The US and China have agreed on a deal to help resolve the trade war

[Jroc]

U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people familiar with the matter said.
Power inverters, which are predominantly produced in China, are used throughout the world to connect solar panels and wind turbines to electricity grids. They are also found in batteries, heat pumps and electric vehicle chargers.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/ghost-machine-rogue-communication-devices-found-chinese-inverters-2025-05-14/

 

[jc456]

April is not in the First quarter.

well the report included April, you should tell those who released the report. You should ball them out for posting April results. go for it.

 

[JoeB131]

The auto plants aren't filled by migrants....the federal government check those plants youre talking about make sure there's no illegals working there.

The Auto plants are unionized... I don't think most factories want unionized workforces.

Now, that said, um, yes, most places will check documentation. Other places, though, will just use a temp agency, who will send in whoever for a few months, and a month or two later, they will get new ones.

One company I worked for (distribution, not manufacturing) used to hire these temps to do the clean up scrub work around the warehouse. We knew they were undocumented. Even made jokes about screaming "LA MIGRA" to watch them scatter.

Well, (after I left) they were bought out by a bigger, publicly traded company. And these guys insisted any "contractors" they brought in had to have all their papers in order. So away went the Mexicans, and they were replaced by scary as hell white meth heads. Usually, they'd only last a few weeks before they went on a bender and didn't come back. The girls in the office asked someone to walk them to their cars at night.

Not illegals and no immigrants were given benefits from the government

120 years ago, it was a lot easier for an immigrant to get into this country.

Because you say so? I’ve known many people over my lifetime that have been perfectly happy working in a factory.

YOu have? Interesting. Then why do so many factories have such a hard time filling staff?

 

[Jroc]

The Auto plants are unionized... I don't think most factories want unionized workforces.

Now, that said, um, yes, most places will check documentation. Other places, though, will just use a temp agency, who will send in whoever for a few months, and a month or two later, they will get new ones.

One company I worked for (distribution, not manufacturing) used to hire these temps to do the clean up scrub work around the warehouse. We knew they were undocumented. Even made jokes about screaming "LA MIGRA" to watch them scatter.

Well, (after I left) they were bought out by a bigger, publicly traded company. And these guys insisted any "contractors" they brought in had to have all their papers in order. So away went the Mexicans, and they were replaced by scary as hell white meth heads. Usually, they'd only last a few weeks before they went on a bender and didn't come back. The girls in the office asked someone to walk them to their cars at night.



120 years ago, it was a lot easier for an immigrant to get into this country.



YOu have? Interesting. Then why do so many factories have such a hard time filling staff?

120 years ago it was not easier to get into country you had to pass health tests be screened for diseases, you had to have a sponsor so you can take care of yourself until you're able to take care of yourself on your own , and yes there were quotas.. I don't know where the hell you're getting your information from ...I know lots of American women who have cleaning companies they might charge a little bit more, but it's better than having illegals working for you, those people put some regular Americans out of business because they can't compete.... comprende?

 

[jc456]

The Auto plants are unionized... I don't think most factories want unionized workforces.

Now, that said, um, yes, most places will check documentation. Other places, though, will just use a temp agency, who will send in whoever for a few months, and a month or two later, they will get new ones.

One company I worked for (distribution, not manufacturing) used to hire these temps to do the clean up scrub work around the warehouse. We knew they were undocumented. Even made jokes about screaming "LA MIGRA" to watch them scatter.

Well, (after I left) they were bought out by a bigger, publicly traded company. And these guys insisted any "contractors" they brought in had to have all their papers in order. So away went the Mexicans, and they were replaced by scary as hell white meth heads. Usually, they'd only last a few weeks before they went on a bender and didn't come back. The girls in the office asked someone to walk them to their cars at night.



120 years ago, it was a lot easier for an immigrant to get into this country.



YOu have? Interesting. Then why do so many factories have such a hard time filling staff?

Wow you think you know it all!! Why are you in here?

 

[JoeB131]

120 years ago it was not easier to get into country you had to pass health tests be screened for diseases, you had to have a sponsor so you can take care of yourself until you're able to take care of yourself on your own , and yes there were quotas.. I don't know where the hell you're getting your information from ...I know lots of American women who have cleaning companies they might charge a little bit more, but it's better than having illegals working for you, those people put some regular Americans out of business because they can't compete.... comprende?

My Grandparents didn't have any trouble getting in in 1925... from GERMANY. You know, the Country America just went to war with and would again soon. They had their citizenship by 1929. Then they went back to Germany for a year and had no problem getting back into the country.

It wasn't a hard and fast rule. There were quotas on Southern Europe, but they encouraged immigration from Southern Europe. Immigration from Asia was largely banned altogether. There were no limits on Latin America at all. Mexicans would come up to work and go home when the work was done.

 

[Jroc]

My Grandparents didn't have any trouble getting in in 1925... from GERMANY. You know, the Country America just went to war with and would again soon. They had their citizenship by 1929. Then they went back to Germany for a year and had no problem getting back into the country.

It wasn't a hard and fast rule. There were quotas on Southern Europe, but they encouraged immigration from Southern Europe. Immigration from Asia was largely banned altogether. There were no limits on Latin America at all. Mexicans would come up to work and go home when the work was done.

Learn something boy.... And there were no government benefits for legal immigrants let alone illegal

The 12 Grueling Steps To Legal Immigration Through Ellis Island

The Ellis Island immigration process was not easy for those who traveled to the United States. Immigrants often spent several days or weeks at sea before getting to the island, and were exhausted and hungry when they arrived. And countless people went through this grueling ritual; the first...

www.ranker.com

 

[Orangecat]

YOu have? Interesting. Then why do so many factories have such a hard time filling staff?

I reject your premise that "so many factories have such a hard time filling staff".

 

[Stann]

Humm that was quick.....China was ready as their economy was at risk of collapse

The US and China have agreed on a deal to help resolve the trade war raging between the world’s two largest economies, top Trump administration officials announced Sunday.

Details of the deal, struck during negotiations in Switzerland over the weekend, were not revealed, but officials teased that more information will be shared on Monday.

US, China strike deal after extensive talks in Switzerland as Trump official touts ‘resolving’ ongoing trade war

The US and China have agreed on a deal to help resolve the trade war raging between the world’s two largest economies, top Trump administration officials announced Sunday.

nypost.com

Now let's see if it does anything to help the trade imbalance. Or was all this hoopla I say for show.

 

[JoeB131]

Learn something boy.... And there were no government benefits for legal immigrants let alone illegal

The 12 Grueling Steps To Legal Immigration Through Ellis Island

The Ellis Island immigration process was not easy for those who traveled to the United States. Immigrants often spent several days or weeks at sea before getting to the island, and were exhausted and hungry when they arrived. And countless people went through this grueling ritual; the first...

www.ranker.com

Works on the assumption that Ellis Island was the only way people got in, which it wasn't.

NOw, yes, the the 1920s, they were clamping down on European immigration from Southern Europe, and Asian immigration had been banned since the 1880's.

 

[Jroc]

Works on the assumption that Ellis Island was the only way people got in, which it wasn't.

NOw, yes, the the 1920s, they were clamping down on European immigration from Southern Europe, and Asian immigration had been banned since the 1880's.

Those were the requirements to come here genius there weren't different requirements for different points of entry...like I said you just disagree to disagree you have no fact based disagreements

 

[JoeB131]

Those were the requirements to come here genius there weren't different requirements for different points of entry...like I said you just disagree to disagree you have no fact based disagreements

The fact that I grew up in a neighborhood with first and second-generation Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and Greek immigrants tells me it just wasn't that hard to get into this country if you were white.

Fuck, my dad was an immigrant, that's how fucking easy it was to get into this country. Four years, that's all it took for him to get his citizenship as a toddler.

Meanwhile, my wife waited 7 years to get an asylum hearing, and she'd still be waiting if she hadn't married me.

 

[Jroc]

The fact that I grew up in a neighborhood with first and second-generation Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and Greek immigrants tells me it just wasn't that hard to get into this country if you were white.

Fuck, my dad was an immigrant, that's how fucking easy it was to get into this country. Four years, that's all it took for him to get his citizenship as a toddler.

Meanwhile, my wife waited 7 years to get an asylum hearing, and she'd still be waiting if she hadn't married me.

Okay now we know why your wife married you.. but you support massive illegal immigration? Does that help legal immigration?

 

[JoeB131]

Okay now we know why your wife married you.. but you support massive illegal immigration? Does that help legal immigration?

Because she knows I'm an awesome guy...

I support immigration reform. Our system is broken, has been for years. Bush to his credit, tried to fix it 20 years ago and was shot down by the racists.

When you make something illegal, you lose control of it. We made it so difficult to emigrate here legally, that illegal immigration became the norm.

you could end illegal immigration in a heartbeat by going after the white people who hire them.

For instance, when I was job hunting in 2002, a place I applied to had a lot of Hispanic workers. The manager said, "As long as their papers look right, I don't care where they came from." Oh, this guy also emphasized that because the owner was a devout Jew, they stopped work at sundown on Fridays no matter what.

So they can follow some silly superstitions, but not really care that much about following immigration law.

 

[Jroc]

Because she knows I'm an awesome guy...

I support immigration reform. Our system is broken, has been for years. Bush to his credit, tried to fix it 20 years ago and was shot down by the racists.

When you make something illegal, you lose control of it. We made it so difficult to emigrate here legally, that illegal immigration became the norm.

you could end illegal immigration in a heartbeat by going after the white people who hire them.

For instance, when I was job hunting in 2002, a place I applied to had a lot of Hispanic workers. The manager said, "As long as their papers look right, I don't care where they came from." Oh, this guy also emphasized that because the owner was a devout Jew, they stopped work at sundown on Fridays no matter what.

So they can follow some silly superstitions, but not really care that much about following immigration law.

First of all the owner can shut the place when he wants ...he's the owner second all these people let in here aren't working.. it's not like used to me, these people are coming here from all over the world and getting benefits ..the Venezuela dictator purposely sends criminals over here China sends spys over here nobody will obeys the laws we have on the books now so we'll make another law to be obeyed yeah that makes a lot of sense.. and I think your wife married you to get her papers most immigrants aren't atheists

 

[JoeB131]

First of all the owner can shut the place when he wants ...he's the owner second all these people let in here aren't working.. it's not like used to me, these people are coming here from all over the world and getting benefits ..

Sure, he can shut down when he wants, it was WHY he was shutting down that was interesting. Obeying a Bronze Age superstition was more important to him than hiring Americans or making sure he was in compliance with American law.

the Venezuela dictator purposely sends criminals over here China sends spys over here nobody will obeys the laws we have on the books now so we'll make another law to be obeyed yeah that makes a lot of sense..

There's no real evidence of either.

The problem is, the laws on the books don't work, and nature abhors a vacuum. We have jobs, they have bodies.

and I think your wife married you to get her papers most immigrants aren't atheists

She already had immigration papers, that's the point. What she didn't have was the government acting quickly on her completely valid asylum claim.

 

[Mac1958]

Now let's see if it does anything to help the trade imbalance. Or was all this hoopla I say for show.

And look at the cost, regardless of how things turn out: Our allies, our soft power, and our credibility.

All of that is already baked in.

 

[Jroc]

And look at the cost, regardless of how things turn out: Our allies, our soft power, and our credibility.

All of that is already baked in.

Joe Biden was the image of credibility

 

[Jroc]

Sure, he can shut down when he wants, it was WHY he was shutting down that was interesting. Obeying a Bronze Age superstition was more important to him than hiring Americans or making sure he was in compliance with American law.



There's no real evidence of either.

The problem is, the laws on the books don't work, and nature abhors a vacuum. We have jobs, they have bodies.





She already had immigration papers, that's the point. What she didn't have was the government acting quickly on her completely valid asylum claim.

Dont bring any family into conversation if you don't want a response to that then complain to the moderators about it We have tens of thousands of gang members in the United States came here illegally we have women and children being trafficked because of a dementia ridden president who wasn't running anything it is a liberal wacko administration who doesn't believe in borders.... As far as your Trump derangement syndrome you and Dick Cheney are on the same side with that congratulations.

 

[JoeB131]

Dont bring any family into conversation if you don't want a response to that then complain to the moderators about it

I bring it up only to illustrate a point to how broken our immigration system is. That you decided to attack is a reflection of your character.

We have tens of thousands of gang members in the United States came here illegally we have women and children being trafficked because of a dementia ridden president who wasn't running anything it is a liberal wacko administration who doesn't believe in borders....

Then concentrate your efforts on getting rid of the gang members. Not some family man who came here to get away from the gangs. Not some girl who came here on a student visa and then wrote something the Israelis didn't like. Not some hairdresser because he had a similar name to someone you were looking for. Not some college researcher who got on Putin's bad side, and you are trying to keep the Pee Tape under wraps.

That seems pretty simple.

the problem with "borders" is most undocumented immigrants didn't sneak across one. they came here on valid visas that expired or no longer applied. If Trump wanted to do the hard work, he should adequately staff the immigration courts and give everyone due process. Not sneak someone off to a black site after the courts have repeatedly told him not to do that.

As far as your Trump derangement syndrome you and Dick Cheney are on the same side with that congratulations.

Um, yes. Not sure what your point here is. My question is, how far has the GOP fallen that Dick Cheney, John McCain, Mitt Romney, the Bush family, etc are all now the enemy because they disagree with Trump on SOME points?