Yes, police infiltration of a non-violent political group with peaceful stated aims “just in case” they “turn violent” is morally and ethically wrong.

THIS. The videos were inappropriate. No need to broadcast them on their knees or “apologizing.” It’s not an act of war or anything, but it was cheap, counting coup behavior designed to embarrass the U.S. If the boat really ran out of gas or whatever, they should simply have been intercepted and sent back on their way.

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I had that crash in a car. Lady coming out of a strip mall entrance leapt her Dodge Avenger in front of a truck to the right of me. She cleared him by a whisker, then got T-boned by me. No serious injuries, ticket for her; two totaled cars. I keep that scenario in mind every time I drive now.

I keep waiting for the public at large to have the same revelation about The 300 being a spoof of homophobic / -erotic, xenophobic rightwing rage fantasies of intellectually stunted young men, because that’s the only way I can make sense of that “film.” I mean, seriously — “Persians” are giant body-painted…

Theatrical mean faces and general face-off silliness are pretty much SOP in combat sports.

Somehow the looks of the present-gen GT-Rs just don’t make my heart pound the way the older ones did. The whole rolling motorcycle helmet look just doesn’t do it for me. THIS feels like a Japanese supercar to me.

The Model S is still cool. I still point and gasp and press my nose against the window when I see one, which can make driving difficult, but I assume every one I see represents one less base model Maserati on the road, which classes things up a bit.

I’m still saving up by recycling aluminum and picking up those folded…

Wow. So, there’s no moral equivalency here, whatsoever. I’m not a biker, and have frequently been annoyed / startled by a certain style of cyclist behavior, but there is no point short of defending against a physical attack that justifies clobbering someone with your car, which is quite obviously what the car guy had…

Ohhhh nooooo. Slow pan around beautiful first-gen NSX. The low profile with the flip-up lights. Those clean, minimalist lines. That soaring F-16 canopy greenhouse. Here comes the low, purposeful interior ... aaaand .... slush box handle. Straight out of an Accord, by the looks of it.

So, car mods ought to have some kind of philosophy behind them. Each will consider what aesthetic is sought, in terms of appearance, form, and function. Many philosophies are possible; none can claim to be only correct one.

“Makes cars look like they are crouching to urinate, cripples performance, and guarantees…

Nice looking front-end conversion and motor swap, but that’s a lot of speculated extra value for a “not perfect” kinda sorta Type R replica. It’s also a four-door, which kind of blows the illusion.

Had one of these pull up next to me at a stoplight. It was so ugly, I thought it must be a custom job. And it’s $48,000? What will they fail to think of next?

I respect the overall points you’re putting forward, but “trophy hunting,” specifically seems a qualitatively distinguishable distillation of the worst human attitudes about life, the environment, and the world in general. It’s pretty low-hanging fruit, ethically speaking, but it is especially rotten.

Nothing is…

Yes, the actual name of the fish is “dolphin.” Restaurants went to the Hawaiin version precisely because it scares the tourists.

“Goth Winklevoss” gets the spit-take-on-my-keyboard nod over “Darth Zimmerman.” Barely.

Moreover, what does it say about culture that we a) want to pit a thinly-disguised version of our most popular deity against a thinly-disguised fascist vigilante, and b) want the fascist vigilante to win?

Yeah. Can’t see the point of the regular Hellcat now.

Full disclosure: I sold cars for Carmax on weekends for a short while years ago for fun and extra cash. I wasn’t great at it, and didn’t have a particularly thrilling experience, although it wasn’t bad either. But the people I saw shopping there were not getting a bad deal compared to their options as near as I could…

Something about pedestrian Toyota products brings out the animal in people. At least 40% of the crazed ruffians I see careening around the streets here are Corollas with that little red “S” on them.

He’s her husband. Sounds like he has a problem with locking people up for no reason as well.