Last Thursday, Ford announced that it would reduce the number of electric vehicles it had planned to produce, because there weren’t going to be enough customers who could afford to buy them. Ford CFO John Lawler said that because EVs are “too expensive” for most car buyers, the company was “going to balance supply with demand” by reducing its supply. Instead of turning out 600,000 electric cars and trucks by the end of this year, it would hit that mark at the end of next year. Instead of producing two million such vehicles by the end of 2026, it would turn out that many at some later date.
@silvermouse said:
Last Thursday, Ford announced that it would reduce the number of electric vehicles it had planned to produce, because there weren’t going to be enough customers who could afford to buy them. Ford CFO John Lawler said that because EVs are “too expensive” for most car buyers, the company was “going to balance supply with demand” by reducing its supply. Instead of turning out 600,000 electric cars and trucks by the end of this year, it would hit that mark at the end of next year. Instead of producing two million such vehicles by the end of 2026, it would turn out that many at some later date.
I can fix that problem. Eliminate all taxation on every phase of development and production and all of America will drive EV's next year. With all taxation eliminated the new product should sell for less than $5K per unit. There you go.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
@Amos_Umwhat said:
I can fix that problem. Eliminate all taxation on every phase of development and production and all of America will drive EV's next year. With all taxation eliminated the new product should sell for less than $5K per unit. There you go.
I still wouldn't buy one.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
It continues to stun me that this is legal. The worse that Thomas Carper can make the economy using his congressional power, the richer he gets. This is the same as an athlete betting against his own team in a sporting event, and no one seems to care.
Why do governments trust that their web accessible network security is bulletproof?
China hacked Japan’s classified defense networks, alarming top U.S. national security officials
In the fall of 2020, the National Security Agency made a shocking discovery: Chinese military hackers had compromised sensitive systems of the United States’s most important strategic ally in East Asia. Tokyo is making efforts, but the problem still isn't fully fixed
"Three years later, some Florida school districts are shying away from Shakespeare, along with other classic and popular materials. They say they’re attempting to comply with new state law restricting books with and instruction about sexual content.
Hillsborough County became the latest to take this step, telling teachers they could assign excerpts of plays such as “Romeo and Juliet,” but not the full text.
“I think the rest of the nation — no, the world, is laughing us,” Gaither High teacher Joseph Cool said after learning of the directive. “Taking Shakespeare in its entirety out because the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is somehow exploiting minors is just absurd.” ."
Allan Bloom warned us. He wrote that "tolerance" would be The Closing of the American Mind. I thought "No way, that doesn't make sense". He was right, I was wrong.
The rest of the world is indeed laughing at us. Our pants are down, they're just waiting for us to bend over.
WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
It just amazes me the differences in what these bills/laws actually say compared to what school administrators and teacher are making them out to say for their own political reasons. Then on top of that you have the media spin put on it.
I believe you're correct, Rusty. That's the first thing that came to me after reading Edward's first link. Leftist administrators can put out anything they want and know the majority-Left media will spread it around. And if they can't spread a ****-piece as a whole, they'll just cherry-pick what they want to make parents, especially conservative parents (and legislators) look bad. Remember, most school districts want to decide what's best for the kids and think they know better than the parents.
Edit: this is merely an opinion; I don't really know much about schools and parenting.
Seems very much like,…. More state interference into personal liberties and free speech.
From the article-
Ryan Reganos has had the license plate 357 MAG in Georgia for nearly 20 years. During that time, he’s never had an issue. As he changed vehicles, he simply transferred the tag to the new one.
Yet, as things tend to do, the plate started looking a little rough. So, he applied for a new one with the same message on it. That’s when things got interesting.
“I was approved with no problems, received a temporary tag while waiting on the new prestige plate,” Reganos said. He continued, “Shortly afterward, I received a letter in the mail of denial. The denial said, ‘Contains any combination of letters or numbers which might reasonably result in an immediate breach of the peace.'”
That seems more than a little strange.
After all, 357 MAG may be a gun reference, but it’s not a threat to anyone or likely to cause any understandable upset. Moreover, Reganos notes that it’s not like this was a new request.
“I have had this tag since was 16 or 17 years old. I am 36 right now. Paid taxes on it every year when all the renewal notice came. This tag has never caused an issue much less an immediate breach of the peace in the 20 years of ownership nor experienced spontaneous violence associated with it,” he said.
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Last Thursday, Ford announced that it would reduce the number of electric vehicles it had planned to produce, because there weren’t going to be enough customers who could afford to buy them. Ford CFO John Lawler said that because EVs are “too expensive” for most car buyers, the company was “going to balance supply with demand” by reducing its supply. Instead of turning out 600,000 electric cars and trucks by the end of this year, it would hit that mark at the end of next year. Instead of producing two million such vehicles by the end of 2026, it would turn out that many at some later date.
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-07-31-ford-electric-cars-arent-affordable/
I can fix that problem. Eliminate all taxation on every phase of development and production and all of America will drive EV's next year. With all taxation eliminated the new product should sell for less than $5K per unit. There you go.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
$42/20 rds. Holy cow.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
I still wouldn't buy one.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Talk about a disaster waiting to happen…
https://news.join1440.com/t/j-l-euititt-diudtyiuhk-jl/
It continues to stun me that this is legal. The worse that Thomas Carper can make the economy using his congressional power, the richer he gets. This is the same as an athlete betting against his own team in a sporting event, and no one seems to care.
Finally found a video…happened about 4 miles from me last night
https://www.wkyt.com/video/2023/08/02/meteor-leslie-county/
Don't touch the wall when you open the window
Banning psych class because of gender issues??? Pitiful.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/08/03/ap-psychology-banned-florida/70523459007/
This was an interesting paragraph I found in the article…
Children need to stop being thrown in the middle of peoples political views…no matter what they are. It’s coming from both sides.
Why do governments trust that their web accessible network security is bulletproof?
China hacked Japan’s classified defense networks, alarming top U.S. national security officials
In the fall of 2020, the National Security Agency made a shocking discovery: Chinese military hackers had compromised sensitive systems of the United States’s most important strategic ally in East Asia. Tokyo is making efforts, but the problem still isn't fully fixed
Because the Chinese hackers they hired to set up their security told them it was secure.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
More AI aided scams:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/author-discovers-ai-generated-counterfeit-books-written-in-her-name-on-amazon/
And then there is this b.s.
"Three years later, some Florida school districts are shying away from Shakespeare, along with other classic and popular materials. They say they’re attempting to comply with new state law restricting books with and instruction about sexual content.
Hillsborough County became the latest to take this step, telling teachers they could assign excerpts of plays such as “Romeo and Juliet,” but not the full text.
“I think the rest of the nation — no, the world, is laughing us,” Gaither High teacher Joseph Cool said after learning of the directive. “Taking Shakespeare in its entirety out because the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is somehow exploiting minors is just absurd.” ."
https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/08/08/concerns-over-sex-content-leads-florida-schools-pull-shakespeare/
^^ My WTF because, well WTF?
Allan Bloom warned us. He wrote that "tolerance" would be The Closing of the American Mind. I thought "No way, that doesn't make sense". He was right, I was wrong.
The rest of the world is indeed laughing at us. Our pants are down, they're just waiting for us to bend over.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
More state interference into personal liberties and free speech.
Florida Students Now Need Parental Permission to Use Nicknames, 'Alternate' Names Under New Ron DeSantis Rule
https://people.com/florida-students-now-need-parental-permission-use-non-legal-name-7571342
State interference is to have adults employed at school conspiring with minor children to keep secrets from their parents.
It just amazes me the differences in what these bills/laws actually say compared to what school administrators and teacher are making them out to say for their own political reasons. Then on top of that you have the media spin put on it.
I believe you're correct, Rusty. That's the first thing that came to me after reading Edward's first link. Leftist administrators can put out anything they want and know the majority-Left media will spread it around. And if they can't spread a ****-piece as a whole, they'll just cherry-pick what they want to make parents, especially conservative parents (and legislators) look bad. Remember, most school districts want to decide what's best for the kids and think they know better than the parents.
Edit: this is merely an opinion; I don't really know much about schools and parenting.
License plate rejected over "breach of the peace" fears
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2023/08/08/license-plate-ga-n73361?utm_source=badaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=c7bdc1cb908c7aa24593103c607179d577e53ef54b595575371986e4e7d1d31f
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Seems very much like,…. More state interference into personal liberties and free speech.
From the article-
Ryan Reganos has had the license plate 357 MAG in Georgia for nearly 20 years. During that time, he’s never had an issue. As he changed vehicles, he simply transferred the tag to the new one.
Yet, as things tend to do, the plate started looking a little rough. So, he applied for a new one with the same message on it. That’s when things got interesting.
“I was approved with no problems, received a temporary tag while waiting on the new prestige plate,” Reganos said. He continued, “Shortly afterward, I received a letter in the mail of denial. The denial said, ‘Contains any combination of letters or numbers which might reasonably result in an immediate breach of the peace.'”
That seems more than a little strange.
After all, 357 MAG may be a gun reference, but it’s not a threat to anyone or likely to cause any understandable upset. Moreover, Reganos notes that it’s not like this was a new request.
“I have had this tag since was 16 or 17 years old. I am 36 right now. Paid taxes on it every year when all the renewal notice came. This tag has never caused an issue much less an immediate breach of the peace in the 20 years of ownership nor experienced spontaneous violence associated with it,” he said.
What's hidden in your walls? Reminds me of someone.
Looks like the wax ring under a toilet. Fitting
Cigars are great and so is this
Talk about brand loyalty!
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
That's calamari, probably tastes like the wax ring though.