One of auto pioneer Henry Lancester’s theories was that people are most comfortable with a ride height that comes close to their walking height. I think he was on to something.

Ditto.

That you know of.

“Steal” is a pejorative, so no. Getting a “Letter of Marque” - that is, a pirate’s license - probably comes the closest. #nerdlivesmatter

I saw it as mocking bigots by acting like a stereotpycial bigot - hence the “meta” part. But the problem with satire is it can be mistaken as the real thing, or used as a defense by a genuine bigot who gets called out.

No problem. Actually, I’m pretty sure someone already wrote a novel with this premise ... I’m blanking on the name, though.

Yeah, you can’t poison Coulter. Because she IS poison.

The Church allegedly has the blood of Jesus on the Shroud of Turin, and also claims to have his actual foreskin. (And part of the crown of thorns, too, and the spear that pierced his side, IIRC) I wonder if viable DNA could be extracted, so we could settle this once and for all? (Also: maybe clone the Savior?)

Are we sure she’s not doing some extremely meta performance art?

This was the only one - that we know of so far - that isn’t outside the statute of limitations.

They cheated in the first place because they couldn’t find a cost-effective method of compliance, or so they say.

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.