It’s the stupidity of trickle-down economics. It fails to recognize that wealth does not move down, it inexorably moves up. Cut taxes for the bottom third of taxpayers and they will spend that money, creating business demand, and that in turn will create demand for labor and capitol investments. It just keeps moving…

The Monte Carlo and the Eldo would have sold in a heartbeat for thousands more here around Chicago, and would be completely donked out.

I remember thinking that the Ciel would have been a huge hit.

It’s fine to peel them if you’re sitting in your home, but we’re talking road food! You can’t fiddle that much while driving. The advantage to the cheese stick is that it’s wrapped. You can drop it in your lap at a moment’s notice if necessary.

I know that it’s been done here, just not lately. Cheese sticks came up. I know because someone called me a monster because I bite through the stick instead of peeling it apart.

I could buy that if this was a Hyundai dealer, but this is a Cadillac and Buick/GMC dealer. Their customers expect more out car buying than this dealer is accused of. But, yes, $2.6M in fines is probably a financial was, especially since they can write it off as a business expense. That would be the change to tax law…

India is a left-side drive country, though.

What’s the value of the hit to reputation?

I seriously could have believed that all the spa text was an April Fools’ Day prank.

If the upper can close with the lower remaining open, it would be really helpful for bringing home long supplies like lumber, pipes or conduit. Assuming anybody buying such a luxo-barge would actually fetch such materials on their own.

I think that Subarus are an exception to regular market forces. Their popularity with a loyal fanbase keeps prices artificially propped up. I imagine that Big 3 models can’t command such pricing on most models.

I love a denial of all allegations coupled with a willingness to pay $2.6M in fines. Makes total sense to me.

NASA has now committed to a final decision on what to do with the craft by the end of August

Dick’s son Cole agrees:

A reasonable alternative would be to require that dealers research whether vehicles they are selling have open recalls, and disclose that to buyers at the time of sale. Leave it to the buyer to decide whether or not to go through with the sale. Of course, that might impact sales, so that would be “unreasonable”.

Damn, that really sucks. Was that in Lake County somewhere? I lived there for several years two different times, but thankfully never had to deal with any of them outside of ordinary traffic stops. Those traffic stops had the typical kind of LEOs flexing, including one making me get out the car for a field sobriety…

Due to my dad’s severe emphysema, his doctor suggested he move from the Midwest to Arizona’s dry climate to extend his life. He moved there to set things up for relocating his family, but died from heart failure before we moved. I expect that working in that heat did him in.

All of us are snowflakes about something. Me, it’s needlessly loud motorcycles and cars, just because the operator wants to make everyone notice them.

It would depend on the eventual outcome. If it leads to a net positive outcome, then motivation is not so important. If someone quits smoking simply because it got too expensive, the positive health impact justifies the action even though the motivation wasn’t the best.

Even better than shade would be underground. Here in downtown Chicago there’s an extensive network of underground passages that let you travel around a large portion of the Loop without ever being exposed to the weather, even getting between different modes of public transit.