An auto industry titan has passed. This is the man who brought you the Ford Mustang, the minivan, and the K-car and saved Chrysler from extinction.
Here is a list of his achievements.
And this is an open thread
Lee Iacocca Dead at 94. And Open
by coldwarrior ( 106 Comments › )Filed under Open thread, Transportation at July 3rd, 2019 - 8:44 am
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-02/how-pepsi-once-became-worlds-6th-largest-military
interesting
NZ needs 305 to beat England and possibly remove them from the knock out round involving the top 4 teams.
On instapundit’s open last nite somebody noted that w/the K car, Iococca used metric fasteners and thereby sealed the US auto industry’s fate. I have no idea what he’s talking about, he pointed me to more reading.
In other news, to celebrate the 4th, CNN is airing a ‘documentary’ on white nationalism in the U.S.
At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in eastern Tennessee, physicist Leah Broussard is trying to open a portal to a parallel universe.
She should try the Dem Party.
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1146411192967213057
https://flagandcross.com/dem-rep-says-people-should-be-prosecuted-if-they-criticize-members-of-congress-online-watch/
Wilson noted, “Those people who are online making fun of members of Congress are a disgrace and there is no need for anyone to think that is unacceptable. We are going to shut them down and work with whoever it is to shut them down, and they should be prosecuted.”
But, remember, they aren’t totalitarians.
Oh No! Christopher Booker has died. Dammit. This obit doesn’t mention it, but when I was first studying the origins of the EU, he was one of my primary sources. He was also an absolute warrior on the climate change hoax.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/07/03/christopher-booker-campaigning-journalist-first-editor-private/
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
Can you imagine the furor or if Trump decided to shut down and prosecute anyone who criticized him?
https://pjmedia.com/trending/first-one-out-john-hickenlooper-bleeding-staff-losing-money-pressured-to-drop-out/
(another)ONE bites the dust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
@ rain of lead:
The candidate blamed his staff for his failure to gain traction
yeah, big surprise, there…..
You name is HICKENLOOPER fer gawd’s sake. You’re not gonna be POTUS. Nobody can figure out what you were doing here anyway.
Mini AOC has removed all her postings because of Doxing and death threats to her family.
I hope her family has nice guns.
rain of lead wrote:
Andy Ngo’s lawyer is a Princess Warrior. I bet she could sue social media platforms into bankruptcy for allowing that crap to stand. It should be illegal anyway
well, this is interesting
The News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE! We are absolutely moving forward, as we must, because of the importance of the answer to this question.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1146435093491277824
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
just don’t EVER question their patriotism.
remember that little slogan?
@ eaglesoars:
it is, in fact, a root question.
haw many voters are in this district? add/remove seats as needed. redraw as needed.
do it again in 10 years
coldwarrior wrote:
Roberts is a vindictive punk. I no longer entertain the possibility that they may ‘have’ something on him, e.g., the illegal adoption of his children.
I’m keeping it simple.
He’s a punk.
bad day for our aussie…NZ was destroyed by England today at cricket.
newly resurgent Australia, India, and England are through…NZ should qualify…NZ are moving in the wrong direction while the Aussies are back to form.
@ eaglesoars:
globalist bushie
Why does the USA have a higher level of political integration?
Firstly, because they all speak the same language
And secondly, because they have very little history
They were born independent with practically no history
The only thing they’d done was kill a couple Indians
But apart from that, pfft, it was very easy
As opposed to the entire Indian cultures wiped out by his country, Spain
Ladies and gents, allow me to introduce Josep Borrell, the next chief of EU diplomacy, formally known as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
https://twitter.com/jmguardia/status/1146407353278980096
@ coldwarrior:
THe Black Caps lost to England,
so, pakistan has to win by 330 runs. aint gonna happen.
the table is thusly:
1 Australia plays 4 New Zealand
2 India play 3 England
the ausies should handle NZ as NZ can’t seem to find thier game. India v England…that is gonna be a great match.
@ eaglesoars:
what an ass.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/president_trump_hits_huge_home_run_nominating_judy_shelton_for_the_fed.html
@ coldwarrior:
do you know if she’s written anything about crypto? I’d love to hear what she thinks about Libre (altho I heard they’re thinking about changing the name to ‘mark’ as in Reichsmark’, not joking)
right_wing2 wrote:
Yep, but as long as Pravda continues to do their job, the american public doesn’t get to hear any of these “uncomfortable” truths, eh?
eaglesoars wrote:
The question is vital to getting to the real numbers. (Though you know it doesn’t matter since they will lie anyway.) The dems don’t want to see that question because it could lead to demands to recount and redraw.
coldwarrior wrote:
Questions lead to answers. They don’t want the public to know the answer.
Listen. We all have to make plans for this and there is almost no time.
As of tomorrow, Trump will have taken over the country via the military coup he’s planning right in front of us. Two Abrams tanks and a people mover will surround Washington D.C. Stealth bombers on call. The man wants to be POTUS and live in the WH as Commander in Chief, and then we’re all fucked. The country we know and love will sink beneath the waters of the Tidal Basin as he speaks in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The sound of fireworks will mask the sound of the National Guard attacking the first Starbucks they find.
My plan – unless yinz have a better idea – is, Hubby wants tuna salad and I need a manicure. Also, ironing. The Heathen Beagles will be a doggy day care to play.
Does that cover it?
What a bastard. Look at this.
And the rest comes from the DOD budget? Crew time, fuel, maintenance…
to say nothing of making the military work instead of being with their families on the 4th of July
That’s right. That orange ape Trump is taking away the military’s day off
Andrea Mitchell has the BEST heart!
https://twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/1146250028622798848
@ eaglesoars:
that’s not how it works, budgetarily or otherwise.
and that word whore knows it too.
@ eaglesoars:
@ coldwarrior:
but do’t question their patriotism
coldwarrior wrote:
of course she does. She has her marching orders and she’s a good soldier who never takes a day off
Wow, 80f, dew pt is 79, and humidity is 76%.
The only saving grace in this jungle is that cigars smoke much better in this weather.
@ coldwarrior:
oh grow a pair. We’ve got 95 in the shade
not only that – you should SEE the traffic here and I’m out in the ‘burbs. Half the people are getting the hellouta Dodge, half of the other half are getting ready to head down to the mall and guess what? Some genius thought it would be a good weekend to have the Stones play at Fed Ex field.
I’m trapped.
eaglesoars wrote:
I’m outside working in my garden and grilling some Jamaican jerk chicken.
This is your PDA from my ag inbox
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State partners, is investigating a suspected link between pig ear treats and human cases of salmonellosis.
CDC reports that there are 45 cases of human infection with Salmonella enterica serotype I 4,[5],12:i:- in 13 states. Twelve people have been hospitalized.
@ eaglesoars:
I’ll pass on the pig ear treats…
coldwarrior wrote:
I approve of this message. 🙂 While Shelton is a superior gold expert, her real goal, imo, is a sound monetary system. It’s great to have an outsider at the Fed. She is accustomed to being on the wrong side of the debate. The Fed zombies will not be a problem for her.
As a matter of fact, I don’t think we will ever see the return of a gold standard. Most of the alleged gold out there is just a bunch of derivative bs. e.g. while the price of gold has gone up, derivatives have kept the price artificially low for years. It is harder to FIND new mines and get gold out of the ground at these low prices. The same thing has been done to mining stocks which are acting as though gold was $700/oz. And those big gold and silver ETFs are utterly manipulated by derivatives. Naked shorting doesn’t help either.
@ yenta-fada:
Do YOU know of anything she’s written on crypto?
@ yenta-fada:
Agreed.
And sound monetary policy is always a great idea.
This had not occurred to me. I think she may have a point
People may not realize it but what Colin Kaepernick & Nike are advocating for is segregation.
They are telling black people that the American flag is not for us and that we need something “separate but equal” to represent us.
They are reintroducing segregationist mentality.
https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1146406193872683008
@ eaglesoars:
This was a stunt to lower Nike stock prices for their planned buy back this quarter.
@ coldwarrior:
!!!!!!
It may work for that, but it was pretty stupid long term
@ eaglesoars:
They already lost their market share when they hired that hypocrite.
This is just stock price manipulation
eaglesoars wrote:
It’s an interesting question. Gold advocates tend to be a much older crowd and know more about the history of the metal. They largely tend to think that cryptos are a ponzi scheme at best. The younger tech savy generations are more likely to know people who are into cryptos. You may remember the ‘crypto kitties’ fad where these things were being as commonly bought and traded as pet rocks.
The Commodities exchanges and J.P. Morgan are not only already into bitcoin, but have bitcoin derivatives ready to go. In fact they are quite possibly the main movers of crypto prices. Bitcoin in China has been a ‘currency’ used and commonly traded especially as the prices went up. China had to shut down their crypto exchanges to stop people from eroding their national currency. Rich Chinese got big bucks out of China through this work around. You can bet people in Hong Kong are buying bitcoin through other international exchanges while they can. The BEST term (which will not be easily adopted) for cryptos is “Digital assets.” Cryptos have escaped Pandora’s box and are not going back in. Sovereign nations through their central banks are well into development of their own official cryptos. Bitcoin is borderless, decentralized, and a direct competitor to all Central Banks. The U.S. crypto so far is called…wait for it…”Ripple”.
yenta-fada wrote:
Christ, what was wrong with White Lightning?
eaglesoars wrote:
The entire Obama administration were not only segregationists, but imo, black supremacists. Nobody noticed when Eric Holder referred to “my people” even though he was officially the AG for ALL Americans.
He used his position as though he was a card carrying member of the Black Panthers.
eaglesoars wrote:
Fantastic song from the Grateful Dead.
eaglesoars wrote:
I assume they were using it in the sense of a ripple thrown into a body of water that naturally spreads out. I doubt those Fed people had ever even heard of rotgut you drink covered by a brown paper bag. After all, Janet Yellin once remarked that she couldn’t understand why more people didn’t buy their own homes. Talk about an alternate Universe. The super elite inhabit one.
coldwarrior wrote:
Play us one of your favorites. 🙂
coldwarrior wrote:
It is the best explanation.
yenta-fada wrote:
Of course not. They go to parties on the Upper East Side and snort garbage chemicals thru $100 bills.
At least my stuff is organic and non/GMO
@ yenta-fada:
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music?
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It’s a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they’re better left unsung
I don’t know, I don’t really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
Ripple in still water
Where there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
Ripple in still water
Where there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who’s to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
Songwriters: JEROME J. GARCIA, ROBERT C. HUNTER
© Universal Music Publishing Group
coldwarrior wrote:
A reasonably big target but certainly not beyond the realms of possibility. It’ll come down to how the openers fare as they are both out of sorts and not playing well. The middle order batsmen seem OK but you never know when it comes to the Black Caps. The last thing we need is for the tail enders being faced with heroic last stands.
Fingers crossed.
🙂
yenta-fada wrote:
Ripple in still water
Where there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
…
Ripple in still water
Where there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
You who choose to lead must follow
@ yenta-fada:
If they want to call the libra token ‘mark’, I’m sure it refers to Zuckerberg.
@ Aussie Infidel:
if he keeps reading then im the spoiler…
@ coldwarrior:
Beautiful Ripple!
yenta-fada wrote:
one of my faves
Citizenship question on census.
Check one box.
[ ] Are you a citizen of the United States of America?
[ ] Are you a permanent resident of the United States of America?
[ ] Other
coldwarrior wrote:
Nothing would surprise me after watching Wilder’s … ONE TWO THREE… whilst in Berlin one winter.
The Cold war jokes just kept coming thick and fast as only Wilder could do.
The gag about the Russians trying to steal the formula to Coke and ending up with Kremlin Kola that the Ukies were using as sheep dip just one of many. Jimmy Cagney stole the show!
Berlin 1962
Enjoy!
🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzwFa975gK0
Possum wrote:
Could you break down that ‘other’ category a bit more finely?
yenta-fada wrote:
point
coldwarrior wrote:
Ahhhhhh
Slashes wrists!
AGAIN!
🙂
The Kiwis must not have lost… LOST to still be in the semis on aggregate.
Oh well.
Tell me did the openers fall upon their swords….AGAIN?
🙂
@ Possum:
@ yenta-fada:
the point of the question about citizen or not is simple.
the number of VOTERS determines the congressional district.
blue states are losing people rapidly and thus losing voters for the dems.
and this is why the dems are in such a tizzie about this
Very cool list of search engine alternatives to Google for the security conscious.
https://www.techspot.com/news/80729-complete-list-alternatives-all-google-products.html
Aussie Infidel wrote:
all aspects of the NZ game today looked like shit.
63 from the opening four batsmen.
203 from the opening 4 from england
yenta-fada wrote:
No, deliberately so.
“Other” could be students on study visas, people living for 6 months a year in the USA on B1, B2 visas, workers from overseas working for overseas companies which have a contract to do work for a USA company. All legal but in the “Other” category.
Also “illegals” are in he “other” category. So checking that box as an illegal does not necessarily automatically flag one as “illegal”
The IMPORTANT thing as regards the citizenship question is the “Are you a citizen” That is the vote entitled question.
In fact thinking about it, no need for the “perminent resident” question. I would happily check the “other” box even though I am proud of my “Green Card”
@ coldwarrior:
Hence my “citizen” or “other” check box.
“Other” DOES NOT EQUAL ILLEGAL!
@ Possum:
Permanent resident is your best choice. Don’t go looking for a hassle. My opinion only.
yenta-fada wrote:
Actually [X] Illegal would be my best choice. Free health care, free education. Food stamps, housing assistance.
Way things are going here at the moment best thing I can do is fly to Mexico then swim back across the Rio Grande and climb the fence. (Or just walk around it) and claim asylum.
OK so my destiny may be taking a different course. I have lived in this apartment for over four years. Not the best area of Houston but we all get along.
Well I think we do, in 320 apartments I am the only pink person here but we all get along, smiles and sign language when we meet. I know no Spanish, most of my neighbors speak not much English.
Street vendors selling pupasas and chicken and tacos and this last few weeks sweet corn slathered in mayo stuff.
Lately things are changing.
Very athletic males with pit bulls. And strangely they all speak a distinctive dialect of English.
It will be interesting to see how this works out.
@ Possum:
Sounds like some trouble brewing
AND!!!!!!!
Today I got my “appeal” paperwork from Texas Workforce Commission and It states who called me on the 11th June 2019 who asked me questions then subsequently denied me unemployment for he future and demanded I pay back the previous seven weeks.
When she called me to ask questions I detected she had a “dark brown” voice. Just googled her.
Yep, used to work at customer service at Target.
Now works to deny white males unemployment benefits.
@ Possum:
MS-13 aren’t known for using dogs. We’re infested with them, and I’ve never seen a dog with them and never heard a police/crime reporting including dogs.
IIRC the largest gang is your area is Tango Blast. Google Houston gangs, that might have changed. But look for tatoos, they self-identify. Here’s a helpful chart. Also, talk to cops, they’ll know.
https://stophoustongangs.org/default.aspx?menuitemid=756&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
eaglesoars wrote:
Infested with dogs or with MS-13?…. or if you’re really unlucky both.
🙂
@ Aussie Infidel:
Both, actually. Fairfax County has one of the highest dog ownership rates in the country.
I have a friend who has a relative who has dissapeared for a month to some military place.
Those people in that military place do not realise what they have in their midst.
Google “Honey Badger”
I have 100% confidence in the person in basic training.
WordPress has deplatformed Refugee Resettlement Watch
When you can sing like these two, who needs a band?
I shouldn’t be surprised at the TV stations boycotting Trump’s July 4th coverage, but I am.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/update-cbs-abc-and-nbc-join-msnbc-will-not-air-president-trumps-july-4th-celebration/
Sending everybody over to FOX will, I hope, backfire big time. People who don’t normally watch it may tune in and find out that they are not a bunch of KKK ‘Republicans’.
The msm wants a Trump free America. Useful idiots everywhere need to wake up.
@ lobo91:
I’m starting to think you are addicted. lol It’s a positive addiction though. I’m so glad you had fun at the concerts. Except for the rain.
@ yenta-fada:
There’s one more to go: Hannah Wicklund in Denver in 2 weeks.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/sick-8-year-old-mini-aoc-has-to-delete-parody-accounts-after-doxxing-death-threats-against-her-family/
What a nasty mob to threaten a child and her family for being brilliant. Commies only think they have a sense of humor. Looking more like an islamist cult all the time. They need an intervention.
toot sweet.
That kid did a brilliant AOC. Political satire is dead on the left. Unless you are threatening Trump and his Cabinet members and advisors.
lobo91 wrote:
Hey. Nice vacay plans.
@ yenta-fada:
Happy Independence Day
https://hogewash.com/2019/07/03/brutal-but-fair/
Happy Independence Day, all!!
Imperial AT-ATs Begin Arriving In Capital For Military Parade
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ahead of Trump’s planned July 4 military parade, several dozen Imperial walkers began to arrive in Washington throughout the week.
The AT-ATs were dropped off by U.S. Space Force Star Destroyers just outside the city and then slowly marched toward the capital (rather than being dropped right next to their target, for some reason). Military bands solemnly played the Imperial March in honor of their arrival. Trump was seen at the White House, pointing excitedly at the looming all-terrain armored transports through an Oval Office window.
“Wow, look at those guys!” he said while gleefully clapping his hands. “Do you think President Xi has any of those? I bet he doesn’t. Ha! Guy is probably sooooo jealous right now. And North Korea only has those little chicken walkers! This is definitely the best military parade on the planet!”
He quickly added that he “loves democracy” however.
Some light Antifa resistance attempted to milkshake the walkers but were crushed.
https://babylonbee.com/news/at-ats-begin-arriving-in-capital-for-military-parade
Happy 4th everybody! I really like John Kennedy from Louisiana. He just has a way about him
“Let me be frank,” Kennedy said. “Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez … someone needs to tell her that the voices in her head are not real.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/03/john-kennedy-ocasio-cortez-border/
@ eaglesoars:
Happy 4th. Eagle. You are right , John Kennedy can really turn a phrase.
eaglesoars wrote:
Bendict Roberts has been a disappointment and a treasonous SOB
AZfederalist wrote:
And it may not do him any good either. I’m seeing rpts that the WH is looking at whether Trump can sign an EO to put that question on the census. The fact that they’ve already started printing is meaningless – it’s just an additional piece of paper they can add.
@ eaglesoars:
Questions about race and gender don’t matter any more since we can identify as anything.
@ right_wing2:
There’s something about this that I don’t get. Why would somebody tell the truth about being here illegally? I had this conversation w/ a staffer at BLS who worked census data. This question was once part of the census (I think he said the last time was 1990) but the results were so obviously wrong that they dropped it and substituted some algorithm that pretty much reduces down to SCIENTIFIC WILD ASS GUESS.
So even if Trump does get the question on there, I’m not sure how much good it will do.
earthquake southern Cal. 6.2. Is that just ‘moderate’ for that area?
eaglesoars wrote:
Pretty much
@ lobo91:
I’m waiting to see the fault map, they’re always interesting.
Someone will probably name it Trump
Trump’s Fault. Get it? AHAHAHAHA!!
Don’t hate me.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton withdrew from the cybersecurity conference where she was scheduled to be the keynote speaker, citing an “unforeseen circumstance,” according to an email from the FireEye Cyber Defense Summit.
Clinton — who infamously transmitted classified information over a homemade server once housed in her bathroom — was the centerpiece of the October 9-10 summit in Washington, where Clinton was to have “engage[d] in a Q&A discussion with FireEye CEO, Kevin Mandia on the geopolitical landscape and its implications for global cyber security today.”
Translation: Her legal team has her hog tied to the dining room table, yelling at her WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??!!
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/04/hillary-clinton-cybersecurity-conference/
Happy 4th of July everyone!!! Especially to all of you who have served your country and continue to do so by holding fast to the treasure of your enshrined rights. I forget which blogger says “without a Free America there is no free world.”
Celebrate that Trump is the President, and he has no coherent opposition in 2020. May he be helped and protected along with his family despite the enemies of the State.
@ lobo91:
That’s a deal breaker
The planes doing the flyovers on TV are flying over my house on their way back to base. It’s very cool. The cloud cover is too low for me to see them clearly , but the sound is incredible.
here come the choppers
I probably won’t get the Blue Angels here, I think they’ll head for Norfolk and not JBA
They’re here!
Things have dramatically changed for the better because of President Trump.
Remember during the Obama administration cheap hot dogs were sold in packs of eight but hot dog buns were in packs of ten?
WHY?????????
Today to celebrate 4th July I bought the traditional 8 pack of cheap hot dogs ( 92 cents ) and, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
An eight pack of buns!!!
The universe is finally in balance. Thank you President Trump.
@ Possum:
that always puzzled me as well
NEW THREAD
@ Possum:
Jockey shorts now come in packs of 7, too. Every day, a fresh pair!