Small-handed government for small-minded people.

If we don’t, it may be simply because they’ve already rigged the system so effectively as to silence us. The Democratic Party should already be deep into planning and mobilizing against key gerrymandered districts. But are they?

This law EXISTS to be misused.

They’re not going to light it on fire, they’re going to rewrite it. They only need to get control of a couple more state legislatures and they can do it, and the people will be powerless to stop them. Thirty-four state legislatures can call for a Constitutional Convention, which can propose Amendments, and it takes…

Isn’t RICO built on the basis of there being an ongoing organization directed by management, like a business? Good luck establishing that for an angry mob.

Edna is no doubt reviewing Cap’s performance and making adjustments.

Do you REALLY not understand unions, or do you just REALLY hate people?

That’s just it — they shouldn’t be allowed to say “we’re done with you.” What they can do is refuse unreasonable demands during contract negotiations. If the two sides can’t come to an agreement, the workers may go on strike and the business may be interrupted, but the situation will work itself out eventually. 

It doesn’t mask the cost of fuel inefficiency from the manufacturers. They are acutely aware of where every single vehicle program is with respect to its CAFE targets. The system has the flexibility to reflect the facts that CAFE targets need to be equitable to all manufacturers, need to be increased gradually, and…

CAFE doesn’t force manufacturers to produce cars no one wants.

Cadillac: physical rotary volume control on the console or GTFO.

They could compete (and cooperate) if they’d let the infotainment group provide upgrades — both software and hardware — on existing vehicles, and let the car use a phone’s data connection.

Not if they can keep lawmakers convinced that uncontrolled smartphones are a deadly hazard and that only carefully-designed in-dash systems can keep things clamped down enough that people will just drive.

CAFE is effectively a gas-guzzler tax already, but because the manufacturers pay it instead of the consumers directly, the manufacturers have the flexibility to smooth out model-to-model and even year-to-year variance, which is important when the design cycle of vehicles is so long.

Politipets.

This is not a photo of Erna Solberg’s new cat.

You misunderstood my comment. I used the terms sometimes-autonomous and always-autonomous deliberately, because the common layterms partially-autonomous and fully-autonomous are about what the car is capable of, not what the car actually does. Always, as in every time, on every occasion, without exception.

No, you broke it. “No driver input” is an oxymoron. The always-autonomous vehicle is its own driver.

No, keep it just to no-seat belts; put the other stuff in another bucket. The problem is that apparently 14 out of 100 of us are living in denial; don’t give them any wiggle room.