Physically, at the street level, the protesters were much more violent than the cops.  This is probably the most glossed-over fact of foreign coverage of what went on in Hong Kong in 2019.

Yup, people frequently confuse colonial Hong Kong’s “economic growth” with “freedom.” Yeah, the times were good in the 80s. But it was still. A. Colonial. Dictatorship.

This.  Police aren’t there to solve your political problems. They’re there to protect life and property and that is exactly what they were doing in this video by stopping an obvious ambush.

Egregious oversight, or intentional bias.  I think most media outlets would prefer not to have to admit to either one.

I’m pretty sure the paint booth would prefer spraying as many cars in the same colour as they can, for maximum efficiency. The small but nonzero interruptions for special colours get a “cost” assigned to them; how real that cost is will likely vary depending on the manufacturer.

San Francisco has a huge problem with needles on the streets.

I can. If you’re lucky enough to not have been significantly impacted by the last 4 years of policies, then all you need to be convinced is his validation of the worst cultural values an American could display—hate, blame and blind loyalty.

This is like dying in a car accident and blaming the death on “acute blood loss.”

I used to think Obama was too theatric in his speeches. It’s like he is pausing to cue the raucous applause.

As the American heartland has been missing out on the coastal economic growth of the past decades, people are becoming more insecure. That has to have played a part in the current fad of “weaponised” car design, especially in the US market. And the loosened lending regulations ensure that every poor financial…

I think Alfa Romeo is supposed to be more mainstream and lower price bracket. Both the Giulia and Stelvio [supposedly] start at under $40k in the US market.

Since a new GranTurismo is coming, isn’t that the likely outcome of the Alfieri?

There is probably a lot of remnants of the Alfa 4C supply chain that could be used to recover some of the very likely financial losses from the 4C.

Not to echo the vast majority of comments here, but the car looks great.

Even if licensing is hard, that doesn’t prevent people from reverting to assholery after getting said license.

Speed limits are designed for the lowest common denominator.

If you give people the right to expression without consequences, you can be damn sure that the assholes will use it to express assholey things, including willful misinformation disguised as legitimate journalism. That’s a very slippery slope of unfettered expression.

Lots of people hate Trump and oppose his policies, but VERY FEW of us will actively ask for the violent death of a person who is not a legally convicted criminal.

+100.

Well, Facebook is not a “public place,” so there’s that to consider.  Social media is not public property, unless it’s government-hosted.