Just because no PPE is better than the worst possible PPE doesn’t mean it’s anywhere near acceptably safe. They’ve got molten slag on the floor that they’re dragging around with hooks. One false step and that foot is gone, to say nothing of what would happen if someone slips while pouring iron.

What would happen is that production would shift back to the U.S./E.U. when the lower cost of living (and commensurately lower wages) in the developing world did not offset the cost of shipping raw materials and product to and from those factories. Some factories would close, yes, but it would be the factories that…

Are you fucking kidding me? Your explanation for why these guys are working around molten steel in the same clothing you’d wear to walk on a beach is that they probably want to?

Telling people to send money to individual workers when they are appalled at their working conditions is like telling someone upset that their water tower has a giant, gushing hole in the bottom to pour some water in the top, if they’re so worried.

You do understand that the entire point of unions is to raise cost to manufacturers such that it is cheaper to use others, right? That is not a flaw in the system, it is a design goal. The key is then being able to force the businesses to incur the higher cost. Outsourcing being a work-around to unions is a recent…

If only there were some way to prevent that kind of a race to the bottom, like some kind of protective tariff on goods made by grossly exploitative labor. Oh, that’s exactly what we could do. Right.

All other drivers.

How is neocon in any way related to the ’40s? It’s not even a concept that existed prior to the mid-’70s at the earliest, and it didn’t gain common currency until the mid- to late ’90s.

This comment is so perfectly 3 Series that I want to carve it in brass and present it to the Smithsonian to be preserved for future generations.

That’s really interesting. I have loved the way these cars look for a long time, and I’m considering getting a toy in the relatively near future. You wouldn’t happen to have any links to well-done comprehensive restomods, would you?

The answer has to be BMW. It’s hard to narrow it down to a single model, because the brand identity is so strong. Just look at autoblopnik’s BMW tag page: http://autoblopnik.com/category/bmw/

Is the LS swap really what you need, though? Agreed that these are beautiful cars, but lack of power isn’t really what makes them dogs, is it? Are there any practical ways to fix the suspension, stiffen up the frame, tighten up the steering, and fix the (numerous) tell tales of malaise-era GM construction? I don’t…

Woah woah woah, you should be able to buy at least 9 Miatas for that much.

So basically you want them to put the 1.0 liter Formula Ford 3-cylinder Ecoboost engine in everything.

There is no prescribed numbering for lists, but “1.)” is the absolute worst. In my opinion, parentheses should be used for inline lists (e.g. “the reasons that using both parentheses and periods is dumb are (i) the period it looks like a misplaced decimal, (ii) the unmatched parenthesis drives me crazy, (iii) etc...”)…

Given Buick’s domestic performance, it might be more accurate to describe them as “offered for sale” than “sold”.

Proposing how a 140 pound man, even a very fit 140 pound man, should fight a 420 pound man is a fool’s errand. In an earnest contest, McGregor would not be able to “drain him out”, because the fight would end too quickly.

Literally cannot believe anyone took this seriously.

Agree. And Caddy’s marketing is just horrible. No alibi, it’s bad.

Even if the Ginger Hammer signed it, probably not. Even if you assume proper consideration and all the other elements of a contract met, and you assume that Goodell has the actual authority to confer those rights gratuitously (dubious), you still would probably be prevented from transmitting games by existing holders…