OT: Pittsburgh off of Amazon's list

[joeydavid]

If you fly anywhere, it's likely you have been negatively impacted by the PHL airport. I have been stranded in Charlotte and Atlanta because the plane I was supposed to be on couldn't get out of PHL. Personally, avoid flying through there due to too many bad experiences.

PIT on the other hand is great since no-one else seems to fly out of there...

I agree that Amazon is making sure they milk every city in contention for every concession possible. But I have no idea what they're looking for, so no idea if Philly is the "real" candidate.

Personally, if I'm an Amazon exec, I fly into PHL once and cross them off the list. That airport is a disaster not just for flyers but for pilots too. (Hear this constantly from a friend who is a pilot for American.) It was not built for all the traffic and wide body planes. JMO.

 

[joeydavid]

Did you seriously just call the wealthiest person in the world's companies "dipshit companies" or am I reading that wrong?

Jeff Bezos looks like Dr Evil.
He owns a mansion in DC. Presumably so he can be close to the Washington Post which he owns and the 4 different law firms that represent his dipshit companies as lobbyists near the politicians.

If that expansion headquarters is anywhere but Maryland, Northern VA, DC I would be shocked. That whole area can take in another 5000 jobs with plenty of overpriced housing to accommodate.

I am glad Pittsburgh region isn’t getting the Amazon HQ2 location. Plenty of other tech companies will continue to head in our direction without the ensuing chaos.

By the way, Jeff Bezos looks like Dr Evil.

 

[BuffetParrothead]

The only way that you or I could be arrested and executed for something we say would be if the US government, at least under our current Constitution, was overthrown by a foreign power. It has been over 200 years since foreign troops were on US soil. The main reason for that is our borders. We have thousands of miles of ocean separating our Eastern and Western borders from any potential enemy, and we have non-threatening neighbors in Canada and Mexico to our North and South. Has there been any foreign power in the past 200 years which has had the ability to overcome those obstacles? Those trillions are not protecting us from tyranny, at least since the end of WWII.

Our biggest threat today is the International and domestic enemy from within as Europe is now experiencing and will experience as Euro countries and cultures erode, foreign cultures take over and terrorism increases.

Or from a tryranical-corrupt governments like the one Trump replaced or the one that could have been put in place if Trump lost. Many examples of abuse of power against Republican citizens, media/press, and government representatives.

Guns, gun owners, and the NRA are here to stay forever!

After all of the "bad press" NRA membership has expanded, donations to the NRA legislative division have increased, and gun ownership has increased.

I ran into a family at one of the gun clubs that Mrs Buffett and I belong to who recently joined the NRA and they don't have guns at this time. The're currently attending NRA instructional courses and are in the process of purchasing a handgun and long gun for the family to shoot at the gun club.
The instructor who happens to be a retired PA St Police officier told Mrs Buffett that enrollment in NRA beginner instructional courses has been at record levels. She also instructs upper level courses and said they are full as well!!
Gun clubs and ranges are packed these days! We belong to three of the ten in our area.

Now Australia wants to ban knives after numerous knive attacks and they had a reent gun attack.

Keep playing wack o mole and avoid addressing the real issues!

Oh yes! Dicks Sporting Goods is experiencing a significant drop in business due to gun owners purchasing not only guns, and ammo but all other sporting goods through other outlets.
Mrs Buffett and I sent in our cut up and sent our Dicks Sporting Goods Credit card and Dick's Gold Propass Scorecard to the CEO.

We had a long conversation with one of their VP's about why we dropped them. We were Gold Propass Dick's Scorecard customers.


"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett
Go PITT & CSU Rams!

 

[joeydavid]

Anyone can watch NRAtv on their own if they wanted to do so. Point being, there's no reason to regurgitate their propaganda on a college football message board.

The NRA used to be a highly respected organization. It's sad and unfortunate what they have become since the 1970s.

Our biggest threat today is the International and domestic enemy from within as Europe is now experiencing and will experience as Euro countries and cultures erode, foreign cultures take over and terrorism increases.

Or from a tryranical-corrupt governments like the one Trump replaced or the one that could have been put in place if Trump lost. Many examples of abuse of power against Republican citizens, media/press, and government representatives.

Guns, gun owners, and the NRA are here to stay forever!

After all of the "bad press" NRA membership has expanded, donations to the NRA legislative division have increased, and gun ownership has increased.

I ran into a family at one of the gun clubs that Mrs Buffett and I belong to who recently joined the NRA and they don't have guns at this time. The're currently attending NRA instructional courses and are in the process of purchasing a handgun and long gun for the family to shoot at the gun club.
The instructor who happens to be a retired PA St Police officier told Mrs Buffett that enrollment in NRA beginner instructional courses has been at record levels. She also instructs upper level courses and said they are full as well!!
Gun clubs and ranges are packed these days! We belong to three of the ten in our area.

Now Australia wants to ban knives after numerous knive attacks and they had a reent gun attack.

Keep playing wack o mole and avoid addressing the real issues!

Oh yes! Dicks Sporting Goods is experiencing a significant drop in business due to gun owners purchasing not only guns, and ammo but all other sporting goods through other outlets.
Mrs Buffett and I sent in our cut up and sent our Dicks Sporting Goods Credit card and Dick's Gold Propass Scorecard to the CEO.

We had a long conversation with one of their VP's about why we dropped them. We were Gold Propass Dick's Scorecard customers.


"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett
Go PITT & CSU Rams!

 

[HailtoPitt]

Our biggest threat today is the International and domestic enemy from within as Europe is now experiencing and will experience as Euro countries and cultures erode, foreign cultures take over and terrorism increases.

Or from a tryranical-corrupt governments like the one Trump replaced or the one that could have been put in place if Trump lost. Many examples of abuse of power against Republican citizens, media/press, and government representatives.

Guns, gun owners, and the NRA are here to stay forever!

After all of the "bad press" NRA membership has expanded, donations to the NRA legislative division have increased, and gun ownership has increased.

I ran into a family at one of the gun clubs that Mrs Buffett and I belong to who recently joined the NRA and they don't have guns at this time. The're currently attending NRA instructional courses and are in the process of purchasing a handgun and long gun for the family to shoot at the gun club.
The instructor who happens to be a retired PA St Police officier told Mrs Buffett that enrollment in NRA beginner instructional courses has been at record levels. She also instructs upper level courses and said they are full as well!!
Gun clubs and ranges are packed these days! We belong to three of the ten in our area.

Now Australia wants to ban knives after numerous knive attacks and they had a reent gun attack.

Keep playing wack o mole and avoid addressing the real issues!

Oh yes! Dicks Sporting Goods is experiencing a significant drop in business due to gun owners purchasing not only guns, and ammo but all other sporting goods through other outlets.
Mrs Buffett and I sent in our cut up and sent our Dicks Sporting Goods Credit card and Dick's Gold Propass Scorecard to the CEO.

We had a long conversation with one of their VP's about why we dropped them. We were Gold Propass Dick's Scorecard customers.


"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett
Go PITT & CSU Rams!

Grrrrrrr. That'll show em.

 

[Gunga_Galunga]

What's your point?

That you're posting data you don't understand, and using it to form opinions that are dubious.

We aren't getting away from a majority of our electricity production being from fossil in any of our lifetimes, and it has nothing to do with who you want to classify as an opponent of renewables.

 

[HailtoPitt]

That you're posting data you don't understand, and using it to form opinions that are dubious.

We aren't getting away from a majority of our electricity production being from fossil in any of our lifetimes, and it has nothing to do with who you want to classify as an opponent of renewables.

I posted factual data. The use or renewable energy for electricity has gone grown from 10% to 17% since 2010. That increase is mainly due to the growth of wind and solar power. Those things aren't going away. Only growing in use and popularity. At this rate, renewable energy should be the majority of electric production by 2050.

 

[BuffetParrothead]

Todays news has stories of how Amazon is getting tired of Seattle government. Seattle government spending like all Democrat cities is out of control. Compensation costs and other costs are out of control. Like San Francisco homeless people line the streets in certain areas, they use the streets as restrooms, drug addicts are shooting up passing out and some dying as Seattle residents walk past them to work, and as one news reporter said "its "it's like a third world country."

So instead of reforming and controlling costs Seattle government passes a headcount bill charging businesses a $ 275 surcharge per employee. Amazon has issued a warning that under the current circumstances, considering this surcharge, they will not expand in Seattle and may begin to look for an alternative headquarters!
A local restaurant founded in Seattle was on the news just a few minutes ago saying they will not open any more restaurants in Seattle.
The story goes on and on!

The liberal left will never understand how business works! Which is understandable with all those philosphy, gender studies, or other worthless college degrees.

A similar movement is taking place in San Francisco as a very liberal politician who authored the Sanctuary Cities bill, and is running for mayor has said things are out of control in San Franciso.

Liberal Chicago and the surrounding area has joined in on the luncacy. Just this week they proposed a 1% tax on all owned real property for the next 30 years,in addition to the already high property taxes. This is to fund union unfunded pension liability costs.
In their press release they said current residents won't be able to escape this tax since their home prices will drop and they won't be able sell and move. If they do leave new buyers will benefit for the lower housing prices and will move in. Essentially they destroyed the value / equity of peoples homes to pay for unmanaged union benefits.

These liberal cities are on a collision course with destruction!

"its five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett
Go PITT & CSU Rams!

 

[BuffetParrothead]

I posted factual data. The use or renewable energy for electricity has gone grown from 10% to 17% since 2010. That increase is mainly due to the growth of wind and solar power. Those things aren't going away. Only growing in use and popularity. At this rate, renewable energy should be the majority of electric production by 2050.

I get very involved in this area since my company is a mining / chemical company and we try real hard to reduce utility costs for lots of reasons.

At this time there is no renewable energy source that is economically viable.

A few years ago Warren Buffett a liberal pulled out of renewable energy investments saying these industries are net losers and have a long way to go before they can turn a profit.

All solar farms or wind farms are either subsidized by the government or the owner is eating the loss.

Our local energy supplier PPL in the Lehigh Valley PA has a huge solar farm and they take a loss on that operation. Because they're a utility they feel it's important to show support for renewalble energy which will have an application someday but not by 2050.

We supply PPL with various products and have met with them on cost saving projects including solar and wind farms and they provided my company with the economics of these projects.

They all are revenue negative and very unreliable!

Even the electric car isn't a good economic choice given the current gas prices.

Mrs Buffett showed me some data that indicates electric cars will be shelved in place of Hydrogen powered vehicles. These vehicles are being tested cars and trucks and present gas stations can be retrofitted to accomodate gas, diesel, and hydrogen.

Thats the future for vehicles!

"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett

 

[HailtoPitt]

I get very involved in this area since my company is a mining / chemical company and we try real hard to reduce utility costs for lots of reasons.

At this time there is no renewable energy source that is economically viable.

A few years ago Warren Buffett a liberal pulled out of renewable energy investments saying these industries are net losers and have a long way to go before they can turn a profit.

All solar farms or wind farms are either subsidized by the government or the owner is eating the loss.

Our local energy supplier PPL in the Lehigh Valley PA has a huge solar farm and they take a loss on that operation. Because they're a utility they feel it's important to show support for renewalble energy which will have an application someday but not by 2050.

We supply PPL with various products and have met with them on cost saving projects including solar and wind farms and they provided my company with the economics of these projects.

They all are revenue negative and very unreliable!

Even the electric car isn't a good economic choice given the current gas prices.

Mrs Buffett showed me some data that indicates electric cars will be shelved in place of Hydrogen powered vehicles. These vehicles are being tested cars and trucks and present gas stations can be retrofitted to accomodate gas, diesel, and hydrogen.

Thats the future for vehicles!

"it's five o'clock somewhere"
Signed: Mr Buffett

I never said that renewables are cheaper. I said that electric cars will make more and more sense from an environmental perspective as the use of renewables continues to increase. By 2030 we could have 1/3 of electricity generated from renewables. Why would we NOT want electric cars then? Seems like that would result in be a huge reduction of CO2.