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The Guardian / July 24, 2016 UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson rebuked by British Liberal Democrat Tom Drake for blaming Munich shooting on terrorists. The lone radical Islamist gunmen opened fire in Munich on Friday evening, murdering 9 people and wounding 35. Drake urged the Foreign Secretary to avoid passing “politically sensitive judgments” on world events until he was in full possession of the facts after he allegedly prematurely blamed Islamist terrorists for the killings in Munich on Friday. Johnson made his remarks before the identity of the killer – an 18-year-old German citizen of Iranian descent who was obsessed with mass slaughter – had been known. (So in fact, the Foreign Secretary was spot on with his assessment) Speaking about the attack on Friday while in New York, Johnson told the press that that the “global sickness” of terrorism needed to be tackled at its source in the Middle East. “If, as seems very likely, this is another terrorist incident, then I think it proves once again that we have a global phenomenon and a global sickness that we have to tackle both at the source – in the areas where the cancer is being incubated in the Middle East – and also of course around the world.” He added: “We have to ask ourselves, what is going on? How is the switch being thrown in the minds of these people?”

Regarding the United States' NATO commitments, Trump was unapologetic, repeating that he intended to force allies to shoulder defense costs that the United States has borne for decades. "We have countries within NATO taking advantage of us. With me, I believe they are going to pay," said Trump, who previously warned assistance to allies would depend on whether they "have fulfilled their obligations to us." "Now, a country gets invaded. They haven't paid. Everyone said 'Oh, but we have a treaty'." "If they don't pay -- Chuck -- this isn't 40 years ago. This isn't 50 years ago. It's not 30 years ago. We're a different country today. "We have countries that aren't paying and this goes beyond NATO because we take care of Japan. We take care of Germany and South Korea and Saudi Arabia and we lose on everything. "We can no longer be the stupid country." .

The issue is, apart from Boeing, and Ford and GM, we don't have any leading industry left. Very little of what you purchase at the department store, home improvement store and so forth are made in America. The practicalities of food production require U.S. facilities, but an alarming number of food companies are foreign owned. It's up to your government to "manage" the success of U.S. industry. The Department of Justice, who in 1964 wouldn't allow Chrysler to acquire Mack, was only too glad in 1999-2000 to allow foreign aggressor Volvo to buy Mack Trucks. This isn't "rocket science". The takeover of U.S. industry by foreign aggressors was allowed by your government. And there's little doubt that various entities and individuals were compensated. Much, like NAFTA, was a Bilderberg Group recommendation (the Rockefellers of our time).

She's an awfully good dramatics actor. .

Trump hits a key nail on the head. Speaking of the U.S. Constitution, Trump spoke of how "everybody wants to be protected." Unlike Burger King, it is simply impossible for everybody to have it their way. When you give to one group, you take from another. That's just basic Math 101. But in the year 2016, everybody wants to come out on top with their agendas. .

BBC / July 24, 2016 A radical Islamist has detonated a bomb outside a bar in the southern German city of Ansbach, near Nuremberg around 10:00pm local time on Sunday. One person was been killed, and 12 others are wounded, 3 in critical condition. Police say the attacker, a 27-year-old rejected asylum seeker from Syria, detonated an explosive device in his backpack. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspected attacker had entered Germany two years ago and had his asylum claim rejected a year ago. The attacker had been given leave to stay temporarily given the situation in his home country and provided with an apartment in Ansbach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC / July 25, 2016 The Syrian radical Islamist who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader ISIS, Bavarian authorities say. The man threatened a "revenge attack" on Germans in the video. Germany's federal prosecutor's office has taken on the case due to "the suspicion of membership of a foreign terrorist organization".

Associated Press / July 24, 2016 A 21-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker killed a pregnant 45-year-old Polish woman with a machete Sunday in the southwest German city of Reutlingen. The Syrian then attacked the occupants of a Citroen car in which a 51-year-old woman suffered cuts to her arms and a 41-year-old man went into shock. The attacker also slashed the face of a 23-year-old. A man driving a BMW ran over the attacker, knocking him to the ground. German media have been reporting that the motive for the attack in the city south of Stuttgart was unclear but the attacker and the 45-year-old Polish victim both worked at the same snack bar. Police are describing the incident as a “crime of passion” rather than a "terrorist attack". The attack occurred around 4:30 pm near the city’s main bus station at Listplatz Square. Reutlingen, population 100,000, is near Stuttgart. The attacker was "known to police". .

Yes, in later years, we did sell powered glider kits featuring Mack "reman" engines. But never a rolling glider kit......that amounts to being a complete truck. Though we of course offered reman carriers, we never offered a reman axle assembly with carrier......no demand. Mack documented the VIN of the original vehicle being glider kitted........that VIN could not be used twice.

At the former Mack Trucks, we requested the model and serial number of the subject truck being used in the construction of the glider kit, to ensure the glider kit was constructed so as to accommodate that truck's drivetrain, built with the same wiring harness (e.g. round versus square plug), ect. It was all quite professional and thorough.

To make a long story short, Volvo Group intentionally does NOT sell "glider kits" in the US market (or any global market). The "glider kit" is an American invention. Volvo does not subscribe to it, rather, they want you to buy a new truck.

Buy American? How is that possible? Our government allowed Sweden's Volvo buy American truckmaking icon Mack Trucks, the company who literally built our country, AND allowed Italy's Fiat to get Chrysler for nothing (the biggest American giveaway of our lifetime). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Germany’s Mann + Hummel now owns Affinia Group, producer of Wix, Napa and other brand filters - Germany's ZF has acquired TRW - Italy's Fiat owns Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep - China's Wanxiang has acquired over 20 U.S. businesses including U.S. government-funded battery maker A123, Dana’s coupled-products business, Neapco and D&R Technology. - Germany's Daimler acquired Freightliner, Western Star, Detroit Diesel and Thomas Built Buses - Sweden's Volvo acquired White, Autocar, GMC heavy truck and Mack Trucks - Germany’s Knorr-Bremse owns Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems - Sweden’s Haldex acquired Anchorlok and the Neway suspension control valve business - Luxembourg-based SAF owns Neway air suspensions, and 5th wheel makers Holland and Simplex - Prestolite Electric, which includes the Leece-Neville brand, was acquired by Zhongshan, China-based Broad Ocean Motor Company and Beijing-based Ophoenix Capital. - Nexteer Automotive aka GM Global Steering Holdings LLC (formerly Delphi Steering and GM’s Saginaw Steering Division) was acquired by Chinese government-owned Pacific Century Motors - Germany’s Mahle acquired Delphi’s automotive air conditioning division, Delphi Thermal - Korea's Doosan owns Bobcat - Aircraft and industrial engine maker Teledyne Continental Motors was acquired by Chinese government aircraft maker AVIC - Canada's Bombardier acquired Learjet Corporation - Mexico's KUO Group acquired Borg-Warner and Spicer transmissions - Italy's Fiat thru subsidiary CNH Global owns Case-IH and New Holland - Sweden's Volvo acquired the road construction equipment division of Ingersoll Rand - Japan's Bridgestone owns Firestone and Bandag - France's Michelin owns Uniroyal and BF Goodrich - China’s Beijing West Industries acquired Delphi’s brake and suspension divisions - Netherlands-based Mittal Steel acquired (asset holder of Bethlehem Steel, LTV, Weirton Steel, Georgetown Steel and US Steel) - Mexico's Metalsa S.A. acquired 10 Dana plants that produce structural components for chassis and body structures in light and commercial vehicles - Germany's Siemens acquired Houston-based Dresser-Rand - China's Shuanghui owns Smithfield Foods - Belgium's InBev owns Anheuser-Busch - South African Breweries (SAB) acquired Miller Brewing - Germany's Merck KGaA acquired St. Louis-based drugmaker Sigma-Aldrich - Switzerland's Nestle owns Gerber baby foods and Purina - Sweden's Electrolux owns the Frigidaire, Kenmore and Tappan appliance brands - South Korea's LG owns Zenith - Netherlands-based Philips acquired Magnavox, Philco and Sylvania - China's Lenovo acquired IBM's personal computing division - Japan's Seven & I Holdings owns 7-Eleven - The UK's InterContinental Hotels Groups owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotel chains, and Candlewood Suites - China's Wanda Group owns the AMC cinema chain - The Venezuelan government owns Citgo - Mexico's Bimbo Group acquired Sara Lee's bakery business and the following brands: Arnold, Ball Park, Boboli, Brownberry, Cinnabon Bread, EarthGrains, Entenmann’s, Francisco, Freihofer’s, Marinela, Milton’s Bread, Mrs Bairds, Oroweat, Roman Meal, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, Sun-Maid Bread, Thomas’ and Tia Rosa. - The British-Dutch conglomerate Unilever owns Ben & Jerrys, Vaseline, Hellmann’s, Best Foods, Ponds, Good Humor and Breyers - Germany's Henkel owns Dial soap, Loctite, Orbseal and Bergquist - Germany's Bayer acquired Miles Laboratories and Cutter Laboratories (including Cutter insect repellent, Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day, Flintstones vitamins and Bactine), and the consumer care business of Merck & Co. which included the brands Claritin (allergy), Coppertone (sun care), MiraLAX (gastrointestinals), Afrin (cold) and Dr. Scholl’s. - Bayer CropScience acquired biological company AgraQuest - Thailand’s Thai Union Frozen Products owns Chicken of the Sea and Orion Seafood International - South Korea’s Dongwon owns StarKist - The UK’s Lion Capital owns Bumble Bee Foods - Jim Beam was acquired by Japan’s Suntory in 2014 - Krispy Kreme has been acquired by Luxembourg-based JAB Holdings - Giant Carlisle (Martin's Food Markets, Ukrops), Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover supermarkets are owned by Dutch retailer Koninklijke Ahold N.V. - Food Lion and Hannaford supermarkets are owned by Belgium-based Delhaize Group - Colombia's Cementos Argos has acquired the cement and ready mix producing assets of Vulcan Materials and LaFarge - UK-based Tarmac PLC acquired the cement and ready mix producing assets of Stamford, Conn.-based Lone Star Industries (for many years the largest U.S. cement maker) - Two-wheeled electric people mover Segway has been acquired by China’s Ninebot - China’s HNA Group acquired Carlson Hotels Inc. (Radisson, Park Plaza, Country Inns)

I can't say what Volvo Group does when you call their "customer satisfaction" hotline at +1 (866) 298-6586. But Eaton, like Cummins, needs the business because the foreign aggressors are currently eating up their market share. So please do give Eaton a call. Ask how you can connect with the field engineer for your state. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

FCA head Sergio Marchionne does need every penny he can get. Jeep is a massive profit center but it struggles to support the entire FCA empire. If Bill Ford wanted to sell the Cargo in the U.S. with the proprietary Ford 9.0L and/or licensed Cursor 10/11/13, he could wave his wand and have the trucks set up to EPA2010 with the addition of DPFs. That's all you need to bridge over from Euro-6 spec. Existing American-owned Ford supplier Tenneco, who supplies DPFs to Scania, would be glad to help.

As flying machines, the Wildcat was horrible and the Hellcat still didn't compare with the Zero. The Bearcat was the Zero's equal, but like the Fury and Sea Fury, they didn't enter the picture until the end of the war. Unlike the Thunderbolt, an ungainly lump with big engine, the Corsair had a proportional balance of all the necessary attributes. Had it be used in the European theater of war, I'm confident it could have taken on Germany's best, the Kurt Tank-designed Focke-Wulf TA-152 (Tank went on to make his late war jet designs a reality after the war, first in the Nazi enclave of Argentina, and than India).

A long time ago, someone I respected in his knowledge of WW2 fighter aircraft asked me what I thought the best "piston engine" fighter of the war was. Though the P-51 with its superb (Packard-built) British Rolls Royce "Merlin" engine and Hawker Fury/Sea Fury were in the top 5, I without hesitation said........"The Vought F4U Corsair".

She's just an actor for the masses to see. She would never be among the ones behind the veil who pull the levers and push the buttons.

And yet all the customers I sold Solos to were extremely pleased with them. If you were having a bad experience with them, you should have contacted Eaton so they could get into it. A famous local chef once told me, if you have a bad meal but don't say anything to the restaurant owner about it, then you're just as much in the wrong as that owner is.

I'm thrilled that Navistar has a stake in the U.S. military truck segment. I don't like Oshkosh having a near monopoly. But in fact, Oshkosh does have the big chunk of Pentagon business. I want our boys to have the best trucks, and the U.S. taxpayer to get the best all-around deal while achieving that goal. That said, I wish that Navistar had secured the JLTV (hummer replacement deal) rather than Oshkosh. I like to spread out the business amongst several "American" suppliers for safety's sake. Now, OSK has too much. For the record, I'm deeply invested in both companies.

I suggest you contact the people who design and produce the Solo clutch........Eaton. The toll-free number for the Roadranger Help Line is 1-800-826-4357. http://www.roadranger.com/rr/ProductsServices/ProductsbyCategory/Clutches/MT-Clutches/Solo-Advantage/index.htm#tabs-6

Relax, it's all just a show. Seriously, do you honestly believe that either Hillary Clinton or Trump would be allowed to actually run America Inc. ?

A lone radical Islamist gunmen opened fire in Munich on Friday evening, killing 9 people and wounding 35. (Police initially suspected that three gunman were involved) Police investigation has revealed that the radical Islamist began planning his attack last summer. The Bavarian capital is now under a state of emergency as police hunt for the gunmen. Special forces are deployed throughout the city. "We are telling the people of Munich there are shooters on the run who are dangerous," police said. "We are urging people to stay indoors." The gunman, a German of Iranian descent identified as David Sonboly, shot himself in the head. His body was found about 1 km (0.6 miles) from the scene. The shooting broke out at a McDonald's across from the Olympia shopping mall about 5:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. ET). Gunfire also broke out inside the mall, which is adjacent to the site of the 1972 Olympics. Police say gunfire was reported in several locations, and that witnesses saw three people with firearms. A profanity-filled verbal exchange between a man who matches the description of the Munich shooter and a witness was posted on social media Friday. The exchange, recorded on two different camera phones, captured an intense conversation that ends in gunfire. The man who appears to be a shooter said insulting things about Turks, did not espouse jihadist ideology and spoke with a German accent. A gunman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' opened fire on dining children in McDonald's before rampaging through the Olympia shopping mall across the street. Witnesses say that the gunman screamed 'I'm German' and 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Great) before shooting at the children. He came out of the McDonald’s bathroom with a gun and began shooting. “I come out of the toilet and I hear like an alarm, boom, boom, boom. He's killing the children. The children were sitting to eat. They can't run,” a woman said. .

Cruz is a politician, which means he’s a cheat and a liar, and when he’s not kissing babies......he’s stealing their lollipops. But it also means that he’s keeping his options open.

Volkswagen AG is precisely a German company. AG (Aktiengesellschaft) means corporation.......VW is a "German" corporation. Its "controlling" shareholders, the Piech and Porsche families, are the same "German" families that, in bed with their dear friend Hitler, from the early 1930s, received every war contract they could stand including the V-1 flying bomb contract. VW was the first in German industry to request slave labor from Hitler, and the largest user of slave labor during the war. In 1960, these two Nazi families wealthy from their WW2 military contracts amazingly were allowed by the German government to retake control of VW. The majority of VW's 600,000 employees are in............Germany. (VW is grossly inefficient owing to Germany being a social welfare country.......while Toyota and VW build roughly the same number of cars annually, Toyota does it with 300,000 people while VW has over 600,000 people).

GM, Isuzu end pickup truck tie-up in Asia; GM eyes more upscale market Automotive News / July 22, 2016 General Motors and Isuzu Motor Co. have agreed to stop working together on developing midsize pickup trucks made in Asia, as the U.S. automaker focuses on the higher end of the market while the Japanese firm sticks to selling vehicles for everyday commercial purposes. The automakers said on Friday they had cancelled their pickup truck deal struck in 2014, the latest under a joint product development arrangement that began in 2006. They added that separate collaboration agreements, including one for commercial vehicles in the U.S., remained intact. "The direction each company wanted to take (for the vehicles) was changing," an Isuzu spokesman said, adding that the Japanese truck maker intended to continue making trucks to be used as workhorse vehicles in markets including Australia, the Middle East, and Asia. "Both GM and Isuzu agree that due to unique requirements for each company, joint development of the next-generation midsize pickup truck for (GM) markets is no longer the optimal model for this project," GM said in a statement. Under the agreement, Isuzu, which specializes in light trucks and commercial vehicles, had developed its D-Max pick-up truck, marketing the model in Asia and beyond, focusing on markets including Australia and the Middle East. GM produced a version of its Colorado pick-up trucks and Trailblazer SUVs for Asian and Australasian markets. The Asia-produced Colorado pickup is different from a model sold under the same name in the U.S., which GM has developed on its own. One GM executive said the "unique requirements" for GM are about the strategic shift it began making last year in Southeast Asia where it is now trying to focus more on competing in the higher end of the region's truck and SUV markets. Despite the obvious benefits of collaborating on development such as sharing costs, the executive, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to discuss the move, said that GM had decided not to try to copy its Japanese rivals in Southeast Asia where brands like Isuzu, Toyota Motor Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. dominate. "It doesn't make sense for us trying to copy the business strategy of the Japanese rivals in Southeast Asia," the executive said. GM's revamped strategy is especially pronounced in Thailand, where the automaker is now launching sleeker pick-up trucks. Isuzu and compatriot Mazda Motor Corp. earlier this month announced that Isuzu would produce next-generation pickup trucks for Mazda outside North America. Last year, GM said it would return to the medium-duty commercial truck business in the U.S. after a seven-year hiatus. GM plans to sell trucks from Isuzu Motors as rebadged Chevrolets, the companies announced. They include six so-called low-cab forward models.

GM and Isuzu have been jointly producing pickups in Thailand for the global market since 2004. But the GM–Isuzu relationship dates back to 1972 with the Chevrolet LUV pickup. In October 2011, the jointly developed 2012 model year Isuzu D-Max and Chevrolet Colorado was launched in Thailand for the global market. https://isuzuute.com.au/d-max/overview.aspx http://isuzu-tis.com/4door-page/ http://en.chevrolet.co.th/cars/colorado/model-overview.html In Brazil, the global market Colorado is called the S-10. http://www.chevrolet.com.br/picapes/s10-high-country.html The U.S. market Colorado/Canyon, derived from the global market truck, was introduced in 2015. It’s available with the same 2.8-liter Thailand-produced diesel engine. Like the body-on-frame Ford Everest which uses the global Ford Ranger platform, Chevrolet offers the Trailblazer in the global market which shares the D-Max/Colorado platform. http://en.chevrolet.co.th/cars/trailblazer/model-overview.html The upcoming Chevrolet-badged Isuzu N-Series U.S. market light truck cooperation, and the 6.6-liter Duramax V-8 diesel-producing GM-Isuzu DMAX Ltd. joint venture in Moraine, Ohio (60% owned by GM / 40% owned by Isuzu Diesel Services of America) are unaffected.