Radar detectors are your friend, unless you're Virginian.

Railguns highlight one of the glaring flaws of modern technology: batteries.

Annual deficits contributing to our overall debt is structured into entitlements as-is; military spending is discretionary and so getting rid of our military overnight — literally and fiscally; LITERALLY — will not even stop adding to the national debt.

In 50 (20?) years I expect you to be complaining about how China is ruining the environment.

Oooh, oooh, is it I-20 between Dallas and El Paso?

You've mentioned before that Americans don't want to drive slow cars the "only" do 0-60 in 10 seconds, but let's face it who really takes their car to the max on an on ramp anyway.

The next stage is single-stage to orbit. That's the holy grail of strategic power projection.

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There's 38 million Californians, before undocumented immigrants. I kind of doubt we have the highest douchebag drivers per capita (my money would go to Massachusetts) but we probably have the most, simply because we have the most people.

"That would end up on Jalopnik."

No one else feels this. That's exactly what I "saw" when I saw this, and heard it was a turbo V6.

All of these lines are ... ugh.

You say skittish and I wonder if you've ever been at that corner of a big rig NOT in this context and the minor drift turned into a "if I didn't brake he runs me off the road." I've been flagrantly cut off in Arizona because a semi driver lost patience and flew into my lane. I've also seen plenty of lane drifting…

30,000 isn't the ideal close-support altitude. Smart weapons help bridge the gap so an aircraft can be both safe, and effective, but eventually, you're either safe, or effective — not both. The entire idea of the A-10 is precision, human-operated close support firepower. That can't always be done at 30,000 feet.

The recent election in the Falklands asking if Falklanders wanted to remain with the crown was one of the most one-sided, free elections in history. High 90's — and without a Saddam Hussein gun pointed towards their head to say 'vote for the UK, not South America.'

Loonie Tunes cartoons taught me digging into the Earth from 'MURICA ended up in China; but cursory searches from various 'MURICA(n) cities taught me I'd end up in the Indian Ocean — from Madagascar to Indonesia.

#1 just says it all: the Osprey, was always a terrible idea, for very basic aeronautical reasons.

Not just that, the entire Russian high-and-hot anti-ship missile strategy is the easiest to detect, from the furthest away. Super and hypersonic missiles are also more expensive than subsonic ones.

Awesome tasting. Most free range animals are.

What a joke. Go around them in the appropriate car and then let a truck run them over.