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Ford Announces It Will Keep 700 Jobs in the US, Rather Than Move Them to Mexico
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:25 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Micheal Moore at January 03, 2017 04:27 PM (X/5o4)
Posted by: Bosk at January 03, 2017 04:27 PM (n2K+4)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:27 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: eleven at January 03, 2017 04:28 PM (qUNWi)
Guess he really does have a magic wand, doesn't he bitch?
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:28 PM (e2Rx3)
Posted by: Bosk at January 03, 2017 04:28 PM (n2K+4)
Posted by: Micheal Moore at January 03, 2017 04:27 PM (X/5o4)
Exactly, remember when Hitler kept VW from moving to Mexico
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 03, 2017 04:28 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at January 03, 2017 04:28 PM (NHtMs)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 04:29 PM (39g3+)
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You think they are lying; that they will reverse themselves after Trump is president? I didn't see anything at the link that suggested that skepticism was warranted. Perhaps you can be a bit more verbose with what you are getting at.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 04:29 PM (R+30W)
Obama was right, it's not a magic wand it's my Negotiation Cock.
Posted by: Trump at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (aVYsC)
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (NHtMs)
Now let's just hope he actually pulls at least one of those, and preferably all of them.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (SRKgf)
Guess he really does have a magic wand, doesn't he bitch?
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:28 PM (e2Rx3)
He actually knows how to negotiate and get shit done from a lifetime working in a cutthroat real estate market. Unlike Barky who tells people not to call his bluff.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: JEM at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (TppKb)
I suspect that President Obama honestly and truly believed there was no possible way anyone could possibly bring those jobs back or create more. After all, if he couldn't do it, then no one could possibly do so.
I doubt anything Trump actually is doing is causing these events, only the "oh thank Christ on high that Hillary isn't president maybe now we can actually do business" effect.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (39g3+)
Now let's hope he keeps the rest of them...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (X7E8f)
CNN, fake news for the DNC, asked if this was "crony capitalism."
When obama does his Fascist deals with corporations, CNN never asks if it was fascism.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (xMGpH)
states - MI, OH, etc. - nodding in appreciation, and glad they voted for
The Donald.
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Best of all, the leftists are doubling down on their strategy that what blue collar workers really want is transgender bathrooms, more privileged for queers, a more detailed explanation as to why they are racist and some more Jesusplaining as to why their religion is just the worst.
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (e2Rx3)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 03, 2017 04:31 PM (jNuvD)
Posted by: Benji Carver at January 03, 2017 04:31 PM (OD2ni)
We can't forget that part of the plan!
Posted by: West at January 03, 2017 04:31 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 04:29 PM (R+30W)
Yeah, I don't see it either. That would probably be a good way to get on Trump's shit list, right next to Bowe Bergdahl.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:32 PM (SRKgf)
When the Fake News is suddenly skeptical about keeping jobs in the USA....
you know you have Big Problems.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:32 PM (xMGpH)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 03, 2017 04:32 PM (jNuvD)
Posted by: Trump at January 03, 2017 04:32 PM (aVYsC)
Posted by: eleven at January 03, 2017 04:32 PM (qUNWi)
CNN, fake news for the DNC, asked if this was "crony capitalism."
When obama does his Fascist deals with corporations, CNN never asks if it was fascism.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (xMGpH)
*cough*
*nervous glance*
Posted by: Jeff Immelt at January 03, 2017 04:32 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Gibbe Dat at January 03, 2017 04:32 PM (uHXIq)
Jobs will remain in the USA!
That's great, right?
Well, not according to the Fake News who will tell you this is bad, very bad.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (xMGpH)
Trump has what I call sort of concierge, concierge media friends. I'm not going to name names here, but we all know who they are.
He's saying that Donald Trump is awful because he has media friends who will work with him to shape the news.
remember, this is Chuck Todd, the very guy who was busted in emails to the DNC having them edit and vet his news stories, admitting he was a hack
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (e2Rx3)
Don't forget the selection of a black radical Muslim a-hole as chairman of the DNC. Nothing could appeal more to white blue collar workers.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (SRKgf)
Best of all, the leftists are doubling down on their strategy that what blue collar workers really want is transgender bathrooms, more privileged for queers, a more detailed explanation as to why they are racist and some more Jesusplaining as to why their religion is just the worst.
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (e2Rx3)
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And those that either sat out the election or pulled for Hillary because of Trump's problems with women are probably saying, "Well...that's good. Hmm...."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (NOIQH)
I never said the Mexicans would write us a check to pay for the wall. But this is just one of the ways they are paying for the wall
I'd say so!
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (xMGpH)
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:33 PM (g9txO)
Dear SCOAMF,
THIS is how you use the bully pulpit.
Pro-TIP. You dont have to be an actual bully.
Asshole
Posted by: fixerupper at January 03, 2017 04:34 PM (8XRCm)
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I disagree. I'm pretty sure he is giving them a "do you want a carrot or do I have to get the stick" speech behind the scenes.
If Trump keeps leaning on companies that offshore you could see an interesting sea change in what the economy as a whole is doing. I hope he moves on to H1B abuse as well...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2017 04:34 PM (X7E8f)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 04:34 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Elon Musk at January 03, 2017 04:34 PM (g9txO)
They want job losses in the US.
Posted by: Maritime at January 03, 2017 04:34 PM (be9Th)
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I will do the job that Mexicans just won't do.
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 03, 2017 04:34 PM (jNuvD)
Posted by: Barky at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (VtLx6)
Isn't that a $600 million difference between $1.3 b in Mexico and $700 million in the US? Where's that going?
Also, and I do mean this from the bottom of my soul shaped place, CAFE can go DIAF as quickly as possible. I say that as someone who thinks fuel efficiency is a good thing in general.
Oh and I read an interesting discussion about Apple stock that said that, more or less, the bloom is going off the Apple now that the Jobs legacy afterglow is running out but it may still be a buy as there's speculation that Apple will do a stock buy back if/when Trump pushes through changes that will get Apple to repatriate some of the Scrooge McDuck hoard it has overseas. I thought that was an interesting point, though I have zero knowledge whether that will actually happen.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: V the K at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (O7MnT)
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (43OZ6)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (4AVeu)
...who works for a media company who was shown to be all but owned by the DNC (being micro-managed by DWS) and who is married to a Democrat PR consultant.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: This is CNN at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (X7E8f)
When obama delivers a billion dollars in cash, literally on pallets, the Fake News isn't skeptical or curious at all.
But when Ford or Carrier decides to keep jobs in the USA, the fake news is all up in Trump's business saying it ain't right what he's doing.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (xMGpH)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (7ZVPa)
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Actually, I think the number if technically 7,000,000.
Unfortunately that's Ebonics Math, which isn't allowed in a Republican Administration.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (J5mC3)
Perhaps someone should introduce Rove and the Bushes to the bully pulpit...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 03, 2017 04:36 PM (C9pBZ)
the economy and brings prosperity at home, as well as stability abroad,
stems the flood of illegal immigration, and clobbers the shit out of
ISIS, when the Magic Negro singularly failed to do any of these, they're
hosed. And they know it. The dumbest bastard in the country could
hardly fail to note the dramatic change.
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That's their biggest fear.
That's why all the hysterics, the wailing, the gnashing, the rending of clothes and breaking of pottery--they know what he will do will be good for ALL of America.
It also sets up nicely their alternate reality they've forced themselves into--see, even if things get better, Trump is still a racist, sexist, hater that hates and so, it's really not better at all.
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:36 PM (e2Rx3)
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:36 PM (g9txO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (39g3+)
I think he's setting the atmosphere that leads to these events, and in my book he gets credit for them.
It didn't happen when Obama was President, and as you point out, it almost certainly would not have happened had Hillary been elected.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:36 PM (SRKgf)
The Russians hacked the Ford jobs in Mexico!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 03, 2017 04:36 PM (493sH)
obama gave Iran billions of dollars AND nukes to our enemy Iran...
Trump is trying to keep jobs in the USA...
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:36 PM (xMGpH)
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:28 PM (e2Rx3)
A president who doesn't bash business reduces the incentive for business to move abroad. Who knew?
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 04:36 PM (ujg0T)
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Yes, when Barky was pissing away billions of taxpayer dollars with his crooked deals with Solyndra, Solar One, Tesla, GM, etc., the MSM wasn't the least bit worried about "crony capitalism" -- but suddenly, now it's the scourge of our time.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (riF5p)
Posted by: eleven at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Seņor Timoteo Kaine at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (MCL1g)
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The productive class voted for Trump - the Democrats therefore want to hurt them.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (X7E8f)
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (43OZ6)
Maybe Trump mumbled something into Ford's ears resembling "Nashnul Rite to Wurk polusee."
Posted by: Country Singer at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (uiwCw)
The policies that President Obama put forward in the last days of his reign have rescued us from the evil that the Monster Trump pledged to unleash on the American people and the world. All praise the name of Barack the Magnificent for this booming economy, non-booming middle east, and the joy that his peace bringeth all. - The MSM
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (jNuvD)
We are the people our betters warned us about.
Posted by: James "Early Bird" Buffet at January 03, 2017 04:38 PM (DMUuz)
Now let's just hope he actually pulls at least one of those, and preferably all of them.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:30 PM (SRKgf)
Which explains the Second Left Gambit: Nothing Trump does will be any good, because ray-ciss.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 04:38 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Senor Timoteo Kaine at January 03, 2017 04:37 PM (MCL1g)
Chupame, puta.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:38 PM (0mRoj)
Yeah, in a sense. He's obviously a pro-business guy and after 8 years of overt hostility to business, a lot of these guys are breathing a huge gasp of relief like surfacing from the bottom of a lake.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 04:38 PM (39g3+)
In other news, Trump policies are already causing deep losses in funployment rates.
Please Lord?
I really need to find a job.
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 04:38 PM (VtLx6)
Posted by: eleven at January 03, 2017 04:38 PM (qUNWi)
Typical Coastal Left Winger
Posted by: steevy at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (r/0kC)
the "oh thank Christ on high that Hillary isn't president maybe now we
can actually do business" effect.
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The Fed is going to raise interest rates several times this year to try and kneecap Trump.
Problem is, there are so many billions and trillions that corporations have been sidelining in an effort to avoid all the shit the JEF tried to stack on them the last 8 years.
Trump knows that. He talks to these CEOs everyday.
We will see money flowing into America the likes of which we have not seen for decades.
(Paul "Enron" Krugman hardest hit. Preferably by a loaded garbage truck.)
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (e2Rx3)
I think CEOs sense the ground is shifting and they are preparing accordingly.
Posted by: Maritime at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (be9Th)
In other news, Trump policies are already causing deep losses in funployment rates.
Please Lord?
I really need to find a job.
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 04:38 PM (VtLx6)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: General Motors at January 03, 2017 04:40 PM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 03, 2017 04:40 PM (jNuvD)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 04:40 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Yo! at January 03, 2017 04:40 PM (GwIKd)
Russians!
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at January 03, 2017 04:40 PM (toH8T)
That's because Trump hasn't yet proposed taxing overseas wire transfers to Mexico, a more important source of income for Mexico than the petroleum industry. If he agrees not to tax such transfers, and only to deport criminal aliens, then the Mexicans will probably lunge for their checkbook to keep the dosh coming.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:40 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: WisRich at January 03, 2017 04:41 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (mf5HN)
Yes.
Lets just pull "54.5 mpg by 2025" out of our ass and make Detroit comply... or we'll punish you.
Because.... lets face it.... we all want to ride around in aluminum cars with loose pistons, trannys and hub bearings that can barely haul two people and a bag of groceries.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 03, 2017 04:41 PM (8XRCm)
It may be the difference between expanding the existing Flat Rock plant, with its existing trained workforce, and building a whole new plant and training a new work force.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The 2017 Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Bomb Shelters Await You at the Outrage Outlet! at January 03, 2017 04:41 PM (hLRSq)
Prediction: after Jan 20th any time a store closes, it will make the Fake News cycle.
When another KFC store closes, (they are disappearing rapidly, btw), it will be Trump's fault.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:41 PM (xMGpH)
Posted by: Barry's fake Greek columns at January 03, 2017 04:41 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: John Kasich at January 03, 2017 04:41 PM (DMUuz)
Yeah, Kentucky Fried Chicken is really shitting the bed.
It's getting really bad.
Their stupid new ad campaign is literally killing the franchise. Stores are closing faster than ever now.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:42 PM (xMGpH)
Most Presidents, including McFailyWorseThanCarter *waves at Kurt Schlichter*, are concerned about their legacies and blah blah blah.
I don't think Trump is. Trump's already built his legacy, you can tell, what with his name plastered all over it all over the world.
So what does he have to lose by trying to keep his promises? He's not the product of any political party and he's not beholden to any political party. He's 70. He's got the hot younger wife and the beautiful kids who are taking over the business and he's got the grandkids. He's cemented his legacy like that now.
So why not? Why not try the truly paradigm breaking tactic of trying to keep his campaign promises? He has nothing to lose.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 03, 2017 04:42 PM (mf5HN)
***
They did the same thing with Reagan.
In 1980 the Soviets were on the advance, the economy was in the crapper, and inflation was out of control.
By 1989 we'd won the cold war, the economy had recovered, and inflation had been significantly reduced.
Even if you hated Reagan you can't really argue with the success of what he did.
But if you ask the left about the 80s they'll tell you Reagan caused AIDS, created homelessness, and gave the Central American commies a sad.
Of course only the last one is true.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2017 04:42 PM (X7E8f)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (R+30W)
I'm not sure. I doubt Mexico has all the time- and cash-consuming bureacratic hoops to jump through (e.g., environmental impact studies, OSHA mandates, ADA mandates etc). Hell, the costs of bribing Mexican politicians is likely lower than the U.S. Gov bureaucratic costs.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 03, 2017 04:43 PM (uiwCw)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 04:43 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: John Nada - Formerly #NeverHillary at January 03, 2017 04:43 PM (ng8pa)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:43 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:40 PM (SRKgf)
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It's hard to imagine a more complete "F you" and victory lap than if he manage to tax remittances to pay for the wall.
Out of everything he said, getting Mexico to pay for the wall was considered one of the most outlandish things he ever said in terms of policy. To see him actually do it would be just amazing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 03, 2017 04:43 PM (vur0q)
It's not a hard strategy.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 04:43 PM (EUMr7)
I figured automakers fled the country because of the increasingly ridiculous demands unions made.
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (43OZ6)
If it were just the unions they would be moving the plants to the South, not Mexico. Some of that has occurred, but according to the manufacturers the current problem in the US is excessive regulation.
Of which 90% is is not needed.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 03, 2017 04:44 PM (mpXpK)
Problem is, there are so many billions and trillions that corporations have been sidelining in an effort to avoid all the shit the JEF tried to stack on them the last 8 years.
Trump knows that. He talks to these CEOs everyday.
We will see money flowing into America the likes of which we have not seen for decades.
(Paul "Enron" Krugman hardest hit. Preferably by a loaded garbage truck.)
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (e2Rx3)
Yep. The Fed probably would have to raise interest rates to keep the economy from overheating once it gets going again, because they've pumped so much liquidity into it to keep it from collapsing during Reign of Error. The question is whether they'll do it to the extent of kneecapping Trump as well. I certainly hope not.
Re Trump's business acumen, it's so nice to have a President who doesn't think P/E means "profits to earnings" ratio.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:44 PM (SRKgf)
Yes!
I'm really hoping his goal is one term and done!
Want him to do what he wants to do with no fear of alienating voters in 2016 so he can get back to his fabulous, the best ever life in TrumpLand.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (NOIQH)
but it's too little, too late.
He has no path to 270."
I'm a lifelong Republican, but I agree. It will be an early night.
Posted by: Bull Wynn at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (C9pBZ)
Prediction #2: We'll see a return of the "the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer" meme.
But under obama, this has never been TRUER.
Thanks to obama's rotten policies, the Middle Class has been wiped out almost. The rich got richer, and the poor class increased greatly and will stay poor for generations.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (xMGpH)
Of which 90% is is not needed.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 03, 2017 04:44 PM (mpXpK)
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"What are you talking about? It's not nearly enough!!!! Companies are still making profits off the backs of the poor! They must be squashed!"
-Bernie Sanders, from his 3rd home
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (vur0q)
Yep. Inflation is an issue. Hence, good sized interest rate increases. I'll take it for the capital pool increase.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (EUMr7)
I don't think Trump is. Trump's already built his legacy, you can tell, what with his name plastered all over it all over the world
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Well look up the playboy interview with Trump. He sez he didn't want the job unless he saw the US going down the tubes. He's come to fix it
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (jNuvD)
Which is something Trump has promised to address quickly and with extreme prejudice!!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (NOIQH)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:39 PM (0mRoj)
How goes it, Insomniac? I filed for UI today and signed up for a class to get help with updating my Resume and some updated computer skills thru a local program.
Thinks have changed in the last 12 years re job searches.
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (VtLx6)
Make it difficult for their people to work or collect bennies here and they'll build on it their side to keep from being overwhelmed by a flood of returnees.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (4WhSY)
Ford knows what coming and they want to be on the right side of the wall.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (4AVeu)
Of course only the last one is true.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2017 04:42 PM (X7E8f)
I remember it well. The Left kneeled down and bent over for Sandinista schlong.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (ujg0T)
efficiency and emissions standards or whatever they're called.
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:44 PM (SRKgf)
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He said that???
What a retard.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 03, 2017 04:47 PM (8XRCm)
Thinks have changed in the last 12 years re job searches.
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (VtLx6)
Things are still uncertain at best. I've got a few things sort of hanging out there but don't have any word back either yea or nay. I have some sites I check regularly for postings in my field but pickings are slim.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (0mRoj)
Problem is, there are so many billions and trillions that corporations have been sidelining in an effort to avoid all the shit the JEF tried to stack on them the last 8 years.
I agree, there's a ton of expansion, hiring, and building that has been on hold, desperately hoping the misery will end instead of getting worse every month. They finally can cut loose with President Trump and none too soon. How well it will offset the economic crash coming, I don't know, but hopefully it will work.
And I agree, KFC has got to clean house and get a new CEO. The guys in charge right now are taking their company down the toilet. McDonald's is suffering the same way, their buns are dry and nasty like they've been in the freezer for 8 weeks, their meat is unpleasant, their fries taste like I remember them in the school cafeteria.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (39g3+)
You forgot that he had Nancy cooking up Crackin the White house Kitchen and the CIA smuggling it into the Black Neighborhoods of America!
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (g9txO)
Posted by: kathysaysso at January 03, 2017 04:35 PM (43OZ6)
Maybe Trump mumbled something into Ford's ears resembling "Nashnul Rite to Wurk polusee."
Posted by: Country Singer
That or Trump said, "you think union demands were bad, wait until you see import fees".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (dSqvH)
I'm really hoping his goal is one term and done!
Want him to do what he wants to do with no fear of alienating voters in 2016 so he can get back to his fabulous, the best ever life in TrumpLand.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (NOIQH)
I haven't really thought it all the way through but this is the first person in generations (Eisenhower maybe?) for whom being a politician is what you do after your life's work is done and you want to give back to your country.
For everyone else, becoming President was the goal to be achieved as a thing in itself. See re: my criticism of Ted Cruz's entire life being designed to become President.
I'm not totally on board with my own theory here since it requires that I give Trump credit for being a better person and don't wanna but it is something that's been rattling around the brain pan.
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 03, 2017 04:49 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (g9txO)
To be fair, her astrologer said it was OK.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:49 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 03, 2017 04:49 PM (FYrz1)
hopefully we can shitcan CAFE standards and automakers will actually
build vehicles we want.
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You know you can't dump a shit ton of toxic waste into major American rivers with only half a broom.
Posted by: The EPA at January 03, 2017 04:49 PM (X7E8f)
Progressives
PROGRESSIVES
This is what winning
WINNING
Looks like.
So we demand
demand
DEMAND
That you shut
shut
your pie holes
Your pie holes
And start enjoying
enjoying
All the winning.
Because we are going to Make America
Make America
Great again
Great again
GREAT again
For everyone
for everyone
FOR EVERYONE
Including you.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at January 03, 2017 04:49 PM (ul9CR)
Ford knows what coming and they want to be on the right side of the wall.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
Then we send in the Marines and take all their Gulf of Mexico oil wells. The good old days are here again.
Posted by: Jean at January 03, 2017 04:50 PM (2RVmA)
Posted by: Sponge at January 03, 2017 04:50 PM (xttKs)
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As was said, cutting off those payments to Mexico is their biggest fear.
Hell, Trump moves on that excise tax and and the Mexican government will be driving the buses full of illegals THEY rounded up back to Mexico just to avoid that getting cut off--"See? Illegals no more problem, Senor."
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:50 PM (e2Rx3)
Posted by: buzzion at January 03, 2017 04:50 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:50 PM (g9txO)
That or Trump said, "you think union demands were bad, wait until you see import fees".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (dSqvH)
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I'd much rather it be, "I'm going to get these specific regulations off the books."
"Oh, my. That's awesome! We can do business with that!"
Blanket changes that make America more attractive overall instead of individualized threats/promises. Also...I'm still a free trader, so threatening large import duties just don't appeal to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at January 03, 2017 04:50 PM (vur0q)
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (g9txO)
To be fair, her astrologer said it was OK.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 03, 2017 04:49 PM (0mRoj)
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Yeah.... that bitch was a fake. TOTALLY missed the ghost of Elanor Roosevelt walking the halls of the White House.
Posted by: Hillary!! at January 03, 2017 04:51 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Picric at January 03, 2017 04:51 PM (s0VSd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2017 04:51 PM (IqV8l)
_______________________
If Trump would enforce existing federal laws on things like food stamp, welfare, Medicaid, etc., eligibility, and have the IRS regs changed so that "tax credits" can no longer be paid to illegal aliens, we could save hundreds of billions of dollars every year. That would be more than enough to pay for 10 walls.
As an added bonus, many of the Mexicans living illegally in the U.S., who supplement their income (or get their entire income) via food stamps and various other types of welfare, would not be able to send as much of our cash back to Mexico.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 03, 2017 04:51 PM (riF5p)
And Reaganomics, which plunged this nation into a hellish depression that lasted decades. Except that never happened. But they all believe it did.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at January 03, 2017 04:51 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: alexthechick - Darth Victory Tits at January 03, 2017 04:42 PM (mf5HN)
Yep. He said as much in his 1996 Playboy interview: make America Great again.
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at January 03, 2017 04:52 PM (uHXIq)
Prediction #2: We'll see a return of the "the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer" meme.
But under obama, this has never been TRUER.
Thanks to obama's rotten policies, the Middle Class has been wiped out almost. The rich got richer, and the poor class increased greatly and will stay poor for generations.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 04:45 PM (xMGpH)
++++
I disagree with the second half. A improving economy will make everyone better off, including the poor. But, the left will use their backup metric to say that things are bad for the poor. They will talk about the wage and/or wealth gap. That is, even though everyone is better off, the rich are getting farther ahead of the poor, so it is bad.
Personally, as long as my life is improving, I could give a shit how much the wealthiest of the wealthy have. More power to them, if everyone is getting to a better place than where they were previously.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 04:52 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:44 PM (SRKgf)
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He said that???
What a retard.
Posted by: fixerupper at January 03, 2017 04:47 PM (8XRCm)
Yes, he did. His acolytes put it down to a slip of the tongue, much like "57 states," "breathalyzer," and speaking "Austrian."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:52 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Yo! at January 03, 2017 04:52 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:48 PM (g9txO)
And the Left is still pushing that crap, that the CIA took an active role in importing and distributing it, as opposed to the at least plausible CIA field agents in Central America turning a blind eye to a shipment if they knew the cocaine was funding the Contras.
Meanwhile, "Just Say No!", the simple fact that one cannot sell drugs to someone *who will not buy them*, was mocked by the very same Left.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 04:52 PM (ujg0T)
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That, and the 35% corporate tax.
When I did retail..... wages were between 7% and 10% as a percentage to EBITDA.
The IRS puts it hand in your pocket for over a THIRD.
Posted by: Hillary!! at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (5sOEp)
What kind of a idiot do you have to be to mistake Chuck Grassley's wife for his mother . The man is 83 and they couldn't have figure out that his mama has already gone to be with the Lord?,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Maritime
Now that those blue collar guys are voting Republican, sure.
Posted by: Jean at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (2RVmA)
person in generations (Eisenhower maybe?) for whom being a politician is
what you do after your life's work is done and you want to give back to
your country.
I think Trump does see it that way. He's certainly poised to hit the ground running --- heck, he started soon after the election, not even waiting to be sworn in. Even his cabinet picks seem to signal he wants results: he's picking people who are not yes-men, they will reform their respective areas of the Federal behemoth with zeal.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: fixerupper at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2017 04:54 PM (5sOEp)
IIRC, PEMEX loses money.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:54 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: zombie Oscar Wilde at January 03, 2017 04:55 PM (DMUuz)
Please check out unemployment, or I'm going to have to come down there and wag my finger at you!! ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2017 04:55 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Pablo, Manuel and Maria at January 03, 2017 04:55 PM (+wjl1)
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 04:55 PM (b7fwp)
*****
I think there is something to that notion. I heard KellyAnne speak of this a few times already and it is very central to Trump's thinking ---- namely that the people he is bringing into his administration are largely people who have been successful outside of government and are serving their country as a way to say thank you for their own good fortune
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 04:55 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (NOIQH)
I love hearing leftists bleat about how he's now picking the usual suspects - lawyers, academics, consultants - but rather businessmen and generals. Imagine.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:55 PM (SRKgf)
I just wish I knew how to capitalize on that; need to figure out how to get certification in nuclear energy regulation law--without having been in government.
Posted by: RoyalOil at January 03, 2017 04:56 PM (e2Rx3)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 04:56 PM (849WJ)
Posted by: IC at January 03, 2017 04:56 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 04:55 PM (b7fwp)
The NYT already started that shit. So you know they expect things to improve dramatically once Obongo is out of public housing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:56 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2017 04:53 PM (5sOEp)
Quadruple here, and agreed.
Posted by: Sponge at January 03, 2017 04:56 PM (xttKs)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2017 04:56 PM (dSqvH)
They can show the ALT-Right that the answer is the ALT-Wrong
Posted by: Hillary "she's too big to jail" Clinton at January 03, 2017 04:57 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Jean at January 03, 2017 04:50 PM (2RVmA)
Speaking of the Gulf, except not (Biscayne Bay), a giant 9 ft. python was found on an platform just offshore.
So these giant snakes can swim in salt water. Where people swim and go boating. And we can't seem to find them to kill them.
Forget SMOD: Sweet Pythons of Doom.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 03, 2017 04:57 PM (PY9jH)
I just wish I knew how to capitalize on that; need to figure out how to get certification in nuclear energy regulation law--without having been in government.
Imma outfit the Honda t'transport nookular waste!!
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 03, 2017 04:57 PM (+wjl1)
That one is probably in the all-time Top 5 Whoppers this administration has laid on us in 8 years.
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at January 03, 2017 04:57 PM (Tyii7)
suspects - lawyers, academics, consultants - but rather businessmen and
generals. Imagine.
Heh, yes: He's picking people whose past job performance was based on *results* not good intentions.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:58 PM (NOIQH)
It cost him a ton of money, and when the inspectors came out to check, and he passed the inspection he told them to get the fcuk out. They said "you can't talk to us like that". He replied " I just did now leave", and they left.
bunch of bull shit regulations.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 04:58 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: Jean at January 03, 2017 04:58 PM (2RVmA)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 04:52 PM (R+30W)
This is a fundamental difference between us (and adults generally) and leftists, whose Weltanschauung pivots on envy. As long as me and mine have enough, I don't care how much more someone else has.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:58 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Chinese Forced Labor Specialists at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (+wjl1)
There is. It doesn't take any skill to feed a press or perform many 'line' skills...
Only, those jobs wouldn't exist without 2 dozen other High Skilled jobs to keep the lights on.
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (g9txO)
Posted by: Voxsplainer at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (xujbM)
Posted by: Bigbys other phone at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (jNuvD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (PY9jH)
Yeah. No.
It doesn't take 8 years to "lay groundwork".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (dSqvH)
What's funny is that Earnest and co, have so devalued the veracity of various stats coming out of the WH over the last 8 years that even if this were true (ROTFL), would anyone believe it?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (NOIQH)
for whom being a politician is what you do after your life's work is done and you want to give back to your country. [/]
That was actually Herbert Hoover's life story. He'd done everything. He was a self made millionaire who on top of that fed millions of starving Belgians during WWI at no small personal risk and expense. Things didn't work out wonderfully for him in terms of economy and he made some poor choices, but for Hoover it was "I've done my life's work and now I want to serve the country."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Unemployed Barry I at January 03, 2017 04:59 PM (hxLER)
That one is probably in the all-time Top 5 Whoppers this administration has laid on us in 8 years.
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at January 03, 2017 04:57 PM (Tyii7)
Who says they are not smoking crack in the White House.
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 05:00 PM (VtLx6)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:00 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Except when they're driving up the cost of tatooless strippers and Cohibas.
Posted by: Jean at January 03, 2017 05:00 PM (2RVmA)
The old joke: Republicans make their money, and then go into government.
Democrats go into government, and then make their money.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 05:00 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 04:56 PM (849WJ)
Heh...
Posted by: buzzion at January 03, 2017 05:02 PM (cAnNx)
Shouldn't he be tending his fish pond?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:02 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine,
So true, if you saw the controls on punch presses and feeders now it would blow your mind.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 05:02 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 03, 2017 05:02 PM (X4ZNp)
They're just stupid enough to do it, too. Which would, of course, pretty much guarantee whacking great tariffs on their exports to the U.S.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 05:03 PM (SRKgf)
Ford knows what coming and they want to be on the right side of the wall.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 03, 2017 04:46 PM (4AVeu)
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Nope. Take for example the Chevy Cruze story. GM has a manufacturing plant in Mexico that make the Cruze for both overseas and US distribution. Trump is making an issue of the autos getting shipped into the US. He has never made an issue of US companies locating plants in other countries to make products for sale outside the US. If GM gets those Cruzes for the US, made in the US, Trump will be happy. And Mexico is going to want companies like GM to continue to locate factories that make products for non-USA destinations in Mexico.
Mexico will not be nationalizing anything.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 05:03 PM (R+30W)
We can find them and kill them. You just have to remove the regulations on shooting firearms. I could see a guided hunt in the Everglades for big snakes.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2017 05:03 PM (dSqvH)
Yea, I remember that line. Would love to play No Limit Texas-Hold'em with him.
Posted by: Paladin at January 03, 2017 05:04 PM (hxLER)
@BNONews 4m
BREAKING: Tsunami alert issued for Fiji after 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off the islands - PTWC
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2017 05:04 PM (FQ0rq)
Yea, I remember that line. Would love to play No Limit Texas-Hold'em with him.
Posted by: Paladin at January 03, 2017 05:04 PM (hxLER)
This. What kind of idiot says "Don't call my bluff?"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 05:05 PM (SRKgf)
____
Oh my gawd. The island is totally going to flip over.
Posted by: Hank Jonhson at January 03, 2017 05:05 PM (X7E8f)
We can find them and kill them. You just have to
remove the regulations on shooting firearms. I could see a guided hunt
in the Everglades for big snakes.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2017 05:03 PM (dSqvH)
FL has a python hunt in the Everglades every year. They offer $$$/snake. The damned things can hide in mere inches of water, and almost no one ever kills one.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 03, 2017 05:05 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 05:03 PM (SRKgf)
In recent years, Mexico has gone from One major political party to Three. So long as PAN has control, or at least enough numbers to veto, I am optimistic. The other two parties, definitely not.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (FIrEF)
consistently. My guess is that has a lot to do with Ford's decision.<<<
Don't forget that Trump can potentially leverage fleet sales and service contracts on a federal level, so there's a multipronged approach here that is completely legitimate if the playing field is level for all potential suppliers.
Posted by: Fritz at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (p8U+9)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 03, 2017 05:07 PM (PY9jH)
It takes skill to not break a die or a multi slide at the speeds they run at, or to keep a roller mill running, or to program and operate a cnc, or just about everything else in modern manufacturing. One of our problems is a lack of people to do that, and one of the reasons that manufacturing left is that they could be more profitable with low skilled, BARELY paid people in foreign countries running at 15% of the efficiency that modern mfg processes entail.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:08 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2017 05:09 PM (5sOEp)
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I believe we've built monitoring stations over the last 20 years or so. As you might expect there are a lot more warnings then occurrences.
Also, there is better media coverage of the areas that get tsunamis.
Of course the most damaging tsunami in recorded history happened in the 1800s - the volcanic explosion that triggered it was so loud you could hear it across the Pacific ocean.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 03, 2017 05:10 PM (X7E8f)
not want to work overtime. Overtime pays for the frills, 40hrs pays the
bills.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (FIrEF)
THIS. We weren't allowed to work overtime. Unwritten rule, work it, don't document it or get paid for it. Deadlines be damned. I guess you have to have ethics. Something sorely lacking in the younger work force.
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 05:10 PM (VtLx6)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:10 PM (39g3+)
They used to be called tidal waves. Like "wetlands" used to be swamps.
Posted by: tu3031 at January 03, 2017 05:11 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine,
I beg to differ. They are called 'burger assembly lines' for a reason.
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at January 03, 2017 05:11 PM (uHXIq)
Noticed the ceiling lights in the building I'm working at were made in Mexico.
Are you lying down?
Stop sleeping on the job!
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:11 PM (xMGpH)
Nah. Used to hear the phrase "tidal wave" instead.
Tsunami is correct, but wasn't always used...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 03, 2017 05:11 PM (C9pBZ)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:11 PM (849WJ)
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at January 03, 2017 05:11 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (6IPEM)
We really must buy a non-skid mat for Rosie O'Donnell's bathtub.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (hdpay)
Those jobs will vanish the second Trump leaves office unless a climate is created that keeps them here.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (4ErVI)
Yeah as noted, the warning systems are in place to help alert people better. And, as with tornado warnings, they'd rather alert people and be wrong than guess its okay and be wrong.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (39g3+)
Or "jungle" vs "rainforest"...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (C9pBZ)
Are tsunamis a more recent phenomenon? I don't remember hearing about tsunamis all the time when I was a kid.
I think because we used to call them Tidal Waves.
I think a tsunami is a giant wave caused by an earthquake. Why can't we just call the tidal waves?
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (xMGpH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 03, 2017 05:07 PM (PY9jH)
That's Shakespeare for "a crying pussy".
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at January 03, 2017 05:13 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:06 PM (6IPEM)
They are a historical phenomenon in HI. CA had a serious one that took out much of Crescent City in 1964, an effect of the Alaska earthquake.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 05:13 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine,
So true, if you saw the controls on punch presses and feeders now it would blow your mind.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 05:02 PM (FIrEF)
It depends. I've seen plenty of low skill factory jobs. Do you count a Tyson Chicken Processing factory as a factory job?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 03, 2017 05:14 PM (c2q/b)
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 05:14 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: Nate Silver at January 03, 2017 05:14 PM (eL0h3)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (xMGpH)
Since they were and are most noticed in Japan, I think the experts were "Turning Japanese" (cue cheesy pop song)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 05:14 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 05:14 PM (b7fwp)
He thinks a "tidal wave" is something the fans do at Lambert Field.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 05:15 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 05:15 PM (b7fwp)
A mewling quim.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 03, 2017 05:07 PM (PY9jH)
That's Shakespeare for "a crying pussy".
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at January 03, 2017 05:13 PM (VdICR)
THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT IS A MORON MEME AND ALSO BECAUSE IT IS FUNNY!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 03, 2017 05:15 PM (8iiMU)
'Cause they're not caused by tides?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:16 PM (4WhSY)
Are tsunamis a more recent phenomenon? I don't remember hearing about tsunamis all the time when I was a kid.
"Tsunami" is Spanish for gravy. A large wave of gravy...which is where "Wavy Gravy" got his name back in the 60's. He took that idea to Woodstock to help feed the festival and make it rock harder.
Posted by: Howard Zinn at January 03, 2017 05:16 PM (n3hky)
Exactly. And they won't really build back up until regulations, taxes, and union power are all three changed. We need a change in America, not a change in political offices. Trump might do some good, but it won't last unless we have an electorate that picks leaders and policy makers who keep it going.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:17 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 03, 2017 04:27 PM (SRKgf)
Exactly.
Hearing about jobs is far preferable to the nonstop scolding from the Democrats about our failings as a society and our treatment of [fill in pressure group name].
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2017 05:17 PM (rF0hx)
products and prototypes were always made here in the states.
Yep. And I've done plenty of "repair" on Chinese and Mexican shit to keep a line rolling. Try to bill them more than they paid for the tool or machine. It's a gift.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:18 PM (EUMr7)
Crazy when companies move and create jobs in other countries that point is not made Crystal clear.
It is almost as if a message is being sent.
Posted by: Pepe at January 03, 2017 05:18 PM (X/5o4)
Posted by: Colin at January 03, 2017 05:18 PM (ogUTd)
Posted by: homer simpson at January 03, 2017 05:19 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 03, 2017 05:19 PM (mX/Ii)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:19 PM (849WJ)
Mike Rowe goes on and on about this, about how people are getting too arrogant and self-important to do work. That work is beneath me, minces the American. No, its not. Its good work, and we should honor and praise the people that do it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:10 PM (39g3+)
============
All may of Thee partake:
Nothing can be so mean,
Which with his tincture - "for Thy sake" -
Will not grow bright and clean.
A servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine:
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws,
Makes that and th' action fine.
- George Herbert
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 03, 2017 05:20 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:20 PM (KP5rU)
Once the regs and taxes are brought to heel, and the economy presumably explodes, it will take a lot to resurrect that leviathan.
As for unions? It's all gubmint employees now, basically.
Perchance there will be fewer of those as well.
This is the dream, anyway....
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:20 PM (EUMr7)
I think he couldn't ask for better advertising than to have lawyers turn on him. Its like having used car salesmen and online ad spammers criticize you.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:20 PM (39g3+)
Those jobs will vanish the second Trump leaves office unless a climate is created that keeps them here.
I agree and thats why it won't work Trump is a climate change denier and it causes me to respond in italics. Thats how serious this is.
Posted by: Al Gore at January 03, 2017 05:21 PM (n3hky)
Expect to see the comeback of Trump vs. "Expectations".
GWB, even when he had good numbers, was dinged by the MSM for performing below unnamed economists' expectations.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 03, 2017 05:21 PM (NOIQH)
"Astronauts' No. 1 New Year's resolution: Ace spacewalks..."
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 05:21 PM (b7fwp)
Boobs. Are we talking about boobs yet?
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:21 PM (xMGpH)
They're pretty good in Wyoming. Different approach there, run by hunters and fishers rather than pointy headed academics.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:22 PM (39g3+)
Does the term used indicate mass and size? I mean can a girl with itty bitties be said to have "boobs" or do they have to at least be C cups?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:23 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at January 03, 2017 05:23 PM (mX/Ii)
Posted by: Colin at January 03, 2017 05:18 PM (ogUTd)
After the Carrier deal I saw a number of MFM stories of the "real story" behind the Carrier deal.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 03, 2017 05:24 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Jean at January 03, 2017 05:24 PM (2RVmA)
seemingly dumb statements are rich with deep mean, just like a cow
pasture is rich with life giving fertilizer.
Posted by: mallfly on horseback salad at January 03, 2017 05:12 PM (b7fwp)
And Hillary was the most qualified presidential candidate ever, which somehow the voters missed.
Posted by: Colin at January 03, 2017 05:24 PM (ogUTd)
I'm a machinist/toolmaker/machine builder so I appreciate that.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:25 PM (EUMr7)
Perchance there will be fewer of those as well.
This is the dream, anyway....
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:20 PM (EUMr7)
THIS. What unions there are, predominantly government jobs, and this should not be.
Frankly, *I don't mind* private sector union efforts, even when said unions endorse dumb things, because that is as unions should be.
And when private sector unions were corrupt, they were Goomba Corrupt, rather than Commie Corrupt.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 03, 2017 05:25 PM (ujg0T)
Well since someone brought up boobs, anyone remember CAROL WAYNE who used to appear frequently on Johnny Carson?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8krJGm_L__Y&t=294s
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:25 PM (xMGpH)
How do you feel about County Agents?
Posted by: Hank Kimball at January 03, 2017 05:25 PM (OD2ni)
As I get older, I realize that anything done well 1) looks easy but 2) is much more difficult to do well than you think. So never look down your nose at someone doing what may be thought of as a menial job. If they pay someone to do it, it's important. If it's important enough to pay for, it's being done well. If it's done well, a lot has gone into it.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 03, 2017 05:25 PM (J8/9G)
Around here they are cops. All they want is to write tickets.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2017 05:25 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: IC at January 03, 2017 05:26 PM (a0IVu)
No that's food processing not Manufaturing.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 05:26 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:26 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Bringontheboobies at January 03, 2017 05:26 PM (tOcW/)
Here is Carol Wayne appearing on Johnny Carson in 1984 promoting her new movie.
Sadly, she died a year later.
In January 1985, Wayne and a companion, Edward Durston were vacationing at the Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. After they had an argument, Wayne reportedly took a walk on the beach. Three days later a local fisherman found Wayne's body in the shallow bay. An autopsy performed in Mexico revealed no signs of drugs or alcohol in her body. Her death was ruled "accidental".
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:27 PM (xMGpH)
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I remember her. Back when Late Night was funny.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:27 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:27 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:10 PM (39g3+)
That is kinda of a myth Mike Rowe puts out there. The UDA has been deindustrialiazed on purpose and nowhere is it more evident than rural areas and small towns which make up most of America. Fact is people are hurting so bad that they cannot even afford to move or a car to get to and from work. Not to mention that it used to be the job of a skilled tradesman to train apprentices and now people have to go into debt just to get a certificate before even getting on the job training, which they usually wind up paying for as well.
He also ignores the forced displacement of American Workers by cheap foreign workers.
But hey, it makes one hell of a show, marketing pitch, and we'll paid speeches to tell Americans that they are parading up dirty work. Fits the narrative as well.
Posted by: Pepe at January 03, 2017 05:27 PM (X/5o4)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2017 05:28 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: IC at January 03, 2017 05:26 PM (a0IVu)
Even that laptop at that power plane that supposedly had Russian hacks is now blamed on a porn hunting employee...
Posted by: Colin at January 03, 2017 05:28 PM (ogUTd)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:29 PM (xMGpH)
I recently spent a week making 4 pieces.
4.
Little cocksuckers, too. But that's how long it sometimes takes to do it right.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:29 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2017 05:29 PM (IqV8l)
(Paul "Enron" Krugman hardest hit.<<<
Isn't Krugman the guy who proposed a fake space alien invasion to fix the economy? Forget the camps, we need to bring back paddy wagons and straightjackets.
Posted by: Fritz at January 03, 2017 05:29 PM (uWHRB)
population with their bizzare regulations. the wolves and coyotes are
doing great though. great job fuckwits.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:26 PM (KP5rU)
===========================
Son's good friend works for the DNR up around Steven's Point. One year all he did was count prairie chickens. I never could figure out why we would need to know that. Still.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:29 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:29 PM (849WJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:30 PM (xMGpH)
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The Cruze is already assembled in Lordstown, near my fathers old mail route.
Posted by: John Kasich at January 03, 2017 05:30 PM (X4ZNp)
Posted by: steevy at January 03, 2017 05:30 PM (r/0kC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 03, 2017 05:05 PM (PY9jH)
India did this one time. Then the snake-breeding cottage industries took off.....
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at January 03, 2017 05:30 PM (uHXIq)
Even that laptop at that power plane that supposedly had Russian hacks is now blamed on a porn hunting employee...
Posted by: Colin
That should always be the first application of Occam's Razor in cyber sluething; prove it didn't start with porn.
Posted by: Jean at January 03, 2017 05:31 PM (2RVmA)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:31 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:32 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: IC at January 03, 2017 05:26 PM (a0IVu)
FIFY.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 05:32 PM (R+30W)
When is it a tempest?
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:33 PM (xMGpH)
Well since someone brought up boobs, anyone remember CAROL WAYNE who used to appear frequently on Johnny Carson?
Her sister had nice boobs too and she wasn't the monster coke head Carol was
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 03, 2017 05:33 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:31 PM (6IPEM)
To me it means everything tastes like cardboard on a good day
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2017 05:33 PM (SjImc)
peanut allergies and gluten allergies. The gluten free thing seems
like a scam to me.
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:31 PM (6IPEM)
======================
Yeah I don't get that either. They say they're a thing, so I guess they're a thing.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:33 PM (bpfzP)
When is it a tempest?
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:33 PM (xMGpH
When it's in a teapot.
Posted by: buzzion at January 03, 2017 05:34 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: garrett at January 03, 2017 05:34 PM (g9txO)
short skirts and boobies on C BEE ESSS..no snakes allowed
Posted by: saf at January 03, 2017 05:34 PM (+zN6H)
Weasel Zippers
And every other word is a lie. Like ALL the fake hate crimes
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2017 05:35 PM (SjImc)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:35 PM (4WhSY)
His emphasis that "low skill labor" is good is not a myth. No matter how industrialized, technological, or rich a society gets, we still need people to landscape yards, clean sidewalks, Paint houses, serve in restaurants, etc. We will never reach a point when there is no need for low skilled labor.
And we will never reach a point where doing these menial jobs is bad.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:35 PM (39g3+)
inch over a six foot span without putting on his glasses.
That's pretty good, but it's just an experienced eye, honestly. I can't pick out .010 across that span, but I can see .005 difference between two small pieces right away. When you get used to dealing with such small distances, they just seem to get bigger and bigger with experience. It's just part of it, and comes naturally, believe it or not. The human eye is freaking amazing.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:35 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 05:35 PM (VtLx6)
well as stability abroad, stems the flood of illegal immigration, and
clobbers the shit out of ISIS, when the Magic Negro singularly failed to
do any of these, they're hosed. And they know it. The dumbest bastard
in the country could hardly fail to note the dramatic change.
Half the country voted for Obama for a second term. Notice or not, they will refuse to acknowledge reality because that would mean they just really were never all that special.
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:36 PM (LAe3v)
It is now a right to work state, and has been for a few years.
I think that gives companies a lot more leeway in terms of dealing with the unions.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 03, 2017 05:36 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:37 PM (KP5rU)
new a lathe op who could eyeball variations of less than 1/100th of an inch over a six foot span without putting on his glasses.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:29 PM (849WJ)
Her Majesty can do that too, no problem. Guess who has to move it 1/100th of an inch? Several times.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 03, 2017 05:37 PM (J8/9G)
If I had a baby, I'd name it Rizzo.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:37 PM (bpfzP)
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The Cruze is already assembled in Lordstown, near my fathers old mail route.
Posted by: John Kasich at January 03, 2017 05:30 PM (X4ZNp)
++++
Some of them are, some are made in Mexico. Trump was talking about the ones made in Mexico and imported back into the US.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/01/03/
donald-trump-general-motors-chevrolet-cruze/96100270/
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 05:37 PM (R+30W)
how industrialized, technological, or rich a society gets, we still need
people to landscape yards, clean sidewalks, Paint houses, serve in
restaurants, etc. We will never reach a point when there is no need for
low skilled labor.
The world needs ditch diggers too.
Posted by: Judge Smails at January 03, 2017 05:37 PM (LAe3v)
Damn straight it is. I haven't dealt with ceramics much, but from what I've seen they're a PITA
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:38 PM (EUMr7)
Speaking of eyes and brains, did you know..
that an upside-down face is very difficult for our brains to recognize?
Try turning a photo upside down and your brain will have trouble recognizing the faces as faces.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 03, 2017 05:39 PM (xMGpH)
Unless it's a cyclone.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:32 PM (4WhSY)
Hello, big boy!
Posted by: Sharknado at January 03, 2017 05:39 PM (uHXIq)
is much more difficult to do well than you think. So never look down
your nose at someone doing what may be thought of as a menial job. If
they pay someone to do it, it's important. If it's important enough to
pay for, it's being done well. If it's done well, a lot has gone into
it.<<<
Skilled labor or unskilled labor, anybody willing to work, pay taxes and their fair share, and support their family is okay in my book. If anything can be considered a problem or failure here, it's management failing to train people eager to move up life and in the world.
Posted by: Fritz at January 03, 2017 05:39 PM (uWHRB)
totally out of control, their word rules all. don't ever, ever get
sideways with those pricks. they are worse than the epa. for the record,
i never have any contact with those pricks. just hear and read about
how they operate. the personification of evil.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:37 PM (KP5rU)
=======================
The following year, after he'd counted all the prairie chickens, his job was to sit out in a canoe at night on various lakes, and count the geese that flew overhead. Yup.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:39 PM (bpfzP)
Used to manufacture ceramic Raytheon parts in a plant. It is a skilled
profession. Not sure I could go back to it after all these years.
Were you, by chance, making night vision goggles?
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:39 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Max Power at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (QCc6B)
How big that portion is, I don't know. I fear its 30% and growing. Those people will never praise a great economy, because their lifestyle is indifferent to the economy, save for the jealousy they feel for those who work hard and earn money to do things and buy things they cannot.
Another portion is the leftist idealogue who believes that wealth comes from injustice, that those who have necessarily took from those who have not (somehow) and thus a booming economy is simply unjust and tyrannical. For those people a good economy means the government is not doing the work of social justice, and thus people are suffering. How big that segment is and how much it overlaps with the previous I don't know either. Maybe 20%, with a very loud voice.
Those people will never, ever support, vote for, or praise Trump no matter what.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (39g3+)
I think we have a different definition of unskilled. They were probably unskilled when hired. They became skilled for that particular job after being trained.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (c2q/b)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (6IPEM)
Unions got in the way. Hence, today.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (849WJ)
prairie chickens, his job was to sit out in a canoe at night on various
lakes, and count the geese that flew overhead. Yup.
Posted by: grammie winger
How exactly would someone know if he was just making the numbers up?
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:38 PM (EUMr7)
Not so much when you get the hang of it. QC is VERY Important. Shitty company, but I do miss the satisfaction of a job well done.
Posted by: Infidel at January 03, 2017 05:41 PM (VtLx6)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:41 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:41 PM (6IPEM)
prairie chickens, his job was to sit out in a canoe at night on various
lakes, and count the geese that flew overhead. Yup.
Posted by: grammie winger
How exactly would someone know if he was just making the numbers up?
You mean he could have goosed the numbers?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:42 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:40 PM (LAe3v)
===================================
He's Lutheran. Duh
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:42 PM (bpfzP)
Got thrown at a CNC control I'd never worked before (Mazak). Took me a week to figure it out and make it hum. Only taking a week is a skill. Trust me. (Mazaks are weird....).
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:42 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:43 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:43 PM (849WJ)
Monsoons are a seasonal variation in wind patterns. We have a "monsoon" season in the deserts of the Southwest US.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:44 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:45 PM (KP5rU)
I have postdocs who go into the clean room and wire bond things that I can't even see.
It sucks getting old and feeble.
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:45 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Yo! at January 03, 2017 05:46 PM (GwIKd)
It takes about 3 hours to figure out who's going to cut it and who shouldn't have left the fry line.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:46 PM (EUMr7)
Machinists are the opposite definition of unskilled. My father was Union President of the local IAM . Conservative as can be though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 03, 2017 05:46 PM (c2q/b)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:44 PM
****
I'm pretty sure you're just making stuff up now. No one has ever heard of monsoons in the United States.
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:46 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:47 PM (849WJ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:44 PM (4WhSY)
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My mom lived south of Tucson for many years. She used to talk about the monsoons. One year I visited during monsoon season and discovered that monsoon meant it rains from 1pm to 1:15.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:47 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:47 PM (6IPEM)
It's AOSHQ. I'm afraid you're going to have to be more specific.
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:48 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 03, 2017 05:49 PM (bpfzP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:49 PM (849WJ)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/01/03/
donald-trump-general-motors-chevrolet-cruze/96100270/
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 03, 2017 05:37 PM (R+30W)
============================
There's a hatchback version of the Cruze? Why didn't anyone tell me that?!?!
Posted by: John Kasich at January 03, 2017 05:49 PM (X4ZNp)
I don't know that that's true. I will say that not every one can do it, and it takes certain innate traits that have little to do with intelligence or anything else but the ability to do a little math and learn what a machine or tool can or can not do. Some very intelligent people can not learn that. I've met some dumb SOBs that could machine a gnat's pubic hairs to a perfect five-oclock shadow......
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:50 PM (EUMr7)
-------------------------------------
It's AOSHQ. I'm afraid you're going to have to be more specific.
Posted by: pep at January 03, 2017 05:48 PM (LAe3v)
========================
How's this for specific: I am a Republican.
Posted by: John Kasich at January 03, 2017 05:50 PM (X4ZNp)
Posted by: George at January 03, 2017 05:51 PM (gGgx/)
No, ma'am: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Monsoon
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:51 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 03, 2017 05:52 PM (KP5rU)
True. I've also seen some take to it like nothing. Innate mechanical intelligence they never knew they had,
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:52 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: John Kasich at January 03, 2017 05:50 PM (X4ZNp)
FIFY
Posted by: George at January 03, 2017 05:53 PM (gGgx/)
Establishment Republican and mailmen.
Unskilled trades run in their family, apparently.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 05:54 PM (EUMr7)
I don't know that that's true. I will say that not every one can do it, and it takes certain innate traits that have little to do with intelligence or anything else but the ability to do a little math and learn what a machine or tool can or can not do.
That would be skilled labor
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 03, 2017 05:55 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 03, 2017 05:55 PM (849WJ)
And there are the opposites...could design a lunar lander out of a trash can. ..but changing a light fixture?...black magic
Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at January 03, 2017 05:56 PM (0LQ4f)
--
You say that like it's a bad thing.
There's a whole series based on making things up on the History Channel. It's called Ancient Aliens.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 03, 2017 05:56 PM (J5mC3)
330 Monsoons are a seasonal variation in wind patterns. We have a "monsoon" season in the deserts of the Southwest US.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 03, 2017 05:44 PM
****
I'm pretty sure you're just making stuff up now. No one has ever heard of monsoons in the United States.
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 05:46 PM (6IPEM)
Blanco's right. Monsoons are here in the US as well, but called by different names, if memory serves.
As to hurricanes, in the Pacific and Asia they're called typhoons.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 03, 2017 05:57 PM (LuZz8)
And there are the opposites...could design a lunar lander out of a trash can. ..but changing a light fixture?...black magic
--
You had a light fixture?
Voila!
Now you have a light fixture with a fan!
/I did not realize I was practicing the black arts in my own home...
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 03, 2017 05:58 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 03, 2017 05:58 PM (SjImc)
Yeah. No.
It doesn't take 8 years to "lay groundwork".
------
Amazingly, it all took off on November 9, 2016!!!
I wonder what happened the day before?
Posted by: rd at January 03, 2017 05:59 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2017 06:00 PM (5sOEp)
So, this was the first day I attempt to get on a healthy sleep schedule...
Woke @ 8:30
Showered and ready by 9:10
Sad that I'm out of coffee.
Spend 20 minutes checking email/news
Wander around the house looking for stuff to clean
By 11:30 I'm back in bed to take a "nap"
Wake up again at 5:30.. check email from Nightstand (says my coffee has been delivered. YEAH!
A reason to get out of bed).
Posted by: Serious Cat at January 03, 2017 06:00 PM (Uy6ri)
Posted by: Sharknado at January 03, 2017 06:00 PM (uHXIq)
Nood
Posted by: L, Elle at January 03, 2017 06:01 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Cheri at January 03, 2017 06:01 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2017 06:06 PM (5sOEp)
work, pay taxes and their fair share, and support their family is okay
in my book. If anything can be considered a problem or failure here,
it's management failing to train people eager to move up life and in the
world.
Posted by: Fritz at January 03, 2017 05:39 PM
My feelings exctly
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 06:06 PM (FIrEF)
Same thing with Die Makers. The trick was to know who could do what job correctly.
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 06:09 PM (FIrEF)
Yes it is. All I'm saying is that it's not actually difficult if you are already born inclined to it. And I can't stress that enough. Everyone has innate abilities that just need a little time to blossom. I'm a shitty landscape painter. Not my gig. NEXT! Wish people got a chance to explore themselves more.
Some people can sweat a pipe and some can't. The former make great plumbers.....
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 06:10 PM (EUMr7)
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 06:11 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 03, 2017 06:10
Good one
at least you're still here
Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 03, 2017 06:12 PM (FIrEF)
Posted by: WARPIG at January 03, 2017 06:22 PM (KL5Ns)
(on the bottom of the screen right now, Fox Biz)
she stinks.
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