This man’s cellar is a multilevel underground car park with an access ramp. He also happens to have a personal bunker. The authorities seized the tank because the owner couldn’t produce a letter from a federal minister stating that he was allowed to own it. The second reason for seizing it was because authorities…

Accurate username.

depends on the definition of “good guy.”

No, they aren’t. But all likely successor regimes are worse.

No Syria is a bad guy. But they are fighting IS/ISIS/ISIL/whatever, which is also a bad guy. The world is messy place.

That sucks. Pilots probably were dead due to most of the damage being focussed forward of the wing. Hopefully, Russia will transfer them some more Su-24s

Do you think I care?

The author asked a question, and I answered. If you can’t handle that, maybe you should go away.

Yeah, Jalopnik, where everyone cries for that mythical brown manual wagon, then when it gets made, they turn around and buy a beat up Corolla...EVERY TIME.

Do you know what website you’re on?

Fine. Babysit GM. While doing so, how ‘bout finding the evidence that GM’s upper management knew about the killer ignition switches? (It went on for so long, there’s no way Ms. Barra and Gang didn’t know about it.)

It worked well for the tobacco industry...

not a fan of that term but I am not offended. Offense is for the special snowflakes and ISIS.

The endless stream of folks falling all over themselves to blame the cartoonists as “asking for it”, while excusing the acts of the terrorists, is almost more fascinating than the knee-jerk brainwashed “behead those who slander the prophet” reaction of the terrorists.

They get a hell of a lot of snow in San Diego

I'm just your typical paranoid law-abiding citizen and I won't deny I pride myself on the ability to spot law enforcement cars here in PA quite easily. I agree "undercover" cars are still easily identifiable once you see enough of them.

Actually, here in California the black ones are used by high-ranking police officials, or for security details to transport people like the mayor of L.A., the governor, sectretary of state, and so on.

Respect needs to be earned. That LEO wasn't doing a good job of earning it. There's a reason why a huge amount of the civilian people distrusts the servers and protectors.

I agree. For the record, I pretty much hate cops. Especially those that throw their weight around just because they got picked on in high school. Perhaps "respectful" was the wrong choice of words. "Aware of the authority he wields" may have been better. But being a asshole is just asking for trouble. Don't pee on an…

Oh fuck right off. Cops aren't OWED any respect by mere virtue of being cops. In fact, the burden of proof on cops is even greater to show that they've earned it.