Coffee Talk with Tiff…

May 6, 2025 12:38 pm EDT Tiff Editorial (Open Thread) Comments Off on Coffee Talk with Tiff…
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It’s Tuesday…

President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

Tuesday, May 6 2025
9:00 AM
In-Town Pool Call Time
In-Town Pool
11:30 AM The President greets the Prime Minister of Canada
Stakeout Location
 Open Press
11:45 AM The President participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada
Oval Office White House
Press Pool
12:15 PM The President participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the Prime Minister of Canada
Roosevelt Room 
Closed Press
3:30 PM The President participates in a FIFA Task Force Meeting
East Room 
White House Press Pool
5:00 PM The President participates in a Swearing-In Ceremony for the Assistant to the President, Senior Advisor and Special Envoy Oval Office 
Closed Press

Yesterday, President Shitshow announced that the 2027 NFL draft would be held in D.C..

During the announcement Shit for brains said things…

On Canada…

“Great deal maker” doesn’t know why the leader of Canada would want to see him…

Howard Lutnick who worships the “great deal maker” decided calling Canada a parasite ahead of the meeting would be great idea…

Show more =’s They have their socialist regime and it’s basically feeding off of America … why do we do our films in Canada? C’mon! … I just don’t see how it works out perfectly.”

PM Mark Carney tweeted his arrival to the States…

President who sucks at his job posted his own statement this morning on his meeting with PM Carney…

I’m sure the meeting will go well…

On reopening Alcatraz…

When I first saw the clip, his opening remarks were cutoff. The husband played me a TikTok from the Medias Touch where one of them; yeah, I don’t remember who, read his words versus playing the clip. What I heard had me going to YouTube to confirm what I heard was accurate…

From the YouTube shitty auto-generated text transcript; it’s cued up to his remarks.

The question was how did you come up with the idea to reopen Alcatraz.

Well, I guess, I was supposed to be a movie maker we’re talking, we started with the movie making it’ll end. I mean it-it represents something very strong very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order Alcatraz is I would say the ultimate right Alcatraz Sing Sing and Alcatraz. The movies but uh it’s right now a museum believe it or not a lot of people go there. It housed the uh most violent criminals in the world and nobody ever escaped, one person almost got there, but they as you know the story, they found his clothing rather badly ripped up and uh it was a lot of shark bites a lot of lot of problems. Nobody’s ever escaped from Alcatraz and just represented something uh strong having to do with law and order. We need law and order in this country and so we’re going to uh look at it some of the people up here are going to be working very hard on that. And uh we had a little conversation I think it’s going to be very interesting we’ll see if we can uh bring it back in large form add a lot. But I think it represents something right now it’s a a big hulk that’s sitting there rusting and rotting, uh very uh you look at it it’s sort of an you saw that picture that was put out it’s sort of amazing, but it it sort of represents something that’s both horrible and beautiful and strong and miserable weak it’s got a lot of it’s got a lot of qualities that are interesting and I think they they make a point. Okay are you guys okay I want to…

From the YouTube shitty auto-generated text transcript; it’s cued up to his remarks. 05/05/2025.

Did you know it was a tourist attraction???

Yes, yes, I did…

According to National Park Services: Central to visitor access: stabilizing 1939 Alcatraz Island wharf (last updated in May of 2024–this is where I found the estimated revenue)…

Alcatraz Island, an iconic San Francisco attraction and important historic site, receives about 1.6 million visitors annually and generates about $60 million in annual revenue for park partners. The site was an active prison until the 1960’s when it was closed. It became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the 1972. The Alcatraz concrete wharf has not been rehabilitated since it was constructed in 1939. The island, long known for its dangerous ocean currents and exposure to the elements, has had severe impacts on its aging infrastructure. The wharf is critical to visitor access and use, as well as to government, concessionaire, and park partner island operations.

This project will repair and seismically strengthen the concrete wharf on Alcatraz Island, a contributing feature of the Alcatraz Island National Historic Landmark District, with funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). Work will repair the historic, steel-cased concrete piles, concrete beams, and concrete slabs, all of which are in fair to poor condition with varying degrees of damage. Two new seismic resisting elements will improve the ability to withstand the demands of its location in the San Francisco Bay.

Stabilization of the island’s point of access will ensure that visitors, NPS staff, concessionaires, and park partners have consistent, safe access to the island. Park offices and visitor services, managed by several partners, are located on the wharf and will also be protected by this project. These include restrooms, dock office and store, interpretive programs and exhibits, accessible site furnishings, and the accessible tram.

The project will also include, subject to availability of other funding, repairs to the finger pier which is connected to the concrete wharf. The existing wooden fender, bearing piles, cross bracing, gangway ramp landing, and motorized pulley system will be repaired or replaced. The finger pier is in overall fair condition and is an important historic resource and critical for island operations as an egress point for staff, visitors, and emergency personnel.

Central to visitor access: stabilizing 1939 Alcatraz Island wharf (last updated in May of 2024–this is where I found the estimated revenue).

Project at a Glance:

This $36.5 million project will repair and seismically strengthen the 1939 concrete wharf on Alcatraz Island, a contributing feature of the Alcatraz Island National Historic Landmark District, and the prime location on the island to land and offload boats. Completion of the project will ensure that over $60 million in annual NPS revenues will continue to be generated from Alcatraz Island visitor services, and that visitors, government, concession, and park partners have consistent, safe access to the island for operations.

Central to visitor access: stabilizing 1939 Alcatraz Island wharf (last updated in May of 2024–this is where I found the estimated revenue).

What are the Benefits:

  • The Alcatraz wharf, a contributing historic feature to the Alcatraz Island Historic Landmark District, is preserved.
  • A wharf critical for visitor access and Alcatraz Island operations is upgraded to improve safety.
  • Stabilization provides continued use of the wharf as the public assembly area with an occupancy load of up to 1000 people for people traveling to the island.
  • Over $60 million in annual NPS revenue is generated from Alcatraz Island visitor services. Much of it helps fund necessary park projects.
  • This project builds on major previous investments to repair the concrete wharf started, but not completed, by the NPS in 2000, and improvements to the gangway and replacement of fender piles by the concession in 2010 and 2018.
  • The island’s water and wastewater infrastructure and a diesel fuel line for the island’s power generating system will be protected by wharf repairs.
  • Protection of the water quality and aquatic habitats of the San Francisco Bay.
  • Protection against the possibility of a catastrophic wharf failure with potential associated loss of life and property.
  • The strengthened pier will allow uninterrupted access to Alcatraz facilities for contractors to perform future rehabilitation projects on the island.
  • Alcatraz facilities and systems addressed by this project should not require major rehabilitation or replacement for the next 40-75 years.

On the Hollywood tariff…

He try’s to blame Gavin Newsom for Hollywood not making movies in America anymore.

Google tells me, Hollywood has been filming on location in Canada since the early 1900’s; man, Newsom looks good for his age…

Georgia currently has 26 productions taking place in their state. According to Georgia.org; The Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act has helped make Georgia a hub for accomplished producers, award-winning actors and cutting-edge film technology. Filmmakers can enjoy unbridled artistic freedom with the state’s vast and comprehensive film infrastructure, and aspiring actors can make their names known through a variety of immersive hands-on educational programs. The film industry has brought as much as $4 billion a year to the Georgia economy and created countless jobs in the process.

Reel 360 has the outlook for 2025 production; they shared this chart:

The New York Times reported yesterday, that CA., Governor Gavin Newsom is willing to talk to President economy ruiner to discuss tax incentives to Hollywood productions…

From the New York Times (gift link):

A day after President Trump stunned Hollywood by calling for steep tariffs on movies “produced in Foreign Lands,” Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said on Monday that he wanted to team up with the Trump administration to craft a $7.5 billion federal film tax credit to aid the entertainment industry.

The proposal, if approved, would represent by far the largest single government subsidy program ever for the industry in the United States, and the first of its kind at the federal level. More than three dozen states already give out incentives to lure and retain film and television production, but there is no national program, as is the case in some countries overseas. And there is no single state program that gives out more than about $1 billion each year. California currently allocates $330 million annually.

“America continues to be a film powerhouse, and California is all in to bring more production here,” Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, said in a statement late Monday night. “Building on our successful state program, we’re eager to partner with the Trump administration to further strengthen domestic production and Make America Film Again.”

From the New York Times (gift link). 05/05/2025.

We got some clips of the pool spray Oval Office meeting with Canada…

“24 karat Gold” Oval office:

His ego is so big that he takes credit for Carney winning; I guess that’s true, if not for President Ego Trip’s attack on Canada the “conservatives” might have won…

The 51st state…

Carney responded…

More tape is coming out, but we are going wrap this up…

Aliens Enemies Act…

That’s right a second judge has now said the use of AEA is unlawful.

This is an open thread

PS.

At the last second President moron said–he said regarding trade deals: We don’t have to sign deals–they have to sign deals with us…

He says for real that “they want a piece of our market–we don’t want a piece of their market–we don’t care”… the clip cuts off.

This guy is so dumb.

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