But they DO have a camera factory that makes decent Hasselblad (and Pentacon 60) clones.

I have a friend (whom Christie later screwed over) who socialized at his house. He said their marriage seemed “friendly enough.”

Yup, all eight of them.

Is it better to give this over the Mob? Because that’s the alternative, realistically.

These places are legal because the alternative, mobbed-up loan sharks, are worse. This guy is indicted, not because of payday loans, but because of deceitful payday loans. You can hate him but tolerate the industry as a whole.

I’ll add “both countries are hard-drinking” to that list, IME.

It’s possible that Tesla’s formula nailed it well enough there’s no real reason to replace it. Think Volvo 240, but electric.

The same argument, more or less, has been raised and refuted several times already in this thread.

She’s very defensive and very paranoid. There were rumors she told Bill not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit - which, if he had, would’ve prevented his perjured deposition, and subsequent impeachment. I would love to know if that rumor is true.

Relevant:

“A country could get away with a fuckin dictatorship if everyone thought enough alike.”

It’s a fascinating what-if, especially since Lincoln, had he lived, planned to readmit the rebel states on VERY liberal terms.

And the funniest thing is, she’s not wrong.

The former, alas.

“They want people who are as much like them as possible to be the only influences around them.”

Ever tape your casual conversation? I have, and it was eye-opening just how inarticulate I am. In face-to-face meetings we rely a lot on intonation and non-verbal cues.

You’re an art history major and you spelled it “ chairoscuro?”

I suspect there’s a reason that windows haven’t been sorted already. If you but this you’ll need BMWCCA membership, and the local chairman on speed dial.

Presumably these are 3 season cars, but here in Jersey we’ve only had salt on the roads a couple of days this winter.

Yup. The Audi commercial actually made me tear up a little, although I know the music was selected before Bowie’s death