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THE MORNING RANT: The EV De-Transition Is Accelerating– 7/25/2025
Transportation services company Matson has suspended shipments of electric vehicles (EVs) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries – a subtype of lithium-ion battery chemistry commonly used in EVs – over concerns related to fire risks during transit.More carriers will likely follow, especially when insurance becomes too expensive, or completely unattainable. [h/t to Scampydog for sending me this story.]
This is beautiful. It’s effectively an “ICE vehicle mandate” from Trump, but not technically. Manufacturers can build and sell all the EVs they want. They’ll just need battery suppliers to mine the EV battery materials domestically (good luck with that) or pay the 93% tariff.
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) July 18, 2025
2) The left denies me the freedom to buy what I want, making EVs the only option.
3) People like me deny the left the freedom to buy EVs, making ICE vehicles the only option. I very much wanted Option #1. My principles are strongly aligned with Option #1. But my principles also state that when someone tries to deny me the freedom of my principles, then my principles become more flexible. The left decided to reject Option #1 and instead jammed Option #2 down the throat of freedom-loving Americans, therefore Option #3 is the default choice. EVs should therefore be banned. But what about Tesla and Rivian, which only build electric cars? No worries, they can simply obey the “ICE mandate” and start building ICE vehicles if they want to survive. That is really no different than what Team EV tried to impose upon traditional auto manufacturers when blue states starred banning EVs and Biden imposed his mandates.
The State of California is moving to ban the sale of Tesla cars amid claims that the company and its CEO, Elon Musk, have misled buyers about the self-driving capabilities of their cars.It may just be a one-month suspension of Tesla’s license to sell vehicles in California, but that is one month of sales in Tesla’s largest market. Ouch.
For years, Tesla has earned billions of dollars from its competitors just for selling electric vehicles. But that windfall is about to go away, just when the company may need it the most. According to a recent note from analysts at William Blair and Co., the automakers “that fail to meet standards no longer incur fines, eliminating market demand for Tesla’s credits.” The analysts expect Tesla’s regulatory credit revenue to fall by 75% next year and disappear completely by 2027.Tesla is about to lose about $9,000 per unit of revenue that is being paid by you and me. If Teslas are as amazing as all its fans keep writing me, they shouldn’t mind paying $9,000 more so that I don’t have to keep subsidizing them. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 25, 2025 11:02 AM (BeWcY)
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Roll back CAFE & CARB mandates.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:04 AM (JBVNW)
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We meant well. Our intentions were pure of heart and mind.
Posted by: EV Industry and Green Agenda Partners at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (wVcYX)
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It could have been a little nik operation for rich kids to play with but the Church of Global Warming force fear us with it making a large problem.
Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (JBVNW)
Posted by: pookysgirl, thief of great phrases at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (Wt5PA)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
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Mrs. F. wants a new car because she thinks that is better than repairing our 2015 Toyota.
We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (JvZF+)
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Guess I missed the nood, ya fargin bastages.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
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Hey, Sponge, good for you on the new car.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
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Haven't some carriers stopped transporting these Obaminations due to their tendency to destroy everything around them?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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Oh...I guess if I'd read the content.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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If you study the early phases of our Revolution (before Lexington and Concord), local committees and the Sons of Liberty enforced boycotts on British goods and cowed loyalists into compliance. Yet these same people defaulted to freedom as soon as independence was secured in their area (so much so that the Framers had to devise a better Constitution after events like the Shay's Rebellion).
There's precedent for freedom loving Americans jamming a policy option down on freedom haters in our midst.
There's precedent for freedom loving Americans jamming a policy option down on freedom haters in our midst.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 25, 2025 11:08 AM (+b4rY)
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>>Tesla fanboys and stock promoters rejoiced when California passed legislation banning the sale of ICE vehicles by 2035. Well, they are now learning that cozying up to California leftists is like cozying up to a rattlesnake.
Note: Any mandate set for 2035 or 2050 is a WEF goal.
In this case, then, it's never cozy up to Globalists.
Note: Any mandate set for 2035 or 2050 is a WEF goal.
In this case, then, it's never cozy up to Globalists.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:08 AM (GbwPZ)
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Hey, Sponge, good for you on the new car.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
Thanks. She was very excited and appreciative. She didn't know it was coming and my reveal method, where slightly blown up, came off pretty well.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
Thanks. She was very excited and appreciative. She didn't know it was coming and my reveal method, where slightly blown up, came off pretty well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
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We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Wow. I do that in 8 weeks, with only 3 days a week. 😢
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Wow. I do that in 8 weeks, with only 3 days a week. 😢
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:09 AM (JBVNW)
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The engineering nerd part of me wants to point out that hypersonic waverider designs are external combustion. I told him to shut up but he's persistent.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 25, 2025 11:09 AM (cduTK)
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>>We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Word.
Love my Rav4.
Word.
Love my Rav4.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (GbwPZ)
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Hah. fuckers don't know.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (fV+MH)
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Willowed - (or would have)
Pirates did not wear eye patches because they had lost an eye. Their eyes were fine - but their job description entailed boarding ships and then going below deck to engage with the enemy. In those days ships were poorly lit, by candles and the like.
An eye patch over an eye kept it dark adapted, or night vision adapted. They would swap it over once things started getting sporty below deck.
Pirates did not wear eye patches because they had lost an eye. Their eyes were fine - but their job description entailed boarding ships and then going below deck to engage with the enemy. In those days ships were poorly lit, by candles and the like.
An eye patch over an eye kept it dark adapted, or night vision adapted. They would swap it over once things started getting sporty below deck.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (lQYPV)
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"You misspelled beach volleyball.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats"
You misspelled ice skater chicks.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats"
You misspelled ice skater chicks.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (fV+MH)
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Pagani and Alfa recently shitcanned their multi-million EV hypercars. Lambo is reconsidering its EV hyper-SUV. Too bad Ferrari is apparently still going forward with theirs. Ferrari is dogshit, though.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (77rzZ)
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Cap the CAFE standards at 20mpg average across the entire lineup and lets rekindle the muscle car wars of the 60s and 70s.
BRING IT!!!!
BRING IT!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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Word.
Love my Rav4.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (GbwPZ)
Which is now the best selling car in the US, I believe.
Love my Rav4.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (GbwPZ)
Which is now the best selling car in the US, I believe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)
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IIRC Telsa gets 40%(?) of their top line from the sale of credits.
That's a lot of top line to lose.
That's a lot of top line to lose.
Posted by: WisRich at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (G0vdT)
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They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I feel the same sense of physical love for my 2014 Flex.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I feel the same sense of physical love for my 2014 Flex.
Posted by: Auspex at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein, on a beach, sipping mai tais at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (EFZgU)
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An eye patch over an eye kept it dark adapted, or night vision adapted. They would swap it over once things started getting sporty below deck.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (lQYPV)
This is genius.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (lQYPV)
This is genius.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
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Well, gender dysphoria is something that if a kid has it, they tend to grow out of it.
So, growing out of it was simply suspended by the a culture that tried to make trans happen.
So, they are growing out of it in their 20s, after they have been sterilized. (And I think that's really all the Engineers have in mind.)
So, growing out of it was simply suspended by the a culture that tried to make trans happen.
So, they are growing out of it in their 20s, after they have been sterilized. (And I think that's really all the Engineers have in mind.)
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (krQz2)
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>>> Willowed - (or would have)
Pirates did not wear eye patches because they had lost an eye. Their eyes were fine - but their job description entailed boarding ships and then going below deck to engage with the enemy. In those days ships were poorly lit, by candles and the like.
An eye patch over an eye kept it dark adapted, or night vision adapted. They would swap it over once things started getting sporty below deck.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (lQYPV)
I think that was in one of the JDepp movies too.
Pirates did not wear eye patches because they had lost an eye. Their eyes were fine - but their job description entailed boarding ships and then going below deck to engage with the enemy. In those days ships were poorly lit, by candles and the like.
An eye patch over an eye kept it dark adapted, or night vision adapted. They would swap it over once things started getting sporty below deck.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (lQYPV)
I think that was in one of the JDepp movies too.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (cduTK)
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You misspelled beach volleyball.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats"
You misspelled ice skater chicks.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (fV+MH)
—-
equestrians
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats"
You misspelled ice skater chicks.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (fV+MH)
—-
equestrians
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:13 AM (aeiyZ)
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Raised this before, but if the batteries were shipped separately in a vacuum sealed container, would that eliminate the fire hazard? I aint no physicist.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 25, 2025 11:13 AM (XvL8K)
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Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at July 25, 2025 11:09 AM (P3RjP)
How this dude doesn't have his own show........
How this dude doesn't have his own show........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)
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36 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at July 25, 2025 11:09 AM (P3RjP)
How this dude doesn't have his own show........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)
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I have no desire to watch a dude eat his shit.
How this dude doesn't have his own show........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)
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I have no desire to watch a dude eat his shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (GBKbO)
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Honestly...politics completely aside...lithium batteries scare the shit out of me.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (fV+MH)
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I am likewise conflicted about Elon.
However I'll never forgive him for what Tesla did the automotive industry. If it were not for Tesla, the *idea* that we could magically convert to EV's would never have been considered a possibility by the political dimwits that tried to force them on us. So when Tesla fails and gets kicked in the shins - I celebrate.
Thats not even including the other idiocy that Tesla has brought to the auto market - such as giant screens everywhere, electronic door latches, no gear selector (it just knows when you want to go forward or reverse) the steering yoke, steer by wire... any number of idiotic "features" that only nerds and idiots find interesting or useful but somehow manage to trickle into other car brand's models.
I'm relishing the fact that the Cybercuck sales have literally fallen off a cliff. They are in free fall and I'm laughing all the way along for the ride.
However I'll never forgive him for what Tesla did the automotive industry. If it were not for Tesla, the *idea* that we could magically convert to EV's would never have been considered a possibility by the political dimwits that tried to force them on us. So when Tesla fails and gets kicked in the shins - I celebrate.
Thats not even including the other idiocy that Tesla has brought to the auto market - such as giant screens everywhere, electronic door latches, no gear selector (it just knows when you want to go forward or reverse) the steering yoke, steer by wire... any number of idiotic "features" that only nerds and idiots find interesting or useful but somehow manage to trickle into other car brand's models.
I'm relishing the fact that the Cybercuck sales have literally fallen off a cliff. They are in free fall and I'm laughing all the way along for the ride.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (WYStd)
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You misspelled beach volleyball.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats"
You misspelled ice skater chicks.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (fV+MH)
—-
equestrians
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
Equestrians like big muscle between their legs.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats"
You misspelled ice skater chicks.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:11 AM (fV+MH)
—-
equestrians
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
Equestrians like big muscle between their legs.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (JBVNW)
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But MAGA loves EVs!
Beth @beth_cronk Jul 3
We are doing that now, thanks to Trump:
Hyundai: Announced a $21 billion investment in the U.S., including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana to support EV production at its Georgia and Alabama facilities. Additionally, Hyundai is expanding its Georgia Metaplant to increase production capacity from 300,000 to 500,000 vehicles per year.
• Ford: Invested $9.6 billion in a loan to fund three U.S. battery plants and broke ground on a $5.6 billion EV “mega campus” in Tennessee. Ford also announced a $3.5 billion investment for a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Michigan, creating 2,500 jobs.
• Stellantis: Committed $5 billion to the U.S., including reopening an assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, previously shuttered in 2023.
• Volkswagen: Plans to invest $20 billion in North America, with $10 billion allocated to its Chattanooga, Tennessee plant, $5 billion for a joint venture with Rivian, and $5 billion for Scout Motors to produce extended-range EVs.
• Toyota: Invested $1.4 billion in its Princeton, Indiana plant for EV assembly and has announced approximately $4 billion in U.S. investments over the past year, inc
Beth @beth_cronk Jul 3
We are doing that now, thanks to Trump:
Hyundai: Announced a $21 billion investment in the U.S., including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana to support EV production at its Georgia and Alabama facilities. Additionally, Hyundai is expanding its Georgia Metaplant to increase production capacity from 300,000 to 500,000 vehicles per year.
• Ford: Invested $9.6 billion in a loan to fund three U.S. battery plants and broke ground on a $5.6 billion EV “mega campus” in Tennessee. Ford also announced a $3.5 billion investment for a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Michigan, creating 2,500 jobs.
• Stellantis: Committed $5 billion to the U.S., including reopening an assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, previously shuttered in 2023.
• Volkswagen: Plans to invest $20 billion in North America, with $10 billion allocated to its Chattanooga, Tennessee plant, $5 billion for a joint venture with Rivian, and $5 billion for Scout Motors to produce extended-range EVs.
• Toyota: Invested $1.4 billion in its Princeton, Indiana plant for EV assembly and has announced approximately $4 billion in U.S. investments over the past year, inc
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (2yoRf)
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That's a lot of top line to lose.
Posted by: WisRich at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (G0vdT)
But Musk is a self-made genius who invents everything and engineers the greatest things all by himself because he's the greatest genius of all the geniuses.
That's a lot of top line to lose.
Posted by: WisRich at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (G0vdT)
But Musk is a self-made genius who invents everything and engineers the greatest things all by himself because he's the greatest genius of all the geniuses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)
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• Toyota: Invested $1.4 billion in its Princeton, Indiana plant for EV assembly and has announced approximately $4 billion in U.S. investments over the past year, including $88 million in 2025 for plants in Kentucky, Alabama, Texas, and West Virginia.
• Tesla: Reported a cumulative investment of $44 billion in U.S. manufacturing and infrastructure, with $10 billion spent in the last fiscal year alone.
• General Motors: Part of a $7 billion investment across four Michigan sites to repurpose plants for battery cell and EV manufacturing.
• Tesla: Reported a cumulative investment of $44 billion in U.S. manufacturing and infrastructure, with $10 billion spent in the last fiscal year alone.
• General Motors: Part of a $7 billion investment across four Michigan sites to repurpose plants for battery cell and EV manufacturing.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:15 AM (2yoRf)
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Those gas-powered robots are gonna be slick!
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 25, 2025 11:15 AM (PQOq3)
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I have no desire to watch a dude eat his shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (GBKbO)
It's like Ow My Balls just for leftists.
I have no desire to watch a dude eat his shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (GBKbO)
It's like Ow My Balls just for leftists.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)
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I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
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But Musk is a self-made genius who invents everything and engineers the greatest things all by himself because he's the greatest genius of all the geniuses.
Posted by: Sponge
How's that third party of his coming along?
Posted by: Sponge
How's that third party of his coming along?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
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OT:
In case you were wondering why Oregon is the way it is (from Oregon Reddit):
being kicked out, always wanted to move to oregon
as the title states im being kicked out of my mom's house and oregon has always been a dream destination of mine so i'm just wondering, what do prices for renting look like in oregon? where's cheapest? open to renting just a room in someone's house if cheaper, do have 3 cats id like to keep with me though; i'm a 21 yr old transfemme enby pothead but i dont mind smoking outside if moving to a smoke free place, could also transfer with current job so would be able to work right away
In case you were wondering why Oregon is the way it is (from Oregon Reddit):
being kicked out, always wanted to move to oregon
as the title states im being kicked out of my mom's house and oregon has always been a dream destination of mine so i'm just wondering, what do prices for renting look like in oregon? where's cheapest? open to renting just a room in someone's house if cheaper, do have 3 cats id like to keep with me though; i'm a 21 yr old transfemme enby pothead but i dont mind smoking outside if moving to a smoke free place, could also transfer with current job so would be able to work right away
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
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I've been saving this one for a Morning Rant like this!
The great EV pullback has begun (The Verge). “Automakers that delayed launches over the last few years might have benefited from monitoring the market; however, today’s escalating challenges could be deemed insurmountable, likely resulting in more outright cancellations if the models lack a future abroad,” says Ivan Drury, director of insights at Edmunds.
Electric vehicles are great for a second car. I think they will still take over the world markets. We will get out of reverse again soon.
Solid state EV's will be available right around the time Trump leaves office. If Dems get a trifecta in 2028, then the EV credits will be back, and solid state EV’s will get twice the range with half the charging time, boosting sales through the roof. EV’s aren’t going away.
The subsidies, IMO, are to encourage non-polluting vehicles (which is why Trump is removing them). Note Newsom is proposing to take up the slack in CA if Trump ends credits.
it didn't help that arguably the most prolific EV maker turned out to be a Nazi.
The great EV pullback has begun (The Verge). “Automakers that delayed launches over the last few years might have benefited from monitoring the market; however, today’s escalating challenges could be deemed insurmountable, likely resulting in more outright cancellations if the models lack a future abroad,” says Ivan Drury, director of insights at Edmunds.
Electric vehicles are great for a second car. I think they will still take over the world markets. We will get out of reverse again soon.
Solid state EV's will be available right around the time Trump leaves office. If Dems get a trifecta in 2028, then the EV credits will be back, and solid state EV’s will get twice the range with half the charging time, boosting sales through the roof. EV’s aren’t going away.
The subsidies, IMO, are to encourage non-polluting vehicles (which is why Trump is removing them). Note Newsom is proposing to take up the slack in CA if Trump ends credits.
it didn't help that arguably the most prolific EV maker turned out to be a Nazi.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (hTOOP)
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I’m beginning to understand why Elon Musk was losing his mind over the BBB…. It removed an unfair advantage for Tesla and therefore was (is) gonna hurt his bottom line. Too bad so sad… compete on a level playing field
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (ANuwa)
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I'm relishing the fact that the Cybercuck sales have literally fallen off a cliff. They are in free fall and I'm laughing all the way along for the ride.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (WYStd)
Tesla's have always had quality issues, but that thing is a dumpster fire of hideous muleshit.
I'm relishing the fact that the Cybercuck sales have literally fallen off a cliff. They are in free fall and I'm laughing all the way along for the ride.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (WYStd)
Tesla's have always had quality issues, but that thing is a dumpster fire of hideous muleshit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (krQz2)
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An eye patch over an eye kept it dark adapted, or night vision adapted. They would swap it over once things started getting sporty below deck.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (lQYPV)
This is genius.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
———
‘Meh’
— Ray-ban
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 11:10 AM (lQYPV)
This is genius.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)
———
‘Meh’
— Ray-ban
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (aeiyZ)
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>>US SET TO IMPOSE 93.5% TARIFF ON BATTERY MATERIAL FROM CHINA
How are we supposed to build electric cars then?
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ENACTING FULLY ELECTRIC TRUCK AND TRAIN MANDATES WHERE THE REQUIRED VEHICLES DO NOT YET EXIST. WELCOME TO THE WORLD YOUR SIDE CREATED, LITTLE BUDDY!
How are we supposed to build electric cars then?
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ENACTING FULLY ELECTRIC TRUCK AND TRAIN MANDATES WHERE THE REQUIRED VEHICLES DO NOT YET EXIST. WELCOME TO THE WORLD YOUR SIDE CREATED, LITTLE BUDDY!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 25, 2025 11:18 AM (GbwPZ)
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How's that third party of his coming along?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
The America party consisting mostly of East Indians seems to be fluttering a bit due to it's lack of actual Americans taking part.
How's that third party of his coming along?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
The America party consisting mostly of East Indians seems to be fluttering a bit due to it's lack of actual Americans taking part.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)
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Electric vehicles are great for a second car. I think they will still take over the world markets.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (hTOOP)
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Whoa, wait. Sanity at DU?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (hTOOP)
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Whoa, wait. Sanity at DU?
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM (krQz2)
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50 Solid state EV's will be available right around the time Trump leaves office. If Dems get a trifecta in 2028, then the EV credits will be back, and solid state EV’s will get twice the range with half the charging time, boosting sales through the roof. EV’s aren’t going away.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (hTOOP)
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Just like cold fusion!
The idea that such a great vehicle would need government subsidies in order to sell is curious.
Almost like these people think that government is the main driver in a market. Which is weird for people who say they hate fascism.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (hTOOP)
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Just like cold fusion!
The idea that such a great vehicle would need government subsidies in order to sell is curious.
Almost like these people think that government is the main driver in a market. Which is weird for people who say they hate fascism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM (GBKbO)
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i'm a 21 yr old transfemme enby pothead but i dont mind smoking outside if moving to a smoke free place, could also transfer with current job so would be able to work right away
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
So that's a male drug addict who sleeps with men and women - did I interpret that correctly?
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
So that's a male drug addict who sleeps with men and women - did I interpret that correctly?
Posted by: Nova Local at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM (tOcjL)
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Honestly...politics completely aside...lithium batteries scare the shit out of me.
Posted by: eleven
Lithium batteries are fine. Depending on the application.
I've ran 18650 lithium batteries in flashlights for years with no problems. Dewalt, Milwaukee and Ryobi tools and others are powered by lithium batteries.
It's when you try to weld a couple of hundred batteries together and then subject them to vibration and liquids is when you start having problems.
Posted by: eleven
Lithium batteries are fine. Depending on the application.
I've ran 18650 lithium batteries in flashlights for years with no problems. Dewalt, Milwaukee and Ryobi tools and others are powered by lithium batteries.
It's when you try to weld a couple of hundred batteries together and then subject them to vibration and liquids is when you start having problems.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM (JBVNW)
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>>Electric vehicles are great for a second car.
NICE IDEA WHEN MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T AFFORD ONE CAR THANKS TO PROGRESSIVE POLICIES AND BIDENFLATION.
NICE IDEA WHEN MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T AFFORD ONE CAR THANKS TO PROGRESSIVE POLICIES AND BIDENFLATION.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM (GbwPZ)
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>>> But Musk is a self-made genius who invents everything and engineers the greatest things all by himself because he's the greatest genius of all the geniuses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)
My humble view is that he's a epic tier survival bias example, basically a walking talking image of a bomber with little dots. What I'm not sure is if he knows this or not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)
My humble view is that he's a epic tier survival bias example, basically a walking talking image of a bomber with little dots. What I'm not sure is if he knows this or not.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (cduTK)
60
I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
61
An Italian friend of mine sent me a link yesterday to someone who drove their “minicar” into a supermarket. Looking at the pictures, that car looked to be about the size of a mobility cart.
When I made that comment, she sent me a link to the “Microlino”. It’s extremely tiny, technically an all-electric quadricycle.
Height: 1.50m
Length: 2.52m
Width: 1.47m
It’s not even allowed on the highway in Italy (or France), though it apparently is in the rest of Europe.
Got to give them credit for one thing. Of the three advantages they chose to highlight, one is the obvious “park everywhere” but the very first is “Space for two adults and three beer crates.”
When I made that comment, she sent me a link to the “Microlino”. It’s extremely tiny, technically an all-electric quadricycle.
Height: 1.50m
Length: 2.52m
Width: 1.47m
It’s not even allowed on the highway in Italy (or France), though it apparently is in the rest of Europe.
Got to give them credit for one thing. Of the three advantages they chose to highlight, one is the obvious “park everywhere” but the very first is “Space for two adults and three beer crates.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (EXyHK)
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49
‘ In case you were wondering why Oregon is the way it is (from Oregon Reddit):’
Oregon’s loss is some other state’s gain.
‘ In case you were wondering why Oregon is the way it is (from Oregon Reddit):’
Oregon’s loss is some other state’s gain.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (jbnUc)
63
Mrs. F. wants a new car because she thinks that is better than repairing our 2015 Toyota.
We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (JvZF+)
My '06 Mustang has a little over 375,000 miles on the clock. Do the math. (Yeah, I know...no math allowed)
We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (JvZF+)
My '06 Mustang has a little over 375,000 miles on the clock. Do the math. (Yeah, I know...no math allowed)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (5xuJ/)
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i[] I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
Ohms no......now it's a pun thread........
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
Ohms no......now it's a pun thread........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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So is the 5 minutes of hate for Musk by lefties now over? They’ve always been at war with East Asia and now Musk is awesome because he builds planet saving EVs?
It’s so hard to keep up
It’s so hard to keep up
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 11:21 AM (ANuwa)
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An Italian friend of mine sent me a link yesterday to someone who drove their “minicar” into a supermarket. Looking at the pictures, that car looked to be about the size of a mobility cart.
Top Gear did this YEARS ago.
Clarkson tried to sell it to the UK version of Shark Tank.
Top Gear did this YEARS ago.
Clarkson tried to sell it to the UK version of Shark Tank.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)
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WTF does solid state EVs even mean?
They already are solid state. There isn't a tube in any of them.
They already are solid state. There isn't a tube in any of them.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (JBVNW)
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i'm a 21 yr old transfemme enby pothead but i dont mind smoking outside if moving to a smoke free place, could also transfer with current job so would be able to work right away
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
So that's a male drug addict who sleeps with men and women - did I interpret that correctly?
Posted by: Nova Local at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM (tOcjL)
Baker City. This guy will do well there.
Heh...heh...heh...
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
So that's a male drug addict who sleeps with men and women - did I interpret that correctly?
Posted by: Nova Local at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM (tOcjL)
Baker City. This guy will do well there.
Heh...heh...heh...
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (W/lyH)
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I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
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I like to stay current.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
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I like to stay current.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (krQz2)
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63 I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
To continue this would require an intellect that is truly electrifying!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
To continue this would require an intellect that is truly electrifying!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (ANuwa)
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I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
Ohms no......now it's a pun thread........
Posted by: Sponge
We need an outlet for our punning tendencies.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
Ohms no......now it's a pun thread........
Posted by: Sponge
We need an outlet for our punning tendencies.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (77rzZ)
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51 I’m beginning to understand why Elon Musk was losing his mind over the BBB…. It removed an unfair advantage for Tesla and therefore was (is) gonna hurt his bottom line. Too bad so sad… compete on a level playing field
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (ANuwa)
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Musk knew Trump was campaigning on eliminating the mileage requirement and carbon credits before starting to campaign for him.
So....maybe Musk thought he talk Trump out of the credits policy and went nuclear when Trump didn't budge.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 11:17 AM (ANuwa)
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Musk knew Trump was campaigning on eliminating the mileage requirement and carbon credits before starting to campaign for him.
So....maybe Musk thought he talk Trump out of the credits policy and went nuclear when Trump didn't budge.
Posted by: WisRich at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (G0vdT)
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I think the ev car fires are terrifying too.
And the slave and child labor that goes into rare earth minerals mining is horrifying.
And the slave and child labor that goes into rare earth minerals mining is horrifying.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (n+Gtf)
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>>Solid state EV's will be available right around the time Trump leaves office. If Dems get a trifecta in 2028, then the EV credits will be back, and solid state EV’s will get twice the range with half the charging time, boosting sales through the roof. EV’s aren’t going away.
This statement right here is proof positive that this person has absolutely no fucking clue about electricity, physics or the way batteries work.
You cannot charge *any battery* "with half the charging time" without doubling the input power. Its that pesky equation kWh = kW * h If you half the h you need to double the kW (Volts * Amps). Where you going to get that power from toots? Ain't going to be from no windmill or solar panel.
There is no Solid State battery tech that will change that - and solid state battery tech has been by and large oversold as far as its capabilities. Fisker leveraged their entire (2nd) existence on Solid State Batteries and failed miserably.
This statement right here is proof positive that this person has absolutely no fucking clue about electricity, physics or the way batteries work.
You cannot charge *any battery* "with half the charging time" without doubling the input power. Its that pesky equation kWh = kW * h If you half the h you need to double the kW (Volts * Amps). Where you going to get that power from toots? Ain't going to be from no windmill or solar panel.
There is no Solid State battery tech that will change that - and solid state battery tech has been by and large oversold as far as its capabilities. Fisker leveraged their entire (2nd) existence on Solid State Batteries and failed miserably.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (WYStd)
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NY gave Tesla about $950m in the so called Buffalo Billions scheme . Solar panels ,and solar shingle though they went out of business as I understand it. Tesla superchargers are made there. The NY Public Policy Institute called it the biggest boondoggle ever in NYS
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (hIY2p)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)
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A delight and 232 teslas so would destroyed time lady.
help took and 2025 around ev sales probably a hear spoke and 600000+ sales
help took and 2025 around ev sales probably a hear spoke and 600000+ sales
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (P3RjP)
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I do see those EVs run away from me after a red light, but know I could go 1,000 miles with a barely 10 minute stop in the middle. No EV can do that.
Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (+qU29)
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So is the 5 minutes of hate for Musk by lefties now over?
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No, just farmed out to the Populists.
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No, just farmed out to the Populists.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (2yoRf)
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>>> i'm a 21 yr old transfemme enby pothead but i dont mind smoking outside if moving to a smoke free place, could also transfer with current job so would be able to work right away
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
I had to look that term up, they took two words, collapsed it to two letters, then expanded those two letters to a phonetic 4 letter representation. Amazing.
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
I had to look that term up, they took two words, collapsed it to two letters, then expanded those two letters to a phonetic 4 letter representation. Amazing.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:24 AM (cduTK)
81
I'm going to stop this subthread, to avoid a battery of puns.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:24 AM (krQz2)
82
It hasn't really been noted much, but Musk's idea of a 3rd party has pretty much already crashed and burned like a bad rocket test. As it stands, he's threatening to contribute to a few gadfly's like Thomas Massie, and that's about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:24 AM (uWKK8)
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Mrs. F. wants a new car because she thinks that is better than repairing our 2015 Toyota.
We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (JvZF+)
My '06 Mustang has a little over 375,000 miles on the clock. Do the math. (Yeah, I know...no math allowed)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (5xuJ/
2005 BMW 330ci. 54,000 miles. A great car.
We drive 4,000 miles a year with 2 cars. They will pry that Toyota from my cold, dead hands.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:06 AM (JvZF+)
My '06 Mustang has a little over 375,000 miles on the clock. Do the math. (Yeah, I know...no math allowed)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (5xuJ/
2005 BMW 330ci. 54,000 miles. A great car.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:25 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:25 AM (GbwPZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (77rzZ)
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69 I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
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I like to stay current.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (krQz2)
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I get an election
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
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I like to stay current.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (krQz2)
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I get an election
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (aeiyZ)
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I'm thinking that maybe Elon's claim that Trump was in the Epstein files, might have been him trying to gain back a little with lefties.
It's a possibility I'm throwing out.
It's a possibility I'm throwing out.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (krQz2)
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Oregon’s loss is some other state’s gain.
Oregon's population is currently stagnant, but many people here are convinced that millions of trannies and other "sexual minorities" are about to flee the evil red states and move to Oregon. (The old theory was that millions of "climate refugees" would be moving to Oregon any day now.)
Oregon's population is currently stagnant, but many people here are convinced that millions of trannies and other "sexual minorities" are about to flee the evil red states and move to Oregon. (The old theory was that millions of "climate refugees" would be moving to Oregon any day now.)
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (xTIDn)
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Musk knew Trump was campaigning on eliminating the mileage requirement and carbon credits before starting to campaign for him.
So....maybe Musk thought he talk Trump out of the credits policy and went nuclear when Trump didn't budge.
Posted by: WisRich at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (G0vdT)
Musk was also choosing between freedom and money. Trump loses, and Musk was looking at time in prison the way the Dems were going after him with the DOJ. Trump wins, and he was looking at losing money (and maybe talking his way out of it).
Rock/hard place...but easy to pick lost money over lost freedom (b/c he'd have lost all his money that way, too)...
So....maybe Musk thought he talk Trump out of the credits policy and went nuclear when Trump didn't budge.
Posted by: WisRich at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (G0vdT)
Musk was also choosing between freedom and money. Trump loses, and Musk was looking at time in prison the way the Dems were going after him with the DOJ. Trump wins, and he was looking at losing money (and maybe talking his way out of it).
Rock/hard place...but easy to pick lost money over lost freedom (b/c he'd have lost all his money that way, too)...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (tOcjL)
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>>To continue this would require an intellect that is truly electrifying!
Would jump at the chance!
Would jump at the chance!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (GbwPZ)
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"It’s not even allowed on the highway in Italy (or France), though it apparently is in the rest of Europe."
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Probably be a speed bump on the autobahn.
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Probably be a speed bump on the autobahn.
Posted by: Cosda at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (ruKs7)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (2yoRf)
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It’s not even allowed on the highway in Italy (or France), though it apparently is in the rest of Europe.
Europeans are obsessed with making everything smaller - even though they don't need to for the most part.
Just took a trip to Iceland - you couldn't find more open space if you tried - and they still managed to build hotels with bathrooms and showers that are more like phone booths. I'm 6'6" tall and I couldn't even bend over to scrub my legs in the shower because it was so small.
Europeans are obsessed with making everything smaller - even though they don't need to for the most part.
Just took a trip to Iceland - you couldn't find more open space if you tried - and they still managed to build hotels with bathrooms and showers that are more like phone booths. I'm 6'6" tall and I couldn't even bend over to scrub my legs in the shower because it was so small.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (WYStd)
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I had to look that term up, they took two words, collapsed it to two letters, then expanded those two letters to a phonetic 4 letter representation. Amazing.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream
So "enby" = "non-binary?"
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream
So "enby" = "non-binary?"
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
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I do see those EVs run away from me after a red light, but know I could go 1,000 miles with a barely 10 minute stop in the middle. No EV can do that.
Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (+qU29)
I've offered multiple times to race a Tesla owner to Lubbock and back (DFW area - 325 mi. give or take each way). I'll drive my diesel truck and tow my 5th wheel camper.
Where my trip would be more expensive out of pocket (however, adding the old adage 'time is money....'), I'd make it in around 12 hours. They would not.
Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (+qU29)
I've offered multiple times to race a Tesla owner to Lubbock and back (DFW area - 325 mi. give or take each way). I'll drive my diesel truck and tow my 5th wheel camper.
Where my trip would be more expensive out of pocket (however, adding the old adage 'time is money....'), I'd make it in around 12 hours. They would not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)
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There is no Solid State battery tech that will change that - and solid state battery tech has been by and large oversold as far as its capabilities. Fisker leveraged their entire (2nd) existence on Solid State Batteries and failed miserably.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (WYStd)
Everything new today is 500% oversold. My default status on any new tech is that it's most likely garbage, and if it does do something it will be at best a very very slight improvement on current tech.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:23 AM (WYStd)
Everything new today is 500% oversold. My default status on any new tech is that it's most likely garbage, and if it does do something it will be at best a very very slight improvement on current tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (uWKK8)
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Electric vehicles are great for a second car.
The second car should always be a truck, unless that is the first car, which is also good.
The second car should always be a truck, unless that is the first car, which is also good.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (W/lyH)
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I have a friend with an EV, a Tesla, and it is a nice car, but if we go hiking in the boonies, he's in trouble if he didn't come fully charged or even if he did.
My old ICE car though? 5m fillup and I'm good to go anywhere
My old ICE car though? 5m fillup and I'm good to go anywhere
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (t0Rmr)
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>>> I'm going to stop this subthread, to avoid a battery of puns.
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Are you positive?
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (2yoRf)
I think this has real potential.
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Are you positive?
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (2yoRf)
I think this has real potential.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:28 AM (cduTK)
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So "enby" = "non-binary?"
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
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I can see the "nb" standing for that.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
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I can see the "nb" standing for that.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:28 AM (krQz2)
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enby
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
Ugh, the jargon with these people. It's a constant, deliberate perversion of the English and Latin languages.
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
Ugh, the jargon with these people. It's a constant, deliberate perversion of the English and Latin languages.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants to take a flamethrower to Tumblr at July 25, 2025 11:28 AM (Wt5PA)
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82 It hasn't really been noted much, but Musk's idea of a 3rd party has pretty much already crashed and burned like a bad rocket test. As it stands, he's threatening to contribute to a few gadfly's like Thomas Massie, and that's about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:24 AM (uWKK
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A new party would take literally decades to get close to the presidential level.
You start with state level races, maybe some House races, in one cycle and build from there. You make it regional. Its issues have to be a cross between national and specific to the region to gain appeal outside of the two major parties.
It would take a shit ton of work and a lot of time and a lot of money.
Musk has the money. He could hire the people. He could make the time.
But he wouldn't have anything in Congress like a coalition that could do anything until about 2040 or so.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:24 AM (uWKK
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A new party would take literally decades to get close to the presidential level.
You start with state level races, maybe some House races, in one cycle and build from there. You make it regional. Its issues have to be a cross between national and specific to the region to gain appeal outside of the two major parties.
It would take a shit ton of work and a lot of time and a lot of money.
Musk has the money. He could hire the people. He could make the time.
But he wouldn't have anything in Congress like a coalition that could do anything until about 2040 or so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (GBKbO)
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>>> So "enby" = "non-binary?"
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
It would appear that way, according to the inter-webs
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
It would appear that way, according to the inter-webs
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (cduTK)
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ugh, posting on the old thread...when will I learn !
Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (g47mK)
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At this point, I am receptive to an “ICE mandate” in retaliation for the EV mandate they tried to impose on me. Team EV needs to suffer a total defeat in the EV battles, not just a setback.
I don't think there was ever an official "EV mandate", at least at the federal level. I think in certain blue states like California, there was legislation calling for an explicit mandate for percentage of sales, or cars on the road, that had to be EVs.
But at the federal level, they went about it corruptly by not passing an explicit mandate, but instead simply making the EPA regulations so impossible to meet with ICE vehicles that EVs were the only way to meet the regulations.
I think legislation to ban EVs until there is a solution to the EV battery thermal runaway problem is the only way to prevent an eventual leftist President simply reinstating the EPA "EV mandate" regulations again.
I don't think there was ever an official "EV mandate", at least at the federal level. I think in certain blue states like California, there was legislation calling for an explicit mandate for percentage of sales, or cars on the road, that had to be EVs.
But at the federal level, they went about it corruptly by not passing an explicit mandate, but instead simply making the EPA regulations so impossible to meet with ICE vehicles that EVs were the only way to meet the regulations.
I think legislation to ban EVs until there is a solution to the EV battery thermal runaway problem is the only way to prevent an eventual leftist President simply reinstating the EPA "EV mandate" regulations again.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (P5BPp)
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Buck thread with a conflagration is just the way to start a Friday! Thanks.
Posted by: Burning For You at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (G5+As)
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I'm going to stop this subthread, to avoid a battery of puns.
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Are you positive?
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (2yoRf)
I think this has real potential.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream
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I think it has negative potential.
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Are you positive?
Posted by: andycanuck at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (2yoRf)
I think this has real potential.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream
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I think it has negative potential.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (XvL8K)
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Probably be a speed bump on the autobahn.
Posted by: Cosda at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (ruKs7)
I'm shocked the leftists haven't demanded that thing be destroyed.
Fuel consumption at high speeds is quite inefficient.
Posted by: Cosda at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (ruKs7)
I'm shocked the leftists haven't demanded that thing be destroyed.
Fuel consumption at high speeds is quite inefficient.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)
109
Where my trip would be more expensive out of pocket (however, adding the old adage 'time is money....'), I'd make it in around 12 hours. They would not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)
there was a man recently who tried to a promo tour, he was going to drive an EV van all around England and Scotland for a vacation tour, in order to right it up for a pro-EV article in a magazine. Halfway through, he gave up and called the rental company for a towtruck and a replacement ICE powered vehicle so he could finish his trip. (His worst problem was his charging times; it was supposed to be a vacation trip, and about 2/3 of his time every day was spent waiting for the EV to charge up.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)
there was a man recently who tried to a promo tour, he was going to drive an EV van all around England and Scotland for a vacation tour, in order to right it up for a pro-EV article in a magazine. Halfway through, he gave up and called the rental company for a towtruck and a replacement ICE powered vehicle so he could finish his trip. (His worst problem was his charging times; it was supposed to be a vacation trip, and about 2/3 of his time every day was spent waiting for the EV to charge up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (uWKK8)
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Who can afford to pay $38k for a SECOND car?
Yeah, I like to say that battery-operated cars are daily beaters at sports car prices. There are a lot of advantages to battery-operated cars for short-distance driving, but for most people those advantages are far outweighed by the costs and the dangers.
Yeah, I like to say that battery-operated cars are daily beaters at sports car prices. There are a lot of advantages to battery-operated cars for short-distance driving, but for most people those advantages are far outweighed by the costs and the dangers.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (EXyHK)
111
87 I'm thinking that maybe Elon's claim that Trump was in the Epstein files, might have been him trying to gain back a little with lefties.
It's a possibility I'm throwing out.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (krQz2)
Simplest explanation is that Trump's name is in the Epstein files, and Elon was throwing a hissy fit.
It's a possibility I'm throwing out.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (krQz2)
Simplest explanation is that Trump's name is in the Epstein files, and Elon was throwing a hissy fit.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)
112
Oregon's population is currently stagnant, but many people here are convinced that millions of trannies and other "sexual minorities" are about to flee the evil red states and move to Oregon. (The old theory was that millions of "climate refugees" would be moving to Oregon any day now.)
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (xTIDn)
Do NOT go to Astoria on any holiday weekend, and if you must for damned sure, do NOT take children.
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:26 AM (xTIDn)
Do NOT go to Astoria on any holiday weekend, and if you must for damned sure, do NOT take children.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (W/lyH)
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112 Simplest explanation is that Trump's name is in the Epstein files, and Elon was throwing a hissy fit.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)
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Everyone in Epstein's rolodex is in the Epstein files.
His plumber's name is in the Epstein files.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)
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Everyone in Epstein's rolodex is in the Epstein files.
His plumber's name is in the Epstein files.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
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i'm a 21 yr old transfemme enby pothead but i dont mind smoking outside if moving to a smoke free place, could also transfer with current job so would be able to work right away
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
So that's a male drug addict who sleeps with men and women - did I interpret that correctly?
Posted by: Nova Local at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM
A twinky puny one.
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (xTIDn)
So that's a male drug addict who sleeps with men and women - did I interpret that correctly?
Posted by: Nova Local at July 25, 2025 11:19 AM
A twinky puny one.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (jc0TO)
115
A new party would take literally decades to get close to the presidential level.
Musk doesn't realize he has already spearheaded the dawn of a powerful 3rd party, which is now LARPing as the GOP.
Tulsi and RFK Jr., however, are keenly aware of this.
Musk doesn't realize he has already spearheaded the dawn of a powerful 3rd party, which is now LARPing as the GOP.
Tulsi and RFK Jr., however, are keenly aware of this.
Posted by: kallisto at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (dCxaZ)
116
So "enby" = "non-binary?"
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
It would appear that way, according to the inter-webs
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (cduTK
It's like ebonics, just with a retard factor thrown in.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
It would appear that way, according to the inter-webs
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (cduTK
It's like ebonics, just with a retard factor thrown in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)
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When Joe Biden’s EPA mandated unachievable emissions results from automakers, it may not have been labeled an “EV mandate,” but it served that purpose.
Ahah, you covered it. I should have kept reading before commenting.
Ahah, you covered it. I should have kept reading before commenting.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (P5BPp)
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Baker City. This guy will do well there.
Heh...heh...heh...
LOL. Our "transfem enby" has already been warned away from the Oregon coast.
Take away Portland, and Oregon is a purple state.
Take away Portland and its suburbs, and Oregon is a deep red state.
The way contested elections generally work in Oregon is that Portland's county votes one way, the rest of the state votes the other way, and Portland's county wins, given the 80%+ voting for the Left there.
Heh...heh...heh...
LOL. Our "transfem enby" has already been warned away from the Oregon coast.
Take away Portland, and Oregon is a purple state.
Take away Portland and its suburbs, and Oregon is a deep red state.
The way contested elections generally work in Oregon is that Portland's county votes one way, the rest of the state votes the other way, and Portland's county wins, given the 80%+ voting for the Left there.
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (xTIDn)
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>> i'm a 21 yr old transfemme enby pothead
>>So "enby" = "non-binary?"
transfemme = a transgender person that is mtf (male to female) that identifies as a lesbian [per UrbanDictionary]
This is a man, who identifies as a female lesbian, but is ALSO somehow non-binary.
Think a better description would be:
"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
>>So "enby" = "non-binary?"
transfemme = a transgender person that is mtf (male to female) that identifies as a lesbian [per UrbanDictionary]
This is a man, who identifies as a female lesbian, but is ALSO somehow non-binary.
Think a better description would be:
"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
120
Everything new today is 500% oversold. My default status on any new tech is that it's most likely garbage, and if it does do something it will be at best a very very slight improvement on current tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (uWKK
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AI is hype. First in the investment market, and then tech companies discovered that there was a Pascal's wager to not being seen as investing in AI.
You're not as marketable if you appear to be "neglecting" this technology. And you're much more comparable with other firms that are.
One of the head technicians at Google confessed that its just market demand.
However, based on a video I saw on ChatGTP. It probably has a more nefarious purpose of collecting data on us, as we "talk" to AI.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (uWKK
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AI is hype. First in the investment market, and then tech companies discovered that there was a Pascal's wager to not being seen as investing in AI.
You're not as marketable if you appear to be "neglecting" this technology. And you're much more comparable with other firms that are.
One of the head technicians at Google confessed that its just market demand.
However, based on a video I saw on ChatGTP. It probably has a more nefarious purpose of collecting data on us, as we "talk" to AI.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (krQz2)
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His plumber's name is in the Epstein files.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
"That means his plumber f*cked 12 year old girls!!!!"
- - - -- Leftists Everywhere
His plumber's name is in the Epstein files.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
"That means his plumber f*cked 12 year old girls!!!!"
- - - -- Leftists Everywhere
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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So "enby" = "non-binary?"
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
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I can see the "nb" standing for that.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:28 AM (krQz2)
The annotation NB means "nota bene" which means "note well."
It's too early in the day for me to get so riled up over the corruption of the Latin language.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
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I can see the "nb" standing for that.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:28 AM (krQz2)
The annotation NB means "nota bene" which means "note well."
It's too early in the day for me to get so riled up over the corruption of the Latin language.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants to take a flamethrower to Tumblr at July 25, 2025 11:32 AM (Wt5PA)
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"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
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"perv pothead".
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
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"perv pothead".
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:32 AM (krQz2)
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116 A new party would take literally decades to get close to the presidential level.
Musk doesn't realize he has already spearheaded the dawn of a powerful 3rd party, which is now LARPing as the GOP.
Tulsi and RFK Jr., however, are keenly aware of this.
Posted by: kallisto at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (dCxaZ)
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I think in the back of people's minds is George Wallace's and Ross Perot's independent runs.
They got shockingly close (not that close, just shockingly), and people expect to just be able to to that again.
Wallace and Perot were flukes. A fluke could happen again, but I'd never bet on one.
Musk doesn't realize he has already spearheaded the dawn of a powerful 3rd party, which is now LARPing as the GOP.
Tulsi and RFK Jr., however, are keenly aware of this.
Posted by: kallisto at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (dCxaZ)
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I think in the back of people's minds is George Wallace's and Ross Perot's independent runs.
They got shockingly close (not that close, just shockingly), and people expect to just be able to to that again.
Wallace and Perot were flukes. A fluke could happen again, but I'd never bet on one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
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99 I have a friend with an EV, a Tesla, and it is a nice car, but if we go hiking in the boonies, he's in trouble if he didn't come fully charged or even if he did.
My old ICE car though? 5m fillup and I'm good to go anywhere
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (t0Rmr)
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Saw a funny vid.
Guy has a gas can for his electric car. Onlooker asks guy to show him where he is going to fill up car with the gas. Guy opens trunk and reveals a portable generator with an auto charging plug and says "see, I fill it up right there"
My old ICE car though? 5m fillup and I'm good to go anywhere
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (t0Rmr)
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Saw a funny vid.
Guy has a gas can for his electric car. Onlooker asks guy to show him where he is going to fill up car with the gas. Guy opens trunk and reveals a portable generator with an auto charging plug and says "see, I fill it up right there"
Posted by: WisRich at July 25, 2025 11:33 AM (G0vdT)
126
Everything new today is 500% oversold. My default status on any new tech is that it's most likely garbage, and if it does do something it will be at best a very very slight improvement on current tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo
You take that back! I am awesome!
-- Segway
Posted by: Tom Servo
You take that back! I am awesome!
-- Segway
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
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Rep. Jim Jordan: Biden Administration’s Targeting of Catholics ‘Worse Than We Thought’
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The Catholics make their meatballs with the blood of Protestant babies.
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The Catholics make their meatballs with the blood of Protestant babies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (GbwPZ)
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Who can afford to pay $38k for a SECOND car?
In my areas there are plenty of wealthy leftist couples here they both work from home and yet they have two new cars.
And they will tell you "well everyone can afford to pay a little more to save the earth right?"
In my areas there are plenty of wealthy leftist couples here they both work from home and yet they have two new cars.
And they will tell you "well everyone can afford to pay a little more to save the earth right?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (t0Rmr)
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"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
And everyone wonders why the left wants to normalize pot smoking.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
And everyone wonders why the left wants to normalize pot smoking.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
131
So "enby" = "non-binary?"
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
It would appear that way, according to the inter-webs
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (cduTK
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What's the "e" for? Extra-non-binary?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
It would appear that way, according to the inter-webs
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:29 AM (cduTK
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What's the "e" for? Extra-non-binary?
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (krQz2)
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Got to give them credit for one thing. Of the three advantages they chose to highlight, one is the obvious “park everywhere” but the very first is “Space for two adults and three beer crates.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (EXyHK)
Love the one door on the front! Reminds one of the BMW Isetta.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (EXyHK)
Love the one door on the front! Reminds one of the BMW Isetta.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (2J/Lj)
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And they will tell you "well everyone can afford to pay a little more to save the earth right?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (t0Rmr)
They just write it off........
And they will tell you "well everyone can afford to pay a little more to save the earth right?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (t0Rmr)
They just write it off........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)
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However, based on a video I saw on ChatGTP. It probably has a more nefarious purpose of collecting data on us, as we "talk" to AI.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (krQz2)
There has been a lot of discussion on X about Grok, which is Elon's AI. You can ask it questions and it seems to give reasonable answers, but when people fact check it then apologizes and gives new answers.
Basically Grok has to be treated like a hostile witness, and will blatantly lie quite often, then back down when it's called out on the lie.
What kind of fucking use is a tool like that?
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (krQz2)
There has been a lot of discussion on X about Grok, which is Elon's AI. You can ask it questions and it seems to give reasonable answers, but when people fact check it then apologizes and gives new answers.
Basically Grok has to be treated like a hostile witness, and will blatantly lie quite often, then back down when it's called out on the lie.
What kind of fucking use is a tool like that?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (uWKK8)
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My brother has a Tesla that he drives 20 miles each way to work. He charges it from his rooftop solar panels.
It essentially costs him nothing to drive, and nothing extra to own vs an ICE vehicle.
He's a real edge case.
It essentially costs him nothing to drive, and nothing extra to own vs an ICE vehicle.
He's a real edge case.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
136
As one point Spain was using diesel generators to power its solar facilities. Why? They couldn't legally just tie the diesel generators into the grid.
But...they could use them to power lights to charge the solar panels...
But...they could use them to power lights to charge the solar panels...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (t0Rmr)
137
The Bama Mine in Alabama produced graphite. It was also produecd in New York. Alaska has a graphite resource as yet unmined. Graphite is pretty common.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (y1lin)
138
It's too early in the day for me to get so riled up over the corruption of the Latin language.
Posted by: pookysgirl
Iway eelfay ethay amesay away!
Posted by: pookysgirl
Iway eelfay ethay amesay away!
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
139
I have real resistance to all these electricity puns. The impedance of some people, thinking they’re so clever!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 11:36 AM (i5Vkf)
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There has been a lot of discussion on X about Grok, which is Elon's AI. You can ask it questions and it seems to give reasonable answers, but when people fact check it then apologizes and gives new answers.
Basically Grok has to be treated like a hostile witness, and will blatantly lie quite often, then back down when it's called out on the lie.
What kind of fucking use is a tool like that?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (uWKK8
AI is programmed by man. Man is flawed. Therefore, AI is flawed and ALWAYS WILL BE.
Basically Grok has to be treated like a hostile witness, and will blatantly lie quite often, then back down when it's called out on the lie.
What kind of fucking use is a tool like that?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (uWKK8
AI is programmed by man. Man is flawed. Therefore, AI is flawed and ALWAYS WILL BE.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
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‘ couple of hundred batteries together and then subject them to vibration’
Do they have anything in the design to isolate the battery from vibration? Shock absorbers or something?
It sounds like a good idea.
‘ couple of hundred batteries together and then subject them to vibration’
Do they have anything in the design to isolate the battery from vibration? Shock absorbers or something?
It sounds like a good idea.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 25, 2025 11:36 AM (jbnUc)
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Lotus the same, although they still have the DOA Emira on sale (for now). There always seems to be a rich sugardaddy to bail out these classic Brit brands, though.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (aeiyZ)
The rich sugardaddy - the British Government which used to be desperate to hold onto manufacturing jobs - is stone cold broke now. Even Rolls Royce has been sold to a German corp.
Lotus the same, although they still have the DOA Emira on sale (for now). There always seems to be a rich sugardaddy to bail out these classic Brit brands, though.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (aeiyZ)
The rich sugardaddy - the British Government which used to be desperate to hold onto manufacturing jobs - is stone cold broke now. Even Rolls Royce has been sold to a German corp.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (uWKK8)
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Wallace and Perot were flukes. A fluke could happen again, but I'd never bet on one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
I could see Tulsi as first female POTUS
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:32 AM (GBKbO)
I could see Tulsi as first female POTUS
Posted by: kallisto at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (dCxaZ)
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143 AI is programmed by man. Man is flawed. Therefore, AI is flawed and ALWAYS WILL BE.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
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I just wonder how hard it is to program them to not hallucinate things and just say, "I don't know that" instead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)
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I just wonder how hard it is to program them to not hallucinate things and just say, "I don't know that" instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
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US to leave Doha talks as Hamas not acting in good faith, Witkoff says
The United States will examine “alternative options” to bring home the 50 captives held by Hamas as the terrorist group “does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,” U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff said on Thursday.
“We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after the latest response from Hamas, which clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza,” U.S. President Donald Trump’s point man in the talks wrote in an X post on Thursday afternoon.
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Alternative Options > All Hell Breaking
Loose
The United States will examine “alternative options” to bring home the 50 captives held by Hamas as the terrorist group “does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,” U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff said on Thursday.
“We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after the latest response from Hamas, which clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza,” U.S. President Donald Trump’s point man in the talks wrote in an X post on Thursday afternoon.
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Alternative Options > All Hell Breaking
Loose
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (JvZF+)
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Simplest explanation is that Trump's name is in the Epstein files, and Elon was throwing a hissy fit.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)
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I'm not discounting that case. I'm just throwing out a possible "overlay" as I call it.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)
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I'm not discounting that case. I'm just throwing out a possible "overlay" as I call it.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (krQz2)
147
Everything new today is 500% oversold. My default status on any new tech is that it's most likely garbage, and if it does do something it will be at best a very very slight improvement on current tech.
Posted by: Tom Servo
You take that back! I am awesome!
-- Segway
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
The Segway highlight was Niles Crane flitting around on one in an episode of Frasier back in the day. It was funny
Posted by: Tom Servo
You take that back! I am awesome!
-- Segway
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
The Segway highlight was Niles Crane flitting around on one in an episode of Frasier back in the day. It was funny
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (i5Vkf)
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And everyone wonders why the left wants to normalize pot smoking.
Smoking high-potency pot is associated with markedly higher rates of schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly among young people.
What's not to like?
Smoking high-potency pot is associated with markedly higher rates of schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly among young people.
What's not to like?
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (xTIDn)
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My brother has a Tesla that he drives 20 miles each way to work. He charges it from his rooftop solar panels.
It essentially costs him nothing to drive, and nothing extra to own vs an ICE vehicle.
He's a real edge case.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
SpongeBro has a client that works at a powerplant outside of Paris, Texas. He drives his Tesla to and from work (around 40 or so miles a day). He plugs in at the plant, so he never pays for the electric used to charge it.
Free fuel for the rest of his career.
It essentially costs him nothing to drive, and nothing extra to own vs an ICE vehicle.
He's a real edge case.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
SpongeBro has a client that works at a powerplant outside of Paris, Texas. He drives his Tesla to and from work (around 40 or so miles a day). He plugs in at the plant, so he never pays for the electric used to charge it.
Free fuel for the rest of his career.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)
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Love the one door on the front! Reminds one of the BMW Isetta.
I saw one of those in Las Vegas last weekend. Son of Silvercon was right next to the Hollywood Cars Museum. The Isetta 300. You’re right, the Microlino looks a lot like the Isetta.
I could actually see owning a Microlino for driving around town. Most of the places I go don’t require a highway. And as a second car, it definitely doesn’t take up much space!
I saw one of those in Las Vegas last weekend. Son of Silvercon was right next to the Hollywood Cars Museum. The Isetta 300. You’re right, the Microlino looks a lot like the Isetta.
I could actually see owning a Microlino for driving around town. Most of the places I go don’t require a highway. And as a second car, it definitely doesn’t take up much space!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (EXyHK)
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144 60
‘ couple of hundred batteries together and then subject them to vibration’
Do they have anything in the design to isolate the battery from vibration? Shock absorbers or something?
It sounds like a good idea.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 25, 2025 11:36 AM (jbnUc)
The 50 foot woman in the art thread?
‘ couple of hundred batteries together and then subject them to vibration’
Do they have anything in the design to isolate the battery from vibration? Shock absorbers or something?
It sounds like a good idea.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 25, 2025 11:36 AM (jbnUc)
The 50 foot woman in the art thread?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (uWKK8)
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News: serial butt sniffer arrested.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (kXFFr)
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114 112 Simplest explanation is that Trump's name is in the Epstein files, and Elon was throwing a hissy fit.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)
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Everyone in Epstein's rolodex is in the Epstein files.
His plumber's name is in the Epstein files.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
Wasn't editorializing. His name is in it. A billion names are likely in it.
Elon saying that was Elon having a hissy fit and throwing some red meat out there to piss off Trump.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (KbCG3)
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Everyone in Epstein's rolodex is in the Epstein files.
His plumber's name is in the Epstein files.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GBKbO)
Wasn't editorializing. His name is in it. A billion names are likely in it.
Elon saying that was Elon having a hissy fit and throwing some red meat out there to piss off Trump.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (KbCG3)
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Graphite is pretty common.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (y1lin)
But it must be horribly poisonous! That's why we need to restrict mining it in America and have little brown people in the 3rd world do all of the mining!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (y1lin)
But it must be horribly poisonous! That's why we need to restrict mining it in America and have little brown people in the 3rd world do all of the mining!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...know-nothing progressive at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (SuQXo)
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150 The Fort Smith cops use Segways for downtown beat patrol and parking enforcement.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (gm9Sb)
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My brother has a Tesla that he drives 20 miles each way to work. He charges it from his rooftop solar panels.
It essentially costs him nothing to drive, and nothing extra to own vs an ICE vehicle.
He's a real edge case.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
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Sounds smug like most Tesla drivers. They're so smug.
It essentially costs him nothing to drive, and nothing extra to own vs an ICE vehicle.
He's a real edge case.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
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Sounds smug like most Tesla drivers. They're so smug.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (JvZF+)
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i[] I get a real charge out of stories like this!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
Ohms no......now it's a pun thread........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 11:16 AM (W/lyH)
Watts that?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 25, 2025 11:20 AM (wVcYX)
Ohms no......now it's a pun thread........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Life of Wryly at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (ycs3a)
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US to leave Doha talks as Hamas not acting in good faith, Witkoff says
Hamas is now demanding that Israel release the people who participated in the October 7th massacre.
Yeah, that's not happening.
Hamas is now demanding that Israel release the people who participated in the October 7th massacre.
Yeah, that's not happening.
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (xTIDn)
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156 Wasn't editorializing. His name is in it. A billion names are likely in it.
Elon saying that was Elon having a hissy fit and throwing some red meat out there to piss off Trump.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (KbCG3)
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I was just adding, not contradicting or anything.
Elon saying that was Elon having a hissy fit and throwing some red meat out there to piss off Trump.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (KbCG3)
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I was just adding, not contradicting or anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
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Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:30 AM (aeiyZ)
Do not cut and paste trolls.
Do not cut and paste trolls.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...know-nothing progressive at July 25, 2025 11:40 AM (SuQXo)
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Grok of late seems to be getting giving proper woke answers. It's all programming, but some of the programmers seem to have an agenda
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 11:40 AM (hIY2p)
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Lotus the same, although they still have the DOA Emira on sale (for now). There always seems to be a rich sugardaddy to bail out these classic Brit brands, though.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (aeiyZ)
The rich sugardaddy - the British Government which used to be desperate to hold onto manufacturing jobs - is stone cold broke now. Even Rolls Royce has been sold to a German corp.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (uWKK
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Yes. And Bentley to VW Group. Thee are private sugardaddies too, such as the buyers of Aston Martin. Th4 company is loosing 100s of billions a year, and the losses are increasing. At some point even sugardaddies tire of their THOTs.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM (aeiyZ)
The rich sugardaddy - the British Government which used to be desperate to hold onto manufacturing jobs - is stone cold broke now. Even Rolls Royce has been sold to a German corp.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (uWKK
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Yes. And Bentley to VW Group. Thee are private sugardaddies too, such as the buyers of Aston Martin. Th4 company is loosing 100s of billions a year, and the losses are increasing. At some point even sugardaddies tire of their THOTs.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 11:40 AM (aeiyZ)
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Smoking high-potency pot is associated with markedly higher rates of schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly among young people.
What's not to like?
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (xTIDn)
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Reefer Madness
What's not to like?
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (xTIDn)
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Reefer Madness
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:41 AM (JvZF+)
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A bit off topic but I'm gonna blow off steam about something that makes me incandescently angry.
The eye glass industrial complex mafia.
So get this, the eye doctor calls me and the lab wants to inform me that they cannot replace my broken glasses. "My what!?"
I sent my frames in to put in new lenses. So the lab says yeah your frames only have a year warranty so when they're broken they're not covered. "Broken, they're not broken I just need new lenses" No, they're broken alright, see, we just broke them in fact, so you need to pay for new ones, see.
"Wait, you broke them, you pay!". No they are out of warranty, so nothing we can do, you just have to give us even more money now. "MOTHER F, " Wait, have you heard about option B?, "option b...?" Yeah, option B is, SUUUCK IT!! YEAH! we keep your money and you get nothin. HA HA HA!
The eye glass industrial complex mafia.
So get this, the eye doctor calls me and the lab wants to inform me that they cannot replace my broken glasses. "My what!?"
I sent my frames in to put in new lenses. So the lab says yeah your frames only have a year warranty so when they're broken they're not covered. "Broken, they're not broken I just need new lenses" No, they're broken alright, see, we just broke them in fact, so you need to pay for new ones, see.
"Wait, you broke them, you pay!". No they are out of warranty, so nothing we can do, you just have to give us even more money now. "MOTHER F, " Wait, have you heard about option B?, "option b...?" Yeah, option B is, SUUUCK IT!! YEAH! we keep your money and you get nothin. HA HA HA!
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:41 AM (cduTK)
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NB: I read somewhere the other day that the EPA is still on the bandwagon for net zero by 2050, so Zeldin needs to get on the ball and rescind that.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 25, 2025 11:41 AM (Vfq+S)
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The Bama Mine in Alabama produced graphite. It was also produecd in New York. Alaska has a graphite resource as yet unmined. Graphite is pretty common.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (y1lin)
Mt. Pleasant, TX has a massive lignite mine that was used to fuel the coal fired plant off Lake Monticello. There's estimated at least 150 years of fuel there.
Owebama's deal with Rick Perry forced the closure of most of the coal fired plants in Texas.
For the first time in history, Texas experienced rolling blackouts during 'Snowmageddon.'
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (y1lin)
Mt. Pleasant, TX has a massive lignite mine that was used to fuel the coal fired plant off Lake Monticello. There's estimated at least 150 years of fuel there.
Owebama's deal with Rick Perry forced the closure of most of the coal fired plants in Texas.
For the first time in history, Texas experienced rolling blackouts during 'Snowmageddon.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)
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Basically Grok has to be treated like a hostile witness, and will blatantly lie quite often, then back down when it's called out on the lie.
What kind of fucking use is a tool like that?
Posted by: Tom Servo
Stand in for a leftist?
What kind of fucking use is a tool like that?
Posted by: Tom Servo
Stand in for a leftist?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:41 AM (JBVNW)
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> Team EV tried to use the power of government to deny me the right to buy an internal combustion (“ICE” ) vehicle, making EVs my only legal option.
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The left wanted to restrict your ability to freely move about the country. A mobile society is difficult to subjugate.
This was always the core of the mandate. Saving the erf was cover.
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The left wanted to restrict your ability to freely move about the country. A mobile society is difficult to subjugate.
This was always the core of the mandate. Saving the erf was cover.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2025 11:42 AM (Q4IgG)
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Is this information current?
Posted by: Life of Wryly at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (ycs3a)
Seems it's transformered back to on-topic.
Is this information current?
Posted by: Life of Wryly at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (ycs3a)
Seems it's transformered back to on-topic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)
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165 The eye glass industrial complex mafia.
So get this, the eye doctor calls me and the lab wants to inform me that they cannot replace my broken glasses. "My what!?"
I sent my frames in to put in new lenses. So the lab says yeah your frames only have a year warranty so when they're broken they're not covered. "Broken, they're not broken I just need new lenses" No, they're broken alright, see, we just broke them in fact, so you need to pay for new ones, see.
"Wait, you broke them, you pay!". No they are out of warranty, so nothing we can do, you just have to give us even more money now. "MOTHER F, " Wait, have you heard about option B?, "option b...?" Yeah, option B is, SUUUCK IT!! YEAH! we keep your money and you get nothin. HA HA HA!
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:41 AM (cduTK)
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zennioptical.com
All you need is your prescription, and you can get glasses for as little as $10.
When I wore glasses before LASIK, that's where I got all of mine for about a decade.
So get this, the eye doctor calls me and the lab wants to inform me that they cannot replace my broken glasses. "My what!?"
I sent my frames in to put in new lenses. So the lab says yeah your frames only have a year warranty so when they're broken they're not covered. "Broken, they're not broken I just need new lenses" No, they're broken alright, see, we just broke them in fact, so you need to pay for new ones, see.
"Wait, you broke them, you pay!". No they are out of warranty, so nothing we can do, you just have to give us even more money now. "MOTHER F, " Wait, have you heard about option B?, "option b...?" Yeah, option B is, SUUUCK IT!! YEAH! we keep your money and you get nothin. HA HA HA!
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:41 AM (cduTK)
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zennioptical.com
All you need is your prescription, and you can get glasses for as little as $10.
When I wore glasses before LASIK, that's where I got all of mine for about a decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
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Wow, hadn't thought about Rick Perry in ages. Talk about someone who just dropped out of sight.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:43 AM (77rzZ)
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I just wonder how hard it is to program them to not hallucinate things and just say, "I don't know that" instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
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Because next-word prediction doesn't necessarily contain that evaluation.
What subject material would you train an AI on to decide that it didn't know something?
My biggest fear is not that AI will take over, my biggest fear is that elite idiots will *let* it "take over", thinking it can.
I sometimes use an AI assistant in programming. You'll start to type one line and then, boom the line you needed to type becomes available for tab completion. You'll tab complete it.
You start another line and usually if it's related, boom another line appears almost the way you type it.
And then you think it's a rhythm; it's really getting the hang of where you want to go. But about the 3rd or 4th completion, you'll see something and go "Where the hell would you get the idea that that's even useful to do?"
Here's the thing, it can pull off a handful of successful guesses as to what a human is going to type next. That's "next word prediction".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:37 AM (GBKbO)
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Because next-word prediction doesn't necessarily contain that evaluation.
What subject material would you train an AI on to decide that it didn't know something?
My biggest fear is not that AI will take over, my biggest fear is that elite idiots will *let* it "take over", thinking it can.
I sometimes use an AI assistant in programming. You'll start to type one line and then, boom the line you needed to type becomes available for tab completion. You'll tab complete it.
You start another line and usually if it's related, boom another line appears almost the way you type it.
And then you think it's a rhythm; it's really getting the hang of where you want to go. But about the 3rd or 4th completion, you'll see something and go "Where the hell would you get the idea that that's even useful to do?"
Here's the thing, it can pull off a handful of successful guesses as to what a human is going to type next. That's "next word prediction".
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:43 AM (krQz2)
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It essentially costs him nothing to drive, and nothing extra to own vs an ICE vehicle.
He's a real edge case.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
It costs him:
1) In added insurance costs for both the EV and the solar panels.
2) In depreciation of said golf cart.
3) If anything breaks on that Tesla and its not under warranty it will be ludicrously expensive to fix.
He's a real edge case.
Posted by: toby928 at July 25, 2025 11:35 AM (jc0TO)
It costs him:
1) In added insurance costs for both the EV and the solar panels.
2) In depreciation of said golf cart.
3) If anything breaks on that Tesla and its not under warranty it will be ludicrously expensive to fix.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2025 11:43 AM (gZP7n)
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It's still amazing to me that we are, maybe, just now getting over the negative effects of Obama's "cash for clunkers."
And add that to another reason to hate the media--who sold it via the lie that it was merely taking decades-old, inoperable cars off the road.
Instead of gutting the used car market by destroying perfectly good cars with substantial life left in them--which overwhelmingly hurt the poor. Badly.
While driving the price of all cars up.
The only people who actually exploit the poor the way the marxists claim capitalist, do are the marxists.
And add that to another reason to hate the media--who sold it via the lie that it was merely taking decades-old, inoperable cars off the road.
Instead of gutting the used car market by destroying perfectly good cars with substantial life left in them--which overwhelmingly hurt the poor. Badly.
While driving the price of all cars up.
The only people who actually exploit the poor the way the marxists claim capitalist, do are the marxists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 25, 2025 11:43 AM (M5STE)
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This was always the core of the mandate. Saving the erf was cover.
“Look at the facts. Slow charging. Limited range. All you’d need is a reverse charger and embedded power rails and you could ground every vehicle in America at the touch of a button.”
“Look at the facts. Slow charging. Limited range. All you’d need is a reverse charger and embedded power rails and you could ground every vehicle in America at the touch of a button.”
Posted by: Lazlo Hollyfeld at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (EXyHK)
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They already are solid state. There isn't a tube in any of them.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (JBVNW)
Which is why your EV will croak when the big EMP strikes.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:22 AM (JBVNW)
Which is why your EV will croak when the big EMP strikes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (y1lin)
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"Wait, you broke them, you pay!". No they are out of warranty, so nothing we can do, you just have to give us even more money now. "MOTHER F, " Wait, have you heard about option B?, "option b...?" Yeah, option B is, SUUUCK IT!! YEAH! we keep your money and you get nothin. HA HA HA!
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate
Stand outside lab with a Bernz-o-matic torch and a logging chain.
Proceed to chain doors shut.
Modern problems require modern solutions.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate
Stand outside lab with a Bernz-o-matic torch and a logging chain.
Proceed to chain doors shut.
Modern problems require modern solutions.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (JBVNW)
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Wow, hadn't thought about Rick Perry in ages. Talk about someone who just dropped out of sight.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:43 AM (77rzZ)
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I got 3 things to say about him.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:43 AM (77rzZ)
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I got 3 things to say about him.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (krQz2)
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Smoking high-potency pot is associated with markedly higher rates of schizophrenia and psychosis, particularly among young people.
What's not to like?
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (xTIDn)
Pueblo, Colorado has transformed from the useless pamphlet capitol of the US to the top THC producer. They are producing over 90% pure THC and releasing it to the masses. The brain can't handle that much THC and it's creating zombies everywhere.
Government turns a blind eye as there is no regulation for it.
What's not to like?
Posted by: The ARC Of History! at July 25, 2025 11:38 AM (xTIDn)
Pueblo, Colorado has transformed from the useless pamphlet capitol of the US to the top THC producer. They are producing over 90% pure THC and releasing it to the masses. The brain can't handle that much THC and it's creating zombies everywhere.
Government turns a blind eye as there is no regulation for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)
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Once they're on fire they're infernal combustion vehicles.
Posted by: DaveA at July 25, 2025 11:45 AM (FhXTo)
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"It's when you try to weld a couple of hundred batteries together and then subject them to vibration and liquids is when you start having problems.
Posted by: rickb223 "
Well...yeah.
I'm not afraid of my cell phone.
It's the big batteries that you can not put out in any way at all that scare the shit out of me.
Posted by: rickb223 "
Well...yeah.
I'm not afraid of my cell phone.
It's the big batteries that you can not put out in any way at all that scare the shit out of me.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:45 AM (fV+MH)
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Hamas doesn't want a ceasefire. Ok Israel keep killing them . The line about the Palestinians never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity applies
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2025 11:46 AM (hIY2p)
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‘many people here are convinced that millions of trannies and other "sexual minorities" are about to flee the evil red states and move to Oregon.‘
That’s roughly what I was getting at.
Oregon would be a vacuum Hoovering up all the mental fuckups from 49 grateful states.
‘many people here are convinced that millions of trannies and other "sexual minorities" are about to flee the evil red states and move to Oregon.‘
That’s roughly what I was getting at.
Oregon would be a vacuum Hoovering up all the mental fuckups from 49 grateful states.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 25, 2025 11:47 AM (jbnUc)
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Sounds smug like most Tesla drivers. They're so smug.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (JvZF+)
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They probably think this thread is about them.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 25, 2025 11:39 AM (JvZF+)
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They probably think this thread is about them.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:47 AM (krQz2)
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>>> zennioptical.com
All you need is your prescription, and you can get glasses for as little as $10.
When I wore glasses before LASIK, that's where I got all of mine for about a decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
Yeah I would love to but no. 1) I'm old enough that I need progressive lenses, human arms aren't even long enough to hold things out the distance I'd need and 2) My eyesight is bad enough that I need high index of refraction polymers. Most all of those cheaper outfits do not make the glasses I need or charge even higher. These f'ers know people like me are dependent on them and they just blatantly use me.
All you need is your prescription, and you can get glasses for as little as $10.
When I wore glasses before LASIK, that's where I got all of mine for about a decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
Yeah I would love to but no. 1) I'm old enough that I need progressive lenses, human arms aren't even long enough to hold things out the distance I'd need and 2) My eyesight is bad enough that I need high index of refraction polymers. Most all of those cheaper outfits do not make the glasses I need or charge even higher. These f'ers know people like me are dependent on them and they just blatantly use me.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:47 AM (cduTK)
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Remember, it was even illegal to sell "cash for clunkers" cars for parts.
To try and suffocate the life out of even those cars not traded in.
That was pretty damned insidious and mean.
As intended.
To try and suffocate the life out of even those cars not traded in.
That was pretty damned insidious and mean.
As intended.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 25, 2025 11:47 AM (M5STE)
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Pueblo, Colorado has transformed from the useless pamphlet capitol of the US
Posted by: Sponge
Wow, I had forgotten all about that. I remember all those public-service ads when I was kid mentioning Pueblo.
Posted by: Sponge
Wow, I had forgotten all about that. I remember all those public-service ads when I was kid mentioning Pueblo.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:48 AM (77rzZ)
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I'm not afraid of my cell phone.
Airlines seem to be. I’ve done a bit of traveling by air over the last month. There’s a new warning on the flights I’ve taken that I don’t recall having heard before: always keep your portable device power packs out where they can be seen.
Airlines seem to be. I’ve done a bit of traveling by air over the last month. There’s a new warning on the flights I’ve taken that I don’t recall having heard before: always keep your portable device power packs out where they can be seen.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 11:48 AM (EXyHK)
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I got 3 things to say about him.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (krQz2)
I'll give him credit for saying the most poignant thing ever in his presidential campaign.
"My goal as president would be to make the federal government as inconsequential in your life as possible."
What we have had for decades is the polar opposite of that and look where we are.
I got 3 things to say about him.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (krQz2)
I'll give him credit for saying the most poignant thing ever in his presidential campaign.
"My goal as president would be to make the federal government as inconsequential in your life as possible."
What we have had for decades is the polar opposite of that and look where we are.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)
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Proceed to chain doors shut.
Modern problems require modern solutions.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (JBVNW)
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Manners maketh Man.
Modern problems require modern solutions.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 25, 2025 11:44 AM (JBVNW)
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Manners maketh Man.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:49 AM (krQz2)
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Ya know what? The government burns my fuckin ass.
Posted by: From the hinterlands, wherever that is. at July 25, 2025 11:49 AM (Jb4mI)
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News: electric forklift fire prompts evacuation in San Fernando Valley.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 25, 2025 11:49 AM (kXFFr)
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They burn so hot they turn water into hydrogen and oxygen. WTF!!!!!
Even fire extinguishers get turned into accelerants.
They make ships sink and planes crash.
Even fire extinguishers get turned into accelerants.
They make ships sink and planes crash.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:49 AM (fV+MH)
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They burn so hot they turn water into hydrogen and oxygen. WTF!!!!!
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It's a chemical fire. Water doesn't necessarily do much. You need foam to smother the fire.
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It's a chemical fire. Water doesn't necessarily do much. You need foam to smother the fire.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:51 AM (krQz2)
Posted by: DaveA at July 25, 2025 11:51 AM (FhXTo)
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This is a man, who identifies as a female lesbian, but is ALSO somehow non-binary.
Think a better description would be:
"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
"Unrealized compost" would also fit.
Think a better description would be:
"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
"Unrealized compost" would also fit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:51 AM (m0ILq)
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Tesla is about to lose about $9,000 per unit of revenue that is being paid by you and me. If Teslas are as amazing as all its fans keep writing me, they shouldn’t mind paying $9,000 more so that I don’t have to keep subsidizing them.
[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM
And then they go back to being a niche supplier of virtue signaling exclusivity, just like the old days.
[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM
And then they go back to being a niche supplier of virtue signaling exclusivity, just like the old days.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 25, 2025 11:51 AM (Hx0tZ)
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I really do think that EVs have a valid niche in the world, its just a pretty small one. Stuff like Taxis, delivery vans, second car just to drive to work, that kind of thing. Beyond that its just a fad that has had its day.
But you still get even big time car guys going "EV is the future!" No, no it is not. Its the very old past.
But you still get even big time car guys going "EV is the future!" No, no it is not. Its the very old past.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:53 AM (dfIr7)
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Sidebar:
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American Eagle Outfitters has a new ad with Sidney Sweeney, and you are going to like it. [CBD]
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American Eagle — where I worked three years as a teenager at Rivergate Mall — is struggling, stock has tanked. So they just put Sydney Sweeney in a tank top and jeans to be the new face of their brand. Will it work?
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I felt a change....
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American Eagle Outfitters has a new ad with Sidney Sweeney, and you are going to like it. [CBD]
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American Eagle — where I worked three years as a teenager at Rivergate Mall — is struggling, stock has tanked. So they just put Sydney Sweeney in a tank top and jeans to be the new face of their brand. Will it work?
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I felt a change....
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (krQz2)
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These frames probably cost $25 material $50 labor&overhead. They cost many, many, many hundreds of dollars. Frames+lenses = over a thousand. And they want that as a yearly income stream. The frames, many of them are made out of titanium, they will last longer than my old ass. All I ever want is to get new lenses. But they want your use of your eyesight to be a subscription plan. You want to be able to see? yearly fee, we own your sight.
I want all of these people to be replaced by AI and then I want them to be tied down and have a train run on them by rusty robots commanded by the AI.
I want all of these people to be replaced by AI and then I want them to be tied down and have a train run on them by rusty robots commanded by the AI.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (cduTK)
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Cash for Clunkers. I wondered how many of those cars, written off as scrap, made it into a cargo container, loaded on a ship, and made it to the rest of the world where they got a premium price.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (gm9Sb)
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"It's a chemical fire. Water doesn't necessarily do much. You need foam to smother the fire.
Posted by: Axeman"
Dude it turns water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Essentially the most flammable thing and the thing that feeds fire the most.
Posted by: Axeman"
Dude it turns water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Essentially the most flammable thing and the thing that feeds fire the most.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (fV+MH)
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News: electric forklift fire prompts evacuation in San Fernando Valley.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 25, 2025 11:49 AM (kXFFr)
electric forklifts have been around a long long time.
The old school and very heavy batteries are positioned as part of the counterbalance fork trucks need.
Lithium batteries would actually work against the usefulness of electric fork trucks
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 25, 2025 11:49 AM (kXFFr)
electric forklifts have been around a long long time.
The old school and very heavy batteries are positioned as part of the counterbalance fork trucks need.
Lithium batteries would actually work against the usefulness of electric fork trucks
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (Hx0tZ)
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It's a chemical fire. Water doesn't necessarily do much. You need foam to smother the fire.
They act like thermite, not needing oxygen to burn, so smothering them does nothing. You need something to counteract the chemical reaction, which is rare and expensive.
They act like thermite, not needing oxygen to burn, so smothering them does nothing. You need something to counteract the chemical reaction, which is rare and expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (dfIr7)
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Meditate the puns away.
OOOHHHMMM!!!
Posted by: DaveA at July 25, 2025 11:51 AM (FhXTo)
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Owa Tagoo Siam.
OOOHHHMMM!!!
Posted by: DaveA at July 25, 2025 11:51 AM (FhXTo)
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Owa Tagoo Siam.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:55 AM (krQz2)
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119 Think a better description would be:
"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
Unfortunately, people like that tend not to be sexually confused.
They want to collect every kink they possibly can. They want it all.
Sometimes they even want the STDs that come with it.
"I am a profoundly sexually confused pothead. . ."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 25, 2025 11:31 AM (GbwPZ)
Unfortunately, people like that tend not to be sexually confused.
They want to collect every kink they possibly can. They want it all.
Sometimes they even want the STDs that come with it.
Posted by: XTC at July 25, 2025 11:55 AM (UnA8+)
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Ugh, the jargon with these people. It's a constant, deliberate perversion of the English and Latin languages.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants to take a flamethrower to Tumblr at July 25, 2025 11:28 AM (Wt5PA)
If you don't understand that then you're not a cool cat. Not groovy at all.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants to take a flamethrower to Tumblr at July 25, 2025 11:28 AM (Wt5PA)
If you don't understand that then you're not a cool cat. Not groovy at all.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2025 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)
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I prefer 1a) Option 1 plus lots of control freak politicians and bureaucrats hanging from lampposts. It helps me maintain my principles while also heavily discouraging a return to option 2 in the future.
Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2025 11:56 AM (yDIvu)
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I wondered how many of those cars, written off as scrap, made it into a cargo container, loaded on a ship, and made it to the rest of the world where they got a premium price.
THey didn't get moved whole. They were by law forced to fill the motor with resin to destroy them, and cubed. It was one of the single most evil acts of destruction of cheap transportation that benefitted poor people and kids in the history of this country.
THey didn't get moved whole. They were by law forced to fill the motor with resin to destroy them, and cubed. It was one of the single most evil acts of destruction of cheap transportation that benefitted poor people and kids in the history of this country.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:56 AM (dfIr7)
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American Eagle — where I worked three years as a teenager at Rivergate Mall — is struggling, stock has tanked. So they just put Sydney Sweeney in a tank top and jeans to be the new face of their brand. Will it work?
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I felt a change....
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (krQz2)
"face" of the brand.
If done right, nobody will notice the face.
Welcome back to the late 70s and early 80s
American Eagle — where I worked three years as a teenager at Rivergate Mall — is struggling, stock has tanked. So they just put Sydney Sweeney in a tank top and jeans to be the new face of their brand. Will it work?
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I felt a change....
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (krQz2)
"face" of the brand.
If done right, nobody will notice the face.
Welcome back to the late 70s and early 80s
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 25, 2025 11:57 AM (Hx0tZ)
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Dude it turns water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Essentially the most flammable thing and the thing that feeds fire the most.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (fV+MH)
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I meant chemical fires in general. Yes, I know how flammable hydrogen is.
Essentially the most flammable thing and the thing that feeds fire the most.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (fV+MH)
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I meant chemical fires in general. Yes, I know how flammable hydrogen is.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:57 AM (krQz2)
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Ugh, the jargon with these people. It's a constant, deliberate perversion of the English and Latin languages.
My least favorite term being used constantly by everyone right now? "aura" and "aura farming." Its suddenly EVERYWHERE like everyone got a memo.
My least favorite term being used constantly by everyone right now? "aura" and "aura farming." Its suddenly EVERYWHERE like everyone got a memo.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:57 AM (dfIr7)
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Not groovy at all.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
One of my best friends in the Navy routinely used the word "groovy." In the early '90s.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
One of my best friends in the Navy routinely used the word "groovy." In the early '90s.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (77rzZ)
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Its the very old past.
This is one of the things that gets me. I hear so often that if only electric vehicles had been around as long as gas vehicles, they’d be just as efficient or better. I point out that there have been battery-operated vehicles literally since the dawn of the automobile; they predate the gas-powered auto.
They agree, then the next time the EV conversation comes up, literally repeat the same “if only”.
This is one of the things that gets me. I hear so often that if only electric vehicles had been around as long as gas vehicles, they’d be just as efficient or better. I point out that there have been battery-operated vehicles literally since the dawn of the automobile; they predate the gas-powered auto.
They agree, then the next time the EV conversation comes up, literally repeat the same “if only”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: runner at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (g47mK)
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213 Not groovy at all.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
One of my best friends in the Navy routinely used the word "groovy." In the early '90s.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (77rzZ)
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If I use it, I'm quoting Ash Williams.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
One of my best friends in the Navy routinely used the word "groovy." In the early '90s.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (77rzZ)
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If I use it, I'm quoting Ash Williams.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (GBKbO)
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zennioptical.com
All you need is your prescription, and you can get glasses for as little as $10.
When I wore glasses before LASIK, that's where I got all of mine for about a decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
Last glasses I bought, I got them in Los Algodones, MX. Made while I waited, and quite cheap. They outlasted my need for them.
All you need is your prescription, and you can get glasses for as little as $10.
When I wore glasses before LASIK, that's where I got all of mine for about a decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 11:42 AM (GBKbO)
Last glasses I bought, I got them in Los Algodones, MX. Made while I waited, and quite cheap. They outlasted my need for them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (m0ILq)
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It's a chemical fire. Water doesn't necessarily do much. You need foam to smother the fire.
They act like thermite, not needing oxygen to burn, so smothering them does nothing. You need something to counteract the chemical reaction, which is rare and expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (dfIr7)
Also, it's possible the fire is hot enough that submerging it in water will prompt splitting the water molecules, increasing the amount of oxygen available to the fire.
They act like thermite, not needing oxygen to burn, so smothering them does nothing. You need something to counteract the chemical reaction, which is rare and expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (dfIr7)
Also, it's possible the fire is hot enough that submerging it in water will prompt splitting the water molecules, increasing the amount of oxygen available to the fire.
Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (yDIvu)
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Stuff like Taxis, delivery vans"
Nope. In fact, that's worse. Those vehicles only make money when working - not while charging. Plus, they're heavy (extra materials needed to carry identical loads)...
Nearby amazon hub always has dozens of electric vans charging... while the fuel one are delivering.
Nope. In fact, that's worse. Those vehicles only make money when working - not while charging. Plus, they're heavy (extra materials needed to carry identical loads)...
Nearby amazon hub always has dozens of electric vans charging... while the fuel one are delivering.
Posted by: man at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (tubbA)
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They act like thermite, not needing oxygen to burn, so smothering them does nothing.
Correct as I understand it. They go exothermic. The normal fire triangle does not apply.
Correct as I understand it. They go exothermic. The normal fire triangle does not apply.
Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (D/W93)
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"Aura farming?" WTH is that????
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
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They act like thermite, not needing oxygen to burn, so smothering them does nothing. You need something to counteract the chemical reaction, which is rare and expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (dfIr7)
Read a full article on the sinking of the Morning Midas. The salvage crew found that their only chance of putting out the fire was to cool it by flooding the deck with seawater, to cool everything down enough to stop burning. Car carriers however have long open decks. I guess the short and sweet summary is that they were successful in putting the fire out; unfortunately, they sank the ship doing it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (dfIr7)
Read a full article on the sinking of the Morning Midas. The salvage crew found that their only chance of putting out the fire was to cool it by flooding the deck with seawater, to cool everything down enough to stop burning. Car carriers however have long open decks. I guess the short and sweet summary is that they were successful in putting the fire out; unfortunately, they sank the ship doing it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2025 11:59 AM (uWKK8)
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I wondered how many of those cars, written off as scrap, made it into a cargo container, loaded on a ship, and made it to the rest of the world where they got a premium price.
THey didn't get moved whole. They were by law forced to fill the motor with resin to destroy them, and cubed. It was one of the single most evil acts of destruction of cheap transportation that benefitted poor people and kids in the history of this country.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:56 AM (dfIr7)
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Yes, although I believe like every other Obama-scummy program is was just one giant money-laundering and grift scam to funnel money to Democraps.
THey didn't get moved whole. They were by law forced to fill the motor with resin to destroy them, and cubed. It was one of the single most evil acts of destruction of cheap transportation that benefitted poor people and kids in the history of this country.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:56 AM (dfIr7)
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Yes, although I believe like every other Obama-scummy program is was just one giant money-laundering and grift scam to funnel money to Democraps.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 12:00 PM (aeiyZ)
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So they just put Sydney Sweeney in a tank top and jeans to be the new face of their brand. Will it work?
Their stock went up like 200 million in value, I think its working LOL
Their stock went up like 200 million in value, I think its working LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 12:00 PM (dfIr7)
Posted by: Ming at July 25, 2025 12:01 PM (EXyHK)
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224 Their stock went up like 200 million in value, I think its working LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 12:00 PM (dfIr7)
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"You hear that movie studios!? My tits are worth $100 million each! Pay the fuck up!"
-Sydney Sweeney, star of Madame Web
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 12:00 PM (dfIr7)
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"You hear that movie studios!? My tits are worth $100 million each! Pay the fuck up!"
-Sydney Sweeney, star of Madame Web
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:01 PM (GBKbO)
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I remember they taught us in the Navy about metal fires, like when a plane on an aircraft carrier goes up in flames.
There's no way to extinguish it. They only thing to do is to (somehow) push it overboard into the sea. Even then, it doesn't go out until the fuel is totally consumed.
I imagine that an EV fire would be the same thing. Right?
There's no way to extinguish it. They only thing to do is to (somehow) push it overboard into the sea. Even then, it doesn't go out until the fuel is totally consumed.
I imagine that an EV fire would be the same thing. Right?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:02 PM (77rzZ)
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Correct as I understand it. They go exothermic. The normal fire triangle does not apply.
Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (D/W93)
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Ouch.
So only a special inhibitor will do?
Yeah, that's an uncontrolled risk. Unless you start inspecting everybody's battery when they get on a transport, or require every EV owner to have an up-to-date certificate of battery state.
Posted by: Long Memory at July 25, 2025 11:58 AM (D/W93)
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Ouch.
So only a special inhibitor will do?
Yeah, that's an uncontrolled risk. Unless you start inspecting everybody's battery when they get on a transport, or require every EV owner to have an up-to-date certificate of battery state.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:02 PM (krQz2)
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I wonder how quick you could get a hot-rodded Tesla to go?
Strip all the luxury weight.
Add another motor or 2.
Split the battery and run the 2 halves in series.
Strip all the luxury weight.
Add another motor or 2.
Split the battery and run the 2 halves in series.
Posted by: DaveA at July 25, 2025 12:02 PM (FhXTo)
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Sydney Sweeney looked pretty good in the trailer I saw of the Barbarella remake.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
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Sidney Sweeney may single-handedly kill woke.
Or would that be double tiddedly?
Truly the Age of Trump is upon us.
Or would that be double tiddedly?
Truly the Age of Trump is upon us.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 12:03 PM (fV+MH)
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Lithium batt advertisements I noticed cleverly suggest they have “built in protection circuitry” that prevent re-charging once it approaches freezing temperatures. As if this is a feature, and not a bug.
I am well-versed in lead-acid battery charging. This was all hashed out 100 years ago, and a very mature technology.
And it is a huge pain in the ass to charge in freezing or zero/subzero temperatures. Due to internal battery resistance charging times are longer, and voltages need to increase to compensate. And the current output is degraded to boot.
But it can be done. A charging system, a battery power supply that is bricked once temps hit 35 deg. or so is a non-starter right there.
Golf Carts for a second car make sense for some people some places. No need for a F950 Earth Fucker to pick up a loaf of bread. But they didn’t go that route. One size fits all, no choice, and it costs $40,000 probably, your government at work.
I am well-versed in lead-acid battery charging. This was all hashed out 100 years ago, and a very mature technology.
And it is a huge pain in the ass to charge in freezing or zero/subzero temperatures. Due to internal battery resistance charging times are longer, and voltages need to increase to compensate. And the current output is degraded to boot.
But it can be done. A charging system, a battery power supply that is bricked once temps hit 35 deg. or so is a non-starter right there.
Golf Carts for a second car make sense for some people some places. No need for a F950 Earth Fucker to pick up a loaf of bread. But they didn’t go that route. One size fits all, no choice, and it costs $40,000 probably, your government at work.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 12:03 PM (9aAxm)
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Elon Musk is the most perfect example of moral hazard that ever lived on this planet.
Musk is a genius who happens to be amoral.
Other big names in that space, like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and George Soros, are affected by morality as evidenced by the amount of deception they put in their megalomaniacal, sociopathic pursuit of foisting evil on the world.
Musk just follows wherever the perverse incentives lead him.
Elon Musk is the most perfect example of moral hazard that ever lived on this planet.
Musk is a genius who happens to be amoral.
Other big names in that space, like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and George Soros, are affected by morality as evidenced by the amount of deception they put in their megalomaniacal, sociopathic pursuit of foisting evil on the world.
Musk just follows wherever the perverse incentives lead him.
Posted by: biteme at July 25, 2025 12:04 PM (xWS9V)
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230 Sydney Sweeney looked pretty good in the trailer I saw of the Barbarella remake.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
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Well, fake trailer.
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:03 PM (77rzZ)
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Well, fake trailer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:04 PM (GBKbO)
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Meditate the puns away.
OOOHHHMMM!!!
Posted by: DaveA
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Owa Tagoo Siam.
Posted by: Axeman
I don't have the capacitance to deal with this charged atmosphere.
*simulated flounce*
OOOHHHMMM!!!
Posted by: DaveA
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Owa Tagoo Siam.
Posted by: Axeman
I don't have the capacitance to deal with this charged atmosphere.
*simulated flounce*
Posted by: BifBewalski at July 25, 2025 12:05 PM (IlDvz)
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They act like thermite, not needing oxygen to burn, so smothering them does nothing. You need something to counteract the chemical reaction, which is rare and expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (dfIr7)
IIRC, the recommended countermeasure for thermite incendiary bombs was simply to cover them with sand, and let them burn themselves out. Could be done with burning e-cars, too. Sand is real cheap.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 11:54 AM (dfIr7)
IIRC, the recommended countermeasure for thermite incendiary bombs was simply to cover them with sand, and let them burn themselves out. Could be done with burning e-cars, too. Sand is real cheap.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2025 12:05 PM (m0ILq)
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Yeah, that's an uncontrolled risk. Unless you start inspecting everybody's battery when they get on a transport, or require every EV owner to have an up-to-date certificate of battery state.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:02 PM (krQz2)
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Also, to park one in a garage.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:02 PM (krQz2)
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Also, to park one in a garage.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:05 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (77rzZ)
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Pueblo, Colorado has transformed from the useless pamphlet capitol of the US to the top THC producer. They are producing over 90% pure THC and releasing it to the masses. The brain can't handle that much THC and it's creating zombies everywhere.
Government turns a blind eye as there is no regulation for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)
Does this mean the Pueblo gangs have found a way to fund their organizations?
Last time I visited Pueblo, it was a shell of its former self. Very sad.
I recall their last gasp -- the solidly Democrat union majority town voted for Trump in 2016(and probably 2020, but by that time it was difficult to tell for sure). But Colorado Democrat government strangled the remaining life out of the place. Now they are demoralized and circling the drain.
Government turns a blind eye as there is no regulation for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)
Does this mean the Pueblo gangs have found a way to fund their organizations?
Last time I visited Pueblo, it was a shell of its former self. Very sad.
I recall their last gasp -- the solidly Democrat union majority town voted for Trump in 2016(and probably 2020, but by that time it was difficult to tell for sure). But Colorado Democrat government strangled the remaining life out of the place. Now they are demoralized and circling the drain.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (FMtrg)
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Their stock went up like 200 million in value, I think its working LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 12:00 PM (dfIr7)
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"You hear that movie studios!? My tits are worth $100 million each! Pay the fuck up!"
-Sydney Sweeney, star of Madame Web
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:01 PM (GBKbO)
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I’m getting an American Apparel vibe from them, which isn’t a good thing. Their stock was way higher a year ago. I think the clothing brand market is changing, and not for the better.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 12:00 PM (dfIr7)
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"You hear that movie studios!? My tits are worth $100 million each! Pay the fuck up!"
-Sydney Sweeney, star of Madame Web
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:01 PM (GBKbO)
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I’m getting an American Apparel vibe from them, which isn’t a good thing. Their stock was way higher a year ago. I think the clothing brand market is changing, and not for the better.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (aeiyZ)
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Wow, I had forgotten all about that. I remember all those public-service ads when I was kid mentioning Pueblo.
__________ ________
The fat guy eating the huge sammitch while orderongbs pamphlet on exercise and weight control
Back when obesity was the exception.
__________ ________
The fat guy eating the huge sammitch while orderongbs pamphlet on exercise and weight control
Back when obesity was the exception.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (WF9tx)
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238 Well, fake trailer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
So, there never was a Barbarella remake?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (77rzZ)
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Sweeney has signed on to do it. Edgar Wright has signed on to direct it.
But Wright has been busy with The Running Man for 2 years.
It could end up being his next movie, but it won't start production for months, even if fast-tracked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
So, there never was a Barbarella remake?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (77rzZ)
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Sweeney has signed on to do it. Edgar Wright has signed on to direct it.
But Wright has been busy with The Running Man for 2 years.
It could end up being his next movie, but it won't start production for months, even if fast-tracked.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
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No one’s mentioned Kirchhoff's circuit laws yet?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 25, 2025 12:07 PM (ZtAny)
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But Wright has been busy with The Running Man for 2 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
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Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
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Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (fV+MH)
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I remember they taught us in the Navy about metal fires, like when a plane on an aircraft carrier goes up in flames.
There's no way to extinguish it. They only thing to do is to (somehow) push it overboard into the sea. Even then, it doesn't go out until the fuel is totally consumed.
I imagine that an EV fire would be the same thing. Right?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:02 PM (77rzZ)
Seen it. Done it.
We had a Hornet catch a brake fire on the boat. Pilot put her in neutral and climbed out, and then a whole bunch of dudes pushed her off the side. She burned all the way to the bottom.
There's no way to extinguish it. They only thing to do is to (somehow) push it overboard into the sea. Even then, it doesn't go out until the fuel is totally consumed.
I imagine that an EV fire would be the same thing. Right?
Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2025 12:02 PM (77rzZ)
Seen it. Done it.
We had a Hornet catch a brake fire on the boat. Pilot put her in neutral and climbed out, and then a whole bunch of dudes pushed her off the side. She burned all the way to the bottom.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (fCgdX)
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The fat guy eating the huge sammitch while orderongbs pamphlet on exercise and weight control
Back when obesity was the exception.
"Tomorrow we go to the health club. . . I heard they're serving a buffet."
The fat guy eating the huge sammitch while orderongbs pamphlet on exercise and weight control
Back when obesity was the exception.
"Tomorrow we go to the health club. . . I heard they're serving a buffet."
Posted by: biteme at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (xWS9V)
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Yes, although I believe like every other Obama-scummy program is was just one giant money-laundering and grift scam to funnel money to Democraps.
I am as contemptuous towards Obama for that program as I am for the rape of our medical system. And of course, it's not as if he suffered over this.
I am as contemptuous towards Obama for that program as I am for the rape of our medical system. And of course, it's not as if he suffered over this.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (jjoN6)
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2 years to make Running Man?
Fucking lol
Posted by: eleven
They're slow walking the running man...
Fucking lol
Posted by: eleven
They're slow walking the running man...
Posted by: BifBewalski at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (IlDvz)
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244 But Wright has been busy with The Running Man for 2 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
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Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (krQz2)
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It looks like a much more faithful adaptation of the original story.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
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Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (krQz2)
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It looks like a much more faithful adaptation of the original story.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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Owa Tagoo Siam.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:55 AM (krQz2)
And just like that, thousands of Hordians spoke together the words of Power!
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 11:55 AM (krQz2)
And just like that, thousands of Hordians spoke together the words of Power!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (W/lyH)
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245 2 years to make Running Man?
Fucking lol
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (fV+MH)
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Screenwriting, pre-production, production, post-production on a movie that size is generally about 2 years.
Fucking lol
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 12:08 PM (fV+MH)
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Screenwriting, pre-production, production, post-production on a movie that size is generally about 2 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
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I read that something like 90% of new vehicle sales on Norway are EVs. I cannot imagine a Norwegian winter treats batteries gently.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (WF9tx)
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Airlines seem to be. I’ve done a bit of traveling by air over the last month. There’s a new warning on the flights I’ve taken that I don’t recall having heard before: always keep your portable device power packs out where they can be seen.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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Anker among others had a massive recall on exterior power bricks because they shorted out causing fires. I think there is now a top size/power limit between 100 watt hours and 160 watt hours depending on the airlines. They are required to be in carry on luggage plus a total cap of two devices that cannot be greater than 160 watt hours combined.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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Anker among others had a massive recall on exterior power bricks because they shorted out causing fires. I think there is now a top size/power limit between 100 watt hours and 160 watt hours depending on the airlines. They are required to be in carry on luggage plus a total cap of two devices that cannot be greater than 160 watt hours combined.
Posted by: whig at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (ctrM5)
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Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (jjoN6)
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250 It looks like a much more faithful adaptation of the original story.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
Which means a whole lot of Eco-weenie bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (GBKbO)
Which means a whole lot of Eco-weenie bullshit.
Posted by: XTC at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (UnA8+)
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255 Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (jjoN6)
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It's early, "I hate America and want to see everything burn because of acid rain," from Stephen King under the Richard Bachmann pseudonym.
I actually don't like the book very much.
Perfect thing for adaptation. A deeply troubled book with lots of room to grow that no one...actually likes very much.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (jjoN6)
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It's early, "I hate America and want to see everything burn because of acid rain," from Stephen King under the Richard Bachmann pseudonym.
I actually don't like the book very much.
Perfect thing for adaptation. A deeply troubled book with lots of room to grow that no one...actually likes very much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
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Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (jjoN6)
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That's true. Since I never read the book, I guess I don't know how faithful the Schwarzenegger movie was to the book.
But I sorta liked the original.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (jjoN6)
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That's true. Since I never read the book, I guess I don't know how faithful the Schwarzenegger movie was to the book.
But I sorta liked the original.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
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258 That's true. Since I never read the book, I guess I don't know how faithful the Schwarzenegger movie was to the book.
But I sorta liked the original.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
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It wasn't faithful at all.
Still, that movie is better than the book.
But I sorta liked the original.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
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It wasn't faithful at all.
Still, that movie is better than the book.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (GBKbO)
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read that something like 90% of new vehicle sales on Norway are EVs. I cannot imagine a Norwegian winter treats batteries gently.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (WF9tx
They don't have batteries. Norway is small enough that everyone just uses a really long extension cord.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:09 PM (WF9tx
They don't have batteries. Norway is small enough that everyone just uses a really long extension cord.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (2J/Lj)
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Perfect thing for adaptation. A deeply troubled book with lots of room to grow that no one...actually likes very much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
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How much kiddie-rape/sex in it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
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How much kiddie-rape/sex in it?
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
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261 How much kiddie-rape/sex in it?
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
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None. It's not IT.
Posted by: Axeman at July 25, 2025 12:12 PM (krQz2)
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None. It's not IT.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:13 PM (GBKbO)
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Pueblo's a real hellhole. CO's perineum.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 25, 2025 12:13 PM (ABFkN)
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Ace is up
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 25, 2025 12:13 PM (2UnvF)
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> There’s a new warning on the flights I’ve taken that I don’t recall having heard before: always keep your portable device power packs out where they can be seen.
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Easier to find the culprit who started the fire.
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Easier to find the culprit who started the fire.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2025 12:13 PM (Q4IgG)
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"Aura farming?" WTH is that????
its "looking cool" but with Zoomer speak. Like walking away slowly from an explosion, putting your sunglasses on while The Who plays
its "looking cool" but with Zoomer speak. Like walking away slowly from an explosion, putting your sunglasses on while The Who plays
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 25, 2025 12:13 PM (dfIr7)
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Looks like Running Man is going to be a total left-turn on the original.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (jjoN6)
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It's early, "I hate America and want to see everything burn because of acid rain," from Stephen King under the Richard Bachmann pseudonym.
I actually don't like the book very much.
Perfect thing for adaptation. A deeply troubled book with lots of room to grow that no one...actually likes very much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
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Stephen King is the most overrated modern writer on the planet. I have no idea how he became the juggernaut in both books and film as he is. I’ll give him that he has some clever ideas for plot lines. But his books suck ratcock.
Do you mean the book or the forgettable movie? I used to have a copy of the book and there is no way in Hell it could ever be made into a film.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2025 12:10 PM (jjoN6)
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It's early, "I hate America and want to see everything burn because of acid rain," from Stephen King under the Richard Bachmann pseudonym.
I actually don't like the book very much.
Perfect thing for adaptation. A deeply troubled book with lots of room to grow that no one...actually likes very much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
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Stephen King is the most overrated modern writer on the planet. I have no idea how he became the juggernaut in both books and film as he is. I’ll give him that he has some clever ideas for plot lines. But his books suck ratcock.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 25, 2025 12:14 PM (aeiyZ)
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Test drove a 2025(or was it a 26'?) Prius the other day. 52-54 mpg.Kinda funky looking but it was a really nice car. Test drove a RAV4 Hybrid, pretty nice too. Looking for a new commuter.
It's something like those two or something more practical like a 78k Audi RS6 with 700 hp or a 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 with 760 hp. Decisions, decisions.
It's something like those two or something more practical like a 78k Audi RS6 with 700 hp or a 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 with 760 hp. Decisions, decisions.
Posted by: JROD at July 25, 2025 12:14 PM (IlL6s)
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That's true. Since I never read the book, I guess I don't know how faithful the Schwarzenegger movie was to the book.
But I sorta liked the original.
Posted by: Axeman
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Richard Dawson hamming it up and Sharon Stone plus the other female lead. The former CA gov was an also ran when considering he was the lead.
But I sorta liked the original.
Posted by: Axeman
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Richard Dawson hamming it up and Sharon Stone plus the other female lead. The former CA gov was an also ran when considering he was the lead.
Posted by: whig at July 25, 2025 12:14 PM (ctrM5)
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Not groovy at all.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
You asked for it........
https://youtu.be/BdOKQfhIQis
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
You asked for it........
https://youtu.be/BdOKQfhIQis
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 25, 2025 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)
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That's true. Since I never read the book, I guess I don't know how faithful the Schwarzenegger movie was to the book.
____ _______
The book was like a somber reality show version of The Fugitive.
The movie made it a game show.
The only thing in common was the title.
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The book was like a somber reality show version of The Fugitive.
The movie made it a game show.
The only thing in common was the title.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:16 PM (WF9tx)
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Still, that movie is better than the book.
I enjoy the movie a lot. It does scan like it was oddly edited to remove some subplots. I happened to watch it a few nights after watching Network, and it almost comes across as a sequel. Similar theme (such as it had one) and similar view of network execs.
I enjoy the movie a lot. It does scan like it was oddly edited to remove some subplots. I happened to watch it a few nights after watching Network, and it almost comes across as a sequel. Similar theme (such as it had one) and similar view of network execs.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 12:18 PM (EXyHK)
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read that something like 90% of new vehicle sales on Norway are EVs"
That's the law. No fuel vehicles by this year. Oddly enough, used gas/diesel vehicles are being kept longer...
That's the law. No fuel vehicles by this year. Oddly enough, used gas/diesel vehicles are being kept longer...
Posted by: man at July 25, 2025 12:18 PM (tubbA)
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I work in the battery industry and this is pretty strange since LFP batteries are not very flammable (any battery will burn, including lead acid) and can be extinguished, and the fires that have been experienced are with batteries using NMC (or NCM) materials. Those materials are highly flammable and impossible to put out in practical terms - you just let them burn til they stop.
Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at July 25, 2025 12:18 PM (xaNfJ)
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Stephen King is the most overrated modern writer on the planet. I have no idea how he became the juggernaut in both books and film as he is. I’ll give him that he has some clever ideas for plot lines. But his books suck ratcock.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
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The Shining made by Kubrick as far as being famous in Hollyweird made him bankrollable.
Specializing in writing horror for King meant that his stories were relatively cheap to adapt to movies and tv.
So the streams of fame kinda fed on each other. FWIW, he has some loyal fans at AOS for his writing. Me, I don't care for the whole genre of horror.
I still think of Steven King as the hideous country hick in Creep Show moaning about meteor shit.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
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The Shining made by Kubrick as far as being famous in Hollyweird made him bankrollable.
Specializing in writing horror for King meant that his stories were relatively cheap to adapt to movies and tv.
So the streams of fame kinda fed on each other. FWIW, he has some loyal fans at AOS for his writing. Me, I don't care for the whole genre of horror.
I still think of Steven King as the hideous country hick in Creep Show moaning about meteor shit.
Posted by: whig at July 25, 2025 12:18 PM (ctrM5)
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It's time for a great new technology that will revolutionize the car and truck market: Steam engines!
Throw in a duraflame log, fill the water tank, light it off, and away you go!
Or you can go with a truly renewable fuel: urine. Some schoolgirls in Africa figured out how to make an internal combustion engine run on urine. You run out of gas, and the liberals can pee in the tank! For best results, drink lots of beer....
Throw in a duraflame log, fill the water tank, light it off, and away you go!
Or you can go with a truly renewable fuel: urine. Some schoolgirls in Africa figured out how to make an internal combustion engine run on urine. You run out of gas, and the liberals can pee in the tank! For best results, drink lots of beer....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2025 12:18 PM (S/Y4j)
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It's early, "I hate America and want to see everything burn because of acid rain," from Stephen King under the Richard Bachmann pseudonym.
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Before he discovered cocaine
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Before he discovered cocaine
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:19 PM (WF9tx)
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277 It's early, "I hate America and want to see everything burn because of acid rain," from Stephen King under the Richard Bachmann pseudonym.
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Before he discovered cocaine
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:19 PM (WF9tx)
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If he had written it with cocaine, it'd be 5 times longer.
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Before he discovered cocaine
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:19 PM (WF9tx)
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If he had written it with cocaine, it'd be 5 times longer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 25, 2025 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
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"Screenwriting, pre-production, production, post-production on a movie that size is generally about 2 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"
Ok.
But should Running Man really be that size?
Does everything have to be 300 million dollars?
We already know it will suck. Hollywood is just burning money on screen.
Or is it Blackrock is just burning money on screen?
I don't know where to follow the money to.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"
Ok.
But should Running Man really be that size?
Does everything have to be 300 million dollars?
We already know it will suck. Hollywood is just burning money on screen.
Or is it Blackrock is just burning money on screen?
I don't know where to follow the money to.
Posted by: eleven at July 25, 2025 12:20 PM (fV+MH)
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The movie Shawshank Redemption is far better than the novella
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 25, 2025 12:20 PM (WF9tx)
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FWIW, he has some loyal fans at AOS for his writing.
He used to write a lot. Some of it is great. Some of it is okay. Some is horrible. It’s interesting, because some of it is horror only in the sense that there are monsters in it. From a Buick 8 was a wonderful cop book; the horror element is there only to let Stephen King be the author. It’s just this thing in the background that ties the drama together.
The Cell, on the other hand, is horror in a sense that I don’t think was ever contemplated by King.
He used to write a lot. Some of it is great. Some of it is okay. Some is horrible. It’s interesting, because some of it is horror only in the sense that there are monsters in it. From a Buick 8 was a wonderful cop book; the horror element is there only to let Stephen King be the author. It’s just this thing in the background that ties the drama together.
The Cell, on the other hand, is horror in a sense that I don’t think was ever contemplated by King.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 25, 2025 12:21 PM (EXyHK)
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269
‘ Richard Dawson hamming it up and Sharon Stone plus the other female lead. The former CA gov was an also ran when considering he was the lead.’
It was one of Arnold’s best movies for one liners.
‘What happened to Buzzsaw?’
‘He had to “split”’
‘ Richard Dawson hamming it up and Sharon Stone plus the other female lead. The former CA gov was an also ran when considering he was the lead.’
It was one of Arnold’s best movies for one liners.
‘What happened to Buzzsaw?’
‘He had to “split”’
Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 25, 2025 12:22 PM (jbnUc)
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For a brief shining moment in the early 1970s, one could order all manner of stuff “Free” from the Government Printing Office. I think they had some advertisements about this. My older brother latched on to this, and got all sorts of crap, Media Mail delivered, a lot of it from Pueblo, Colo. lots of posters and stuff adorned his room, sent in those hard mailing tubes. Big heavy tomes of nonsense government this and that.
I think the Mailman wanted to strangle him. He was always getting shit, he’d have to make a special trip to stack stuff on the porch.
I think the Mailman wanted to strangle him. He was always getting shit, he’d have to make a special trip to stack stuff on the porch.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2025 12:24 PM (Rimwk)
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I think the Tesla board has something to do with the lack of activity on his third party. They were pretty upset when he announced plans to do it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2025 12:25 PM (TEi+a)
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Stephen Colbert Declares “Gloves Are Off” After CBS Made Mistake of Keeping Him Alive After His Show Was Canceled
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Gloves are off? Well, so long as he keeps his pants on.
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Gloves are off? Well, so long as he keeps his pants on.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 25, 2025 12:26 PM (L/fGl)
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This is beautiful. It’s effectively an “ICE vehicle mandate” from Trump, but not technically. Manufacturers can build and sell all the EVs they want. They’ll just need battery suppliers to mine the EV battery materials domestically (good luck with that) or pay the 93% tariff.
The only problem with this is that is a temporary fix to the issue. Once a WEF-stooge leftist Democrat gets back into the White House, they will simply put back in place the radical EV-only EPA regulations and we're back to where we were a year ago, on the road to the WEF Agenda 2030.
What has to happen is the complete destruction of the WEF plan and the complete destruction of the "climate change" agenda. Since that is the rationale these radicals use to justify their tyrannical policies. It's all to "save the planet". This EV nonsense and windmills and solar panels will never be completely done away with until that ideology is completely shown to be fraudulent and the people who push it are ostracized from society and positions of power/influence.
The only problem with this is that is a temporary fix to the issue. Once a WEF-stooge leftist Democrat gets back into the White House, they will simply put back in place the radical EV-only EPA regulations and we're back to where we were a year ago, on the road to the WEF Agenda 2030.
What has to happen is the complete destruction of the WEF plan and the complete destruction of the "climate change" agenda. Since that is the rationale these radicals use to justify their tyrannical policies. It's all to "save the planet". This EV nonsense and windmills and solar panels will never be completely done away with until that ideology is completely shown to be fraudulent and the people who push it are ostracized from society and positions of power/influence.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 12:33 PM (P5BPp)
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EVs are like leopards: they're dangerous, they're expensive, and they require special facilities to keep in a densely populated area. Also like leopards, if rich people want to own one they should absolutely be allowed to do so as long as they pay for the necessary safety measures and facilities to ensure their purchase doesn't negatively impact the other people around them.
And also like leopards, the government mandating that everyone should own one, subsidizing their purchase, and spending taxpayer money on specific facilities for them should never be allowed to happen.
And also like leopards, the government mandating that everyone should own one, subsidizing their purchase, and spending taxpayer money on specific facilities for them should never be allowed to happen.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at July 25, 2025 12:55 PM (LgYtf)
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Contrary to what Buck thinks, the transformation to EVs will happen, whether America has a role or not. Over 50% of new vehicles sold in China are EVs and 25% in Europe. Battery energy density and charging speeds improve every year, and while EVs are close to price parity with ICE vehicles, they will continue to get CHEAPER, while ICE prices will continue to climb. If the Big 3 are not competitive in EVs, they will either be bought by foreign automakers or become marketing arms for those companies, slapping respected American brands on Chinese designed and built vehicles.
Posted by: Salubrious at July 25, 2025 01:00 PM (7bavB)
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I prefer the term "spontaneous combustion vehicles."
Posted by: Mr. Barky at July 25, 2025 01:12 PM (zDDD/)
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In my areas there are plenty of wealthy leftist couples here they both work from home and yet they have two new cars.
And they will tell you "well everyone can afford to pay a little more to save the earth right?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM
If they truly wanted to "save the earth", they would sell their cars and travel public transportation everywhere. "well, everyone can sacrifice a little more to save the earth, right?"
And they will tell you "well everyone can afford to pay a little more to save the earth right?"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2025 11:34 AM
If they truly wanted to "save the earth", they would sell their cars and travel public transportation everywhere. "well, everyone can sacrifice a little more to save the earth, right?"
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 25, 2025 01:12 PM (P5BPp)
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Insurance companies rule the world.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 25, 2025 01:18 PM (w6EFb)
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"But then there is Tesla…"
Don't leave out Tesla Energy, which manufactures and promotes the installation of solar panels for electricity production.
Solar power will *always* be more expensive than other electricity sources, since it cannot be harvested even 12 hours/day, and its storage and grid requirements are vastly more expensive than the infrastructure required for natural gas-fired power plants.
Don't leave out Tesla Energy, which manufactures and promotes the installation of solar panels for electricity production.
Solar power will *always* be more expensive than other electricity sources, since it cannot be harvested even 12 hours/day, and its storage and grid requirements are vastly more expensive than the infrastructure required for natural gas-fired power plants.
Posted by: LibertyDefender at July 25, 2025 01:30 PM (6Lsdj)
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For those pushing the EV fire canard, ICE vehicles are FAR MORE likely to catch on fire than EVs (Google kbb EV fires). Yes, EV fires are more difficult to put out, but modern techniques and equipment make it straight-forward.
What ultimately drives the transition to EVs is the 90% vs. 30% efficiency of EV drivetrains vs. ICE and the decreasing cost of batteries.
What ultimately drives the transition to EVs is the 90% vs. 30% efficiency of EV drivetrains vs. ICE and the decreasing cost of batteries.
Posted by: Salubrious at July 25, 2025 01:34 PM (7bavB)
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Sold my last remaining Tesla stock just before the most recent $50+ price dip.
Posted by: The Dixie Flatline (long time lurker) at July 25, 2025 02:07 PM (btGt6)
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On this topic, found a GREAT article from Issues & Insights (via Realclearpolicy.com) that the OBBB effectively KILLED the CAFE standards. Oh the couldn't kill the fact that the standards exist due to the Byrd rule for reconciliation (F*k you very much, Senate Parliamentarian).
What they did was change the PENALTY to auto manufacturers for not following CAFE standards to ZERO DOLLARS!
Since this WAS allowed under the Byrd Rule (hey, it's a finanial/budget change!), it is now THE LAW!
Story here: https://tinyurl.com/4pv85r2c
-SLV
What they did was change the PENALTY to auto manufacturers for not following CAFE standards to ZERO DOLLARS!
Since this WAS allowed under the Byrd Rule (hey, it's a finanial/budget change!), it is now THE LAW!
Story here: https://tinyurl.com/4pv85r2c
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 25, 2025 02:15 PM (e/Osv)
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As disingenuous as the DNC. Elon has always been against the EV mandates and the subsidy, but you don't want to report that. Luddite about EV's is no way to go through life.
Posted by: Sixiron at July 25, 2025 02:48 PM (c4Wfm)
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Those emission credits that Tesla was selling to other companies existed before Biden.
Posted by: MikeN at July 25, 2025 06:09 PM (HVZOH)
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