I read elsewhere that it’s 1 W87 from the retired Peacekeepers on some of the force, or 3 W78s which were designed for the Minuteman III on the others. I thought it was odd to say the first deployed MIRV-capable missile had only one warhead. The Trident II D5 can carry 12 warheads but the USN is currently limited to 8…

Mazda is a much smaller company than Nissan, but Henry Wallace, James Miller, and Mark Fields preceded Ghosn as CEOs, although they held the title of President while the Chairmanship of the company’s directors remained Japanese.

Whether Trump retroactively endorses Flynn’s actions is irrelevant since he was not actually President at the time of the call, which is why Flynn was a private citizen and not a US emissary. But the Logan Act has never actually been enforced, and is usually only brought up by the party that opposes whatever happened…

It astonishes me that American dealers who are so confused by the drop shadow on the badge that they advertise it as a Golf “RR” can sell any.

Don’t forget that the tax is on imports of all kinds, and manufacturers including automakers are globally integrated. Some US-built vehicles have 80% US+Canada content, but many seem to be in the 50-60% range. Even for e. g. Fords that are assembled in US factories, the engines alone may have been built in USA,…

Doesn’t Illinois have existing time limits for workman’s comp claims of 3 years from date of injury or 2 years after last payment of wages, whichever is later? The age limit is more restrictive in some cases, but workman’s comp claims for problems that take time to develop are already crimped in Illinois and many…

I’m just wondering what back-of-beyond you inhabit where grocery scanners that read produce stickers are unknown. They aren’t everywhere, and not all items are labeled, but even here in the Paris of Appalachia I know of them.

The Capri was a 3-door only, and the body panel stampings except maybe the doors were substantially different from even the Mustang 3-door. IIrc, ASC (who already built a McLaren Capri 3-door) did use a modified Mustang 2-door deck lid, but to get the correct rear fenders there was a lot of cutting and additional…

The Capri was a 3-door only, and the body panel stampings except maybe the doors were substantially different from even the Mustang 3-door. IIrc, ASC (who already built a McLaren Capri 3-door) did use a modified Mustang 2-door deck lid, but to get the correct rear fenders there was a lot of cutting and additional…

Local trivia: North Catholic High was named because it was on the North Side of Pittsburgh (Troy Hill). Now it has decamped 20 miles north, not even in the same county (although not very far over the line) as its original site.

The pendulum has swung to cars like the Honda Civic 5-door, which has enough excess styling cliches for several more cars.

You mean early ‘90s, because that’s a first-generation 89-92 model. The angle is bad, but the blunt front end, pointy corner on the tail lamps and those wheels you mention seal it- second-generation GTs had 5 spokes, straight the first couple years and swirly-curved the last.

As I recall, Ronald Reagan sometimes referred to Nancy as “Mommy”. It’s not that uncommon, at least in the heartland; after people have children they develop habits and don’t always switch contexts with as much alacrity as sophisticated Easterner. And to some Christians, “Mother” is the most esteemed status a woman…

I believe that it is the National Park Service’s job to estimate the size of crowds on the Mall (as the responsible agency for the area) using aerial photographs and an algorithm they developed over the years. Traditionally they are an equal-opportunity offender, since both liberal and conservative groups (e. g., the…

Yet you called the QX50 a wagon. I don’t think it satisfies #1, and I’m not sure it satisfies #2 without seeing measurements. Of course, the most recent Audi A4 Avant doesn’t satisfy #2, since the roof ended and liftgate arched down just aft of the rear seat, and most people call that a wagon. Since the sloping back…

There was a G20t, but t was for touring, some aero and interior upgrades along with limited-slip.

There was some military equipment in the 1991 Iraq victory parade, but nothing too heavy for the roads. I remember one reviewer describing the Air Force guys marching like accountants missing their briefcases. It’s a shame that it won’t be like Reagan’s second inauguration when it was about 5°F daytime with -25° wind…

Mine is mostly a mouse playground. They seem to enjoy tugging at the insulation beneath the oven compartment.

I have to partially dispute the idea that the actors in Red October are wrong-accented, because I think that it is a fairly clever cinematic device. All the Russian characters start out speaking Russian, with reasonable facsimile accents and English subtitles. Since Americans at the time, and since, would rarely sit…

70 isn’t that early for symptoms of dementia, especially for a male with his lifestyle. I would like to see an interviewer ask him questions such as if he knows the date and day of the week, who the President and Vice-president are, and if he can remember a sequence of 5 random words 5 minutes after being told to…