This sort of situation could be prevented even short of single-payer nationalized healthcare (disclaimer: I’m in favor of that, but I see it as politically unlikely). We simply need to pass laws that REQUIRE every hospital that receives public funds - taxpayer monies - or that has an IRS tax exemption to offer every…

#Pedant warning!!

I came to post this, but you beat me to it. Take your star!

I don’t get why these guys bother to send hate emails at all (to be fair, the guy in Sweden seemed more infatuated than hateful). I mean - do they really think you care about their opinion of you? It's a bit pathetic. Reading their emails on video, with wine and laughter, is definitely the best reply. Nicely done 😈

I don’t know about their sedans, but I looked at the QX60 while shopping for a three-row crossover SUV this year. Compared to the Volvo XC90, Acura MDX, and the top trim Kia Telluride (which I ended up buying), the QX60 had sort of outdated tech inside. I think the styling was also more "meh" compared to the other…

I suggest a early 2010s BMW 330i or 335i. It’s not the *cheapest* beamer, it’s a nice drive, and there are plenty of 2013-2014 models for sale for under $30k, even as low as $20k.

He's got some weird fetish / bone-to-pick with California, it sounds like. And probably he's a Trumpanzee but trying to hide that fact...

No, what it says right there in the article is that he was okay with leaving the regulations intact if he could strip California of its status to take revenge on the automakers that sided with California. Stop trying to twist around the words to make them say what you wish they would.

That's not calling a spade a spade. This is: the Trump administration is a shitshow with a side of malice. The only reason Trump proposed any changes to the regulations is because they were enacted under Obama (that's the malice), but Trump's gross incompetence, and that of his chosen staff/underlings, couldn't even…

I still think one of the best protections against ransomware - in addition to malicious-software scanning, antivirus, etc - is a good cloud-backup solution. Apps like CloudBerry (and others) have free versions, and the cloud storage is cheap. The apps can continuously monitor for changed/added files, or be run on a…

How time flies. I briefly met Tia and Tamera when they were teens (I think), in 2001, in Egypt (I think that the was trip where we said hi to them). Now they’re moms, and sharing breast milk. Lol.

“The orange shitgibbon himself...”

Platooning still leaves too much of a gap. Those rigs should be *spooning* !

Having been in a CH-47 when I was in the 101st, I would pay good money to see someone attempt to stuff 55 humans in one. Maybe if they're all kindergartners...

This is just.... I mean.... maybe in Portland, right? But anywhere else, the concentration of hipsters who also are willing to pay to pogo is way too low for this madness.

In other words, you have no real evidence - if your photos were convincing, they would convince. They’re not, so they don’t. And just as you say “cut the crap with Jesus and ghosts”, the people who swear ghosts are everywhere will say, “cut the crap with aliens” when the comparison is made. You’re free to believe that…

“I know what I saw, I do not need convincing.”

The “to think that we are alone is ludicrous” is a straw man argument. I believe that it’s both extremely unlikely that we are alone in the universe, but also extremely unlikely that aliens are buzzing Navy fighter planes over the Pacific. Are there other technological civilization Somewhere Out There? Almost…

My vote is, a mix of digital artifacts / equipment issues, natural atmospheric events (whether static discharge, ball lightning, or hitherto unknown natural processes) and other man-made but ordinary objects along the lines of mylar balloons or whatever. I suppose it could be evidence of hacking of naval warfare…

While we’re never going to get a completely objective definition of “luxury”, in general, they have substantially better interior materials - soft-touch instead of hard plastic, usually leather seats, or a high-quality alternative (for example, newer Teslas), better interior fit and finish, and often bits of real…