Steroids are what make you into a real man.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-07-24 12:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

I think there's something to that. You can track the rise of Trump with the rise of TRT.

All these middle age white dudes jacked to the gills on test and go full MAGA.

"A thesis changer"

Gotta love MBAs.

and while this is going on, Morgan Stanley has advice for GM:

"You can't make money on EVs and you're losing your ass. You need to make humanoid robots".

...

25% tariffs on cars from Mexico went into effect last month. Sheet metal parts prices are up a little. It didn't effect plastics. Many items just had customs codes changed. The great disruption to the parts supply chain Trump promised has not materialized and isn't projected to.

JIT hasn't changed. OEM to Dealer programs are what's been changing principally with GM. Whenever they take losses they try to soak their franchises.

and the root cause of being wrong: Trump settles for far, far less than he promises.

Tariffs have had little impact on automotive parts pricing.

I and many other industry experts thought it would, and we've so far been quite wrong.

Which pickup is this?

#34 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-23 02:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ford Maverick. Hencho en Mexico. Hermosillo Assembly Plant. 2025 XL, new, $27890 base MSRP. 2026 is estimated at mid $29k. The % of USA made parts on it is between 1/5 and 1/4 of the vehicle. Price increases are half of what tariffs would suggest, while also making hybrid standard on the vehicle and adding more features to the XL trim level year over year along with body style changes.

$5 billion on China Joint Ventures
$3.5 billon on Cruise
$2.5 billion on EVs
$2.4 billion on North American ops EBIT shrinkage

If they dump robotaxis and EVs, or China operations, they'd be very profitable.

Warplanes almost never use transponders. I see a lot of air tankers and military transports with transponders, but never bombers or fighters (other than Talons used for training).

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-21 04:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

The B-52 has transponders that work with TCAS, but no TCAS display. It has Mode C transponders.

FAA requires all large commercial aircraft to have a full TCAS system installed.

Democrats aren't the "rounding up people and sending them to camps" party.

#154 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 09:45 AM | Reply | Flag:

We're too smart. We make them stay in camps in mexico lol.

I guess it's because you're trying to "assimilate" with us Whites.

#153 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 09:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

White people assimilate with me.

Republicans keep insisting they're "Exploited Workers."
But they've yet to take action against their abusers.
Instead, they send the exploited victims to camps.

#149 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 09:30 AM | Reply | Flag:

True!

Also a conundrum of Democrat politics. Are we for rounding up all the employers for having that massive illegal workforce? If you read posts online, sure. Reality? Not really. Going to kill off that work force with them. White people don't work the fields like they used to. What's the choice? Straight back to George Bush Agricultural Guest Workers policies. Better re-brand that.

All immigrants are aliens, not all aliens are immigrants.

According to US law they are variously:

Alien, Illegal Alien, Unauthorized Alien, Without Lawful Status, and/or Unlawfully Present.

Unauthorized Alien is what appears when referring to stuff like illegally employed farm workers, 8 US Code 1423a.

Illegal Alien is what appears in INA 274a, referring to unlawful entry and penalties.

Immigrant is the correct term for those seeking permanent lawful resident, whereas seasonal farm workers hired illegally would be Aliens.

In that vein, here's some potential candidates so you can feel good about yourself when undocumented replaces illegal as the perjorative:

"Unauthorized Resident"
"Migrant Without Status"
"Pre-Status Individual"
"Forced Migrant"
"Immigration-insecure"

Oh and it's Undocumented immigrants NOT Illegal aliens. JUST SAYIN

#136 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-21 11:54 PM | Reply

oh no not the I word!

"The euphemism treadmill is a linguistic phenomenon where words or phrases used to replace offensive or taboo terms eventually become offensive themselves, requiring the introduction of new euphemisms. This cycle continues as the original offensive meaning gets transferred to the new terms, perpetuating the need for new language."

Now that you mention that, it's going to make for an epic movie.

Assymetrical warfare conducted as a longterm campaign is probably a good place to start.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-07-20 11:32 AM | Reply

They did that.

Palestine turned into ----, Hezbollah got their dicks blown off by pagers, and Assad fled to Russia.

I doubt Colbert sets the budget...

#146 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-20 09:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

Never said he did.

In 2026 though he can produce whatever he wants and there's a huge Internet waiting for him. Maybe he'll be equitable to his staff (doubt it). Think he'll premier on Bluesky or Twitter?

That's how crazy that show's budget is. With his estimated net worth of $75 million if he funded the show himself he'd be broke quickly into his second season.

Making yourself a corporate target definitely doesn't help matters.

An even worse idea than losing $60 million a year on a dying genre that's not suited to streaming.

Just wait till you find out how much the government loses to operate.
You'll be demanding Trump shut it down.

#105 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-20 12:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

Trump loves deficits. Doesn't even want a cap.

jfc, losing $60 million a year to operate that show. People are out of their minds. Late Night TV is the oldsmobile of content.

An entertainment business that exists to sell advertisements is profit motivated? Didn't see that coming.

Play your word games all you want.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-07-17 12:10 PM | Reply | Flag:

Calling a bunch of marines standing around a fed building an "occupation" is the word game. I'm just pointing out it's a stupid one not backed up by facts.