I absolutely agree, and may have made that same argument in other replies in this thread.

“I suspect Sanders and HRC supporters will ultimately alienate each other if now is any indication.”

When the state of Michigan has board seats on GM, and 1 in 7 jobs in the US depend on exporting cars, I’ll accept your analogy.

“Margret Thatcher” would also have been an acceptable reply.

“Is New Hampshire officially the state where all hell breaks loose in the Democratic primary?”

“It’s your fault for being stupid enough to believe me in the first place,” isn’t exactly how you keep your customers happy.

Because that would set a precedent they can’t afford?

Exactly. If there was a cost-effective way to do it, they wouldn’t have cheated in the first place.

“the extinction of VW as we know it today.”

Given the technological hurdles involved, and their economic isolation, we may not be wrong.

It’s not like we had a choice. The Americans who worked with the Nationalists pretty much didn’t like them. And we thought we needed Stalin on our side against Japan - indeed, we were willing to write-off eastern Europe to get it.

“there is no sign of it being used”

Can lasers be detected by current satellites? I know the beam isn’t in the visible range.

I’d go with shooting his plane down with a laser weapon, but am not sure if laser beams can be detected by satellites.

Before the separation they were a Japanese colony, so the memories will still be terrible.

Indeed. I may be crazy, but I don’t lack self-awareness. It’s also 100% true, which *Homer Simpson voice* is why it’s funny.

Don’t be too sure. My “Absinthe and Automobiles” event was a bit of a disaster.

Have seen these IRL, can confirm: photos don’t convey how low and wide and lethal-looking it is.

That’s how I saw it ... minivan dude is trying to get away.

“negro?” Say what you will about the Soviet Union, at least they were anti-racist.