+1 for the Alice’s Restaurant Massacree reference

The piece I saw at Gizmodo seemed to suggest that dealers put their inventory in the system, with their asking price, so it’s possible that not everything is at MSRP.

Khaaaaan!

Because of the fatal Space Shuttle failures since the original race to the moon, there’s a much greater emphasis on safety. NASA is hyper-averse to any more fatalities, hence leaving 2 astronauts on the ISS to avoid the possibility of the Boeing Starliner taking more lives.

The first Chicago Mayor Daley had advice that he gave to every young political hopeful in his camp: Never, ever, ever accept a dime from someone who wants your help, just hand him your business card. Trump understands this quite well. He wouldn’t embezzle funds, knowing that leaves a paper trail. Instead, you simply…

He was probably compensated, at least in part, with stock and options that he doesn’t want to see collapse in value.

I never watched the show, but the description of his role, and the fact that I’ve never heard his name, suggests that he was not on the level to be able to command a juicy contract. He would have made fair money, but not Fuck You money.

This election really has made me think that the founding fathers knew what they were doing when they essentially limited the vote to educated white male landowners. Of course, that was way too restrictive, and I have no good ideas of how and where to draw the line, but our elections are now being decided by far too…

True. We just never hear about those people since they don’t get caught.

The value of such a lawsuit is to encourage auto makers to stop cheaping out on tech that is proven and low cost that will prevent this kind of crap from happening in the first place. Locks on car doors are neither mandatory nor necessary safety features, yet we would expect car makers to include them without being…

Yeah, well, wait until Elon’s DOGE gets done with them.

Living near a time zone border is interesting. I’ve lived on both sides of the Eastern/Central border, and much prefer being on the trailing edge of a zone vs. being on the leading edge. The sun is in relatively the same position of the sky, yet the clock reads an hour later in the day.

The reduced power onboard means that NASA has had to make some difficult decisions with regards to what sensors and instruments are still running

EVs work great for households with 2 cars and home charging, even at Level 1. One car is EV, the other is ICE. The EV gets used all week long, while the ICE gets used a couple of times a month for trips over 150-200 miles round trip. As long as only one car is needed for commutes over 60 miles daily, it’s entirely…

Probably worth asking about it the next time you’ve got it in to the dealer. BTW, do your visors squeal horribly when you pivot them? Ours started doing that a few years back, and no one can figure out how to lubricate them.

I recently had to replace my 22 year old wagon with something else to get around. Since we have a newer ICE vehicle, I decided to go used EV to capture the Federal rebate. There’s a limited set of vehicles that qualify, but I would never opt for a Model 3 or Y. Not only because of Musk, but he’s a real deal breaker…

We have a 2017. I do find that I have to wipe off the camera lens regularly since road grime really accumulates on the back of the car.

The biggest hurdle for the airlines is going to be selling it to customers.

And there certainly isn’t any concern about Musk making decisions regarding how and where Starlink operates.

that’s why people are fleeing the high tax states and coming to low tax states, where they mysteriously start voting red.