The fact that asset forfeiture (and eminent domain) still exists is proof that we don’t really live in a democracy. Either one of those would be gone tomorrow if people were allowed to vote directly on that bullshit.

The sheriff’s Hellcat application touted the high-powered vehicle’s potential use in Gwinnett County’s Beat the Heat program, a nonprofit that uses drag races in controlled environments to “educate drivers about the dangers of distracted driving and illegal street racing.”

Asset forfeiture is a scandal and a travesty. If conducted at all it should be court-approved and paid into the state like taxes, not used as an individual sheriff’s personal or departmental slush fund.

Sheriff Conway’s office paid $69,258 for the Hellcat back in April. The purchase was made with asset forfeiture funds and was initially approved by the Department of Justice under its “equitable sharing program,”

Great. Jesse will have to overnight parts from Japan and Germany now.

A President is not supposed to know who everything works. Obama didn’t. Bush didn’t FDR didn’t. None of them did. However, it’s wise to have a staff that knows their shit, and you take their advice seriously, but judiciously ask them to assess the validity of their statements and arguments, and make decisions based on…

Steam is cheaper than most alternatives for heat. It's also not as bad for the environment compared to other forms of heat. Seattle still has steam. 

Wait, you can’t possibly be this dumb.

In all fairness, I’d also love to see a trailerless big rig doing burnouts.  

well most of europe was destroyed in WWII which let them upgrade while they rebuilt

It’s almost as if the infrastructure of this city was developed in the 19th century!  Oh, wait...

Salt Life.

That’s nice. Those engines aren’t compliant with current emissions standards based on a subsequent 20 years of epidemiological research.

You’d be amazed at how many Americans consider “fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” to be a valid philosophy for life.

The increased fuel efficiency of the rebuilt older engines without DET or computerized engine controls comes at the cost of absolutely terrifying NOx emissions.

I’ll seriously never understand the sort of people that would defend this practice, or something like “rolling coal.” Do they think that they’re breathing from a different atmosphere than the “pinko enviornmentalist libtards” or something? 

Don’t expect the local oil change place to unbolt anything.

Hmmm this seems like a good time to use that drive through lube places $9.99 oil change special coupon