MORNING RANT - The War on Labor Expense: There Never Was a Truck Driver Shortage

Those who seek to flood this country with inexpensive, non-citizen labor like to claim that this is necessary due to a shortage of Americans that can or will do the job here in the United States. This has certainly been the case regarding truck drivers.

But there never actually was a truck driver shortage. There has been a shortage of professional truck drivers who will work for the compensation of unskilled labor. Bringing in foreign indentured servants as truck drivers was an awful way to avoid paying market wages for skilled labor.

It somehow became an accepted fact in the business community that one of the industries suffering from a labor shortage was truck driving. This was puzzling, because driving a truck has always been a great opportunity for Americans to earn a middle-class wage and provide for their families, without needing to pursue the college route or go to a highly technical trade school. But that is not to minimize the professional skill and training necessary to be an over-the-road truck driver. It requires its own schooling, technical skills, and a professional demeanor to handle the various challenges of a job that is often very stressful. It is the farthest thing from an entry-level job or a position that requires unskilled labor.

Unfortunately, there is a growing intolerance of any labor expense in some business circles, which makes cheap foreign labor look attractive. In one of those bizarre, horseshoe-shaped political alliances, the American left is in alignment with those who seek to eliminate career-wage, blue-collar jobs in this country. For the left, it’s due to their animus toward heritage Americans, especially those of the “deplorable” working class.

In recent years, while some of us were barely paying attention, our highways suddenly became overrun with untrained, non-English-speaking foreigners who were effectively the property of the Asian “body shops” and the European crime gangs that were trafficking them into the U.S.

Fortunately, the Trump administration is cleaning up this mess and targeting non-qualified and non-domiciled CDLs (commercial drivers licenses), as well as the companies that employ and control them. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is doing great work.

Paying the market wage for skilled labor among a nation’s citizens is not antithetical to capitalism. Just the opposite. It is a fundamental input into the pricing of goods in a free market. Adam Smith, the “Father of Capitalism” was unambiguous in his contempt for the evil institution of slavery as a means to avoid paying for labor. He also understood the futility of expecting the same labor quality from human chattel compared to the quality of work from free people who willingly trade their labor for compensation in a competitive labor market. The chaos and carnage on our nation’s highways from foreign truck drivers has borne this out.

Rather than a shortage of American truck drivers, there will be an abundance of them once the invisible hand of the free market is no longer distorted by the injection of unqualified, foreign labor trafficked into the cabs of America’s big rigs.

There is a shortage of professional truck drivers who will work for the compensation of unskilled labor. Bringing in foreign, chattel-labor as truck drivers was an awful workaround to try to undercut the market price of skilled labor.
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) April 27, 2026

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Jeffrey Carter Has My Endorsement for Nevada Treasurer

A reminder to readers/voters in Nevada, a friend of the blog, Jeffrey Carter, is running for state Treasurer in the Republican primary. He has my endorsement and he deserves your vote. Early voting starts on May 23 for the June 9 primary.

There are a great many reasons to vote for Jeff, including his financial acumen. But the thing to know is that he is one of us, an out and proud, Trump-supporting conservative who was reading Ace of Spades long before he thought about running for office. He cut his teeth in the Chicago Commodities Exchange, and then ventured into the world of venture capital, never apologizing for or hiding his conservatism nor his support for Donald Trump. (Carter writes the widely linked political site “Points & Figures.”

While I would endorse Jeffrey Carter, who is a friend of mine, irrespective of the quality of his opponent, Jeff is the clear choice in this race. His opponent, Drew Johnson, is a serial candidate who has name recognition from the races he has lost. The Carter campaign has a link discussing various ethical imbroglios involving Mr. Johnson, but all I need to know is that Drew Johnson is a fringe libertarian who admires Thomas Massie. When Mr. Johnson ran for Congress (a race he lost) he promised to provide Massie a 2nd Republican vote when Massie is working to undermine President Trump.

This is from the Nevada Independent, after Drew Johnson unexpectedly won the 2024 GOP nomination for a Nevada congressional seat:

True to libertarian form, [Drew Johnson] said the current members of Congress who impress him the most are Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), two libertarians who frequently find themselves as the lone "no" vote on bills that every other member supports,
That skepticism of his own party has frequently extended to Trump. In posts from his now locked personal account on X, Johnson called Trump a "socialist" during the 2016 race, called his presidency an "embarrassment" in 2020 over a federal execution during the lame-duck period and said Joe Biden's 2020 victory was "an endorsement of humanity, restraint & kindness."

For Nevadans, Jeffrey Carter is the best candidate to be Nevada’s next Treasurer.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 11, 2026 11:01 AM (LdBR/)

3 Anytime you see a J.B. Hunt truck, you can rest assured there's an African immigrant driving and barely speaks English.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Someone could write an excellent economic history book detailing how and why obsessions about several several cents of 'unit labor cost' became standard for M.B.A. types at the same time that CEO compensation ballooned. The whole thing comes across as a mass delusion overeducated people convinced themselves of, much like muh climate change.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 11, 2026 11:02 AM (Dg7ng)

5 Anytime you see a J.B. Hunt truck, you can rest assured there's an African immigrant driving and barely speaks English.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Swift = Dirka Dirka.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:02 AM (S838b)

6 But there never actually was a truck driver shortage. There has been a shortage of professional truck drivers who will work for the compensation of unskilled labor. Bringing in foreign, indentured servants as truck drivers was an awful way to avoid paying market wages for skilled labor.

Big Oil will tell you that the reason diesel prices are so high is supply and demand. The demand for diesel is just not that strong, so high prices.

My ass. There are more semis on the road now than ever before. Trains are getting longer and longer. Just about everything the US Military rolls requires diesel.

They're lying to us. Bigly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Good morning, friends! Happy Monday! Let’s pray for a week full of positive, no matter how small.

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2026 11:03 AM (hftzA)

8 Truck driving pays well.

I could never do it though.

Posted by: Logan's Run at May 11, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)

9 We won't be able to afford a head of lettuce when it moves up from $1.14 to $1.21. Also, why can't I buy sodas on my SNAP card anymore, what am I supposed to drink?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 11, 2026 11:04 AM (Dv3i1)

10 Typical Democrat operation; bring in millions of low IQ foreigners, hand out ballots, then realize you need something for them to do... especially if it torques off the normals.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2026 11:04 AM (jehhT)

11 Tell me about it. I was just telling my truck driver friends about how many truck drivers I have run into at the main job who are clearly not proficient in English.

Posted by: Police at May 11, 2026 11:05 AM (uxCHZ)

12 another great essay

thanks Buck

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at May 11, 2026 11:05 AM (n7eNm)

13 Fortunately, the Trump administration is cleaning up this mess and targeting non-qualified and non-domiciled CDLs (commercial drivers licenses), as well as the companies that employ and control them. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is doing great work.

Bullshit. For one to be great, they must take it up the ass.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 11, 2026 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

14 Big Oil will tell you that the reason diesel prices are so high is supply and demand. The demand for diesel is just not that strong, so high prices.

My ass. There are more semis on the road now than ever before. Trains are getting longer and longer. Just about everything the US Military rolls requires diesel.

They're lying to us. Bigly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

That's idiotic on the face of it. Lower demand means lower prices. Higher demand means higher prices.

Higher supply means lower prices. Restricted supply makes higher prices.

This is literally a concept understood hundreds of years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:05 AM (bss/y)

15 No monkey business today.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 11, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)

16
Big Oil will tell you that the reason diesel prices are so high is supply and demand. The demand for diesel is just not that strong, so high prices.

My ass. There are more semis on the road now than ever before. Trains are getting longer and longer. Just about everything the US Military rolls requires diesel.

They're lying to us. Bigly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Big Business Bad. Big Government Wonderful.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:06 AM (uxCHZ)

17 I miss the commenter Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)

18 I took three Bennies and my semi-truck won't start.

Posted by: The Lost Planet Airmen at May 11, 2026 11:06 AM (oftw2)

19 Truck driving pays well.

I could never do it though.
Posted by: Logan's Run

I could have in my younger years. Loved driving at night. Now? No patience. I want to be where I'm going.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:07 AM (S838b)

20
Big Oil will tell you that the reason diesel prices are so high is supply and demand. The demand for diesel is just not that strong, so high prices.

My ass. There are more semis on the road now than ever before. Trains are getting longer and longer. Just about everything the US Military rolls requires diesel.

They're lying to us. Bigly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Have you ever stopped to consider the government regulation involved in not just diesel but gasoline prices? I’ll answer: No.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:07 AM (uxCHZ)

21 "Jeffrey Carter Has My Endorsement for Nevada Treasurer"

Not much time. I need a sign for my yard. Count me as at least two votes. I'll endorse him to the wife and rest of family.

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2026 11:07 AM (ZFqKB)

22 I took three Bennies and my semi-truck won't start.
Posted by: The Lost Planet Airmen

3? You should be able to push start it.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:07 AM (S838b)

23 Al Gore is moving into the airlines industry?

Internet Creator Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Buy Spirit Airlines

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

24 Thx Buck
Secretary Buttgiggle was too busy breast feeding and hanging around truck stops looking for hunky Bengali drivers to bigger him to help the Americans

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 11, 2026 11:08 AM (gu0hJ)

25 I could have in my younger years. Loved driving at night. Now? No patience. I want to be where I'm going.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:07 AM (S838b)

I hate not being able to see. I figure awareness of where the truck is would come with familiarity, but I would be a basket case until then. Nope, not a desire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:09 AM (bss/y)

26 I recently learned that the number of "trucking schools" went from 800 to 18000 in the past 5 years.

Also that the illegitimate biden administration's approach to "licensing" of these schools was "self-certification".

I knew they hated Americans, but that shocked even me.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 11, 2026 11:09 AM (N1DT3)

27 19 Truck driving pays well.

I could never do it though.
Posted by: Logan's Run

I could have in my younger years. Loved driving at night. Now? No patience. I want to be where I'm going.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:07 AM (S838b)

Tried it. Could not get the hang of backing up without lots of practice. The company was furious that I didn’t master it in five minutes so I was bounced. Fuck them. Mad respect to the truckers though.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:09 AM (uxCHZ)

28 "There has been a shortage of professional truck drivers who will work for the compensation of unskilled labor."

And you know the answer will be "Stuff will more expensive then. You willing to put up with that?!"

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

29 23 Al Gore is moving into the airlines industry?

Internet Creator Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Buy Spirit Airlines
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

Two years later: Internet Creator announces Bankruptcy of Spirit Airlines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)

30 Speaking of Adam Smith's invisible hand . . .

Whirlpool Announces Plans for New Price Hike Amid Falling Appliance Sales

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

31 I took three Bennies and my semi-truck won't start.
Posted by: The Lost Planet Airmen
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I got me ten forward gears and a Georgia overdrive
I'm takin' little white pills and my eyes are open wide
I just passed a Jimmy and a White, I been a-passin' everything in sight
Six days on the road and I'm a-gonna make it home tonight

Posted by: Dave Dudley at May 11, 2026 11:10 AM (XeU6L)

32
Have you ever stopped to consider the government regulation involved in not just diesel but gasoline prices? I’ll answer: No.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:07 AM (uxCHZ)

Seriously?

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 11, 2026 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

33 Shit.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

34
Whirlpool Announces Plans for New Price Hike Amid Falling Appliance Sales

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

I'm sure that will incentivize the public to flock to the stores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

35 Secretary Buttgiggle famously rode a bicycle to work.

Posted by: The Last Quarter Mile Anyway at May 11, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)

36 30 Speaking of Adam Smith's invisible hand . . .

Whirlpool Announces Plans for New Price Hike Amid Falling Appliance Sales
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

It really is like all the business schools got taken over by commies (retards) at the same time.

Wait a min...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

37 I'm sure that will incentivize the public to flock to the stores.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

Maybe strip down all the bullshit and just offer a mechanical, lower cost version, how about that?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

38 diesel is more like a must have versus gasoline. If gas is too high you can try to carpool or something. Most semi's use diesel and they have to run to produce income.

Diesel has been more expensive than gas for decades though, this is not some new squeeze from 'big oil'

Posted by: PaleRider at May 11, 2026 11:13 AM (PV+Zw)

39
Maybe strip down all the bullshit and just offer a mechanical, lower cost version, how about that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

Dizzy broad CO at Ford:

"People don't care what's under the hood. They care about the technology in the cabin."

This mentality is destroying the consumer market.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

40 The democrat media cabal lies 24/7. From smoking kills to everyone will get the slims to Trump raping everybody to homos are good for the kiddies to support your local dick chopper off-er to illegal immigrants are wonderful, blah blah blah.

Believe nothing they tell you.

Posted by: A Throne Of Lies at May 11, 2026 11:13 AM (HBTIy)

41
And you know the answer will be "Stuff will more expensive then. You willing to put up with that?!"
Posted by: NR Pax at May 11, 2026 11:10 AM (99eI0)

Cool. Then they can explain the razor thin margins grocery stores exist on. This was BEFORE the massive introduction of the unqualified to the world to trucking.

But it’s easier to just bring in unskilled labor with no business being here than, you know, working to bring down needless regulations that just might benefit…everybody.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:13 AM (uxCHZ)

42 > Fortunately, the Trump administration is cleaning up this mess and targeting non-qualified and non-domiciled CDLs (commercial drivers licenses), as well as the companies that employ and control them. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is doing great work.
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I hope this includes closing the loopholes in the CDL licensing system, the truck licensing system, and the business licensing that permitted this issue in the first place. You know, DoT stuff on the books now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2026 11:14 AM (jehhT)

43 This mentality is destroying the consumer market.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

Like I said: retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

44 8 Truck driving pays well.

I could never do it though.
Posted by: Logan's Run at May 11, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)

Knew a younger dude (around 30) that was doing it, but quit because the lifestyle was making him fat.

Posted by: XTC at May 11, 2026 11:15 AM (FpHTM)

45
Like I said: retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

Fair enough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

46 37 I'm sure that will incentivize the public to flock to the stores.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

Maybe strip down all the bullshit and just offer a mechanical, lower cost version, how about that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:12

How about one that lasts longer than 5 years? Ours is not working well. The only silver lining is I can now replace it with one that uses heat to dry, something the eco crazies banned. This was undone along with the eco flush that wasn’t so well thought out, either. Thanks, Prez Trump!

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2026 11:16 AM (hftzA)

47 I hate not being able to see. I figure awareness of where the truck is would come with familiarity, but I would be a basket case until then. Nope, not a desire.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Back in '82, there were LONG stretches of IH-45 between Galveston and Dallas with nothing but farmland. Didn't matter if you were driving in the daylight hours or nighttime. There was nothing to see anyway.

Hardest part was focusing on the white line and not getting hypnotized. CB radio helped a lot back then. Between Houston and Dallas there were many places FM didn't reach and AM 820 out of Ft Worth didn't make it all the way.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:16 AM (S838b)

48 The very best trucking song is "Mama Hated Diesels" by Commander Cody. A frightfully sad song. Have handkerchiefs and sponges at the ready.

Posted by: Mama In The County Home at May 11, 2026 11:16 AM (oftw2)

49 Knew a younger dude (around 30) that was doing it, but quit because the lifestyle was making him fat.
Posted by: XTC at May 11, 2026 11:15 AM (FpHTM)

OTR trucking can be a serious danger to your health and should be compensated accordingly.

Not cheaped out on, like most major companies try to do.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 11, 2026 11:16 AM (N1DT3)

50 Independent trucker I'd seen on the toks would show the loads offered on an app.
And he'd walk through the rates and "real-world" return.
So many of the loads for offer would lose money to the driver in fuel, wear and tear.
He's call up, often to F with them, try and bid them up.
Some would, most would not.

What is crazy is, someone is taking those rates.

So yeah, there never was a truck driver shortage--there is a shortage of drivers who will drive at a loss.

Like construction, trucking got addicted to cheap, imported labor.
And, like construction, have passed those negative costs onto the public.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:16 AM (MtSIY)

51 I really feel safe when passed by a semi bearing a Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale silhouette.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 11, 2026 11:16 AM (2ap+5)

52
Knew a younger dude (around 30) that was doing it, but quit because the lifestyle was making him fat.
Posted by: XTC at May 11, 2026 11:15 AM (FpHTM)

As with everything else, that was a choice. There are plenty of options to prevent such happenings. Blaming the career choice is an odd one.

But that's just me, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

53 Kevin Grantham seems a good candidate for Treasurer in Colorado, as well. Unopposed in the GOP primary as far as I know, but he made an effort in his campaign pitch anyway, which laid out his resume for the job.
The other GOP candidates should take note of his campaign.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 11, 2026 11:17 AM (sDWtc)

54 Hardest part was focusing on the white line and not getting hypnotized. CB radio helped a lot back then. Between Houston and Dallas there were many places FM didn't reach and AM 820 out of Ft Worth didn't make it all the way.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:16 AM (S838b)

That part I do not have a problem with. It is cities/towns. Would drive me crazy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)

55 Canadian truck drivers rule!
You all know why...

Businesses really need a $100,000 license for every foreigner they hire. $500,000 in tech, higher education and others. Motivate them to search or train Americans (and Canadians here).

My Tim Hortons is all locals but in a few nearby cities....damn.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 11, 2026 11:19 AM (Sco7b)

56 The “new” truckers have difficulty keeping their rigs in one lane. Their understanding of wind and steep downgrades is, uh, lacking.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at May 11, 2026 11:19 AM (zTmRQ)

57 And yet some deny the existence of progress!

Flytrex’s New Drone Delivers 2 Pizzas in Minutes

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:19 AM (ndZc7)

58
That part I do not have a problem with. It is cities/towns. Would drive me crazy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)

Navigating a big rig through Dallas on 635, 75 or I35 would be nightmare fuel. I struggle enough towing a 30ft. camper through there to the TxMoMe every year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

59 As to truck drivers, I'm expecting (and hoping in fact) that job be replaced by automation, as well as drone supply and better localized production.
As with slavery, visas delay this process.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 11, 2026 11:21 AM (sDWtc)

60
Flytrex’s New Drone Delivers 2 Pizzas in Minutes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:19 AM (ndZc7)

How does one keep the toppings in place achieving such delivery speeds?

Gravity and inertia seems to be a bitch at times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

61 I've done just about everything you can do to a truck except over the road driving. For backing up there is nothing like the old cab over short wheelbase trucks. The monstrosities on the road now are too long. I would sometimes have to have drivers dump trailers so I could get their trailers into the bays to be worked on.
But they had an apartment on their truck so there is that.
Microwave, fridge, tv, queen sized bed, company lot lizard etc...

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2026 11:21 AM (ZFqKB)

62 It’s not just truck drivers. And it’s not just wages. Look at the influx of foreign nationals foreign trained in our medical system. They’re willing to put up with government and insurance policies to make lotsa bucks, and many are about as good at medicine as the truck drivers from their countries are at driving. They do at least speak the language. And know how to fraud.

Posted by: epador at May 11, 2026 11:22 AM (TRnzq)

63 Whirlpool Announces Plans for New Price Hike Amid Falling Appliance Sales

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"It wasn't that the public didn't like our product. It was that the public didn't like getting it so cheap."

Posted by: The Suits at May 11, 2026 11:22 AM (RIsdY)

64 How does one keep the toppings in place achieving such delivery speeds?

Gravity and inertia seems to be a bitch at times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:21 AM (Zz0t1

Lots of toothpicks.
Porcupine like toothpicks...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 11, 2026 11:22 AM (Sco7b)

65 Sponge, wouldn't coming through FT Worth be easier?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2026 11:23 AM (z2aPa)

66 The labor issue struck me in 1982 when the Plyler decision brought on the invasion from Mexico. House framing was our gig until then. They came in at 1/2 the pay we were getting because they had no overhead at all.
I recall a state employee from Bob Bullock's Texas Comptroller Office knocking on my door because I was two weeks late submitting financial documents. We had endured about four solid weeks of rain which meant no work, no income, no nothing.
Illegal labor had no such issue.

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2026 11:23 AM (8uzBS)

67 My dad was an OTR truck driver. The commiecrats giving illegals CDLs for bribes makes me furious. Destroys a good career opportunity. And the illegals even in cars are a hazard on the roads; but when the illegal is driving a big ass semi, guess what AFWL? that big $$$ mercedes or cadillac SUV aint going save you when they crash into you.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 11, 2026 11:23 AM (PV+Zw)

68 The war on labor expense is a war on household incomes, which is a war on living standards. In practice, it's also a war on national cohesion; we need an indefinite ban on immigration, until everyone here is fully assimilated. Anyone who is still pro-immigration at this point, after seeing the consequences, is TWANLOC: Those Who Are No Longer Our Countrymen.

Posted by: SciVo at May 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Sy6m/)

69 Posted by: epador at May 11, 2026 11:22 AM (TRnzq)

Were you the one with the injured dog a week or so ago?

How is he?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 11, 2026 11:24 AM (Sco7b)

70 Navigating a big rig through Dallas on 635, 75 or I35 would be nightmare fuel. I struggle enough towing a 30ft. camper through there to the TxMoMe every year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)
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Just go really fast and blow the horn a lot.

Posted by: Weasel at May 11, 2026 11:24 AM (PVV5z)

71 Navigating a big rig through Dallas on 635, 75 or I35 would be nightmare fuel. I struggle enough towing a 30ft. camper through there to the TxMoMe every year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

Dad always timed the start of a trip (from Jeffersonville, IN) to El Paso so we would hit Dallas in the middle of the night (and be in darkness going through west texas.) Smartest and best driver I have ever known. Meticulous.

When I was talking to them yesterday he said something that made me sad: 'I am getting too old to drive a long trip any more.' He would be... 79 this year? He's talking about not being able to drive 12 hours every day across country. He said it so... like he was no good any more. The Man has had a coronary bypass. It just broke my heart.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)

72 Sponge, wouldn't coming through FT Worth be easier?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2026 11:23 AM (z2aPa)

Quite a bit longer, however. It's the getting to 45 thing that's the bear.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

73 52 As with everything else, that was a choice. There are plenty of options to prevent such happenings. Blaming the career choice is an odd one.

But that's just me, I guess.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

Not really my problem, I suppose. Haven't heard from him or his on-again-off-again GF for a few years now.

Posted by: XTC at May 11, 2026 11:25 AM (FpHTM)

74 ------
Just go really fast and blow the horn a lot.

Posted by: Weasel at May 11, 2026 11:24 AM (PVV5z)

Huh......I'll have to give that a shot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:25 AM (Zz0t1)

75 I don't care if it rains or freezes long as I got my plastic Jesus
Sittin' on the dashboard of my car
Goin' 90, it ain't scary 'cause I've got the Virgin Mary
Sittin' on the dashboard of my car

Posted by: P. Newman at May 11, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

76 My moment of revelation was seeing H1-B's being used to manage gas stations in the South.

Because it is impossible to find anyone in the South capable of managing a gas station...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 11, 2026 11:26 AM (aD4fx)

77 68 The war on labor expense is a war on household incomes, which is a war on living standards. In practice, it's also a war on national cohesion; we need an indefinite ban on immigration, until everyone here is fully assimilated. Anyone who is still pro-immigration at this point, after seeing the consequences, is TWANLOC: Those Who Are No Longer Our Countrymen.
Posted by: SciVo at May 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Sy6m/)

But how will Karen McAWFL get her 3AM Shawarma if we stop importing Muslim Conquerors?

Posted by: XTC at May 11, 2026 11:26 AM (FpHTM)

78 He said it so... like he was no good any more. The Man has had a coronary bypass. It just broke my heart.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)

Terrible.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

79 It's worse than we could have imagined.

Per the BLS, 90% of all new jobs in the US from 2020 to 2024 have gone to foreign born workers.

Posted by: PJ at May 11, 2026 11:27 AM (+jscL)

80 Anytime you see a J.B. Hunt truck, you can rest assured there's an African immigrant driving and barely speaks English.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Swift = Dirka Dirka.
---
Yup.
And for every one you see in the driver's seat, know there is one or two more in the sleeper.
One shitting in a bucket, one cooking a pot of guts and mystery meat or sleeping.
So that truck never stops moving except to load and fuel.
I'll bet the returned Apollo capsules smelled better than the interior of those trucks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:28 AM (MtSIY)

81 It's worse than we could have imagined.

Per the BLS, 90% of all new jobs in the US from 2020 to 2024 have gone to foreign born workers.
Posted by: PJ at May 11, 2026 11:27 AM (+jscL)

When Democrats took the 'Great Replacement Theory' and ran full speed ahead with it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

82 Dear Corporate America:

You must have a JOB BEFORE you have a CAREER.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:28 AM (uxCHZ)

83 Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/Sd5ZLJWQmss

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

84 '"...at the same time that CEO compensation ballooned."

After a very uncomfortable flight on United, stuffed into a seat area so small I could not bend down to pick something up from the floor, I googled the CEO salary -- $33 million per year!

And dinner aboard United: the "chips" tasted like sawdust and the "wine" was presented in a tin can.

Posted by: PJ at May 11, 2026 11:30 AM (+jscL)

85 55 Canadian truck drivers rule!
You all know why...

Businesses really need a $100,000 license for every foreigner they hire. $500,000 in tech, higher education and others. Motivate them to search or train Americans (and Canadians here).

My Tim Hortons is all locals but in a few nearby cities....damn.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 11, 2026 11:19 AM (Sco7b)

Plenty of Canadian truckers, primarily from AB, SK or MB on the nearby Interstate at all times. Sometimes you’ll see one from ON or QC.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:31 AM (uxCHZ)

86 Terrible.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

The thing is he immediately said they were going to do smaller trips like to Gettysburg and down south, but he and Mom LOVE to travel. He so did not want to turn into Mammaw and Pappaw. Mammaw got to the point where she never wanted to leave the house and Pappaw would not leave her. So they both just sat and kind of rotted. Mentally and physically. I know that terrifies Dad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

87 The FNM: AI will take all the jobs if the government doesn't ban it

Also the FNM: We need to import millions of foreigners because no one in America will work.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 11, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

88 The thing is he immediately said they were going to do smaller trips like to Gettysburg and down south, but he and Mom LOVE to travel. He so did not want to turn into Mammaw and Pappaw. Mammaw got to the point where she never wanted to leave the house and Pappaw would not leave her. So they both just sat and kind of rotted. Mentally and physically. I know that terrifies Dad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

Like the song says, don't let the old man in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)

89 No US citizenship no CDL but yes to a one way plane ticket to the Congo.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 11, 2026 11:33 AM (icmmM)

90 Supply and demand.

More workers? Lower salaries.

Fewer workers? Higher salaries.

So want to raise salaries and lower COL? End immigration

Posted by: 18-1 at May 11, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

91 84 '"...at the same time that CEO compensation ballooned."

After a very uncomfortable flight on United, stuffed into a seat area so small I could not bend down to pick something up from the floor, I googled the CEO salary -- $33 million per year!

And dinner aboard United: the "chips" tasted like sawdust and the "wine" was presented in a tin can.
Posted by: PJ at May 11, 2026 11:30 AM (+jscL)

CEOs should be forced to work for minimum wage, and must be taken out on shop floors and work places to be violently beaten by the employees that work for them.

(Did the $33 million check bounce? No? Then Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:34 AM (uxCHZ)

92 Being an over the road truck driver is just behind being a deck hand on an Alaska Ming Crab fishing boat as my least desirable jobs.

I thank God that there are people willing to do these difficult jobs. That said if I had to feed my family I'd be willing to do either in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 11, 2026 11:34 AM (52qkP)

93 The Democrats are helping Spencer Pratt.

https://tinyurl.com/49ehxvd6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)

94 And dinner aboard United: the "chips" tasted like sawdust and the "wine" was presented in a tin can.
Posted by: PJ at May 11, 2026 11:30 AM (+jscL)

----------

Face it. When you're not flying on a premium-class fare, you're self-loading cargo to the airline.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 11, 2026 11:35 AM (RIsdY)

95 When our kids were kids I would haul them to California the spend a week or two in La Jolla with DanMa'am's folks. Very long drive from Houston to there.
On that long drive it was typical to recognize fellow travelers that you would pass or get passed by.
One time there was a huge very clean and shiny rig with a big cab that was familiar on the trip and it pulled into the same gas station/island.
Door opened and the driver turned out to be a small rather young girl driver in shorts and thong sandals driving the huge rig. Husband and wife team.

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2026 11:35 AM (8uzBS)

96 Diesel has been more expensive than gas for decades though, this is not some new squeeze from 'big oil'
Posted by: PaleRider at May 11, 2026 11:13 AM (PV+Zw)

Diesel is the most unfairly taxed fuel in all of industry. And it used to be cheaper than gasoline.

Blame the politicians on this one.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 11, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)

97 What is crazy is, someone is taking those rates.

It's the subsidies, isn't it?

Posted by: USAID at May 11, 2026 11:35 AM (zynd+)

98 The Democrats are helping Spencer Pratt.

https://tinyurl.com/49ehxvd6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)

Isn't he running as an independent?

So, they're lying from the get-go..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

99 WHAT DO YOU MEAN SLAVERY WAS OUTLAWED!!!

Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at May 11, 2026 11:36 AM (x9rWt)

100 90 Supply and demand.

More workers? Lower salaries.

Fewer workers? Higher salaries.

So want to raise salaries and lower COL? End immigration
Posted by: 18-1 at May 11, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

Legal immigration? No. Though it should be managed in such a way that we don’t flood the place. Unemployment at 10%? No, sorry, apply to immigrate later. Full employment? Depending on your skills we’ll let you in.

Illegal immigration must be stomped out and crushed.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (uxCHZ)

101 Like the song says, don't let the old man in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)

I am thinking about asking them to let me know when they want to take a longer trip so I can line up my vacation and we can tag team the driving. I dunno how he would take it though. Might make him feel worse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (bss/y)

102 Recently had an autonomous Semi deliver a load to a real customer from Houston to Dallas. I previously commented that it was both scary and awesome.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (52qkP)

103 and if you want to know the reason there are so many muslim imports, they'd gotten in on the illegal CDL scam about 10 years ago.

The Obama-Biden Plan:

- import a group of peasant-class, indentured servants
- destroy the American middle class
- tax Americans more to cover the costs
- farm those indentured servants for votes to continue the cycle.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (MtSIY)

104 For backing up there is nothing like the old cab over short wheelbase trucks. The monstrosities on the road now are too long. I would sometimes have to have drivers dump trailers so I could get their trailers into the bays to be worked on.

Posted by: Reforger

Lot rigs. Warehouse behind our building uses lot rigs. Single seat cab. Extremely short but powerful rig to move trailers into & around the yard.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (S838b)

105 Isn't he running as an independent?

So, they're lying from the get-go..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

He is not of the body and therefore by definition is a fascist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)

106 I think a big part of the CEO thing is we've replaced family owners with boards that are incestuously interrelated.

I think there is room for an argument that a talented exec at a big company is worth $$$ but then I look at most of the big company execs and outside of influence peddling I don't see anyone really bringing a strong skill set.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 11, 2026 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

107 Lot rigs. Warehouse behind our building uses lot rigs. Single seat cab. Extremely short but powerful rig to move trailers into & around the yard.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (S838b)

Yard dog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)

108
I am thinking about asking them to let me know when they want to take a longer trip so I can line up my vacation and we can tag team the driving. I dunno how he would take it though. Might make him feel worse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (bss/y)

Approaching it as 'not an insult' would be challenging.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

109 Three wooden crosses is a good hanky song

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2026 11:39 AM (/YotI)

110 Per the BLS, 90% of all new jobs in the US from 2020 to 2024 have gone to foreign born workers.
Posted by: PJ at May 11, 2026 11:27 AM (+jscL)

My mother is an evil foreign born. She’s been a citizen for decades and a productive one at that but clearly that does not matter as she is an evil foreign born.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:39 AM (uxCHZ)

111 Lot rigs. Warehouse behind our building uses lot rigs. Single seat cab. Extremely short but powerful rig to move trailers into & around the yard.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (S838b)

FiL drove one at the RR Army Depot for years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

112 More fake news? Today AAA posts the regular unleaded fuel price per gallon in Texas ranges from $4.143 to $3.946.

https://gasprices.aaa.com/

I don't know every detail of how they get their price numbers. However, I can buy major oil company regular unleaded within a few miles of my location at one station for $3.69 and at several for $3.79.

Posted by: Gref at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (5rh/l)

113 Legal immigration? No. Though it should be managed in such a way that we don’t flood the place. Unemployment at 10%? No, sorry, apply to immigrate later. Full employment? Depending on your skills we’ll let you in.

IMO we need at least a 20 year moratorium on immigration of all kinds, and frankly substantial re-migration.

And obviously immigration should be 0 any year where unemployment is not functionally 0 as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

114 Yard dog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (S838b)

115 Problem solved!

Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
HUGE: Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)

116
My mother is an evil foreign born. She’s been a citizen for decades and a productive one at that but clearly that does not matter as she is an evil foreign born.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:39 AM (uxCHZ)

Literally no one here has an issue with LEGAL immigration and citizenship.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

117 Diesel is the most unfairly taxed fuel in all of industry. And it used to be cheaper than gasoline.
---
Remember Bill Clinton's retroactive diesel tax?

And SCOTUS was like, "that's cool."

The SCOTUS has been supine and subservient to Dems most of it's existence.

That it's--barely--standing up to the Democrats hegemony is massive change.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:41 AM (MtSIY)

118 Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:39 AM (uxCHZ)

You know what he meant. Don't take things so personal. I'm a second generation born American myself.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 11, 2026 11:41 AM (52qkP)

119
Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
HUGE: Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)

HA!

That's like arriving at the barn to shut the doors 5 years after the animals left.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

120 Problem solved!

Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
HUGE: Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)

That just changes the "Pay to the Order of" line on the political contribution checks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 11, 2026 11:42 AM (dK+Kv)

121 Approaching it as 'not an insult' would be challenging.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

Yeah, got to think about it. They have been driving out to Seattle ever since my sister moved out there (like 2 decades.) He is worried about the cost of fuel and when I suggested something crazy like only doing 8 hour days going out there, he pointed out that meant more motel rooms. He said she was planning to come home this year in October. The fat *types* *deletes*. Well, she has not been home herself in a long time (since Mammaw and Pappaw died in 2012.) So, on the one hand, good, but I am also conflicted that little princess is deigning to grace her parents with her presence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

122 I was amused by this quote from an article about a fatal semi-truck crash on I-70 near Parachute:

"CSP also said the crash is continuing to be investigated."

Posted by: muldoon at May 11, 2026 11:43 AM (I0N4X)

123 Here is my immigration reform proposal:

1.) 25 year moratorium on naturalizations

2.) No more green cards, either

3.) No more work visas - work in your own country

4.) No more student visas - educate your own whelps

5.) No more tourism visas - you all hate the living shit out of us, so no need to come here and see our Yankee country

6.) Travel visas are a maximum of 30 days, and must be sponsored by a US citizen with a compelling reason why a foreign devil needs to come here

7.) If for some reason like an illness or travel problem you can't leave by day 30, you and your sponsor will remand you to custody of the State Department to see to your removal

8.) If you don't, the sponsor will be imprisoned for 10 years, and you will be shot upon capture.

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

124 4 Someone could write an excellent economic history book detailing how and why obsessions about several several cents of 'unit labor cost' became standard for M.B.A. types at the same time that CEO compensation ballooned. The whole thing comes across as a mass delusion overeducated people convinced themselves of, much like muh climate change.
Posted by: the lower depths
=======
Behind most of our horrible corporate culture is the big three of State Street, Vanguard, and Blackrock. Throw in hedge funds as well. And the CEOs, corporate finance, etc. take their cues from them. And that means DEI, net Zero, cheap imported labor, and open borders where US jobs are exported abroad.

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

125
There Never Was a Truck Driver Shortage

_________

Now do tech H1-Bs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2026 11:43 AM (HdYcL)

126 More fake news? Today AAA posts the regular unleaded fuel price per gallon in Texas ranges from $4.143 to $3.946.

https://gasprices.aaa.com/

I don't know every detail of how they get their price numbers. However, I can buy major oil company regular unleaded within a few miles of my location at one station for $3.69 and at several for $3.79.
Posted by: Gref

Sam's Club McKinney, Texas $3.68

They even publish it on their website.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:44 AM (S838b)

127 115 Problem solved!

Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
HUGE: Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 11, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)

Does that new independent office have prosecution power? Does it have trial judge sentencing power?

Posted by: Keith Ellison and the Hennepin County State DA at May 11, 2026 11:44 AM (5rh/l)

128 106 I think a big part of the CEO thing is we've replaced family owners with boards that are incestuously interrelated.

I think there is room for an argument that a talented exec at a big company is worth $$$ but then I look at most of the big company execs and outside of influence peddling I don't see anyone really bringing a strong skill set.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 11, 2026 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

Boards and CEOs don’t cross check each other anymore and lack critical thinking skills. No one will ask the other if something is a bad idea or not.

I’m for all sorts of businesses. I know that small businesses are inherently morally superior to evil big business…but there’s room for everybody. In all sorts of companies the right questions are not being asked. In all of them the only people that are hired are people they know. If you are not “networked” and willing to only have transactional friendships, you can starve. (And then companies of all types start to wonder why they suck - no hiring on merit or hiring people who will ask tough questions.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:44 AM (uxCHZ)

129 123 8.) If you don't, the sponsor will be imprisoned for 10 years, and you will be shot upon capture.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)

Immediate Executions are really the solution to every problem.

Posted by: XTC at May 11, 2026 11:44 AM (FpHTM)

130 The fat *types* *deletes*. Well, she has not been home herself in a long time (since Mammaw and Pappaw died in 2012.) So, on the one hand, good, but I am also conflicted that little princess is deigning to grace her parents with her presence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

Also terrible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

131 126 More fake news? Today AAA posts the regular unleaded fuel price per gallon in Texas ranges from $4.143 to $3.946.

https://gasprices.aaa.com/

I don't know every detail of how they get their price numbers. However, I can buy major oil company regular unleaded within a few miles of my location at one station for $3.69 and at several for $3.79.
Posted by: Gref

Sam's Club McKinney, Texas $3.68

They even publish it on their website.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:44 AM (S838b)

$3.54 not far from me.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:45 AM (uxCHZ)

132 Behind most of our horrible corporate culture is the big three of State Street, Vanguard, and Blackrock. Throw in hedge funds as well. And the CEOs, corporate finance, etc. take their cues from them. And that means DEI, net Zero, cheap imported labor, and open borders where US jobs are exported abroad.
Posted by: whig at May 11, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)

Rubber stamp committees and yes men, all.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:46 AM (uxCHZ)

133 They weren't just avoiding expensive labor.

They blatantly broke labor laws.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2026 11:46 AM (BaZnq)

134 106 I think a big part of the CEO thing is we've replaced family owners with boards that are incestuously interrelated.

I think there is room for an argument that a talented exec at a big company is worth $$$ but then I look at most of the big company execs and outside of influence peddling I don't see anyone really bringing a strong skill set.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 11, 2026 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

Founder CEOs are better than following CEOs, family or otherwise. Things usually go bad when the CEO is a mismatch with the needs of a company (the guy running a luxury clothes company may not know what's key to running a mining firm).

CEO compensation though is mostly in equity that vests over time. Employees in startups often have a similar compensation, where if things go great they come out rich and if they don't a bunch of their compensation is worthless.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at May 11, 2026 11:46 AM (okun6)

135
1.) 25 year moratorium on naturalizations

2.) No more green cards, either

___________

Can Her Majesty stay? Amazingly, after 50+ years in the US she's still a New Zealand subject. I occasionally ask her about becoming a citizen but she says she's too busy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2026 11:46 AM (HdYcL)

136 123 Here is my immigration reform proposal:

1.) 25 year moratorium on naturalizations

2.) No more green cards, either

3.) No more work visas - work in your own country

4.) No more student visas - educate your own whelps

5.) No more tourism visas - you all hate the living shit out of us, so no need to come here and see our Yankee country

6.) Travel visas are a maximum of 30 days, and must be sponsored by a US citizen with a compelling reason why a foreign devil needs to come here

7.) If for some reason like an illness or travel problem you can't leave by day 30, you and your sponsor will remand you to custody of the State Department to see to your removal

8.) If you don't, the sponsor will be imprisoned for 10 years, and you will be shot upon capture.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)

We approve.

Posted by: Turkmenistan at May 11, 2026 11:47 AM (uxCHZ)

137 Also terrible.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

Best not to start on my sister. I am not a fan.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)

138 @DemzDeliver
HUGE: Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.

Ah, yes...

Posted by: t-bird at May 11, 2026 11:47 AM (zynd+)

139 Immediate Executions are really the solution to every problem.
Posted by: XTC at May 11, 2026 11:44 AM (FpHTM)

People won't overstay if that's the penalty.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:47 AM (BI5O2)

140 123 Here is my immigration reform proposal:

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

That's about Japanese level. I like it.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 11, 2026 11:47 AM (99eI0)

141 off sock

Posted by: Gref at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (5rh/l)

142 There was a truck driver shortage in the wake of the explosion of delivery-based services (Amazon, etc). There were clearly many more trucks on the road. Plus, some of the older, career OTR drivers retired or cut back on distance hauls.

That drove wages and demand up as an exploding trucking industry sought a smaller pool of drivers. Of course when that happens, a flood of cheaper -- often illegal -- labor will fill the void.

Another bad offshoot of the trucking explosion was shady truck operating companies -- often owned by foreigners -- undercutting the market with cheap prices, which they could afford because they were using cheap labor and cutting corners.

None of this is controversial. Even driver-based advocacy and industry groups acknowledge these facts. The issue is what do we do about it now?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

143
Best not to start on my sister. I am not a fan.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)

My bud has a similar situation. His sister is a despicable twat and his daughter is proving to be her mother, which is also not good.

Sad. Family can suck at times. And it seems to be getting worse all the time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
HUGE: Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.
--
LOL
As "independent" as their independent redistricting committees.

The dried-up barren husks of Karens in MN will squeal with glee over it, of course.

BTW, saw an article that in NYC, they're lamenting that their anti-Trump group has gone from like 60% women to over 80% women.
Of course, the problem is the men who aren't supporting the women; joining their loopy, drug-induced psycho fever hallucinations toward the evils of MAGA.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (MtSIY)

145
Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.

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Blue-Ribbon Vulpine Committee Declares Henhouse Massacre "A Mystery"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (HdYcL)

146 I remember reading a text book when I was a kid in elementary that one of the business tycoons back in the early 1900's ( can't remember who) decided to save a penny on every can of tuna by reducing the amount of oil added to it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (52qkP)

147 English language only.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (z2aPa)

148 > Here is my immigration reform proposal:
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This is my offer: nothing. We're full. You can visit, but you can't stay.

Posted by: Don Black at May 11, 2026 11:49 AM (ZxPkt)

149 123 Here is my immigration reform proposal:

1.) 25 year moratorium on naturalizations

2.) No more green cards, either

3.) No more work visas - work in your own country

4.) No more student visas - educate your own whelps

5.) No more tourism visas - you all hate the living shit out of us, so no need to come here and see our Yankee country

6.) Travel visas are a maximum of 30 days, and must be sponsored by a US citizen with a compelling reason why a foreign devil needs to come here

7.) If for some reason like an illness or travel problem you can't leave by day 30, you and your sponsor will remand you to custody of the State Department to see to your removal

8.) If you don't, the sponsor will be imprisoned for 10 years, and you will be shot upon capture.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)

Xenophobia run wild.

I like exit visas. Immigration allowed with severe restrictions (you better have something to offer. No freeloading allowed. If we have massive unemployment you ain’t coming in. Try again in five years.). Tourist visas for 90 days but we check passports coming AND going to make damn sure you leave.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:50 AM (uxCHZ)

150 124 4 Someone could write an excellent economic history book detailing how and why obsessions about several several cents of 'unit labor cost' became standard for M.B.A. types at the same time that CEO compensation ballooned. The whole thing comes across as a mass delusion overeducated people convinced themselves of, much like muh climate change.
Posted by: the lower depths
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Behind most of our horrible corporate culture is the big three of State Street, Vanguard, and Blackrock. Throw in hedge funds as well. And the CEOs, corporate finance, etc. take their cues from them. And that means DEI, net Zero, cheap imported labor, and open borders where US jobs are exported abroad.

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

I would blame consulting more. Investment companies barely provide oversight over the board which barely provides oversight over CEOs. Big consulting firms are the origin and often direct implementers of many ideas.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at May 11, 2026 11:51 AM (okun6)

151 Remember Bill Clinton's retroactive diesel tax?

And SCOTUS was like, "that's cool."

The SCOTUS has been supine and subservient to Dems most of it's existence.

That it's--barely--standing up to the Democrats hegemony is massive change.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Unfortunately, ex post facto has long been interpreted as only applying to criminal laws, not civil by Supreme Court. Calder v. Bull (179

. And yes, Justice Paterson was on the Supreme Court and he was also at the Constitutional Convention as a delegate. Convention used Blackstone as a guide which separated criminal from civil retroactive laws. Interestingly, not true of several state constitutions at the time which DID ban any retroactive law, civil or criminal.

Posted by: whig at May 11, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)

152 The new office is the official office of Covering Shit Up.

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2026 11:51 AM (/YotI)

153 Some of our volcanoes have room.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 11, 2026 11:51 AM (WQ5nn)

154 147 English language only.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (z2aPa)

Better: English as the official language. If my mother had to learn it by immersion, so can everyone else.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:51 AM (uxCHZ)

155 You can visit, but you can't stay.
Posted by: Don Black at May 11, 2026 11:49 AM (ZxPkt)

Every Irish pub on the east coast has workers who came to "visit" ten years ago. And that's just one example. We need to severely tighten controls on "visitors."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:52 AM (BI5O2)

156 Here is my immigration reform proposal:
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None.

1) Certify full compliance in every jurisdiction with existing immigration law. Including no immigration backlog.

2) Then, after 5 years of full compliance, we can discuss changes.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:52 AM (MtSIY)

157 Dial 1 for English.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 11, 2026 11:52 AM (WQ5nn)

158
A lot of CEOs don't have a clue about how to grow the company organically. They're led around by MBAs for whom a widget is a gasket is a sausage. Grow? Merge. Save? Eliminate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2026 11:52 AM (HdYcL)

159 Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2026 11:48 AM (z2aPa)

Hi BH how are you. Hope you are well. I'm feeling off today but have been for like four weeks. Pharmaceutical change. Sucks. Any event you didn't ask but I'm telling.

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2026 11:53 AM (/YotI)

160 Literally no one here has an issue with LEGAL immigration and citizenship.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Someone above noted if you are pro immigration you are something not positive. But like you, I don’t think this is a pervasive thought. Legal immigration has its place, look at the SA farmers coming here and immediately looking to do good. My mom was an immigrant, where would y’all be without me? 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2026 11:53 AM (hftzA)

161 Better: English as the official language. If my mother had to learn it by immersion, so can everyone else.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:51 AM (ux

I love the scene in Casablanca where the couple is learning English by immersion. Doubly so because they were Scandis like my grandfather.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 11, 2026 11:54 AM (52qkP)

162
You know what he meant. Don't take things so personal. I'm a second generation born American myself.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 11, 2026 11:41 AM (52qkP)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

163 Xenophobia run wild.

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Call it whatever you like.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

164 My mom was an immigrant, where would y’all be without me? 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2026 11:53 AM (hftzA)

Fashion illiterate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

165 People won't overstay if that's the penalty.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:47 AM (BI5O2)

Yeah but how do we know when people leave. Answer: we don’t.

Check passports when people LEAVE the country and if they overstay? Fines. Like $10,000 a day for every day overstayed. (Other countries do things like this, why can’t we?)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:55 AM (uxCHZ)

166 Any event you didn't ask but I'm telling.
Posted by: ... at May 11, 2026 11:53 AM (/YotI)

Heh.

Hope it levels out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

167 164 My mom was an immigrant, where would y’all be without me? 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2026 11:53 AM (hftzA)

Fashion illiterate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

GLP-1 addicts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)

168 A lot of CEOs don't have a clue about how to grow the company organically. They're led around by MBAs for whom a widget is a gasket is a sausage. Grow? Merge. Save? Eliminate.
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See Wendy's.

Always had a CEO who worked up from fry cook.

Went the MBA is the Best CEO route and ... they're now closing hundreds of locations as they're hemorrhaging sales.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:56 AM (MtSIY)

169 Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:39 AM (uxCHZ)

You think she's representative of the population at large that are taking these jobs?

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2026 11:56 AM (/YotI)

170 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

What I'm hoping. You'll know it's leveled out when I start acting normal.

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2026 11:57 AM (/YotI)

171 Went the MBA is the Best CEO route and ... they're now closing hundreds of locations as they're hemorrhaging sales.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 11, 2026 11:56 AM (MtSIY)

Never should have gone off the old burgers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)

172 People who legally immigrate typically do so because they have something to contribute that for whatever reason wasn't needed or appreciated in wherever they came from.

Illegal immigrants come here for free shit and free money. The had nothing to contribute where they were. And have nothing to contribute here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2026 11:57 AM (jehhT)

173 Flytrex’s New Drone Delivers 2 Pizzas in Minutes
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How does one keep the toppings in place achieving such delivery speeds?

Gravity and inertia seems to be a bitch at times.

Super easy, barely an inconvenience. Just hang it from a freely-moving ball joint and the normal force will always be towards the bottom of the box.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 11, 2026 11:57 AM (vTZFs)

174 Can Her Majesty stay? Amazingly, after 50+ years in the US she's still a New Zealand subject. I occasionally ask her about becoming a citizen but she says she's too busy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yes. But Prince Harry has to go. He can go to Canada. Sorry, Stateless.

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2026 11:57 AM (hftzA)

175
GLP-1 addicts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)

It's amazing the number of former world class athletes that are supposedly on that shit.

You were once a physical specimen to behold, now you need a 'magic pill' to maintain a healthy weight?

Not buying it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 11, 2026 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)

176
Wendy's is what happens when the founder's vision and hard work get vacuumed up by Yum! Brands and destroyed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2026 11:58 AM (HdYcL)

177 Call it whatever you like.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

Don’t get pissy with me when you attack family and I respond. Doubtless you want me killed for emerging from an evil foreign born. Tough shit.

I’m all in agreement, yes, people should not be allowed to stroll into the country. Immigration should be limited. Getting citizenship here should be HARD. We should be checking passports coming and going to make damn sure tourists and students leave when they agree to. But to your extreme? Fuck that noise.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 11, 2026 11:59 AM (uxCHZ)

178 Houston was having a huge problem with obviously foreign independent truckers using side streets to park their trucks. Many are close to apartments where they reside. They're eventually kicked off the street only to find other side streets.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 11, 2026 11:59 AM (52qkP)

179 ..., I am well, thank you. I wish for what ails you to cease. I will send a hug as well.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 11, 2026 11:59 AM (z2aPa)

180 Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
HUGE: Minnesota Democrats just created an independent office to aggressively go after fraud.

You may not be aware, but they've already issued their first report. It found that Donald Trump was completely responsible for all fraud in the state.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 11, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

181 107 Lot rigs. Warehouse behind our building uses lot rigs. Single seat cab. Extremely short but powerful rig to move trailers into & around the yard.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2026 11:37 AM (S838b)

Yard dog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)

No. Ours was a fully functional 10 wheel Kenworth. My boss sometimes used it to fetch trailers. I had a CDL in the Army but the state wouldn't recognize it. He knew I knew how to drive so I was allowed to use it around the yard. Always complaining that I wouldn't go the extra step and get it.
How I left that job is funny.
Best endorsement on a call to an employer. I was laid off at the time.
"What? He's looking for another job? You tell that little fu**er he's not laid off anymore. He needs to get his ass to work now".
New boss laughed and hired me.

Posted by: Reforger at May 11, 2026 11:59 AM (ZFqKB)

182
said Joe Biden's 2020 victory was "an endorsement of humanity, restraint & kindness.

Anyone who uses the word "kindness" in a political context is a whiney, spoiled child.

Posted by: The Donks at May 11, 2026 12:00 PM (y9nCu)

183 There are YouTube channels dedicated to Foreign Truckers Gone Wild in the U.S. and Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/@BoneheadTruckers

Is one of them.

It's a lot worse than even we think it is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 11, 2026 12:00 PM (6ydKt)

184 Posted by: Oddbob at May 11, 2026 11:57 AM (vTZFs)

You know who else likes freely moving joints?

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2026 12:00 PM (/YotI)

185
No more dual citizenships.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2026 12:00 PM (HdYcL)

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