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Canada geese are the Borg of waterfowl. Resistance is futile.

"Even if she wasn't speeding, there was probably no way she could have seen those kids in time to stop."

Even on a familiar road, I never feel comfortable at a speed beyond that from which I can stop within the distance I can see.

She was, however, clearly going faster than a speed from which she could have stopped within the distance that she could see in her headlights. Suppose, for instance, that instead of bicyclists, there had been a fallen tree in the road. You're supposed to be able to stop after you see things. If you can't see…

Around here most stolen bikes are not ridden away. They get thrown in the back of a truck, taken to a chop shop, and broken into parts to sell.

I have always felt that the problem with eulogies is that the dead have no opportunity for rebuttal.

If the FBI was trying to assess Mr. Johnson's political philosophy based on the books they found on his shelf, that is even more muddled, not to mention deeply paranoid. People don't only read books they agree with, or so I've heard. I don't doubt Hitler himself had books on Marxism. Mr. Johnson's views are better…

Certainly, as practiced in the Soviet Union, and People's Republic, communism was (is?) hugely oppressive, so it has that in common with Naziism. But in the context of U.S. politics, (this is what we're talking about, in Mr Johnson's case) supporters of Naziism (Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, the German American…

Not really the same thing.

"one of our greatest architectects was a communist"

Because then you'd have BOTH foot pounds of torque!

602cc, but who's counting?

"Yikes! The inside front tire sure does lift and wobble on those tight turns!"

Are wheels permitted?

Hey, look.

I see a manual transmission take rate of over 18%. I've always suspected VW owners were more manually inclined.

Skynet turned red?

Or, ethical vampirism? I mean, where's the fun in that?