Come on... he only crashes like 50% of the weekends. A lot of those aren’t even in the race. Every now and then it’s even somebody else’s fault.

You mean like the ACO already did? The DPi formula was supposed to be worldwide LMP2, until the ACO decided at the last minute to make it spec Gibson engines only. Thereby immediately excluding Cadillac, Mazda, and Nissan, (and now Honda/Acura) from competing at LeMans.

How can you like the French football team when even the French players don’t like the French football team?

Wait, are you saying Messi has less body mass or Ronaldo? What does “Less body mass” mean? A lower BMI? Who has the lower BMI? Please expand.

Neither of them are as good as Manuel Neuer.

Nonsense.

Hawaii has the right to ban sunscreens with oxybenzone. No one contests that.

Texas has the right to ban the sale of shark fins (currently legal in the US). No one questions that.

There are countless examples of states banning products legal in other states. Just because you don’t like this one example doesn’t…

Right, because that’s not the UAW’s job. The factories are owned by the company, which publishes annual injury statistics, just like every other manufaturer, including Tesla, which has injury rates higher than the industry average. Tesla doesn’t put out press releases whenever there’s an injury either.

Exactly. California just doesn’t have the rights to force their standards on other states (manufacturers choosing to use CA standards in all states isn’t California forcing their standards on other states). And CA doesn’t have the right to impose tariffs on products imported to California from other states.

But there…

Nah man. California is doing what is best for California. Car companies are doing what is best for car companies. If you don’t like it, start a group that tells car companies you are willing to pay 15% more for a car that meets minimum standards. If you get enough members, maybe they’ll sell them to you.
But keep in…

California never told any car companies they had to sell vehicles meeting their standards in other states. That is a decision solely by the car companies. I know you don’t like it, but again, it’s not California’s fault. Tell the car companies you want them to build a CA spec car for them, and a car for whatever state…

I don’t see why California can’t have higher standards if it wants to. Just because a standard is “FEDERAL” doesn’t magically mean it is the best or smartest. There a millions of ways in which states pass additional laws that add to a baseline of federal regulation.

Your entire argument falls apart when you realize that California isn’t enforcing those standards on other states.

I agree with your sentiment except more so. Where on earth did he come up with 4? Even if we’re just counting major players in commercial jets there are at least 5. Even if we’re just counting passenger jets there are 14. Including military jets gives us a half dozen more. Including propeller driven aircraft gives us…

You seem confused. Of course the federal government has the right to pass a standard. But so does California, unless there is explicit or implicit preemption in federal law preventing it from doing so. The fact that California’s higher standards and disparate buying power are dictating what is sold in other states is…

The reason Tesla accidents are picked apart is because of autopilot, not because of Musk, or the Tesla badge, or because they’re electric. Tesla motorcycles wouldn’t have autopilot, so I don’t see why they would be scrutinized any more than any other motorcycle accident.

I don’t understand the use of OR

In soccer terms, no.

Wow you should be a professional baseball guy!

Strange photo of the one-man team, considering the one man isn’t in it.

Can we get every single referee that will be involved in a Russia match and all of their extended families in protective custody right now? Now I’m not saying that I actually think that Russia would be so brazen as to try to cheat on a massive scale at a major international athletics competition. What a far-fetched…