From Reuters:
US East Coast port strike looms Tuesday with no talks scheduled
U.S. East and Gulf Coast port workers are set to go on strike at midnight on Monday with no talks currently scheduled to head off a stoppage threatening to halt container traffic from Maine to Texas and cost the economy as much as $5 billion a day.
The labor contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union representing 45,000 port workers and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) employer group expires late Monday, with negotiations at an impasse over pay.
A port strike will go ahead starting Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. ET, the ILA said on Sunday. The USMX “refuses to address a half-century of wage subjugation,” the union said in a statement on Sunday.
If union members do walk off the job, it would be the first coast-wide ILA strike since 1977, affecting ports that handle about half of the nation’s ocean shipping.
No negotiations are taking place and none are planned before the Monday deadline, a person familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity as the matter is a sensitive one.
But a strike could stop the flow of everything from food to automobiles at major ports, potentially jeopardizing jobs and stoking inflation weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
Business Roundtable, which represents major U.S. business leaders, said it was “deeply concerned about the potential strike at the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.”
The group warned a labor stoppage could cost the economy billions of dollars daily, hurting businesses, workers and consumers across the country. “We urge both sides to come to an agreement before Monday night’s deadline.”
A short strike could have a limited economic impact given many companies have imported extra goods ahead of a possible work stoppage or shifted more shipments to West Coast ports. But a strike that continues for weeks could have serious economic impacts.
“These people today don’t know what a strike is,” Harold Daggett, the ILA’s fiery leader, said in a recent video post. “I’ll cripple you. I will cripple you.”
Wha?
1 and 2
Reagan destroyed Unions and the middle class. Trump will too.
“If union members do walk off the job, it would be the first coast-wide ILA strike since 1977, affecting ports that handle about half of the nation’s ocean shipping.”
From the article:
“U.S. presidents can intervene in labor disputes that threaten national security or safety by imposing an 80-day cooling-off period under the federal Taft-Hartley Act, forcing workers back on the job while negotiations continue.”
Is that the plan? Will Joe step up or let this play out?
Can you see this lasting a while if they strike? What happens to all the imports that usually arrive on a daily basis? Where do they go? Do they not even leave international ports?
The East coast brie eaters won’t put up with an outage for long.
$5 an hour raises for six years and a promise not to completely automate their jobs away. Not all that bad considering container volume is expected to double or even triple in the next 20 years or so.
don’t worry, the man in charge is on it
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1840576548992106698
I read that in Japan, they can unload a cargo ship in 10% of the time that the US can.
Kris Kristofferson, RIP.
I guess anyone not a boomer has no idea who he is. Anyway, the dude wrote a lot of songs… actually poetry, ala Bob Dylan with instinct and passion that Taylor Swift unfortunately doesn’t have and never will.
BRT,
Geezus, the man looks like he’s 95 in that video.
Speaking of Kris, love the cover of Highwayman he did with Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. IMHO – this version is one of the top 10 country songs of all time, I’m sure I’ll get flack for that. But come on, the lineup? Feel like this one marked the transition point between old and new country – circa 1985-ish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFkcAH-m9W0
Nod to Grim for giving a nod to Kris. Glad to see you youngins know who he is.
I’ve been toying with the idea of a mountain house sort of speak. I mean, this is a mountain house!
https://www.trulia.com/home/244-ralph-engle-rd-schoharie-ny-12157-440871862
10%? A ship with 10,000 containers cannot be unloaded quickly no matter how many worker bees you have. The newest cranes can lift four 20-foot or two 40-foot containers at the same time. Since they raised the Bayonne Bridge to 215 feet they can now accommodate the largest container ships holding 15,000 containers.
They say it’s 1-3 days to unload a ship. The rest of the time is usually the long backup of trucks waiting to be loaded.
I listen to a lot of country – it’s the default radio station in the Tesla.
I listen to a lot of country – it’s the default radio station in the Tesla.
It’s been woven into the routine the last couple of years. I watched Lainey Wilson on New Year’s Eve and was blown away. Actually, Hardy blew me away as well. They all did. I can’t remember all the bands that played in those Nashville bars that night but they were awesome! The musicians were incredible!
My family likes to take cruises. One of my favorite parts of cruising is watching the huge container ships get loaded/unloaded. I am actually surprised the entire process is not automated. Though, the big issue is what Juice said. The transportation infrastructure in and out of ports has not kept up with the increases in the size of containerships. Automating the loading/unloading of the ships might save a little in labor, but the faster turnaround won’t help if the trucks can’t get in and out of the facilities. Something I saw for the first time when I was leaving Halifax was that to save time, the cranes unloading the ships were stacking the containers on the ground and then a giant forklift was picking them up and loading them onto trucks. Normally, the crane put the containers right onto the trucks, which slows the process down. I am stunned that they don’t mix up the deliveries among the thousands of containers at varying lengths.
Over the years I’ve visited a number of major container terminals and container terminal operators around the world. Dubai, India, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Germany, Brazil.
All of them are more efficient and can do more container operations per hour than any of the major US ports. Somehow in those other countries, even the corrupt ones, they don’t let the unions maintain a chokehold on the rest of their economy. I guess other countries somehow pay off the unions to go along with reasonable efficiency for a price. Usually while the government may own the port, they let private terminal operators run the container terminals, and typically let them come up with a grand plan for efficiency, expansion, etc. Even in Germany I saw a container terminal operator that even 10 years ago was very highly automated. Fewer people mean fewer chances for injury and higher operations per hour.
Certain US unions are just sacred cows. The government made railroads install 25 year old train control technology and make it illegal to take more people off each train.
The World bank does a ranking of container terminals around the world, and the US’ biggest ports are pretty far behind most of the world. NY/NJ ports are near the bottom of both the world and within North America, while LA/Long Beach are pretty much worst in class for anywhere, almost like being captured by pirates every time you go into their harbor. The only thing California seems to care about with their terrible container ports is making it “green”. They don’t care that they have the world’s biggest dysfunctional ports, year after year. NJ/NY Port Authority isn’t quite as bad, but it’s far from good.
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099060324114539683/pdf/P17583313892300871be641a5ea7b90e0e6.pdf
Hehe
At least a dozen employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly accessed the medical records of vice-presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz this summer, VA investigators found, in a violation of federal health privacy laws that is under criminal investigation.
VA officials notified the Vance and Walz campaigns about the breaches after discovering the unauthorized viewing by employees at the agency’s massive health-care arm, the Veterans Health Administration, according to people familiar with the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the ongoing investigation.
VA Inspector General Michael Missal’s office has shared evidence with federal prosecutors on the actions of several employees in the health system, including a physician and a contractor who spent extended time looking at the candidates’ medical files, according to law enforcement officials, raising investigators’ concerns about their motives.
Like the others, the physician and contractor used their VA computers to get into the records, mostly from their government offices.
Speaking of containers…. Just-in-time (JIT) inventory it is back to pre-pandemic levels, meaning we could run out of toilet paper again.
Fast : Kris K was an incredible song writer, his Sunday Morning Coming Down (sung by Johnny Cash) is an absolute classic. Before becoming a country star he was an English teacher, and I believe had the opposite to teach English at Westpoint but turned down to pursue music.
Country music started to change in the late 80”s than a backlash to that change in the 90s with George Strait, Toby Keith, and Alan Jackson. They still sell out stadiums.
Don’t forget Kris was the Rubber Duck in Convoy. Lucky dude got to have Ali McGraw as his girlfriend.
There be people in them there shipping containers.
Every time you look at a port, try and pick the ones with humans inside.
Juice, couldn’t verify, just what I read. They said most things were heavily automated wherever they could be.
Kamala has a plan. Hehe
GM to begin laying off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant, WARN notice shows
All of the American ports are using Chinese cranes that are spying on America. They listen in and know which songs workers like on Spotify.
So now, like TikTok, America is going to spend billions to change all of the cranes thanks to this.
Hehe.
Frank Sabotka found one of those containers once.
3b,
Kris was also a helicopter pilot in the service, reaching the rank of Captain.
Just wait till some angry Gen Z puts a line of code in one of these automated port cranes and the thing starts tossing cargo containers around the place.
Will make a great Reddit Public Freakout video.
Amazing. You won’t see this often. Time stamped for you.
https://youtu.be/GwxFS2bc28k?t=369
Shaggy. Hehe.
British clergyman, 69, dies during night of drug-fueled sex with Belgian priest, 60, who is then arrested after cops find ecstasy in his Antwerp rectory
I always questioned the etymology of “rectory.”
KK, in addition, Rhodes scholar, Army Captain, helicopter pilot, Ranger school grad
Juice: How do you promise not to automate jobs?
1987: Pretty impressive for a red neck country boy.
RIP Kris. Willy’s still touring, driving around the country on his bus “Honeysuckle Rose”. Frankie Valli still going strong at 90 as I worked for him last Friday. He hung at the theatre all day visiting with his Jersey friends and relatives. He’s not very good at lip synching though.
I thought the sex was the ecstasy in is rectory.
Hehe.
Pass the basket, we need more money for our entertainment.
f the church.
Frankie Valli.
I worked for him too. In Parsippany.
Douche with a capital D.
British Clergyman, 69, died doing what he loved the most.
Gay sex.
Cell service down around the country:
https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/30/verizon-is-down-outage/
looks like Zuckerberg took after Bezos and now is going with roids/hgh regiment. Look at his shoulders/jawline.
https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/1840749647691694363
BRT: And he has new hair too. I understand he is also no longer a vegetarian, he is back to eating meat.
Ho Ho Kus has been ranked as NJ s wealthiest town.
Ho Ho Kus has been ranked as NJ s wealthiest town.
They have unicorns there. I also saw a Cumella/Schmaltz lawn sign on Powderhorn Road. You know… the elites demonstrating their status and all.
Geezus, parts of the South are just devastated! Western North Carolina looks like the apocalypse!
Powell says the economy is in “ solid shape” and expects to continue cutting rates if the economy continues its present trajectory. He would not comment on whether the remaining two cuts will be .25 or .50. Comments but of a head scratcher in my opinion, but whatever. Full speed ahead!
Where do you even begin?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1840450451998703951
FatEddie,
Why such a fuss?
All I saw was a few MAGA hats and banners laying around after a H-u-g-e MAGA rally where they hang a few scientist talking about weather changes. The preachers were chanting there is no such thing as weather changes because god would not allow it in the ~6,000 since he created earth.
Anyway, still looks better than Camden. And now you can buy there dirt cheap. Plus all the free government help to rebuild, because fortunately for you the governing party are not aholes like those in 2012 with Sandy aid to NJ.
Plenty of land and logs to build your dream log house, plus you get all those junked trucks and pantoons to hoard in your yard and look just like a local. All you need is some overalls, a portable oxygen tank and a rascal scooter with fatso anti-tipping bars.
Holy Mets game!
Lib,
Did you watch the game? My friends were texting like mad on a group chat. Damn, gotta watch the highlights.
Phillies > Mets
Actually might impact Prez election. The storm hit almost 100% red areas in FL, GA, NC. Could suppress turnout for the Cheeto….
Fast Eddie says:
September 30, 2024 at 1:11 pm
Geezus, parts of the South are just devastated! Western North Carolina looks like the apocalypse!
Tolls on NY Thruway so much cheaper than NJTP. Embarassing.
KY Sheriff who shot his pal the Judge is “retiring”.
RIP Pete Rose and Dikembe Mutombo
Twice > Phillies
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H6h8JOE8Tww
Of course it’s gotta be the Dodgers in the final game.
Dodgers are great at wasting money.
Chi, went to a nice Mets win two weeks ago. Was $35 in tolls. I offset it by paying $15 to park in a really nice garage in Flushing, just one 7 stop past Citi Field. Also had an awesomely cheap Malaysian dinner while out there. Had at least twenty Asian street workers proposition me. The sex trade in Flushing is strong. Real strong. Worse than Vegas even.
We gotta get the F outta dodge. Soon.
RIP KK,
He’s a poet and he’s a picker, he’s a prophet and he’s a pusher
He’s a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he’s stoned
He’s a walkin’ contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction
Takin’ every wrong direction on his lonely way back home
Talked to a friend in Pharmacy, they are already starting to see shortages in Purrell, Kleenex etc. so stock up.
Took a trip over the weekend to SUNY Nerdsville AKA Binghamton. Very impressed. Almost makes me want to go back for another degree. The Fabrication labs were awesome. Ran into quite a few Jersey people taking the tour.
So, the South hasn’t seen this kind of devastation since Sherman went on a stroll and now the ports are closed. Gee, what could go wrong?
The port workers should negotiate with their mob bosses.
Fab, we toured SUNY Binghamton. It was WAY to academic for my son who has a life outside of the classroom (and is still pulling straight A’s). I think it was the last day of March and it felt like we were in Siberia. Worse yet, there was next to nothing to do in the run down downtown besides watch a minor league hockey game. Was definitely bottom of the list for us. To make matters worse, the car was knocking something fierce in the frigid March cold, so we had to replace the wires and plugs, plus did a fuel injection clean to get the car going normally again. That’s what I did while my son toured.
A little trivia tidbit. Guess where the concept and initial runs of a container ship took place?
According to WSJ the White House says Iran is preparing a ballistic middle attack against Israel.
3b,
Iran wants to be unburdened by what has been.
Fast: Those are profound words from Harris. You should be respectful and appreciative that she will be our next President. All the Republicans could offer us was another 4 years of the childish buffoon Trump. The Democrats have rode to our rescue by providing this warrior, almost Joan of Arc like who will save America. She is knowledgeable on all and every topic of the day, and has excellent policy ideas. From economics to foreign policy , she will be a President we can be confident in.
She also has a plan and is a capitalist, and likes lawns. I am thankful the Democrats have given us this wonderful candidate to be our next President.
I wonder if Israel will make all of those missiles blow up in their silos at the same time?
3b: I should have known better. Middle East in flames, Russia/Ukraine war, Longshoremen strike, Boeing strike, 400,000 illegal felons running amok, inflation, southeast devastation, 1 in 4 NYC hotels occupied by illegals, rampant crime, censorship… all are irrelevant!! We must save democracy, first!! Oh, and January 6th!! Don’t forget January 6th!! And hey, who doesn’t love a yellow school bus?
Fast: Those ICE numbers are bogus, it’s Republican right wing talking points ( even though ICE released the numbers). And , Harris has been to the border now and she will address any concerns that remain, plus she was instrumental in putting drug dealers away when she was a prosecutor. Inflation is not a problem, that’s BS. Harris will sole the longshoreman strike too, as she has a vision and we can aspire to a solution as Americans. It’s what we do, and who we are. Thank God, with all that is wrong in the world we will have a person of this stature to guide us through all this turbulence. It will be morning in America.
Says the imbecile who last voted….for Romney
Those numbers are over the last 40 years. Many of them have been arrested and deported. How many? When ICE was asked, tbey couldn’t say how many. Amazing how well their counts were on the way in and how poor they were on the way out. But believe what you want. You got yours. Fuck everyone else. And fuck you Brandon.
LAX: Dear boy when the two parties can off me a legitimate candidate to run for the office of President of the United States of America then I will vote for one of the two. As previously noted I voted for Obama in 2008, and was not impressed. The Republicans offered a qualified alternative in Romney and I voted for him.
Since that time neither party has offered a candidate that I could vote for.
Now, back to you, you need to address your anger issues or you need better weed, I don’t know. But, it’s not a good look for a man pushing 60 to engage in name calling.
How long does the ILA strike? Hey gen-z’ers, no Chex mix for you. Don’t blame me! I’ll leave the garden hose hooked up so they can at least grab a drink. Oh… that reminds me… I need to put a sign up by the hose to tell the youngsters to let the water run for a minute; I picked up that hose from someone’s trash and I’m not sure what it was used for previously.
Here is an interesting stat. Obama spent way more on border security than Trump did on an annual basis. Trump that mother fucker. Praise Obama.
Lib: Not all of them go back 40 years, many do not. CBS News has a good breakdown on just what those numbers mean. Do they mean they all came in under Biden no, they do not, do they indicate they are all going back 40 years no again.
As for you got yours and fcuk Brandon, I don know what your point is. That said, I believe in legal immigration with a process in place for vetting immigrants and doing everything we can to ensure that criminals are not allowed to enter this country. Just like the process my parents followed. I don’t understand how anyone could be against that.
I will leave it there, no point in arguing.
11:22 weed doesn’t make you stupid. Being stupid makes you stupid you insipid cunt.
Fast: The longshoremen union rep says we will “ cripple you”. In addition to a big increase in salary, they want assurances that their jobs will not be automated away. So here we have physically demanding manual labor jobs, and even they can be eliminated through automation.
LAX: You are an angry old man.
they want assurances that their jobs will not be automated away.
Well, in their defense it’s not like they can just go to Only fans, wiggle their butts, and make 6 figure checks.
hehe
As long as humans are being trafficked in containers, their job is safe from the robots.
11:36 cool story
We’ll get a good look at the commie boot licker tonight. Will he wax poetic about the smell of his city burning or extinguishing the life of an unborn child. Maybe his wartime experience. My guess is not.
12:07 stupid story
Meanwhile let’s support a liar. A cheat. A scumbag,
A criminal. An obese orange-faced POS and failed insurrectionist (he couldn’t even do THAT right).
CRIMINAL Aliens? Nope they are ours now forever. It’s been debunked and fact checked. We cannot return the criminal aliens (murderers, rapists etc) to their home countries because those home countries will not accept their criminal citizens back. That is the fact Jack, they are now our problemo. The nondetained docket of criminals whatever that number actually is and when they got here matters not. We cannot send them anywhere to Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, England or wherever they came from their home countries simply will not take their criminals back, and we cannot hold them indefinitely so they are in fact released.
Centric Tangle is great on the hurrican relief story btw.
https://www.readtangle.com/liars-and-hacks-are-capitalizing-on-a-tragedy/
WWIII here we come.
Stupid is right. Same story of the post four years. Radicals running the country into the ground. Chaos everywhere.
Maybe walz and bring jr soros with him tonight. Make his his guest of honor. Now that they’re open about their partnership.
So the head of the Longshoremen is buddies with Trump. Figures.
https://x.com/ThisWillHold/status/1841142412753699137
The video is worth a watch.
https://x.com/ThisWillHold/status/1841142412753699137/video/1
1:20 ( )( ) ====D -eeeeeep State——
Let’s hear it for the stupid mayor of New York. Let’s his city get overrun by illegals his party bosses let in the country. Not even allowed to line his own pockets in return. Forgot to kick a few bucks up to the big guy. He’s got played by Joe and his ilk.
I wonder if the funds will be used to by rolls of Trump branded Kitchen Roll for him to distribute to Hurricane victims.
https://x.com/BettyBowers/status/1841160022333554854
Mrs. Betty Bowers @BettyBowers
The Trump family is prohibited by the State of New York from running a charitable trust because they can’t be trusted with using the proceeds appropriately. So this Trump-Authorized GoFundMe is a *really* bad idea.
Really great job of diplomacy and protecting leadership by the bag of blood. The works really need an expanded way in the Middle East. Just sad that one the the pile of successes and accomplishments by these highly effective people. They are great at destroying just like termites.
Cumella is monitoring the situation in Israel.
Translation: She is watching MSNBC with a glass of wine in hand. The Clooneys and Obammys are with her, advising her on what to do when she
stealswins the election.VP Harris said there were no US troops deployed in war zones during the debate.
Biden said just said”No” when asked if he would deploy more troops to the Middle East, this was like yesterday.
Today: The Pentagon announces that more U.S. troops are being deployed to the Middle East to the already 40,000 in the region.
When is joe and jizzmella going to walk the picket line with the dock workers?
The cheneys approve. All the neocons are back on the left, captured those fools.
Fab, I’m reporting you for wrong think. Get in line. All unions and union heads are good.
1:41 meanwhile you’re down at the Truck Stop McGreevy style.
1:33 time to pack up and move to Russia!
I heard they have no shortage of Czech Mix. Take Gary.
Continued voter purges in the suppression states.
LAX,
I read that CA just passed a law making it illegal to ask a voter for identification.
CA getting ready for 200% turnout?
You still only get your 54 electoral college votes, even if 150% of the CA population votes for Harris. I guess this is about expanding control over the few remaining red sections of the state.
https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-bans-california-requiring-id-vote-1961685
Yet why does CA still oppress its people by demanding them to drive with driver’s licenses and proof of insurance? Shouldn’t Newsome also ban that, as well as the need for ID and shakedowns to get through LAX security, which also discriminates against the poor, old, and minority folks?
Anyone here buying or holding gold? Should I avoid?
5:46 if you say so….
Physical? If interested, just do synthetic….
FinTech says:
October 1, 2024 at 5:59 pm
Anyone here buying or holding gold? Should I avoid?
This just in: New Study: Undocumented Immigrants Contribute $8.5 Billion in California Taxes a Year
Oh and: Despite concerns about the health risks of secondhand smoke, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill that will allow cannabis dispensaries to serve hot food and nonalcoholic drinks.
Assembly Bill 1775, which goes into effect Jan. 1, gives California cities the option of allowing dispensaries to prepare and serve hot food and nonalcoholic drinks on site, as well as host live performances such as concerts and comedy shows.
We funky like dis and like dat…
Any thoughts on whether or not it’s worth repairing a 6 year old washing machine. I think the motor is shot, as the cycle drains, but the clothes come out soaking wet, so it’s not spinning. The machine makes a loud founding noise and then like a boom sound. I don’t think it’s the belt, as I don’t feel any resistance when I move the basket back and forth. Any thoughts are appreciated.
3b, it could be the impeller is blocked. Open up the front drain and check. There should be a circular panel about 5 inches on the front. Flip off the cover and there should be a way to unscrew the filter.
https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Washing-Machine-Filter
Six years is not good for an appliance. If upgrading I highly recommend the Speed Queens. I’m loving mine.
Fab: Thank you. Much appreciated. I have an impeller instead of an agitator which we had previously. Don’t like it for a number of reasons, but if it’s just a matter of cleaning the filter, then no need to buy a new one. I will check tomorrow. Thanks again.
LAX says:
September 30, 2024 at 6:36 pm
Phillies > Mets
Sports not your thing LAX, Mets had best record in MLB from June to now 62-36.
8:47 stay tuned penis licker.
Anyone here buying or holding gold? Should I avoid?
Been holding it since 2006. For some reference, Gold made a great run from $600 to $1200 after the inflation of the late 2000s was complete.
No One, to be fair, it might as well be banned. Wife’s cousin is a relatively new state trooper. He says half the people he pulls over has no insurance or a license.
Vance is sharp.
Sharper than the orange imbecile.
Could be as simple as the main screw shook loose on the drum. Just turn the washer on its side as see whether there are any loose parts on the floor. If the main canister is sealed then open the outer housing.
3b says:
October 1, 2024 at 8:16 pm
Any thoughts on whether or not it’s worth repairing a 6 year old washing machine. I think the motor is shot, as the cycle drains, but the clothes come out soaking wet, so it’s not spinning. The machine makes a loud founding noise and then like a boom sound. I don’t think it’s the belt, as I don’t feel any resistance when I move the basket back and forth. Any thoughts are appreciated.
I’m sorry, Linking Illegal Immigration to Higher House prices. WTF how the he11 does that work.
Who is writing a mortgage to an illegal immigrant? How many immigrants are dropping a cash only buy to push out that god fearing American.
“Vance is sharp.”
Scoring this 50/50. Its a nice debate. Vance is full of shit, but is putting it over well. Walz is nailing it on content. Walz is not going after Vance and Vance is not coming off as weird.
I am sure there are many on the GOP side coming off this saying “If Donnie could do this, we could run the table!”
Vance is impeccable, challenged Schmaltz on a few occasions, Schmaltz responded with some “folksy” bullshit.
He mentioned Dick Cheney! LOL!!
LAX says:
October 1, 2024 at 9:01 pm
8:47 stay tuned penis licker.
I think you are confused pothead. You are one fckin gay asshole.
Gary, this just came into my feed, this is going to stick!
Jon Cryer@MrJonCryer
Oooh Walz was so nice and then, the January 6th shiv.
Fabius Maximus says:
October 1, 2024 at 10:19 pm
I’m sorry, Linking Illegal Immigration to Higher House prices. WTF how the he11 does that work.
Very easily, one of the buildings( 3 units) I sold three years ago was rented to a new immigrant and his wife/baby. They have to live somewhere, new owner gets guaranteed income/aid and have taken that apartment from an American. It is trickle affect plain and simple. Multiply that by 12 million people and you can see what it has done to housing, along with virtual zero interest rates.
MSNBC talking about January 6th for the last 10 minutes. That’s how I know they lost this debate. Brit Hume, old school and objective, said Vance ran circles around Schmaltz.
Found a great piece on KK. I always knew this about him, but it might give some in here pause for thought.
“He said his benefit shows for Palestinian children cost him gigs in Los Angeles: “If that’s the way it has to be, that’s the way it has to be,”
A man true to his roots that called out injustice where he saw it.
https://time.com/7026837/kris-kristofferson-country-music-legacy/
FinTech says:
October 1, 2024 at 5:59 pm
Anyone here buying or holding gold? Should I avoid?
Just sold some old jewelry, solid gold got $2700 all cash, my wife didn’t use it anymore.
I literally have a few pounds of silver, which I plan on trading in next. My wife worked in a bank over 50 years ago( 1970s) and would exchange money for silver quarters and dimes customers brought in some may be worth more as a coin. At $32 an ounce I think we will be happy. LOL
“was rented to a new immigrant ”
Is it not the decision of the landlord who to rent to, there is no protected class here. So why is the decision made. What American is disenfranchised here.
The landlord is making the decision if they are taking Emergency Assistance over something like Section 8.
I’ve got about 500 old silver quarters and dimes. In the 70s, I would always look for them and put them aside. Will give them all to my kids.
MSNBC talking about January 6th for the last 10 minutes.
Because Vance was nailed to the Walz on his answer. That is the one big takeaway.
Very easily, one of the buildings( 3 units) I sold three years ago was rented to a new immigrant and his wife/baby.
Probably Ukrainians avoiding fighting their own war.
3b, “…just like the process my parents followed”.
What is your take on 1986 mass amnesty act under Reagan? Not sure what process your parents followed, in which year, and whether they had an advantage or not relative to peers, but here is some context. President Truman vetoed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which he thought was discriminatory, but Congress passed it over his veto. I believe prior to that, the process was even more discriminatory.
Your statement has the same problem of saying, “All you have to do is be respectful to cops and it is all simple, just like with me,” when the reality is much more nuanced.
Saw this one
“Vance was cool, calm, and well-spoken. Walz had rapid eye and head movements that were distracting to the viewer and reminiscent of a groundhog on meth.“
Even though I’m a fan of the gold standard for money, I’m not big on investing in it. Theoretically it should offer a long term after-inflation return of about zero, though that can swing wildly one way or another for decades. Inflation protected securities will probably do better at this point, though the government is also willing to tax their inflation protection. Historically, for the medium term, it’s been better to buy gold when nobody is thinking about it, than when it has gone up and people are. Physical gold has terrible bid/ask spreads and is vulnerable to theft. Financial gold has the disadvantage of being taxed as a collectible (at your income tax rate) rather than financial asset (qualifying for long term capital gains). I discovered that when I realized big gains on gold and silver ETFs over a dozen years ago.
So there’s no way I’d hold physical gold as a significant % of my net worth, and unless you hold it in an IRA or 401k, it gets taxed unfairly.
I could be wrong and people go back to buying ammunition and their neighbors’ daughters for gold coins someday. But at that point the ammunition would probably be more valuable than the gold. If gold got too valuable, the government would probably seize it again like that moron FDR did.
And this one:
“Walz looked like a four year old dressed up to go to a wedding.”
LOL!
I’m hearing rumblings that shelves in Costco and food stores are already getting thin on some items due to the dock strike? Anyone seeing or hearing anything or are people hording again?
Gold and silver are not investments, they’re collectibles and hedges against doom and who knows if anyone will take a piece of gold for some bread and water amid an apocalypse. As said above, you might be better off with a Glock and a hefty amount of ammo.
No One,
gold bugs traditionally believe there’s a lot of paper promises for gold out there which suppresses the price until there is a run on it. The traditional bank run was always a run on gold prior to 71. At some point, we could see a unique situation where someone defaults somewhere and it unwinds. It happened in the Nickle market a few years back and the price doubled instantaneously.
Eddie, that thing you mentioned doesn’t cost that much money. You can always do both.
I remember 20 years ago gold was selling for only $700/oz and one of those gold dealers were so stressed they were offering guarantees on price (e.g. we will buy it back for the same price you paid if it doesn’t go up), probably nobody wanted gold back then and they were desperate. Of course a price guarantee from a gold dealer would be next to worthless.
I’d take gold over bitcoins or NSFs for sure. Anything can happen in the short term.
Gold traditionally is a terrible investment. Not just due to taxation and high carry costs, but mainly due to the fact that in the long term, returns mimic inflation. Of course, in the short run, anything can happen.
“20 years ago gold was selling for only $700/oz”
And the Nasdaq was at $1950
Today, gold is at $2,700 and the Nasdaq is at $17,800. That’s a 4 bagger vs. a 6.5 bagger with significantly lower carrying costs. And this was a brilliant time for gold.
Stick with index funds and diversify. That’s it. You don’t need an investment advisor to help you with this unless you want to give away some of your return. For other things, yeah, they can prove useful.
Debate last night was actually interesting. JD turned out to be quite intelligent, and IMO a much better candidate than Trump himself. I can see people getting behind him in the next election. Waltz did fine as well. The two actually seemed to be able to compromise. Shame their superiors can’t. For a night, I was less embarassed to be an American than in a long string of horrific debates, both non-partisan and partisan. Again, a politician in the center would win in a landslide. It’s a real shame our 2-party system would never allow it. Sadly, at the end of the day, a VPOTUS debate is mostly a waste of time.
Lib, how would you compare Vance on the left right spectrum to say Bush/Cheney? Is he more towards the center?
NFTs became worthless nearly overnight.
As far as Bitcoin goes the charade continues, but remember 90% of the Bitcoins are owned by 1% of the wallets. The number of number of individuals who own just a single bitcoin or more is tiny. Another fact to consider Bitcoin as we know it could not exist without mining, once it becomes unprofitable the mining rigs will be shut off. Right now in the USA alone the mining rigs consume enormous amounts of electricity, 145.6mn kWh daily…a massive electric bill. Long term holding? Not on your life. Non scalable crypto systems using AES (encryption) will be eaten up by quantum computing in our lifetime. This means the wallets will all be hacked, the day that happens the music stops.
Lib,
Agreed on gold, I wouldn’t be surprised to see gold or nasdaq go way up or way down over the next few years.
VPs don’t really matter much for elections unless they get too much negative attention. I have a SIL who still talks about how much she hates Palin.
Vance’s book was an intelligently written and honest book. Worth reading if you haven’t. Clearly an intelligent person. Unfortunately he appears to have sold out on morality and many of his former principles after he hopped on the MAGA political train. Many such cases. Trump requires hypocrisy and lies from his underlings (he calls it “loyalty”). Anyway in 10 years Vance went from a somewhat libertarian proponent of self-help, to now pandering to the “common people” and promising all sorts of nationalist neo-welfare-state policies pushed by Orren Cass and Tucker Carlson. It’s like he cracked and said, instead of fighting the rising tide of big government, we’re just going to take it over and bend it to serve our goals.
https://www.cato.org/policy-report/september/october-2023/rise-right-wing-progressives.
I saw several people commenting that last night’s debate restored their hope that after Trump exits politics, we could see a return to some kind of normal political debate and discourse again.
Fast Eddie says:
October 2, 2024 at 9:25 am
“I’m hearing rumblings that shelves in Costco and food stores are already getting thin on some items due to the dock strike? Anyone seeing or hearing anything or are people hording again?”
Yes, and it’s getting very bad. Trump said they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats.
At the debate, JD came across way more moderate than the press paints him to be. But he also had no choice accept to support some of Trump’s bad ideas. Same thing for Tim. It was nice to see some focus on actual platform positions for a change. There was no personal attacks and they were even nice to each other. It made for a much more enjoyable program. In real life, I would bet that JD is more towards the center, but that’s not what sells to MAGA. Like every other politician before him, he would move to whatever position would get him elected. It’s why Biden went way more progressive than he used to be and why Trump went from liberal to conservative. Heck, Trump found religion much like many convicts do in incarceration. Of course, this should not come as a surprise. :P
ibturd says:
October 2, 2024 at 9:52 am
Gold traditionally is a terrible investment. Not just due to taxation and high carry costs, but mainly due to the fact that in the long term, returns mimic inflation. Of course, in the short run, anything can happen.”
Just ask Menendez, look at what happened to him. He lost all of the gold he had.
Re: food stores are already getting thin on some items?
No bananas soon.
https://ny.eater.com/2024/10/1/24259726/dockworkers-strike-nyc-restaurants-food-wine-produce-economy
The Iphones will make it. Dockworkers can’t stop the planes.
The truckers should strike as well. They are totally underpaid.
it comes in cycles, from 05/2012, Gold yield 7x the gains. There’s a time for and a time not for it. The Gold/QQQ ratio has been essentially flat for 3 years. Last time it was like that was from 03/06.
since I buy food products almost exclusively from Europe/Asia/Middle East, I’ve stocked up. Years back, I had trouble sourcing Aleppo chili peppers for obvious reasons.
BRT says:
October 2, 2024 at 10:51 am
since I buy food products almost exclusively from Europe/Asia/Middle East,
They’re eating the lamb, ba, ba, ba, ba.
They’re eating the goats, blee, blee, blee blee.
Tweets coming out now that F-35 jets that were at that IDF airbase in the desert that got hit hard yesterday by those Iranian ballistic missiles may have been damaged or even destroyed.
I am impressed with the media blackout on this so far, if it’s actually true ISRAEL will need a lend lease a few dozen F-35s and perhaps refueling tankers if they are going to go hit back hard with bombing missions to Yemen or Iran directly. They also may need to move their remaining aircraft if they cannot protect them from ballistic missiles. Based on that barrage yesterday it looks like many did in fact hit those IDF airbases. It may be a few more days before it’s official or just another lie on social media.
If the grocery store shelves are bare on Election Day it could be a game changer.
if it’s actually true ISRAEL will need a lend lease a few dozen F-35s.
Naah, put ’em on my tab. A W2 is the perfect tool to get money when you are a government and you want to be a socialist country and give someone else’s hard earned money away.
Hey I’ve given plenty to Ukraine when their hard working strapping men are over here strutting around in parks in California.
I’ve eaten lamb for 9 days straight. And goat is delicious.
Juice Box says:
October 2, 2024 at 10:59 am
If the grocery store shelves are bare on Election Day it could be a game changer.
Short stock in Ozempic.
He said mustard not mayo. Hehe
Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband assaulted his ex-girlfriend, three friends have told .
The Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, 59, allegedly struck the woman in the face so hard she spun around, while waiting in a valet line late at night after a May 2012 Cannes Film Festival event in France.
Someone: They came to the U.S. in the late 1940’s . Prior to immigrating they had to get tested for TB which was a scourge in their native country at the time. I believe they had to be retested when they arrived in this country. If you tested positive for TB you would not be allowed entry into the country.They also had to have a sponsor. My parents had to save money for years for air/ ship travel as they were coming from Europe. They followed the process as it was in place at that time. My Father since he was a legal resident alien was drafted for the Korean War. Since he was not yet a citizen he could have declined to serve, but would have had to return to his native country, and try to come back after the war which was almost impossible if you elected to go home rather than serve in the military.
Some one: As for your question on the 1986 mass amnesty act, it stands to reason, that because of this more people continued to come illegally in the hopes there would be another amnesty.
Juice: There is some chatter that Israel may take out Iran s nuclear program.
I did not watch but I hear the debate was sane and civil? I see some media hacks who have written pretty harshly about Vance say he won. When Election Day comes I will be on vacation in Florida. I will vote early, in NJ you can vote in person starting Saturday Oct 26th, the early voting location in my town is just down the road. There won’t be any lines too, I can be in and out quickly while hunting for food amongst the various supermarkets and their empty shelves due to the strike.
When does the run on food officially start? How many bags of rice and flour should I pick up?
^^ putz^^
I hope Eddie has a camera in his yard.
Just wait till those Hatians come after him for no longer providing Chex Mix due to the strike.
Hehe.
If your BMI is over 25 the dockworkers are doing you a big favor. Get off the couch now and go to the gym
You will thank me in July.
The American economy is seemingly fairing so well that UBS has signaled a potential return to the glory days.
The European finance giant believes Uncle Sam is inching closer to a “Roaring ’20s” scenario, placing the likelihood of an incoming booming economic cycle at 50%.
The phrase harkens back to the same decade a century ago, when massive economic growth prompted a construction boom and rising prosperity for families.
With the benefit of hindsight, the 1920s had the hallmarks of a strong economic cycle: a wider adoption of electricity and automobiles, as well as a postwar boom in consumption.
At the time, the average person may not have realized their luck—and this is the phenomenon the U.S. finds itself in at present, writes Jason Draho, head of asset allocation Americas at UBS.
While economists are concerned about a potential rise in unemployment, a recession, or stagflation, Draho argues the balance is only tipping higher toward a period of prosperity for Americans.
Walz then spoke about Hadley Duvall, a Kentucky woman who, at age 12, was raped and impregnated by her stepfather.
Guess Mommy was out Monkey Branching. Didn’t put her child first.
11:32 weirdo
Juice: Vance did very well. He did not come across as creepy or weird like the media portrayed him to be. Walz did well too, but Vance was more polished I thought. The two VP candidates are certainly more like able than their bosses. Walz looked a little silly at the end with his talk of joy politics and opportunity economy. Vance dropped the ball on Jan 6th. Considering how weak their bosses are as Presidential candidates they both did well. We will be in Europe for Election Day, so we will do early voting although I will skip voting for President as I have in the past two presidential election cycles.
Vance’s eyes made him look like Satan
3B – That would need more than Hollywood magic. Iran’s nuclear facilities are located in fortified bunkers and are buried so deep underground 300 feet under a mountain, they may be beyond the range of conventional weapons and bunker-busting bombs. If you saw the last Top Gun Maverick movie that was a good Hollywood representation of the challenge of destroying the 5 or more nuclear facilities that we know about.
Just use some exploding pagers.
hehe.
Phoenix – Operation Olympic Games nearly 18 years ago now…. We created the Stuxnet virus to stop their centrifuges from refining the uranium. There are probably lots of things planned like even the use of a nuclear bunker buster, all they need now is Tom Cruises to fly the mission.
gubmint job. Federally guaranteed back pay.
Federally guaranteed pension. Yummy.
Last week, a temporary funding extension pushed out the possibility of a government shutdown. But workers aren’t entirely in the clear: If Congress can’t reach an agreement on the 2025 budget, a funding battle at the end of the year might still lead to furloughs.
If there is a shutdown and it goes on too long, the financial hardship could affect not only federal workers but contractors and other workers in economically linked industries. Unlike federal employees, they aren’t guaranteed back pay.
I’m not worried. Kamala’s got this. Soon as she gets in milk will be 1.50 per gallon, housing will be plentiful, everyone will have first rate healthcare, the homeless will disappear, and women will be happy everywhere watching Taylor Swift.
Hehe.
Drop the bombs, IDGAF.
Juice Box says:
October 2, 2024 at 12:18 pm
Phoenix – Operation Olympic Games nearly 18 years ago now…. We created the Stuxnet virus to stop their centrifuges from refining the uranium. There are probably lots of things planned like even the use of a nuclear bunker buster, all they need now is Tom Cruises to fly the mission.
After the way the corporate media protected SlowJoe, attempting to hide both his dementia and his corruption, it’s interesting to see how much leaking there is around Carmella. It started with the rumors about her drinking (no doubt she swills wine like Shrillary), and now we find that her cuck husband abuses women. For whatever reason, she’s not getting the same level of protection by the media stooges as Joe did.
Phoenix,
I read your post to fast and just saw the words “Kamala in milk” and though maybe someone leaked photos of Willie Brown giving her a money shot.
Phoenix,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kansas-teacher-accused-inappropriate-relationship-214617759.html
Original charge:
“unlawful sexual relations with a minor student”
Dropped from: pedophile.
Dropped to: inappropriate relations.
Dropped further to: furnishing alcohol to a minor
That’s the difference between men and women.
No One says:
October 2, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Phoenix,
I read your post to fast and just saw the words “Kamala in milk” and though maybe someone leaked photos of Willie Brown giving her a money shot.
Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don’t we?
Hehe
1:56 herrrr derrrrr derrrrr
Small: Well maybe if we really want to get into conspiracy theories, the Democrats want Harris to lose to Trump, as they know she is a weak candidate. This way in 4 years they start fresh with a new candidate, and in the meantime they yell and scream at a second Trump administration.
They didn’t want her running, Joe screwed them. That wasn’t the plan. It was obvious as Obama waited to endorse her.
Biden says he would not support Israel taking out Iran’s nuclear program.
Biden’s the ultimate lame duck. He also released billions to The Terrorist Regime.
Happy New Year to those who observe.
3b says:
October 2, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Biden says he would not support Israel taking out Iran’s nuclear program.
Netanyahoo DGAF. You don’t think he takes orders from a dolt do you?
Another 2 Billion in election spending to go folks…..
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president.
The filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s team offers the most comprehensive view to date of what prosecutors intend to prove if the case charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the election reaches trial. Although a months-long congressional investigation and the indictment itself have chronicled in stark detail Trump’s efforts to undo the election, the filing cites previously unknown accounts offered by Trump’s closest aides to paint a portrait of an “increasingly desperate” president who, while losing his grip on the White House, “used deceit to target every stage of the electoral process.”