The _Wasp_ class carriers are helicopter landing docks. The US has 10 active conventional carriers and one in reserve (the _Kitty Hawk_, which comes off the roll when the _Gerald Ford_ comes on line.)

And he declared it “A national day of patriotic devotion.” Oh, Great Leader!

This would be okay if he wasn’t trying to run some Kim Jong-un shit on America. Anyone who sides with that cannot be compromised with, and it cannot be “accepted”.

Officer Abel is 5'6" and 145lbs, according to the report.

What’s going on with the window in the 4th photo? I can’t figure out that metal strip that seems to be going down along the paint. It looks like aluminum tape or something.

We saw it last weekend, I thought some parts were great (the last 20 minutes or so), some parts were painfully forced (the opening number, what was THAT all about?). I don’t think it worked as an homage, the dancing and singing wasn’t good enough. I don’t think it worked as a love story, because I didn’t see anything…

Up in the “drive” tab, it says 4wd.

Willie Parker, aka “Fast Willie Parker”. Undrafted free agent, didn’t even start in college. Went against the grain as a Steelers back. Parker would have 115 yards on eighteen runs into the middle of the line for 45 yards, and four around the end for 70. The Steelers rode him like a mule for 4 seasons, he averaged…

I understand that, but it’s the law that governs the terms of the contract. When something goes sideways, yours and the source of funds’ rights and responsibilities are different on an indirect contract than they are on a direct contract.

The original creditor was the dealer. They then sold the contract to Chase. Look at the very bottom of your contract, if you still have it. “Seller assigns its interest in this contract to Chase Bank, N.A.,(Assignee) under the terms of Seller’s agreement(s) with Assignee.”

But these aren’t loans. They are installment sales contracts, and that is different. A dealer may choose to keep the contract and collect the payments, and keep all the finance charge. Or, the dealer can sell the contract by assigning their rights to a third party, for a discounted rate. Chase or FCA or whoever is not…

Not true. Dealers that offer installment loans are considered financial institutions. We have a Banking License and Installment Seller number. This again is law. Dealers are required to follow TILA, GLB, Reg M, Reg Z, FCRA, all of them. I have a compliance manual and The CarLaw F&I Legal Desk Book right at hand at all…

Federal. Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Actually, a car dealership that offers financing IS a financial institution. They offer installment sales contracts, which they can keep (and keep all the finance income) or sell to a third party (and keep a portion thereof). They are governed by all the rules laid down by state and federal law, and in some cases are…

If the dealer pulls your credit, they are required to provide you with a risk based pricing notice that tells you the score they got. We print out two of them, give one to the customer and have the customer sign the other.

There are other, more alarming indicators as well. In ‘14 Cutch stole 18 bases in 21 tries; in ‘16 he stole 6 in 13. His exit velocity on contact is down, his line drive % is down and his fly ball % is up. His spray chart used to be all over the field, in ‘16 he was strong pull. And his K/BB ratio has been rising over…

Hawaii, Big Island, 2003. Rented a Chevy Venture. Went out to the space to pick it up, opened the door, almost fell down from the wretched smell. Someone had changed a diaper in it and left it behind the second seat.

I woke up the day after the election to see my friends at each others’ throats. And I did just as you suggested, I deleted my account.

Flip side: A stupid, stumbling big market franchise finally got smart, coincidentally at the same time they were drafting early and the draft rules changed. So they combined picking high in the draft with an unlimited budget ($184M over 8 years for Jason Heyward!) and bought a team that could win it all.

Freakin’ Shaun Suisham is still available. He was pretty good for the Steelers the past few years. Yeah, he’s also coming off an injury, but the Steelers went with the young guy because he’s cheaper as much as that he’s better. Suisham can still kick.