Abbott has me rolling in the aisle laughing

[*Nately120*]

Isn't Canada more of a liberal socialist pushover thank the USA? Can we just send them up there to live the extra government subsidized life?

[GMDino]

That Abbot could be the next big thing.  If that thing were trying to singlehandedly raise prices and limit the US fresh food supply.

NEW: The chief executive of the Texas International Produce Association said consumers will start seeing empty store shelves this weekend in the fresh fruits and vegetables departments, thanks to Greg Abbott's unnecessary and self-imposed logjam on the Texas-Mexico border.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 15, 2022

 


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/grocery-shelves-seen-emptying-in-days-without-mexican-supplies

Quote:Produce Worth Millions Gets Stuck in Blockade by Mexico Truckers

• Trucker blockade at U.S.-Mexico border snarls fruit shipments
• Discontent mounting over Texas governor’s border clampdown
  

Commercial trucks wait in line to cross the Progreso International bridge into Mexico in Progreso, Texas on April 13. 
Photographer: Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images
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April 14, 2022, 12:06 PM EDTUpdated onApril 14, 2022, 1:26 PM EDT

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Grocery stores in some parts of the U.S. are expected to start running out of certain perishable goods as soon as this weekend because of a Mexican truckers’ blockade that has stranded millions of dollars worth of fresh produce. 





Roughly $150 million worth of fruit and vegetables are stalled south of the U.S.-Mexico border amid a protest over Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s controversial vehicle-inspection program, according to Texas International Produce Association. The blockade, which entered its fourth day on Thursday, is impeding delivery of things like avocados, limes, tomatoes, cucumbers and mangoes. 



“Going into this Easter weekend, consumers are going to see store shelves devoid of certain items,” said Dante L. Galeazzi, chief executive officer of the TIPA. 





The first impacts probably will be seen in the Midwest and along the East Coast, he added. Although commercial traffic has resumed at the initial blockade site, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, local media reported that truckers were shifting their focus to other crossing sites.





READ: Mexican Truck Exports Plunge as U.S. Border Blockade Persists



“Some retailers, particularly those in the grocery industry, have experienced supply chain delays resulting from the extended wait times along the Texas-Mexico border,” John McCord, executive director of the Texas Retailers Association, wrote in an email. 





Little more than a week ago, Abbott ordered state troopers to begin inspecting northbound Mexican commercial trucks to bolster highway safety in the Lone Star state. Although 25% of inspected vehicles were taken off the road because of bad brakes and other defects, the reaction from business interests and politicians on both sides of the border has been fierce.



Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, a Republican like Abbott, was among the first to sound the alarm, warning earlier this week that the dispute would trigger food shortages and push the price of avocados to $5 apiece.





Meanwhile, temperatures along the border have hovered close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius), making it hard for refrigerated trucks to keep fresh produce cool enough to avoid spoilage.



READ: Texas Governor Halts Some Truck Inspections on Border Snarl





Abbott said on Wednesday that he’s seeking to replicate agreements with Mexican state governors like the one he signed with the leader of Nuevo Leon that would see Texas inspections halted in exchange for increased vigilance south of the border.





McCord of the retailers association said he’s seeing “signs of a more normalized delivery schedule due to the agreement reached between Governors Abbott and Garcia on Wednesday.”





“The movement of agricultural goods and other products is vital to the Texas agriculture industry and important supply chains,” said Gary Joiner, a spokesman for the Texas Farm Bureau. “We are encouraged by the recent agreement in the Laredo region that is facilitating movement and inspections at the port of entry. We hope other similar measures and agreements can be achieved at other points of entry.”



— With assistance by Shelly Hagan, and Brendan Case
(Adds comments from retailers’ group in fifth, penultimate paragraphs.)

[BigPapaKain]

(04-15-2022, 08:35 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Dude, you are way overstretching to attempt to make your invalid point. First, where did I even mention an American Citizen? What I said is if the bus driver is culpable, so are the airline pilots flying them to different states. And secondly, you're whole linked statute you went to the effort to post is not applicable because they have.... and let me type this slower so you can comprehend.... ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED BY THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT AND RELEASED in Texas and given and new I-Phone as a welcome gift. They are now free to come and go as they please until their court date. The Federal Government, who oversees immigration, says they can go where they want. Did you not see the welcoming officials in DC shaking their hands and sending them on their way after checking their bracelets that they have been processed? You just don't like it.

I misread your point about Biden's midnight flight - that's on me.

My point is - since you can't seem to grasp it - is they're free to go where THEY want, not where ABBOT WANTS THEM. Knowingly moving an illegal - even one that's been processed - is against the law. If you think it's funny that Abbot is doing it but condemn Biden for doing it, you're a hypocrite.

That's my point. At the end of the day; I don't care where they end up. I just want people held accountable for their actions.

[Sled21]

(04-15-2022, 09:57 AM)BigPapaKain Wrote: I misread your point about Biden's midnight flight - that's on me.

My point is - since you can't seem to grasp it - is they're free to go where THEY want, not where ABBOT WANTS THEM. Knowingly moving an illegal - even one that's been processed - is against the law. If you think it's funny that Abbot is doing it but condemn Biden for doing it, you're a hypocrite.

That's my point. At the end of the day; I don't care where they end up. I just want people held accountable for their actions.

It's simply not. If that were the case they couldn't even take a taxi ride. They have been RELEASED and are free to move about as they wish. Someone providing them a ride is not illegal. If you don't think the Biden Administration would have been all over this crying "this is illegal" if it actually were, you are wildly mistaken. Instead, all Jen could come up with is "We think it's nice they gave them a ride." And BTW, the third busload just got there. 

[BigPapaKain]

(04-15-2022, 10:42 AM)Sled21 Wrote: It's simply not. If that were the case they couldn't even take a taxi ride. They have been RELEASED and are free to move about as they wish. Someone providing them a ride is not illegal. 

You clearly don't know what the word knowingly means.

[Sled21]

(04-15-2022, 10:44 AM)BigPapaKain Wrote: You clearly don't know what the word knowingly means.

You clearly don't understand once the have been processed and released, they can go and do what they please, and someone giving them a ride is not a problem.

[BigPapaKain]

(04-15-2022, 04:36 PM)Sled21 Wrote: You clearly don't understand once the have been processed and released, they can go and do what they please, and someone giving them a ride is not a problem.

Okie dokie artichokie.

[NATI BENGALS]

(04-15-2022, 09:41 AM)GMDino Wrote: That Abbot could be the next big thing.  If that thing were trying to singlehandedly raise prices and limit the US fresh food supply.

NEW: The chief executive of the Texas International Produce Association said consumers will start seeing empty store shelves this weekend in the fresh fruits and vegetables departments, thanks to Greg Abbott's unnecessary and self-imposed logjam on the Texas-Mexico border.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 15, 2022

 


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/grocery-shelves-seen-emptying-in-days-without-mexican-supplies

Yet another Biden crisis.








Created by the right to keep their base clutching the pearls

[BigPapaKain]

(04-15-2022, 04:42 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Yet another Biden crisis.








Created by the right to keep their base clutching the pearls

Or whatever.

[Stewy]

(04-13-2022, 10:16 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Biden said it was an empty threat. Lawrence Jones did "Man on the street" interviews with pompous DC elite residents last week, and to a person they were against this, saying "I don't think it is a good idea, those people need to stay in one area" (one pompous idiot even sniped he never heard of Texas). Now I can't wait for DeSantis to make his move and ship them to Delaware....    

You're move Biden....

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-migrant-bus-arrives-washington-d-c


A saw a story the other day that gave the massive number of busses Texas brought in to do this, this is just the first.      

So you're celebrating Abbot violating federal law.  Classy.

[BigPapaKain]

(04-15-2022, 05:49 PM)Stewy Wrote: So you're celebrating Abbot violating federal law.  Classy.

ThEy WeRe AlReAdY cLeArEd By ThE fEdS

[Dill]

(04-15-2022, 04:36 PM)Sled21 Wrote: You clearly don't understand once the have been processed and released, they can go and do what they please, and someone giving them a ride is not a problem.

What if herding them onto a bus and shipping them to DC does not please them?

[GMDino]

Oh man...Abbott has some new material!

Texas legislator warned Citigroup that he would introduce a bill to prevent the bank from underwriting municipal bonds in the state unless it rescinded its policy covering travel expenses for employees who go outside their state to seek an abortion https://t.co/xfRp2cJN5j

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 17, 2022

 



Nothing like the gop threatening to use legislation to force a private company to change policies.  What a hoot!

[Sled21]

(04-17-2022, 11:59 PM)Dill Wrote: What if herding them onto a bus and shipping them to DC does not please them?

They already said every one of them wanted to go. It was all voluntary. All the screaming "It's illegal" doesn't make it illegal. If it were illegal, you can bet the Ol' Jen would be using that talking point.

[BigPapaKain]

(04-18-2022, 09:08 AM)GMDino Wrote: Oh man...Abbott has some new material!

Texas legislator warned Citigroup that he would introduce a bill to prevent the bank from underwriting municipal bonds in the state unless it rescinded its policy covering travel expenses for employees who go outside their state to seek an abortion https://t.co/xfRp2cJN5j

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 17, 2022

 



Nothing like the gop threatening to use legislation to force a private company to change policies.  What a hoot!

PrIvAtE bUsInEsSeS cAn Do WhAtEvEr

No not like that...

[Dill]

(04-18-2022, 09:09 AM)Sled21 Wrote: They already said every one of them wanted to go. It was all voluntary. All the screaming "It's illegal" doesn't make it illegal. If it were illegal, you can bet the Ol' Jen would be using that talking point.

So Abbott's original intent was NOT to send them all, regardless of whether they wanted to go or not? 

When he found out that was illegal, he decided to use tax-payer money to help those willing get to another Republican governor's state? 

[*michaelsean*]

(04-15-2022, 04:42 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Yet another Biden crisis.








Created by the right to keep their base clutching the pearls

is there bacon on those trucks?  Is that why it's so expensive now?

[GMDino]

(04-18-2022, 10:51 AM)michaelsean Wrote: is there bacon on those trucks?  Is that why it's so expensive now?

That is a separate issue.  Many of the workers who prepared the product were the ones getting sick during the first couple waves of Covid.  Many didn't go back to that work because the job market gave them other options.  Oh, and the company wants to make more profits hidden behind inflation to make up for 2020.

This deal with the trucks is a literal thing that you can point to and say Abbott's decision ruined the produce and will drive prices up, ujnrelated to other factors that would raise prices.