The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

The ridiculousness of national security considerations being trumped by hypothetical environmental damage caused by the extraction of vital materials is a powerful signal that our country has lost its way. Of course the ultimate goal of the watermelons pushing the end of all use of our natural resources is a diminished America without any vestige of its exceptionalism (Also called socialism). That it will also make us subservient to malign players on the global stage is a major but unspoken goal.

China Begins Ban of Rare Earth Minerals to the US

The U.S. Must Fortify Itself Against Future Mineral Export Bans

This is what happens when a culture allows the infiltration of environmentalism -- a frankly insane world view -- into every facet of life. It is a tool of the left, and has no place in a modern society. The contortions that they have forced us to go through to use our own natural resources are completely out of proportion to even the worst-case scenarios that they paint.

It is incumbent upon President Trump to roll back their influence, and the best way to do that is by claiming a national security imperative. We need to extract vital materials and bypass the insanity of all but the most basic and rational environmental regulation...because to do anything else jeopardizes the safety and security of the American people.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Morning!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 17, 2024 11:00 AM (/HDaX)

2 Clap your hands and jump for joy,
For I was here before Kilroy.
Sorry to spoil your little joke;
I was here but my pencil broke.

Posted by: Ciampino - I just need a few at December 17, 2024 11:00 AM (i0xsb)

3 Happy B-day Sponge!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:00 AM (u1uWe)

4 Is it French Toast day and no one told me?

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 11:01 AM (AYz4A)

5 Hello!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 17, 2024 11:01 AM (/HDaX)

6 And NOODed

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 17, 2024 11:01 AM (/HDaX)

7 Environmentalism is a religion to some. Just as leftism is to Democrats. They're very passionate about it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2024 11:01 AM (Q4IgG)

8 Car batteries are $$ and suck now b/c of these people.

Posted by: BignJames at December 17, 2024 11:02 AM (Yj6Os)

9 I welcome the Chinese ban. It's the kick in the pants we need to get serious about making ourselves independent of Chinese supply chains, and building up our own extraction capacity. The fact that it will happen under Trump is gravy.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:02 AM (xCA6C)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

11 Angry Leftists Plot to Tank Trump Economy by Not Spending Any Money Once He’s in Office

.. must not be much since it isn't helping Bidenomics

Posted by: SMOD at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (RHGPo)

12 Car batteries are $$ and suck now b/c of these people.
Posted by: BignJames

I've had pretty good luck with Interstates. A bit pricey but they seem to last for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (WXNFJ)

13 Happy B-day Sponge!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:00 AM (u1uWe)

Thank you!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

14 Didn't Trump want to "de-couple" the US from China in his 1st administration?

Yes, let's do that.

Parting thought: Imagine what effect tariffs on China will have on Amazon, now that it primarily sells cheap, knockoff junk from China. . . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (u1uWe)

15 national security

Depends on troons.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (LFeL8)

16 I call BS on the mining ban thing. Our own Wolfus labors every weekday in an electron mine and so far, the gummint hasn't gotten in the way.

Posted by: Fake News at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (G5+As)

17 It is incumbent upon President Trump to roll back their influence, and the best way to do that is by claiming a national security imperative. We need to extract vital materials and bypass the insanity of all but the most basic and rational environmental regulation...because to do anything else jeopardizes the safety and security of the American people.

This. All of this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

18 JustTheNews: House GOP accuses Liz Cheney of tampering with J6 witness, ask FBI to investigate criminality

Posted by: SMOD at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (RHGPo)

19 In spite of all the problems we face, I would not change places with the Chinese. Their trajectory is not good, and by not good, I mean sucks the big one.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (xCA6C)

20 As long as China keeps using the cartels to smuggle kung pao over our southern border, I'm good with the mineral ban.

Gotta keep my kung pao addiction fed.

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (v6JzV)

21 Angry Leftists Plot to Tank Trump Economy by Not Spending Any Money Once He’s in Office

.. must not be much since it isn't helping Bidenomics
Posted by: SMOD

They should hold their collective breaths until they turn blue and really show us!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (WXNFJ)

22

Green, green,
It's green they say,
On the far side of the hill.
Green, green,
I'm going away to where
The grass is greener still.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (63Dwl)

23 JustTheNews: House GOP accuses Liz Cheney of tampering with J6 witness, ask FBI to investigate criminality

Biden will pardon her.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (xCA6C)

24 > Parting thought: Imagine what effect tariffs on China will have on Amazon, now that it primarily sells cheap, knockoff junk from China. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (u1uWe)

See also: Walmart, Target, Costco...

Everyone is selling junk made of the finest Chinesium pot metal, and it needs to stop.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (W5ArC)

25 >>JustTheNews: House GOP accuses Liz Cheney of tampering with J6 witness, ask FBI to investigate criminality

IIRC, Kash Patel has said she altered his testimony, after refusing his request to testify in public.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (u1uWe)

26 > Car batteries are $$ and suck now b/c of these people.
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Not just car batteries. All of them. I've been through dozens of AA batteries in remotes, lights, gadgets, etc. lately. Before they'd last years in a wall clock, now... maybe 6 months before they need to be changed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (Q4IgG)

27 Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan, one of two judges convicted in 2011 for his role in the “Kids for Cash” scandal, had his sentence commuted by Biden. Conahan and another judge received millions from sending children to private detention facilities where they had a business interest.

Several victims of the scheme spoke out against Biden’s decision.

Amanda Lorah, who was wrongly imprisoned, told Fox 59 it was a “slap in the face.” Sandy Fonzo, whose son committed suicide after being placed in detention, said she was “shocked” and hurt.

Posted by: SMOD at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (RHGPo)

28 ask FBI to investigate criminality
Posted by: SMOD at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (RHGPo)

Wait a month, THEN ask them to do something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

29 Angry Leftists Plot to Tank Trump Economy by Not Spending Any Money Once He’s in Office

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So they're going to do what normal non-trust fund / isolated gated community wealthy people have been doing by necessity for the last four years and why Trump was voted in for a third term in a landslide.

Whoops! Whoopsies!

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:07 AM (hIXll)

30 A problem with the Celestials??? One word-Tariffs.

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:07 AM (PCK5/)

31 IIRC, Kash Patel has said she altered his testimony, after refusing his request to testify in public.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (u1uWe)

That's OK I know what he meant to say, so I just cleaned it up for him.
-Miss Warpiggy

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 17, 2024 11:07 AM (CIS44)

32 > Biden will pardon her.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:06 AM (xCA6C)

I hope Trump is playing at least some cards close to his vest... don't let on about anything until Dopey Joe is gone and can't pardon them, then drop the motherfucking hammer.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 17, 2024 11:07 AM (W5ArC)

33 In spite of all the problems we face, I would not change places with the Chinese. Their trajectory is not good, and by not good, I mean sucks the big one.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:05 AM (xCA6C)

Just wait till that dam breaks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

34 >>Angry Leftists Plot to Tank Trump Economy by Not Spending Any Money Once He’s in Office

Don't buy food, gas, heating oil, insurance, homes, cars, iphones . . . ?

Sure, do that.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:08 AM (u1uWe)

35 I call BS on the mining ban thing. Our own Wolfus labors every weekday in an electron mine and so far, the gummint hasn't gotten in the way.
Posted by: Fake News at December 17, 2024

***
It ain't the electrons but what we do with 'em that the govt. leans on us about.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 11:08 AM (J2vNu)

36 Not just car batteries. All of them. I've been through dozens of AA batteries in remotes, lights, gadgets, etc. lately

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I've noticed this, too. I assumed it was inflation at work and the chemicals are being cut internally.

I've been using Eneloop unless I can help it because at least I know what I'm getting even if they might not seem to last *quite* as long. Plus I can recharge them.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (hIXll)

37 I just got texted by David Hogg, who wants my support for his candidacy for vice chair of the DNC.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (KiBMU)

38 Your typical angry leftist is too broke to pay attention in the first place.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (W5ArC)

39 Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:02 AM (xCA6C)

Excellent point.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (d9fT1)

40 12 Tonypete, me too on the Interstate batteries. I started using them decades ago when the PX carried them. I had one go south when home on leave and at the time the only Interstate battery dealer was in Youngstown. In a shack under a bridge. Exchanged the battery, no questions asked.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (gm9Sb)

41 I just got texted by David Hogg, who wants my support for his candidacy for vice chair of the DNC.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (KiBMU)

Simple response: "You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

42 > 37 I just got texted by David Hogg, who wants my support for his candidacy for vice chair of the DNC.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (KiBMU)

He's an arrogant little prick, isn't he?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (W5ArC)

43 The Chinee have always been xenophobic and insular, recent actions notwithstanding. It will be their downfall… like Japan’s also, BTW.

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:10 AM (PCK5/)

44 >>I just got texted by David Hogg, who wants my support for his candidacy for vice chair of the DNC.

Yes, vote him in!
Hey, how's his pillow company doing?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:11 AM (u1uWe)

45 Hey, how's his pillow company doing?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:11 AM (u1uWe)

Biting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

46 De-industrialization. The hard core leftists that I talked to years ago were also usually pseudo-intellectual economists.

Outsourcing all those icky industries overseas will result in the “transition” (no jokes pliz) to a “Service Economy”. Remember that bullshit?

Favorable Balance of Trade.

Export or Die.

What does the U.S.A. that the rest of the world needs, or wants, to purchase?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:11 AM (5119n)

47 I just got texted by David Hogg, who wants my support for his candidacy for vice chair of the DNC.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (KiBMU)

Man, it sure pays to not be at the site of a shooting.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 17, 2024 11:11 AM (CIS44)

48 I just got texted by David Hogg, who wants my support for his candidacy for vice chair of the DNC.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 17, 2024 11:09 AM (KiBMU)
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Vice chair of the Dicks & Cocks?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 17, 2024 11:11 AM (iFTx/)

49 We get a metric a$$ ton of our stuff from Taiwan and china both and we need to bring that manufacturing back to the US because sooner or later china is going to invade Taiwan and we need to be ready for that to play out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 17, 2024 11:12 AM (Rcnd3)

50 44 You see Hogg at a podium, yelling, screaming, and shaking his fist, and the little fuck even looks like Goebbels.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:12 AM (gm9Sb)

51 My opinion, if Biden pardon's Cheney preemptively, the Cheney's lose any power they had with anyone even remotely associated with the Republican party.

They're full fledged Democrats at that point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

52 Since we suddenly found some rare earth minerals in our own backyard, and can mine them without child slave labor, I say look let's try that. Our trade policy could stand to look a little less like a scene from the Temple of Doom.

Posted by: LizLem at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (wcIbG)

53 NATIONAL MAPLE SYRUP DAY - DECEMBER 17

Posted by: SMOD at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (RHGPo)

54 We also need to be free of most of our (?) pharmaceuticals that are currently made in India using materials sourced from China.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (u1uWe)

55 Parting thought: Imagine what effect tariffs on China will have on Amazon, now that it primarily sells cheap, knockoff junk from China. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:04 AM (u1uWe)

I have strongly suspected there was an ebb and flow to the supply of various things, in an effort to change consumer habits.

Americans got used to two-day shipping, and it's going to get sporty, I think, when Chinazon decides to punish people by delaying how long it takes to get basic necessities.

It's one thing if a shirt you ordered takes two weeks to get there, it's another if it's baby formula. Or pills.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (dGCAG)

56 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg… twould be an interesting hybridization experiment..

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (PCK5/)

57 44 You see Hogg at a podium, yelling, screaming, and shaking his fist, and the little fuck even looks like Goebbels.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:12 AM (gm9Sb)

Nazi Youth Corps graduate, top of his class.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (h/ffs)

58 I think we can count on Trump to punish China for any resource deprivation schemes.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (jbnUc)

59 >>NATIONAL MAPLE SYRUP DAY - DECEMBER 17

Oops, I celebrated two days early!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:14 AM (u1uWe)

60 We also need to be free of most of our (?) pharmaceuticals that are currently made in India using materials sourced from China.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (u1uWe)

We need to be free of subsidizing the rest of the world's drugs through our R&D.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 17, 2024 11:14 AM (CIS44)

61 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg… twould be an interesting hybridization experiment..
Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (PCK5/)

You really misspelled 'launched into space via trebuchet.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

62 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg… twould be an interesting hybridization experiment..
Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (PCK5/)
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Square peg in round hole, my friend. Square peg in round hole.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 17, 2024 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

63 It's interesting that the people who claim to be intent on saving the world are working so hard for environmental gains in Western Countries, when they could make MUCH larger strides by working to heal, mitigate, and prevent the massive amounts of pollution and other environmental damages in eastern, African, and other less developed countries.

Effort - reward ration would be MASSIVE.

Yet, they work to cripple the west and leave the rest alone.

It's almost as though what they claim to want is a lie.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 17, 2024 11:15 AM (N1DT3)

64 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg

I don't think his technique counts as "breeding."

Posted by: Jerry Nadler at December 17, 2024 11:15 AM (OKSEF)

65 62 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg… twould be an interesting hybridization experiment..
Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (PCK5/)
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Square peg in round hole, my friend. Square peg in round hole.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 17, 2024 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

You think their parts would not… mesh??

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:15 AM (PCK5/)

66 Our betters are all upset that there aren't more laws against guns yet "President" Mushhead just pardoned Prince Addict for gun crimes and that's OK.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (L/fGl)

67 Simple answer is to invade Canada and strip mine those hosers.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (jFCkp)

68 Square peg in round hole, my friend. Square peg in round hole.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 17, 2024 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

You asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/Lq6g5qwAPv8?t=35

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

69 It came out shortly after the end of the cold war that many American environmental groups were funded and controlled by the Soviet Union.

Ironically based on the current Russia Russia Russia mania, we could have locked up most environmentalist leaders in the US at that point...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (oZhjI)

70 I never thought I'd see the day the left would turn on their sainted Bob Dylan, but it's arrived! From the Atlantic:

"Bob Dylan’s Carnival Act
BY JAMES PARKER
His identity was a performance. His writing was sleight of hand. He bamboozled his own audience."

Not showing up at Woodstock when they purposely held it in his backyard, to entice him to go, should have been their first clue. But the left is slow.

Posted by: LizLem at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (wcIbG)

71 54 Besides the scrips the VA fills, I always keep a 90 day supply (which I rotate for shelf life) of my BP meds. A local NP writes me a script for the stuff every year, knowing the reason I want it. Stuff is cheap when buying out of pocket. You never know when the crafty Chinaman will cut us off.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (gm9Sb)

72
I've been through dozens of AA batteries in remotes, lights, gadgets, etc. lately. Before they'd last years in a wall clock, now... maybe 6 months before they need to be changed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I've had Duracell AA and AAA batteries which leak white stuff and need to be replaced. Never had that in the past.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (63Dwl)

73 /day old sock

Posted by: Oddbob at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (OKSEF)

74 Remember when Trump said that we needed tariffs on steel coming from Canada (because the Chinese were dumping steel in Canada and bringing it in by NAFTA into the US) and that it was a national security issue?

And everyone lost their shit including Trudeau about how could he be calling Canada a threat to the US they are such good friends, eh, and what about WWII?

Did the Left really not understand or did they just pretend not to understand so they could freak out over Trump?

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:18 AM (xhfG9)

75 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg…

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (PCK5/)
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I can already imagine Hogg's pillow talk.

Whether he succeeds in Greta buying a pillow or two is pure speculation.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 11:18 AM (NrPbK)

76 >>It's one thing if a shirt you ordered takes two weeks to get there, it's another if it's baby formula. Or pills.

Yikes, hadn't considered that.

The Amazon pharmacy ads are a little disturbing in that they show a robotic arm twirling around, then grabbing pills from a bin. Is it wrong that I prefer an actual human filling the vial, at a pharmacy I know and trust*?

*I've had one chain significantly mess up two prescriptions, so I now take selecting a pharmacist seriously.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:18 AM (u1uWe)

77 How did Bob Dylan piss of the Progs?? Or is this just a Get the Geezer thing that the monster babies are into now??

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (PCK5/)

78 18
‘ House GOP accuses Liz Cheney of tampering with J6 witness’
Saw a good interview on Tucker about this.
https://tinyurl.com/rxuhp8yn

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (jbnUc)

79 /day old sock
Posted by: Oddbob at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (OKSEF)
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Ew! Toe much information.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (NrPbK)

80 The new lithium batteries just die without warning where the old nickel batteries give you warning by slowing down until they stop.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

81 What does the U.S.A. that the rest of the world needs, or wants, to purchase?
Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:11 AM (5119n)

Umm... food?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (N1DT3)

82 67 Simple answer is to invade Canada and strip mine those hosers.
Posted by: pudinhead

What would we do with more Tundra Muck? Frozen, no less.

Posted by: Peat and Repeat at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (G5+As)

83 Well I certainly had the mindset of reducing my spending where I could while commie Obama and then Biden were in the WH. When they are trying to crash the economy I'm good with helping that along. But I have to laugh at commiecrats proclaiming they will limit spending and hurt the economy now. If they were capable of dialing back the instant purchases and rational thought in general, most of them would not be commiecrats.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (UKUm3)

84 Car batteries are actually quite good. One of those items that American companies are still competitive, surprisingly.

The real issue, the 12 Volt electrical system for cars and trucks debuted in 1956. Today, there are eleventy gazillion boxes and sensors, anti-theft devices and computers contacting the mother ship on your shopping habits. Consequently it will run a battery down with parasitic loads inherent.

A battery charger - those old school transformer based 2/6 amp Schumacher chargers will pay for themselves many times over. Boost your batts for 24 hours before, during, and after installation, should get many more years good service. I’ve often thought cars and trucks should have a built in charger with an extension cord port outlet as standard. Would have saved a lot of money and aggravation for a lot of folks. Too much $$ for the bean counters, perhaps.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (5119n)

85 How did Bob Dylan piss of the Progs?? Or is this just a Get the Geezer thing that the monster babies are into now??
Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (PCK5/)

I'm guessing they didn't even remember the guy until the movie came out rather recently.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

86 House GOP accuses Liz Cheney of tampering with J6 witness

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 11:19 AM (jbnUc)
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What turns witnesses on these days!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 11:20 AM (NrPbK)

87 Did the Left really not understand or did they just pretend not to understand so they could freak out over Trump?
Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:18 AM (xhfG9)

Second question: people on the Right freaked out, too, because tariffs are of the Devil or something.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:20 AM (xhfG9)

88 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg… twould be an interesting hybridization experiment..
Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (PCK5/)
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Both of them do kind of have a "space alien" vibe to them...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 17, 2024 11:20 AM (BpYfr)

89 I'm thinking Greta probably plays for the other team.

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:21 AM (v6JzV)

90 Good news, ev3rybody! California is leading the way!

Autism Capital @AutismCapital
GAVIN NEWSOM: "We've been working before DOGE was DOGE. It's like a promo project. We're going to eliminate 62,000 positions. California is a leader in that space."
LMAO Gavin seriously tries to say California is a leader in gov efficiency. WHAT?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 11:21 AM (L/fGl)

91 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg… twould be an interesting hybridization experiment..
Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (PCK5/)

So much for hybrid vigor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2024 11:22 AM (BI5O2)

92 The real issue, the 12 Volt electrical system for cars and trucks debuted in 1956. Today, there are eleventy gazillion boxes and sensors, anti-theft devices and computers contacting the mother ship on your shopping habits. Consequently it will run a battery down with parasitic loads inherent.

One of the not very much talked about innovations of the Cybertruck is the 48v bus. The car industry will be there by the end of the decade I bet. Certainly well before they all adopt EV power.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:22 AM (xhfG9)

93 Big ticket items - Boeing aircraft were a bright spot, and agricultural products have a favorable trade surplus.

But overall trade went negative in 1975 or thereabouts. There are a great deal many people who do not understand what this means. But they will, most likely, sooner or later.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (5119n)

94 >>> Or is this just a Get the Geezer thing that the monster babies are into now??

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind...

But seriously, tubal, that is an amazingly crafted phrase. Describes it perfectly.

Posted by: LizLem at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (wcIbG)

95 Is it just me or is Madison Cornbread in urgent need of a lawyer based on the House Investigative Committee report.

Posted by: WisRich at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (Qgr0I)

96 Nancy Pelosi, Liz Cheney, Benny Thompson... three important J6 committee members, all in the news. One with a busted hip, one potentially under investigation for criminal acts the other all but pleading for a presidential pardon.

Karma?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (Q4IgG)

97 Autism Capital @AutismCapital
GAVIN NEWSOM: "We've been working before DOGE was DOGE. It's like a promo project. We're going to eliminate 62,000 positions. California is a leader in that space."
LMAO Gavin seriously tries to say California is a leader in gov efficiency. WHAT?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 11:21 AM (L/fGl)

The man is a psychopatic liar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

98 "It's interesting that the people who claim to be intent on saving the world are working so hard for environmental gains in Western Countries, when they could make MUCH larger strides by working to heal, mitigate, and prevent the massive amounts of pollution and other environmental damages in eastern, African, and other less developed countries.

Effort - reward ration would be MASSIVE.

Yet, they work to cripple the west and leave the rest alone.

It's almost as though what they claim to want is a lie."

It was one of the things that the younger and more liberal me noticed early on. It was always "our" fault and "our" responsibility...but strangely nobody really expected anything from China even though we knew they were the polluter-in-chief.

Its the same story with "human rights"--all of the most strident voices bang on western societies and yet have almost nothing to say to Arab/Muslim countries.

Posted by: Crusader at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (TN0g+)

99 Pillow? Who needs a pillow?

Posted by: Mike Lindell at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (dg+HA)

100 90 I bet the 62K positions eliminated doesn't include the 30K 300 LB angry black women at the DMV.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (gm9Sb)

101 Karma?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (Q4IgG)

Fear.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

102 I thought the Get a Geezer thing is what Diogenes does on Tuesdays on the golf course.

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (v6JzV)

103 Not showing up at Woodstock when they purposely held it in his backyard, to entice him to go, should have been their first clue. But the left is slow.

Posted by: LizLem at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (wcIbG)

I thought he had a broken leg from motorcycle crash?

Posted by: BignJames at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (Yj6Os)

104 Hogg needs to breed with Thunberg… twould be an interesting hybridization experiment..
Posted by: tubal

You really misspelled 'launched into space via trebuchet.'
Posted by: Sponge

No. No. I can see it. If you squint, it's mint!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (kPJtn)

105
Angry Leftists Plot to Tank Trump Economy by Not Spending Any Money Once He’s in Office

Don't buy food, gas, heating oil, insurance, homes, cars, iphones . . . ?

Sure, do that.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:08 AM (u1uWe)

I love the self-nose-cutting-off of the Left.

Now, if they'd only start shooting themselves instead of children,

We'd all be livin' in Sugar Town:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwNtawzF-LE

Posted by: naturalfake at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (iJfKG)

106 He eliminated 62K LEO jobs and created 100K of DEI positions!

Posted by: runner at December 17, 2024 11:25 AM (QTCRF)

107 Greta Thunberg was exploited by her parents; she started this activism when she was what, 12? It’s a form of child abuse… and she’s grown into a vile human being. Sadly not surprising

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 17, 2024 11:25 AM (i5Vkf)

108 WIn- WIN

Posted by: runner at December 17, 2024 11:25 AM (QTCRF)

109 The Cybertruck is a very ugly, very fast, very expensive El Camino.

Posted by: And I don't want it at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (dg+HA)

110 He eliminated 62K LEO jobs and created 100K of DEI positions!

And zero-speed rail!

Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (xCA6C)

111 One of the not very much talked about innovations of the Cybertruck is the 48v bus. The car industry will be there by the end of the decade I bet. Certainly well before they all adopt EV power.
Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:22 AM (xhfG9)

They've been talking about going to a 48v system in ICE cars for a while now. 12v just isn't enough anymore. Plus, less strain on the system, just no one builds anything at 48v yet, so they'll either need to convince the rest of the industry that's where they're going, or put in a stepdown transformer to drop the voltage so the old tech still works.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

112 57 44 You see Hogg at a podium, yelling, screaming, and shaking his fist, and the little fuck even looks like Goebbels.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:12 AM (gm9Sb)

Nazi Youth Corps graduate, top of his class.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2024 11:13 AM (h/ffs)

Do I recollect correctly that hoggs parents are deep staters in good standing at a couple of alphabets?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (OA79/)

113 I saw the Tesla pyramid truck yesterday. Couldn't stop laughing.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (jFCkp)

114 Yikes, hadn't considered that.

The Amazon pharmacy ads are a little disturbing in that they show a robotic arm twirling around, then grabbing pills from a bin. Is it wrong that I prefer an actual human filling the vial, at a pharmacy I know and trust*?

*I've had one chain significantly mess up two prescriptions, so I now take selecting a pharmacist seriously.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2024 11:18 AM (u1uWe)

We have a specific item I need for my son. It isn't pills, but it is medical. Sort of. There's a site I order from, and ALWAYS make sure I order well in advance.

This time it's been almost a month, and they just now told me it's on delay. I already ordered more from Chinazon, and paid through the nose for shipping. It still came more than a week later than I paid for.

Then I went to a local supplier, and ordered from them. I'm still waiting a week later.

This is supply chain stuff, and it's not life-threatening, but it is life disrupting. I don't think these things happen by accident. We're being conditioned to not get what we want/need, when we want/need it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (dGCAG)

115 112 Papa Hogg is FBI.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (gm9Sb)

116 Left over from the art thread: of course tuffet is a word! Get an unabridged dictionary, please.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (Z4B3V)

117 I saw the Tesla pyramid truck yesterday. Couldn't stop laughing.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (jFCkp)

that thing is absolutely hideous and completely useless. Its a novelty item.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

118 Finally, the administration is helping military families.

Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
JUST IN: The Biden-Harris administration issued a $850,000 federal grant to provide training for military families to affirm the gender identity of their children.
Our tax dollars are being spent to groom children.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (L/fGl)

119 Do I recollect correctly that hoggs parents are deep staters in good standing at a couple of alphabets?
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His daddy was FBI. Don't know about mom.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (jFCkp)

120 >>> I'm thinking Greta probably plays for the other team.

Pretty sure she's straight, she wrote love letters to the unabomber. Probably now has "Mrs. Luigi" written in her notebook in hearts. Since he is a huge Unabomber fanboy too, they have the perfect shared interest with which to build a relationship!

Posted by: LizLem at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (wcIbG)

121 113 I saw the Tesla pyramid truck yesterday. Couldn't stop laughing.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (jFCkp)

I suspect Aztec or Sumerian engineers…

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (PCK5/)

122 My wife's Ford Explorer is "connected." It's electrical bus is a nightmare. Periodically something will glitch and an electrical switch will stay open, draining the battery. When it's cold the car will "hibernate" and be completely unresponsive to remote commands other than unlocking the doors.

I've had to jump start it several times and when it's really cold, put it on a battery tender.

It's a common problem. A stupid, common problem.

The battery for this thing is hundreds of dollars.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (Q4IgG)

123 I know this is not good to say but I often doubt the honesty of the government and its business (mining) relationships with China. And Canada, and more.

>"Paul Pelosi Jr – Leading Environmentalist to Deal with Vehicle Battery Recycling"

>Paul Pelosi Jr Emerging Company.
It was established to support the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.

>January 2021, Paul Pelosi, Jr. Becomes President of St-Georges' Subsidiary

>A SX-listed Adriatic Metals has officially opened the Vares silver and lead mine, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the newly constructed plant producing its first concentrate in late February.

The Rupice mine, from which the ore for the Vares processing plant is sourced, started mining in July last year.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (NFX2v)

124 Most of the environmental movements are funded by China and Russia and that should be enough by itself to wake people up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (HsOwE)

125 One of the not very much talked about innovations of the Cybertruck is the 48v bus. The car industry will be there by the end of the decade I bet. Certainly well before they all adopt EV power.
Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:22 AM (xhfG9)

There was talk a few years ago of switching over to 42 volt electrics for cars. You could get by with cheaper and skinnier copper wire. Downside: 42 volts could be lethal if you got hooked up to it sufficiently well, and tiny leakage paths that would go un-noticed in a 12 volt system would drain your battery overnight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (8zz6B)

126 117 I saw the Tesla pyramid truck yesterday. Couldn't stop laughing.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (jFCkp)
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that thing is absolutely hideous and completely useless. Its a novelty item.
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Yes.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (jFCkp)

127
>>> Or is this just a Get the Geezer thing that the monster babies are into now??

Billion dollar babies bashing boomers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (63Dwl)

128 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
JUST IN: The Biden-Harris administration issued a $850,000 federal grant to provide training for military families to affirm the gender identity of their children.
Our tax dollars are being spent to groom children.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (L/fGl)

Hell is firing up more burners.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

129
Posted by: LizLem at December 17, 2024 11:16 AM (wcIbG)

I thought he had a broken leg from motorcycle crash?
Posted by: BignJames at December 17, 2024 11:24 AM (Yj6Os)

Pussy.

Posted by: Black knight at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (OA79/)

130 The war on single family housing is disguised as an environmental thing as well. Zoning laws are changing everywhere to ban single family or severely restrict it in favor of apartments. And it’s all to save the erf from gloBULL warming. Sure Jan. It’s to enrich Democrat donors who can make more money building up vs building out and turn us into a Soviet style society clustered in apartment blocs in shithole cities.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:29 AM (i+Y/j)

131 You see Hogg at a podium, yelling, screaming, and shaking his fist, and the little fuck even looks like Goebbels.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:12 AM (gm9Sb)

Nazi Youth Corps graduate, top of his class.

Goebbels was at least somewhat bright and capable, while obviously hugely evil.

Hogg is a nonentity, and but for a "lucky" association with a school shooting, would have the midnight shift at 7-11.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:29 AM (xCA6C)

132 ProTip: Modern cars and trucks, it is no longer a risk to accidentally leave the headlights on without the engine running, say overnight, and drain the battery. Remember that? You must be 29.

But generally, if a jump start is ever required (or better you can avoid it by) a complete battery charge as soon as practicable is the way to go. Unless you are driving cross country, for 24 hours or something like that. Very hard on the alternator and other components to charge a dead battery, it is best to avoid torturing your vehicle electrical system if it can be helped.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:29 AM (5119n)

133 GAVIN NEWSOM: ...We're going to eliminate 62,000 positions.

All in the private sector, manufacturing and retail mostly.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 17, 2024 11:30 AM (OKSEF)

134 >>LMAO Gavin seriously tries to say California is a leader in gov efficiency.

How many billions have they spent building a train that nobody wants?

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:30 AM (j6KoD)

135 They've been talking about going to a 48v system in ICE cars for a while now. 12v just isn't enough anymore. Plus, less strain on the system, just no one builds anything at 48v yet, so they'll either need to convince the rest of the industry that's where they're going, or put in a stepdown transformer to drop the voltage so the old tech still works.
Posted by: Sponge

36v is bass boat/trolling motor.
40v is Ryobi lawn mower

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 11:30 AM (kPJtn)

136 China Begins Ban of Rare Earth Minerals to the US

They need us more than we need them. Time they learn that lesson.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2024 11:30 AM (svLOV)

137 126 117 I saw the Tesla pyramid truck yesterday. Couldn't stop laughing.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (jFCkp)
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that thing is absolutely hideous and completely useless. Its a novelty item.
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Yes.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:28 AM (jFCkp)

When a cyber truck pulls alongside you on the highway you immediately feel like your in a futuristic movie like Damnation Alley. Cheesey but fun.

Posted by: Black knight at December 17, 2024 11:30 AM (OA79/)

138 GAVIN NEWSOM: "We've been working before DOGE was DOGE. It's like a promo project. We're going to eliminate 62,000 positions. California is a leader in that space."

This is like the Christmas sale game.

Take a $100 product, mark it up to $200, then put in a 50% sale.

Take a bloated state workforce. Get projections it should be doubled...hire only half the recommendation and then voila we cut the workforce by 62K people!

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (oZhjI)

139 I don't think these things happen by accident. We're being conditioned to not get what we want/need, when we want/need it.
Posted by: BurtTC

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This. 2020 was key in it, too. Adults over 40 complain and accept it now, or at least accept that it's pointless to expect anything better. Under 40 look up from their phones briefly and kind of remember pre-2020 life, too.

Children won't know any differently. This will be their world.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (hIXll)

140 IKEA names its furniture for Swedish destinations.

And although a quick internet search would likely bring up the furniture items first, round table Docksta is also known as a village north of Stockholm, while wingbacked chair Oskarshamn gets its moniker from a coastal city in southeast Sweden.

Posted by: SMOD at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (RHGPo)

141 The world is here for us. Conservationism is the thing, not environmentalism.

I point out that Nature would be content with Mobile Bay being filled with algae as long as all available energy is being used but, making it good for fish, oysters, and shrimp is what people should be doing.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (aD39U)

142 121 113 I saw the Tesla pyramid truck yesterday. Couldn't stop laughing.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (jFCkp)

I suspect Aztec or Sumerian engineers…
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It also bespeaks of Ziggurats.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (jFCkp)

143 Sooner or later the environmentalists will get around to regulating anchovy mining.

Then there'll be real hell to pay.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (paSBy)

144 Dad got me a battery jump start module thing for Christmas last year. It boasted that you could also charge your cell phone. I thought it was a good idea.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (HsOwE)

145 The Amazon pharmacy ads are a little disturbing

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Speaking of disturbing ads, have you seen that ad for some attorney recommendation service with the guy who appears to be doing a Jackie Chiles impersonation? At first I couldn't decide whether it was a parody.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 11:32 AM (L/fGl)

146 Can I just comment on something relating to Palm Beach? I believe Don Jr. is a dumbass and a security risk.

Posted by: runner at December 17, 2024 11:32 AM (QTCRF)

147 Leadership in nearly all Western countries are pursuing policies that are designed to impovrish their citizens, often under the excuse of somehow preventing 'climate change'. Why are they doing this and who is coordinating? I'm hoping that the Trump administration purges from the executive branch any office down to the last paper pusher that is associated in any way with 'climate change'. And release all classified docs in the CIA and State Dept on this topic.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 17, 2024 11:32 AM (zgVZy)

148 ProTip: Modern cars and trucks, it is no longer a risk to accidentally leave the headlights on without the engine running, say overnight, and drain the battery. Remember that? You must be 29.

-

The trade off is that now new cars sometimes just won't start, and nothing you do will start them.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:32 AM (hIXll)

149 We can't allow a garlic gap!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:33 AM (aD39U)

150 > Children won't know any differently. This will be their world.
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A pliable and dependent society is what the left is after. These children, when and if they grow up will be dependent on the State for literally everything.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2024 11:33 AM (Q4IgG)

151 I believe Don Jr. is a dumbass and a security risk.
Posted by: runner

Why? What'd he do?

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:33 AM (v6JzV)

152 I started out thinking the cyber truck was hideous but there are so many around here it's actually growing on me. It does look futuristic. I've seen some crazy paint jobs on them including one that looked like it was covered in graffiti.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 17, 2024 11:33 AM (k0PcD)

153 Tim worstall has some comments on us and our rare earth/metals program. It’s not as dire as you think it may be. Except the environmentalists stand in the way.

Coal tailings are a huge source environmentalists won’t allow us to touch.

Timworstall.substack.com/p/china-bans-exports-where-oh-where

Posted by: Justin Pinochet Castreau at December 17, 2024 11:33 AM (l5yVc)

154 Batteries on modern cars . . . on my Buick Regal (2011) and my LaCrosse (2016), the maintenance-free batteries went out with no warning. In years gone by, usually a battery would start being sluggish, "yurry yurry yurry" and then the car would catch and start, remember? The '03 Park Avenue and earlier cars would give warning. The '11 and '16? One day fine, the next day *click click click* and I have to call AAA.

When I have the oil changed this month, I'll ask my mechanic to check the battery's state of charge.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 11:34 AM (J2vNu)

155 China Bans Rare Earth.
Get Ready!

Posted by: Eromero at December 17, 2024 11:34 AM (j9pAl)

156 I started out thinking the cyber truck was hideous but there are so many around here it's actually growing on me. It does look futuristic. I've seen some crazy paint jobs on them including one that looked like it was covered in graffiti.
Posted by: lin-duh

Where are you?

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:34 AM (v6JzV)

157 The world is here for us. Conservationism is the thing, not environmentalism.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (aD39U)

This.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (W/lyH)

158 I was going to mention that. My Ranger still has a Sirius satellite that I’m convinced is the parasitic draw. Measures 50 to 60 milliamps about 15 minutes after shutdown.

But that fucker will suck the battery down to 12.5 in about a day or two.

Note well - a battery tender will not really help in this situation. A “Float” charge is only applicable for 77F. And the green light will happily illuminate while parasitical electrical loads draw the battery down. They can’t compensate for that.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (5119n)

159 >> I started out thinking the cyber truck was hideous but there are so many around here it's actually growing on me.

A common Phenomenon known as 'The ONLY girl in the Campground Syndrome'.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (j6KoD)

160 Yeah, maintfree batteries will not give you any warning at all that they are failing. Maybe one day of hard starting.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (aD39U)

161 155 China Bans Rare Earth.
Get Ready!
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I just want to celebrate....

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (jFCkp)

162 It’s funny how ingrained some of the old ways of cars is ingrained in people. My father in law has a car that needs an oil change once a year or every 10k miles. But he, being of a certain age, still insists on every 3k miles.

It’s like ok waste money if you must. But I’m kinda thinking the engineers who came up with the maintenance schedules know more than you about what is needed and when.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (i+Y/j)

163 It looks better than a gremlin. Or a Pacer. Or those puke green station wagons with faux wood paneling on the side.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (HsOwE)

164 I started out thinking the cyber truck was hideous but there are so many around here it's actually growing on me. It does look futuristic. I've seen some crazy paint jobs on them including one that looked like it was covered in graffiti.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 17, 2024

***
I saw one on the street the other day and didn't know what it was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (J2vNu)

165 They've been talking about going to a 48v system in ICE cars for a while now. 12v just isn't enough anymore. Plus, less strain on the system, just no one builds anything at 48v yet, so they'll either need to convince the rest of the industry that's where they're going, or put in a stepdown transformer to drop the voltage so the old tech still works.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

There 's a difference between talking and doing.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (xhfG9)

166 We are pleased to announce the appointment of David Hogg to Editor-In-Chief of our historic publication.

Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at December 17, 2024 11:36 AM (G5+As)

167 believe Don Jr. is a dumbass and a security risk.
Posted by: runner

Why? What'd he do?
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Is this about his new honey?

Posted by: lin-duh at December 17, 2024 11:36 AM (k0PcD)

168 My 96 Ranger was needing a jump every few days, so I eventually bought a new battery. $160 ish. Within 4 or 5 months, same thing. Took it back. Got a new one, warranty replacement.

3 months later, took that one back for the same thing. They actually re-applied the warranty since it was so soon between replacements. 3rd time is a charm as THIS battery has lasted a while.

They've gone down hill in the battery division, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

169 Do I recollect correctly that hoggs parents are deep staters in good standing at a couple of alphabets?
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His daddy was FBI. Don't know about mom.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:27 AM (jFCkp)

I believe people underestimate how much "ordinary" life is infiltrated by the so-called intelligence agencies.

This kid didn't rise by accident, and whether his parents are employed by FBI or any other front agencies, ultimately the CIA (and its ilk) have their fingers in these pies. They're not so much an employer as a rash that spreads over everything, a cancer that gets into everything.

This kid is an "intelligence" asset. One way or another.

So was that CNN bint who featured the Syrian torturer who was being released from prison. I think she's actual, you know, with a W2 and everything, CIA agent.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2024 11:36 AM (dGCAG)

170 164 I started out thinking the cyber truck was hideous but there are so many around here it's actually growing on me. It does look futuristic. I've seen some crazy paint jobs on them including one that looked like it was covered in graffiti.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 17, 2024

My Niece's Husband had one.. For about a week.. Sold it back and got a Rivian.. Talk about ugly

Posted by: It's me donna at December 17, 2024 11:36 AM (VE6XX)

171 Cyber trucks are fine once you accept that they're not very different than an old bald guy in a Corvette with a big gold chain and two buttons on his hawaiian shirt unbuttoned. They're toys. Conspicuous consumption. Nothing more, nothing less. The buyers cross shop other $100K+ vehicles with extremely limited practical use (spoiler alert: that's a big part of conspicuous consumption), but Cyber trucks are the most distinctive ones at the moment.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:36 AM (hIXll)

172 ProTip: Modern cars and trucks, it is no longer a risk to accidentally leave the headlights on without the engine running, say overnight, and drain the battery. Remember that? You must be 29.

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The trade off is that now new cars sometimes just won't start, and nothing you do will start them.
Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:32 AM (hIXll)

Headlights left on will run your battery flat. Or do some newer cars have automatic headlight shutdowns that put the lights out after X amount of time elapses?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM (8zz6B)

173 I just want to celebrate....
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (jFCkp)

another day of liiiiiiife!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM (aD39U)

174
There 's a difference between talking and doing.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:35 AM (xhfG9)

True, but it likely got put on a shelf somewhere as the government started the silly mandating of EV's in the next 5 years.

We'll see where we're at 2 years from now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

175 156 I have never seen a cyber truck in this area of Arkansas. Usually it's a late model with Bambi bars driven by some kid getting rich in the oil patch or a beater truck, painted with bed liner all over, driven by some goober that just doesn't care.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM (gm9Sb)

176 172

Headlights left on will run your battery flat. Or do some newer cars have automatic headlight shutdowns that put the lights out after X amount of time elapses?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM (8zz6B)

Yes. Most of them in fact.

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (PCK5/)

177 I had a F150 and something in would drain the battery. If it wasn’t driven at least every 48 hours the battery would die. Did some internet research and turns out it was a fuse that turned on the lights on a trailer, if towing. That bad fuse caused the entire system to drain. Replaced the fuse problem solved.

The 20 cent solution. Had I taken it to a dealer they would have charged $500 just to diagnose it, 😂

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (i+Y/j)

178 I can say the “smart” chargers are pretty good, but they do choke or hork at times. Those old school trickle chargers are perfect. A large battery at say 20F that is flat will need to see about 16 volts for many hours. This is a judgment call without measuring specific gravity, but the “smart” chargers have to make a lot of assumptions.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (5119n)

179 Rivians are truly ugly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (HsOwE)

180 I am dying to see what happens when a Cybertruck hits a Prius.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (j6KoD)

181 They've been talking about going to a 48v system in ICE cars for a while now. 12v just isn't enough anymore. Plus, less strain on the system, just no one builds anything at 48v yet, so they'll either need to convince the rest of the industry that's where they're going, or put in a stepdown transformer to drop the voltage so the old tech still works.
Posted by: Sponge

Nitpick: voltage divider, or similar circuitry. "Stepdown transformer" is for AC, not DC.

Either way, one more electrical system to fail and brick your car.

Posted by: mikeski at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (DgGvY)

182 Where are you?
Posted by: Bulg
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Ground zero, Austinistan, they build them here.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (k0PcD)

183 Linking Hogg and intelligence is almost an oxymoron.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:39 AM (aD39U)

184 cyber truck

Sighted my first one the other day. Bigger than I thought. Not bad looking. If I had FU money I might have one, if I had a safe place for it to explode. But not as an only vehicle.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 17, 2024 11:39 AM (LFeL8)

185 It’s like ok waste money if you must. But I’m kinda thinking the engineers who came up with the maintenance schedules know more than you about what is needed and when.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

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No, this is a terrible way to approach it.

They couldn't care less about you or the engine. That's for environmental compliance. Oil changes at 10K don't help you or the engine, but they help the companies point to less fluids used for their fleets.

See also: massive inconvenience on the consumer by not having a spare tire so the manufacturer can save weight in order to increase MPG by a tiny amount.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:39 AM (hIXll)

186 180 I am dying to see what happens when a Cybertruck hits a Prius.
Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (j6KoD)

See- Hogg and Thunberg breeding…

Posted by: tubal at December 17, 2024 11:39 AM (PCK5/)

187 For those of us of a certain age, the Cybertruck looks like the future.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:39 AM (xhfG9)

188 This. 2020 was key in it, too. Adults over 40 complain and accept it now, or at least accept that it's pointless to expect anything better. Under 40 look up from their phones briefly and kind of remember pre-2020 life, too.

Children won't know any differently. This will be their world.
Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:31 AM (hIXll)

Yeah, the extent to which Covid world changed things is still not fully observed or understood.

We messed up two generations. Permanently. While us olds bounced back (sort of), those kids know only this world.

I'm not going to doomsday any predictions, but I dunno. I think I want to be gone from here before they fully take over.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (dGCAG)

189 I had a 48 Dodge two door coup with leopard skin contact paper interior and always had trouble with dying batteries. I think I needed a new generator.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (jFCkp)

190 Dad got me a battery jump start module thing for Christmas last year. It boasted that you could also charge your cell phone. I thought it was a good idea.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I want the one from Ryobi. It uses the same 18v batteries that I have for the tools.

If caliber creep is bad, so is battery creep.

And those jump boxes that everyone sells is lead acid and they lose charge just sitting there.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (kPJtn)

191 Environmental Loons mainly exist among the rich and middle class white folks and their monster children. Go to the ghetto and start preaching that honky shit and you'll get a boot up your mutha fuckin ass.

Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (Uee5x)

192 Can’t remember the last time I had a car that didn't have auto headlights that turn on and off. For getting to turn off the lights is a thing of the past.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (i+Y/j)

193 Headlights left on will run your battery flat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM (8zz6B)

leaving the dome light on will kill it overnight...ask me how I know.

Posted by: BignJames at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (Yj6Os)

194 176 172 My KIA, 2010, kills the lights at two minutes. Didn't realize it until somebody told me I don't have to walk out in my bathrobe to turn out the lights. Being a bit OCD, and yep, about two minutes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (gm9Sb)

195 For those of us of a certain age, the Cybertruck looks like the future.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:39 AM (xhfG9)

A post-apocalyptic wasteland future.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (aD39U)

196 Meanwhile in Tijuana, the inconvenient images of illegals pouring over the border are now avoided by having use an app that waves them into the country.

The lawless Biden administration cannot end soon enough.

https://is.gd/day4xf

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 17, 2024 11:41 AM (e+6P0)

197 176 172

Headlights left on will run your battery flat. Or do some newer cars have automatic headlight shutdowns that put the lights out after X amount of time elapses?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM (8zz6B)

Yes. Most of them in fact.

our 2nd gen prius (2006) will only turn out the headlights if the doors are locked. mrs. chronda found that out the hard way once.

Posted by: anachronda at December 17, 2024 11:41 AM (v3pYe)

198 Replaced the fuse problem solved.

The 20 cent solution. Had I taken it to a dealer they would have charged $500 just to diagnose it, 😂
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (i+Y/j)

I had a Nissan that had a hidden fuse that caused the dash dimmer to fail along with the taillights. Nissan charged some dude $200 or so for 'labor' to replace a $2 fuse. He, being pissed, went to every forum he could to let people know about the issue and the hidden fuse panel in the engine compartment (it's not in the owner's manual anywhere) and the fact that it was a 7.5 amp fuse for a circuit pulling over 7 amps with the lights on.

Replace it with a 15 amp fuse and you'll never have THAT issue again.

Of course, I'll never by a Nissan again, so problem solved!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

199
Headlights left on will run your battery flat. Or do some newer cars have automatic headlight shutdowns that put the lights out after X amount of time elapses?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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New cars will not only turn the lights off, but they'll kill the engine. And there's no bypass or option to disable it. If disabled grandma wants to sit in the car while you go to the store in 101 degree temperatures, granny is going to be in a lot of trouble.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:41 AM (hIXll)

200
Headlights left on will run your battery flat. Or do some newer cars have automatic headlight shutdowns that put the lights out after X amount of time elapses?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:37 AM

Both of our vehicles will shut the headlights off after a certain time if we leave them on when we turn off the car. One is a 2016 Tacoma and the wife drives a 2020 CR-V.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 17, 2024 11:41 AM (Rcnd3)

201 And those jump boxes that everyone sells is lead acid and they lose charge just sitting there.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (kPJtn)

Some of them. They make LiPo versions now. We have one in each of the cars.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:42 AM (xhfG9)

202 Nitpick: voltage divider, or similar circuitry. "Stepdown transformer" is for AC, not DC.

Either way, one more electrical system to fail and brick your car.
Posted by: mikeski at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (DgGvY)

It would likely wind up being some sort of switching power supply.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:42 AM (8zz6B)

203 >> I think I needed a new generator.

It's a 48...

I think you can get away with calling it a Dynamo.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:42 AM (j6KoD)

204 I take the other approach. If company says oil change every 10k, it probably needs it every 15k but they say 10k because they know people are lazy.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:42 AM (i+Y/j)

205 Here's the ticket, just declare illegal aliens as insurrectionists and dump them into the NANZI Camps.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:43 AM (jFCkp)

206 I started out thinking the cyber truck was hideous but there are so many around here it's actually growing on me. It does look futuristic. I've seen some crazy paint jobs on them including one that looked like it was covered in graffiti.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 17, 2024 11:33 AM (k0PcD)

If I ever get rich (which I won't), I'll get a fleet of vehicles, not quite a Leno level fleet, but a fleet that includes various vroom vrooms to do various things.

There's probably room in my fleet for a Musk Truck. I mean, why not.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2024 11:43 AM (dGCAG)

207
For those of us of a certain age, the Cybertruck looks like the future.
Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:39 AM (xhfG9

Yes, if the movie The Black Hole is your idea of the future

https://tinyurl.com/maxamilian

Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2024 11:43 AM (D7oie)

208 My ancient Ranger will even kill the internal dome light.

That was always a bummer in cold snowy weather. Come outside, and see a circle of melt on the roof of the car. Uh-oh. Guess what happened. &@$$.

Errybody used to carry jumper cables. Before electronic ignition and fuel injection, getting a car parked on the street to start in below zero weather was a bit of a nightmare, if it wasn’t kept in a high state of tune.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:43 AM (5119n)

209 A post-apocalyptic wasteland future.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:40 AM (aD39U)

Yeah, well, that's we have so....

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:43 AM (xhfG9)

210 187 For those of us of a certain age, the Cybertruck looks like the future.

Posted by: blaster

But, can it core a apple?

Posted by: Chef of the Future at December 17, 2024 11:44 AM (G5+As)

211 203 >> I think I needed a new generator.

It's a 48...

I think you can get away with calling it a Dynamo.
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Dude, it had Fluid Drive. So I had that going for me.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:44 AM (jFCkp)

212 >>Errybody used to carry jumper cables.

Or, just park facing downhill. Like a 60's VW Owner.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:44 AM (j6KoD)

213 Nitpick: voltage divider, or similar circuitry. "Stepdown transformer" is for AC, not DC.

Either way, one more electrical system to fail and brick your car.
Posted by: mikeski at December 17, 2024 11:38 AM (DgGvY)

Well, when I was doing board level troubleshooting for a major computer monitor manufacturer, they had a DC to DC converter circuit.........all bets were off after that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

214 Engines don't flood anymore. Why is that?

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:45 AM (v6JzV)

215 214 Engines don't flood anymore. Why is that?
Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:45 AM (v6JzV)

Fuel injection.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:45 AM (xhfG9)

216 212 >>Errybody used to carry jumper cables.

Or, just park facing downhill. Like a 60's VW Owner.
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That's exactly how I parked the 46 Willies Jeep.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:45 AM (jFCkp)

217 A reminder that the EPA tries to block progress like crazy, but when THEY are the ones that fuck the poodle, nothing really happens.

Case in point: Gold King Mine, back in 2015. They damaged something, causing wastewater filled with toxic heavy metals and other chemicals to break from a holding pool into a nearby river that would feed into San Juan River and Colorado River.

And per the wiki article, "EPA officials say they have immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act and therefore do not owe more compensation."

Must be nice to poison America, delay in informing others of the disaster, and laugh by saying "Fuck you, we're the government!"

Posted by: Another Anon at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (QNMaY)

218 Engines don't flood anymore. Why is that?
Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 11:45 AM (v6JzV)

Fuel injection.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

219 That was always a bummer in cold snowy weather. Come outside, and see a circle of melt on the roof of the car. Uh-oh. Guess what happened. &@$$.

Errybody used to carry jumper cables. Before electronic ignition and fuel injection, getting a car parked on the street to start in below zero weather was a bit of a nightmare, if it wasn’t kept in a high state of tune.
Posted by: Common Tater

Walk outside and see extension cords up and down the block going to cars knowing there's trouble lights under the hood with a 100 watt bulb keeping the engine warm.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (kPJtn)

220 Geography is big factor in how Covid effected peope. I’m in a deep red part of the world. Nobody gave a shit about Covid after a few months. Our state was pretty much fully opened by summer 2020 and kids went back to school in Sept 2020.

Kids in this area probably barely remember Covid happened.

Compare that to NYC or Los Angeles where they still wear masks today. Kids got all sorts of fucked up there, for sure.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (i+Y/j)

221 I said we were blowing our loads too soon on getting rid of DEI. DEI will never die. It's the lifeblood of tens of millions of useless shitheads and mentally-ill retards. Without DEI, they would never be able to get into schools or get jobs. They aren't gonna give up on DEI without a fight to the death.

Major University Accreditor Retreats From Plans To Move Away From DEI After Complaints From Blue State Schools

https://tinyurl.com/mpmetprm

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

222
Or, just park facing downhill. Like a 60's VW Owner.

LOL.. I had a 56 and live in SF....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (VE6XX)

223 There is nothing Hot Shot can't do for a car.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (jFCkp)

224 And per the wiki article, "EPA officials say they have immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act and therefore do not owe more compensation."

Must be nice to poison America, delay in informing others of the disaster, and laugh by saying "Fuck you, we're the government!"
Posted by: Another Anon

THAT'S how government officials get shot.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 11:47 AM (kPJtn)

225 What was really not cool, and VW people know, was when you're driving the bug, hit a pot hole, and the leaky battery had wiped out the floor under the back seat the battery on, and down it goes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:47 AM (gm9Sb)

226 Can’t remember the last time I had a car that didn't have auto headlights that turn on and off. For getting to turn off the lights is a thing of the past.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024

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My '84 Mercedes 280CE did not have the auto-turn off feature, *or* a chime to tell me the lights were on when the engine went off. I'm not sure if the '86 S-Class had the auto feature. But that was almost the top of MB's line in that year; I'm pretty sure it did. Certainly it had the chime.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 11:47 AM (J2vNu)

227 It would also be really interesting to see dates detailing when specific manufacturers' extended oil change intervals came into effect and when the same manufacturers began offering routine maintenance like oil changes during the warranty period of new cars.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:48 AM (hIXll)

228 VW Bugs were the biggest pieces of shit ever. I can't stand those things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

229 talking about electrical devices, I ripped an old Rival crock pot apart yesterday, I was throwing it out because I had a better one, and this one I got free from the end of a garage sale.
Turns out that it uses the same 2 position switch that I need to replace a broken switch on an old box fan.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2024 11:48 AM (D7oie)

230 Both of our vehicles will shut the headlights off after a certain time if we leave them on when we turn off the car. One is a 2016 Tacoma and the wife drives a 2020 CR-V.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 17, 2024 11:41 AM (Rcnd3)

My newest vehicle is a 2008 Suburban. It does not have that shit, nor does it have any of the spyware in it. It just runs. Funny thing: I had it on the hoist to replace driveshaft U-joints, and left it in neutral, with the engine off, but the key in the "unlock" position, for 24 hours. Only light showing was the shift quadrant. Both batteries were dead when I finished the job, and went to start it. But they charged back up fine, and it's here with me now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:49 AM (8zz6B)

231 VW Bugs were the biggest pieces of shit ever. I can't stand those things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

I am so glad you have opinions.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2024 11:49 AM (D7oie)

232 228 VW Bugs were the biggest pieces of shit ever. I can't stand those things.
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Corvairs were so much better.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:49 AM (jFCkp)

233 A post-apocalyptic wasteland future.
Posted by: Grump928(C)

Drink Nuka-Cola!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 11:49 AM (kPJtn)

234 I said we were blowing our loads too soon on getting rid of DEI. DEI will never die. It's the lifeblood of tens of millions of useless shitheads and mentally-ill retards. Without DEI, they would never be able to get into schools or get jobs. They aren't gonna give up on DEI without a fight to the death.

Major University Accreditor Retreats From Plans To Move Away From DEI After Complaints From Blue State Schools

https://tinyurl.com/mpmetprm
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 17, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

Yep. The CEO of the huge company I work for just recently doubled down on DEI in an employee forum

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 17, 2024 11:50 AM (5MZNC)

235 Must be nice to poison America, delay in informing others of the disaster, and laugh by saying "Fuck you, we're the government!"
______

Would be nice if at least the executive would have named, shamed and fired all those involved, starting with the head of the EPA and working down from there. But no.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 17, 2024 11:50 AM (zgVZy)

236
I am so glad you have opinions.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2024 11:49 AM (D7oie)

God made it so I could have freedom of thought. That was one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

237 223 I told one of the young tenants in my digs about Motor Honey as his car was smoking. He managed to pass that ring needing dog off to some unsuspecting customer.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:50 AM (gm9Sb)

238 Or, just park facing downhill. Like a 60's VW Owner.

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I had a friend with a VW Bug that didn't have reverse. Whenever we'd go anywhere we had to park where we'd be on a hill and in a place where no one could block us.

In hindsight that was always kind of fun.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 11:50 AM (hIXll)

239 Corvairs were so much better.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:49 AM (jFCkp)

Once you added the $4 sway bar, actually, yes. They were.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

240 This is what happens when a culture allows the infiltration of environmentalism -- a frankly insane world view -- into every facet of life.

The Russians have subsidized American environmental organizations for years and years to block fossil fuel development in the US, for obvious reasons - Russia wants the world price of oil and natural gas to be as high as possible.

For some reason, the Left doesn't complain about Russia interfering in US domestic politics when Russia does that.

Posted by: The News From A Week From Now! at December 17, 2024 11:51 AM (uxCna)

241 228 VW Bugs were the biggest pieces of shit ever. I can't stand those things.
Posted by: Sponge

This is sacrilege!

Posted by: Der Cafer at December 17, 2024 11:51 AM (G5+As)

242 DEI is a monster that will take time to slay. We’ve injured it a little but yeah it’s by no means dead. The fight needs to continue against it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:51 AM (i+Y/j)

243 My Honda generator sez 100 hour oil changes. That’s about once a week if used heavily or regular. It only holds less than half quart or .42 qt. 200 hour plug changes.

Wants to check valve lash at 200 hours. Um . No. I’m not tearing the engine apart at 200 for that. Clearances or valve lash get tighter, not looser.

And exhaust seat erosion is a distant memory by now. I will say it likes clean plugs, and filters need cleaning more than 100 hours.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:51 AM (5119n)

244 Yep. The CEO of the huge company I work for just recently doubled down on DEI in an employee forum

DEI improves the bottom line!

Posted by: The Liars Ar McKinsey! at December 17, 2024 11:52 AM (uxCna)

245 My Honda generator sez 100 hour oil changes. That’s about once a week if used heavily or regular. It only holds less than half quart or .42 qt. 200 hour plug changes.

Wants to check valve lash at 200 hours. Um . No. I’m not tearing the engine apart at 200 for that. Clearances or valve lash get tighter, not looser.

And exhaust seat erosion is a distant memory by now. I will say it likes clean plugs, and filters need cleaning more than 100 hours.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 11:51 AM (5119n)

I have 3 Honda engine powered devices. They've been sitting quite a while, so I'm hoping a good fuel additive will clean the fuel system so I don't have to take those bitches apart........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

246 >>I had a friend with a VW Bug that didn't have reverse.

He did know that you had to push down on the shifter to engage reverse, right?

Can't tell you how many people I have had to teach that to.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (j6KoD)

247 >Case in point: Gold King Mine, back in 2015. They damaged something, causing wastewater filled with toxic heavy metals and other chemicals to break from a holding pool into a nearby river that would feed into San Juan River and Colorado River.
>And per the wiki article, "EPA officials say they have immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act and therefore do not owe more compensation."

An old miner who had a newsletter (I don't know the cut of his jib) on local conservation IIRC said that he warned them that if they kept on fucking around they would release 100-year buildup of arsenic into the river. That was a few months before they turned the river mustard-yellow and full of dead fish.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (lhenN)

248
He did know that you had to push down on the shifter to engage reverse, right?

Can't tell you how many people I have had to teach that to.
Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (j6KoD)

This has potential to be REALLY funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

249 241 228 VW type 1s are the easiest cars to work on because you are always working on them. I know.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (gm9Sb)

250 I commuted in VW bugs for about 600K miles. Had a great time. Could always fix anything that could come up. Still have a '60 VW Westfalia (Bus). And a Corvair.

Posted by: VW Trends at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (G5+As)

251 VW Bugs were the biggest pieces of shit ever. I can't stand those things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

You're just saying that because of the old tweeter muffler

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2024 11:54 AM (jgdZo)

252 You wanna croissant with that?

https://is.gd/lvWBKV

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 11:55 AM (L/fGl)

253 I think in general a lot of people way over obsess about maintenance of their cars. Or anything with an engine. I see this with boats on forums. Pages and pages of debate on what has to use, when to change spark plugs, how to winterize. And it’s like dudes, just relax!! lol.

I’ve owned boats my entire adult life. I put in the cheapest gas I can find, I pay a dude $250 to winterize the boat, he gives it a once over lets me know if anything’s broken and then takes care of it.

The end.

And somehow the boats I’ve owned just kinda, you know, work as intended.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:55 AM (i+Y/j)

254 >>VW Bugs were the biggest pieces of shit ever. I can't stand those things.

Then you have never had to change the engine/ drivetrain on your vehicle on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

They were fundamentally simple cars that were easy to repair and provided you with everything you need in a vehicle and nothing you did not.

Excepting the regularly scheduled engine bay fires, of course.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:55 AM (j6KoD)

255 You're just saying that because of the old tweeter muffler
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2024 11:54 AM (jgdZo)

They looked like shit, sounded like shit, drove like shit, handled like shit......so, yes. That's a part that goes along with the rest of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

256 My Porsche 914 had a 5-speed where reverse was in the position normally for 1st. Then it was a normal H-pattern for 2nd - 5th.

Not a lot of teeth left on reverse.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2024 11:55 AM (Q4IgG)

257 One of my HS buds drove a VW van. It might have made 65mph, going down a hill.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 11:55 AM (aD39U)

258 I commuted in VW bugs for about 600K miles. Had a great time. Could always fix anything that could come up. Still have a '60 VW Westfalia (Bus). And a Corvair.
Posted by: VW Trends at December 17, 2024 11:53 AM (G5+As)

Maybe you know? Friend of mine has a chance to get a '78 VW pop-top camper for about 4 grand. Needs canvas for the top. Is it worth it? Arizona vehicle, no rust.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:56 AM (8zz6B)

259 250 Couldn't figure out why a Corvair had the spare tire by the engine, what with the heat. It should be up front where you can bleed the air off it to use the windshield washers.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 11:56 AM (gm9Sb)

260 I said we were blowing our loads too soon on getting rid of DEI. DEI will never die. It's the lifeblood of tens of millions of useless shitheads and mentally-ill retards. Without DEI, they would never be able to get into schools or get jobs. They aren't gonna give up on DEI without a fight to the death.

Major University Accreditor Retreats From Plans To Move Away From DEI After Complaints From Blue State Schools

They will change their minds when Trump's DoEd says "no bucks for you". Money talks.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 17, 2024 11:56 AM (xCA6C)

261 221
‘ DEI will never die’
If the the blue shitholes want to keep DEI, I don’t care so long as they’re walled off from the same productive world . You do realize that we’re going to have to wait for leftists to die of old age to be completely free of their shit, don’t you?

Man, I’m glad I don’t live in a blue shithole. That’s a life mistake you never recover from.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 11:56 AM (jbnUc)

262 >>Still have a '60 VW Westfalia (Bus).

A 60!? With Semaphores!?

Seriously, that is a COOL vehicle.
My ex-girlfriend from college still has my 65.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:57 AM (j6KoD)

263 I assume Trudeau is like any Castro and will cling to power as long as he can.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 17, 2024 11:57 AM (V6W16)

264 Maybe you know? Friend of mine has a chance to get a '78 VW pop-top camper for about 4 grand. Needs canvas for the top. Is it worth it? Arizona vehicle, no rust.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 11:56 AM (8zz6B)

That sounds like a really good price on a rust-free Bus whether it runs or not.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2024 11:57 AM (xhfG9)

265 DEI is a monster that will take time to slay. We’ve injured it a little but yeah it’s by no means dead. The fight needs to continue against it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 17, 2024 11:51 AM (i+Y/j)

DEI is simply a nice sounding term to teach hate of other races and why they need to be eventually exterminated.
Wish I would have thought up the term myself. Eventually those who teach it will be torn to pieces by those they are teaching.

Posted by: Zombie Heinrich Himmler at December 17, 2024 11:57 AM (Uee5x)

266 >>Maybe you know? Friend of mine has a chance to get a '78 VW pop-top camper for about 4 grand. Needs canvas for the top. Is it worth it?

YAAS! That's a steal.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 11:57 AM (j6KoD)

267 My cat finds bugs every once in a while. Yesterday she was preoccupied (just like children, long silences are suspicious) and she was watching something that I first thought was a wasp or a scorpion. When I got into the plastic bag, it was a black gecko or salamander with brown spots. Only an inch long, I let it go outside. I thought about keeping it though.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 17, 2024 11:58 AM (lhenN)

268 God made it so I could have freedom of thought. That was one.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

Yes, but God didn't make everyone else care what your opinions are. I am sure you are speaking from your lived experience, but we are all living in the world now where idiots think their lived experience, bluntly stated without any supporting argument is something that everyone else needs to accept as a valid reality, and that is making no one happy. Not calling you an idiot, I am just tired of having someones hot take shoved in my face.
all in all, from owning one, I liked it better than an AMC Gremlin, and it had more class, but less utility than a Pinto station wagon. It was, however, not meant to be a classy car, it was meant to be cheap, reliable and easy to fix.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2024 11:59 AM (D7oie)

269 The rumors of King Harv's death are greatly exaggerated. Medical experts describe it as "just a minor flesh wound."

Posted by: Max Power at December 17, 2024 11:59 AM (q177U)

270 They were fundamentally simple cars that were easy to repair and provided you with everything you need in a vehicle and nothing you did not.

They were designed so drivers could do their own maintenance.

Excepting the regularly scheduled engine bay fires, of course.

That's why you carry a fire extinguisher.

A friend had a VW engine fire right outside a Chicago fire station, conveniently enough.

Posted by: The Liars Ar McKinsey! at December 17, 2024 12:00 PM (uxCna)

271 Ok.

I'm going to go start my day now. Thank you all for the B-Day wishes.

Enjoy your day and feel free to toast myself, Fenelon, JJ and TJM when you can.

And don't go to the last thread. There be forbidden math.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)

272 If you have ever seen the scene in Monty Python's The Life of Brian where Reg, the leader of the People's Front of Judea asks "What have the Romans ever done for us?" and substitute "Capitalism" for "Romans", the scene works perfectly with the modern environmentalist crowd.

When I see that scene, I think "You laugh because it is funny then you cry because it is true."

Posted by: JB1000 at December 17, 2024 12:00 PM (JcJpw)

273 Yes, but God didn't make everyone else care what your opinions are. I am sure you are speaking from your lived experience, but we are all living in the world now where idiots think their lived experience, bluntly stated without any supporting argument is something that everyone else needs to accept as a valid reality, and that is making no one happy. Not calling you an idiot, I am just tired of having someone's hot take shoved in my face.
Posted by: Kindltot

You must be new here./

(I know you're not.)

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 12:00 PM (v6JzV)

274 It’s a little of both. Fuel injection is superior, but the ignition was points based, mechanical. A weak spark wouldn’t always “hit” on the first turn of the key.

I messed around with a Fuel/Air ratio sensor for carburetor tuning. Very interesting. Let’s put it this way - carburetors, they are a highly precision device - but they are not shipped or installed that way. And they won’t stay that way without periodic maintenance. That’s mainly why they went bye-bye. Same with electronic ignition. Too “fragile” over time.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 17, 2024 12:00 PM (5119n)

275 267 You should have kept the little lizard. Our hooches in Vietnam usually had some geckos running on the exposed rafters. Entertaining and cut down on the skeeters.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 17, 2024 12:01 PM (gm9Sb)

276 I'm going to go start my day now. Thank you all for the B-Day wishes.

Enjoy your day and feel free to toast myself, Fenelon, JJ and TJM when you can.

And don't go to the last thread. There be forbidden math.
Posted by: Sponge

Have a great b-day, Sponge. Easy on the booze.

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 12:01 PM (v6JzV)

277 Not calling you an idiot, I am just tired of having someones hot take shoved in my face.

Sorry you're having such a bad day. One comment on a thread of hundreds does not make a face shove.

I'll be leaving now. I certainly hope your day gets better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

278 ...I am just tired of having someones hot take shoved in my face...

Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2024 11:59 AM (D7oie)

First day on the internet??

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2024 12:01 PM (jgdZo)

279 Easy on the booze.
Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 12:01 PM (v6JzV)

Good luck with that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)

280 >>That's why you carry a fire extinguisher.

Having owned more than a few...

carry 2 fire extinguishers.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 12:02 PM (j6KoD)

281 Good luck with that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)

Pace yourself

Posted by: It's me donna at December 17, 2024 12:02 PM (VE6XX)

282 Good luck with that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)

Pace yourself
Posted by: It's me donna at December 17, 2024 12:02 PM (VE6XX)

Proper hydration is key.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 12:03 PM (aD39U)

283
Pace yourself
Posted by: It's me donna at December 17, 2024 12:02 PM (VE6XX)

Most always do.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 17, 2024 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

284 He did know that you had to push down on the shifter to engage reverse, right?

-

He was a stoner but I suspect he knew. It was given to him that way. Probably someone taking the time to properly engage everything because it's never broken before.

But it was probably the reason he got the car, so win-win.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 12:03 PM (hIXll)

285 208
‘getting a car parked on the street to start in below zero weather was a bit of a nightmare‘

I distinctly remember trying and failing to get my sister’s car started in -30 degree weather. The times when I had to take a glove off were unenjoyable.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 12:03 PM (jbnUc)

286
I put my faith in the people
But the people let me down
So I turned the other way
And I carry on, anyhow

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 17, 2024 12:04 PM (aD39U)

287 Maybe you know? Friend of mine has a chance to get a '78 VW pop-top camper for about 4 grand. Needs canvas for the top. Is it worth it?

YAAS! That's a steal.
Posted by: garrett

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No, it's a terrible idea. Please email me the sellers info so I can reprimand him.

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 17, 2024 12:04 PM (hIXll)

288 Kamala Harris’ Deputy Campaign Manager Reveals Democrats Lost the "Sports and Culture" War

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Even the Chug-a-lug Tournament?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 12:06 PM (L/fGl)

289 I judge the effectiveness of my comments on Bongino by how hard the Libtards there try to hide them by down voting them.

Here is today's comment which they definitely don't want to become common thought (so post it on X and every where else you post):

"Nobody has ever issued a pardon to an innocent person."

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 17, 2024 12:06 PM (Da7Vv)

290 My cat finds bugs every once in a while. Yesterday she was preoccupied (just like children, long silences are suspicious) and she was watching something that I first thought was a wasp or a scorpion. When I got into the plastic bag, it was a black gecko or salamander with brown spots. Only an inch long, I let it go outside. I thought about keeping it though.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 17, 2024

***
Stirling has earned his keep many times over by spotting wasps. Sometimes a gecko gets in before I see it, and he and Dagny have a grand time torturing it to death. They don't eat their kill, though, just leave it for me to find.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 12:06 PM (J2vNu)

291 ESL, BDS, DEI, QWERTY, and all the other acronyms are funded and supported by nations intent on our destruction. They know that they can't physically beat us and us perceiving them moving in that direction would only unify us aggressively against them.

So we sit and let these insidious nations bribe our precious institutions against us and let them erode and corrupt our culture from within.

That's coming to an end. We are witnessing and participating in a revival of sanity and righteousness that will infect the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 17, 2024 12:07 PM (ifF+b)

292 It’s a little of both. Fuel injection is superior, but the ignition was points based, mechanical. A weak spark wouldn’t always “hit” on the first turn of the key.

I messed around with a Fuel/Air ratio sensor for carburetor tuning. Very interesting. Let’s put it this way - carburetors, they are a highly precision device - but they are not shipped or installed that way. And they won’t stay that way without periodic maintenance. That’s mainly why they went bye-bye. Same with electronic ignition. Too “fragile” over time.
Posted by: Common Tater

Time an engine Redneck Style.
Loosen distributor, turn right or left watching the vibration of the antenna. When it quits vibrating, lock distributor down.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 12:07 PM (kPJtn)

293 Friend of mine just bought a big 2004 Cadillac for $2500.00. Only 41,000 miles, kept in a garage always. Biggest expense is going to be a new set of tires, since the OEM tires are still on it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2024 12:09 PM (zQ3t+)

294 254
‘ Then you have never had to change the engine/ drivetrain on your vehicle on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. ’

If you were in the middle of nowhere, where the hell did you find an engine and drivetrain?
A tree?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 12:09 PM (jbnUc)

295 Can tell who never built a Baja Bug or Cal Bug here.

Posted by: JROD at December 17, 2024 12:09 PM (IlL6s)

296 >>Time an engine Redneck Style.
Loosen distributor, turn right or left watching the vibration of the antenna. When it quits vibrating, lock distributor down.

A Cup of water is how I always did it. When you get the vortex in the cup, your timing is right.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 12:10 PM (j6KoD)

297 Top Harris Adviser Says Democrats "Losing Hold Of Culture"

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Wait. The Donks have culture?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 12:10 PM (L/fGl)

298 268
‘ Posted by: Kindltot’

Goddamn. Somebody loves their VW.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 12:12 PM (jbnUc)

299 Wait. The Donks have culture?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Bacterial cultures.

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 12:12 PM (v6JzV)

300 Top Harris Adviser Says Democrats "Losing Hold Of Culture"

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Wait. The Donks have culture?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha!

Yep. It's what they grow plandemics in.

Posted by: Brother Tim, Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 17, 2024 12:12 PM (OUMaO)

301 239 Corvairs were so much better.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 11:49 AM (jFCkp)

Once you added the $4 sway bar, actually, yes. They were.
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I believe those were standard in 65.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 12:13 PM (jFCkp)

302 Top Harris Adviser Says Democrats "Losing Hold Of Culture" -
Wait. The Donks have culture?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

They mean the ability to program the pop culture with the latest neo-marxist talking points.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 17, 2024 12:13 PM (IG4Id)

303 A Cup of water is how I always did it. When you get the vortex in the cup, your timing is right.
Posted by: garrett

That works too. Probably a little more precise.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 17, 2024 12:13 PM (kPJtn)

304 >>>Time an engine Redneck Style.
Loosen distributor, turn right or left watching the vibration of the antenna. When it quits vibrating, lock distributor down.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices
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If you can drive gentle and want economy advance the ignition a little. If you want more power and high end performance retard the ignition a little.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 17, 2024 12:14 PM (ifF+b)

305 Is it just me or is Madison Cornbread in urgent need of a lawyer based on the House Investigative Committee report.
Posted by: WisRich at December 17, 2024 11:23 AM (Qgr0I)yh

Well, she may need to retain an attorney, but she won't be in any real trouble. Just doing the bidding of the Party, so she'll be protected.

But a little bit of the old process punishment would be funny in her case - she made a very "safe" attack on DJT, since the king was dead. Or so she thought. I hope she at least has some heartburn right now

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2024 12:14 PM (BI5O2)

306 297 Top Harris Adviser Says Democrats "Losing Hold Of Culture"

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Wait. The Donks have culture?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 17, 2024 12:10 PM (L/fGl)

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They have exerted extreme control over American culture through control of mass media for decades, back to the 30s.

The Drudge Report scooping them on Monica Lewinsky was a massive body blow. Blogs were undercutting them on a news front. The rise of the Internet started a steady progression of alternate entertainment choices at a national level that needed no real investment. Social media gave everyone a voice that could reach the other side of the planet.

Control of social media extended their control of the culture for a while, but it was never more than a facade of control. There was too much information traveling too fast for them to ever have anything like control. Hell, the Soviets couldn't completely control information in the era of hand-pressed leaflets.

The Left has been in partial or complete control because of culture, and that control has been eroding for a while. That's why they've moved to more explicit methods of control like bannings in the open.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 17, 2024 12:14 PM (GBKbO)

307 293 Friend of mine just bought a big 2004 Cadillac for $2500.00. Only 41,000 miles, kept in a garage always. Biggest expense is going to be a new set of tires, since the OEM tires are still on it.
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Honestly, that is exactly what Imma looking for. A shit ton of old guys die within a year of buying their dream car Caddy.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 17, 2024 12:15 PM (jFCkp)

308 I carried a transmission and a full set of reduction boxes in my 65 Bus.

If you needed an engine, you'd have to source one locally, or take yours somewhere to repair it and then back to your disabled car.

But. I never failed to find an engine when I needed one. VWs are great like that.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 12:15 PM (j6KoD)

309 305 Well, she may need to retain an attorney, but she won't be in any real trouble. Just doing the bidding of the Party, so she'll be protected.

But a little bit of the old process punishment would be funny in her case - she made a very "safe" attack on DJT, since the king was dead. Or so she thought. I hope she at least has some heartburn right now
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2024 12:14 PM (BI5O2)

=====

Fun potential:

DOJ brings suit in federal court in...Florida.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 17, 2024 12:15 PM (GBKbO)

310 309
‘ But. I never failed to find an engine when I needed one. VWs are great like that.’

I try to buy cars where I don’t have to change my drivetrain frequently but I’m kind of lazy.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 12:18 PM (jbnUc)

311 Drove a 66 beetle places four wheel drives feared to trade. One park ranger said "there's no road there!". Heh. Stock, not Baja mutilated.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 17, 2024 12:18 PM (N1/PL)

312 Cultural Marxism

Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 12:18 PM (AYz4A)

313 Posted by: Skip

How's the thumb?

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 12:19 PM (v6JzV)

314 The best part about the loss of influence and power of the NeverTrump and neo-cons in the Republican Party is that "national security" is no longer a magical incantation to justify any and all that the state wants to keep from the people.

They used to be able to say that, maybe toss in a reference to 9/11, and bulldoze over any conservative opposition to the expansion, reach and power of the federal government.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 17, 2024 12:21 PM (VAkB9)

315 309
‘ DOJ brings suit in federal court in...Florida.’

If the Trump administration wants any of their prosecutions to stick they had better do it outside of DC.
And I would be very happy if Trump says why. Loudly.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 12:21 PM (jbnUc)

316 Two rights of passage growing up in the Reno/Sparks area in the late 70's early 80's. Building a Baja Bug or full tube frame VW powered sand rail(in metal shop) and fucking a whore when you turned 16 out at Mustang Ranch.

The good ol' days.

Posted by: JROD at December 17, 2024 12:22 PM (IlL6s)

317 314 The best part about the loss of influence and power of the NeverTrump and neo-cons in the Republican Party is that "national security" is no longer a magical incantation to justify any and all that the state wants to keep from the people.

They used to be able to say that, maybe toss in a reference to 9/11, and bulldoze over any conservative opposition to the expansion, reach and power of the federal government.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 17, 2024 12:21 PM (VAkB9)

========

"We have to pay for illegal immigrant children educations because of 9/11."
-George W. Bush

*tears up. hand over heart. soft breeze blows American flag behind as bald eagle cries.*
-Mitch McConnell

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 17, 2024 12:22 PM (GBKbO)

318 Toyota made a mini mobile home built on their mini pickup. They were one of the first to leave the market because the rear wheel bearing would fail much too soon. A friend had one and always carried two sets of extra wheel bearing. Had so much practice he could change them in thirty minutes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 17, 2024 12:23 PM (ifF+b)

319 So buy batteries AND ammo.
Especially if you live in WA. Expect bans or restrictions on buying the latter.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 17, 2024 12:23 PM (xcxpd)

320 315 309
‘ DOJ brings suit in federal court in...Florida.’

If the Trump administration wants any of their prosecutions to stick they had better do it outside of DC.
And I would be very happy if Trump says why. Loudly.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 12:21 PM (jbnUc)

======

An EO determining that the USA in DC is not allowed to bring cases at all to the federal circuit court there. They must hand off every case to the USAs in Florida or Oklahoma.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 17, 2024 12:23 PM (GBKbO)

321 What Trump really needs to do is make some important concessions to some foreign country with an extradition treaty with us, and have *them* charge his enemies with stuff, so all he has to do is put them on the plane. Preferably a country with the death penalty.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2024 12:23 PM (BI5O2)

322 >>I try to buy cars where I don’t have to change my drivetrain frequently but I’m kind of lazy.

When changing the entire drivetrain takes less service time than changing the spark plugs on other cars...it's merely a choice of lifestyles.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2024 12:23 PM (j6KoD)

323 321 What Trump really needs to do is make some important concessions to some foreign country with an extradition treaty with us, and have *them* charge his enemies with stuff, so all he has to do is put them on the plane. Preferably a country with the death penalty.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2024 12:23 PM (BI5O2)

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Stuxnet virus into Five Eye systems.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 17, 2024 12:24 PM (GBKbO)

324 Expect bans or restrictions on buying the latter.

Like Commiefornia.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 17, 2024 12:25 PM (N1/PL)

325 Hey gearheads - nood.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 17, 2024 12:25 PM (UjTYe)

326 U nas yest' NOOD.

Nood Liz Cheney.

Posted by: Bulg at December 17, 2024 12:26 PM (v6JzV)

327 >>

Well, you turned into the nanny scolds, policing everyone and telling them how they are doing fun wrong and living wrong. Also you are hypocritical posers, and the currency of the future is authenticity. So you lose.

Mostly, they are befuddled that the Beyhive and the Swifties couldn't single-handedly pull Harris over the finish line.

Posted by: LizLem at December 17, 2024 12:26 PM (wcIbG)

328 It would be hilarious to see Chris Wray fighting for his freedom in Jakarta or some such shithole where human rights aren't a thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2024 12:26 PM (BI5O2)

329 Noodus cheney (Liz)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 12:27 PM (J2vNu)

330 322
‘ When changing the entire drivetrain takes less service time than changing the spark plugs on other cars...it's merely a choice of lifestyles.’

Maybe if a drivetrain cost as much as a set of spark plugs , I’ll reconsider. That’s amazingly easy to work on though. What do you do, pull a lever and it drops on the ground?

(Everyone notice: I didn’t use the juxtaposition of ‘lifestyle choice’ and Garrett to make a coarse joke. That’s how you can tell that I have class.)

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 17, 2024 12:29 PM (jbnUc)

331 I approve the EPA for elevating environmental awareness. Good stewardship of the earth is God's charter to us, after all. Now they all need to go away before they completely destroy what good they've accomplished.

A hearty "thank you, now go away." Shut 'em down.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 17, 2024 01:07 PM (bufu1)

332 Easy solution - Congress since 1939 has authorized the U.S. Government to stockpile “strategic and critical materials” and to develop domestic sources of their supply.

Declare the minerals in question "strategic".

Wave all environmental review and policy in obtaining such materials, as necessary.

Posted by: El Mariachi at December 17, 2024 06:08 PM (nLFEI)

333 Look, I can tell you of 3-4 deposits of rare earth in the U.S. that would meet our entire supply needs for the indefinite future. Already explored, and ready to roll.

Posted by: El Mariachi at December 17, 2024 06:10 PM (nLFEI)

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