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Swede

(36,040 posts)
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:13 PM 14 hrs ago

Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is effectively dead. The last ship from China

will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We're about to hit a level of scarcity at retailers nationwide that will make covid seem like child's play.
Don't believe me? Just take a ride on the ferry to Seattle and look south. The port is a ghost town.

This is from Houston Wade's facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/the.houston.wade/posts/pfbid05KkdACVQUER6iDBBxwvuZ4GQAyVpwzwVZVQWzLenD4QyuiXBkeDuCMwxNaJJiQKCl

https://www.facebook.com/the.houston.wade

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Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is effectively dead. The last ship from China (Original Post) Swede 14 hrs ago OP
Elections have consequences. OAITW r.2.0 13 hrs ago #1
omg.. the Stupid.. it Burns. Cha 12 hrs ago #5
I live in San Francisco. I can see the Port of Oakland Demobrat 12 hrs ago #2
Well -- yes. Trump & cultists are at the FO stage of FAFO, but he continues to make his own reality Hekate 12 hrs ago #3
Learning curve Iamscrewed 12 hrs ago #4
This is everywhere but not really true. nolabear 12 hrs ago #6
Walmart shoppers will be seeing a lot of empty shelves. ancianita 12 hrs ago #7
And Costco, and Target and every other retailer in this country. Maru Kitteh 10 hrs ago #12
Silver lining Magoo48 11 hrs ago #8
Kick. Port of Los Angeles showing precipitous drop bronxiteforever 11 hrs ago #9
It would be a smart move to learn how to trim URLs so you aren't tracked everywhere Bernardo de La Paz 11 hrs ago #10
I've met a lot of long haulers who were big GOP fans... Xolodno 10 hrs ago #11
also known as FAFO Skittles 8 hrs ago #13

OAITW r.2.0

(30,064 posts)
1. Elections have consequences.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:59 PM
13 hrs ago

Real consequences.

There a house in my town that still has Trump signs up. The person is also a FedEx delivery driver. I think that might be changing soon.

Demobrat

(10,143 posts)
2. I live in San Francisco. I can see the Port of Oakland
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:52 PM
12 hrs ago

across the bay when I walk on the waterfront. Normally the huge container ships are lined up waiting to dock. It’s quite a sight. But I haven’t seen many lately.

Hekate

(97,361 posts)
3. Well -- yes. Trump & cultists are at the FO stage of FAFO, but he continues to make his own reality
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:02 PM
12 hrs ago
Too bad the rest of us are stuck on Earth One.

Iamscrewed

(160 posts)
4. Learning curve
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:05 PM
12 hrs ago

tRump really doing a good job for the asshole, s that put him in. when are these dumbassed ignorant rednecks gonna wake up and stop the stupidity.

Maru Kitteh

(30,098 posts)
12. And Costco, and Target and every other retailer in this country.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:31 PM
10 hrs ago

Along with almost every other sector of the economy. This will not be a “Walmart shopper” issue, it will hurt most of us. Also, for those inclined, (not saying you by any means) regarding Walmart shoppers with a downcast gaze is very much a part of how we have come to find ourselves where we are now.

Magoo48

(6,255 posts)
8. Silver lining
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:10 PM
11 hrs ago

Thousands of tons of plastic junk’s not ending up in landfills or our ocean.

bronxiteforever

(10,368 posts)
9. Kick. Port of Los Angeles showing precipitous drop
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:17 PM
11 hrs ago

From Fortune on Friday
Logistics experts are warning that cargo volumes at U.S. ports are undergoing a precipitous drop. This trend is most apparent in Los Angeles, home to the nation’s busiest port, and one that is first to feel any drop-off from Asian shipping. The drop in container shipping is the latest sign the White House’s trade war is having a real effect on the U.S. economy, and one sizable group of workers is poised to feel the impact first: long-haul truckers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-decline-la-port-hit-094500391.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIb2inTBjAzBplESZDYuQP5v0cPYeeap89lD71HBGqtvGA0RHLAgokqDxkOC-zhn3pmka9F1b284wn3UKQSLiR8Mk_yjJDadtYpY_u5l2FjpaUsLj3ozDI7TQnbza6QenYM6eK1c5Ni954htkaBy_z93BUDgLaoMPyyBEXnRp-2I

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,951 posts)
10. It would be a smart move to learn how to trim URLs so you aren't tracked everywhere
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:22 PM
11 hrs ago

Especially in these autocratic tyrannical times. Anybody who clicks on that link is associated with you and you with them.

Assume DU is watched. They have no right to, but that doesn't stop them. Try trimming at the question mark.

Xolodno

(6,968 posts)
11. I've met a lot of long haulers who were big GOP fans...
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:15 PM
10 hrs ago

...now, they may find themselves hurting. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.

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