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"I Feel Like A Family Member Has Died": Small New York Town Devastated As Gun Plant Shuts Down

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Imagine if the news were that the USofT armed forces were being shut down?!   In the village of Ilion, New York,   80 miles west of the state capital in Albany,   residents are mourning the departure of gunmaker Remington Arms Co. after two centuries of continuous operation. The Remington Arms Co. manufacturing plant in Ilion, N.Y., on Dec. 11, 2023. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)   Without fanfare, the company announced last month that the manufacturing plant would be closing its doors on March 4, 2024. " I feel like a family member has died, " Ilion Mayor John Stephens told The Epoch Times. "My dad raised four kids on a paycheck from there for 37 years. He walked to work and carried his lunch every day." Mr. Stephens said no one expected the announcement a week after Thanksgiving that the plant was set to close. On Nov. 30, at 3:26 p.m., the company notified village officials of the decision by email.   The message noted that "all separations" with the vi

The Secret Sauce for Not Shooting Each Other

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  The Secret Sauce for Not Shooting Each Other The Washington Post goes to a Public School and, like the Students and Teachers, Learns Nothing. LIBRARIAN OF CELAENO I really didn’t intend a series inspired by the  Washington Post , but reading that august journal is much like watching  Neil Breen films , so-bad-it’s-good entertainment, but with a bigger budget. As I had to give them an email address when looking up the original story that  inspired the last   two essays  in my  WaPo  rabbit hole, I now get regular announcements for their new material, and since they’ve algorithmically deduced that I am a teacher, I get a lot of their hot takes on the world of education. Needless to say, their content is undeviatingly homogenous neoliberal boilerplate, the kind of stuff that could be (and may be) produced by an AI trained by reading NEA press releases and watching TED Talks. Not the good ones, though Most of you reading my essays probably don’t read the  Washington Post , as I hope that