Desert sand formations tend to grow very slowly and in areas with very little rain like Death Valley, can be preserved intact for centuries or longer. Though not as spectacular as other natural formations they contain valuable information relevant to fields like geology and climatology because they function as time…

The complete and total lack of empathy is truly astonishing. I was raised that way (I’m white, and my family switched from Calvinism to Southern Baptist and then to Independent Baptist) as a kid, fully brain-washed, and it took me more than a decade to realize how wrong I was and deprogram my brain. It’s a cult/bubble…

Hillary was 100% correct. Deplorable really is the perfect word to describe Trump supporters.

Kavanaugh next. Then Barr.

Impeach Barr next.

You’d think that it would be in the best interest of everyone to have a single standard that is set across the board, and incentivize people from California/NY/WA etc to work with more of the country to drive forward MPG standards.

The wrong side is the one that makes you look like a Captain Planet villain.

no. if it were up to the congressional delegations of the mooch states, we’d all be driving carbureted cars that belch unburnt gasoline.

One hopes that’s true. But automakers deal with different requirements in different markets all over the world.

work with more of the country

My “boo hoo” response is, if car companies don’t want to follow California’s regulations, don’t sell cars in California.

This makes no sense at all. Whoever heard of anyone getting slapped for going beyond expectations? If GM or Kia want to meet the Federal mandate, all they have to do is meet the California one. Other markets have stricter standards, so it’s not like they don’t already have the ability to do it. This is insane.

I hate him more, for sure.

Agreed. Trump is an idiot who hurts people through his blundering and greed, but Mitch seems to have sat down and carefully planned out how best to erode democracy and build systems of exploitation.

In many ways, Mitch McConnell is worse than Donald Trump.

Either the $500M number came straight from the UAW, or this analyst used to work for the RIAA doing calculations on how much money illegal downloads were costing music labels.  One download=one lost sale.  One unbuilt car=one lost sale.  Both wrong.

Truth.

“These players are fighting for a better America for all, not just the rich white frightened portion of it.”

Because they need to stoke the fires of the base against the “libtards” and their “whataboutisms”. Also, they are avoiding talking about Trump and his administration bungling of a lot of issues so as to curry favor with Trump and prop him up.