Too many young liberals, mostly male in my experience, do not think abortion access is a big deal. They don’t care. They don’t think it’s a serious issue. I mean Bernie Sanders himself claimed it was a distraction. I’ve got a big hearty fuck you to all those people.

“Sanctity of human life” is such a hollow fucking phrase, especially when it comes from anti-choice folks.

This is where I break with the Jacobin/ Intercept left. Aleppo was under horrific fire from Russia before the election. In the last year, Russian shelling killed more civilians than ISIS has in all of Syria, and twice as many civilians as the entire UAV drone strike program has since 2004.

he does realize that we owe them 1.157 trillion dollars, right? i’m not sure what leverage he thinks we have in this economic situation.

The same. Because they are dumb.

Honestly I’m surprised how well-received this post is. This is car-guy homerism bullshit. Diplomacy is its own discipline, one which this guy spent his whole life not learning. I know it would make people on this board feel a little better but just because he’s a auto executive doesn’t mean he’d be effective at all.

Technically yes. But throttle tuning is still important. For example if you’re bouncing around off road it can be difficult to keep your foot steady. Therefore it’s best to stabilize driver inputs. Inroad I prefer a very linear feel to the throttle. But most drivers are impressed by lots of oomph at the top of the…

Government is not business. The idea of government as business is part of the definition of fascism. The last “business” president we had was Bush Jr. - it wasn’t that long ago - let’s give it some thought.

Mullaly would make an excellent Transportation Secretary. Who better than an engineer who actually has experience with aerospace and automobiles?

I’d rather not go with someone who has to report to a parole officer. Don’t get me wrong, Petraeus is brilliant, but he had a serious lapse of judgement that was way worse than any email scandal.

CARB is the honey badger of bureaucracies. I’ll put my money on them in that fight.  

I know, right? Clean air, clean water, a livable planet in 50 years, who needs ‘em?

It will also hit middle class people and their responses will all be the same: figure out a way to reduce automobile costs. That might mean biking, finding a closer job, reducing trips, etc.

Yeah! I should be entitled to fling my waste any damn direction I like. Now keep your yammering free market gob open a little longer while I shit down your throat...💩

Trump sucks. Yeah, we get it. Most of us even agree with it. So it’s understandable to be annoyed that Ford is agreeing with him on anything.
But here’s the thing. Despite his undoubtedly inane reasons for coming to the conclusion he has, he’s stumbled into the right one this time. CAFE sucks. It has always sucked.
If…

It is actually translates to 38mpg on the sticker.

They are up 30% from 2015 sales. I don’t know why people say they aren’t selling

Pretty sure they still have to innovate to hit foreign emission standards.....

Lots of people still buy sedans and have a severe dislike of CUVs and SUVs. Just because one segment is dominating at the moment doesn’t mean the others cease to exist.