THE MORNING RANT: There Is Massive Industrial Investment Under Way in the U.S. Due to Repatriation of Manufacturing

The March jobs report was released last week, and it “unexpectedly” showed that jobs are being created in numbers well in excess of what was predicted by “experts.”

“Job Growth Shatters Expectations in March, in Boost to Trump” [Politico – 4/03/2026]

178,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%. This happened despite the number of federal employees being at the lowest level since the mid-1960s (thanks to Trump and DOGE taking a chainsaw to the government payroll.)

Left-wing partisans and tariff-hating “free traders” who seek to enrich China at the expense of the U.S. have been blind to what is going on. But thanks to the tariff regimen imposed by Donald Trump, there is an industrial renaissance blossoming across America.

I write a lot about the auto industry, because I know it very well. What I am seeing is a massive reinvestment in auto manufacturing in this country, and it is reasonable to extrapolate that there is similar industrial reinvestment in other industries.

Nearly every major auto manufacturer is committing billions of dollars to new plants, or expanding existing plants. The announcements for these projects tend to include some statement to the effect of ”We want to move vehicle production closer to our customers,” while also acknowledging that tariffs are a compelling incentive to bring manufacturing to the states.

Before Trump-era tariffs, Nissan was domestically manufacturing about 45% of the vehicles it sells in the U.S. That figure now exceeds 60% and the company is targeting 80% in the near future. Nissan has recently expanded its Tennessee plant, and its chief executive for the Americas, Christian Meunier, was recently quoted as saying, “The tariff was not a bad thing for us because it forced us to really accelerate our plan. We need to build where we sell. There’s no magic.”

Just a few days ago, Hyundai’s CEO announced a major new American expansion, spending another $26 billion and creating 25,000 new direct jobs. Hyundai is also aiming for 80% of its U.S. sales to be vehicles manufactured domestically.

Mercedes is moving production of its GLC SUV from Germany to the U.S., and expanding its manufacturing footprint in Alabama: “Mercedes-Benz to Pour $4B Into Alabama Plant as Trump Tariffs Reshape US Auto Strategy”

Mercedes North America CEO Jason Hoff says localizing production for high-volume models just makes good business sense given tariffs.

Toyota continues to increase U.S. production: “Toyota to invest $1 billion to increase U.S. production in Kentucky, Indiana plants” [CNBC - 3/23/2026]

“Toyota’s investment in the U.S. is for the long-term, tied to our philosophy of building where we sell and buying where we build,” Toyota Motor North America Chief Operating Officer Mark Templin said in a statement.

General Motors had been importing some vehicles from China. That production is coming back home: ”GM’s Buick Envision production shifting from China to US in 2028;
The onshoring of production is designed in part to mitigate tariffs that have driven up the price of the compact SUV and cut into sales” [Wards Auto – 01/23/2026]

This headline is from a year ago, when Honda started this massive round of U.S. investment:

“Honda to produce next Civic in Indiana, not Mexico, due to US tariffs” [Reuters – 3/03/2025]

I live in the South, in an area ringed by auto assembly plants built in recent decades. Those plants have brought a great deal of prosperity – not just directly from jobs at those plants, but in suppliers that have sprung up, and suppliers to suppliers, etc. There is wealth being created and cash flowing in, and the prosperity continues to circulate and recirculate from all the jobs and spending within those supply chains.

And remember, what I’m discussing here is just from the auto industry. The industrial renaissance is across all industries.

Carig Fuller of Freightwaves has been monitoring the trucking industry, which is suddenly having a golden era. The crackdown on foreign drivers who should not have been issued CDLs is certainly benefiting legitimate trucking companies, but beyond that, the absolute volume of freight being hauled by trucks is spiking upward as the domestic economy heats up: “Truckload volumes and spot rates hit multi-year highs; It’s not just capacity: Truckload volumes hit multi-year highs” [Freightwaves – 3/19/2026]

Freightwaves is also reporting a surge in rail freight:

[Rail] carloads increased 6.5% year-over-year, led by gains in grain, coal, and other industrial products. Year-to-date shipments were the highest since 2023, wrote Rand Ghayad, chief economist for the Association of American Railroads, in a monthly analysis.

You are not bullish enough.

The trucking market is an 11 out of a 10 right now, with some the strongest charts since COVID.

The resurgence of the US industrial economy and manufacturing renaissance is real, along with tightening capacity.

I told Bloomberg Open Interest that… pic.twitter.com/w7FNOpmS3l
— Craig Fuller ��⚓️ (@FreightAlley) March 25, 2026

Thank you President Trump for re-industrializing the United States, and for the jobs and prosperity being created in this new industrial era in America.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 I think I shall read this post.

Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:02 AM (pDt9x)

2 Foist?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 10, 2026 11:02 AM (jRpvB)

3 Just want to say, this is absolutely true. Have three clients right now that are very bullish on re-industrializing. I wish it was in PA! but sadly no

Indiana and Wisconsin are hot spots for them. PA is still too tough - thanks Josh, you ass.

we do have one who just completed a factory in PA so that's nice. It was only 6 months behind schedule so not bad. but in the midwest things are flying

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:03 AM (j+aD2)

4 Feel free to take a bunch of the NDP, Liberal supporting CAW auto jobs from Canada during the upcoming trade talks.

It'll help us reach our carbon goals faster!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

5 > Thank you President Trump for re-industrializing the United States, and for the jobs and prosperity being created in this new industrial era in America.
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Better hope the trend continues. Democrats would undo this in less than a year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 11:03 AM (AkEZC)

6 What's the common thread among all the foreign auto manufacturers you mentioned? They're all going somewhere OTHER than Detroit. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

7 Let's make sure they hire *Americans* to work there, not bring in their own workforce from another country.
Then I'll celebrate this!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 10, 2026 11:04 AM (Suwql)

8 I think the Left is trying to blackpill on this and push blackpilling in general to stop new plans for reindustrialization or postpone them

this is bad

so, I guess don't participate in that?

try to think positive

people in heavy industries are really excited about this bc the other way was not really working. I wouldn't buy a house built in 2022 for example.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (j+aD2)

9 I'd also mention the new Intel foundry which will provide chips for Tesla and SpaceX. Assuming Intel can still build a foundry, that's a $20B investment.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

10 Buck

You now anything about funds that invest in capital equipment makers.
Robots, Cat, John Deere and the like.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (/+uur)

11 I think I shall read this post.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026

***
I've never seen a purple post,
I never hope to see one,
But I tell you people here and now
I'd rather see than be one!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (wzUl9)

12 huh. Almost as if you can just do things to benefit the US.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (99eI0)

13 SPONGE!!!!

Posted by: Denny Crane - SPONGE!!!! at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (dmDsy)

14 OK, won't blackpill. My apologies, BlackOrchid.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 10, 2026 11:06 AM (Suwql)

15 Intel repurposed a shut down chip factory to make complex chips.
It seem the best money makers are chips that a really 10 or 20 chips into a single unit that can do complex work.

Like AI

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 10, 2026 11:07 AM (/+uur)

16 > Thank you President Trump for re-industrializing the United States, and for the jobs and prosperity being created in this new industrial era in America.
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Better hope the trend continues. Democrats would undo this in less than a year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 11:03 AM (AkEZC)

And Americans are fucking stooopid enough to put them back in power to let them. They'll spend all their time seeking revenge against Americans. They don't spend their time saying what they'll do for Americans, they spend it saying what they'll do TO Americans, and idiots will vote for it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 11:07 AM (snZF9)

17 The really astonishing thing is the extent to which old Europe is deindustrializing. It's insane. It won't be long before the home of the Industrial Revolution has no industry.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

18 Sadly, the biggest benefits from all these "Built in the USA" projects won't be realized until years after Trump is out of office.
The lag times in planning, building and outfitting major manufacturing facilities is years, not months
And you can be sure that I the Democrats gain control of the Congress and the White House, they will bray to the moon taking credit for anything good that comes of it, even though they opposed these efforts every step of the way.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 10, 2026 11:07 AM (MNCvZ)

19 Wolfus is now proving weekly that TANSTAAFL is simply not true!

Posted by: Hangry, Myself at April 10, 2026 11:08 AM (oftw2)

20 8 I think the Left is trying to blackpill on this and push blackpilling in general to stop new plans for reindustrialization or postpone them

this is bad

so, I guess don't participate in that?

try to think positive

people in heavy industries are really excited about this bc the other way was not really working. I wouldn't buy a house built in 2022 for example.
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (j+aD2)

Progressives do not like Progress.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 10, 2026 11:08 AM (/+uur)

21 and idiots will vote for it.

Because they have been convinced by Our Moral Betters that we deserve to be destroyed as a country.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:08 AM (99eI0)

22 The really astonishing thing is the extent to which old Europe is deindustrializing. It's insane. It won't be long before the home of the Industrial Revolution has no industry.

The bright side is that they won't burn as much oil, and will instead use clean-burning peat and wood.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

23 Posted by: Lizzy at April 10, 2026 11:04 AM (Suwql)

+1

Posted by: gKWVE at April 10, 2026 11:09 AM (gKWVE)

24 Are manufacturing jobs being repatriated to blue and red states more or less equally?

Posted by: mr tmz at April 10, 2026 11:09 AM (rJ48h)

25 Sadly, the biggest benefits from all these "Built in the USA" projects won't be realized until years after Trump is out of office.
The lag times in planning, building and outfitting major manufacturing facilities is years, not months
And you can be sure that I the Democrats gain control of the Congress and the White House, they will bray to the moon taking credit for anything good that comes of it, even though they opposed these efforts every step of the way.

Abigail Spanberger is already claiming credit for a long list of businesses who moved to VA under Glenn Youngkin. They truly have no shame.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

26 Can we stand some really Good News, Horde?

Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:10 AM (pDt9x)

27 no Lizzy you made a good point!!!

that is so important. I think tech and cars are going to be more likely to have insourcing ugh

I just mean in general - if this gets momentum, even dumbass blue states like PA will get in on it.

my clients are in materials and heavy machinery and housing and fluidics and food distribution and steel and I'm going to list some inaccurate things to try not to doxx myself lol

they do not tend to use immigrant labor. there are some sectors that wouldn't dream of it, honestly. there's bad and there's good. either way it's good to have the plants HERE and not rely on shipping.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:10 AM (j+aD2)

28 Be mindful that many of these manufacturers will bring their business and other cultures with them. The Hyundai ecosystem in particular is locally notorious for paying lip service to US labor and DoT regs and reserving upper management to Koreans.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 10, 2026 11:11 AM (OUMaO)

29 The really astonishing thing is the extent to which old Europe is deindustrializing. It's insane. It won't be long before the home of the Industrial Revolution has no industry.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

The bright side is that they won't burn as much oil, and will instead use clean-burning peat and wood.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

or each other.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 11:11 AM (snZF9)

30 Wolfus is now proving weekly that TANSTAAFL is simply not true!
Posted by: Hangry, Myself at April 10, 2026

***
Today, I think, is the last one for this semester, or second-to-last. Of course if you count the gas I will burn going over there and back, and my time wasted listening to an academic drone on, there is some cost. But it's certainly much better money-wise than going to TGIFriday's for lunch!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 11:12 AM (wzUl9)

31 Manufacturing jobs are THE ONLY JOBS THAT MATTER. Many here will not rest until 100% of the world’s manufactures are here and 80% of jobs are in manufacturing and 20% are in government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 11:12 AM (TcMLU)

32 Sadly, the biggest benefits from all these "Built in the USA" projects won't be realized until years after Trump is out of office.
The lag times in planning, building and outfitting major manufacturing facilities is years, not months
And you can be sure that I the Democrats gain control of the Congress and the White House, they will bray to the moon taking credit for anything good that comes of it, even though they opposed these efforts every step of the way.

Abigail Spanberger is already claiming credit for a long list of businesses who moved to VA under Glenn Youngkin. They truly have no shame.

Abigail Spanberger Takes Credit for $7.1 Billion in Business Investments Secured by GOP Predecessor Glenn Youngkin
The Virginia Democrat’s announcement came the same day her dismal approval rating was revealed

https://is.gd/cLVTi0

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

33 Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:03 AM (j+aD2)

Thanks for the info on the other side. I'm just using AI for personal stuff. It's interesting to hear how useful it is in the real world.

I just got an automated call from a credit bureau in Canada for my mother. Dead for 17 months. And I was her caregiver for 14 years and know where every dollar was spent.

Hey, I talked to a white or black woman! President Trump is bringing back all the jobs. I got a working callback number. Interesting. I'll let the cops know.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:13 AM (Sco7b)

34
There was a DuPont site here named Chestnut Run at which the firm located its technical market staff. It has been pretty much shut down for five years and emptied of any activity.

Another firm purchased the site and, over the past eighteen months, new and substantial construction is occurring there (with a concomitant removal of the former DuPont structures). The motel is nearly complete. Two new buildings are well along in their being built. It turns out that this is an effort mounted by Merck, which is ironic since there was a DuPont-Merck partnership that existed about twenty years ago that broke up and Merck shipped its business elsewhere.

Reported May 28, 2025 – Merck has officially launched construction on a $1 billion, 470,000-square-foot biologics manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Delaware, marking a significant investment in the company’s U.S. production capabilities.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:13 AM (hivT2)

35 Good to see you are finally recognizing countries outsource here all the time.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 11:13 AM (TcMLU)

36 that's great news Krebs!

that's the sector I want to see insourced the most! we cannot depend on other countries for drug production

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:15 AM (j+aD2)

37 So you’re saying this is a major shift in the private sector that will provide general economic benefit.

*salutes and runs*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 10, 2026 11:15 AM (jRpvB)

38 Wait a second, but gen Zs are complaining about ability to find jobs !

Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 11:17 AM (GD0B3)

39 Feel free to take a bunch of the NDP, Liberal supporting CAW auto jobs from Canada during the upcoming trade talks.

It'll help us reach our carbon goals faster!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

Seconded! Ontario needs to be strangled in its crib. Sucks for you to be there, pal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:17 AM (utfVc)

40 I'm waiting for our intrepid reporter to return with the Reddit transmissions. You need something to rant against, before it can properly be called one! And I'm sure that there are people who strongly disagree with the MAGA agenda of American human thriving.

Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 11:18 AM (Sy6m/)

41 How many new female coal miners are there?
Oilfield workers?
Roofers?

Posted by: Diversity! at April 10, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)

42 I'd also mention the new Intel foundry which will provide chips for Tesla and SpaceX. Assuming Intel can still build a foundry, that's a $20B investment.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

Tesla is also building their own chip fab, I believe, or is that in partnership with Intel?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:18 AM (ExV1e)

43
So you’re saying this is a major shift in the private sector that will provide general economic benefit.

*salutes and runs*
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

We can count on "experts" being puzzled for years to come and tapping on the cover glass of the "gubmint jobs" meter, while wondering why its movement is either stalled or moving downward. Their distress will be palpable.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:19 AM (hivT2)

44 24 Are manufacturing jobs being repatriated to blue and red states more or less equally?
Posted by: mr tmz
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No. A) closed shop labor unions affecting wages and work rules, B) democrat states are anti business in general viewing them as resources to be plundered rather than valued, C) blue cities are shitholes and businesses have no need for the mass of unskilled and uneducated labor in them anymore due to robotics and other advances in mfg.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

45 It seem the best money makers are chips that a really 10 or 20 chips into a single unit that can do complex work.

I remember when Intel laughed at AMD over that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:19 AM (ExV1e)

46 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at April 10, 2026 11:19 AM (htWC/)

47 “Job Growth Shatters Expectations in March

That's because they never thought she would lose.

Posted by: t-bird at April 10, 2026 11:20 AM (ReYtg)

48 It's a good thread.

It's wonderful, or can be, in some regions & states.

But a new vehicle is unaffordable for much of the "middle," and many routine goods are becoming outrageously priced thanks to shipping costs.

But what can be said or done about it in PA, or like states, when you're not in on the game but to publicize "Yay, unions!" for the winners & wait for the next list of demands, strike, and/or Federal bailout. (Automobile and all transportation)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 11:20 AM (NFX2v)

49 Seconded! Ontario needs to be strangled in its crib. Sucks for you to be there, pal.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:17 AM (utfVc)

I'm taking care of Ralphy. My last responsibility then I'm free to move, travel, etc.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:20 AM (Sco7b)

50 How many new female coal miners are there?
Oilfield workers?
Roofers?
Posted by: Diversity! at April 10, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)

You know how the measure "non-farm payroll"?

I feel that any women in blue collar jobs should be measured as "non-lesbian female employees".

Posted by: Robert at April 10, 2026 11:22 AM (htWC/)

51 Wait. We were promised free fries with our Spamburger.

Posted by: Virginia voters at April 10, 2026 11:22 AM (2Ez/1)

52 Sefton was a bit hysterical this morning about Trump losing the midterms because of the Iran kinetic action. That will be over soon, and nobody will remember it come November (except to reflect how nice it is to not have to deal with those lunatics anymore). As one old horndog said, "it's the economy, stupid!" And if this economic upturn keeps up...well, it should look pretty good for Trump and us.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 11:22 AM (xAP/Y)

53 And Americans are fucking stooopid enough to put them back in power to let them.

Social media is filled with channels pushing the idea that everything is bad (okay, depending on where you are), getting worse (I suppose that could also depend on where you are), and - most especially - not like it was when boomers were young and graduated high school and were immediately given a car, house, spouse, and $40M portfolio.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:22 AM (ExV1e)

54 So you’re saying this is a major shift in the private sector that will provide general economic benefit.

*salutes and runs*
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
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Why run? The fact is that most government jobs are not productive--witness public education which is imploding primarily due to the workers and their belief systems in them. Way too many administrators, massive inefficiencies in investments, and massive fraud.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

55
Wait a second, but gen Zs are complaining about ability to find jobs !
Posted by: runner

Dig deeper to find out what they consider to be jobs worthy of their deep and longstanding wisdom.

So far, what I see most - not that I look for this much - are confident pronouncements that they are especially proficient all by their lonesome in distinguishing AI-produced content vs non-AI-produced content. There's not major $$$ to be had there, kiddos!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:23 AM (hivT2)

56 one last thought on AI and its impact

my daughter is in IT at a large company. she is doing well but they had some threatened cuts - the scrum masters. that's the weak link in tech right now with AI moving in. her company chose to keep them! just shifted their roles.

AI is going to require nimble, flexible thinking. what it can't do is reason, and it's not really creative. it discerns but mostly based on what it perceives as the aggregate. that's not really discerning.

we have the ability to use it as a tool, but we can't just be lazy anymore. some of the things I used to zone out and do for hours in Photoshop ... those are gone. and I love it! yes it was zen to do, but oh well. AI can handle that.

it's going to be a huge change no doubt. middle managers and clockwatcher hardest hit, I guess!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:23 AM (j+aD2)

57 35k people hired to work min wage retail jobs across the midwest does not help the 150k+ corporate professionals that were making $100k-$250k, that have been laid off in the 12 months.

They won't admit we are in a rescission/depression because that enacts certain policies/aid like longer unemployment benefits and most states are already saying they don't have the funds to cover things as they are.

If we’re not in a depression, I’m so scared of what a depression will actually feel like.

These jobs reports have been misleading for years now. The reality is that people are losing jobs by the tens of thousands, and finding a new job is harder than ever. People with $2000 mortgages are being forced to take $13/hr jobs at Subway after months of fruitless job searching and this report doesn't address that.

On the plus side the Iran war will likely open several million jobs in the next few months. Heck, if you’re of draft age you won’t even need to apply!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 11:23 AM (JCZqz)

58 The bright side is that they won't burn as much oil, and will instead use clean-burning peat and wood.

Posted by: Archimedes

And they will have kings who are the only ones not covered in shit.

Posted by: t-bird at April 10, 2026 11:23 AM (ReYtg)

59 Isn't Intel building a chip manufacturing facility outside of Columbus, OH? I thought I read where the company had committed something over $1B in it. Not so much in the way of jobs as it's mostly automated, but at least it's a chip manufacturing facility that's not in Taiwan or China.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 11:23 AM (AkEZC)

60 Wow. Trying to report a phone fraud attempt.

Screw it. No good deed goes unpunished. I'll call local cops.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:24 AM (Sco7b)

61 The really astonishing thing is the extent to which old Europe is deindustrializing. It's insane. It won't be long before the home of the Industrial Revolution has no industry.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

I don't think muzzies, generally, are very good at industry so they don't need it for their new citizens. They just need to give them enough welfare paid for with their oil money.

Hmmmm... I think I see a problem here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

62 If Canada's automating disappears, where will I buy my Parisienne, Mercury pickup, Monarch, or Meteor?

Posted by: Child of the 60s at April 10, 2026 11:24 AM (oftw2)

63 "Mercedes is moving production of its GLC SUV from Germany to the U.S"

I thought Mazda made the GLC.

Posted by: fd - At least I'm not that guy at April 10, 2026 11:24 AM (vFG9F)

64 but in the midwest things are flying

As long as they don't accidentally build a wall of Bears Stadiums, data centers and fulfillment centers.

Posted by: DaveA at April 10, 2026 11:25 AM (FhXTo)

65 Tesla is also building their own chip fab, I believe, or is that in partnership with Intel?

Tesla's Gigafoundry is what they're doing in collaboration with Intel. Right now, Intel mostly makes chips for its own applications, but needs to become more like TSMC, by providing a foundry which will not compete with the companies that want to contract to produce there.

the Tesla "Terafab" project (often associated with Giga Texas) is a partnership where Intel serves as the primary foundry and manufacturing partner.
Relationship: Rather than Tesla building its own chip fabrication plant ("fab") from scratch, Intel is running the chip manufacturing, designing, and packaging for Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI.
Terafab Project: This initiative aims to build a $20–$25 billion semiconductor manufacturing complex at the Giga Texas North Campus in Austin. Essentially, it is an Intel-run foundry expansion that acts as a captive manufacturing facility for Elon Musk's companies

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

66 We want to move vehicle production closer to our customers"

What? No! You must import labor!

/ our illiterati

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:26 AM (XuXeR)

67 We're gonna need immigrants for all this factory and new-home construction amirite?

Posted by: RINOs at April 10, 2026 11:26 AM (GD2xa)

68 L - I hear you on PA

it's frustrating

but it's a big state. parts or semi-sentient

and if the sane states keep the momentum on this, we'll get the benefit anyway I guess

our ad agencies sure have been!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (j+aD2)

69

hmm

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (j+aD2)

70 Ohio isn't a right to work state. State GOP, despite(?) significant control over state government, can't quite overcome the union dense cities on overturning union entry barriers in manufacturing. We'll be behind our worker friendly neighbors. Can't wait for Vivek to flood the state with low skill H1B workers though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (Dv3i1)

71 / the barrel.. it beckons

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (XuXeR)

72 @57 -- These are the same people that think it's perfectly fine to import thousands/millions of H1Bs to fill professional/engineering/technical positions. What a bunch of morons (not the good kind).

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (/jglT)

73 did Archimedes do that?

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (j+aD2)

74 16 And Americans are fucking stooopid enough to put them back in power to let them. They'll spend all their time seeking revenge against Americans. They don't spend their time saying what they'll do for Americans, they spend it saying what they'll do TO Americans, and idiots will vote for it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 11:07 AM (snZF9)

They hear it as "I'll get revenge FOR YOU!".

They just don't care if they go down in flames too as long as they get to watch their neighbors get burned down.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (uEmCf)

75 Buck
Job growth should average 200000 per month
Yes it was a lot more than expected since the previous months had shown net job loss.
The 178000 job growth WILL be revised down it always is
Inflation is not a big problem. Many prices are falling. Because people simply will not buy. McDs is a good example
If McDs MUST drop prices it means their customers do not have enough money to eat bfast at the cheapest place in town

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (FwBbX)

76 iiiiimmmm the maaaaaan......

In The Barrel.....

Posted by: Denny Crane - That One Band at April 10, 2026 11:28 AM (dmDsy)

77 False.

MS-NOW reports inflation is the highest it's ever been in 500 years.
America is a post-apocalyptic wasteland of racist white supremacist gangs raping POCs for their bowls of sawdust soup.
The Grand Army of Iran marches across the entire Middle East because Trump Always Chickens Out.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 10, 2026 11:28 AM (HXT0k)

78 45 It seem the best money makers are chips that a really 10 or 20 chips into a single unit that can do complex work.

I remember when Intel laughed at AMD over that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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AMD nearly went bankrupt and that either makes a company into a zombie or you become a survivor. The chiplet strategy came from innovation from a more nimble company than Intel as there were not masses of middle managers and marketers with their own agendas to block it.

But both CISC makers, Intel and AMD, are facing the challenge of RISC based processors used by cellphones and Apple. The M series of Apple is some serious hardware. The Snapdragon is now beginning to make serious moves into the aging Windows laptop market which is where the profits are nowadays. Main problem for RISC based chips in Windows is drivers and a few programs.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:28 AM (E4rtv)

79
On the plus side the Iran war will likely open several million jobs in the next few months. Heck, if you’re of draft age you won’t even need to apply!

When was the military draft last active in the U.S., dolt?

Over fifty years ago, dunce.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:28 AM (hivT2)

80 51 Wait. We were promised free fries with our Spamburger.
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It is spelled Spambooger.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 11:28 AM (n17eQ)

81 MS-NOW reports inflation is the highest it's ever been in 500 years.
America is a post-apocalyptic wasteland of racist white supremacist gangs raping POCs for their bowls of sawdust soup.
The Grand Army of Iran marches across the entire Middle East because Trump Always Chickens Out.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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I think the average age of MS NOW viewers is about 70 and rising. Almost no one under 60 takes them seriously.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)

82 The cheapest place to eat in town is down at the soup kitchen, comrade.

Posted by: fd - At least I'm not that guy at April 10, 2026 11:29 AM (vFG9F)

83 Ohio isn't a right to work state."

Ohio is depressing. Went to relatives funeral, drove thru SE part.

Yikes.

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:29 AM (XuXeR)

84 Today, I think, is the last one for this semester, or second-to-last. Of course if you count the gas I will burn going over there and back, and my time wasted listening to an academic drone on, there is some cost. But it's certainly much better money-wise than going to TGIFriday's for lunch!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 11:12 AM (wzUl9)
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Does your former campus have a decent catering service?

Ours is surprisingly decent, especially for events sponsored by the Chancellor's office. Then we tend to get a very nice spread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 11:29 AM (ESVrU)

85 Thank you President Trump for re-industrializing the United States, and for the jobs and prosperity being created in this new industrial era in America.
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Better hope the trend continues. Democrats would undo this in less than a year.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 11:03 AM (AkEZC)

***

And they'll take credit for all the new jobs.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2026 11:30 AM (2WIwB)

86 Sounds as if Vance and the team are gonna have to just ride around in tour buses in Pakistan.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 10, 2026 11:30 AM (KiBMU)

87 / the barrel.. it beckons
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (XuXeR)
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The Barrel is always looking for "pain technicians."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (ESVrU)

88 83 Ohio isn't a right to work state."

Ohio is depressing. Went to relatives funeral, drove thru SE part.

Yikes.
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:29 AM (XuXeR)

I spent a week in Toledo once.

It was the longest year of my life.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (uEmCf)

89 did Archimedes do that?"

It wasn't me...

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (XuXeR)

90 *If McDs MUST drop prices it means their customers do not have enough money to eat bfast at the cheapest place in town.*
###

Oh, come on!
The Big Arch is ONLY $11.
Be reasonable.

Posted by: Your local Mickey D's at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

91 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (IXZGh)

92 If Canada's automating disappears, where will I buy my Parisienne, Mercury pickup, Monarch, or Meteor?
Posted by: Child of the 60s at April 10, 2026 11:24 AM (oftw2)

I have a '49 Monarch, if you really need one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (utfVc)

93 I think the average age of MS NOW viewers is about 70 and rising. Almost no one under 60 takes them seriously.
Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)

Eye candy and fantasy material.
Actually I have seen a few cute women there.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (Sco7b)

94 did Archimedes do that?"

It wasn't me...

I didn't, and if I did, it's a good thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

95 I didn't, and if I did, it's a good thing"

*golf clap*

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:32 AM (XuXeR)

96 Manufacturing jobs are THE ONLY JOBS THAT MATTER. Many here will not rest until 100% of the world’s manufactures are here and 80% of jobs are in manufacturing and 20% are in government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 11:12 AM (TcMLU)

Obviously not. Probably about 30% manufacturing. There's also farming, transportation, all the non-manufacturing jobs to support manufacturing, various service roles.

Government should probably be well under 20%, though.

What's your point? That armies of lay-abouts transferring dollars between 'influencers' while they get high and wack off is what we should aspire to?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)

97 Clearly the author is a witch. Does he float?

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 10, 2026 11:33 AM (cS1cw)

98
And they'll take credit for all the new jobs.
Posted by: Diogenes

Whoa, whoa, whoa there, sport!

First they'll take credit for all these jobs being due to "the policies of Joe Biteme at last getting traction in this economy". Remember Barky O'Fuckstick did much the same with PDJT during his first term.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:33 AM (hivT2)

99 There are more fed civilians workers now than 1 year agoi looked at the FRED data
Buck posts no cite for his assertion about the number of fed workers

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 10, 2026 11:33 AM (FwBbX)

100 “Toyota’s investment in the U.S. is for the long-term, tied to our philosophy of building where we sell and buying where we build,”

Great. Now about you selling the Hilux over here along with diesel SUVs...

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:33 AM (99eI0)

101 I was on the road yesterday, and the number of trucks was crazy. Almost one truck for every three to four cars. The economy is STRONG. thank you orange man!!!

Posted by: MacRadDoc at April 10, 2026 11:33 AM (jt/rW)

102 And the hits just keep on coming.

First Daughter had another car wreck which led to her getting arrested last night.

I feel like such a failure........You do what you can as a parent, what you think is best and correct. Then they leave, go to school to get away from you and do all the shit you told them not to do. And it just costs you more and more.

I'm a broken man........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (IXZGh)

103 How do you know he's a witch?

Posted by: Monty at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

104 They want a dollar for a letter. ESAD.

OUCH: USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions after warning of ‘cash crisis.’

The USPS contributes about $400 million a month to its employee pension plan, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. The postal service said it will continue to send worker contributions to the retirement plan and will also transmit employer automatic and matching contributions, as well as employee contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan, another retirement program for federal workers.

The temporary halt in contributions to the USPS program comes after Postmaster General David Steiner warned Congress last month that the postal agency is heading for a financial crisis without a course correction. Those changes could include raising the cost of a first-class stamp to 95 cents or reducing delivery from its current six days per week schedule to five or fewer, he said.

Without such changes, Steiner said, the USPS could run out of cash within 12 months, which could result in a stoppage of mail delivery.

~~There’s FedEx for important mail, UPS for packages, and USPS for junk, mostly.~~

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

105 Ok, who's socking the trolls. That's funny

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (XuXeR)

106 The really astonishing thing is the extent to which old Europe is deindustrializing. It's insane. It won't be long before the home of the Industrial Revolution has no industry.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Expensive energy, aging workforce (and low skill Third Worlders are no help there), heavy tax burdens, and incredible layers of bureaucracy. Emulated here by Democrat governors and legislators. Statists view businesses and citizens as resources to be plundered for political support rather than useful. Those in government employ often resent the fact that their counterparts get paid more due to work skills and they hate investors being able to make a buck viewing it as lost revenue for government.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)

107 Oops. That should have been underlined.

There’s FedEx for important mail, UPS for packages, and USPS for junk, mostly.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

108 102 And the hits just keep on coming.

First Daughter had another car wreck which led to her getting arrested last night.

I feel like such a failure........You do what you can as a parent, what you think is best and correct. Then they leave, go to school to get away from you and do all the shit you told them not to do. And it just costs you more and more.

I'm a broken man........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (IXZGh)

DWI??

Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (pDt9x)

109 31 Manufacturing jobs are THE ONLY JOBS THAT MATTER. Many here will not rest until 100% of the world’s manufactures are here and 80% of jobs are in manufacturing and 20% are in government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 10, 2026 11:12 AM (TcMLU)

We need a way for those without engineering degrees to make a living.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (uEmCf)

110 On the plus side the Iran war will likely open several million jobs in the next few months. Heck, if you’re of draft age you won’t even need to apply!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 11:23 AM (JCZqz)

And I'll ask what I asked yesterday.

1 - Men and women are interchangeable, therefore women will also be drafted.

2 - Men and women have innate, definable, complimentary differences, therefore women will not be drafted.

Which statement is true, lefties?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (FmapG)

111 Wait a second, but gen Zs are complaining about ability to find jobs !
Posted by: runner

Dig deeper to find out what they consider to be jobs worthy of their deep and longstanding wisdom.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot

57% of Gen Z want to be "influencers." -- Morning Consult poll, 2023

Are any of these $20B industrial sites going to be manufacturing influence?

Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (VHUov)

112 I'm a broken man........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (IXZGh)

So sorry to hear that man!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (dmDsy)

113 57% of Gen Z want to be "influencers." -- Morning Consult poll, 2023

Are any of these $20B industrial sites going to be manufacturing influence?
Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (VHUov)

🤣🤣🤡

Posted by: runner at April 10, 2026 11:36 AM (GD0B3)

114 First Daughter had another car wreck which led to her getting arrested last night."

... the rest of the story?

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:36 AM (XuXeR)

115 oh no Sponge

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 10, 2026 11:36 AM (j+aD2)

116 On the plus side the Iran war will likely open several million jobs in the next few months. Heck, if you’re of draft age you won’t even need to apply!

When was the military draft last active in the U.S., dolt?

Over fifty years ago, dunce.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot

While retarded, I thought it was at least kinda clever. I think the Left actually hopes the Iran conflict spirals out of control....lots of innocent dead is a small price for them to regain political power in the midterms.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 10, 2026 11:36 AM (JCZqz)

117 First Daughter had another car wreck which led to her getting arrested last night.

I feel like such a failure........You do what you can as a parent, what you think is best and correct. Then they leave, go to school to get away from you and do all the shit you told them not to do. And it just costs you more and more.

I'm a broken man........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (IXZGh)

Arrested for what? DUI?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:37 AM (utfVc)

118 Why it is like a business man knows more about business than "academics" and politicians.

What is the world coming to?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:37 AM (xvV+O)

119 Those in government employ often resent the fact that their counterparts get paid more "

Used to. Gov salaries are pretty good these days

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:37 AM (XuXeR)

120 Why it is like a business man knows more about business than "academics" and politicians.

Right?

Posted by: Thornton Melon at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

121 DWI??
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (pDt9x)

Possibly......not sure yet. She told them she'd been drinking, but refused a sobriety test and from what I've gathered, she didn't take one nor was blood drawn. She wasn't driving when the police arrived, so there was no witness of her actually behind the wheel.

I don't know what's going to happen yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

122 Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

Thanks for the info. Sorry it cost you a trip to the barrel.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (ExV1e)

123 Thanks for the info. Sorry it cost you a trip to the barrel.

No barrel can hold me!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

124
There’s FedEx for important mail, UPS for packages, and USPS for junk, mostly.
Posted by: Archimedes

My own experience rates this statement as being TRUE.

Amazon is a significant part of the packages traffic here, too.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (hivT2)

125 Does your former campus have a decent catering service?

Ours is surprisingly decent, especially for events sponsored by the Chancellor's office. Then we tend to get a very nice spread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026

***
It does have good catering; the food is always pretty darn solid.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 11:39 AM (wzUl9)

126 > Ohio is depressing.
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We have a daughter that lives in Mansfield, OH.

I-71 from Columbus to outside Mansfield is plastered with billboards for human trafficking, drug addiction help and lawyers. And the drivers are nuts. Angry. And probably on drugs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 11:39 AM (AkEZC)

127 Another Conservative crosses the floor.
Canada: Carney on Cusp of Majority Government

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Why go only half crazy?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (GYLo6)

128 121 Possibly......not sure yet. She told them she'd been drinking, but refused a sobriety test and from what I've gathered, she didn't take one nor was blood drawn. She wasn't driving when the police arrived, so there was no witness of her actually behind the wheel.

I don't know what's going to happen yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

Refusing a sobriety test is an automatic arrest in a lot of places.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (uEmCf)

129
I don't think muzzies, generally, are very good at industry so they don't need it for their new citizens. They just need to give them enough welfare paid for with their oil money.

Hmmmm... I think I see a problem here.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

mohammedans generally adhere to the Arabian paradigm. Merchants and craftsmen (you know, the people who actually create wealth) are considered to be about one step above slaves. The top of the social pyramid is made up from raiders who get their fortunes by stealing it from other tribes after slaughtering the actual wealth creators and raping their wives and daughters.

Update this social structure to modern times and you get a Saudi Air Force who have pilots that are at least semi-competent and who love to fly and drop bombs, but absolutely refuse to pick up a wrench to learn how their own planes work. So they hire maintenance personnel to keep the planes flying. Same thing with their tanks, artillery and other sophisticated weapons.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (JoTi8)

130 Eye candy and fantasy material.
Actually I have seen a few cute women there.

Posted by: Stateless

Viewers, not their entertainers. Cable news is a dying industry and even Fox's average viewer is over 60. To some extent, Gutfield's show helps lower the average age there. CNN's is 69 from last year. Mainstream networks are about 15-17 million in audience nowadays and their average age is up there too.

We have a very fragmented media now in the US compared to the days of yore and that is why all the TV networks and dead tree newspapers/magazines (like radio before them) find themselves with too much high paid salaries for the revenues they are bringing in. Advertising has decamped to the web--Google, Fakebook, and Amazon now are the big winners in advertising.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)

131 We need a way for those without engineering degrees to make a living.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (uEmCf)

You don't need an engineering degree to swing tongs on a drilling rig, or to weld pipe, or drive a truck, or to wire a house. And all those jobs pay well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (utfVc)

132 Oh, Sponge, I'm so sorry. We've had stray children in my family before and they came home eventually.

Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Tchaikowsky with Lil Pooky at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (Wt5PA)

133 US auto industry

Who here supported Obama's 34 billion loan to save GM

I did
Ace didn't

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (FwBbX)

134 >> I'm a broken man........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (IXZGh)

No you are not. He is with you.

Remember He orders our steps according to His will, not ours.

Everything is part of His plan. It has a place and reason.

Even in your darkest times, He is right there next to you.

You build on the ashes. Take the time , pray, ask what He wants from you.

It will all work out.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (oAqqA)

135 When I was down at her school for orientation, the police chief gave a speech where they 'didn't want to ruin your kid's lives' and would do everything to prevent that from happening.

We'll find out if that's true. She did run into another car, so there's going to be another insurance claim. The car was unoccupied, so there's no injuries, thank God.

First Lady is down there now, trying to find out what's going on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (IXZGh)

136 121 DWI??
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (pDt9x)

Possibly......not sure yet. She told them she'd been drinking, but refused a sobriety test and from what I've gathered, she didn't take one nor was blood drawn. She wasn't driving when the police arrived, so there was no witness of her actually behind the wheel.

I don't know what's going to happen yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

Sorry. FWIW, and that may not be anything for you, but I got a DWI at 21, spent some more years living wrong and then got sober and drug free. Been that way now for around 40 years, God found me along the way and am happily married. Hope, Sponge, Hope. FWIW.

Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (pDt9x)

137 Sorry sponge. I think if you refuse the test it's an auto arrest.

Really sorry man. Glad everyone is ok considering.

Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (vC6mJ)

138 These are the same people that think it's perfectly fine to import thousands/millions of H1Bs to fill professional/engineering/technical positions. What a bunch of morons (not the good kind).
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 10, 2026 11:27 AM (/jglT)

A lot of them had the kinds of make-work jobs that the big tech companies had in the before times, entirely staffed by women and alphabet people.

I don't think many people in the sorts of positions which get replaced by H1Bs are too keen on it, even if they won't say so publicly. We've all had to work with the "cream of the crop" being brought in to work for less and keep our wages down.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (ExV1e)

139 I don't know what's going to happen yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

I'm sorry Sponge.

Perhaps this is the bottom of a nice climb back up that will bring you happiness. I drank alone.

That'd scare me straight.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (Sco7b)

140 and USPS for junk, mostly.
____

thus, mail-in ballots!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (Dv3i1)

141 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (FwBbX)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 10, 2026 11:42 AM (IXZGh)

142 Without such changes, Steiner said, the USPS could run out of cash within 12 months, which could result in a stoppage of mail delivery.

Ya know... you could use the junk mailers to subsidize us, instead of the other way around.

Posted by: t-bird at April 10, 2026 11:42 AM (ReYtg)

143 Used to. Gov salaries are pretty good these days
Posted by: man
=========
Was discussing Euroland's brand of socialism but even here--you hear public school employees wailing that they do not get the tech wages that others make.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)

144 Job growth is shattering expectations. Crime is down in cities. I.migration has been curtailed. Americans just beat their own record in deep space travel, and atomic science is experiencing a Renaissance that exceeds the '60s again, too - and by a wide margin. We just took two of our chief rival's most important puppets to the woodshed in spectacular fashion.

The US government is still a repulsive monstrosity that makes the Lord himself hang his head in shame, but the rest of the American experience is better for PDT.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)

145 Not so Fun Fact: I ordered something and it was shipped via USPS "priority" mail with 2-3 day typical delivery. That was on March 29th and still haven't seen it.

Came from Dallas Texas and I live in SoCal. So where does the "priority" package go first?

Pittsburgh of course. Almost twice as far in THE WRONG DIRECTION! So now my "priority" package will travel over four times as far as it should have.... that is if it shows up at all. Which I am giving a less than 10% of it showing up... ever.

Top DIE people in the USPS. TOP. DIE. PEOPLE.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (xvV+O)

146 142 Without such changes, Steiner said, the USPS could run out of cash within 12 months, which could result in a stoppage of mail delivery.

Ya know... you could use the junk mailers to subsidize us, instead of the other way around.
Posted by: t-bird at April 10, 2026 11:42 AM (ReYtg

Who will come for Steiner??

Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (pDt9x)

147 Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (oAqqA)

Hope you are doing good Marcus. I am happy you have just about made it through to the other end, and try to spread joy and the good word.

Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (vC6mJ)

148 You build on the ashes. Take the time , pray, ask what He wants from you.

It will all work out.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (oAqqA)

I'm doing my best.......I did a lot of asking for guidance in the wee hours of the morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (IXZGh)

149 @54 - I was just riffing lamely in the rank puns from the Art Thread.

Moar coffee…,

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (jRpvB)

150 Alias, I'm sorry your parents ignored you but we're not your therapists.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (99eI0)

151 First Lady is down there now, trying to find out what's going on"

Best of luck, and hope everyone is ok...

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (XuXeR)

152 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

Will pray for your dear daughter and the Mrs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (PFs9e)

153 When was the military draft last active in the U.S., dolt?

Reddit is always freaking out about the impending draft whenever a Republican is in office. Frankly, I'd love to watch a DI break down weeping when a busload of redditers showed up for the first day of basic. I'm an asshole like that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (ExV1e)

154
Without such changes, Steiner said, the USPS could run out of cash within 12 months, which could result in a stoppage of mail delivery.

"Steiner will come."

-- Somebody or another

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (hivT2)

155 Oh, Sponge, I'm so sorry. We've had stray children in my family before and they came home eventually.
Posted by: pookysgirl, watching Tchaikowsky with Lil Pooky at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (Wt5PA)

She's heading down the same path my brother was on at her age, minus the drugs, so we believe.........But this was incredibly stupid. College town. Call a roommate or f*cking UBER........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:45 AM (IXZGh)

156 I thought the $15 billion the democraps bribed the post office in 2020 to fraud up the vote was a permanent fix for the USPS.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:45 AM (xvV+O)

157 Will pray for your dear daughter and the Mrs.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (PFs9e)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (IXZGh)

158 The crackdown on foreign drivers who should not have been issued CDLs

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I was at a rest stop a few weeks ago on an interstate. Not sure how much cracking down has happened. There were A LOT of foreign drivers milling about. Middle eastern and Indian mainly.

Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (z0fc5)

159 The only thing people watch the MSM for is bias confirmation. A good degree of those people are older, and have their mind cemented on certain political narratives. They are not looking for argument, nor are they searching for truth. They want domination, and authoritarianism that covers for their failures, lies, and demonstrably false and dangerous ideas.

As you get closer to your meeting with God, that God they don’t believe in, they should be looking for the path to truth. They are instead opting for the path of self, and evil.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (oAqqA)

160 145 Came from Dallas Texas and I live in SoCal. So where does the "priority" package go first?

Pittsburgh of course. Almost twice as far in THE WRONG DIRECTION! So now my "priority" package will travel over four times as far as it should have.... that is if it shows up at all. Which I am giving a less than 10% of it showing up... ever.

Top DIE people in the USPS. TOP. DIE. PEOPLE.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (xvV+O)

FedEx is just as bad.

Back when I used to work for them, I noticed a trailer where every box came from Chicago, and were going to somewhere else in Chicago.

I am not from Chicago, or anywhere even close to Chicago.

I am hundreds of miles away from Chicago.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (uEmCf)

161 you hear public school employees wailing that they do not get the tech wages that others make."

Indeed. The proper response is "STFU"... but instead there's a school bond issue....

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (XuXeR)

162 And the drivers are nuts. Angry. And probably on drugs.
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This is true of fishermen, miners and mall security guys.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (n17eQ)

163 I'm at my desk on the big iMac, with black Stirling curled up to my left. He jumped up here during the Art Thread and my computer went dark. I found the electrical plug in the back was loose. Probably the furry thug hit the cord as he leaped up and nudged it just far enough out of its socket to prevent connection.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (wzUl9)

164 Without such changes, Steiner said, the USPS could run out of cash within 12 months, which could result in a stoppage of mail delivery.

It'll never happen, because:
1) The Dems won't allow their postal union buddies to go without, and
2) People would quickly realize just how little value they get from today's USPS, and tell them to get bent.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

165 Best of luck, and hope everyone is ok...
Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (XuXeR)

First Lady is PISSED. No injuries, thus far. I might have to go down and bail another one out, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (IXZGh)

166 Great. Now about you selling the Hilux over here along with diesel SUVs...
Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:33 AM (99eI0)

I'm thinking that's government regulations, not Toyota.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:46 AM (ExV1e)

167 I'm a broken man........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (IXZGh)

You can only do so much, my dude. You can lead a child to the correct path, but you can't make them take it.

Don't beat yourself up.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 10, 2026 11:47 AM (Y1sOo)

168 Thanks for the god news, Buck. The media, of course, never reports it and trolls here huddle under their dripping umbrellas while they wear their sad clown faces.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 11:47 AM (PFs9e)

169 >> Hope you are doing good Marcus. I am happy you have just about made it through to the other end, and try to spread joy and the good word.
Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (vC6mJ)

Thank you. It’s been a journey. But of God will take me through it, He will take anybody through it.

One day at a time.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:47 AM (oAqqA)

170 Without such changes, Steiner said, the USPS could run out of cash within 12 months, which could result in a stoppage of mail

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 10, 2026 11:44 AM (hivT2

Let the H1-Bs take their jobs at pay levels to make USPS profitable.

Their special talent can be working at lower wages for an organization that basically exists to deliver advertising flyers.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 11:47 AM (Sco7b)

171 We have a daughter that lives in Mansfield, OH.

I-71 from Columbus to outside Mansfield is plastered with billboards for human trafficking, drug addiction help and lawyers. And the drivers are nuts. Angry. And probably on drugs.
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A bit of an overstatement, but mostly true. Ohio under DeWine, Kasich, Taft have hardly done much for the Republican brand. It would be worse under Dems, but that's a hard sell. Ohio could easily get a Karen in the mold of Spamburger and Sherrill as next gov. Esp. since Vivek keeps saying stupid stuff like he may want to consolidate the university system.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 11:48 AM (Dv3i1)

172 She's heading down the same path my brother was on at her age, minus the drugs, so we believe.........But this was incredibly stupid. College town. Call a roommate or f*cking UBER........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Sorry to hear but at least she was not in an accident or in the hospital.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:48 AM (xvV+O)

173 USPS needs to go to 2-3 day delivery. 6 days a week is ridiculous in the modern age. I go through my mail once a week. And there are maybe 3 items that are actual mail, the rest is junk.

Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 11:48 AM (z0fc5)

174 She doesn't understand the potential consequences of driving drunk. They are worse than her worst nightmares.

Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:48 AM (vC6mJ)

175 USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions after warning of ‘cash crisis.’

401k, or equivalent, baby. Future company can't fuck it up. But unions are all about making unsustainable demands and the workers take it in the shorts years later.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

176 First Lady is PISSED. No injuries, thus far. I might have to go down and bail another one out, tho."

Yeah. Youngest did something stupid, Mrs was all "gotta care for him"...
Until she got in range. Then hades....

Posted by: man at April 10, 2026 11:49 AM (XuXeR)

177 You can only do so much, my dude. You can lead a child to the correct path, but you can't make them take it.

Don't beat yourself up.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 10, 2026 11:47 AM (Y1sOo)

Wife came to the same conclusion on her long drive starting at 5AM.......

I've got a long history of beating myself up, so as usual, this is going to take some time to get past.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:49 AM (IXZGh)

178 It wasn't that long ago that the left claimed the biggest issue of the day was income inequality.

One of the easiest ways to reduce income inequality is to limit the supply of low skill labor - and it is very easy to understand.

Imagine in an area you have 20K jobs and 10k available workers that might be interested in these jobs. Since demand is higher then supply, salaries will be high.

Now imagine you bring in 30K foreigners, legal or otherwise. Now supply exceeds demand and salaries will go down.

Good for Karen McAWFL who wants a cheap nanny, but bad for young American women.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

179 >> I'm doing my best.......I did a lot of asking for guidance in the wee hours of the morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (IXZGh)

And He is listening. Don’t give up. You’ve been through a lot already. Remember that gold is tested by fire.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:49 AM (oAqqA)

180 Sorry to hear but at least she was not in an accident or in the hospital.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:48 AM (xvV+O)

She hit a parked car........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:49 AM (IXZGh)

181 I'm doing my best.......I did a lot of asking for guidance in the wee hours of the morning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:43 AM (IXZGh)

Well, this isn't the end of the world. Daughter did some foolish things, caused property damage, and got herself busted for refusing a sobriety test. If it's a first offense, I doubt she will go to jail. Probably lose her driving license for a year, and will have to pay really high insurance rates for a few more years. Maybe she will wake up and smell the coffee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:50 AM (utfVc)

182 Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Typo- supposed to be "good" news.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 11:50 AM (PFs9e)

183 Sponge, our eldest daughter was the source of a lot of heartache. 3 kids, no husband. One's a special needs little girl. Addicted to meth at one time. Hasn't held a meaningful job. Had a hip replaced late last year, at just 40 years old. Obese, lazy, entitled.

*shrugs*

20 years ago we could not tell her a thing she didn't already have an smart ass answer for.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 11:50 AM (AkEZC)

184 It wasn't that long ago that the left claimed the biggest issue of the day was income inequality.
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The left for a long time, get this, has been LYING about everything.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:50 AM (xvV+O)

185 USPS needs to go to 2-3 day delivery. 6 days a week is ridiculous in the modern age. I go through my mail once a week. And there are maybe 3 items that are actual mail, the rest is junk.

The best thing about today's junk mail is all the little tricks they use to get you to open the envelope instead of immediately pitching it unopened. Stuff like printing that looks like handwriting, lack of a return address so you know who sent it, a layout designed to look like official government correspondence, and big neon letters warning you of dire consequences if you don't open it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

186 Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:47 AM (oAqqA)

God is always there but we meet Him in our darkest times. I do think everyone deserves some joy and relief from those times, even though in reality we don't deserve anything, least of all His grace and mercy. Hard fact of life. Doesn't mean I have to like it. But I do accept it.

Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (vC6mJ)

187 I'm thinking that's government regulations, not Toyota.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I figure since they would be getting built domestically a lot of the issues can be dealt with. Along with throwing out lawmakers who keep fighting this off of rooftops.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (99eI0)

188 Tim Miller
@Timodc
Why can’t the first lady speak english? It’s been 10 years since her husband ran for president consider getting a tutor.

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Who is history's greatest monster, Melania Trump or Erica Kirk?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (GYLo6)

189 And I'll ask what I asked yesterday.

1 - Men and women are interchangeable, therefore women will also be drafted.

2 - Men and women have innate, definable, complimentary differences, therefore women will not be drafted.

Which statement is true, lefties?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (FmapG)

I saw a YT video thumbnail yesterday, no idea if it's true or not, that Germany was re-instituting the draft... but only for men. The women of Germany are too busy not having children to be risked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)

190 Well, this isn't the end of the world. Daughter did some foolish things, caused property damage, and got herself busted for refusing a sobriety test. If it's a first offense, I doubt she will go to jail. Probably lose her driving license for a year, and will have to pay really high insurance rates for a few more years. Maybe she will wake up and smell the coffee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:50 AM (utfVc)

We will see later today, I guess, after she's arraigned. First offense and all....college town.....License isn't an issue as she won't have a damn car to drive. She wants to leave town, she's got to hitch a ride or ride a bus.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (IXZGh)

191 Sponge,

Make sure you help your daughter get a competent lawyer. It is good that she did not submit to a field sobriety test albeit probably an automatic license suspension.

Field sobriety tests have been in the news recently and have been shown fairly worthless as far as evidentiary value but the local po po and courts have refused to recognize about a 50-50 accuracy rate. Same is true in a number of states regarding side of the road breathanalyzer results--big problems in calibration, etc. So false positives are resulting in unneeded charges in at least 10-20 percent of DUI cases. Tennessee and now Georgia among other places are getting scrutiny now about false charges of DUI based on field sobriety tests.

Blood tests are the gold standard and calibrated breath analyzers at police stations are second.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)

192 Frankly, I'd love to watch a DI break down weeping when a busload of redditers showed up for the first day of basic. I'm an asshole like that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Pro- Could make millions off pay-per-view
Con- No unit wants to deal with losers that don't want to be there...except sadistic drill sergeants lol

Posted by: Military Moron at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (JCZqz)

193 401k, or equivalent, baby. Future company can't fuck it up. But unions are all about making unsustainable demands and the workers take it in the shorts years later.

In one of the towns near me the costs of schools are exploding mostly driven by more administrators and the retirement costs for teachers. Someone suggested moving school workers to 401ks and the answer, from a teacher of course, was but then no one would want a teaching job, yet my understanding is there are way, way more people interested in teaching then available roles.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

194 You can only do so much, my dude. You can lead a child to the correct path, but you can't make them take it.

Don't beat yourself up.
Posted by: one hour sober

Free will is a bitch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (GYLo6)

195 saw a YT video thumbnail yesterday, no idea if it's true or not, that Germany was re-instituting the draft... but only for men. The women of Germany are too busy not having children to be risked.
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Plus tough to be combat effective in a burka.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (xvV+O)

196 Ah. The good ol' boomer days. Only had to work one day a week and could still own a home, a car, a Harley, a boat, put five kids through school, and take months-long international vacations. Life was a day at the beach.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)

197 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (GYLo6)

Mr Miller obviously lives on the planet of anger and delusion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (PFs9e)

198 Typo- supposed to be "good" news.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 11:50 AM (PFs9e)

Good... God.... God.... Good..... what's the difference...

Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (vC6mJ)

199 156 I thought the $15 billion the democraps bribed the post office in 2020 to fraud up the vote was a permanent fix for the USPS.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious

Figures that one of the most ready for privatization orgs is actually in the Constitution as a legit govt function. Maybe dump a whole bunch of unconstitutional spending (Dept. of Ed.) and use transform USPS into a properly sized niche delivery service.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (Dv3i1)

200 128 Refusing a sobriety test is an automatic arrest in a lot of places.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:40 AM (uEmCf)

What you cannot donis refuse a breathslyzer, but I've always heard that you should absolutely refuse the field sobriety test, as there is no way it will ever help you. Even if you think you pass with flying colors, the cop will to say you did something thst indicates intoxication. It works along the same lines as invoking your 5th Amendment right to remain silent- jusr as you cannot hurt yourself by keeping your mouth shut, you can't give the cop evidence by refusing a field sobriety test.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (PMi3m)

201 @Timodc
Why can’t the first lady speak english? It’s been 10 years since her husband ran for president consider getting a tutor.

She speaks multiple languages, you f*ckstick.

Why can't you stop being a belligerent asshole?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (IXZGh)

202 136 121 DWI??
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:35 AM (pDt9x)

Possibly......not sure yet. She told them she'd been drinking, but refused a sobriety test and from what I've gathered, she didn't take one nor was blood drawn. She wasn't driving when the police arrived, so there was no witness of her actually behind the wheel.

I don't know what's going to happen yet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IXZGh)

Sorry. FWIW, and that may not be anything for you, but I got a DWI at 21, spent some more years living wrong and then got sober and drug free. Been that way now for around 40 years, God found me along the way and am happily married. Hope, Sponge, Hope. FWIW.
Posted by: tubal at April 10, 2026 11:41 AM (pDt9x)

^^^
This. What this guy said. Pray for this. I'm doing it right now for you, Sponge.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (eZ1xg)

203 181 Well, this isn't the end of the world. Daughter did some foolish things, caused property damage, and got herself busted for refusing a sobriety test. If it's a first offense, I doubt she will go to jail. Probably lose her driving license for a year, and will have to pay really high insurance rates for a few more years. Maybe she will wake up and smell the coffee.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:50 AM (utfVc)

She probably won't have to pay high insurance rates.

Let's take two of my cousins into example :

One of them totaled three cars, all were deemed her fault.

She still paid lower rates than her brother, who had a clean record.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:54 AM (uEmCf)

204 Someone suggested moving school workers to 401ks and the answer, from a teacher of course, was but then no one would want a teaching job

"It's for the children!"

Yeah, FOAD.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

205
Free will is a bitch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (GYLo6)

It can be, yes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:54 AM (IXZGh)

206 134 >> I'm a broken man........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:34 AM (IXZGh)

No you are not. He is with you.

Remember He orders our steps according to His will, not ours.

Everything is part of His plan. It has a place and reason.

Even in your darkest times, He is right there next to you.

You build on the ashes. Take the time , pray, ask what He wants from you.

It will all work out.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Spot on Marcus - This X a bazillion gillion

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 10, 2026 11:54 AM (VkY89)

207 > Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (vC6mJ)

We don’t really have a choice, do we. You can’t always see it as He takes you through it. I survived 9-11, being shot at, a TBI, cancer and a lot of self medicating with barrel proof bourbon. Chased a lot of shiny objects and a whole bunch of stuff I shouldn’t have survived.

And there are people who have it a lot worse than me.

But still, He dusted me off and restored me. I can never repay Him for that, and everything else He has done for us.

There is a purpose in everything. People should never forget that.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:54 AM (oAqqA)

208 Frankly, I'd love to watch a DI break down weeping when a busload of redditers showed up for the first day of basic.

Kind of like the nourishment my soul gets seeing that photo of Bradley Manning weeping on his first day of training.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:55 AM (99eI0)

209 What this guy said. Pray for this. I'm doing it right now for you, Sponge.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (eZ1xg)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:55 AM (IXZGh)

210 188 Tim Miller
@Timodc
Why can’t the first lady speak english? It’s been 10 years since her husband ran for president consider getting a tutor.
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We recently had a first lady who speaks in entitlement and ingratitude. F-off you homo.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 10, 2026 11:55 AM (Dv3i1)

211 Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (vC6mJ

Well, I would imagine God was involved but I hate making typos here and the weird autocorrects are even worse although sometimes funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 10, 2026 11:55 AM (PFs9e)

212 Dude, sponge... it's not a good day for her. But if it's any comfort, while I never did the drunk driving thing except on private property, I fucked up worse than this many, many times, and much, much worse, starting at an earlier age.

People can and do turn things around, especially with good parents, and don't forget that youth is wasted on the young.

Don't feel so broken yet. Just crack the whip.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 11:56 AM (BI5O2)

213 Wife came to the same conclusion on her long drive starting at 5AM.......

I've got a long history of beating myself up, so as usual, this is going to take some time to get past.
Posted by: Sponge
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Don't. All you can be is supportive and show your love and support for your daughter.

No injuries to deal with and sometimes situations like this are a wakeup call for kids.

The rest of it will sort itself out but do help her hire a good DUI attorney specialist. They don't come cheap but they know the system.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

214 saw a YT video thumbnail yesterday, no idea if it's true or not, that Germany was re-instituting the draft... but only for men.

Germany announced that mil-age men can no longer leave the country for more than 3 months without first getting government permission.

The Germans seem to be big on keeping people inside their country by force. Perhaps they need a wall...

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:56 AM (Riz8t)

215 Posted by: Marcus T at April 10, 2026 11:54 AM (oAqqA)

Godspeed Sir

Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 11:57 AM (vC6mJ)

216 Thank you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:55 AM (IXZGh)

33 years in June. I get it.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 10, 2026 11:57 AM (eZ1xg)

217 200 What you cannot donis refuse a breathslyzer, but I've always heard that you should absolutely refuse the field sobriety test, as there is no way it will ever help you. Even if you think you pass with flying colors, the cop will to say you did something thst indicates intoxication. It works along the same lines as invoking your 5th Amendment right to remain silent- jusr as you cannot hurt yourself by keeping your mouth shut, you can't give the cop evidence by refusing a field sobriety test.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (PMi3m)

I had to take one once (and the breathalyzer), and actually passed it. Unfortunately, the person who was driving didn't (though he later passed at the police station).

I ended up having to get a hotel room overnight and have another friend drive me home the next day, since the driver's car was impounded and the impound lot wasn't open on Sunday.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:57 AM (uEmCf)

218 I am worried that it looks like the US did not in fact have a viable plan to reopen the straits of Hormuz. Either they or we did have a plan, and it failed.

To go negotiating while Iran keeps the straits closed is incredibly weak.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 11:57 AM (txiLK)

219 People can and do turn things around, especially with good parents, and don't forget that youth is wasted on the young.

Don't feel so broken yet. Just crack the whip.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 11:56 AM (BI5O2)

She's about to see a side of her mother she's NEVER seen before.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:57 AM (IXZGh)

220 But of course.

Muslim man who pled guilty to election fraud now running for Texas mayor after being released on bond

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 10, 2026 11:57 AM (GYLo6)

221 >Why can’t the first lady speak english? It’s been 10 years since her husband ran for president consider getting a tutor.

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Guess you didn't see her movie.

Posted by: It was good at April 10, 2026 11:58 AM (2Ez/1)

222 Dan Mitchell is great on economic news as well. He's a great writer and very good at explaining things and includes sources. Easy to understand, even though he went to Georgia. I go to him for a lot of information. Danieljmitchell dot wordpress dot com

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at April 10, 2026 11:59 AM (+48wn)

223 Let's take two of my cousins into example :

One of them totaled three cars, all were deemed her fault.

She still paid lower rates than her brother, who had a clean record.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 11:54 AM (uEmCf)

Insurers really, really don't like to see a DUI conviction and licence suspension. Worse "predictor" than an "at fault" accident.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 11:59 AM (utfVc)

224 I had to take one once (and the breathalyzer), and actually passed it.

Friend of mine had to take one at a police station. Blew 0.0 three times. To make things bad for him, the one administering the test was a teacher of his.

The man basically said "I think you have been drinking but I can't prove it. So just sit on the bench for an hour and you can go."

Which was good since they didn't search him and didn't find the weed he had on him. I kept interesting company back then.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 11:59 AM (99eI0)

225 What you cannot donis refuse a breathslyzer, but I've always heard that you should absolutely refuse the field sobriety test, as there is no way it will ever help you. Even if you think you pass with flying colors, the cop will to say you did something thst indicates intoxication. It works along the same lines as invoking your 5th Amendment right to remain silent- jusr as you cannot hurt yourself by keeping your mouth shut, you can't give the cop evidence by refusing a field sobriety test.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 10, 2026 11:53 AM (PMi3m)
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Taking a field sobriety test immediately after being in an accident seems suspect. You could easily be suffering from some cognitive impairment (temporary) from the accident itself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 12:01 PM (ESVrU)

226 If you want redditors to be soldiers, it's easy - Democrat donors keep trap house barracks full of them in every major city. It's a fairly large army.

But if you want them to be *good* soldiers you're going to have to take their drugs away and bring back physical punishment for recruits. It would be a real challenge to get these guys ready for more than wiping out unarmed civilians.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

227 212 Don't feel so broken yet. Just crack the whip.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 11:56 AM (BI5O2)

Can a father really crack the whip on a daughter?

Beatings are only for sons.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 12:02 PM (iXqHn)

228 Taking a field sobriety test immediately after being in an accident seems suspect. You could easily be suffering from some cognitive impairment (temporary) from the accident itself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 10, 2026 12:01 PM (ESVrU)

Yeah I read it as breathalyzer - that's totally fucked up

Posted by: ... at April 10, 2026 12:02 PM (vC6mJ)

229 The best thing about today's junk mail is all the little tricks they use to get you to open the envelope instead of immediately pitching it unopened. Stuff like printing that looks like handwriting, lack of a return address so you know who sent it, a layout designed to look like official government correspondence, and big neon letters warning you of dire consequences if you don't open it.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

Just look at the postmark/franking on the top right. If it doesn't say First Class, you can safely throw it out... if you see Bulk, Standard, or anything else, toss it.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 10, 2026 12:02 PM (dmDsy)

230 USPS needs to go to 2-3 day delivery. 6 days a week is ridiculous in the modern age. I go through my mail once a week. And there are maybe 3 items that are actual mail, the rest is junk.
Posted by: Heroq at April 10, 2026 11:48 AM (z0fc5)

USPS needs to sit down and ask themselves exactly why it is that they cannot make ends meet. And then fix that. Seems like they could handle things back before community mailboxes, in the times before they were acting as delivery drivers for Amazon. But they give in, a lot, to the union because Congress will always bail them out. As it will again... because the bucket of tax dollars has no bottom.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 12:03 PM (ExV1e)

231 226 But if you want them to be *good* soldiers you're going to have to take their drugs away and bring back physical punishment for recruits. It would be a real challenge to get these guys ready for more than wiping out unarmed civilians.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

You're also gonna have to put them on Anabolic Steroids to try to counteract all the estrogen they've injected into their systems.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 12:03 PM (iXqHn)

232 Germany went all-in on building and selling EVs in China.Then, as the Chinese always do, they stole the tech and marketshare, and now the German carmakers are crashing and burning with no map home.

It just about takes a heart of stone not to laugh.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 10, 2026 12:03 PM (wBaIH)

233 > What you cannot donis refuse a breathslyzer, but I've always heard that you should absolutely refuse the field sobriety test, as there is no way it will ever help you.
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Recite the alphabet, but only every 5th letter.

Wut? You're kidding. I couldn't do that sober.

You're free to go...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2026 12:04 PM (AkEZC)

234 Refusing a sobriety test is an automatic arrest in a lot of places.
Posted by: XTC
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You are going to take the ride downtown anyway if it gets to that point. That is a point I rammed down my Criminal Law classes throat, if the police believe they have probable cause (sometimes not even that), you are going to the station regardless of what you say or do. Too many people depend on talking themselves out of taking the ride and end up with the ride and more evidence against them. At the station however, you have calibrated breath analyzers and blood draws require probable cause using sworn statements and warrants. Not true of side of the road.

If you fail a field sobriety test, it is likely that you get the indictment/charges for DUI and it often takes months for a state lab to produce blood tests showing innocence. Look up news programs on Tennessee's ongoing problem with Field Sobriety Tests producing a lot of people getting charged.

Arrests are not charges. Charges take the DA to get involved and DA's typically hate messy cases.

Expect to be arrested as well for self defense, or other matters. But don't ever talk yourself into a worse situation.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

235 Noon news...

CBC and FoxNews - Artemis splash-down - not a cruel toilet joke.

MS Now - Melania Epstein statement. EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN!

CNN - Vance in Pakistan where he gets to hear Iranians screechong like hysterical white women at a college rally.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 12:04 PM (Sco7b)

236 190
We will see later today, I guess, after she's arraigned. First offense and all....college town.....License isn't an issue as she won't have a damn car to drive. She wants to leave town, she's got to hitch a ride or ride a bus.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (IXZGh)

As seen at this house, wrecking a car and walking away becomes a good life lesson. Kids can grow a lot from the lack of freedom and the consequences brought - your job is to make sure the consequences stay short term (like loss of freedom, ticket to pay, driver's ed to do), and not long term (like a prison record), if possible, and to drill that this happens once. The difference between kids and adults is kids make the same mistakes over and over before learning. Adults make the mistake once...and never again.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 10, 2026 12:05 PM (tOcjL)

237 I actually passed a field sobriety test the night of my high school graduation in 1985. I even admitted I'd been drinking after previously denying it.

Ya'll let me know if you need help picking lotto numbers.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at April 10, 2026 12:05 PM (GD2xa)

238 I've been watching some FB reels where someone takes real police cam audio and puts it over an animated scene he makes.

It does amaze me how many people talk themselves into getting arrested when it seems very clear the cop wants to give them an opportunity to just go home.

EG: Cop called out to a drunk guy getting into his car. Tells drunk guy, just call a cab/uber or hell walk home and drunk guy argues he is fine to drive which escalates to a breathe-alyzer (which is refused) when he gets behind the wheel

True or false (and here is was clearly false) spend the money on the uber...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 12:05 PM (sKqQm)

239 You're also gonna have to put them on Anabolic Steroids to try to counteract all the estrogen they've injected into their systems.
Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 12:03 PM (iXqHn)

Fair.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 12:05 PM (BI5O2)

240 Just look at the postmark/franking on the top right. If it doesn't say First Class, you can safely throw it out... if you see Bulk, Standard, or anything else, toss it.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 10, 2026 12:02 PM (dmDsy)

Heh, open it, quick look, rip it up, trash it. You don't want to be throwing away your free dollar bill from the TV ratings outfit, do you? I have gotten that twice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 12:06 PM (utfVc)

241 Tim Miller
@Timodc
Why can’t the first lady speak english? It’s been 10 years since her husband ran for president consider getting a tutor.

We can criticize immigrants for not speaking English now?!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 10, 2026 12:06 PM (FmapG)

242 Expect to be arrested as well for self defense, or other matters. But don't ever talk yourself into a worse situation.
Posted by: whig

Honest question: What is the best approach? "Officer, I request that a blood draw instead of the field test"?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 12:07 PM (99eI0)

243 68. Posted by: BlackOrchid

Thank you.

Everytime Shapiro speaks about great programs coming, or presents new budget proposals, chills run through me.

He's always said whatever is needed to stay viable, but marijuana & gaming are not going to save us, only possibly enable a very small reduction from the 35 to 40% of all school district taxes that go to PA public pensions.

And in lieu of us keeping a small offset, the state wants to provide free breakfast for all children, pre-K thru 12, while funding even more child care services. (The latter scam that began during C-19 and has expanded by leaps and bounds along with Home Healthcare. Surely, it's not a cover for certain communities. 🙄

Shapiro keeps his NY meetings going though he'll keep PA as Gov thanks to outside state support.

But how he wants President & his base wants that, too.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 10, 2026 12:07 PM (NFX2v)

244 I am worried that it looks like the US did not in fact have a viable plan to reopen the straits of Hormuz. Either they or we did have a plan, and it failed.

To go negotiating while Iran keeps the straits closed is incredibly weak.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 11:57 AM (txiLK)

at this point Iran is so fractured it is not possible for it to make an agreement. The cease-fire is mostly to allow things Iran-side to shake out. IIUC there are three factions, one that wants to sue for peace, one that wants to destroy all the Satans, and one that is still trying to win.
We are not much worse off, at some point the Gulf states are going to have to start doing their part for clearing the straits per their treaties with each other. They actually have enough navy to do this, I think.

It looks like Sec Bessent has his fingers on all the money transfers going out of the country, and all the banks the IRI used to launder their money
The ones hurting the most are the EU and China

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 12:07 PM (rbvCR)

245 We can criticize immigrants for not speaking English now?!

See also that during 2020-2024 the following were racist conspiracy theories:

1) The Epstein files/clients
2) Elections can be stolen
3) Government officials can be corrupt

Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)

246 Someone needs to compile a list of all the Morons who are lawyers, doctors, writers, craftsmen, chefs, clergy, and any other category that could be useful....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 10, 2026 12:08 PM (dmDsy)

247 True or false (and here is was clearly false) spend the money on the uber...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 12:05 PM (sKqQm)

Drinking alone home and pizza delivery for the win....
Well...'win'...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)

248 Taking a field sobriety test immediately after being in an accident seems suspect. You could easily be suffering from some cognitive impairment (temporary) from the accident itself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel a

Never take one period. The test itself is suspect and has a field accuracy about the same as flipping a coin (this is from refereed journal research nowadays). Pseudo science applied by poorly trained cops working nightshift.

The issue now is that many police no longer even have breathanalyzers in cars because a lot of the impaired drivers may be doing marijuana, the synthetic crap that gas station sell, or worse. So they use field sobriety tests as a broad (and inaccurate) estimator for being impaired.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)

249 242 Expect to be arrested as well for self defense, or other matters. But don't ever talk yourself into a worse situation.
Posted by: whig

Honest question: What is the best approach? "Officer, I request that a blood draw instead of the field test"?
Posted by: NR Pax at April 10, 2026 12:07 PM (99eI0)

If you've been drinking and get in an accident..."Officer, I'd like to call my lawyer"...and then do so. And keep him/her on the line.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 10, 2026 12:09 PM (tOcjL)

250 The Germans seem to be big on keeping people inside their country by force. Perhaps they need a wall...
Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2026 11:56 AM (Riz8t)

They must protect themselves from the fascists any way possible

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)

251 In one of the towns near me the costs of schools are exploding mostly driven by more administrators and the retirement costs for teachers. Someone suggested moving school workers to 401ks and the answer, from a teacher of course, was but then no one would want a teaching job, yet my understanding is there are way, way more people interested in teaching then available roles.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

Pensions are great, man... don't have to care about the market, raise every year - paid for by the tax payers... who'd want a 401k?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 12:10 PM (ExV1e)

252 I also saw one video where the cops pulled someone over for drunk driving who had his Tesla on auto-drive.

I suspect the charges will stick but in a few years that might be allowed.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm)

253 Nood. Meghan Kelly.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 10, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

254 Oh, MS Now has also been going on about a Covid Jab report being delayed.

It apparently shows how miraculous the shot was!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 12:11 PM (Sco7b)

255 249 If you've been drinking and get in an accident..."Officer, I'd like to call my lawyer"...and then do so. And keep him/her on the line.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 10, 2026 12:09 PM (tOcjL)

The cop is going to make sure you don't get to make that call until you've already been processed and locked in Holding.

Posted by: XTC at April 10, 2026 12:11 PM (iXqHn)

256 Pensions are great, man... don't have to care about the market, raise every year - paid for by the tax payers... who'd want a 401k?

There is no argument people should demand the best compensation package that can fairly get from the market but...there is just an assumption for teachers I've noticed that all the time off and the generous retirement package are just "for free"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 10, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

257 at this point Iran is so fractured it is not possible for it to make an agreement. The cease-fire is mostly to allow things Iran-side to shake out. IIUC there are three factions, one that wants to sue for peace, one that wants to destroy all the Satans, and one that is still trying to win.

....

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 12:07 PM (rbvCR)

This fits with my opinion - there is no one in Iran who is capable of surrender. There isn't one person/faction in charge.

I suspect that there is some group in the government who would like to stop getting their dicks knocked in the dirt.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at April 10, 2026 12:13 PM (NlEaG)

258 Hey guys,

I'm sure you all know the Artemis II crew are coming home today. Here's where you can watch it.

NASA - Artemis II - Orion - Flight Day 10
Eight Minutes of Terror - Space Affairs Live
Date: April 10, 2026
Time: 8:07 p.m. PDT (April 11, 0307 UTC, 05:07 CEST)

https://youtu.be/UHP2VUQmzXo

Posted by: Joyenz at April 10, 2026 12:14 PM (2F0/Y)

259 >>>Someone needs to compile a list of all the Morons who are lawyers, doctors, writers, craftsmen, chefs, clergy, and any other category that could be useful....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)

>Yes, please save us the trouble.

Posted by: Bob at the NSA at April 10, 2026 12:14 PM (Fbc0I)

260 Sober or drunk, one night in the tank is literally nothing besides burning a sick day to catch up on rest.

There is no point handing the law something to work with. Ever. You may or may not catch a case, but don't lend them the assist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 10, 2026 12:15 PM (BI5O2)

261 Honest question: What is the best approach? "Officer, I request that a blood draw instead of the field test"?
Posted by: NR Pax
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The issue is to be polite, it doesn't cost you anything but the officer requests you take a field sobriety test, simply say officer, "I'm sorry but I won't do that." If the officer believes they have probable cause and they can and will lie btw. Like I smelled marijuana or I smelled booze on your breath, or you have bloodshot eyes. All of those are reasonable suspicion but do not rise to the level of probable cause--they want you to take (and fail) the field sobriety test so that they have probable cause. Never lie to officers but don't give them any reason to prolong the encounter. At the end of the day, it is the officer making the call to take you in, you are simply a stat to them.

And never drink booze in the car nor smoke/do drugs either. Stupid practice.

If you KNOW you are innocent, you can then tell them you are willing to take a blood test or submit to a breathanalyzer at the station. Some states require hospitals to do the draw. Expect a license suspension though for refusals until the matter is cleared up.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

262 252 I also saw one video where the cops pulled someone over for drunk driving who had his Tesla on auto-drive.

I suspect the charges will stick but in a few years that might be allowed.
Posted by: 18-1
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He ain't getting out of it.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)

263 Someone needs to compile a list of all the Morons who are lawyers, doctors, writers, craftsmen, chefs, clergy, and any other category that could be useful....

Posted by: SSBN
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Will we make the list?

Posted by: Affable Idlers at April 10, 2026 12:19 PM (XeU6L)

264 Iris absent eye roll:

246 Someone needs to compile a list of all the Morons who are lawyers, doctors, writers, craftsmen, chefs, clergy, and any other category that could be useful....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 10, 2026 12:08 PM (dmDsy

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 10, 2026 12:20 PM (unORU)

265 255 249 If you've been drinking and get in an accident..."Officer, I'd like to call my lawyer"...and then do so. And keep him/her on the line.
Posted by: Nova Local

The cop is going to make sure you don't get to make that call until you've already been processed and locked in Holding.
Posted by: XTC
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XTC is correct. You are better off simply using the ACLU app to record the encounter (unless you have been drinking, drugs, etc. ).

Just don't drink and drive anymore including a social drink at a restaurant, not worth it and even less so to do drugs and drive.

Too many other ways to get back and forth to risk expensive charges that could harm your life directly or indirectly.

Posted by: whig at April 10, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

266 If we could only get the price of diesel closer to $2, rather than the $5.64 it's at right now.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 10, 2026 12:42 PM (w6EFb)

267 The funny art is:

1)The tariffs would OBVIOUSLY have this impact, because the American consumer is primary to every manufacturer int he world.

2) The expansion specifically avoids certain states, like California, Michigan, and New York. Because of course it does. They will expand where there are no unions or high taxes. people forget, California used to have a thriving auto manufacturing sector. Almost all gone due to regualtions.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 10, 2026 01:00 PM (vOtXJ)

268 Feb had 130000 job LOSES

March had only 12000 new jobs manufacturing

US needs 200000 new jobs every month just to keep up with population

Posted by: Paul at April 10, 2026 01:07 PM (IUkp1)

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