Guarantees the ports in LA, San Francisco and Seattle will stay pretty emptyFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:25 am And the tariff drop with China comes as a 90 day pause. Sold as a win... when all it's doing is adding uncertainty. You're supposed to forecasting and purchasing for the Christmas surge over this period - now you're potentially screwed if you do and screwed if you don't. What a shite sandwich.
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And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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You work in supply chain/logistics?Flockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:25 am And the tariff drop with China comes as a 90 day pause. Sold as a win... when all it's doing is adding uncertainty. You're supposed to forecasting and purchasing for the Christmas surge over this period - now you're potentially screwed if you do and screwed if you don't. What a shite sandwich.
Probably be a surge now to get what goods they can in while they can I'd suggest. The shipping companies won't be playing nice either. $$$...Biffer wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:34 amGuarantees the ports in LA, San Francisco and Seattle will stay pretty emptyFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:25 am And the tariff drop with China comes as a 90 day pause. Sold as a win... when all it's doing is adding uncertainty. You're supposed to forecasting and purchasing for the Christmas surge over this period - now you're potentially screwed if you do and screwed if you don't. What a shite sandwich.
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Imagine this was being gifted to a dem president!SaintK wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:20 am Nothing to see here!https://www.theguardian.com/us-news ... ift-qatarDonald Trump has indicated he is ready to accept a luxury plane being offered to the US president as a gift from Qatar’s royal family, almost immediately igniting accusations of bribery and corruption as well as commensurate criticism. Earlier on Sunday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter, ABC reported that the Trump administration was girding itself to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8, a jumbo jet from the Qatari royals that was estimated to be worth about $400m and which has been described as a “flying palace”.
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Uncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:49 amImagine this was being gifted to a dem president!SaintK wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:20 am Nothing to see here!https://www.theguardian.com/us-news ... ift-qatarDonald Trump has indicated he is ready to accept a luxury plane being offered to the US president as a gift from Qatar’s royal family, almost immediately igniting accusations of bribery and corruption as well as commensurate criticism. Earlier on Sunday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter, ABC reported that the Trump administration was girding itself to accept a luxury Boeing 747-8, a jumbo jet from the Qatari royals that was estimated to be worth about $400m and which has been described as a “flying palace”.
Had a career in product development and supply out of Taiwan and China.Uncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:48 amYou work in supply chain/logistics?Flockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:25 am And the tariff drop with China comes as a 90 day pause. Sold as a win... when all it's doing is adding uncertainty. You're supposed to forecasting and purchasing for the Christmas surge over this period - now you're potentially screwed if you do and screwed if you don't. What a shite sandwich.
I mean, 30-40 day shipping time, plus manufacturing time, plus all the other orders/contracts stuff, might be tight-ish? Plus the roll the dice possibility of someone having a hissy fit and slapping them back up while they're mid pacificFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:49 amProbably be a surge now to get what goods they can in while they can I'd suggest. The shipping companies won't be playing nice either. $$$...Biffer wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:34 amGuarantees the ports in LA, San Francisco and Seattle will stay pretty emptyFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:25 am And the tariff drop with China comes as a 90 day pause. Sold as a win... when all it's doing is adding uncertainty. You're supposed to forecasting and purchasing for the Christmas surge over this period - now you're potentially screwed if you do and screwed if you don't. What a shite sandwich.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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CheersFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 11:04 amHad a career in product development and supply out of Taiwan and China.Uncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:48 amYou work in supply chain/logistics?Flockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:25 am And the tariff drop with China comes as a 90 day pause. Sold as a win... when all it's doing is adding uncertainty. You're supposed to forecasting and purchasing for the Christmas surge over this period - now you're potentially screwed if you do and screwed if you don't. What a shite sandwich.
Good to have an informed view on the subject on the forum.
There'd be a back log of goods now to go. People who slammed the brakes on as soon as the tariffs hit in one form or another. Parts sitting in warehouses accumulating but not actually put down the production line etc etc. 17 days is about the quickest the trip can be made HK to Long Beach. Most full containers will do twenty something. There's risk sure, but there's no option. The hole in the cash flow is as bad or worse as having to pay extra and accept some loss, loss versus at least your operating costs are being paid.It's the non-shipment that's the complete killer. Banks are going to be super wary financing issues here too, everybody getting caught left and right.Biffer wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 11:27 amI mean, 30-40 day shipping time, plus manufacturing time, plus all the other orders/contracts stuff, might be tight-ish? Plus the roll the dice possibility of someone having a hissy fit and slapping them back up while they're mid pacificFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:49 amProbably be a surge now to get what goods they can in while they can I'd suggest. The shipping companies won't be playing nice either. $$$...Biffer wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:34 am
Guarantees the ports in LA, San Francisco and Seattle will stay pretty empty
I come here for the badly informed speculation, not this facts bollocksUncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 11:50 amCheersFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 11:04 amHad a career in product development and supply out of Taiwan and China.
Good to have an informed view on the subject on the forum.
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You can read every other post for that.sturginho wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 12:36 pmI come here for the badly informed speculation, not this facts bollocksUncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 11:50 amCheersFlockwitt wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 11:04 am
Had a career in product development and supply out of Taiwan and China.
Good to have an informed view on the subject on the forum.
Or any Irish or bimbo thread now globus has gone to that Brain surgery intensive care unit in the skyUncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 3:09 pmYou can read every other post for that.sturginho wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 12:36 pmI come here for the badly informed speculation, not this facts bollocksUncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 11:50 am
Cheers
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Give yourself a little bit of credit on the bollocks spouting front yeeb.Yeeb wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 4:10 pmOr any Irish or bimbo thread now globus has gone to that Brain surgery intensive care unit in the skyUncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 3:09 pmYou can read every other post for that.sturginho wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 12:36 pm
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Why does the richest and most powerful country in the history of the world eva need donations from lesser nations?tabascoboy wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:57 amUncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:49 amImagine this was being gifted to a dem president!SaintK wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 10:20 am Nothing to see here!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news ... ift-qatar![]()
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His latest word salad about the cost of medicines is illuminating. His admin understands that there is a problem but severely lacking when it comes to cause and resolution.
Drugs in US are expensive because they refuse to engage in the collective bargaining that "socialist" countries do.
And also pharma companies charge whatever they think they can gouge the customer for.
Drugs in US are expensive because they refuse to engage in the collective bargaining that "socialist" countries do.
And also pharma companies charge whatever they think they can gouge the customer for.
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Well that & them all being in the very deep pockets of the Pharma/Medical/Health Insurance industries.Uncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 6:43 pm His latest word salad about the cost of medicines is illuminating. His admin understands that there is a problem but severely lacking when it comes to cause and resolution.
Drugs in US are expensive because they refuse to engage in the collective bargaining that "socialist" countries do.
And also pharma companies charge whatever they think they can gouge the customer for.
There is no good reason why insulin should have cost as much as it did in the US .... except because Politicians let all concerned gouge the patients !
We need a lot more Luigi Mangiones out there to make these people fear their customers more, so they'll sacrifice some of their bloated profits for a little piece of mind.
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Hey, they're reducing prices 60, 80 or 90%, or more if you think about it mathematicallyUncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 6:43 pm His latest word salad about the cost of medicines is illuminating. His admin understands that there is a problem but severely lacking when it comes to cause and resolution.
Drugs in US are expensive because they refuse to engage in the collective bargaining that "socialist" countries do.
And also pharma companies charge whatever they think they can gouge the customer for.
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In defence of pharma companies (I know), bringing a drug to market is enormously time consuming and expensive, with all the cost committed up front.
And even potential blockbusters can fall at a very late stage.
They've run out of "easy" drugs to make so future drugs will become progressively harder and more expensive to develop + manufacture.
And even potential blockbusters can fall at a very late stage.
They've run out of "easy" drugs to make so future drugs will become progressively harder and more expensive to develop + manufacture.
Don’t forget all the cost associated with litigation prevention, both from the supplier and the MD issuing them. It’s a v expensive part of the world to fall ill !Uncle fester wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 6:43 pm His latest word salad about the cost of medicines is illuminating. His admin understands that there is a problem but severely lacking when it comes to cause and resolution.
Drugs in US are expensive because they refuse to engage in the collective bargaining that "socialist" countries do.
And also pharma companies charge whatever they think they can gouge the customer for.
It’s also a factor in how certain products are not avail there if an ingredient has a 1:1000 chance in making your dick fall off - which is odd seeing their blase attitude to food agribusiness additives and practices.
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I think the majority of people get that developing drugs is expensive & that companies need those high initial prices to recoup their costs, but that's not true of many of the drugs being dispensed, which have long expired patents & their inflated cost is down to the insurance companies & everyone else taking a drug they pay $5 for from the manufacturer, & billing $10 for it once everyone gets their cut.Uncle fester wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 11:43 am In defence of pharma companies (I know), bringing a drug to market is enormously time consuming and expensive, with all the cost committed up front.
And even potential blockbusters can fall at a very late stage.
They've run out of "easy" drugs to make so future drugs will become progressively harder and more expensive to develop + manufacture.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5296 ... cal-costs/Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), when asked about the president’s proposal, instead touted his own bill to ban “deceptive and unfair pricing schemes” by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the “middlemen” that pharmaceutical manufacturers have blamed for rising prices.
“All you got to do is pass my PBM legislation. We’ll get drug prices down just as easily, and that’s what I’m concentrating on,” he said.
The response is more in line with the pharmaceutical industry’s view of the main drivers of high drug costs.
Stephen J. Ubl, the president and CEO of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), said in a statement Sunday responding to Trump’s proposal that “PBMS, insurers and hospitals” right now “take 50 percent of every dollar spent for medicines.”
He said “the amount going to middlemen” in the United States “often exceed the price in Europe.”
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Apparently this is really a thing
A known terrorist offers Trump a tower, and suddenly the sanctions disappear.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s corruption in plain sight.
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and Vietnam got their sanctions reduced by saying they'd fast-track planning for his hotel there, & Qatar are giving him a 747 bugged to the N-th degree, & Britain have now magically added his golf courses to the Open rotation, & the Saudis are going to invest billions in who the fuck knows what, but we can probably guess !!tabascoboy wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 8:43 pm Apparently this is really a thing
A known terrorist offers Trump a tower, and suddenly the sanctions disappear.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s corruption in plain sight.
He makes other kleptocracy's seem normal !
Read a bluesky thread in which someone referenced Steinbeck. Someone else said to have a look at a Jack London story that's not about dogs and all about socialism, so never got much support ... damn, from 1908:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_HeelThe Oligarchy is the largest monopoly of trusts (or robber barons) who manage to squeeze out the middle class by bankrupting most small to mid-sized business as well as reducing all farmers to effective serfdom. This Oligarchy maintains power through a "labor caste" and the Mercenaries. Laborers in essential industries like steel and rail are elevated and given decent wages, housing, and education. Indeed, the tragic turn in the novel (and Jack London's core warning to his contemporaries) is the treachery of these favored unions which break with the other unions and side with the Oligarchy. Further, a second, military caste is formed: the Mercenaries. The Mercenaries are officially the army of the US but are in fact in the employ of the Oligarchs.
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Step forward the UAW, Teamsters & Police Unions !Niegs wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 4:30 am Read a bluesky thread in which someone referenced Steinbeck. Someone else said to have a look at a Jack London story that's not about dogs and all about socialism, so never got much support ... damn, from 1908:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_HeelThe Oligarchy is the largest monopoly of trusts (or robber barons) who manage to squeeze out the middle class by bankrupting most small to mid-sized business as well as reducing all farmers to effective serfdom. This Oligarchy maintains power through a "labor caste" and the Mercenaries. Laborers in essential industries like steel and rail are elevated and given decent wages, housing, and education. Indeed, the tragic turn in the novel (and Jack London's core warning to his contemporaries) is the treachery of these favored unions which break with the other unions and side with the Oligarchy. Further, a second, military caste is formed: the Mercenaries. The Mercenaries are officially the army of the US but are in fact in the employ of the Oligarchs.
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Somehow he'll burn through it, he seems to have the ability to live life spending other people's cash.Flockwitt wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 12:33 am Let’s not forget the Qatar multibillion dollar Trump golf course and resort that’s going in there.
I think it’s becoming clear Trump 2.0 doesn’t give a flying. Make money now.
I read yesterday that the plane is being lent because the Boeings on order to replace Air Force 1 are very late and in any case it needs a refit that is unlikely to be ready before he leaves officefishfoodie wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 9:29 pmand Vietnam got their sanctions reduced by saying they'd fast-track planning for his hotel there, & Qatar are giving him a 747 bugged to the N-th degree, & Britain have now magically added his golf courses to the Open rotation, & the Saudis are going to invest billions in who the fuck knows what, but we can probably guess !!tabascoboy wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 8:43 pm Apparently this is really a thing
A known terrorist offers Trump a tower, and suddenly the sanctions disappear.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s corruption in plain sight.
He makes other kleptocracy's seem normal !
All the money you made will never buy back your soul
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Yeah, the Register has a good summary of it. It'll never happen because it's utterly impractical and expensive, and will then be quickly forgotten about amongst all the other idiocy and madness. But the orange rapist will think he's done a great deal and remove tariffs from Qatar. Great bit of business by the Qataris, stupid Don gets his ego stroked and thinks he's winning.Slick wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 9:52 amI read yesterday that the plane is being lent because the Boeings on order to replace Air Force 1 are very late and in any case it needs a refit that is unlikely to be ready before he leaves officefishfoodie wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 9:29 pmand Vietnam got their sanctions reduced by saying they'd fast-track planning for his hotel there, & Qatar are giving him a 747 bugged to the N-th degree, & Britain have now magically added his golf courses to the Open rotation, & the Saudis are going to invest billions in who the fuck knows what, but we can probably guess !!
He makes other kleptocracy's seem normal !
https://forums.theregister.com/forum/al ... 747_qatar/
Left hand down a bit
To be fair, the sanctions on Syria are senseless given that the Assad regime is no longer in place.tabascoboy wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 8:43 pm Apparently this is really a thing
A known terrorist offers Trump a tower, and suddenly the sanctions disappear.
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s corruption in plain sight.
Yup! I also thought about something that probably wasn't specifically outlined in 1908, but small farmers being bought out by megafarm corps and ending up working for them doing monoculture rather than the diverse things they would have been doing back then.fishfoodie wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 9:28 amStep forward the UAW, Teamsters & Police Unions !Niegs wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 4:30 am Read a bluesky thread in which someone referenced Steinbeck. Someone else said to have a look at a Jack London story that's not about dogs and all about socialism, so never got much support ... damn, from 1908:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_HeelThe Oligarchy is the largest monopoly of trusts (or robber barons) who manage to squeeze out the middle class by bankrupting most small to mid-sized business as well as reducing all farmers to effective serfdom. This Oligarchy maintains power through a "labor caste" and the Mercenaries. Laborers in essential industries like steel and rail are elevated and given decent wages, housing, and education. Indeed, the tragic turn in the novel (and Jack London's core warning to his contemporaries) is the treachery of these favored unions which break with the other unions and side with the Oligarchy. Further, a second, military caste is formed: the Mercenaries. The Mercenaries are officially the army of the US but are in fact in the employ of the Oligarchs.
People are speculating that Trump et co are tanking their system so the big firms can buy out the smaller operations.
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They got burnt last time around when they didn't accommodate Kushner well enough, lesson learned, here's your "gift".S/Lt_Phillips wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 12:07 pmYeah, the Register has a good summary of it. It'll never happen because it's utterly impractical and expensive, and will then be quickly forgotten about amongst all the other idiocy and madness. But the orange rapist will think he's done a great deal and remove tariffs from Qatar. Great bit of business by the Qataris, stupid Don gets his ego stroked and thinks he's winning.Slick wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 9:52 amI read yesterday that the plane is being lent because the Boeings on order to replace Air Force 1 are very late and in any case it needs a refit that is unlikely to be ready before he leaves officefishfoodie wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 9:29 pm
and Vietnam got their sanctions reduced by saying they'd fast-track planning for his hotel there, & Qatar are giving him a 747 bugged to the N-th degree, & Britain have now magically added his golf courses to the Open rotation, & the Saudis are going to invest billions in who the fuck knows what, but we can probably guess !!
He makes other kleptocracy's seem normal !
https://forums.theregister.com/forum/al ... 747_qatar/
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It's no longer TDS - I've got TFS - Fatigue and the non-sensical acts and obvious corruption
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It's not even a decent gift. It turns out Qatar has been trying to sell this plane for years, & previously gave away another one, as they just cost too much to maintain; & of course before it could ever be used as AF1 it would need to be stripped down to it's frame & rebuilt, which would take years, by which time the ones being built will be ready anyway.Hal Jordan wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 3:50 pmThey got burnt last time around when they didn't accommodate Kushner well enough, lesson learned, here's your "gift".S/Lt_Phillips wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 12:07 pmYeah, the Register has a good summary of it. It'll never happen because it's utterly impractical and expensive, and will then be quickly forgotten about amongst all the other idiocy and madness. But the orange rapist will think he's done a great deal and remove tariffs from Qatar. Great bit of business by the Qataris, stupid Don gets his ego stroked and thinks he's winning.Slick wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 9:52 am
I read yesterday that the plane is being lent because the Boeings on order to replace Air Force 1 are very late and in any case it needs a refit that is unlikely to be ready before he leaves office
https://forums.theregister.com/forum/al ... 747_qatar/
This is just a pathetic corrupt individual who thinks gold shitters are classy, being impressed with another tacky piece of bling
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Is there a McDonalds nearby ?TB63 wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:29 pm Orange cockwomble just landed at Mildenhall, wtf is he doing here?..
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https://www.google.com/maps/search/Mild ... FQAw%3D%3Dfishfoodie wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:36 pmIs there a McDonalds nearby ?TB63 wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:29 pm Orange cockwomble just landed at Mildenhall, wtf is he doing here?..
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and a KFC too !Guy Smiley wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:36 pmhttps://www.google.com/maps/search/Mild ... FQAw%3D%3Dfishfoodie wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:36 pmIs there a McDonalds nearby ?TB63 wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:29 pm Orange cockwomble just landed at Mildenhall, wtf is he doing here?..
Bit of luck the fucker will do an Elvis & die on the shitter mid-atlantic !