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roadkill » 26 Aug 2025, 4:06 pm » wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2025, 4:06 pm

I have some music that might calm him down...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAua3u3DXfU

I actually have some Mongolian throat singing saved and occasionally listen to it when working in the shop

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... g-workers/

At the aluminum foundry in Wisconsin where I am chief executive, those jobs start at $27 an hour with a pension, a child care stipend and the security of long-term employment. Many of our people have built careers here, sending kids to college, buying homes and retiring with pride. They are exactly the kind of workers President Donald Trump says he wants to help. On that, we agree.

A disclosure: I didn’t vote for the man. But I’m not just writing this for myself. I’m writing on behalf of the roughly 1,000 workers who power our company — and who overwhelmingly did vote for him. One reason I know that is because in 2020, we hosted then-candidate Joe Biden at our factory in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and a substantial number of our workers turned up in red MAGA hats, spoiling many a photo op. They made sure management and ownership knew how they felt.....

Our business had been growing, and demand was strong in the first quarter of this year. But unfortunately, it has all been downhill.

What is not debatable is that our order rate is down 35 percent to 40 percent since the start of the year. At other companies, too, demand is crumbling. In such a situation, companies have a fiduciary duty to bring costs down, and the one surefire way to do that is layoffs. At our company, we’ve had little choice but to lay workers off at all of our plants. Shareholders aren’t suffering — not yet — because the impact is being absorbed first by the very people Trump’s policies are meant to help...

Almost everyone in the business community thinks the tariffs are a bad idea, but CEOs are all too aware that saying so could put their job and company at risk of retaliation from the administration. Is that fear powerful enough to keep corporate America quiet even as consumers start to see prices increase and inflation begins to creep up for reasons that are entirely avoidable and independent of economic conditions? 

Time will tell. For now, I feel as though I’m watching a tsunami video that begins with a shot of a beachside paradise on a sunny day. I encourage everyone to batten down the hatches, because a big, bad wave is coming.

 FOXNation rubes cry -

DON'T STOP US BEFORE WE SELF OWN AGAIN!
 
Damn, are these people Jonestown stupid.

roadkill » 26 Aug 2025, 4:06 pm » wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2025, 4:06 pm

I have some music that might calm him down...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAua3u3DXfU

PedoRoad, please..


Do you have any idea who this guy was?

https://youtu.be/-_xlbCq0WTw?si=ku-PP223o964Q-48

Blackvegetable » 26 Aug 2025, 6:42 am » wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2025, 6:42 am

Young Voters Who Swung Right Are Already Regretting ItTrump convinced voters under 35 — especially men — to give him a chance. They are souring on what they see.

First, consider the economy. The last jobs report showed losses in manufacturing and construction jobs and an uptick in health care jobs, not exactly the kind of economy that favors men. As my colleague Bloomberg Opinion colleague Allison Schrager puts it, “The Jobs Market Is Showing Signs of a ‘He-cession’” with the unemployment rate rising among men ages 20-24, including those with college degrees. Moreover, prices are ticking up according to the most recent Consumer Price Index and retailers are blaming Trump’s tariff policies. The coming months could prove even worse, as more companies pass price hikes along to their customers.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/artic ... e-americas

We just had too many Americans working..

Grifty's on it, Yo.

WHAT a BUNCH of Liberal GARBAGE !!

NOW you get a GLIMPSE of how DESPERATE these IDIOT SOB's ARE !!

Got news for you... Democrats lost 2.5 million voters to Republicans between the 2020 election, and the 2024 election... AND, ALL indications are that it's WORSE NOW that Trump has actually begun IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING he PROMISED during the 2024 campaign !!

What you are hearing is Democrats... SQUEALING like PIGS, before the SLAUGHTER !!

ConservativeWave » 29 Aug 2025, 8:51 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 8:51 am

WHAT a BUNCH of Liberal GARBAGE !!

NOW you get a GLIMPSE of how DESPERATE these IDIOT SOB's ARE !!

Got news for you... Democrats lost 2.5 million voters to Republicans between the 2020 election, and the 2024 election... AND, ALL indications are that it's WORSE NOW that Trump has actually begun IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING he PROMISED during the 2024 campaign !!

What you are hearing is Democrats... SQUEALING like PIGS, before the SLAUGHTER !!

You can lead a horse to knowledge, but you can't  make them think.

Blackvegetable » 29 Aug 2025, 8:39 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 8:39 am

PedoRoad, please..

Do you have any idea who this guy was?

youtu.be/-_xlbCq0WTw?si=ku-PP223o964Q-48

Wuhan Cries Nefariously

Blackvegetable » 29 Aug 2025, 8:34 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 8:34 am

no spam

At the aluminum foundry in Wisconsin where I am chief executive, those jobs start at $27 an hour with a pension, a child care stipend and the security of long-term employment. Many of our people have built careers here, sending kids to college, buying homes and retiring with pride. They are exactly the kind of workers President Donald Trump says he wants to help. On that, we agree.

A disclosure: I didn’t vote for the man. But I’m not just writing this for myself. I’m writing on behalf of the roughly 1,000 workers who power our company — and who overwhelmingly did vote for him. One reason I know that is because in 2020, we hosted then-candidate Joe Biden at our factory in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and a substantial number of our workers turned up in red MAGA hats, spoiling many a photo op. They made sure management and ownership knew how they felt.....

Our business had been growing, and demand was strong in the first quarter of this year. But unfortunately, it has all been downhill.

What is not debatable is that our order rate is down 35 percent to 40 percent since the start of the year. At other companies, too, demand is crumbling. In such a situation, companies have a fiduciary duty to bring costs down, and the one surefire way to do that is layoffs. At our company, we’ve had little choice but to lay workers off at all of our plants. Shareholders aren’t suffering — not yet — because the impact is being absorbed first by the very people Trump’s policies are meant to help...

Almost everyone in the business community thinks the tariffs are a bad idea, but CEOs are all too aware that saying so could put their job and company at risk of retaliation from the administration. Is that fear powerful enough to keep corporate America quiet even as consumers start to see prices increase and inflation begins to creep up for reasons that are entirely avoidable and independent of economic conditions? 

Time will tell. For now, I feel as though I’m watching a tsunami video that begins with a shot of a beachside paradise on a sunny day. I encourage everyone to batten down the hatches, because a big, bad wave is coming.

 FOXNation rubes cry -

DON'T STOP US BEFORE WE SELF OWN AGAIN!
 
Damn, are these people Jonestown stupid.

I have to eat the MAGA chit too.  Looks like murdock at work to me.  Maybe 2 weeks left and we are a ghost town

Blackvegetable » 29 Aug 2025, 8:39 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 8:39 am

PedoRoad, please..

Do you have any idea who this guy was?

https://youtu.be/-_xlbCq0WTw?si=ku-PP223o964Q-48

I'm trying to think of a reason why I should care...but I'm sure you'll explain.


 

roadkill » 29 Aug 2025, 9:00 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 9:00 am

I'm trying to think of a reason why I should care...but I'm sure you'll explain.

Ever hear the song "Jet Airliner"?

Hear it done right....

https://youtu.be/Cjr5U7g6aiA?si=CCMscIBlAEHbEcZs
 

Blackvegetable » 29 Aug 2025, 9:07 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 9:07 am

Ever hear the song "Jet Airliner"?

Hear it done right....

https://youtu.be/Cjr5U7g6aiA?si=CCMscIBlAEHbEcZs

Yep...except Steve Miller made it interesting.     

roadkill » 29 Aug 2025, 9:13 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 9:13 am

Yep...except Steve Miller made it interesting.   

For much of my life, Steve Miller's version was one song I couldn't stand to hear...it is the musical version of clear soup...right up there with "Afternoon Delight"...

Then I heard the original....unbelievably thick and funky....I had no idea....particularly odd given that I've long considered this one of the greatest tunes nobody knows

https://youtu.be/mIIvWg1bOV8?si=sM_N62TJhaiI-Ivw
 

roadkill » 29 Aug 2025, 9:13 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 9:13 am

Yep...except Steve Miller made it interesting.   

Ks
I am assuming the Space X Heavy Lift 10 Launch was a nogo. I heard nothing of gigantic fireworks displays over the Carribean..

I would think mission success would  be in the MSM but hey, Elon is almost as forgettable  as Epstein  anymore

Blackvegetable » 29 Aug 2025, 9:20 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 9:20 am

For much of my life, Steve Miller's version was one song I couldn't stand to hear...it is the musical version of clear soup...right up there with "Afternoon Delight"...

Then I heard the original....unbelievably thick and funky....I had no idea....particularly odd given that I've long considered this one of the greatest tunes nobody knows

https://youtu.be/mIIvWg1bOV8?si=sM_N62TJhaiI-Ivw

Blues is ok...especially with a gifted musician. Blues is fun simple music.  If someone was interested in learning how to play guitar I suggest they learn some blues patterns and leads. Blues is the simplest genre out there.

Joe Bonamassa is one of the best mondern day blues men...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_dJ5WU ... ay&index=6 
 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B7G7PA/

Blackvegetable » 02 Sep 2025, 12:47 pm » wrote: ↑

02 Sep 2025, 12:47 pm

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B7G7PA/

Which scenario is an example of survivorship bias in evaluating business success?

A) Believing that reading business books increases revenue after finding many CEOs recommend them.
B) Concluding that most startups fail after analyzing bankrupt companies.
C) Thinking entrepreneurship is easy because most media profiles focus on successful founders.
D) Surveying customers to understand why they chose your product over competitors   

Vegas » 02 Sep 2025, 12:49 pm » wrote: ↑

02 Sep 2025, 12:49 pm

Which scenario is an example of survivorship bias in evaluating business success?

A) Believing that reading business books increases revenue after finding many CEOs recommend them.
B) Concluding that most startups fail after analyzing bankrupt companies.
C) Thinking entrepreneurship is easy because most media profiles focus on successful founders.
D) Surveying customers to understand why they chose your product over competitors   

@Deezer Shoove  

Your pet has a question 

Blackvegetable » 02 Sep 2025, 1:01 pm » wrote: ↑

02 Sep 2025, 1:01 pm

@Deezer Shoove  

Your pet has a question

 Stop begging for his help to answer it. It's bad enough that you demand me to answer it for you. 

Vegas » 02 Sep 2025, 1:03 pm » wrote: ↑

02 Sep 2025, 1:03 pm

 Stop begging for his help to answer it. It's bad enough that you demand me to answer it for you.

@Deezer Shoove  

Your pet has a question. 

Blackvegetable » 02 Sep 2025, 1:06 pm » wrote: ↑

02 Sep 2025, 1:06 pm

Your pet has a question.

 Stop begging for his help to answer it. It's bad enough that you demand me to answer it for you. 
 
 

roadkill » 29 Aug 2025, 10:58 am » wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2025, 10:58 am

Blues is ok...especially with a gifted musician. Blues is fun simple music.  If someone was interested in learning how to play guitar I suggest they learn some blues patterns and leads. Blues is the simplest genre out there.

Joe Bonamassa is one of the best mondern day blues men...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_dJ5WU ... ay&index=6

That will go quite nicely with the afternoon whiskey and coke!