THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Ford Motors’ EV October Surprise: Auto workers could lose $5,000 from EV losses. Thanks, Shawn Fain.

Talk about an October surprise for Michigan auto workers. Ford Motor Co. on Thursday said it will idle production of its F-150 Lightning electric truck in Dearborn from mid-November through the end of the year.

Ford’s production stoppage follows a string of ominous announcements, starting in October 2023 when it announced plans to lay off about 700 workers who build the Lightning. In the spring Ford said it would eliminate two of three work crews at the Dearborn plant. In August it scrapped a planned electric SUV.

“We continue to adjust production for an optimal mix of sales growth and profitability,” Ford said Thursday. As any business should. Ford’s EV sales have lagged projections despite steep price cuts. Blame in part a market glut caused by government EV mandates.

Ford has sold a mere 22,807 Lightnings so far this year—a far cry from the 180,000 the Dearborn factory was originally supposed to produce. The EV lobby and its friends in the press fawned over the Lightning when it debuted two years ago. The Lightning supposedly signaled that EVs had finally gone mainstream. Not quite.

Chief Financial Officer John Lawler this spring explained that battery advances are needed for mass adoption. “The bigger the vehicle, the bigger the battery. And the battery is the most expensive thing in the vehicle. And then the bigger the battery, the more weight. The more battery you need, the less efficient the vehicle is,” he said. “So the costs just spiral out of control.”

Ford’s EV division has lost $3.7 billion during the first three quarters of this year—about $55,000 per EV—and expects $5 billion to $5.5 billion in losses this year. Under the UAW contract, workers earn a $1,000 bonus for every $1 billion in company profit. The EV losses could result in $5,000 in reduced pay for Ford workers.

They can thank United Auto Workers boss Shawn Fain for backing the Biden Administration’s force-fed EV transition. Stellantis and GM have also reduced shifts and laid off thousands of workers who make internal-combustion engines. Yet Kamala Harris and Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is running for Senate, keep saying EVs will be fantastic for auto workers.

One reason the election polls have narrowed in Michigan is that auto workers watching the EV transition from the front passenger seat don’t believe them.

Nor should they.

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WHY A DOG LIES IN THE SUN, LICKING…: ‘Because He Can.’

Something must be done about “qualified immunity.”

MARK STEYN: “Election” “Day” Minus Two.

The dispatch of a poor blameless (and rabies-free) squirrel is also a blunt illustration of the limits of the desperate American reliance on “constitutionalism” and its attendant legal sophistries: There can be no remedy in law for the state’s killing of Peanut and Fred. They are dead, and will stay dead. Even were Mark and Daniela Longo to get it to the US Supreme Court, that fact will not change — just as Mann vs Steyn, my own twelve-year lawsuit in the dank septic tank of the District of Columbia Superior Court, will not reach John Roberts and the gang until I am dead. As I used to say to Tucker, a republic of judges is a contradiction in terms.

It is additionally a too perfect illustration of what the late Sam Francis called “anarcho-tyranny”, which you’ll be getting a lot more of if the fellows who’ve been waggling the dead husk of a moth-eaten sock-puppet these last four years manage to pull it off a second time on Tuesday. Even as “migrants” and other protected classes are loosed upon the land unburdened by the law, you will be subject to ever more capricious micro-regulation in every aspect of your life. New York is a self-proclaimed “sanctuary state”: in a supposed age of contagion necessitating “vaccine mandates” for diner waitresses, the borders were thrown open to admit millions, of both unknown Covid status and unknown criminal status. In the ever more lawless dump that is New York City, you can steal a thousand bucks’ worth of merchandise and not face prosecution — as the conscious policy choice of the District Attorney. Because that frees up a bunch of resources to enable a dozen agents to terrorise Mr and Mrs Longo.

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These last few weeks have been fun: Trump at his most whimsical — musing on Arnold Palmer’s spectacular endowment for ten minutes – is still more real than Kamala or Mrs Jake Sullivan pretending to be broken-down losers just like you. But Democrats know this is about power, so have your fun and then they’ll kick the door down and liquidate the problem, just as they did with Peanut and Fred:

Including some surprising sources:

Now you’ve done it, fellas.

Related: Buckle Up! Amy Curtis Takes ‘petty Broken Government’ Apart in Epic Thread About Peanut and Fred’s Deaths:

PUNISH THEM: NYU facing accreditor complaint: ‘Orwellian’ censorship of student, faculty opinions.

STOP WITH THE HYPOCRISY. YALE IS BUILT ON STOLEN LAND, AND NAMED FOR A MAN WHO TRADED IN SLAVES. Yale Astronomy Department features ‘BIPOC’ support statement on website, attacks alleged ‘police brutality.’

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DEMOCRATIC COPE: Pollster Zogby: ‘God help whoever wins this one.’

IT’S COME TO THIS:

NY be like pic.twitter.com/VQT2nZdpn5

— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) November 3, 2024

WITH GOOD REASON: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Aren’t Convinced Kamala Harris Worked at McDonald’s: Poll. The NYT dubbed claims that Harris never toiled under the Golden Arches ‘burgerism.’

How many people believe anything she says?

YES. NEXT QUESTION? Did Government-Sponsored Disinformation Worsen COVID-19? “The weaponization of fear of death from an infectious disease as a component of an intentional propaganda campaign designed to modify human behavior is morally abhorrent, and is associated with a wide range of direct economic and mental health harms. These harms were never considered during the development and deployment of this HHS-sponsored psychological warfare technology-based propaganda campaign. This type of messaging and propaganda meets the criteria of State-sponsored disinformation.”

ICYMI: Harris would be as much a figurehead as Biden — and we’d be ruled by the swamp.

THEY ARE DOING A SECOND VOLUME:  Black Tide Rising: Volume 2 Graphic Novel .

IF BUCKS COUNTY WERE A BLUE ZONE, THE LEFT’S VOTE SUPPRESSION CRIES WOULD RESOUND:  Here’s What Happened in a Key PA County Yesterday.

SUPPRESSING EVIDENCE SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR PLOY WITH LEFTWING PROSECUTORS:  Daniel Penny stoic on first day in court as prosecution and defense present very different versions of Jordan Neely subway death.

YOU DON’T HATE THE MEDIA ENOUGH:  Another WTF?? Moment from the Media.

YOU DON’T HATE THE MEDIA ENOUGH:  Another WTF?? Moment from the Media.

THIS IS WHY RESTRAINT WHEN ATTACKING THEM IS GRIEVOUS ERROR:  Iran claims it can build nukes, threatens Israel and US with ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation.

HE SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL SOURCE OF INCREASED WHITE SUPREMACY:  Prominent white supremacist Richard Spencer endorses Kamala Harris.

A LONG READ BUT IMPORTANT:  I’ve been seeing a lot of talk about the “dehumanization of the Palestinians,” so let’s talk about this for a minute.

DER KINDER VILL BRUSH TEETH!:  Grit your teeth…here come Nanny Starmer’s Molar Monitors.

AS IT SHOULD:  NEW: Biden forced to cancel campaign calls for Kamala as fallout over “garbage” comment continues.

REMEMBER: IT’S GARBAGE CAN NOT GARBAGE CAN’T:  Confessions of garbage.

I DISAGREE. I THINK THE WHEELS WILL COME OFF SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY AND NOT LONG NOW. JUST A FEELING:  Why I despair that the ‘global warming’ scam will ever be recognised as such.

I COULD SAY NOW DO NV BUT I WILL NOTE THAT 6000 NV MAIL IN BALLOTS HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR SIGNATURE ISSUES SO THERE IS THAT:  GOP Victory for Election Integrity With New PA Supreme Court Decision on Misdated Mail Ballots.