

The reason I bring all this up is what dawned on me... typically lefties are very creative and high in soft skills. They are people people. So in theory they should be the people running HR... except that they can't seem to figure out the right people to hire. So are they really just highly polished idiots? Or are they idealistic champions of "any person can do any job with enough training"? Or are they tools? Markets change, and the paperless society made it inevitable that some mills would be shut down.... they are running them into the ground so the CEO and hte board of a paper company can wring their hands and tell the stock holders "this mill was simply not profitable".. yeah not profitable because reliability sucked because you hired non-thinkers.

Discuss...

Side Note:
Barnwell Cascades: Built 2016... Hired a bunch of sluffers to work that created self inflicted problems. Ended up chewing thru E&I and mechanics. Theft of tissue out the back door was high. Shutdown 2 years ago and recently sold for fire sale of $12M USD.

IP Rigelwood: shutdown the largest pulp machine on east coast, one recently rebuilt machine remains. Company sold to private equity firm. Probably shut down in 3-5 years.

IP Savannah: Originally made in 1930, they have allowed all machines to break (pm7 building shifted and machine was abandoned in place, PM6 had a cracked casting and they couldn't load the press, PM5 limped along, PM8 ran without a calendar profiler). Last major upgrade 1990.

IP Georgetown was built in 1930s... Last major upgrade 1983. just shutdown

WR charleston... Built in 1930s, last update 1991. shutdown.

On November 17, 1955, Maria Callas gave a triumphant performance at the Civic Opera House in Chicago.

However, the real drama began after the opera ended. US Petty Officer Stanley Pringle and Deputy Sheriff Dan Smith burst into Callas' dressing room and handed her a summons for a breach of contract. Maria became furious:

“I won't be sued! I have the voice of an angel! No man can sue me."

The photograph perfectly conveys the intensity of the moment, and after the image reached the press, Maria Callas was nicknamed “The Tiger.”

Following the accident, the great opera diva promised never to return to Chicago.

My mood today 😁 🕺

LMAO who let a woman up there

Another female "space cadet".

El Presidente Mexico... Only took 38 assassinations to get this as a president.

When the police lie to you its just good police work when you lie to them its a felony.