General Motors Co. is slowing production of two electric SUVs at Detroit’s Factory Zero plant amid lower-than-expected U.S. interest in battery-powered vehicles.
The automaker confirmed Thursday that it will shut down one shift each for the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ from Sept. 2 to Oct. 6; the move was first reported by the Detroit Free Press. Production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV pickups at the Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be unchanged.
“Factory ZERO is making temporary adjustments to production to align to market dynamics,” spokesperson Kevin Kelly said in a statement. “General Motors updates schedules as part of our standard process of aligning production to manage vehicle inventory. Impacted employees will be placed on a temporary layoff and may be eligible for subpay and benefits in accordance with the GM-UAW national contract.”
Can the Ukrainian War be Ended Anytime Soon?
The Democrats and the Legacy Media are clearly hoping that Trump will fail in terms of bringing an end to the Ukrainian War. They might reflexively deny this, but that’s precisely what they’ve been saying. Here’s a fascinating discussion on the subject.
Friday On Turtle Island
Woke America: Eating frogs. Police officer Muhammad Muhammad. This is CNN. Hate speech anniversary.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Why bother arresting anybody? Drag Bingo. CBC hires foreign workers.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Victor Davis Hanson – Europe in the balance. Red flag over London. Don’t upset the Muslims. Winston Churchill.
And at the Bee.
Gradually, Then Suddenly
More: Parliamentary Budget Officer reveals federal employees cost more than double the average Canadian income
The total federal public service headcount all categories, not just permanent was 282,980 in 2010. By 2024, it was 367,772. That’s a 30% increase overall. But notice the difference: indeterminate jobs grew even faster than the public service as a whole. In other words, the growth has been concentrated in the most secure, most expensive category. The permanent class.
Oddments For The Weekend
Including an interspecies battle of wits; detected trajectories; some hot and steamy jiggling; and an experiment in sudden-onset upwardsness.
August 29, 2025: Reader Tips
The June 6th, 1944 invasion at Normandy was hugely successful but then the Allied troops got stuck, battling German forces across great swaths of hedgerows. Operation Cobra finally allowed them to break out into the rest of France.
Got some good tips? Please do share ’em!
Riding Mass Transit Is Like Inviting 30 Canadian Values Into Your Car
This is the new Canada.
Muslim Jihadist Abdul Aziz Kawam asked a person sitting on a bus stop if he was a Muslim & when he said "no" Abdul did a prayer and attacked him with a knife.
Then he boarded a bus and tried to slash this victim's throat.Mark Carney: Muslim values are… pic.twitter.com/U2szhncKK5
— Kirk Lubimov (@KirkLubimov) August 28, 2025
Those values are breaking out all over.
Things You’ll Never See On The CBC
In an exclusive breaking news story, Candice Malcolm reports that Canada’s state broadcaster has hired at least 20 temporary foreign workers to work in journalism, business and tech jobs in Ontario…
I Suppose This Means We’ll Be Getting Yemenis
The exact moment Israel vaporized the entire leadership of Yemeni Houthis
If "FAFO" was a video clip… pic.twitter.com/QhAmYBvy8e
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) August 28, 2025
And How Was Your Day?
WE GOT COWS! pic.twitter.com/FKfLpjkvD7
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) August 28, 2025
Elbows Up
And wave our asses goodbye.
Doug Ford, miracle worker: Crown Royal bottler closing Ontario plant to move some of their operations to U.S.
How Morons Destroy Societies
If one wants to become an airline pilot, they get specialized training to gain the skills to safely fly planes. If one want to drive a car, they get training – from a parent or a driving instructor – in how to safely operate an automobile. In both cases, tests must be successfully passed before one can partake in these endeavours.
When it comes to politics though, there are no barriers to entry; it’s merely a popularity contest. If you win, then you get to make decisions for thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people.
This discussion between Elizabeth Vargas and John Stossel resonated deeply. Featured within is an interview Stossel conducted with Aisha Chughtai, the Vice President of the Minneapolis City Council, the full version of which can be seen here.
Carefully listen to Ms. Chughtai and you’ll see a person who is deeply ignorant about basic economics and does not understand the first thing about how incentives make people do what they do.
Elections have consequences. Voting for ignoramuses, who are extremely unqualified for the super important jobs they’ve signed up for, is a certain recipe for disaster.
Circling back to the original analogy, if you are not a trained pilot, would you think about getting in a plane and trying to fly it? Arrogant people like Chughtai clearly would.
New Governor, Same As The Old Governor
@JJ_McCullough — What was Prime Minister Carney’s official reason for calling the April election? In the declaration, it was mentioned that he’d shown cabinet a “report” explaining his decision. I was curious what the report said, so I filed a Freedom of Information thing…
I, Napoleon
@MrAndyNgo – Trans leftist accounts all over social media are celebrating the shooting and killing of children at the Minneapolis church by a trans gunman. They believe it is revenge against Christianity and the Trump administration for not allowing transitioning children, and defining sex as biological.
Nuclear power development for Saskatchewan
Pipeline Online Podcast Ep. 16: Dr. Chris Keefer, nuclear power advocate
Dr. Chris Keefer is a leading nuclear power generation advocate in Ontario and President Canadians for Nuclear Energy. He’s also a Toronto Emergency Room physician. As Saskatchewan is looking seriously at nuclear power, Ontario has long led the way.
Also:
Brian Crossman: Making choices
The reason we use electric lights instead of candles is because they WORK BETTER. They were not mandated or forced upon the public by the government, nor was the sale candles banned. The statement that conservatives oppose technology is ludicrous. It would no different than saying a member of the liberal party was against computers or the internet.
The Part I Like Best
About the decriminalization of illicit drugs is how it has taken a bite out of violent crime linked to trafficking.
Law-enforcement experts in both Canada and the United States say domestic Canadian gangs have in recent years been moving massive volumes of cocaine from Mexico into British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Montreal via commercial trucking routes. As Canada’s drug markets tighten their links with Mexican cartels, the country’s justice system remains ill-equipped to prosecute sophisticated transnational networks—leaving civil forfeiture as one of the few tools available to disrupt them.
In the Niagara Falls case, Osorio-Interiano, along with Sergio Hernandez-Cruz and Samuel Osorio, was charged after a hotel room in the casino district was forced open, the occupant allegedly violently assaulted, and belongings stolen before the suspects fled on foot. All were released with conditions, and Montreal police assisted the Niagara Falls force.
The new British Columbia civil forfeiture claim alleges that between March 19 and 20, 2025, Gabriel Osorio-Interiano and unidentified associates carried out forcible confinement, human trafficking, and drug trafficking inside a high-rise apartment at 13308 Central Avenue in Surrey. Police say a victim from Alberta escaped the unit and reported she had been kidnapped, given cocaine, and locked inside. She told investigators she was ordered to service a “date” in the apartment and, after being paid by a client, was forced to hand over part of her earnings to Osorio-Interiano and his associates.
When officers moved in on the residence, a blue bag containing 756 grams of cocaine was allegedly hurled from the balcony. Police then arrested Osorio-Interiano and others for kidnapping.
2025 Fundraiser Followup
To our readers and blog authors — your support of SDA has been outstanding through the years, and 2025 is no exception. I spent last evening sending notes to all who contributed, but a handful of those bounced back — so I’m here this morning to thank you all again, and let those whom I may have missed know that we truly appreciate the support.
While I could monetize the site with ads and pop-ups, I prefer the voluntary funding model because it preserves our editorial independence and keeps your reading experience free of that particular annoyance.
As we push well past our 20th year, you can trust that SDA endures because we have something to say – not because we’re working a grift or pushing narratives on behalf of an undisclosed funding source. It’s gratifying to know so many of you appreciate what we do here. Thank you all, as always!
Your Intellectual Betters
If your reaction to Taylor Swift’s engagement is anything less than this, then you are a Far Right Fascist Bigot!
Entitled To His Entitlements
Blacklock – Charles Adler is one frequent flyer.
Crime And Chaos
Victor Davis Hanson – Recently, there’s been almost an epidemic of left-wing-hysteria about violence.