I did not realize that the German emergency services use restored WW2 era helmets

The crux of the issue is that people don’t want to be responsible for the actions they take when there is the possibility to blame a company. Or in this case, when the actual a-hole that killed their family member turned out not to have any money, they found a company with money to sue in hopes that the company will…

Carpenters left AFL-CIO because of their crap leadership.

The problem is that those benefits are now law so what good does the Union continue to do? That is what they have to prove to those possible new members. Not what they did do, but what are they going to do now and in the future. Though far from perfect some of the construction trades have started to really focus on…

Love Maseratis and even the over the top Italian arrogance, but at the end of the day the consumer is always right. Those consumers rather have a Tesla than a Maserati.

My guess is the guy at the Lexus dealer would say that about any of the luxury brands right now. I feel sorry for him having to sell the ugliest, worst performing luxury cars on the market.

Look we have plenty of wackos in Missouri we do not need anymore. We are talking about the MO GOP that took like six months to come up with a bill that explicitly says that members of the State houses should not sexually harass interns. Also, one of the GOP candidates for governor killed himself over rumors that he…

So you own one I take it?

I didn’t know people still read Fortune.

It is North Carolina. I am surprised beating on a woman is even a crime.

It is a bit more complicated than that. Yes disability is a protected class but businesses are only required to make “reasonable” accommodations for a disability. The problem because what is reasonable accommodation. Based on court cases the two deciding factors is how expensive would it be to make the accommodation…

So no criticism of unions is valid?

you mean the Independent Contractors at that provider services to Uber.

My first job was a bagger at Jewel-Osco grocery store. It was a union shop so I had to join the union. I made minimum wage plus they took out union dues so I actually made less than minimum wage. I left to work at Cub Foods up the street a bit for more money ($0.25/hr, oh yeah!) and no union dues.

You are right about the corruption but Venezuela is not unique in Latin America when it comes to corruption. In fact most are incredibly corrupt. The reason that you can blame socialism is that the capitalist countries of Latin American like Chile, Peru, Columbia and Mexico has still been successful even with high…

Yeah pretty much. I have the an Advance Auto Parts, Oriellys and Autozone really close. I usually go to Advance since they carry more of the foreign car parts, staff is decent. Oriellys has a really good staff, but it is hit and miss on part availability and AutoZone is awful all around though I believe much of the…

I thought Snapchat was just for sending dick pics?

There in lies the problem. Most people that really hurt other people usually do not have any money. Certainly not enough to compensate for a death or permanent disability. So what happens is you find the most loosely associated person with money and sue them. I know. I am in the property management business. Landlords…

I got to 87,000 and sold it because of the family (had to buy a sedan). No engine related problems. Changed oil every 3,000 miles, redlined every other day or so. I did have a shock go out on me, but engine was good. I really miss seeing the engine rev to 9,000 rpms. Mine was a Gen I RX-8 as well. My guess is most…

This ^^^