I thought long and hard about making a comparison to affirmative action, but I figured it might divert the focus of the conversation if I wasn’t very precise with my argument.

I suppose I’m trying to get at the “more participation- even if women don’t win, yet- should give more opportunity for women to aspire to the goal and attain wins” point. It’s a messy argument, I concede, and I don’t have a great answer. But I want to see more women have the opportunity to race, not less. Not solely…

No love for Formula Drift? The pro event is this afternoon in Texas, and the livestream should be up this afternoon.

I should have finished reading this comment thread before I responded to Brockles—I think you’ve already said what I’d tried to in a far better way.

I do see your point and understand/agree with it somewhat, but also consider that the existence of sexism in most every aspect of our culture means that women are not currently in a position (in the world of motorsports or otherwise) where they will be considered as equals enough to be able to prove where their merit…

Justin, for a second, I thought you were going to break this out:

Have a star. Every time someone talks about “supercharging” stations with electric cars, this is what springs to my mind.

Star for a Jalopnik reference on the Splinter side of things.

Pour R&D into reviving Soichiro Honda—after he’s resurrected, wonderful feats of engineering that birth fast, reliable engines befitting Honda’s golden ages should follow.

I have no words. But I do have a star to give for making me aware of this lunacy.

There it is.

This is the classiest-looking (yet still skimpy) attire of any of your selections in recent COTD awards, $kay—I find it fitting. I may not like Bentleys, but I like this.

Star for the opening line.

Well, that or a Camry.

I was going to make an obligatory “Look for the Ferarris on fire” comment, but then I realized that they broke up with you. Then I thought about Dodge, and was going to say you should check NASCAR—but didn’t Dodge pull out of that series, as well? Dean Kearney runs a Viper in Formula Drift, but you killed the Viper…

Looking at the conditions where they come into play (thanks, Wikipedia!), I now realize that you may well be right. I guess I was assuming something similar to what Chief Justice Rehnquist said where Miranda has “become embedded in routine police practice to the point where the warnings have become part of our…

Absolutely agreed.

I see your point, I was not intending to argue against due process for the detective, merely that I hope any investigation taking place should be about as open and shut as it gets, legally. The full 20-minute video makes it clear as day that the nurse goes over the three criteria where she’d be able to turn over a…

Right, I didn’t think about that.

I’m thinking more in these terms: if an officer’s actions result in the city having to pay out a sizable sum (high five-figures? I’m guessing), I would hope that a piece of collateral damage is that detective is on seriously thin ice for any misconduct in the future. Shit happens again, they get cut loose. Yes, it’d…