Basically, back when spotlights on cars were a still a thing, people were doing stupid stuff with them, like shining them at oncoming drivers. So laws were passed to ban them. Unfortunately the wording of the laws also applied to lights you could aim with a steering wheel.

Chemicals like dihydrogen monoxide, no less.

Even if we are talking about a glorified helicopter, “flying car” is still a useful term to describe it’s function, just like “horseless carriage” was a useful description in the early days of the automobile.

And you know that if she showed up in a Mao suit and a buzzcut, then tongues would wag about how she isn’t looking up to the standards of this serious and dignified institution.

It just means the bar gets raised. You can get hot hatches now that will blow the doors off the best 1920's racer. Everyone can get stupid quick? Fine, that just means some will shell out more for even stupider quick.

But they’re doing god wrong, so of course it doesn’t count.

Maybe, but then, isn’t all religion is basically about doing good for the “wrong” reasons? Do good here so you’ll go to the Good Place, or get one of the good reincarnations on your next time around.

I guess I’m not very creative, because I’m giving that a great big “Hell, no!”

She’s 8 ears younger, and in the United States women live five more years than men on average, so Warren is simply more likely to be around to do the job.

I think the choice is simple. Questions of ideology aside, Bernie is just too damn old to take on the job.

It might be doable. The Reactor showcar was based on a DS chassis with a turbocharged Corvair engine.

Especially since GenX wank fests are what’s hot.

You know the faithful are going to try and spin things any way they can.  Remember the Democratic primaries before the 2008 election?  If you supported Barack Obama, it was because you were a misogynist, and if you supported Hilary, it was because you were a racist.

“Robot” toy vehicles are certainly nothing new, and we’ve already seen any number of interactive robot pets. A toy robot truck would certainly have potential as a promotional item, and I’m sure collectors would go for it.

Yes, what you apply those skills to is also important.

Personally, I think her “wonkishness” is one of her best qualities. It’s al well and good to have ideas, but you’re going to need someone with political skills to make them a reality.

I agree. Pierre Trudeau (Justin’s dad) was quite simply, an asshole. He was the smartest person in the room, and he made sure people knew it, but he knew his stuff.

But the beauty of the system is that as long as more than 50% of the people who vote don’t think that way (as long as they aren’t all concentrated in the wrong place, of course), she’s good.

Yet when all was said and done, more Americans voted for Hilary than Trump, and the ones who stayed at home figured it was going to be a slam dunk anyhow. If she and her party had put a little more effort into certain areas, some of whom apparently had to problem with a black man as president, maybe things might have…

I finally got to watch A Clockwork Orange when I was well beyond my teenaged years, and it was a tough watch. I’m glad I got to see it, but I’m not sure I want to do that again.