G. David Felt

Canada probably could take the whole west coast.

Ouch Ford Says the Recall Is Over. Maverick Owners—and the NHTSA—Disagree https://www.yahoo.com/autos/safety-and-recalls/articles/ford-says-recall-over-maverick-201559658.html This will not go away no matter how much Ford says the issues do not exist!

Point on @bobo I greatly appreciate your review of the world for 2025 and look forward to your future reviews and hopefully longer stay and comments at C&G.

You forgot the two shootings last night in Portland Oregon. 3 shootings in 24 hours. ICE is a Terrorist Group!!!

With Boeing having signed a 20yr agreement with Canada and moving R&D and Manufacturing to Canada, I can easily see this flip back to Boeing as Canada is going to want to support business and jobs that are based in Canada. I would not say this is a done deal as the bulk of the order with Airbus is Options, which are easily canceled. Boeing started with a $240 Million Investment in 2024 in Canada. Boeing to Invest $240 Million CAD in Québec Aerospace Innovation Then added $85 million more in early 2025. Boeing Commits $85M To New Canadian Innovation Zone Espace Aéro Then came the big bomb shell at the end of the year that had Idiot47 going off as $5.4 Billion will now be spent in Canada rather than the U.S. In 2025, Boeing is significantly expanding its footprint in Canada. While it is not moving its entire operation, it is shifting more manufacturing and research capability there as part of a $5.4 billion investment obligation (ITB) linked to Canada’s purchase of P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Where the Manufacturing is Moving/Expanding: • Winnipeg, MB: In June 2025, Boeing opened a 12,000 sq. ft. expansion to its composite plant. This doubled its capacity to build parts for the 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner. • Montreal, QC: Boeing is investing $240 million into the "Espace Aéro" innovation zone. This includes manufacturing and R&D for next-gen landing gear (with Héroux-Devtek) and autonomous air taxis (Wisk Aero). • Parksville, BC: A $13 million investment in COTA Aviation has funded new advanced manufacturing equipment and a training facility for aerospace production. • Mount Pearl, NL: A $10.3 million investment in Solace Power is establishing a new electronics production facility for aerospace parts in Atlantic Canada. • Alberta: A $2.7 million investment was made to create the Xpand™ Canada Commercialization Centre, focusing on manufacturing technologies for aerospace and energy security. The stories are all small parts of what adds up to be billions as Boeing cancels expansion and updates for Washington State and North Carolina manufacturing and R&D. Boeing Invests $110M In Espace Aéro - Canadian Manufacturing So many little stories that make up the whole. This all started with the original big investment back in 2020. Boeing set to boost Canada's economy with $61bn investment | Manufacturing Digital

This kind of blocking of the truth and lack of transparency is hurting, not helping our democracy and tends to say that the Head of Homeland / ICE needs to be arrested and put in jail along with all the rest of the stool Pigeons. Minnesota officials say FBI blocked their access to ICE shooting probe

Sad News, ICE is reporting that their agents making a stop to arrest two narco gang members from Venezuela in Oregon had to be shot, they are in the hospital, developing story. 2 shot by federal agent in 'targeted' stop, Portland mayor asks ICE halt operations Portland Mayor Keith Wilson told reporters, "We know what the federal government says happened here. There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time is long past." "We are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place," he said. "Our community deserves answers."

@oldshurst442 Last nights protests across the country have clearly stirred up Americans and Hopefully the Murdering ICE agent will face his required day in court for his murderous act. Seems some are willing to get more violent as the protestors in Sacramento California broke down the gate at the ICE center and entered.

I understand your concerns on ICE, but their EVs have been pretty rock solid as a standalone group. As I posted here, the savings and reliability have been impressive. So many coworkers are taking advantage of buying value powered EVs as we have moved into a large return period this year on EVs coming back off lease. I will say this, the latest coworker who has joined the Kia family picked up a 2yr lease return of the EV6 GT, powerful 4 door hatch that was $78K new and with only 18K miles on it he paid out the door $32K for the auto and it still has full warranty. He loves the 18 minutes to 80% fast charging as he is awaiting the install of an L2 charger in his home. Great deals to be had on EVs that can go the distance.

Interesting that You Tube is terminating accounts that report real news about what companies are doing including moving out of the U.S. for greener stable places like Canada. Interesting read, the focus is shifting to what the computer can do rather than AI this, AI that as people especially those that have lost their job to an AI bot are fed up with AI. https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/dells-ces-2026-chat-was-the-most-pleasingly-un-ai-briefing-ive-had-in-maybe-5-years/ "we don't actually care about AI PCs" Because 1.) PCs without a 2000 dollar video card can't do any decent AI 2.) Shuttling all your stuff to cloud to perform AI is creepy AF. NOBODY wants that. In 10 years, when AI silicon is cheaper then local AI will be great. But right now, your PC can get AI by either being really really expensive, or super duper insecure....

This guy nails it, showing that EV range loss in below freezing is not what it used to be and is on par and even better than ICE. I've Driven 5 EVs in the Winter. Here's Why People Shouldn't Be Scared of the Range Drop - Autoblog

Warren Buffett is superior in every way compared to Idiot47. Warren Buffett exposed the top reason for Donald Trump’s business failures long before he became president. What to learn from the mistake

Interesting read, how China has stated what a solid state battery is versus hybrid versus traditional, as stated classification system based on electrolyte type, dividing batteries into liquid, solid liquid hybrid, and solid categories according to ion transport mechanisms China just set the world’s first rules for the “dream battery”—and EVs may never be the same

New Ride Olds?

Interesting, 2026 will be one to watch to see just how the U.S. labor market does. I suspect we will see more contraction. US on verge of unemployment surge that forces Fed to slash rates, Wall Street veteran says

Not surprised by this with Idiot47 tariff tax on Americans that sales have fallen off a cliff and with it made in Germany, not selling at all here. Plus the terrible range due to such a small battery pack. VW’s $60K electric bus dead 12 months after US launch

Land of the Lost!

Here is the end of 2025, start of 2026 and while I am 5 month away from 2yrs of ownership, no maintenance, no repairs, no costs, just electric juice to the battery pack. Miles driven in 19 months, 29,787 or averaging 1,568 miles a month. Cost of Electricity for 2025 $753 Total cost of electricity since we bought our EV9 is $1,176

Parking Lots

Grand National

Grand Kids!

Funny you mention TV's as I saw the Chinese Hisense TVs at Costco, 98" size for $1,299.99 or direct online their higher performance 98" TV for $1,899.99 compared to Samsung 98" instore for $1,799.99 or their mid-level performance version at $2,199.99 direct or top performance direct for $2,499.99. Now the review for Hisense is mixed compared to much better reviews for Samsung. Also, Korea has a much higher labor cost compared to China. Yet compared to the first flat panel TVs that were over $10,000 for a 40" TV two decades ago, the prices have come down crazy. Gotta say that I am very much interested in one day upgrading to a wall TV.