Warranty law is often state-specific, so there are bound to be some states where this strong-arm tactic won’t fly. GM’s lawyers are probably going with the “let the little guy try to sue us” legal concept, since they’d still get paid for defending the case. The car owner would spend more in legal fees trying to fight…

From the excellent BBC show Yes, Prime Minister:

I’m sure they will have no problem building a Potemkin Space Station.

“He’s history’s greatest monster!”

Have those ride share signs replaced the Four Circles of Death (audi) as the warning sign for pedestrians?

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” is good for a boxer, but not good for a vehicle’s suspension.

How different would PF be if Roger Waters had found a therapy group for the thousands of boys/men who lost fathers during WWII? Always seemed like he was so stuck on that, and it made so much of his music dark & dreary. Maybe if he truly knew that he wasn’t the only one who suffered that kind of loss he could have…

Poor lane markings and constant construction/repair projects don’t help, either. When your car can’t “see” the road, or the scattering of orange barrels requires an instant ad-hoc detour, it’s going to be tough for AI to keep you rolling.

...GAC Group will strictly abide by the national policies...

I was just further clarifying my point and agreeing with you. Wasn’t going to respond to someone calling me a doofus.

If you have multiple face tattoos, your clothes can’t make you look classy or rational.

There is zero indication that this guy started this adventure with the intent to kill himself. No one said he was seriously depressed prior to his theft, in fact, quite the contrary.  He thought he could fly the plane, and he did. He either thought he could land it too, or never thought that far ahead. That sure…

...it’s hard to figure out what made Russell embark on this brazen, fatal adventure.

Nah.  Just some duct tape, zip ties and maybe some JB Weld and you’ll be good to go.

Don’t forget their peculiar cultural affinity for piracy. It’s mindboggling how large of a percentage of pirated movies are available with hardcoded dutch subtitles, considering how small the worldwide dutch-speaking population is.

Who would have guessed that the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court was a shitty lawyer who thinks that law is “whatever I say it is”?

Somebody apparently doesn’t know fuck-all about cannabis vape cartridges, or what “trace amount” means. The cartridges are typically 0.5 or 1.0 grams brand new, so 0.702 grams means it was about 70% full. Depending on usage rate, that could be a few days or a couple of weeks supply for a person.

Because the US business orthodoxy of the past 30+ years is “if you’re not increasing profit margin and market share every quarter, you are a failing company”. That mindset is what drives short-sighted off-shoring and reckless mergers & acquisitions.

I would add that their ubiquitous “Five Dollar Footlong” ad campaign of 15 years ago doomed them to an eternity of cheap-ass idiots as their customers. They deliberately branded themselves as the cheap sub place and continue to reap those rewards.

Prediction: She will be fantastic in this role and everyone around her will be better for the experience.