Pro Bono exists. Look up the legal term if you’re not familiar with it.

This is a pretty nonsense survey, and

I hear that, but consider Biden’s long history of being a legit car guy. His ‘67 Stingray convertible his father (a Chevrolet dealer) gave him as a wedding gift in ‘67 that he still has, the ‘58 Mercedes 190SL convertible, and others.

I dunno if you have any personal experience trying to help pull a close family member out of the depths of a years long addiction. I hope you don’t, sincerely, because dealing with this for years or decades is beyond taxing, mentally and emotionally.

You tend to take the progress you can get, and accommodate that…

The GOP desperation to pin something on Biden, ANYTHING, would be funny if so many Trumpers didn’t believe it.

At your service!

I do love me a decent shitbox. (as the prior owner of an ‘89 Civic wagon, ‘91 Civic Si, ‘89 CRX HF, ‘87 Sprint Turbo, ‘94 Maxima, ‘89 Chevy Spectrum, several air cooled beetles, ‘76 Newport, ‘70 Challenger and ‘58 Olds 88 hardtop, all under $4k and most under $1,000.

No such thing as a “Vortec” 4 cylinder in 1994, guys. The 4 banger was the wheezy 2.2 that year, and not available on the 4WD S-10 at all.

The “Vortec 2200" badging didn’t come around for the S-10 platform until the 1996 model year.

IMHO that’s unfair to the Soul, which had far more space inside, was more reliable and more fun to drive too.

The brand new Renegade we rented was miserable to drive, had shitty shifting, a crummy plastic interior, weak power and rode like shit, but at least it broke down and left us stranded in the hills with night…

Good. Renegades were hot garbage right from the beginning.

It is a broad term, but these were definitely not “firecrackers in trash cans”.

early reporting said 5,000 lbs.
later follow up reporting corrected that to 32,000 lbs.

Me too.

Yup. Honestly, I’m surprised this sort of thing didn’t happen years earlier considering the lack of department regulations around the use of bomb disposal trucks and the cowboy attitude of the LAPD.

Side note: according to an NBC Los Angeles follow up story a year ago, the final tally was 32,000 lbs of fireworks and improvised explosive devices at that guy’s property.

They were not fireworks. After some google-fu, the results show pictures of dozens of brown wrapped coke can sized and shaped improvised explosive devices, each with a length of green fuse. The LAPD loaded about 40 of those into the container, from what I’ve read. And they didn’t actually weigh any of it, nor were…

As of a year ago, according to NBC Los Angeles, 66 people from 12 different addresses were still in city paid hotel rooms, 87 of the 408 total claims against the city were settled, the LAPD had paid out $281,316.13 to victims, the LA city council provided an additional $10,000 per the 26 most severely affected…

Because they didn’t bother to use a scale, and they weren’t required by department regulations to use a scale. They guessed. And boy did they guess wrong.

Also, one of their own bomb techs repeatedly warned the other people on scene that it was too much stuff to safely blow up in one go, and he was ignored.

gnarly

“The expert, identified as “Bomb Technician C,” expressed concern about the amount of explosives “on several occasions” before the detonation, according to the report conducted by the Office of the Inspector General of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Eh, I’m not a fan of Vegas, but the downtown arts district is worth a look if you’re in the area. No casinos, no Strip, and good food and drink and interesting independent stores and galleries in a human scaled, walkable setting. Nice collaborative events too, and Meow Wolf’s fun immersive  installation is only 3…

Another “good guy with a gun”, amirite?