Hi guys, greetings from Dearborn, MI. I’m dropping a quick links and then back to meetings. Apologies if these have been covered in comments.
Keep your enemies close, and your possible clones of Hitler closer. Man marries a hologram, IRL as life imitates Archer.
Hmm. Sun played mine-sweeper, lost in 1972.
Can’t wait until The State gets hold of the poop-scanning technology to fine you for insufficient fiber consumption or whatever the dietary science fad of the month is.
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The rest of the party takes 10d6 damage
Jesus would still be taking half damage if he wasn’t a thief with the evasion feat
I thought the joke was
A classic.
That makes no sense.
Satan Invests.
“Medicine is going toward precision medicine and precision health,” Mehrotra said at the Techonomy 2018 conference in Half Moon Bay on the Pacific coastline south of San Francisco. “Imagine smart toilets in the future that will be analyzing human waste in real time every day. You don’t need to be going to visit a physician every six months. If any sign of disease starts showing up, you’ll be able to catch it much faster because of urine analysis and stool analysis.”
But can it sing in Japanese?
Not yet, but its German is impeccable.
He goes in this place and he sees these little kitchen machineries
Dancing around with each other, and he sees this one…
That looks like it’s a cross between an industrial vacuum cleaner
And a chrome piggy bank, with marital aids stuck all over its body…
My smart toilet notified police after I pissed dirty. Damn poppy seeds. Plus it thinks I have osteoporosis.
I figured this would be a market where the Germans have a competitive advantage.
Finally a modern testing machine that will verify Liz Warren is 100% pure.
Yeah, I’m more black than Liz is Native American. I guess I should run the local NAACP chapter.
At the risk of admitting that my joke sucks by explaining it, I meant the shit analyzer would certify that she is 100% full of pure shit.
Jesus Saves.
And, thus, he will have a happy and secure retirement.
Moses invests?
Where do you think all the (((Gold))) came from?
And here I thought it was the Rothschilds.
But only Buddha pays dividends.
Wouldn’t he have to live past 33 first?
I thought the only reason anyone went to Dearborn was to join ISIS…
Mercenary, not true believer.
I assume it’s also a great place to go if you’re tired of your car but don’t want to go through the hassle of selling it.
You’re thinking Detroit. Dearborn is all Ford engineers and people who make really great falafel and hummus.
And Buddy’s Pizza.
Dude marrying Miku is a sick fuck. She’s underage!
If you’re going to marry a VOCALOID, at least make it someone like IA or Luka.
YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND THEIR LOVE
Women can marry at 16 in Japan, respect her culture you bigot.
Did you just assume xer gender shitlord?
Of course, with AI sex/gender is literally binary. So I guess you get off on a technicality this time.
CNN suing Trump because he’s mean. He has trampled Acosta’s right to be an annoying little shit.
Well, yeah. Regardless of anything, he probably does have a first amendment right to be an annoying shit and keep his WH press pass.
Does he? Does that mean I have a first amendment right to a WH press pass to cover Trump for my bullshit blog? Idk.
I would not be surprised if your blog got more willing views than CNN.
As long as you count all those views from the FBI, NSA, and DHS….
That’s what you get for plastering your van with all those posters.
It’s important to cover all the windows in your van. Just ask OMWC.
Does that mean I have a first amendment right to a WH press pass to cover Trump for my bullshit blog?
I think this is an important distinction. When we talk about freedom of the press, we’re not talking about freedom for a particular set of institutions or individuals. We’re talking about freedom for an activity. So, if you wanted to say there was a freedom of the press responsibility to give Acosta a pass, then there’d be a freedom of the press responsibility to give any and all comers a pass (assuming all the appropriate background checks). Now, that might not be a bad idea. But, I don’t think that’s what these guys have in mind with this suit. And if it’s not a universal right, then Trump can invite or disinvite whoever he feels like to hear him prattle.
Way too easy to swat down. CNN can now send anyone except that jackass because he proved he can’t behave.
does he has 1A protections to sit center front right before the podium?
Look, he can still say whatever he wants, report whatever the DNC writes for him.
No he gets to sit in the back row and never get called on.
And station a Marine next to him to butt-stroke him with a rifle if he acts up.
It has to do with what you write and say. Nothing says you have a right to ask the president a question. Nothing says the president has to even have press-conferences. That would be a transparency issue, not a freedom of speech/press issue.
I’m not a lawyer, but I think Jim Acosta has a Fifth Amendment right to shut the fuck up.
No way. The Founding Fathers never envisioned a modern electronic media. The 1A only applies to physical printing presses and religions that existed at the time (sorry Mormons).
No way the FF would ever have approved of the 1A making Assault Acostas legal.
He does not have the right to get his pass back. He does have the right to cry about it.
But Gretzky scores on the rebound!
Think the original was Jesus Saves, Espo scores on the rebound. Not that I want to puff up the fucking Bruins.
Fuck the Bruins.
Besides, I’ve only heard it as Gretzky, and, well … he deserves it more than Espo would.
You’re crazy. Despite his terrible choice of team, Espo was and is the man.
The Blackhawks?
Uffda. Why didn’t you put something this funny way up at top? Now I look even stupider than normal.
You know who else dropped something in Dearborn, once?
Sandy?
It’s spelled Sandi f memory serves. Did she ever come over from TOS?
Not that I’m aware.
She took a shit here once.
Clarence Worley?
Are we talking about the the toilet?
They guy that own’s the falafel stand?
Henry Ford and someone Jewish?
Yes, Doctors Should ‘Stay In Their Lane’ On Gun Policy
What kind of ignorant troglodyte would tell a doctor to mind his own business?
This was, in essence, the question an incredulous media was asking after the National Rifle Association disparaged the American College of Physicians (ACP) for promoting an array of gun-control regulations last week. “Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane,” the NRA tweeted. “Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves.”
Idk. I think I want a second
amendmentopinion.I honestly don’t even give a shit what doctors have to say about medicine. I can’t imagine caring what they think about public policy
But they have lab coats, that makes them smart.
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to work on medical IT systems, they tend toward totally fucked up because so many ‘smart people’ are involved in designing them.
I really like Harsanyi. Most of his columns are excellent.
“Tell you what, Doc, I’ll sign off on your expertise on gun policy, when you attest in court that you accept full malpractice liability for any murder you don’t anticipate.”
“What kind of ignorant troglodyte would tell a doctor to mind his own business?”
Me.
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State Sen. Jerry Hill, a Redwood City Democrat and longtime critic of the utility, called the report of troubles on PG&E’s lines in the area extremely worrisome.
“If PG&E is found responsible for burning down the state again, at some point we have to say enough is enough and we have to ask should this company be allowed to do business in California?” Hill said. “These fires take a spark, and at least in the last few years fires have been caused by negligent behavior by PG&E. We need to see how we can hold them responsible, or look at alternative way of doing business.”
California utility regulators are working with CalFire staff on their own, separate investigation into whether PG&E complied with state rules and regulations in areas that were torched in the fir
Apparently PG&E “contacted” a homeowner about a “problem” but… who the fuck knows? Was it something the homeowner had done, or would not permit PG&E to do? Was it routine maintenance? Are they forbidden to come on her property without express written permission (spoiler alert: no)?
One thing you can always be sure of; some politicians will scramble to the top of the pile of bodies and make a speech.
The thing is, the way the laws and regulations are set up, there is literally no incentive for the company to actually do anything. They can’t set their rates, and the state has both already given them the presumption of liability while assuming responsibility for the costs of that same liability.
It’s madness to even say PG&E isn’t a state-controlled Quango
Yep. They are guaranteed a return on investment. So they’ll always make some profit but never too much. The state could fine them $billions for the fire – and it would all get made up plus 5% in their rates next year.
New York allowed a company to build and test a nuclear power plant on Long Island. Then refused to license it and ordered it shut-down and decontaminated without ever selling a watt of electricity. The rate-payers of NY covered the entire $6 billion for LILCO.
My company recovered a shitload of money from PG&E a few years ago because of one of the fires they caused. They coughed up around a billion dollars that time.
I think the utilities in neighboring states should cut the transmission lines into California.
…and we have to ask should this company be allowed to do business in California?
Understood, Senator Hill. So, effective 12AM tomorrow morning we’ll be shutting down our power plants and ceasing all business in the State of California. Best of luck on keeping the lights on. We wish you the best.
/A guy can dream, can’t he?
I like to remind football fans that the Modells moved the Colts out in the middle of the night because the state of Maryland was trying to take the team via eminent domain. The next morning, there was nothing left to take.
Ask OMWC how he felt about that.
I’m sure rich asshole CA homeowners are just thrilled when the crew shows up to give their palm trees near the lines a buzz-cut.
It’s over $100 a tree to pay a service to do it. I’ll take PG&E buzzing it for free any day.
When I worked for Nevada Power, homeowners would freak out and try to stop them. We literally started telling the neighbors who was responsible for their power failing on a 120 degree day.
Regardless of anything, he probably does have a first amendment right to be an annoying shit and keep his WH press pass.
According to the CNN article I did not link, “precedent” is to give a press pass to anybody who is not demonstrably a danger to the President.
They should probably have just given him a lecture on decorum and put him in the penalty box for a couple of weeks, but now they’ve got a Constitutional Crisis! on their hands.
Yeah but is that really true? If some plucky reporter from a small town weekly decided to go to a WH press conference would they just let her in? There’s got to be a scarcity of seats in the press room which means some discretionary mechanism for deciding access must exist.
The Nobilite and Uradel of the Journalism world gets to decide who is in their club of entitlements, petty savage.
And then there’s what Obama tried to do to Fox News….
Actually it is. You aren’t guaranteed a spot, but the little guy can get a pass surprisingly easy.
My understanding from the tweeter is that they haven’t even banned him. They pulled his “hard pass” which allows him access without having to request a “daily pass”, but he can still request a daily pass. Which sounds an awful lot like being put in the penalty box for a couple of weeks.
New York is giving Amazon a straight $325 million cash grant, plus $48k in tax credits per job.
Crony capitalism. It’s FANNN-TASTIC!
Do those have to be FTEs, or can they hire a lot of part-time and seasonal labor to get them?
FTE w/ $150k+ salary. Which won’t be much there.
Also, hopefully they decide to unilaterally rename Long Island City. LONG ISLAND IS ONLY NASSAU AND SUFFOLK. NO, QUEENS, I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE TECHNICALLY ON THE ISLAND.
I’m better there’s a ton of queens around.
But Virginia won’t let NY get all the
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Under agreement between Amazon and Virginia, the commonwealth will give the company written notice about any FOIA requests “to allow the
Company to seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy”
I can’t wait for my taxes to skyrocket to build more ROADZZZ in fucking NoVa.
Where is there space for roads or parking in Crystal City anyway? We’re fucked, except for my co-worker who has a condo to sell there.
Crystal City was renamed National Landing by Amazon now. Seriously.
That’s a pretty standard clause even between businesses (it’s in every contract I write involving disclosure of confidential information — if you get a court order for it, we get to try and intervene), though it’s still worrying in context.
I love how we’re all suppose to act surprised that they choose Northern Virginia. Yes, it is really surprising that a company that is threatened with anti-trust investigations by the populist Right and the progressive Left would put its second HQ at the center of government power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJXOQ9fUIdA
All hail, John Stossel
I wonder where the teat will be placed for Amazon to suck all that sweet government nectar from?
Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
I know they’re just getting geared up but every single criticism I’ve heard is anti-Amazon without a single thought given to questioning the game. And why wouldn’t it be? People here like playing the game. They just expect to have a piece of it.
The thing is, the way the laws and regulations are set up, there is literally no incentive for the company to actually do anything.
And, of course, if the state takes over PG&E, as that nitwit in the article seems to want to do, they will have impregnable immunity against damages caused by their fuckups.
Like a beneficent government of selfless bureaucrats would ever pollute mother Gaia.
“That river was orange when we found it.”
/EPA
And such a pretty shade of orange as well. Better than that aquamarine Evan posted today.
I still think it was Broncos promotional stunt gone awry…
I work for a multi-billion electric utility. Government Relations. To claim there is literally no incentive for the company to actually do anything is utter bullshit.
They won’t be their fuck-ups anymore. The State can do no wrong.
CNN Officially Files Suit Against The White House, Demanding They Return Jim Acosta’s Press Pass
“The wrongful revocation of these credentials violates CNN and Acosta’s First Amendment rights of freedom of the press, and their Fifth Amendment rights to due process,” CNN said in a press release issued Tuesday morning. “We have asked the court for an immediate restraining order requiring the pass to be returned to Jim, and will seek permanent relief as part of this process.”
This is so NOT a 1A issue that I don’t know why it even needs to be addressed.
Wait, I thought corporations aren’t people and therefore don’t have 1A rights per the wailing and gnashing of teeth involved with regard to Citizens United vs FEC.
Also, this just shows that any privilege granted too often becomes thought of as a right. The White House doesn’t even have to hold press briefings. The briefings are a matter of courtesy and a way for the White House to attempt to steer the narrative. Neither Jim Acosta nor anyone else has a right to any special access just because they work for a company that claims to be involved in journalism.
I like how the same news media that hassles social network sites to ban people like Alex Jones somehow thinks that they, as a privileged class, have a natural right to a press pass.
That’s what you call “inconsistency”, which is a slightly nicer way of saying, “hypocrisy”.
Yeah but is that really true? If some plucky reporter from a small town weekly decided to go to a WH press conference would they just let her in?
We’re talking Legitimate News Organizations. You know, like Jacobin, or CNN.
Forget reporters. How about any random citizen? Freedom of the press isn’t confined to formal organizations or professional “journalists”.
https://www.theawl.com/2011/11/a-conspiracy-of-hogs-the-mcrib-as-arbitrage/
Interesting article (to me anyway) about hog futures and the McRib
Not that I’ve ever spent more than 10 seconds of my life thinking about the McRib but it does seem self evident that McD’s would offer that sauce smeared turd of a sandwich when pork is cheap and not offer it when pork is expensive. Seems more like more supply chain genius from one of the companies that wrote the book on it.
My first thought was “They only offer it a limited time because it’s mediocre and the false scarsity drives up sales”
The McRib always seemed like an extra cruel joke to play on the poor McD’s franchisees in Memphis.
How the hell are they supposed to convince people to buy that shit in Memphis? I mean it isn’t like they are in a place with no real decent BBQ to be had (like Kansas City).
Gang-banger rite of passage
Bro, after you murder a dude, you gotta’ eat a McRib to be in this gang. We ain’t no joke.
For the TL;DR version, skip directly to ‘Alternate Theory 3’ near the bottom. This is the truth.
My wife is the GM of a McD’s. McRib’s sell like mad for the first two weeks or so, then the sales drop off very dramatically. Apparently that’s about how long it takes for the people that love them to get their annual fill. No one else will touch them. It’s driven purely by nostalgia.
They’re not even good munchies food.
No, they’re not. But I will admit that I ask my wife to bring one home for me once or twice each time they’re brought back. But I get ’em for free. I don’t know what anyone else’s excuse is.
I worked at McDs when they were first introduced.
Always figured they didn’t sell enough, so back into the
freezer til next year.
Now you can’t just throw them in the freezer; They have to go in the trash. Store owners generally aren’t fans of the McRib.
I worked in Long Island City one summer, when I was in college. Right at the base of the 59th St Bridge.
What a shithole.
SO you weren’t feeling groovy?
heh….my grandfather grew up at the other end of the 59th St Bridge, 224 East 59th St, above this same place that is still there today
My wife grew up at 55th and 1st Ave. Her mother was in that same rent-stabilized apartment for 60 years until she had to go to a nursing home earlier this year. My wife is actually there now, cleaning it up, for the lease ends this month. Everyone she talks to can’t believe we’re giving up a rent-stabilized apartment at that location, but we’re not allowed to sublet in this doorman-protected building, and we will never live there, so why in the world wouldn’t we give it up rather than pay rent and utilities on an empty place just because it’s relatively inexpensive?
South Florida strip clubs giving away free breasts and thighs to those in need for Thanksgiving
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article221595150.html#storylink=latest_side
Kansas City is preparing a SWAT team.
SO you weren’t feeling groovy?
Not even slightly.
Corrupt governments pour tons of money into sports when they host the Olympics, but what happens afterward?
Sports ministry, Olympic committee to launch probe into nat’l curling team on Nov. 19
I miss the days when Olympic medals were yanked because amateurs played for beer money in other sports.
i would normally chalk this up to paranoia if not for KDW’s mentioning it in his latest piece.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/breaking-avis-employee-finds-provisional-ballot-box-and-elections-signs-in-back-of-returned-broward-county-car-video/
a Dem partisan “forgot” a couple sealed boxes marked “provisional” in the back of a rental car. then Broward sheriff’s deputies show up and lock down Avis.
Jebus Christ. You don’t even need a tinfoil hat for this one.
“The media is refusing reporters entry into the area.”
Huh?
yeah, that’s a red flag. but i assume KDW checked it out before including it in his story.
That should read “The White House is refusing reporters entry into the area.” With Acosta off the beat, Trump effectively exercises complete control over the country’s media.
I need more information here. That seems too brazen and obvious, but with they way the Dems have been acting…maybe. Seriously, is there anything more on this out there.
Becoming Michelle.
Vomit.
Subtitle: From Wookie to Woman
“An erotic journey”
Paging SugarFree.
STOP. STEVE CAN ONLY GET SO HARD.
That’s it, you’re ALL losing your press passes.
Well you made a long journey from Chi to DC,
Michelle, Michelle
Apparently I have not curated my Facebook account well enough. Just saw someone all up in arms because Trump just signed something that allows companies to not provide birth control pills to their employees. Lots of the old, “not paying for it is the same as denying access”, and “it’s against the Constitution for religious freaks to deny my aborshuns.”
Your Facebook feed sounds like cancer. Which is ironic, because making companies give stuff away for free inevitably raises the cost for other medicine, like cancer drugs or asthma drugs
My Facebook feed is really not that bad. This one just slipped through the cracks somehow. It was someone who doesn’t post much political stuff but must have been particularly riled up about this, and a lot of her friends piled on. She has just now been unfollowed.
Why should I be forced to pay for your birth control?
Why do you want to take money that I could use to feed my children to pay for your birth control?
Why do you want to starve them?
Because you’re overpopulating and destroying the planet with your kids.
I have read and heard progressives make this very case. It’s good to know that progressives still cling to their eugenics roots
I hate those arrogant, freeloading assholes with a passion.
There is no financial, moral, or ethical reason to force employers to provide those products directly. Take it out of your own damn pay and buy it. This is purely about making people that you disagree with choke on your preferences.
Speaking of religious freaks, love how Pelosi can clothe herself it in with nary a peep.
It always amazes me how the argument that you should pay for someone else’s lifestyle (which will have exactly zero benefits to the overall cost of healthcare) quickly became framed as “you’re a religious freak if you don’t want your healthcare costs to increase so women can attain contraceptives that are readily available and cost the same as a pack of cigarettes”
When we talk about freedom of the press, we’re not talking about freedom for a particular set of institutions or individuals. We’re talking about freedom for an activity. So, if you wanted to say there was a freedom of the press responsibility to give Acosta a pass, then there’d be a freedom of the press responsibility to give any and all comers a pass (assuming all the appropriate background checks). Now, that might not be a bad idea. But, I don’t think that’s what these guys have in mind with this suit. And if it’s not a universal right, then Trump can invite or disinvite whoever he feels like to hear him prattle.
The President has not “muzzled” Acosta. He has not “forbidden”him from speaking or writing about the White House. The very existence of a thing called a press pass is a clear recognition that the White House can and does discriminate between those who may, and those who may not, have access to those press briefings.
Get back to me when the jackbooted thugs snatch Acosta off the set during a live CNN news broadcast and hold him incommunicado somewhere in the Nevada desert.
I would also like to be on the notification list for that event.
Or a rendition to a Saudi desert. I hear they have experience in this type of thing.
Over/under on number of pieces he arrives in?
4 pcs.
Titty Tuesday continues with election-rigging Commies.
http://archive.is/0xNQn
Great collection.
That’s the same 5 or 6 chicks over and over, right? Still nice.
I like to remind football fans that the Modells moved the Colts out in the middle of the night
That was Irsay. Modell took the Browns to Baltimore because Cleveland wouldn’t build him a new stadium, and turned them into the Ravens.
You’re right on the who. But the why is still because of eminent domain.
Owners threaten to move their teams if they don’t get a sparkling new stadium. Governments threaten eminent domain.
AND THE TAXPAYERS GET STUCK WITH THE BILL EITHER WAY.
And Ohio tried to make sure it wouldn’t happen again, with another tool: Modell’s Law.
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1062072300009328641
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH!
LOL – worth the wait. Who is that guy?
King of Morocco, I believe?
you can hear him thinking “are you fucking kidding me?” from through the screen!
So we pulled the trigger and bought a 2019 Forester. It’s better than the 18’s in pretty much every way. The only thing that irritates the shit out of me is the auto stop/start tech. What a stupid fucking idea. I assume this is a way to game the CAFE standards and I refuse to believe that anyone likes this feature. Sure you get a more robust starter to survive the abuse, but you also get a much more expensive battery that is likely going to shit the bed early. All to save a few percentage points on your MPG.
Thankfully I can just hit a button to kill that feature and I’m happy with the car.
Any of y’all have this dumb tech on your cars? How do you feel about it?
Yes, it’s all about fuel economy standards. Before long, every new car will have this “feature.”
I had it on a Honda. It was annoying at first, particularly getting the timing down of taking my foot off the break to get going in a timely manner after a stop. Was difficult at first to get up to speed quickly.
It’s nice that you can disable that feature.
How’s your handlebar mustache coming along, and did you start drinking PBR? -Nathan
My GTI has it. I don’t like it. VW put the disable button right by the start button, so I seldom forget to disable it.
Supposedly if you have a ecu re-programmer, you can permanently disable it (carista, obd11, etc.).
You have to push the button every time?
Deal breaker.
My car is a manual so no. My wife’s car – yes. I usually remember to disengage the stupid thing when I start it up. I expect I’ll be buying a new starter and battery the day after the warranty expires.
I would not want the auto stop feature I see in TV ads. Maybe plowing into the car ahead of you prevents you from getting broadsided by a semi.
How do you feel about it?
*grabs pitchfork, lights torch*
My 6-speed challenger has a solenoid that blocks your throw to 2nd gear with the intention that you’ll just slide over to 4th. It does this if you shift at about 19MPH. Fortunately it’s just that one quirky point to show you could granny this thing and make extra MPG. If you are screaming toward 5500 RPM in first it will let you grab whatever gear you want.
I haven’t heard of that before.
corvettes and camaros/trans am’s have had that since the early 90’s, GM called it “CAGS” and made it EXTREMELY easy to disable
it let them squeak through without getting slapped with the gas guzzler tax
I think new Mustangs do it as well.
I am pretty sure that I am never going to buy another “new” car again if they keep this shit up.
I want one of these, but I sure as hell can’t assemble it.
Soon as I get my house remodel done, I’m saving up for one. I’ve watched a lot of build videos and I’m pretty confident I can do it.
First I have to build my extra garage…
Then I want the coupe, rather then the roadster…
And maybe someone to come assemble it for me.
A good mechanic who can put these together in a few weeks could make some serious under-the-table cash.
You’d need a team of good mechanics. It’s called a “kit car” for a reason.
It talks and has a red flashy light that goes *whoouuuwww*whoouuuwww*?
A manual that blocks gears? My Mazda gives me suggestions and I often skip a couple if I’m not in a hurry.
Follow the upshift light in my Fiesta ST and you’re in
Damn tablet.
6th before you hit 40 mph. The little car will do it but absolutely no throttle response – totally unsafe.
Does it have that “feature” where the car fights back if you try to change lanes without signaling? That would also be a No Buy for me.
Please tell me that isn’t a real thing.
It’s a thing.
Nannies are alive and well in automotive ‘tech’.
Deal-breaker. That’s the nicest thing I can say about that. If a salesman tried to sell me on it, it would go much worse, like escorted off the lot worse.
Lane assist. Easily disabled in the menu.
Also, use your fricking blinkers.
It’s a real thing. That one doesn’t annoy me as much since I actually use my signal, but it can be killed with a button press too
I’m sure negative feedback comes in real handy when you have to dodge short-stopping traffic on the interstate.
Or a pothole, or an animal carcass.
That’s the first thing I thought. I use signals religiously, but I also drive on the Washington and Baltimore Beltways from time to time, and I have everything from loose dogs to drunk crackheads who do the squirrel dash into streets in my ‘hood. I need the ability to veer sharply from time to time. Besides which, the lanes going towards the Chesapeake Bay Bridge actually stop being lanes going towards and away from the toll booths, so I’m not sure how that would work with lane “assist”.
You can’t easily steer through it. It’s just a little resistance from the electric power steering. Emergency maneuvers would not be a problem.
Seconded Mad Scientist. Mine can even be adjusted (high, med, low, vibrate). I couldn’t even tell it was on when I tried low. Anyway, I turned it off because it doesnt work well on the poorly marked streets I commute on. Nothing like having the car fight you because it doesn’t understand that you’re exiting the highway.
Mild stick shaker. Use turn signals and doesn’t happen.
I assume the next feature will be an AI mother-in-law in the backseat.
My truck has the feature of when you are in a controlled slide, it cuts power and locks up all your wheels. I really like when my vehicle does unpredictable things. Makes me feel safe.
^^comment of the day^^
yes, my Q50 has it, and a very bad implementation of it too. The whole car shudders when stopping/starting, so I usually disable it when I start the car.
I’ve been in other cars that did it less intrusively (the 1.4T Malibu was almost seamless) and it didn’t bother me
My F150 has it. I hate is with the passion I normally reserve for priuses.
The good news is that hotting the kill switch becomes automatic pretty quickly. Congrats on the new toy!
Danke. I’m shocked by how little body roll this thing has. I threw it around some corners for science before going back to driving like an asian grandma. Pretty sprightly little thing. Definitely a little slow when passing at highway speeds but otherwise handles great.
It’s so much nicer than it used to be. I’ll be interested in how it does off road.
If the snow will hold off this weekend I’ll find out. Not real offroading by any stretch, but there’s a trailhead out in the boonies I like and it has a couple miles of absolutely shitty gravel road to gain access. I did it once in a sedan and decided never to do that again after creeping along at like 5 mph and hoping I didn’t break an axle.
Eager to bounce down that road in the new car and see how it does.
*Reads list of complaints*
My next car is definitely going to be a “dumb” car.
Good luck. Your best bet is getting something old as hell and springing for a new engine. Everything is loaded down with sensors and computers and gizmos these days.
Sensors and computers and gizmos are fine. It’s when they interfere with your inputs that they get annoying.
I’m itching for a ’71 Triumph Spitfire. It’s hard be be much dumber than this.
LOL
Putting mine away tomorrow.
Sad.
No point in keeping it out when you have 10 feet of snow on the ground the sun won’t come back over the horizon for 4 more months.
I would drive it on sunny days if we didn’t use so much road salt.
Lucas Prince of Darkness. Pretty much nothing works.
I had a ’76 Spitfire and a ’59 MGA Coupe
Do you know why the Brits drink warm beer?
Lucas makes their refrigerators.
They’d have built computers, but couldn’t get them to leak oil.
Here you go!
That’s a nice one.
Mikey is restoring one. One of the most beautiful rides ever.
Pish Tish! That thing has roll-up windows and a folding top. Real Men drive roadsters.
https://goo.gl/images/SGPxLU
Most of the tech can be turned off permanently. I wouldn’t discount all of the advancements available on a smarter car due to some minor bitching.
I love the dynamic chassis control on my car. I can alter the suspension settings from soft to normal to firm and tweak other settings affecting ride quality & control.
I love the dynamic chassis control on my car. I can alter the suspension settings from soft to normal to firm and tweak other settings affecting ride quality & control.
That’s because it’s useful and not just a nanny feature.
https://youtu.be/3KPYIaks1UY
What are you driving? WRX?
GTI w/the Autobahn package
Nice. But like Scruffy said, the tech is for fun in that car.
None of that bs on my Civic Si. And the driving aids it does have (TCS, ABS, VSC) can be canceled at the push of a button.
Except VTECH YO!
VTEC, yo.
I am not a Honda bro that thinks vtec makes it a sports car. But it is an interesting and useful tech/innovation that allows you to do more with less. And I don’t care what anyone says, Civics are great cars and the sporty models are fun, practical and infinitely modifiable*.
*Though, it is a shame what awful things some people do to them.
Oh, you don’t have to tell me. Even though I’m a Mazda guy, I wouldn’t kick a Civic Type R out of the garage for eating crackers.
And as far as horrible mods, well…yes, though Subies are a close second.
My friend bought a type R this year. It’s stupid fast (and ugly).
There is a difference between tuning and ricing. Sometimes it is a fine line. I think I have stayed on the correct side of it. I haven’t done anything to my Civic yet (2015 model, paying it off first), but I had a tastefully modified Mazda 6. Great car. Shitty Ford Duratec motor, though. Had to get rid of it.
As far as the TypeR Civic, I think they are aesthetically pleasing. But 2L turbo, 300+hp and fwd? Less than practical for a daily.
This. Plus paying full msrp, and it only comes in full summer tires.
Though…holy hell, is it fast.
Pre or post SkyActiv Mazda 6?
Owned a prelude Si with manual. Almost bought an Integra type R long ago. Wish they still made either of them.
First gen (2003), so pre.
I hear you. I have a GH with the crappy motor. I found the V6 cheap, but it’s mounted transverse and I’d have to get a new transmission, so it’s just buy another car at that point. That having been said, it’s great as a daily. I just put my winter tires on it today.
Is there a Civic ¡No! too?
Like the Chevy Nova, that wouldn’t sell well in Latin America.
As I suspected, that seems to be fake news.
Psht
Had a ’95 Civic hatchback. Piece of shit. Leaky rear oil seals and clutch plates are not a marriage made in heaven. Threw the timing belt once and the pistons destroyed the valves. This was back when I used to work on cars for fun and necessity. Honda – Nevar Again!
Auto start stop is awful in traditional ICE cars. In my hybrid, I don’t notice it, but I have an electric motor that gets me off the line before the motor kicks on.
Any of y’all have this dumb tech on your cars? How do you feel about it?
My first several cars were Limey shitboxes with Lucas electrical systems. You never knew for certain if the stupid thing would fire up. I have never completely recovered. There’s no way I’d want that.
Lucas: Prince of Darkness
See also: Triumph TR-7
and in case you haven’t seen this little gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQjqImHruJE
Four rotors….. drooooooooool
Ok, but if you’re going to go through all that trouble, and get Work wheels, why would you get 3-piece wheels? Make up your mind, buddy – Motorsports or car show!
The graphic at the top here says it all.
In college I worked on a buddy’s TR6 and found it easier to make components out of bits I had in my dorm desk than dealing with the OE.
Your latest update on the police officer in Midlothian, IL murdering a security guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-midlothian-police-shooting-lawsuit-st-1113-story.html
Victim was a licensed security guard. Had a uniform on.
Family suing for $1 million, which doesn’t seem like enough.
Police chief backtracking from his original statement at an incredible speed.
Even copsuckers seem to be pissed about this one. It’s scary for anyone that carries a gun. Fuck, here in Minneapolis, we had to foot the bill for an undercover cop that was shot by his brothers in blue.
It’s a start ?
/I keed! I keed!
Ah yes, good old Storlie, the cop who blasted a fellow cop six times with a machine gun and then tried to portray himself as a victim.
The man suspected of firing the gun is still in the hospital and has not yet been charged, Ansari said.
Felony Homicide? Nothing else to see here, people. Move along.
I want one of these, but I sure as hell can’t assemble it.
I’ll build you one, but I’ll only put a 289 in it. Because that’s what a Cobra should have.
You misspelled 427. Seriously thought I’m looking at the 347 stroker.
A 351 windsor can be stroked to 427.
Which gets your numbers right and weighs/costs less than an actual 427.
Here are the engines from the company that partnered with factory five.
https://www.factoryfiveengines.com/
I don’t think the cold stopped this Minnesodan. I think it was the fact that he realized that it was either jail or North Dakota. Jail wins hands down.
That was the original ending to Fahrenheit 451.
Shocked nobody linked to this yet. Well worth the 11 minutes, as the crazy just keeps building. AS can really nail it some times.
FloridaMen® Gone Wild!
Naked Florida Man.
Fred Flinststone FloridaMan™
There were some good ones above, the one I used to say was “Jesus Saves…. at Midtown National Bank.”
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Just what we need, more recommendations for doctor’s to become our nannies. TW: CNN.
I drank 1/2 a jelly jar of Georgia moonshine Sunday. Am I good, Doc?
Not good enough. You need the WHOLE jar.
1/2 was plenty. It was not good, but I can’t stand wasting alcohol.
Respectable. I can’t stand wasting booze myself.
“But I drink because of shit like that.”
Yeah, my wife was in hospital last week for a heart attack and each time she was asked questions, they had a bunch of questions about alcohol use. I had to go to doctor a few months ago and they made me go through new patient sign up since I hadn’t been in 2 or 3 years and it was the same thing. Also do you have guns in the house? No, I don’t. Of course I think my naive wife already told them we did.
That’s not good. She OK?
She is still recovering. Her EF which is your heart output is 35-40%. It’s supposed to be 60%. But it was 25% last Tuesday so it’s good news that she’s getting better. I’m taking good care of her:) It was stress induced. She’s getting 6 week vacation so hope that helps.
Sorry to hear that. Get well soon Mrs. Almighty!
I know she appreciates all good juju sent her way:)
Stress induced. A lot of the women here ruin their health trying to please everyone else. Glad to hear she’s doing better.
Well, the taking on of a second job when you’re already working full-time and going for your Masters at 50 might have had something to do with it. Of course, there’s also my exhausting sex requests.
My wife is studying to get her broker’s license at 43. I hear ya.
How many times do you make the poor woman turn you down??
I’m nothing if not persistent:)
He doesn’t make her turn him down; she turns him down of her own volition!
I know you said your wife works at a bank. If it’s a securities license here in the US they’ve got it so if you can put in the hours a chimp can get the Series 7. However, Japan likes their ridiculous tests.
All my FINRA licenses lapsed when I stop working at a broker dealer for more than 2 years, Naturally, I’m back at a broker dealer again. I told them there was no chance I’m sitting for them again. For what I do I don’t need to be registered anymore.
Hope her recovery keeps going well.
Thanks Jacket:)
Sorry to hear that. I hope she recovers well. My wife lost the sight in her right eye in 2000 because of stress.
Thanks. Man that sucks. I’m hoping we’re on the mend and it doesn’t get any worse.
Sorry man, I just found a nanny state article. Hope she’s doing well.
Thanks Neph
Same sentiments here. Good thoughts to you and yourn.
Appreciated:)
Another reason for people to avoid seeing a doctor.
This and the gun stuff linked above, combined with the elitist attitude of my med school graduate ex are not doing much for my opinion of doctors, which was already pretty low.
My goal is to get through life with the least amount of interaction with Doctors, Priests, and Jimmy Buffet fans.
For doctor’s what to become our new nannies?
For women and older men, the institute advises no more than three drinks in one day and no more than seven drinks in a week.
I’m not in the older men category yet, but I drink a little over a glass of wine at dinner each day. That’s “problem” drinking? Really?
If the standards reflected reality they wouldn’t be able to hassle nearly everyone.
I’m going to have to start burying my empties.
Better safe than sorry, lush.
Aren’t you supposed to drink a glass of red wine a day for heart health?
Only if you self-flagellate for your sinful, heart-healthy ways. SHAME! SHAAAAAME!
take the Dr. TresCool approach- if 1 glass is good, then the whole bottle should work miracles!
I lied to my new Dr. about my alcohol intake. Does that make me complacent or shamed?
I was honest once, and I will never do that again.
It makes you smart.
Dr. House: “Everybody lies.”
Everybody: “You’re assholes when we don’t.”
My doctor put me on speed. How else should I take the edge off?
Truck driver attempts to create the Green Mile in Ohio.
What I guess happens when you break up with Ms. HayekSplosives .
I’m an expert at getting divorced in Tarrant County: my redhead’s dad was a Marine, she could shoot okay, and she could out-ride any many I know.
But I can’t see her wasting any bucks on on explosives, though; she probably just put filed a copy of the decree in her lock box, went to work, and sewed some cowboy’s head back on.
Would
“The train will be 5 minutes late, sorry for the inconvenience.” 10 minutes later and we get the same announcement. Same thing after another 10 minutes. Asshole, don’t give a time if you don’t know.
NEEDZ MOAR CENTRUL PLANNINGS!!!
In Japan, that means all the managers commit seppuku, right?
Sounds like you could benefit from the kind of person that can make the trains run on time.
Kavanaugh?
..beer me, brah
Old guy next to me is drinking an Asahi super dry as he reads the morning paper. Living the boss life as a retiree.
#BasedAF
/Sets the Q SIGNAL fully ablaze
Y’all gonna need to quiet down. Having a hard time hearing myself think.
You *think*?
Oops
*drink
I heard about the guy marrying a hologram on Andrew Heaton’s podcast, and archer was the first that came to my mind as well, and that AI toilet is also right out of an Adult Swim fake infomercial for ‘Smart Pipe‘.
OUCH
Why, WHY???
I’m always amazed by the women in their 30s who are apparently ignorant of the damage they can do in that position.
“What happens in Thailand….”
-Gary Glitter
Gets put on youtube
NSFW
I…I….I’m not certain what I just heard.
I went on one call where a guy broke his penis. There were handcuffs on a kitchen chair where she had been riding him like a bitch. The walls between the kitchen and the bathroom looked like Helter Skelter. It was one of those times that I throughly appreciated being in charge. I didn’t have to directly do patient care.
This is truly the stuff of nightmares.
I know I’m late, but has this been mentioned.
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2018/11/13/feds-drop-burlington-college-probe-according-to-sanders-aide
Nothing to see here folks.
Silly Breet, laws are for the little people.
I just did a Google search for “Hanukake” and I was sorely disappointed.
Not what you expected.
Try パイズリ. (Paizuri)
there’s a whole subreddit on that. Who knew?
I don’t understand why the perviest people on the planet still pixelate their pics.
Erm…and videos…?
Half of them are pervy, and the half who are prudes used the force of the state to make the pervy ones pixelate those pics?
The same reason why anal sex for money is legal, but the vag is no-no.
Legal where? Not that it matters cause that’s not my thing.
In the butt. I think Not Adahn made that pretty clear.
Good Answer, Good Answer!
/Family Feud
Isn’t that a jewish cake, served during the holidays ?
Sounds like it would have lots of frosting.
In re: Chicago security guard.
“The shooting was “unprovoked,” “unjustified” and “unreasonable,” the lawsuit alleges.”
Is it bad I read that in Jackie Chiles’s voice?
I think we’re missing the big question here. What color skin did the security guard have?
*looks outside*
No rioting, so I’m guessing white. Not a big deal then.
After consulting google, it appears I was wrong. In a strange way that’s good. This might get the national play it needs to so the cop actually gets the punishment he deserves.
But what *immutable characteristic* was the cop?
Guys?! What kind of a sexist shitlord are you!? Oh, that’s right, the good kind.
My client was just a regular Jose. He has no idea what you’re talking about. #believeallchapos.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46203608
I solved my plot problem. Thank you, Leonard Bernstein.
The MSM coverage I’ve seen of the California fires is hard to follow: it’s dramatic, subjective, and unhelpful. Cali is a big place; I hope people get better local updates.
I was looking for a map to understand and stumbled upon this
A couple of questions come to mind:
a/ Where in the hell can you live in Cali without a reasonable expectation that you will be burned out?
b/ Given the wind, shouldn’t you beat feet out of your house when the fire gets within 20 miles of your house? Who waits until they’re driving through a tunnel of fire?
As opposed to the MSM’s coverage of other things…
Although, I don’t disagree with your observations. Cali is huge and generally poorly covered by nationwide news.
These are wind driven fires pushed by 30-50mph winds. You can’t understand the rate of spread until you’ve actually see it. And when you live in a city, not in the urban interface, you don’t expect your whole town to burn down.
As for SoCal, Santa Ana driven fires are an annual experience and a Calabasas to Malibu fire happens every 6-8 years. The drift towards complacency is a thing.
a/ The LA river?
b/ Probably, but I am not going to dis on people who got caught and then burned to death. What I noticed from many of the pics is that the trees where like 15′ from a burned out building. Trees still standing and not top burned. That was a rapid moving underbrush fire. There are ways to avoid that.
The forest around Paradise isn’t the type of fuel model that lends itself well to a running crown fire. The difference between 80’ flame lengths going vertical versus horizontal is dramatic, to say the least. 80 football fields consumed every minute is mind boggling. Even for Northern California in the fall, that is atypical fire behavior. Santa Ana driven fires in the fall are SoCal phenomena.
As for the southern part of the state, I think complacent has a lot to do with it. It happens every year so it’s no big deal.
“Complacency”.
Earthquake zones.
Dropped off my new 20ga at the gunsmith. He’s going to change the angle on the butt and match the pull to my 12ga. Should take care of consistently shooting over the target.
After carrying the Browning 725 Feather a couple of times, my 12ga Citori felt really heavy when I pulled it out of the safe.
Exceedingly complicated, yet arousing, euphemism.
In other recent Missouri News .
At least the cheetahs said, “no thanks”.
And they didn’t capitalize on their ability to go BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!?!?!
Fucking amatuers.
Right? Even the animals made it home safely.
They could have at least feared for their lives and smoked a couple big cats from outside their enclosures. What’s policing coming to? All this unwarranted public scrutiny is interfering with their ability to do their jobs.
I don’t mean to be that guy, but if there are any admins around, a have a post that was supposed to be up an hour ago.
I wondered
Huh. I don’t know what happened. It was scheduled. I gave the site a kick in the ass and it’s up now.
Thanks.
Looks like it something failed with the scheduled posting. I was wondering the same thing too.
Since CPRM’s 8PM post is MIA and Baked isn’t doing the NFL any more, here’s
Don’s Most Over-rated
1 Syracuse has an even chance to lose to BC in their final game
1 Kentucky could finish the season over-rated
3 Cincinnati could finish the season over-rated
4 Florida could finish the season over-rated
5 UCF must meet the AAC west winner
5 Northwestern could finish the season over-rated
7 Boston College could finish the season over-rated
8 Iowa State has even chances at Texas
9 Washington St has an even chance to lose to UW in their final game
9 Utah St must survive even odds at Boise St
9 Boise St must survive even odds against Utah St
9 Notre Dame could finish the season over-rated
13 LSU will be tested by TAMU
13 Texas will be very fairly tested by Iowa State
reposting to newer thread
So if I understand the Florida recount thing. They blended illegal with legal, and “found” ballots to make such a mess nobody will ever figure it out. And if they are all counted the Dems probably win.
I’m sure the DNC-media complex is busy right this second concocting a narrative where Republicans stole the ballots in an attempt to eliminate the black vote.
Correct. And what will be done? Probably nothing. And that’s the real crime in my opinion.