US Politics Thread 2021-24 - Page 752

Jeff-Groves · 02-04-25, 04:40 PM

Did you know one of the biggest (If not the biggest) Ground Engaging Wear Parts Company in the USA is NOT American owned?
So things like that may be part of his crazyness.

Skybird · 02-04-25, 04:49 PM

The tightest of the tight...

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump.
The panel voted along party lines, 14-13.
It was a high-stakes vote for Kennedy, as with the committee’s makeup it would have taken just one Republican to oppose him for his nomination to be potentially sunk.
(...)
Kennedy's nomination will next head to the floor for consideration before the full Senate. A final vote could occur this week or early next week.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk-...y?id=118413322

August · 02-04-25, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Did you know one of the biggest (If not the biggest) Ground Engaging Wear Parts Company in the USA is NOT American owned?
So things like that may be part of his crazyness.

I don't even know what a Ground Engaging Wear Parts Company does!

u crank · 02-04-25, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I don't even know what a Ground Engaging Wear Parts Company does!

I just looked it up. It is the business end of a backhoe.

Jeff-Groves · 02-04-25, 07:12 PM

Snow plows, teeth on buckets, blades for graders, and a bunch more stuff use replaceable parts as they wear down.
Ground Engageing Wear Parts is what they are called.
I worked at one of those Companies for about 8 years.

August · 02-04-25, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Snow plows, teeth on buckets, blades for graders, and a bunch more stuff use replaceable parts as they wear down.
Ground Engageing Wear Parts is what they are called.
I worked at one of those Companies for about 8 years.

So what country owns the biggest company?

Jeff-Groves · 02-04-25, 07:53 PM

I believe it's the Weir Group. Based in Glasglow.

Catfish · 02-04-25, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

I believe it's the Weir Group. Based in Glasglow.

Scotland? Tarriffs and blackmail to the rescue!!

Meanwhile:
"Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip", "resettle palestinians elsewhere"

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1...ceasefire-gaza

"During a press conference between the two leaders [with Netanjahu], Trump said they talked about relocating some 1.8 million Palestinians and leveling the Gaza Strip, which he suggested could become the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership."
Lmao.

He sure knows how to make enemies..

Buddahaid · 02-04-25, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

...He sure knows how to make enemies..

It's his superpower.

August · 02-04-25, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Scotland? Tarriffs and blackmail to the rescue!!

Meanwhile:
"Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip", "resettle palestinians elsewhere"

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1...ceasefire-gaza

"During a press conference between the two leaders [with Netanjahu], Trump said they talked about relocating some 1.8 million Palestinians and leveling the Gaza Strip, which he suggested could become the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership."
Lmao.

He sure knows how to make enemies..

I've said this since 2016. He pisses off all the right people.

Ostfriese · 02-05-25, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Why wouldn't Europe buy American stuff like their agricultural machineries ?

Heard Trump in the news complaining about it.

Which made me wonder why ?

Markus

Just more white noise from Trump. John Deere is one of the most common tractor brands uses in Germany (and in Western Europe), and they have at least two large factories in Germany.

vienna · 02-05-25, 02:50 AM

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Skybird · 02-05-25, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Scotland? Tarriffs and blackmail to the rescue!!

Meanwhile:
"Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip", "resettle palestinians elsewhere"

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1...ceasefire-gaza

"During a press conference between the two leaders [with Netanjahu], Trump said they talked about relocating some 1.8 million Palestinians and leveling the Gaza Strip, which he suggested could become the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership."
Lmao.

As if anyone still cares for Palestinian Arabs, no matter his national or ideological camp. If they want to sit on in that sand and rubble and watch their kids playing in the dirt like they did in the past years and decades, let them. My interest is that Europe - and especially Germany - does not end up footing any more bills for Gaza strip. Leave that to the other Arabs. Enough is enough.

Give a piece of desert to the Israelis, and they turn it into a agricultural habitat with innovative solutions to deal with the lack of water, and a high tech oasis with science and development and moderate wealth and a law-and-order state for all. Leave the same piece of desert to their neighbours, and 50 years later you will see the same piece of land, not being improved at all.

We must not care anymore. At the end of the Six-day-war 1967, around 350,000 people lived in the territory named Gaza strip. 2023 it were 2,2 million. Not bad for a people that all the time is complaining they cant make a living while at the same time doing all that they can to piss the Israelis and give them any reason they need to take security measures aganst them. Being good neighbours - takes two.

No, we must not care anymore. Let the Arabs handle and finance them. Alone.

Ostfriese · 02-05-25, 08:10 AM

Elon Musk, a non-elected official, prevented USAID-employees from doing their work. Or, in other words: The richest man in the world decided that the poorest people in the world don't deserve to live.

Commander Wallace · 02-05-25, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Ostfriese

Elon Musk, a non-elected official, prevented USAID-employees from doing their work. Or, in other words: The richest man in the world decided that the poorest people in the world don't deserve to live.

That's just BS on so many levels. What it really means is that the welfare system for the rest of the world on the backs of the American People is OVER.

Sorry folks, the free ride is over.

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02-04-25, 04:40 PM	#11266
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Did you know one of the biggest (If not the biggest) Ground Engaging Wear Parts Company in the USA is NOT American owned? So things like that may be part of his crazyness.

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Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Snow plows, teeth on buckets, blades for graders, and a bunch more stuff use replaceable parts as they wear down. Ground Engageing Wear Parts is what they are called. I worked at one of those Companies for about 8 years.

02-04-25, 07:53 PM	#11272
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	I believe it's the Weir Group. Based in Glasglow.

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Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,836 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Elon Musk, a non-elected official, prevented USAID-employees from doing their work. Or, in other words: The richest man in the world decided that the poorest people in the world don't deserve to live.