I used to cover the greater Chicagoland as my sales territory and can confirm that the Ike and the Stevenson suck big time. The Stevenson less so outside of rush hour, the Ike pretty much all the time.
Side note: I once had Charger with the 392 (who knew enterprise even had those?) as a rental and took it to VMAX late…

Please nobody repeat #15 or else somebody at Lexus is going to run that idea up the food chain.

1st gear: Proof that holidays bring us together! I actually agree with Raphael Orlove about something. Chasing valuation is not typically a good thing and being publicly traded isn’t always a good for a company. It often causes leadership to become short-sighted, always chasing that next great quarter. Almost…

If it’s not a micromachine that costs $12k then it is obviously junk!

I thought we might get to 100% no dice vote but it looks like there are a few people with more money than brains, or perhaps they’re just really big fans of shitty projects.

Ok gotcha, you got me. So the authorizations happened in ‘16 and ‘19 but nothing actually happened? Interesting.

I was actually in favor of pulling out of Afghanistan. It was the execution that was an absolute travesty. It is all too apparent to all of us in the real world that there was not planning involved in the evacuation of civilians, contractors, gov’t employees, and U.S. allied interpreters. To add insult to injury, the…

Those are just the dates I remember, wasn’t a product of internet searching that you’re capable of doing yourself. For example, it was Katrina related in ‘05. In ‘11 there was the Arab Spring related sale. Can’t remember what the occasion was in 16 and I specifically remember former president Trump authorizing it in…

A) I said failing. As in, we are actively watching the thing fail.
2) Where do I get that? Plummeting approval ratings for POTUS and VP, we still have hundreds of citizens trapped in Afghanistan after a the worst executed pull out since Calvin Murphy’s 14 child was conceived, a floundering domestic agenda, record…

This century, oil has been sold from the strategic reserve twice in 2000, once in 05, once in ‘11, once in 16, I *think* once in 19, and is now happening again.

That’s simply not true. Oil was sold from the strategic reserve, twice in 2000, once in 05, once in ‘11, once in 16, I *think* once in 19, and is now happening again.

I disagree with this move as much as I disagreed with it when W. and Trump did it. When Obama did it, it made sense and was strategic deployment of supply to ease the burden on a depressed populace. This time, it’s just a failing administration grasping at straws to increase its approval rating. Prices aren’t as bad…

Lest we forget that Facebook has actively promoted and colluded to elect far left candidates for political office, and nothing has killed more people that leftist totalitarian governments.

Last time I sat in a German airport (two days!) I subsisted on those big soft pretzels with mustard and beer. Not so bad!

Oklahoma will let you register and title nearly anything. There’s a guy that comes to my car meet who owns a decommissioned HMMWV. He got it titled in Oklahoma, then was able to register it in Nebraska. NE was peculiar in that they wouldn’t title it but they would register it once he had the OK title.

Incrementalism is always just labeled “slippery slope argument” by the people with the agenda to incrementally revoke freedom, and by the people who look at the first couple of steps as “for the best”.

Totally. The corporate lobbyists do serve a genuine purpose. They are generally experts who actually understand the technology, policy, and ramifications of proposed legislation. In a perfect world, it’s just up to the legislators to meet with both sides and make the best determination of the facts that they can. But…

Thanksgiving 2020: My aunt and uncle in Eastern Iowa were all set to host the family for Thanksgiving. The Governor of Iowa issued some kind of order that didn’t allow us to eat at my Uncle’s butcher shop and catering business as we had intended. This was a party of about 40 people and that was the only space big…

AAMVA sounds like a bunch of assholes. I just can’t stand non-profit groups like this, which feel compelled to meddle in shit that doesn’t matter. People who drive kei cars know that they’re toast if they get into an accident. Let ‘em! Most of the time they’re just used for short trips or back road driving.

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That’s the damn truth! I installed all new light fixtures in our first house the day before it went on the market because everything was out of date. They were all from the same manufacturer & collection but very much middle of the range stuff from Menards. Buyer didn’t seem to mind.