I think my favorite part of this article was the response from Skoda UK with “sedans” in quotes. Basically saying “*sigh* Americans. We know you meant the proper term ‘saloon’, but we’re not going to call you out on it.”

Will it save the country? Maybe, maybe not. But it certainly can’t hurt.

My wife and I were driving from Oklahoma to Nebraska a couple of months ago, and I had made a few playlists for the drive. Africa was on one of them. As soon as it started, she turned to me and said, “You know this is the same drumbeat as The Song of the Cebu from VeggieTales, right?” And now I can’t un-hear it.

To me, “we were being hunted” could also refer to Deckard and Rachael running away and being hunted by other blade runners. But that’s just me.

From what I understand though, hantavirus is usually neutralized by UV radiation from sunlight within 24-48 hours. So it’s doubtful there was any real risk of it, but better safe than sorry. I was fine until I saw the literal crap coming off of the seats while they were power washing it.

Some people do, some people don’t. Never hurts to clarify though. Thanks!

Blame gerrymandering for that one. There are non-knuckledraggers, but they’re in such heavily conservative (because no one actually says Republican anymore around here, it’s all about how so-and-so is the “conservative choice” or the “conservative candidate”) districts that they might as well not even show up to vote.…

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bits of chopped up carbon fiber are put in a press to create more complex pieces than what can be made with normal carbon sheets.

I think he’s doing it for every podium. Or at least he was.

In Lemons racing, any amount you spend above $500 is applied as penalty laps at a rate of 1 lap per $10. That being said, sometimes the judges will turn a blind eye to particularly crazy builds or cars they just really like, or teams who bribe them with booze. Speedycop’s builds usually fit that bill. He may have…

could hold more than 50 times Earth’s oil reserves

I always understood Durant to be a generally well-liked guy

Basically, you’re right. Geostationary orbit requires more delta-V, which requires more thrust, which requires more fuel, which requires more fuel to carry that fuel, and so on and so forth. I think they may have attempted recovery on a GTO mission before (don’t remember when, but seem to remember having seen it…

Fortunately, Larson’s roof flaps kept his No. 43 car from flipping over,

This isn’t the first time a Star Trek show has killed off a protagonist. For example, Tasha Yar was killed off in the season 1 episode “Skin of Evil.”

Dear Lord I hope we get at least one FancyKristen post from Goodwood. Even better would be if she did all Goodwood-related posts that way.

Levandowski only downloaded all of his documents because Google didn’t pay his first installment of $50 million (of a total $120 million bonus) until two months after it was due, didn’t pay him his second installment of $70 million until about a year and a half after he left the company.