Klutz’s suggestions:

Vise. Just sayin’.

The Nazis were monsters of history, and because of this they started World War II. As part of their prosecution of the war, they bombed Bristol. Seems like a correct sentence to me.

And the location of the A pillars is bad, too, usually at about 45 deg., perfectly situated to block your view of a pedestrian or bicyclist.

Hyundai XG300. The one with the fake Jaguar grill. A complete dud as a near-luxury car (yes, that’s how it was marketed). A Ford Contour was superior in every way. Saw it had a V6. It was the wimpiest V6 known to humankind. No acceleration (sorely needed for the mean streets of Atlanta). Brakes felt like you were…

Even hydraulic would be a big improvement. We have two cars, one with hydraulic, one with electric. Wih the hydraulic rack my hands feel the wheel moving into and out of every pothole, bump, or weird imperfection in the road. In the electric: nada, no connection, zip.

I don’t think (all) conservatives hate the environment. My only point is that in evaluating the cost/benefit of regulations, the externalities are often overlooked. I’m more than willing to bet that there are regulations that are too complex, or are pointless, or result from a failure of imagination to create a market…

And leave externalities (pollution, consumer safety, health, etc.) for the rest of us to pay for several years to come.

Agree. The $8 I spent on the stupid tax I might have spent with a local merchant. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Little-known fact is that everything east of the San Andreas fault will slide into the Atlantic.

;)

Thanks, Obama!

Translation: “We’ve used this dumb policy for so long, we will now try to peddle it as a hoary tradition.”

Raphael, at the end of the article you describe this as a new wrinkle in Dieselgate, but does this affect only diesels, gas, or both engines? Thanks

What confuses me is that the article you linked to about Russian disinformation campaigns seems relatively coherent. The author of it, though, seems to have some bad personal demons, as well as a felt need to puff up his biography. I don’t know what he does about the former, but the latter seems like a self-inflicted…

Why do I hear Jim McKay’s voice inside my head?

I was there some years ago. Took me a while to realize that the “muddy scum” on the top of the lake were thousands and thousands of trees. Your post inspired me to look at the Google Earth satellite photo. Wow. Just wow.

But seriously, thanks for the homemade gif. I’ve seen those photos before but the flipbook effect is cool.

The only (more or less mainstream brand) cars I can think of that might hold up okay would be a 70s Mercedes or 70s Volvo.

I just lost my lunch.