This is encouraging! It turns out F1's owners CAN do the right thing.

If you must, get the base engine (naturally aspirated if possible). A 2001 Jetta with the 2.slow is great - just add oil from time to time.

Nothing like skin in the game to make someone take more care of something... Great Dad advice there.

Also literally from the Hong Kong site you linked (funny how in free and open China, certain things can’t be posted/accessed):

I’m not American. And ethnic Han.

China has the largest trade union in the world by head count, no doubt.
Tell me: how much opposition can they exert against the government?
How much independence does the ACFTU have from government control?

Yeah... I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re the Russian equivalent of a wumao... 50 ruble army?

There are plenty of signs: look at the state of independent and free press in the country (not good in either); look at the ability of citizens to form peaceful opposition parties or trade unions (not good either); look at the health/vibrancy of civil society such as NGOs, religious organizations, grass roots…

I agree with much of what you observe, but disagree with the conclusion. There’s a high correlation between a lack of press freedom, freedom of speech and the intolerance of opposition within the political system, that really put Putin and Xi squarely into “fascist” territory.

I think we’ve found the problem - your fascism-detector needs recalibration.

Genuine question: would you characterize the Putin regime in Russia (or the Xi regime in the PRC) as “fascist”?

I think the far-right parties won like 2% of the Ukrainian vote?

I imagine a small hatchback like the Aveo has a comparatively small carbon footprint - especially compared to a MBT or APC... So I guess the NYT could be wrong about her car, while still having the quote be correct.

So the naming equivalent of triple-filtered, boiled and distilled tap water?

I always found it perplexing that the stock market would tank when the Fed even entertained the thought of raising rates (or even just stopping stimulus) - it should be a sign that the economy is recovering to wean it off “life support” (which was what the stimulus was intended to be).

Replacing the worn struts on the hatch of my ‘02 Celica (a used/very used, high mileage/high wear $3,000 special) - I got tired of using my wooden ice-scraper to prop up the hatch, along with the attendant risk of it popping out of place and bringing the hatch crashing at an inopportune time (e.g. when I am leaning in…

A Youtuber/influencer behaving like a narcissistic, entitled, wanker?

“Donald Bryan Thomas II”

Someone pointed this out in the other article, but Choi’s video should be flagged/demonetized for containing dangerous/illegal acts. You don’t even have to click into it to flag it on mobile (I hope that avoids giving him any revenue or any sort of engagement).

From Toronto - can attest.
Then you’ve got the 2 jokers on 4-lanes who will do the speed limit side-by-side while a line queues behind them. They don’t know each other, and have no reason to synchronize and hold up traffic, but for some reason, neither of them will speed up or slow down for toe one on the left move to…