The base I4 in the Malibu, the 2.5L Ecotec, is producing just shy of 200 hp and 191(186 in the start/stop version) lbs of torque. Its too bad that the Malibu weighs nearly 3400 lbs...

The lighter, but still roomy Jetta also gets the same engine for near the base price in the Jetta 1.8L trim...

Low mileage Charger SEs are coming out of Enterprise for around $20K. Now THAT’S a serious bargain.

Given that the article is about the base engines though, the Mazda3i base 2.0L engine isn’t anything to write home about either. At 155hp and 150 lbs of torque, its in the same neighborhood as the Duratec 2.0L GDI. The cars weigh within 50 lbs of each other as well, so, there’s realy not going to be much of a…

NASA has had some VERY interesting modified F-16s in their inventory. At least one of them was further developed into the Japanese Mitsubishi F-2. I’m particularly fond of the F-16XL with the cranked arrow delta wing...

You’re right, there’s hardly anything in scripture that specifically mentions abortion. There’s also nothing in scripture that references the exact moment that life supposedly really begins. You’re dealing more with what it feels like it should be to them and less with a hard and fast rule. What the Bible is pretty…

Avoid the F-ing classic. What you want is the Impala Limited... 3.6L of DOHC goodness backed by the 6AT that’s in the brand new Impala. Its just barely slower than the old Impala SS that had the 5.3L under the hood, and handles a heck of a lot better. That being said, its still a freaking impala...

Having actually handled a slide-in a few times (a friend’s dad has one, and the pickup to go with it), I can tell you that it isn’t that miserable. There’s only one slightly touchy part, and that’s backing the truck up underneath it to get it attached for hauling it away. That wasn’t a big deal for us as his dad had…

Oh, there’s definitely a lot of “Group Think” going on at a lot of those rallys, and a LOT of the Christian believers do not know how to articulate their beliefs. Many of them are not very educated, most haven’t even read the Bible through at least once, cover to cover, and a lot of them are just going on what their…

Sayeth the layer in court...

Oh, I buy that its cultural in nature. There were some excerpts that I read that indicated that she believed that there was willful collusion between the media, the entertainment industry, corporations and government to essentially roadblock or take back a lot of what feminism had achieved. I don’t believe that there…

It doesn’t matter for civil law purposes. The law requires that she be allowed to work in the unsafe environment, and holds the employer fully liable in any instance where the fetus is harmed due to the unsafe work environment.

For the ones that are full committed to the belief that life begins at conception or at some technically defined point in the first few weeks, you will never break through to them. They very firmly believe that it is a life and to abort it is absolutely murder. Its like asking you if you believe that a mother who has…

The Flaudi book? I admit that I haven’t read the whole thing, just excerpts and write ups about it. I feel that she tries to weave something together that isn’t really intrinsically organized, but is just a confluence of common ideas that are the result of notions held by society due to their upbringing. What I’m…

I’m more inclined to believe that what was once an idealistic and rather pure movement was deliberately poisoned many years ago to cripple its ability to be cohesive and enact real, substantive and lasting change. I have no evidence of this, but, it seems to be the most likely explanation.

From my observation of comments on here and elsewhere, the reason that everyone searches for something that makes them a victim is that until you are a victim, you have no voice on the subject. If you try to express an opinion on something that you aren’t a victim of, or without being a victim of some sort, then you…

If I may offer a suggestion, it seems that the focus of the evolving feminist movement shifted from the practical to the esoteric. They gave up trying for what would materially improve their lot in life and instead focused on what would make them feel better about themselves. Given the numbers in the population (a…

We have a fridge with in the door water and ice that includes an in line filter. Problem is, the system broke. :(

I didn’t bring up Hillary and her long history of blowing whetever the political winds lead her primarily because this entire article is about Mr. Sanders and what he’s put pen to paper to say. I spoke on Mr. Sanders’ wealth to make my point about him having the advantage of wealthy white male privilege. By the…

LOL, whoops, from his voting record, I really couldn’t tell the difference... But, yes, he’s registered as an (i). The fact that he’s seeking the democratic nomination just makes the farce that he’s really an (i) that much funnier...