It seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding (or willful deception) that the majority of illicit drugs come into the country through areas between border checkpoints when the vast majority come through regular ports of entry.

Thank you for putting so much time and effort into a clear explanation.

The Republican line used to be that taxes and regulations should be largely lessened or left alone so that corporations could have certainty and predictability in the regulatory environment. Now it’s just chaos for the sake of chaos.

And as Lina Khan herself said, “The Reagan-initiated antitrust counterrevolution—perpetuated by subsequent Republican administrations and never seriously questioned by Democratic ones—has permitted powerful firms across sectors to control markets.”

Yes. Biden Administration did better and were at least usually on the right side of the issue even if there was only so much that could be accomplished. The Clinton Administration and Obama Administration were better than Reagan and the Bushes, but robust enforcement was not a priority and plenty of anti-competitive…

The United States’ unwillingness to aggressively enforce anti-trust laws is, in my opinion, the absolute worst economic mistake this politicians from both sides have made, possibly in the history of the country.

This administration really knows how to prioritize things that will help the average American.

I see a lot of Mavericks where I live, in the Dallas, TX area.

I mean, Musk is obviously including programs that help average and lower income people (most of whom are white and Christian and straight) as DEI in his calculations. 

If they’re talking about mortgage assistance and housing vouchers, those are very much not DEI as most people think of it. They’re frequently designed for people without high incomes, but the cutoffs are often well above the median household income to participate. 

There’s a major emotional component to car buying, and whether it’s the sound of the engine or a manual transmission or lots of other things, something that “makes sense” or “is better” is some objective way doesn’t fit with what many buyers emotionally want.

I don’t think six grand off gets them where they want to be sales-wise.

I got one of those (broken) as a souvenir when a semi tried to merge on top of my on LBJ in Dallas a few years ago. The body of my car was definitely damaged, but not because of those but from the rest of the semi hitting me. Part of the pointy cover thing landed on my windshield during the ruckus.

The finance guy at the dealership I buy cars from can make whatever pornography he wants as long as he skips the extended warranty sales pitch.

The Chevy Equinox EV actually seems like the first EV from a traditional car company that’s finally competitive with its non-EV siblings, but alas no Carplay.

He can’t rid of them unilaterally, Congress has to repeal them. But they can repeal them retroactive to January 1, 2025. Given the tight margins in Congress, it’s not a sure thing. But it’s certainly a possibility one cannot rule out.

I had a last-generation Jetta manual, and I liked it a lot. I I think the ‘25 looks good. I’d certainly consider it even though the Tiguan my wife had was not-so-hot.

Things he pays close attention to seem to get worse, so maybe it’s a blessing for Tesla that he’s busy elsewhere.

Maybe they should hire some Americans.

I mean, Pepsi’s market share almost tripled in four years during the campaign (1975 to 1979) and eventually outsold Coke in supermarkets by 1983. Pepsi’s market share didn’t really start to dip significantly until into the 2000s, which was well after the Pepsi Challenge (though I doubt the challenge itself was the…