Whats going on in the World

[OVERBORED]

How much of that cheap stuff di you still own?

 

[Rick67]

Where did you get one of those??

Aren't they called a "Deuce and a half"?

Sounds better then saying and a half.

It came from Southold. The guy had a problem with it and it would only idle. He wanted 18,000 and settled for 8,000. No one told him to strain the cooking oil before putting in tank. Easy fix. Not mine though, my friend Phil annoys his neighbors driving it to work. Nice conversation piece though at rally’s.

 

[Avenger]

How much of that cheap stuff di you still own?

I've tried to avoid it as much as possible, but for a lot of it there is no longer an option.

 

[wader]

Walmart is using driverless trucks to complete a seven-mile delivery loop

As promised, Walmart has started doing fully driverless box truck deliveries in partnership with startup Gatik between its own locations on a 7-mile loop.

www.yahoo.com

see the video at the ik - something about this bothers me ----

 

[OVERBORED]

I know what you mean. Its startling how many products are "made in China"..................

 

[movetheboat]

I know what you mean. Its startling how many products are "made in China"..................

Manufacturing always moves to the lowest paid labor market......It was Japan (made in Japan) when I was a kid.....China will outgrow this as Japan did, and corp America will look to the next cheap place to make our chit....it's the bottom line and Americans wanting cheap chit , you cannot profitably make stuff here in the USA....too many cheap skates and Walmart lovers

 

[Avenger]

Manufacturing always moves to the lowest paid labor market......It was Japan (made in Japan) when I was a kid.....China will outgrow this as Japan did, and corp America will look to the next cheap place to make our chit....it's the bottom line and Americans wanting cheap chit , you cannot profitably make stuff here in the USA....too many cheap skates and Walmart lovers

That's true, but it's not just labor. It's environmental regulations, OSHA, taxes to run the regulatory machine.

How did the politicians who foisted all of that on American business supposedly to protect the American worker manage to fail to protect those very jobs by letting them get shipped overseas?

 

[movetheboat]

That's true, but it's not just labor. It's environmental regulations, OSHA, taxes to run the regulatory machine.

How did the politicians who foisted all of that on American business supposedly to protect the American worker manage to fail to protect those very jobs by letting them get shipped overseas?

it really doesn't matter because we evolved into a different type of labor market...service...healthcare...tech...etc. So it's not true that the jobs shipped overseas were not replaced...even without the regs the labor costs alone killed manufacturing in the USA

 

[Rick67]

Trial should be acquitted now.

 

[movetheboat]

Afghans facing 'hell on earth' as winter looms​

By John Simpson
BBC News, Bamiyan, central Afghanistan
Afghans facing 'hell on earth' as winter looms

 

[movetheboat]

International travelers set for emotional reunions as U.S. reopens its borders​

America had barred air travelers from 33 countries — including China, India and much of Europe — and had also restricted overland entry from Mexico and Canada.

 

[movetheboat]

Ukrainian man charged with ransomware attack that affected 1,500 U.S. businesses​

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, was arrested last month at the request of the U.S. government while trying to enter Poland from Ukraine.

 

[Aquarius]

Sounds better then saying and a half.

It came from Southold. The guy had a problem with it and it would only idle. He wanted 18,000 and settled for 8,000. No one told him to strain the cooking oil before putting in tank. Easy fix. Not mine though, my friend Phil annoys his neighbors driving it to work. Nice conversation piece though at rally’s.View attachment 40193

Is that your friend Phil sitting on the hood?

 

[movetheboat]

BUSTED —
3 LIRR workers are busted for claiming overtime while not working on the railroad.
Claude Birong, Mark Speruta and Dallas Bazemore were paid double their base pay in OT and caught by MTA IG. See what some were actually up to.



NYDAILYNEWS.COM
LIRR workers busted for no-show shifts in latest MTA overtime fraud case

 

[jpd]

Apparently Build Back Better is going to fix all the racist roads.

Social media in a tizzy after WH briefing discusses racism ‘built into’ roads

A White House press briefing ignited a snark-filled social media debate when a reporter asked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about racism “built into” roads.

nypost.com

 

[movetheboat]

US Capitol rioter who fled to Belarus says he may seek asylum there​

By Devan Cole, CNN

Updated 3:48 PM ET, Mon November 8, 2021
US Capitol rioter who fled to Belarus says he may seek asylum there

good riddance

 

[Rick67]

?

 

[Avenger]

it really doesn't matter because we evolved into a different type of labor market...service...healthcare...tech...etc. So it's not true that the jobs shipped overseas were not replaced...even without the regs the labor costs alone killed manufacturing in the USA

It matters because those industries don't create economic wealth. They're mostly moving money around. Witness China's rapid economic growth and rise to being a global power in a few decades because we gave them our major source of economic atrength. If it was just payroll I guess we could blame unions, but the cost of offshoring, relocating production and transportation is more than the difference in payroll. And frankly, the only reason those service jobs haven't been exported is because they just can't be done by remote control. Yet. Otherwise we'd be getting our healthcare from China just like we get our pharmaceuticals.

 

[movetheboat]

and yet we are the wealthiest nation in the world without it....go figure

 

[OVERBORED]

What good is wealth when quality of life is tanking?