impartialobserver

I understand wanting to diversify one's economy. Nevada has been trying to move away from gambling and tourism. However, why not milk it (the oil sands) for all it is worth. If the pipeline was going through a bunch of cities.. I understand why someone would be hesitant but that is not the case. Well, I wish Canada the best on this and hopefully the next PM can remove these unnecessary obstacles.

Thanks for the detailed breakdown. I can see why this is a logistical mess. I can get why they want royalties and jobs. however, in the macro that is a lot of hoops to jump through. And if you promise 10 jobs to one area.. the other will say, why not 14 in our area (just an example for easy math). Hmm.. well maybe the Prime Minister that comes after Trudeau can change this in some way.

Correct me if I am wrong but it would seem as if there is plenty of open, uninhabited land in the northern parts of Canada for a pipeline. Looking at a map and drawing a straight line east of Fort McMurray, not a lot of cities or towns.

on the subject of Toronto.. hopefully the locals are not too spiteful for my trip there in September. If the tariffs are actually put into effect and allowed to run their course, I can see the need to lay low.

I guess I should count myself as fortunate. When not on this forum, I rarely encounter MAGA types. Or at those that make their politics front and center. Another reason to never leave NV

Anytime I bring up the idea that Greenland should be sovereign and therefore not under the US nor Denmark.. certain posters go apoplectic.

Having less religiosity in one's society does not diminish it. As long as you have freedom of speech and religion.. it is up to to the citizens to be religious or not. If they are.. fine. If they are not.. then fine again

He is trying to make it so where the goods are produced domestically instead of being imported. That sounds great but it takes more than talk to build factories, employ people, and establish distribution networks. He only has 4 years and if the Dems gain ground in the midterms in 2026.. that could slow his roll (so to speak). If the next president is a Democrat.. they will undo this and then the damage is done. I get it.. there is a reason that we import Tequila from Mexico. Sure, it could be made in the US or even Canada. All you need is Cactus, yeast, and water. To produce this in the US would come at the expense of something else. it is the gains from trade/opportunity cost that you learn in Principles of Microeconomics. There is a reason that we import these goods from Canada (listed above) and it is not due to laziness/stupidity or anything like that.

It is becoming socially unacceptable to drink among the younger generations. Past younger generations drank heavily and as they aged, they eased up. Today's 16 to 24 year olds are drinking at a rate of less than 50% of the past iterations of that age group. Why? Because they hear story after story about how continued consumption leads to problem x, y, and z. I saw this first hand when I went to a rock concert a month ago. The only folks really drinking it up were the visibly older ones. When I asked the bartender about this.. he said that is why they stopped having beer on tap. The behavioral changes were in play before Dylan and have continued. Sales data shows that folks have mostly moved on. Mostly.. is a tricky word though. Why they are only at 98.4% of March 2023 sales is not something that you can put in a database. The 1.6% decline could be due to a myriad of other factors. However, in Clark and Nye counties.. their sales are at 101.5% of March 2023 sales.

Tariffs are a great idea if you can produce the goods domestically with little to no adjustment. Its a way for the US in this case to stimulate production of these goods instead of getting them from Canada or wherever. Crude oil, auto parts, machinery, lumber, and construction hardware are the biggest exports from Canada to the US. Some of these are difficult to produce and so ramping up US production of them is not going to be seamless. In the meantime, Canada can easily sell these essential goods elsewhere.

I was not at this meeting and being that there is no audio/video recording.. I will refrain from guessing as to what was said.

If i was in Canada, I would boycott as much US goods as I could reasonably do. I do not find that these tariffs are justified.

Research says the trend is based on the perception that it is unhealthy. It is viewed in the same light as smoking cigarettes in some circles. Their lack of drinking beer is not an act of protest. If it was... it would not have more than recovered in LV. Yes, it is a bit of a feedback loop. If Joe is not drinking then I do not. Because I am not.. then Jane is not and so on. The data does not back up your theory that the reason for the younger generations lack of consumption is an act of protest. As for the older generation, they have (at least in NV) mostly forgot about it. My guess is that by the end of 2025.. sales will have exceeded pre-Dylan levels.

The future market is not interested in them because of perception that it is unhealthy. It has nothing to do with the politics. AB-InBev's sales are at 98.4% of their pre-Dylan days in NV with most of the decline being in the North. In LV.. more than recovered. So in short, it was not the end for Bud Light. Folks have a short memory.

shh.. do not tell them.

Have access to very granular data that most in the public do not.. Come to find out the federal employees being fired is pretty tame. Most states out West are seeing relatively small changes compared to total employment. The only state that is seeing a big change is AZ.

At least in NV, AB-Inbev sales have mostly recovered. Alcohol sales to non-tourists are down. The younger generation is drinking less.

Ok, so my contribution might get used for food. Might be.. Or it could be used for beer and illicit drugs. Also, they might be ok with life on the street. I was homeless for 9 weeks once. I was floored by how many other fellow homeless were in no rush to get off the street. I could not wait. I had to be fairly creative but once I was back to normal life, I vowed to never leave myself with no options like that time.

Dirty little secret about Tesla... it is highly subsidized. His net worth is not truly a reflection of his business sense. No. I do not mind there being less federal government employment. Simply of the opinion that you should do so in a very rational and laid out manner. One reason is that this prevents lawsuits. If you fire them and you have exact criteria.. then that is the end of the story. If you do so at random and there is legality behind the employee.. you open yourself up for lawsuits. I know that you can't be this objective. Again, back to your tired game. You are only civil to those who align with you. Its fine. At least we do not have emotional, overreactive, affirmation seeking types like you in my office.

Actually I have far better info than you. Again, in the absence of a rationale.. his actions will appear random. That is simple human nature. Your approval of that reality is not necessary. Not offended. Just can see the forest for the trees. I love it how types like you take offense when I say something like the sky is blue. Your response is always, "you little snowflake.. what do you have against the color blue". It is truly amusing. as always, you are not civil... "stfu"... does not take much to lose your cool.

As of yet, there is no documentation that they were predetermined. So it would appear random. Yes, NV is an at-will state but that is not relevant to this discussion. The point is that you do not fire your staff at random. If you are running a business.. you trim the budget in a very discerning fashion. If you owned a restaurant.. would you fire all of the cooks and chefs? It does not matter if they are performing well or not. To operate a restaurant.. you have to have someone cook the food. Surely you can see that.

When he fired the folks at the Reno Gigafactory.. he walked in and pointed at folks. "Tesla has failed to give Plaintiffs and the Class Members any advance written notice of their terminations. Instead, Tesla has simply notified the employees that their terminations would be effective immediately." this shows that there was no rationale given. One day, they were employed and the next day not. When you do something with no rationale.. most would say it is random.

Well, we know that he has a documented history of firing his employees at random. This simply documents that he fired them. As to him walking in and doing it at random.. I was not there but my very Conservative neighbor is a pretty good source. Also, I have met Musk and well.. socializing, social norms, and such are not his strong suit. I am not saying, "every situation".. I am pointing out one. In this case, the one instance is the national park service. https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/21/tesla_unlawful_layoffs_lawsuit/ Second, we know that 1,000 have been fired (estimated). We also know that he is most likely the reason for this. If you scour the internet.. you will not find a detailed method for this or rationale. There might be one and we just have not seen it yet.

For example.. the firing of those working in the national park system. as of yet, there is no information about why they fired this person but not that one. It seems very random. Which is very much in line with Musk's way of being. Keep in mind that I live 14 miles from a Tesla gigafactory and his indiscriminate firings are very well known. My next door neighbor is a Tesla employee who has witnessed Musk walking in and at random pointing to folks on the assembly line and telling them that they are fired. Now location by location, you could analyze it and say, "not sure we need 4 cashiers at the gift shop, lets go with 2 and decrease the hours of operation from 40 to 35". Something like that would be better. Yosemite is a very high traffic area so lots of staffing. Great Basin.. not quite so no issue with cutting down the number of employees.

"substance" is subjective. Of course, from your standpoint, I do not add anything of substance. You come on here for affirmation and anyone that does not align with you on 100% of topics is going to be of no substance.