ROK Drop Open Thread – March 28, 2025

I like that other, more famous song by Joplin… let’s see… how does it go?

Stephen’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose

I dont remember the rest. I think it was something about being anti-America, supporting fraud/waste/abuse, and a lot of hobo dìck.

It’s vair amusing how Musk has played this to his advantage.

Musk [thinks]: Tesla sales from lefties are slowing down.

What other market segments can I tap into?

There’s the righties … but the righties aren’t really into greenie-mobiles.

How can I turn the righties on?

Give them some fascist symbolism.

A couple of seig heils and the righties perk up.

A quick driveway endorsement from Donnie and it’s on …

One more step. … make Fords and the General unaffordable …

by imposing tariffs on imported Ford and GM auto components

There’s only one American brand left cowpokes …

The Trump endorsed Tesla greenie-mobile

Yeehaw!

Ride ’em cowboy!

Movin’, movin’, movin’,

Though they’re disapprovin’,

Keep them Muskian doges
movin’, rawhide.!

Go ahead, try making them all in the US, ban all imports. Implement North Korean Juche.

“We don’t need anyone else, we live in a paradise! We have our great leader Trump!”

I want to see your fascist country economically destroyed and your kind bankrupted.

Total capitulation by the scared Trump administration, right after Canada said, “The close relationship with the US is now over”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMgo7kQ6gBs

The power of the EU is terrifying…LOL

Quick AI answer on the EU
EU labor productivity has been declining, particularly since the global financial crisis, with growth slowing significantly, especially in the Euro Area and the UK, and the EU’s share of global GDP shrinking. 

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:

• Declining Productivity Growth:
• Productivity growth in the EU has been trending downwards for decades, both in the Euro Area and other major economies. 
• Slower Growth in the Euro Area:
• The Euro Area experienced a sharp slowdown in labor productivity growth, with growth falling significantly compared to the US. 
• EU’s Share of Global GDP:
• The EU’s share of global GDP has shrunk from over a quarter in 1980 to just 17 percent today. 
• Factors Contributing to the Decline:
• Cyclical and Structural Factors: The euro area’s lower productivity growth is partly explained by cyclical factors like the impact of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, as well as structural factors like lower innovation capacity and smaller average firm size compared to the US. 
• Decline in Investment: Declining investment and rising barriers to entry and exit have weakened competitive pressures on markets and reduced the efficiency of resource allocation. 
• Globalization: Increased offshoring of physical investment and subsequent deindustrialization have translated into productivity declines in Western countries. 
• Trade Barriers: Remaining intra-Europe barriers to accelerate factor and product markets integration could hinder productivity growth. 
• Impact on the EU Economy:
• The decline in productivity growth has led to a widening productivity gap between the EU and the US. 
• Need for Reforms:
• To revive Europe’s productivity growth, measures to spur productive investment, lift total factor productivity (TFP) growth, and address structural issues are needed. 

https://ecipe.org/blog/the-european-productivity-slowdown/

Quick AI answer on the EU

You worded the question wrong, buddy.

You should have asked the AI, what would happen if Canada and EU join forces, where Canada provides cheap natural resources, including energy (instead of selling them to the US only at steep discount), to Europe in return for Europe’s investments and technology. What is the synergy?

This is the answer provided by AI: Both Canada and the EU won’t need the US. That’s why Trump knows he cannot win a trade war with Canada, so he’s capitulating. Read below the reply from AI:

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If Canada and the European Union (EU) were to establish a strategic partnership where Canada supplies natural resources, including energy, and Europe provides investments and advanced technology, several synergies and economic benefits could emerge:
1. Energy Security for Europe

• Diversification of Energy Sources: Europe has been reliant on imports of energy from countries like Russia and the Middle East, which have sometimes led to political vulnerability and energy insecurity (e.g., during the Russia-Ukraine conflict). A steady supply of Canadian natural gas, oil, and renewable energy could help Europe diversify its energy sources, reducing reliance on less stable regions.
• Environmental Benefits: Canada has the potential to supply not only fossil fuels but also clean energy sources like hydroelectric power and renewable energy technology (e.g., wind and solar). This would align with Europe’s goals of reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to a greener energy economy.

2. Increased Investment and Technology Transfer to Canada

• Technological Advancement: Europe is a global leader in sectors like green energy technology, transportation, automation, and advanced manufacturing. European investments could help Canada accelerate the development of industries such as renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and AI-driven resource management. This could boost productivity in resource extraction and infrastructure development.
• Innovation in Energy Efficiency: European expertise in energy-efficient technologies could help Canada optimize the extraction and processing of its natural resources, making it more competitive globally and reducing environmental impact.

3. Economic Growth and Job Creation in Canada

• Infrastructure Development: Increased European investment in Canada’s energy sector could fund the development of new infrastructure, such as pipelines, green energy projects, and modernized transportation networks. This would not only boost Canada’s economy but also create high-quality jobs in technology, engineering, and energy sectors.
• Access to European Markets: By forming stronger trade ties with Europe, Canada could access new markets for its goods and services, particularly for natural resources, technology, and manufactured products. This would reduce Canada’s economic dependency on the U.S. and diversify its trade partners.

4. Advancing Green Energy Initiatives

• EU-Canada Green Alliance: Canada could leverage European technology and financing to rapidly develop renewable energy projects, such as wind farms, solar installations, and hydroelectric plants. In exchange, Europe could gain access to a new source of renewable energy, helping it meet its climate goals under the Paris Agreement.
• Hydrogen Economy: Both Canada and the EU are interested in the development of hydrogen as a clean energy source. With Canada’s vast natural gas reserves and potential for green hydrogen production, a partnership could focus on developing hydrogen technologies and infrastructure to supply Europe.

5. Geopolitical and Strategic Benefits

• Reducing U.S. Influence: Canada has long been economically tied to the U.S., particularly in the energy sector. By diversifying its trade relationships and strengthening ties with Europe, Canada could reduce its dependence on the U.S. market, gaining more bargaining power.
• Stronger Transatlantic Ties: Europe could benefit from forging stronger economic and geopolitical relations with Canada, a stable, resource-rich, and democratic country. This could enhance the EU’s influence in North America and contribute to more balanced global trade.

6. Environmental and Regulatory Synergies

• Shared Environmental Standards: Both the EU and Canada have progressive environmental policies. A partnership could result in joint efforts to advance environmental regulation and sustainable resource extraction. This would create a framework for ethical trade in natural resources, prioritizing low-carbon production and responsible mining and energy extraction.
• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Canada and Europe could collaborate on CCS technology, which is essential for reducing emissions in the oil and gas sectors. The EU’s experience in carbon markets and sustainable technology could combine with Canada’s energy industry to pioneer large-scale CCS projects.

7. Technological Collaboration and Innovation

• AI and Automation in Resource Management: European technology firms could help Canada implement AI and automation to improve efficiency in resource extraction and logistics. This could enhance the sustainability of Canada’s energy sector while reducing costs and environmental impacts.
• 5G and Digital Infrastructure: European companies could assist Canada in upgrading its digital infrastructure, such as expanding 5G networks, which are crucial for the future of smart cities, autonomous industries, and next-generation energy grids.

8. Cultural and Societal Synergies

• Talent Exchange: A closer economic partnership could encourage the exchange of talent between Canada and Europe, particularly in high-tech sectors. European scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs could contribute to Canada’s innovation ecosystem, while Canadian businesses could expand their footprint in Europe’s tech and innovation hubs.
• Education and Research Collaboration: Canadian universities and European institutions could collaborate more closely in research areas such as environmental science, clean energy, AI, and biotechnology, driving innovation and creating solutions for global challenges.

Potential ChallengesWhile there are significant synergies, potential challenges include:

• Logistical Barriers: The distance between Canada and Europe could pose logistical challenges, particularly for energy transportation. Pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure would need to be developed.
• Competing Interests: The U.S. may oppose such a partnership, as it would reduce its access to Canadian resources and weaken its influence in the region.
• Regulatory Differences: Canada and Europe may need to harmonize regulations related to trade, energy standards, and environmental practices to facilitate smoother cooperation.

ConclusionA strategic partnership between Canada and the EU would bring about economic, technological, and environmental synergies, benefiting both parties. Canada could reduce its economic dependence on the U.S., access European investments and cutting-edge technology, and accelerate its green energy transition, while Europe would secure a reliable, sustainable source of natural resources and energy.

Plus, moving auto production takes years, decades, and would cost billions upon billions… these stupid MAGAs think they can just snap their fingers and everyone will just move to the US…. lol….. I mean this is how these stupid uneducated dumbfck simpletons really think. Just think about it, even Tesla cannot make everything in the US.. when you consider all the materials, including lithium ion batteries that rely on LG Chem and Panasonic who in turn, need to import raw minerals like lithium and other critical minerals that go into these EV cars… all imported from countries like China and Canada… and these dumbfks are putting tariffs on those countries, and they think their cars will be any cheaper? There are good reasons why things get assembled in Mexico and Canada. And it’s not because out of the goodness of the American heart.

So this dumb Orange ape keeps asking, “who made these deals that rip off the US?”. Well you did, Donald. Remember the USMCA? You signed the deal, after you broke the original North America FTA deal. Who signed the US-S.Korea FTA? You did, Donald – after you broke the US-S.Korea FTA deal. Folks, this is what I call Alzheimer’s disease, where one cannot remember what they signed in the recent past!

So says the Tesla ownin’ Texan.

Supreme Leader Elon: Eat your greens Texans.

Setnaffa: Jawohl, Supreme Leader. I just love the smell of Tesla greenie-mobiles in the morning. [Bows before poster in Tesla showroom of Supreme Leader Elon]

Supreme Leader Elon: Ka-ching!

A quick observation: Lefties have so little, even their ridicule of the things they have been told not to like makes little sense.

They live in their little self-created hell where every victory in no way betters their lives and every failure is the end of their fragile emotional world.

It is glorious to watch terrible people attracted to such terrible ideas exist in such constant termoil.

When I read their expressions of themselves, I feel like a psychic vampire deriving such emotional joy from their self-suffering.

They could drive a stake through my heart with well-thought out arguments based on indisputable facts.

But, instead, the feed me.

And I can tell them this…

…and they will still feed me.

Because they know no other way.

Stephen, with the climate hoax

Because they know no other way.

Whilst you do it both ways CH.

You are pleasured at both ends for No. 1 and No. 2

Come again? What’s the subtitle of your podcast: Journey In and Around the Peninsula?

The Sole Tranny on the Train to Busan …

“Musk has a special friends’ exemption for imported auto components from Dear Leader Donnie.”

You know something Elon doesn’t know?
https://electrek.co/2025/03/27/elon-musk-tesla-tsla-is-not-unscathed-tariff-impact-is-significant/

This article was written the day you made that statement.

The Korean Thing was right again!

The Trump juanta is taking away our entitlements.

“Republican Oklahoma Rep. Josh Brecheen and Utah Sen. Mike Lee will reintroduce the SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act (SRUMA) Thursday. The legislation would impose work requirements on food stamp recipients between the ages of 18 and 64, including individuals with children of six years of age or older.”

Except nobody is “entitled” to my labor to support freeloaders, you fùcking communists.

This is what Trump (and DOGE) was elected for.

Fortunately, with fewer illegal aliens and no free money, we are going to see if hungry Americans will do the Jobs Americans Won’t Do.

I bet they will.

You know Kamala raised twice as much for her campaign as Trump did, right? That doesn’t even count the indirect funding via NGOs and USAID and Soros money. Yes, you are correct, the system is unbelievably corrupt. Watching it is what got Trump elected and turned Musk (and a lot of other people) “right wing”.

I have quite a few friends and relatives who are in limbo now, unsure of their jobs. It doesn’t give me joy to see anyone lose the job (with the exception of some lobbyists perhaps). I even like a lot of people who work (or worked) in DEI. I don’t think their job was doing anything good for the world, or the work environment, but most were pretty good people. On the flip side, really recently many of these same people were perfectly happy to watch others lose their jobs over sequestration (a lot of things at the bases shut down and some never came back, nor did the jobs), the RIFs, pipelines we really needed being cancelled and the very worst of all were the mass layoffs for refusing the covid jabs.

Friend just posted that she is resigning her job as a secretary for the squadron (civilian government job) due to all the uncertainties. I do feel for her. But back when Mike was a squadron commander he wasn’t authorized a single secretary. So from my perspective that squadron has been on the gravy train compared to what we went through (hey I did work and was not paid).
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KM, all money laundering from USAID

Now CCP backed DPK pushing bill in Korea to seize opponents bank accounts. https://x.com/alliescon/status/1905513445187092904

“I love how Trump makes a threat and then backs off and the media frames it as Trump is stupid, makes impulsive decisions, and doesn’t know what he wants.
Something like that was stated in the article Liz linked.
What the media doesn’t say is that Trump backs off…
…after he gets what he wants.”
There’s Chickenhead once again making excuses for Trump’s brain death. The man makes statements, then when the stock market tanks, he blinks and backs off. He has no clue to what he’s doing, never has, never will.
When was the last time you were physically in the states? Probably 30, 40 years or more so why don’t you stick to Korean stuff since you have zero clues. Let your alleged wife make you a bowl of ramyon with cheese and be happy.

“75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving”

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll contribute to selection bias

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll were doing bullshìt agenda-affirming research and are sour they can no longer grift funding

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll were completely imaginary so this headline could be witten

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll can go sit on a dìck since i lived through covid and saw how easy it is to buy their fake science

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll want Canada and the EU to continue funing their worthless research like how many global warmings will fit up a tranny’s àss

Korea Sox, you all just can’t read the room. 30% of rhe things you cry about here is good news to everyone. The other 70% is fake news that can be demonstrated by looking up the entire story.

…and with new media replacing the leftist/globalist biased established media, the truth is getting harder to hide.

This will sound cruel to those who still believe the old propaganda. No one has a “right” to be housed, clothed, fed, or medicated at the taxpayers expense. Those who are paid must provide value.

The work requirements for welfare ought to include physical labor (i.e., road or building construction) for young, physically fit persons, menial office work for those less fit but able to sit at a desk for 40 hours a week, and/or work in assisted living facilities for those unable to work.

Religious and secular charities should be encouraged to support these efforts without reducing the work requirements.

The wages paid should be no more than subsistence level, i.e., below minimum wage. And daycare should be provided at a nominal cost deducted from their pay in order to discourage unwed baby factories.

We want to encourage them to be more ambitious. No snacks, no sugary drinks, no seconds.

America will need them healthy enough to relace the Koreans in those factories K-Sox hates.

Just looking back, childcare was a really big, ongoing concern everywhere we went. It isn’t easy finding someone responsible to watch your children. You get to a new base and immediately are expected to go to “welcome” events that don’t include children. Also no ideas on how to find someone to watch them (the spouses tended to guard their babysitters jealously once they found someone good, with good reason). I don’t know the answer to this problem really, it’s a problem everywhere. My daughter in law taught at a private preschool (which is essentially a daycare service). She quit after a year, and she loves children it’s just too much work having so many young ones to care for with limited resources. Again, I don’t know the answer.

Agreed, Setnaffa.
On a different but very similar note, look at this (insert expletive here). Universities are trying to rebrand DEI as “HOPE”:
https://x.com/realJeremyCarl/status/1905405555096584329

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2024-05-07/why-florida-is-the-best-state-in-education-and-economy#google_vignette

I’ll just drop that there, about Florida and Florida’s children.
DeSantos just returned almost a billion dollars to the federal government in education funding they deemed unnecessary.

Posting an outdated article almost a year old?

DeSantos just returned almost a billion dollars to the federal government in education funding they deemed unnecessary.

Even if that’s true, how much of that saved money are you going to see? Zero. Unless you’re a rich Maga getting another huge tax cut, courtesy of the rich President. If you’re just a lower or middle-class Maga, you gain nothing in return for losing essential services. Just think, why do you think the US will still add $25 trillion to its national debt, despite all these supposed ‘saved’ tax money? The spending is snowballing out of control, not slowing at all. Where is the money going?

But more probably, it is going to fund other things that need (or don’t need) funding, as there is a yearly deficit.

“Probably”?? Definitely not. The tax cut “savings” are going straight to the pockets of the 1% of the top earning rich people, you fool.

Households with incomes in the top 1 percent (who make more than roughly $743,000 a year) would get tax cuts averaging $61,000 a year, compared to only about $400 for households with incomes in the bottom 60 percent (who make roughly $96,000 or less). 

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/2025-budget-stakes-high-income-tax-cuts-price-hiking-tariffs-would-harm

Here are some numbers for those who go on and on about “but Canada”.

(Even they are not stupid enough to go on about But Mexico)

“As you read or view media reports on Trump’s Trade Wars, bear in mind these facts.

Mexico’s GDP is $1.8 trillion a year. Its exports to the United States are $506 billon a year. Exports to the USA make up 28% of its economy.

Exports to Mexico make up less than 2% of our $27.7 trillion GDP.

Canada’s GDP is $2.1 trillion. Its exports to the USA are $413 billion a year. Exports to the USA make up 19% of its economy.

Exports to Canada are less than 2% of our GDP.”

TLDR: Canada an go pound snow and Mexico can go pound poverty and crime, or whatever they have down in Mexico.

The world is going to learn that installing Biden and empowering the deep state didn’t cripple America enough.

Now it is time to flex.

Korea Thing really must have invested heavily in Canuckistan… Too bad…