Short Takes — 18
Am I “paranoid”?
Or is Paranoia a valid response to “dangerous times”.
There is an illusion of “normality” right now. It feels brittle and forced to me.
Things feel “on edge” to me.
SO.
I came across this article the other day.
Which opens with this information.
It’s been more than 16 months since 30 tons of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in explosives in Wyoming coal mines, left Cheyenne’s Dyno Nobel factory on the western edge of the city April 12, 2023, and disappeared a few days later in the desert of central California.
On Wednesday, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) told Cowboy State Daily that an investigation into the circumstances of the missing chemical remains “open and ongoing.”
A Dyno Nobel spokeswoman later described the rail spur area as a “transload facility,” where ammonium nitrate is transferred to a truck for delivery. Several quarry and other mining…