Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 10/28/2024 Vol.501, Q Day 2557

Not a busy roadway...

An Open Letter to Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk of the DOGE

American Interstates are littered with the detritus of taxpayer waste - may I present you a road map to help clean them up.

https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-vivek-ramaswamy

Excerpt:

Mr Ramaswamy and Mr Musk,

Congratulations on the victory of the Trump campaign, of which both of you played essential parts, and your subsequent nominations to head the proposed Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The American Federal government in 2024 is a poisoned and bloated carcass that if not corrected will wash ashore on a beach to rot, with so much potential wasted and the advancement of humanity itself curtailed.

.....Though the graft and corporate welfare that exists in the trucking industry is tiny compared to so many others, one less cut inches us slowly away from death by a thousand.

In this advice essay, I want to point you to a series of issues that face the industry and which I believe the DOGE would be well suited to investigate - the waste of taxpayer funds on the industry’s driver retention problem, the misallocation of regulatory effort, and misplaced focus on environmental concerns derived from trucks themselves.

.....In an announcement on Thursday, November 7, the FMCSA bragged of a tour they were going on, where they would lavish $140 million in taxpayer dollars towards training programs for new truck drivers. At the same time, many carriers with hundreds of trucks across this country were closing up shop, in stark contrast to the claims of President Biden and his sycophants of having such an awesome economy right now.

Does it not say something that one of the trucking industry’s biggest and highest regarded publications has a very active section dedicated to nothing but truckers going out of business?

Even if the trucking business were booming, is it the responsibility of taxpayers to foot the bill for carrier training programs? What if I told you that ‘truck driver training’ has become a stealth corporate welfare program that funnels untold millions of taxpayer dollars towards trucking companies that have gotten so used to these taxpayer funds that they will not do anything to reduce their own churn problem?

.....It is quite clear that throwing money at this problem is not solving it, and it leads to the question, what do we get for all of that money, other than a steady flow of underpaid rookie truckers who tend to be involved in collisions at higher rates than everyone else, thus necessitating increases in insurance premiums for all carriers, sometimes so high that trucking companies are forced to close due to the unaffordability of those premiums?

Why do we tolerate this? Perhaps the DOGE can look to cut off funding to trucker training programs, and let the free market do its thing - its long past time for the taxpayer to stop footing the bill for this problem, which won’t be solved as long as ‘free’ money is available which disincentivizes any solution.

.....There are a number of fraudulent scams being run on the trucking industry, many of them involving both foreign entities, and entities based in the United States.

A recent recurring problem is ‘double brokering’, where one middleman ‘load broker’ arranges a truck through another ‘load broker’, either willfully or unknowingly, which is highly illegal. Under the law, only one broker may be involved in a load arrangement between a shipper and the trucker hauling the load. In a double brokered situation, not only is an additional hand in the pie, removing value that ought to be going to the trucker who hauled the freight so that he can operate safely and turn a profit, but questions of liability and even more potential fraud arise. In the most egregious cases, we see situations where the trucker who hauled the load doesn’t get paid at all.

Estimates put the losses from double brokering in the tens of millions of dollars. Cumulatively with other forms of freight fraud and outright theft of loads, this problem is estimated to cost the economy a staggering price of $500 to $700 million annually, and some fraudulent carriers and brokers are so brazen they are now holding loads for ransom.

.....Another problem the FMCSA is doing nothing about, that I’m aware of, is investigating the very worrying trend of illegal migrants being employed as truckers in America, many of them with no command of the English language, many having no CDL or any training whatsoever, and more often than not bound to their employers through indentured servitude arrangements. This is, in essence, a form of modern day slavery. Over and above this being completely and utterly unethical, illegals, and those other migrants whom are here ‘legally’ through the abuse of existing visa programs, are often paid rates far below prevailing wages, which undercuts the American trucker, and thus the wage floor for all other workers.

.....An advocacy organization called American Truckers United has begun to analyze crash data and connect the dots between ever increasing truck collision numbers on American roads with the use of overseas labor who, again, are often not trained properly or even licensed at all. Statistics from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a North American wide group of enforcement officials who conduct annual roadside safety inspection ‘blitzes’, show some worrisome violations that correlate with the behavior of companies who employ illegal migrants. In 2024, two of the top 5 Out-Of-Service violations, where enforcement officials stop the commercial vehicle from operating, were failure of the driver to produce a CDL, or failure of the driver to produce a Medical Certification showing fitness for being behind the wheel.

Some of the problems with employing illegal or otherwise immigrant labor in trucking, explicitly to exploit and underpay them, have been around for years. In 2017, USA Today did a major three part series on how migrants from Central America were being abused in drayage operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Migrant truckers were found to be paid starvation wages, if they were paid at all, and in many cases were barred from going home at the end of their shifts, told to ‘take a nap’ and then keep on trucking.

Why is it that the trucking industry, which is the most critical link in the nations supply chains, is being allowed to be undermined by foreign actors?

.....Since 2007, the EPA has imposed, and continues to impose, ever more stringent emissions control mandates on trucks. Truck engine manufacturers have done their best to develop technologies that meet the requirements of those mandates, but this has not come without significant cost. Famously, the heavy equipment and engine manufacturer Caterpillar gave up trying to meet the mandates at all, and discontinued building truck engines for on-highway use.

.....In my own experience, the manager of a local truck dealer and service center told me, when the propane delivery truck I was driving during Covid was in to have its emission system repaired for the umpteenth time, that emission control system service makes up 75% of their business. Another company I worked for previously had spent $65,000 on emission systems repairs on one truck over the course of 18 months after purchasing it new. The equipment downtime accrued by the trucking industry over the last 17 years of these mandates is probably incalculable.

We do not know what the total economic impact of these mandates has been, nor do we employ alternative ways to make our trucking and logistics systems more efficient, mostly because the EPA, and our government in general, are laser focused on technological solutions to ‘climate change’ at the exclusion of all other considerations.

We do know, however, that the EPA is a vindictive and spiteful organization that has zero tolerance for those who fail to comply, or seek to avoid its costly mandates.

There are numerous examples of the EPA imposing hefty fines on shops and service providers, sometimes in the millions of dollars, who have disabled or otherwise removed the emissions control hardware and software on modern engines, despite the fact engines typically run better and cheaper without them. (And nevermind the expensive parts replacements and downtime when they eventually break down.)

To add insult to injury, many used trucks in America are sold internationally, especially next door into Mexico and Central America, where those systems are immediately removed from the trucks......

.....Perhaps the reason so many trucks are on the road in the first place is that trucking capacity is often wasted due to problems that are not the fault of truckers, but of the customers whom they service. ‘Detention’ is the industry term for the time that trucks sit waiting to be loaded or unloaded at customer facilities, and it is consistently listed as a top ten problem in annual surveys by the American Transportation Research Institute, this year making number 4 amongst drivers across the board.

.....In Conclusion

Another issue with trucking in America is our very restrictive weight limits. The Federal standard of 80,000 pounds gross is one of the lightest in the world. Many states have allowances for longer and heavier trucks within their states, as they understand that trucks doing more work per load means fewer trips and fewer trucks on the road in total. For comparison, in Canada, with what they call a Super B Train, trucks are longer and allowed to be 140,000 pounds gross weight.

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The trucking industry in America faces vast challenges, too many to list here. I did not even begin to touch on the looming potential of automated trucks, nor the oversale of Electric Vehicles to the public as a solution to slow down climate change.

There are, however, some very simple policy changes that ought to be made which would force the industry to rethink how it does business, and be less reliant on government handouts, illegal labor, and a punishing regulatory regime which is chasing problems created by those handouts and use of illegal labor.

The regulatory agencies which oversee all of this are very costly to the American taxpayer. They would have less to do, and thus necessitate a lower price tag, if we enacted my above suggestions.

The world must have justice for the perpetrators of crimes against humanity.

Stuttgart City Library, germany

Miami weather this past weekend

great bit

https://rumble.com/v5stpzn-this-clip-from-landman-drops-truthbombs-about-oil.html

2. Winslow Arizona

Not pontificating; helpful. I know the Brunson case or whatever it’s called was severely pooh-poohed when it hit the scene. Since the 01000 account mentioned it “Brunson Lurkingly Lurks”, I figured it may be important after all. The brother who did the filing’s first name is Raland J BRUNSON.

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Sep 28
The Brunson Case Doth Lurkingly Lurk...
What A Wild Time To Be Alive.

Here’s the case that was sent to SCOTUS for any legal minds that want to take a look. No visible evidence apparently that they’ve touched it. Shrug? I don’t know anything.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-380/243739/20221027152243533_20221027-152110-95757954-00007015.pdf

YMBII

Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole: Independent Scientists and Physicians Unmask the Pandemic

by Steven Pelech, Christopher A. Shaw, Mary Holland

(Children’s Health Defense)

Excerpt:

Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole discusses the widespread misuse of science during the pandemic, the likely origin of COVID-19, the pathophysiology of the disease itself, and the harms associated with the various vaccines that have been produced, particularly those based on the novel mRNA platforms. This book also looks at the widespread failure of the health professions to adequately understand and treat the disease and the consequences of the vaccines, the apparently agenda-driven responses of various governments, and the inability of the legal system to understand the implications for natural and civil rights. As well, Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole considers how most of the mainstream media largely became a propaganda tool for reigning governments.

The official response to the pandemic has fractured society in ways that most people could not have imagined prior to 2020. Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole details these consequences, offers solutions to repair the damages to society, and considers ways to heal those damaged by the experimental vaccines.

Available at Amazon and other bookstores.

Good night to all FRens, FReeQs, FReepers, Truth SeeQers, LurQers, Digital Soldiers, anons, and all good people the world over, wishing you will have a good night's sleep and happy morning. May God's presence in our hearts bless us with determination, hope, and peace in the midst of turmoil, loneliness, and any difficulties.

He who cannot describe the problem
will never find the solution to that problem.
Confucius

Not Repealed
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Ballot Measure No. 2 Official Election Pamphlet
Ballot Measure No. 2 – 22AKHE
An Act to get rid of the Open Primary System and Ranked-Choice General Election.
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BM#2 - 22AKHE
Times Cast 340,110 / 610,272 55.73%
Candidate Party Total
YES 159,955 49.90%
NO 160,619 50.10%
Total Votes 320,574

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/group-republicans-plan-oust-mike-johnson-as-house/
Group of Republicans Plan to Oust Mike Johnson as House Speaker

Rats had two in the race.

Here’s the first round results.

Begich, Nick REP 159,375 48.42%
Hafner, Eric DEM 3,421 1.04%
Howe, John Wayne AIP 12,984 3.94%
Peltola, Mary S. DEM 152,596 46.36%
Write-in 750 0.23%

Here’s how the rounds went

https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/24GENR/RCV-USRep.pdf

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4280906/posts

Promising results for COPD treatment: Researchers find form of vitamin B3 reduces lung inflammation (63% in 20 weeks)
Medical Xpress / University of Copenhagen / Nature Aging ^ | Nov. 20, 2024 | Kristoffer L. Norheim et al

nicotinamide riboside, also known as vitamin B3,

BUT THEN THERE’S THIS

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-excess-niacin-may-promote-cardiovascular-disease#

NOW GO TO SLEEP!

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-sleep-clears-brain

Where We Go 1, We Go All