Recycling a 6-year-old article from an author who has long since left Jalopnik? Really, Jalopnik?

Agreed. Running a script as Adminstrator that I downloaded from some random github repo?

Sevastopol is the home port of Russia’s Baltic Fleet. It is the Russian Navy’s only warm water port (excluding their base in Syria, of course). It is of vital strategic importance to Russia, as it effectively turns the Black Sea into a lake controlled by Russia. Export trade through the Black Sea is also vital to the…

I agree that the Keystone pipeline shouldn’t have been canceled, but that ship has sailed.  The reality is that 1) we still need fossil fuels and 2) pipelines are by far the best way to ship oil, gasoline, and natural gas from where it is produced to where it is needed.  Prematurely shutting down fossil fuel…

I bought an ‘87 Integra 5-door manual new and kept it 13 years.  I loved that car.  Despite all the “enthusiast” moaning about it on the internet, this one looks good to me.

We need to replace the oil we are currently importing from Russia. If we can’t replace that oil with US production, then it would be better to get it from Canada than from Venezuela or Iran.

There has been a conceit in the West that if we trade with bad actors like China and Russia that over time they will become like us. But the reality is that they have their own cultures, leaders, and governing systems. No matter how much we trade with them, they likely will never be similar to western nations, with…

1st gear: The decision to become energy dependent upon Russia will go down as one of Germany’s worst decisions after the end of the Cold War. Germany never should have shut down its nuclear reactors. I understand the concerns after Fukushima, but trusting Putin’s Russia was a horribly bad idea.

Sadly, this type of corruption is common in southern sheriff departments.

Someone else’s partially completed project car?  Crack pipe.

“So getting from just a few thousand units in 2020 to a hundred thousand in 2026 is a massive jump, and I, for one, hope the company can pull it off.”

No, the rights of way mostly won’t be useful. High speed rail needs very straight rights of way that connect large city centers. The rights of way that have been abandoned were not straight, didn’t connect large city centers (typically were minor lines that may have started in one large city, but did not connect to…

I agree that the chance of high speed rail happening in the US is slim. As we both agree, the cost to acquire the needed right of way is excessive. But there are two other issues as well. First, our political leaders don’t have the skill, desire, or will to push through such a project. In the past, we had leaders will…

There is a reason those lines are abandoned.  They would not be suitable for high speed rail.

Hyperloop has many technical problems that high speed rail doesn’t have. High speed rail technology is available now.

I’ve taken the Acela between Boston and NYC.  It is limited in speed due to the curvy nature of the right of way in Connecticut.  The solution is simple -- take a huge number of very expensive properties by eminent domain in order to straighten out the right of way.  That, of course, would cost billions of dollars and…

The hate is because it is stupid.

That gets you a clean-title car that will need to be towed to its new home owing to the outstanding work, but which should easily be up and running following a couple of weekends worth of noodling.

The GX is not a Land Cruiser 200. It’s effectively a Land Cruiser Prado with an ugly grille. It’s built on the same frame as the 4Runner.

I have no tolerance for violence. That said, should this be a lifetime ban? Is there a way to appeal or for those on the list to get a second chance after X number of years and providing some restitution?