https://youtu.be/xnZGEUA4oBk?si=j8weR-ArEDwZtw0O
If you run an American company, these are the people you hire to make your commercial, not some frail, gender dysphoric spectacle. This production company, its writers, producers, actors and film crew do an excellent job.
Note to self:
Bring machete if planning to eat barrel cactus in an emergency.
VP Kamala Harris coming to Houston tomorrow.
No doubt to meet with Lina and Sheila to discuss string theory.
Only rich, retired engineers can afford GMC. 🙂
Hint:
For the first quarter of 2023:
Ford F-Series: 170,377
Chevy Silverado: 126,993
Same old story for fifty years.
Ford still outsells Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra. The only way they win is to combine sales and that is cheating. I’m getting tired so I’ll try to find the more buried data for Texas tomorrow.
Okay.
Now post the TEXAS pickup truck sales by volume and BRAND.
U.S. Full-size Truck Sales: Full-year 2022 Model 2022 sales 2021 sales Change (%) GM Trucks (COMBINED)* 754,876 768,698 -1.8% Ford F-Series 653,957 726,004 -9.9% Chevrolet Silverado 513,354 519,774 -1.2% Ram Trucks 468,344 569,388 -17.8% GMC Sierra 241,522 248,924 -3.0% Toyota Tundra 94,429 81,959 15.2% –> F-150 Lightning** –>15,617 New New Nissan Titan 15,064 27,406 -45.0% Hummer EV 854 1 New… Read more »
Ford is postponing $12 billion in EV factory building, including a planned battery factory in Kentucky. The reasons given were an unwillingness by customers to pay extra for its electric vehicles. You see, they’re too expensive, and now Ford’s massive transformation into an EV company is now going to take a lot longer than before. Ford’s EV business continues to… Read more »
Ford trucks have been the National Car of Texas since dirt – by Lord knows how many thousand units per year, for many decades. To deny it is to be silly.
They’re falling flat on their faces electrifying the most successful vehicle in their entire product line history.
I don’t feel a bit sorry for the dumbasses.
Here is Future Labs Institute with their “He/Him” pronouns. They all have them except for the woman who I think is actually a man. No pronouns – very, very suspicious. They look like the cast from a Monty Python film. My preferred pronouns are me, myself and I, no matter where you go there you are and limp biscuits… Read more »
Chili w/Beans
Van Roth
MaryAnn
F O R D
I’ve always said a lot of this trans-kid surge is parents wanting trophy kids. “Transhausen by proxy,” a term coined for narcissistic parents who push so-called “gender transitioning” on their children, may be playing a role in the sudden rise of transgender children, some experts say. /snip “Transhausen by proxy” isn’t an officially recognized psychological condition; it’s a play on… Read more »
51 Squawk
I was only reporting about Toyota & Lexus. I don’t run the company or their marketing department.
You need to take it up with this guy. I’m pretty sure he is Vivek Ramaswamy’s first cousin and he lives in Dallas so you know where he got the idea.
50 Squawk The Economist, no avatar of left-wing politics… Wow, I’m so glad I swallowed and didn’t have a mouth full of wine when I read that because it would be all over my screen right now. The Economist has run this fraudulent image scam forever and ever. No serious, informed conservative (or libertarian, for that matter) would consider it… Read more »
I BEG TO DIFFER here is the only TEXAS worthy 350.
I think this is hilarious.
Toyota’s Lexus division has decided to borrow the new extended Highlander platform and offer a true 3-row, 7-passenger SUV called the…
2024 Lexus TX 350
Do you think the smartest people in the automotive industry might be designing a pitch for the state that once called the Chevrolet Suburban “The National Car of Texas” ?
Texpat I’ve always enjoyed reading The Economist. For years, I thought it was a satire magazine making fun of communists by writers pretending to be, well, communists. What a shock it was to find out those clowns actually believe what they write and really are communists. But but but what about that cool picture? Anyway The Washington Post had this… Read more »
41 Dr Phil Good I went and looked at the websites of the two co-authoring organizations of the “travel report.” Here is Future Labs Institute with their “He/Him” pronouns. They all have them except for the woman who I think is actually a man. No pronouns – very, very suspicious. They look like the cast from a Monty Python… Read more »
I’ve always enjoyed reading The Economist. For years, I thought it was a satire magazine making fun of communists by writers pretending to be, well, communists.
What a shock it was to find out those clowns actually believe what they write and really are communists.
The greatest threat Mr Trump poses is to his own country. Having won back power because of his election-denial in 2020, he would surely be affirmed in his gut feeling that only losers allow themselves to be bound by the norms, customs and self-sacrifice that make a nation. In pursuing his enemies, Mr Trump will wage war on any institution… Read more »
A second Trump term would be a watershed in a way the first was not. Victory would confirm his most destructive instincts about power. His plans would encounter less resistance. And because America will have voted him in while knowing the worst, its moral authority would decline. The election will be decided by tens of thousands of voters in just… Read more »
The music for the Amazon commercial is, of course, taken from the Beatles song In My Life.
#43 Shannon, my wife showed me that on the TV last night, she thought it was sweet. 😉
Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024 What his victory in America’s election would mean A second Trump term would be a watershed in a way the first was not. Victory would confirm his most destructive instincts about power. His plans would encounter less resistance. And because America will have voted him in while knowing the… Read more »
Finally checking in – mass, then home. Today’s rosary completed (pink and pearl), and about to tackle my Latin. I called to check on Green Cousin. Her mom, BETA, said every time she wakes up she’s in pain. To me, it sounds like the bone infection in her spine isn’t healing, but I’m not her doctor so I’m just guessing. … Read more »
This Amazon commercial is pretty good, too.
Awww, lonesome l’il 42, sorry you got stranded here…
Speaking of the automobile kill switch…
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/coming-soon-your-travel-will-be-restricted-personal-carbon-allowances
Texpat 0915: The system has built in features to allow for abuse. The odds that the system will be abused by the feds is 100%. The only question is how long will it take before such abuse happens. just another symptom of a joined@thehipparty-kangarooed penguin judiciary totalitarian government. they exist to abuse the citizenry with opens borders, gestapoized alphabet agencies,… Read more »
Morning, mah l’il chickadees! I seem to have caught up on sleep since the Thanksgiving meal next door. While I was working the sudoku, Billy Cat ate all his bowl of crunchies, but didn’t seem to like his canned food today. He has taken up residence this fall in a patch of ferns growing near a tall shrub up against… Read more »
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Someone sounds like they been overcompensating…
Texpat, have fun and send us some pictures of the new nursery. 😉
I am going back up on the mountain today to finish prepping the new granddaughter’s nursery.
I think I’ll be done after today.
Texpat 0915: The system has built in features to allow for abuse. The odds that the system will be abused by the feds is 100%. The only question is how long will it take before such abuse happens. Who is on the liability hook if the feds (or some other entity) disable a vehicle while in motion and said action… Read more »
In case there was any doubt in your mind about the fed’s kill switch or the shocking stupidity of AP, USAToday, Politifact or Snopes… The claim that the feds would mandate that every new motor vehicle include technology that could disable the vehicle seemed ludicrous. So I started Googling. To my relief, I saw several fact-checkers at legacy institutions had… Read more »
GJT
Love and perseverance to you and yours. This is the hardest time with parents. I hope that I am easy to deal with when my time comes. And that my children leave me with my independence for as long as possible.
Juggling needs and wants in the face of decline is not easy.
I guess winter is here.
Tuesday – High is 37°and the low is 26°.
33 GJT
These are among the toughest things in life to confront and solve. You’re always in my thoughts and prayers.
Anticipating a little rain I quickly moved the leaves around a little with the rider mower late yesterday, no rain and more leaves came to take their place. Just trying to stay ahead of them. Going to see our dad a little later, he’s slowly building strength, they have him on solid foods but not much of an appetite yet.… Read more »
BTW; mharper I’m glad that you had a nice Thanksgiving with your neighbor. The old gentleman sound like a hoot. 😉
Woke up to a little shower this morning and so far we’ve got almost an inch of rain, .45″ to be exact. Well El Gordo had his Houston area friend and the two boys that he and the other fellow kinda’ raised since the boys and the same mom but different Baby Daddies. They have all been having this Thanksgiving… Read more »
Appears I had not logged in or posted here today. Until now. I’ve been comatose at home since Thursday’s fab meal next door at 80-y.o.’s. I got up several times today, but feeding the cats was about my limit on activity. Oddly enough, I can’t tell what is wrong with me. The worst symptom I’ve had was a mild case… Read more »
Well, just flipping through the TV channels tonight looking for something to watch that isn’t football this late in the day, and what do I find but Iowa State and Kansas State are playing football in one of their home places in a blizzard. A real blizzard that is hampering visibility in the stands. So some place in the Midwest… Read more »
I can’t tell you how excited I am to get confirmation that we freedom lovers of the world are a real pain in the ass for that little sissy Cuban in Canada.
Just got word that a good friend from Mr. Carmel has succumbed to her cancer.
Another one gone.
DAYAAM!!! GJT, bring your jumper cables STAT! I need to get my heart restarted! Bama tried their damnedest to lose that one! But that’s a typical Iron Bowl.
The new Bama motto.
I would rather be good than lucky. Holy crap what a game. Auburn is shell shocked.
I don’t think this OK ST offense can get it done.
I wish they would. I don’t wanna play those OU boys again.
🙂
The Game ™ was a pretty good one this time with the correct team winning.