Author Topic: The Trump Presidency (Read 1519455 times)

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18150 on:** January 29, 2025, 10:25:42 PM »

CNS, I’ll use two examples. Baylor U budgeted for a new bball arena about 3-4 years ago. In order to complete the project as designed, they had to add something like $30 or $40 million to the budget about half to the two-thirds of the way through.

Our own Kansas State athletic department - in order to even remotely hit the original design of the Shamrocks and the Vball arena. Had to go borrow another $20 million plus over what was originally budgeted.

So walk us through how tariffs are suddenly going to be a real PITA, when commodity and labor cost inflation has already been a massive PITA in the absence of a higher tariff environment.

$122 Billion dollar trade deficit in Dec ‘24 - FYI

A blood bath to end the calendar year.

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CNS · « **Reply #18151 on:** January 29, 2025, 10:30:09 PM »

Dax, you are telling me you don’t understand how projects can stall or fail due to rapid unforeseen price increases?

You telling me you don’t get ppl putting off work for fear of large possible change orders due to unforeseen tariffs?

Come on.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #18152 on:** January 29, 2025, 10:37:37 PM »

Quote from: CNS on January 29, 2025, 10:10:04 PM

The possibility of tariffs is awful for construction. We bid contracts out far enough where we already have to read chicken bones on price escalations for the next 6-12 months. Now I am having conversations with GCs about what the contracts will say about possible dipshit level tariffs, who gets stuck with them, etc. ultimately, it almost doesn’t matter because if any normal job gets hit mid job with big tariffs, it may shut jobs down mid job. Uncertainty certainly isn’t going to make small biz great again. I am sure I am just bad at 4D chess and it will all work out. I know if I was a developer, I may want to not start anything right now. If too many have the wait and see philosophy, construction will be hurt. This is all madness.

This was a constant headache during 1.0 as well

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18153 on:** January 29, 2025, 10:46:34 PM »

Quote from: CNS on January 29, 2025, 10:30:09 PM

Dax, you are telling me you don’t understand how projects can stall or fail due to rapid unforeseen price increases?

You telling me you don’t get ppl putting off work for fear of large possible change orders due to unforeseen tariffs?

Come on.

There was every indication in the marketplace that prices were going to go up in a post Covid world.

Not a single solitary soul should have been surprised by supply chain disruption and overwrought demand driving up prices in a supply chain struggling to keep up with pent up demand.

What about the tariffs are “unforeseen”?

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Rage Against the McKee · « **Reply #18154 on:** January 30, 2025, 12:39:28 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on January 29, 2025, 10:46:34 PM

Quote from: CNS on January 29, 2025, 10:30:09 PM
Dax, you are telling me you don’t understand how projects can stall or fail due to rapid unforeseen price increases?

You telling me you don’t get ppl putting off work for fear of large possible change orders due to unforeseen tariffs?

Come on.
There was every indication in the marketplace that prices were going to go up in a post Covid world.

Not a single solitary soul should have been surprised by supply chain disruption and overwrought demand driving up prices in a supply chain struggling to keep up with pent up demand.

What about the tariffs are “unforeseen”?

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How much they are going to be, what country they are going to be issued against, will he actually be such a complete dipshit to not exempt certain goods like Canadian lumber, etc.

And post-COVID bids were also really difficult. You don't just need to guess that materials will be higher. It's how much higher.

michigancat · « **Reply #18155 on:** January 30, 2025, 06:19:30 AM »

https://x.com/MaxKennerly/status/1884933168463061075

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18156 on:** January 30, 2025, 06:39:25 AM »

“The New York Times did an investigation just two years ago finding that for all of our, you know, remarkable record of air safety in the last number of years, there have been an alarming pattern of laspes and near misses that really haven't gone, you know, noticed by a lot of people. Just last year at Reagan National, in fact, there was a near miss of just 1300 feet away to two airplanes nearly hit each other there” . . . Peter Baker NYT’s

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sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18157 on:** January 30, 2025, 06:46:19 AM »

It’s the most onbrandest thing ever - maybe if #blueanon political leaders (particularly ones that receive huge contributions from entities like Big Pharma) . . . would just help move along the confirmation processes - maybe the appointees can get to work cleaning up the platter of crap sandwiches left behind faster (insert Shrooms Yellen “extraordinary measures” letter here).

https://twitter.com/heathmayo/status/1884818499983327587?s=46&t=-jwPwnR3rKHM9sk9hA7h8g

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Pete · « **Reply #18158 on:** January 30, 2025, 07:05:03 AM »

More disruption of the legacy defense contractors. The private equity firms investing in this are the big Silicon Valley guys. The ones that used to support Democrats.

https://apple.news/AqLNy2UB3ToSgo6TBurTCtg

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“There will be more support for awarding contracts to nontraditional players,” said Sean Pitt, Castelion’s co-founder. The administration has given the Pentagon “the freedom to lean into new companies.”

Castelion raised $70 million from venture investors and $30 million in debt to help finance a new manufacturing plant to add to its facilities in California and Texas. The funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, brings the company’s total funding to $114 million. Andreessen Horowitz also invested.

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The Defense Department has considered hypersonics a national-security imperative for more than a decade. Despite spending billions of dollars on the effort, it has failed to develop battlefield-ready technology.

Castelion says its frequent flight tests, quick engineering upgrades and economical manufacturing will produce cheaper and better hypersonic weapons. It does about three test flights a month in the California desert.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #18159 on:** January 30, 2025, 07:11:32 AM »

Quote from: michigancat on January 30, 2025, 06:19:30 AM

https://x.com/MaxKennerly/status/1884933168463061075

the president asking X why a plane crash happened at DCA is chilling

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #18160 on:** January 30, 2025, 08:05:43 AM »

Quote from: Dugout DickStone on January 30, 2025, 07:11:32 AM

Quote from: michigancat on January 30, 2025, 06:19:30 AM
https://x.com/MaxKennerly/status/1884933168463061075

the president asking X why a plane crash happened at DCA is chilling

THE BUCK STOPS ---- SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18161 on:** January 30, 2025, 08:13:30 AM »

Thanks Don Trump for asking what the rest of us non insane, non hyper-partisan derps are asking.

Never let a body get cold before politicizing the event and blaming the opposition . . . #blueanon

LickNeckey · « **Reply #18162 on:** January 30, 2025, 08:41:30 AM »

i would suggest the difference is that as commander in chief he doesn't have to ask these questions rhetorically on Twitter

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #18163 on:** January 30, 2025, 08:57:34 AM »

No survivors. Absolutely awful.

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18164 on:** January 30, 2025, 08:58:28 AM »

I'm just pleased that our POTUS is cognizant enough to ask his own questions.

The story that Speaker Johnson told about meeting with Joe and Joe openly admitting (after he kicked his puppeteers out of the room) he didn't even know what he was signing are absolutely terrifying.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #18165 on:** January 30, 2025, 09:00:57 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on January 30, 2025, 08:58:28 AM

I'm just pleased that our POTUS is cognizant enough to ask his own questions.

The story that Speaker Johnson told about meeting with Joe and Joe openly admitting (after he kicked his puppeteers out of the room) he didn't even know what he was signing are absolutely terrifying.
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Lots of idiots are also pleased that trump is asking X how a plane and military helicopter crashed a few miles from the white house!

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18166 on:** January 30, 2025, 09:14:22 AM »

The same people calling other people idiots about this . . . are the same people who propagated the disinformation campaign that said Joe was of sound mind.

They actually believed that to their core.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #18167 on:** January 30, 2025, 09:16:02 AM »

I'm starting to think this trump fella is a moron.

MadCat · « **Reply #18168 on:** January 30, 2025, 09:24:57 AM »

Populist president just stirring up outrage. Don't worry, he'll get to the bottom of this and fix it so everyone* is safe.
*Trans and TPS migrants not included

CNS · « **Reply #18169 on:** January 30, 2025, 09:28:56 AM »

https://apnews.com/article/coast-guard-homeland-security-priorities-committees-trump-tsa-d3e4398c8871ada8d0590859442e092c

Brock Landers · « **Reply #18170 on:** January 30, 2025, 09:29:35 AM »

Trashing the helicopter crew and ATC to....own the libs or whatever. Nicely done.

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #18171 on:** January 30, 2025, 10:02:36 AM »

https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1884995185534235026

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #18172 on:** January 30, 2025, 10:08:46 AM »

Vax's aside . . . viewers shall note that the Dem panel questioning RFK are some of the biggest, if not the biggest recipients of campaign funding from Big Pharma in Congress. In several instances over 7 figures.

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #18173 on:** January 30, 2025, 10:41:59 AM »

Laura and Sean are going to serve up these tasty bits for Meemaw and Pawpaw tonight in primetime:

https://x.com/atrupar/status/1885004098744828302

steve dave · « **Reply #18174 on:** January 30, 2025, 10:42:54 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on January 30, 2025, 10:08:46 AM

Vax's aside . . . viewers shall note that the Dem panel questioning RFK are some of the biggest, if not the biggest recipients of campaign funding from Big Pharma in Congress. In several instances over 7 figures.

Antivaxjones: “Vax’s aside”

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