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https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdD4Qr5A/

Something which slipped by me was that all those thousands of drone sightings across airports and everywhere else in New Jersey has been confirmed by the Trump administration as US drones doing research and authorised by the FAA. It's a bit crazy how relaxed even the previous administration and FAA was towards air safety when these things were circling around airports and flights were allowed to continue.

dinny_g wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 7:07 pm https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdD4Qr5A/

He really thinks it’s the answer to everything foreign policy. He’s threatening the same against BRICS too.

Canada & Mexico seem to be standing up to it for now. Plans for retaliatory tariffs aimed at red states, and EVs, a personal nod to elmo.

Edit - and already video of American-made booze being removed from Canadian shop shelves in protest.

Any news on Tesla shutting down its plants in China and moving manufacturing back to the US of A yet?

Thought not.

integrale_evo wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:03 pm Any news on Tesla shutting down its plants in China and moving manufacturing back to the US of A yet?

Thought not.

The real question is how it’ll knock onto American brands, how much tariff will be added to an iPhone made in china, how much tariff will it add to an American made GM ev that uses a Chinese battery, and if it does have a knock on that ends up with this policy reversed, how much will china deliberately fuck over American companies?

Looks like he’s now using the tariff as a way to make Canada concede and become Americas 51st state

Where's that being reported ?? Everything I can see is Canada & Mexico setting up their own retaliatory tariffs.

EU next, btw, and I'm not sure if he thinks we're still part of the EU or not, so that'll be interesting

Sundayjumper wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:38 pm Where's that being reported ??

https://news.sky.com/story/president-tr ... e-13301663

mik wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:53 pm

Sundayjumper wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:38 pm Where's that being reported ??

https://news.sky.com/story/president-tr ... e-13301663

Yeah, I know he's suggested it before, but Mito made it sound like it was being taken seriously

Think it's time I make a list and order service parts and consumables for the American cars from RockAuto for the next 4 years before we get involved in this shit show.
Oil filters, spark plugs, cabin filters, brake pads, diff/gearbox/engine sump plugs, wipers.

I still cant get my head around the poor struggling American citizens not being outraged by the likes of the ceo in this clip having so much sway on their politics, and ultimately making sure those without adequate medical insurance die a painful death (obviously this could be fake news, but it rings so close to the truth it still highlights the issue)

Because the people mad at it have been mad for years and the people who aren’t think that socialised healthcare is bolshevism

I'm sure I've heard weird stuff around how the NHS is 'state-controlled healthcare' as if it's the same as the state controlling media.

Gavster wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:50 am I'm sure I've heard weird stuff around how the NHS is 'state-controlled healthcare' as if it's the same as the state controlling media.

It's literally just buzzwords for these drooling morons.

There's fairly regular stories of differing healthcare outcomes across the UK, it wouldn't be hard to spin that as "<person> is deliberately killing <certain type of people> in <pick a demographic> parts of the country" if you wanted a conspiracy theory.

Mito Man wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:09 pm Think it's time I make a list and order service parts and consumables for the American cars from RockAuto for the next 4 years before we get involved in this shit show.
Oil filters, spark plugs, cabin filters, brake pads, diff/gearbox/engine sump plugs, wipers.

Is there a Canadian equivalent ? I'm sure a lot of the stuff is made in the US so going via Canada won't help but Canada has its own manufacturing and they have exactly the same kind of cars so I bet at least some of it is made there. My old Galaxie was built in Canada albeit 59 years ago.

I don't think I knowingly buy American-made stuff, but I do feel like deliberately buying some Canadian stuff in solidarity right now. I'll be switching to a diet of Maple syrup & whisky.

I’d be surprised if a lot of the parts are US specific. The engines and platforms are used all over the world.

Mito Man wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:09 pm Think it's time I make a list and order service parts and consumables for the American cars from RockAuto for the next 4 years before we get involved in this shit show.
Oil filters, spark plugs, cabin filters, brake pads, diff/gearbox/engine sump plugs, wipers.

This was the point I was trying to make about the knock onto supply chains in USA. The Ford Coyote 5.0v8 engine is made in Canada

And dodge engines are made in Mexico