My neighbor (2022 V90 XC) pulled the cladding due to a careless jackass slicing it with their front-end loader dropping mulch in the driveway. Simple enough replacement but it looked truly odd because of the ride height making the wheel well look silly.

I understand the nature of the word “leaked”, but when this was published last week on other sites, isn’t this article just “look what I found while surfing?”

I assumed it was building some attention for Madame Web.

Your overarching point is still valid, the most vulnerable amongst the population shouldn’t needlessly suffer due to ignorance or arrogance of those with the ability to help.

I believe you are off by a little on death rates -

Bruce Bixby did a better job of hitchhiking across the country, fixing problems, with a character that had so much plot armor we accepted his basic immortality/indestructability. 

Obligatory Tool reference -

The Panama Canal accounts for 46% of all Eastern Asia trade that lands on the US Eastern seaboard (3-4% of all global trade volume).

Not a single one... but the OP also thinks their Hummer is efficient? My Rivian R1T (which lost about 10% being left out overnight last night in 14 degree weather due to staying with family to help out) is the most efficient truck based EV...

Exactly... The Market is no longer looking at Tesla as a pure Tech Play and rather a manufacturing entity with an increasing inability to build at scale without numerous missteps. 

Trying to attract the Nissan Altima crowd as secondary owners...

According to Wikipedia, Gallo was born in Buffalo, N.Y. to parents who were hairdressers. (It also says he doesn’t drink alcohol.)

About the movie, not really...

Diaz-Canel ending the dual-currency system and creating an inflationary cycle that shows no end plays a huge role. Plus he mismanaged Covid, exposing large faults in the health system. Food is big time expensive since most of it is imported (70%-ish).

Anyone else wonder how much contact he had with his daughter beforehand? Might there be an Alec Baldwin level voicemail directed at her?

IIRC the “codE” resulted from the power being disrupted to the stereo head (most likely an Alpine Unit) and required a 6 digit code to restore the anit-theft functionality.

I wasn’t offering any criticism of Obama and did point out the cumulative effects of Bush spending. The issue of the Housing crash started with a deregulation under the Clinton administration that continued unchecked under Bush.

So, Thursday afternoons at Elon’s?

While I have ZERO love for Trump, the largest increase in the National Debt occurred during the Obama Administration - roughly $9.5 Trillion. (yes that would be over 8 years rather than 4, but I’m a numbers guy.) Obama would have some carry over effect from 2008's Housing BS and Trump gets pegged with Covid costs, but…

A demand destruction curve based on winter months and continued EV/Hybrid adoption plays a role. Supply isn’t the issue since the US is a net exporter of oil (and OPEC+ lies about the production export numbers, look at Iran’s numbers as well!). CA/WA have stupid levels of taxes on gas, Hawaii is a…