Tom, I think convention dictates at least feigning concern when a billionaire drug addict goes missing.

I assume the back surgery is an exploratory procedure in which they’ll be looking for something resembling a spine.  

I don’t need to. Because the majority of them are conservative legislatures. Democrats have never pushed “free market” and “small government”. Protecting union jobs or workers to the detriment of competition is the norm for Democrats. But “free market” and “no government interference” is the GOP’s entire business…

You’re comparing one-time, up-front procurement emissions (which gas vehicles also have) to the lifetime emissions from driving a car 100K or so miles? Also, lithium isn’t really “mined,” so much as it is reclaimed. Lithium is a salt (which is so safe doctors prescribe it, unlike gasoline), and is, in large part,…

I admit that most dealers are Republican. However, their PACs donate to whoever will help them keep their business models intact.

And with Trump taking over, that’s a very real precedent. You turn your debt over to the taxpayers once you get tired with a company.

The only thing missing is a big “Trump” billboard on top of the half built factory!

This right here is the deal, especially with the cagey stage-magician way that FF is both part of and not part of LeEco at the same time. Expect other Chinese companies to start using this model in the future.

Go to any article about Tesla on a right-leaning news site and you’ll see comment after comment railing against Tesla and bitching that “they wouldn’t sell any cars without the tax rebate”, as if Tesla is the only company whose vehicles can claim said rebate. The vitriol is absurd.

How is this a corporate bailout? This company is being bankrolled by a Chinese Billionaire.

show me a dealer who isnt a republican..

True, but isn’t this the party of “free market” and “no government interference in business”?

I find it ‘funny’ that many southern states tolerate the organization of dealerships to fight for what they want, yet continue to chip away at employee unions’ ability to do the same..

Funny how conservatives have been so antagonistic towards an American company producing American cars while keeping jobs in America. “Not in my state!” the GOP shouts when Tesla wishes to sell their cars.

The workers also couldn’t speak to each other at lunch.

Godamn I hate conservatives who love subversive music but apparently never grasped (or just think it’s fine to ignore) the lyrics. “Clampdown,” “Know Your Rights,” Career Opportunities”...not to mention “Radio Radio” and “Oliver’s Army.” And the sainted name of Joey Ramone should never pass through Scarborough’s…

I too don’t understand why the peasants won’t just eat cake if they don’t like their bread.

This.

Hear Hear. Harumph and all that but, yeah, Phish sucks.

Counterpoint: Phish and the Grateful Dead are absolutely fucking terrible. I hate Joe but even a broken clock blah blah blah.