Fines and other legal penalties are in general non-dischargable. VW is partly owned by the German and Bavarian governments, so pursuing them in German courts probably wouldn’t be fruitful; we can only get as much blood out of them as is in their North American stone.

Under your scenario, I see VW of North America filing for bankruptcy on 3/30.

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I have no doubt the company’s engineers (and lawyers) are working to fix this, but it’s also deeply surprising it’s gone on this long. When does VW need to provide answers to owners and regulators?

For more examples, Google “Mercedes Benz flower car” - designed for funerals, but basically an El Camino.

Either the Turks are lying or we don’t want to escalate.

I made it to the top of page 2. I spent most of college writing an episodic S&M novel as a favor to a friend. After finding out the Koch brothers had a Nazi governess (a plot point in mine) the dollar signs were so big and shiny.

Dinosaurs. It’s been bubbling along underground for a couple of years, waiting for a title to bust out and go mainstream.

Yup. You wouldn’t see crap like this when River Rouge was in its prime. Now get off my lawn.

My nightmares seem to revolve around legal issues, but oh god, yes, predators are another one.

Does Canada have the same child porn laws we do? Could this girl wind up a felon, and on the sex-offender registry?

I’ll give the patriarchy credit for one thing: they’re good at creating new little patriarchs.

The most interesting part of the majority opinion in Roe V. Wade is a recap of the history of abortion. Generally, it wasn’t seen as an issue if it happened before “quickening.” Modern anti-abortion nonsense is a Victorian invention.

If phobias were logical, they wouldn’t be phobias.

This guy would like a word with you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incoh…

Googling “Darrell Merrell tomato” will provide you with all the information you require.

Pictures of the whip scars or GTFO.

Yes, and they desperately need to build a roadster homage to the Triumph Spitfire called the “Zero.”

Another reason is that Israel has in the past shared sensitive US tech with China when they wanted to show their displeasure with us.

India and Pakistan have had a few skirmishes high in the mountains, but full-on war between nuclear states is pretty much unthinkable. (Yes, I know Japan doesn’t have nukes - but their buddy the US does)