From RENJ:
Outsized impact: New Jersey warehouses support 1.35 million jobs, $113 billion in personal income, study finds
Warehouses and distribution centers in New Jersey are home to more than 760,000 on-site employees and support more than 1.35 million jobs overall, according to a newly released report, highlighting the vital role that the facilities play in the state’s economy.
The study, conducted by Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation or CAIT, also found that the buildings support nearly $113 billion in personal income and nearly $296 billion in business activity. That translates to nearly $11.3 billion in local and state tax revenues and almost $22.6 billion in federal taxes, as researchers gleaned when accounting for some 956 million square feet of occupied space at the end of 2024.
NAIOP New Jersey announced the findings on Wednesday after commissioning the report (available here) in partnership with the Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey, part of an ongoing push to call attention to the outsized benefits of the logistics sector and the facilities that support it.
“The logistics industry is an impressive economic engine for New Jersey,” NAIOP New Jersey CEO Dan Kennedy said. “Often lost in the conversation are the economic contributions made by the existing warehouse and distribution centers that create an eye-opening number of jobs and contribute an irreplaceable amount of federal, state and local taxes that support critical services for all New Jersey residents.
“With all the state and local discussions going on about warehouse development and supporting infrastructure, we feel the public deserves to know the truth — warehouses and distribution centers make a substantial economic contribution to New Jersey’s economy that no industry can match.”
The report — which did not include Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Ocean counties due to a lack of consistent data — focused on warehouses and distribution centers of at least 20,000 square feet while excluding production facilities and data centers. A team led by Rutgers’ Anne Strauss-Wieder conducted the research using published reports, fieldwork, engineering information and the extensive knowledge of an advisory committee to develop a consensus estimation of the number of workers in the facilities, allowing it to quantify the ongoing economic value generated by the operations.
First!
Second, but I identify as Furst! (get it?)
Punkin head,
Just remember, the more you raize the common man’s income, the more you drive up costs tied to service.
The word “raize” or the misspelling of the word is a brilliant mistake on your part. I know you meant “raise” but one misplaced letter can change the whole concept and “raise” interesting debate. Ahaa… I feel into that last one. :) We can take the “raize” and in this instance, infer that it’s “raze”.
To get back to the point, when I associated “raize” to “raze” it can “raise” the question of whether “raising” a common man’s salary drives up costs of services just as “razing” (reducing) a man’s salary can somehow do the same.
What an interesting juxtaposition of word play on”raise”, “raize” and “raze”.
Are y’all with me here?
Chad,
More word play! :) Brilliant!
US Gary sucking his twin German Gary is just too funny
just like Beavis and Butt-Head
Warehouses and distribution centers in New Jersey are home to more than 760,000 on-site employees and support more than 1.35 million jobs overall, according to a newly released report, highlighting the vital role that the facilities play in the state’s economy.
A 20 mile stretch of the NJ Turnpike is nothing but mega warehouses. If folks are hurting for money, it doesn’t show. I was at Paramus Park Mall late yesterday and it was packed.
Making America Great Again
College grads now make up record share of unemployed workers after brutal surge in layoffs.
When Ingraham suggested the U.S. has “plenty of talented people here,” Trump responded: “No, you don’t, no you don’t
“We don’t have talented people here.”
U aren’t professionals.
We need to import more people.
Make America Great Again.
“Trump Education Department just gave a list of professional degrees and theology waa one of them. But others such as nursing, architecture, education, and physical therapy were not.”
Of course he would pick theology. He references God all of the time, and loves those educated Catholics that are into, well, you know what..
The ones on the pulpit, that is.
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No place park at Menlo Park Mall yesterday. But few were carrying bags inside.
Making America Great Again
Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year.
Green works on Wall Street as portfolio manager for a half-billion-dollar fund.
Most of the readers of his Substack were fellow wealthy finance professionals before his post about the $140,000 poverty line went viral.
He said in an interview that he started calculating the cost of raising a family when thinking about the challenges faced by his three children, who are all working adults in their 20s, and their generational peers.
“This is unfortunately very much the lived experience for people who are trapped in that valley of death,” Green said, the term he applied for when people earn too much to qualify for benefits like food stamps and Medicaid, but too little in his view to afford necessities. He sees that “valley” as being inhabited by people earning between about $40,000 and $100,000, or even more in high-cost areas, he said.
“They are not making enough to really cover the cost of full participation in the economy. An increasing fraction of people are choosing not to get married,” he said. “We’re seeing household formation pushed later and later and later. … It’s telling you the cost of having a traditional [two-parent, two-child] family: That choice is being opted out.”
Green wrote that he “felt sick” when he recently learned how HHS calculates the poverty line: three times the cost of food for a family in 1963, adjusted for inflation every year.
I shopped yesterday.
Bought a 20 dollar Chinese made portable tire inflator that was 50% off.
Less than the cost of mounting and balancing a tire in the great state of NJ.
Dark: Trump is not Catholic.
Fast: I heard a rumor this past Wednesday, that Paramus Park Mall with the exception of Macys and Stew Leonard’s is closing. The Mall apparently has been struggling. If you are visiting Paramus Park, then of course you are old and out of touch. Bergen Town Center is where you need to be if you want to be cutting edge and relevant.
Oh, and that included the cost of delivery.
As my pal Bugs Bunny would say, “Amazing, isn’t it?”
America can’t even build a ship.
Against this backdrop, the recent statement by the US Navy Secretary that it’s hard to attract shipyard workers is even more worrying. The main problem identified by Phelan is that of pay. Speaking at a defense summit in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he said, “I think this is an issue of wages to be honest.” He went on to say that shipbuilders struggle to attract workers when they can make the same money working for Amazon or Buc-ee’s.
According to ZipRecruiter, shipyard welder salaries vary by state, with the lowest being in Florida with an hourly rate of $19.34, the highest wages are in Washington, where the average hourly wage for the same job is $29.31.
For comparison, Buc-ee’s wages begin at $18 to $21 per hour for “associate” level employees, with team leads getting between $21 and $24, with department managers between $31 and $33 per hour. For Amazon, we can look at “fulfillment and transportation workers” wages. The company recently announced that US-workers in this sector would see their pay increased to $23 per hour. Amazon also notes that when benefits and incentives are included, the “average total compensation” exceeds $30 per hour.
While these figures all remain roughly in the same ballpark, there is also another consideration. Shipyard roles demand far more than a typical retail or warehouse shift. A typical shift can involve welding in confined spaces, working at height, and handling heavy steel in hot, noisy, and often hazardous conditions. It’s a physically demanding job that requires technical training and long apprenticeships. When compared with jobs offering similar wages for safer, cleaner, and less-demanding roles, it’s easier to understand why the top manufacturers of US Navy ships are struggling to attract and retain staff.
Never said he was. But he does like religion, and those who will respond positively to the word “God.”
3b says:
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 am
Dark: Trump is not Catholic.
3b,
I can’t see how Macy’s would be a standalone shop. Stew Leo’s can operate on its own but Macy’s? And what would replace the mall, more rental pods?
Did Trump get some sort of VD from a Venezuelan chick or something.
Dude has an awful hard on for that itty bitty country. Or does he just need a win by beating a 5th seed non existent team?
Closing the airspace over that rinky dink place. It just seems absurd and demented.
Can we get a normal president? This one is as bad as the last one.
According to Reuters Americans spent 8.6 billion yesterday doing on line shopping. Retail therapy ?
Fast Eddie says:
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 am
And what would replace the mall, more rental pods?
Sure, why not. Keep building. It’s great. Y’all can ride your bikes to work, it’s faster than sitting in traffic.
From an article:
In a conversation with a friend from Pakistan, I lamented that country’s recent decision to give the head of its army expanded powers, including lifetime immunity from legal prosecution. My friend replied, “We’re just following in America’s footsteps. Didn’t your Supreme Court rule that the president could kill his political opponent and yet be immune from prosecution?”
Fast: I can t see Macys surviving either as a stand alone, but that’s the rumor. Macys has been struggling for years, and I am surprised they have not closed the Paramus Park one, since there is one in GSP. Stews I agree would be fine. And yes, more room for rental pods, or maybe just convert the stores to apartments. I saw pictures of a mall that was partially converted to apartments; they used existing stores. These individual stores all have bathrooms, just add a shower stall.
Dark: Riding a bike in Bergen Co is suicidal.
Must suck to be an ordinary Venezuelan family. You are out there, trying to make a living, then a bomber flies overhead and kills your children.
All in the name of God.
Nice, Fast….lmao.
Must be fun to be a patriotic soldier today.
Why did you join? To defend America? To become a cop? For a college degree? Get turned on by killing?
Depending on your “reason,” you may or may not get your rocks off knowing what you do in a country that didn’t attack you. If you like to kill, you may enjoy this. If you are a patriot, you might just end up with PTSD and nightmares.
Toodles.
3b says:
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 am
Dark: Riding a bike in Bergen Co is suicidal.
Scooters are worse.
Check the video interview. This is what I was trying to explain with what happened with crypto the past month. They know your positions and use it to their full advantage…
Understand what you are up against.
“The stock market is rigged!”
Michael Lewis explains how stock markets are rigged against you, the average investor.
https://x.com/neiljacobs/status/1994481474352156981?s=46
Hey, where is my 2k that Trumpskee promised me?
Cook County in Illinois has unanimously approved plans to give thousands of residents $500 a month in free cash.
America’s second largest county is committing $7.5 million to fully fund a permanent guaranteed basic income program for its poorest constituents.
3b,
Bike riders, crazy drivers, gluttons, sick people, and just guys getting yelled at by their wives to climb a ladder are job security for me.
It’s good. I make money, and get to do a job that is constructive and helps people. Until their wives send them back up the ladder. Then it’s rinse and repeat.
You patch someone up so they can get back into sick society and do battle again.
The stories are amazing, and it feels good inside to actually help people,if only for a short time.
When you hear those stories, you realize American life is like a battlefield. The weapons are just life itself.
Angry Ukranians now spilling oil in the Black Sea.
Guess it’s not black enough.
Collateral damage to wildlife that live there.
Not sure if there were any nice beaches nearby, but if I were the president of a country that had it’s beaches covered in oil by this attack, I would’t be very happy that is for sure.
BREAKING:
Trump to pardon former President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez.
He was literally convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking — 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
A day after promising military strikes on Venezuela to “deter drug traffickers,” Trump announced he’s pardoning Honduras’s Juan Orlando Hernandez—who’s serving 45 years in prison for working alongside El Chapo to smuggle 400+ tons of cocaine into the US.
Say what you want…people have money.
“U.S. BLACK FRIDAY SALES HIT RECORD HIGH
U.S. online Black Friday sales reached a record $11.8 billion, up 9.1% from last year, according to Adobe Analytics. Adobe expects Americans to spend $5.5 billion on Saturday and $5.9 billion on Sunday.
Salesforce reported $18 billion in total Black Friday spending, with luxury apparel and accessories among the top sellers. Despite higher spending, shoppers bought fewer items due to rising prices.
In-store traffic was quieter as many consumers worried about overspending amid inflation and economic uncertainty.
Cyber Monday is projected to lead the season with $14.2 billion in online sales, Adobe said.”
People have credit cards.
Dark: According to Turkish news reports the tankers were empty.
And you wonder why your taxes are so high:
Toms River mayor calls for an end to free healthcare for political appointees who work just one hour each month
Politically connected members of the Toms River MUA compensated nearly $4,600 per hour to meet for just one hour per month.
According to public meeting minutes, in 2025 meetings were from 45 minutes to an hour-and-a-half. And each member received medical benefits equal to full-time employees working in the town hall 35.5 hours per week or more.
That comes out to a total benefits compensation of $4,500 per one-hour meeting, making them the highest paid public workers in all of Ocean County and perhaps even the entire state of New Jersey.
Rodrick said the authority, which manages the township’s sanitary sewers, has become “a patronage pit” benefiting politically connected figures appointed under previous administrations. He argued that the practice of granting full healthcare coverage to commissioners who earn a $2,000 stipend is “an insult to taxpayers.”
Among those commissioners are Phillip Brilliant, former president of the B’nai Israel Congregation and owner of Brilliant Environmental Services; Schmuel “Sam” Ellenbogen, Ocean County Commissioner-elect and head of the Toms River Jewish Community Council; developer Tariq Siddiqui; and Katerina Sevastakis, daughter of former Councilman John Sevastakis. Past commissioners have included Joseph Bilotta, former head of Republicans for Toms River; Charles Valvano; and former Councilman Al Manforti—all appointed during the tenure of former Mayor Maurice Hill.
3b says:
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 am
Dark: According to Turkish news reports the tankers were empty.
An “empty” oil tanker, particularly a large ocean-going vessel, still holds a significant amount of oil residue and an oil/water mixture from tank cleaning, often a few hundred tons to thousands of tons. For a tanker truck, the amount is much smaller, generally a few gallons of non-pumpable residue.
For Ocean-Going Tankers
In the context of large maritime oil tankers (VLCC, Suezmax, etc.), “empty” is a relative term and refers to having discharged its main cargo. The vessel is never truly empty for safety and operational reasons:
Operational Needs: After unloading, a certain amount of oil, known as “clingage,” remains stuck to the internal surfaces of the tanks.
Tank Cleaning and Ballast: The tanks must be cleaned of residue to prevent contamination of the next cargo or to prepare the tanks for carrying ballast water (essential for stability on the return journey). The resulting mixture of oil and water (slops) is typically processed onboard using oil-water separators, leaving a residual amount of oil that cannot be pumped out using standard equipment.
Significant Volume: The quantity of this unpumpable, residual oil can still be substantial, often hundreds or thousands of tons across dozens of cargo tanks, which is managed according to strict IMO MARPOL environmental regulations.
So Trump blows up people in boats, but pardons a former Honduran president who was engaged in massive drug trafficking. What a joke. Trump should be ashamed of himself. There is no justification for this pardon.
Dark: Fair enough. I did not know that, but it makes sense.
Sad, but at least it doesn’t have Portnoy’s name attached to it.
Longtime LBI Pizzeria Closes After 30 Years And Loss Of Its Co-Owner
After three decades as a Jersey Shore staple, a popular family-owned pizzeria is closing its doors.
The slow realization that maybe, just maybe, this Trump guy might not be on the up & up.
Dark ~10:07 Shipyard work.
Had relative start to work in Brooklyn Navy Yard on 1980. Starting pay of $13.50 (presently worth $53 hrs according to inflation calculator) with Union benefit package including overtime after 8hrs/day not 40hrs/week, time and half for Saturday and double time for Sunday.
So yeah 21 or 30/hr is not going to cut it doing welding and sandblasting 60 feet up on the side of a ship in 17 degrees windy February morning.
Concord, N.H. (AP) — A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, had already passed through security at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20 when she was told there was an issue with her boarding pass, said attorney Todd Pomerleau. The Babson College student was then detained by immigration officials and within two days, sent to Texas and then Honduras, the country she left at age 7.
“She’s absolutely heartbroken,” Pomerleau said. “Her college dream has just been shattered.”
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an immigration judge ordered Lopez Belloza deported in 2015. Pomerleau said she wasn’t aware of any removal order, however, and the only record he’s found indicates her case was closed in 2017.
“They’re holding her responsible for something they claim happened a decade ago that she’s completely unaware of and not showing any of the proof,” the lawyer said.
The day after Lopez Belloza was arrested, a federal judge issued an emergency order prohibiting the government from moving her out of Massachusetts or the United States for at least 72 hours. ICE did not respond to an email Friday from The Associated Press seeking comment about violating that order. Babson College also did not respond to an email seeking comment.
Lopez Belloza, who is staying with her grandparents in Honduras, told The Boston Globe she had been looking forward to telling her parents and younger sisters about her first semester studying business.
“That was my dream,” she said. “I’m losing everything.”
Not_A_Lib DonkeypoxIsKillingAmerica
Good….
I voted for this !!
A society can only stay stable when it upholds order, accountability, and a shared understanding of right and wrong. But critics argue that the modern liberal model is pushing us in the opposite direction—and the results are impossible to ignore.
Bail reforms that release offenders back onto the streets, prosecutors who treat criminals like victims, and years of soft-on-crime policies have created an atmosphere where lawlessness feels almost protected. At the same time, the border has been left porous for years, with waves of unvetted immigration overwhelming systems and communities. Add to that a sustained political and cultural campaign that treats law enforcement as the enemy, and it’s no wonder morale has cratered while crime surges.
And then there’s the cultural shift—an entire younger generation being taught to sympathize with criminals, distrust authority, and view consequences as cruelty. Schools barely teach ethics, responsibility, or discipline anymore. Instead of building strong citizens, we’re raising people who believe rules are optional and accountability is oppressive.
Put all of this together and you don’t get a compassionate society—you get a fragile, unstable one. A society where chaos grows faster than order, and where leaders seem more interested in ideological experiments than in keeping the country safe.
When a culture stops defending what’s right, it starts protecting what’s dangerous. That’s the real cost of the “liberal society” critics warn about.
“…A society can only stay stable when it upholds order, accountability…”
None of which is found in the current administration. Zero
Remember all you doubters when I said this was coming…it’s here.
“After 6 full days with 14.2, I find myself kinda getting bored of talking about self driving. The reason I feel bored is because it feels like it’s done and there’s nothing to really talk about anymore.
Yeah, we need some additional things handled and polished, but it all feels so trivial at this point. My car drives from point to point every time with no interventions. Not much left to even say.
They will be removing Robotaxi safety operators very soon, and scaling the absolute fuck out of this thing extremely fast. I have zero doubt, and low interest in trying to convince doubters anymore because I know Tesla is about to show them anyway. It’s a waste of time.
I’m going to start obsessing over Optimus soon because the autonomous car thing is solved at this point 😂
Tesla has taken me on the most insane ride from V12 launch in 2024 to present. Still can’t even believe what I’ve witnessed. I know that everyone else who has been on this ride is probably having similar feelings right now. Unbelievable times.”
14.2 does great pulling in and out of my driveway. It knows where I usually park and parks it in the same spot. I went driveway to driveway – Montville to Wayne the other day, no issues at all.
Curious if it’ll park in the garage.
Why not just let your wives drive for ya?
Online sales for black Friday was at $11.88 billion, up 9.1% from last year and a new record. Sales in retail and online for the holiday season expected to surpass $1 trillion. Household income under O’Biden was down $6,000 from the 1st Trump administration. We’re halfway back at $3,000 and the no tax on tips and overtime begins January 1st.
In other news, you can hear Maduro packing his suitcase. Venezuela has more oil than any country on the planet. We’ll be heading south to around $2 per gallon on gas and cheaper diesel too which translates into cheaper transportation and manufacturing.
The previous administration didn’t even make attempts, this administration is 10 steps beyond and actually doing something, anything, to advance the country.
Meanwhile, liberals are eating crayons in safe rooms as their pink and green hair fades amid mouse brown roots, weeping over their existence and purpose in life.
Fresh Jerrseyyy driver meat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_u54gh478k
Incorrect. McDonald’s orders are reliably fulfilled.
Ex says:
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 pm
“…A society can only stay stable when it upholds order, accountability…”
None of which is found in the current administration. Zero
I don’t own fsd. Once or twice a year they do a month free.
I play with it during the trials.
The last clip on the video above is priceless. Guess you shouldn’t have lied princess.
Grifter Fail:
Stocks and cryptocurrencies linked to President Trump are in a deep slump, leaving some of the president’s biggest fans with steep losses.
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group DJT 4.25%increase; green up pointing triangle, which operates the president’s Truth Social platform, have tumbled 75% since Trump’s inauguration. Digital “meme coins” named for Trump and first lady Melania Trump are down 86% and 99% since inauguration day, respectively. And one of the Trump family’s crypto ventures, a token called World Liberty Financial, has dropped roughly 40% since its September launch.
President Trump’s 2024 campaign inspired a wider investment thesis, with pro and amateur traders alike piling into areas such as healthcare and prison stocks as well as cryptocurrencies—assets they expected to fare well during a second Trump administration. But one year into the president’s return to the White House, some of the so-called Trump trades have struggled.
One Battle After Another (2025)
is the movie of the year.
Ex says:
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 pm
“…A society can only stay stable when it upholds order, accountability…”
None of which is found in the current administration. Zero
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%. The latest decline follows three months of stability, with 40% to 41% of Americans expressing approval of his handling of the presidency. His prior second-term low point in approval was a statistically similar 37% in July, and his all-time low was 34% in 2021, at the end of his first term after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
JUST IN: Elon Musk says working will be ‘optional’ in less than 20 years because of AI and robotics.
https://x.com/watcherguru/status/1995192631715127684?s=46
Musk won’t be alive in 20 years.
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If teachers can afford FSD@ 100/month, they can afford their increased healthcare premiums.
Enjoy. Translation in comments, if you care so much.
Amazing what cheap American beer turns classy people into.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1padpa6/crazy_fight_between_two_ladies/
FSD ain’t seen nothing yet. Why even own a car if the vision of driverless comes true?
Tesla has a new chip(s) coming in next year or so for FSD.Current build is hardware 4 A14 chips from 2023 models on, 14nm chip built by Samsung. There is a big difference between older versions prior to 2023 it’s significant for FSD, it’s all cameras and no ultrasonic sensors or lidar.
Tesla will soon release its fifth-generation FSD Computer, dubbed Hardware 5 or A15, which is due out in 2027 models starting with the Cybercab. TSMC will manufacture the A15-based SoC based on 3nm process built in a new TSMC foundry in Arizona as well as Taiwan.
Samsung’s new 2nm process will be used for the even newer Tesla A16 chips all made in their new foundry in Taylor Texas, perhaps the 2028 Teslas models or later. Same Tesla chips will be used in AI and the robots. 2nm is bleeding edge chip tech 500 million transistors per sq millimeter.
Tesla should have an edge in the self driving taxis in terms cost and performance. Owning most of the supply chain and manufacturing means they could pump out a huge volume of Cybercabs numbering in the millions per year.
crypto getting killed right now. This is why you can’t hold longs on crypto ETFs into the weekend.
BRT – if any banks, stock or futures markets were hacked regularly people would think twice about putting their hard earned money there.