JCM 11/25/2019 6:03:55 AM

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Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 6:43:14 AM

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Good morning.  I say we take off and nuke Oberlin College from orbit; it's the only way to be sure.

JCM 11/25/2019 6:49:56 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

I thought hate speech was banned!?

Oh wait, antisemitism isn't hate speech... I forgot... silly me.

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 6:52:45 AM

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In #1 JCM said: The problem with mornings is I need coffee to make coffee.....

I'm dragging it this morning, too. Little OR walked into my bedroom at 3 AM and announced he wanted to sleep in my bed.  Took a while to convince him to instead go back to his (plus some warm milk, potty break, and my singing our Goodnight Song), and then I couldn't fall asleep myself until some time after 4:30. 

lucius septimius 11/25/2019 6:52:53 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

The only thing missing with the modern Jew-haters is snappy uniforms.

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 7:00:31 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 5:

Don't give Hugo Boss any ideas... 

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 7:23:04 AM

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So, the Tesla Cybertruck.

Awesome?  Stupid?  Both?

Discuss. 

doppelganglander 11/25/2019 7:28:09 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

Oberlin tuition is $55,000 per year. I'm sure Mummy and Daddy are so proud.

JCM 11/25/2019 7:29:41 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 7:

Looks stupid.

My Ram 1500 with a 5.7L V8 Hemi is more environmentally friendly.

Mine has more towing, more interior space, more cargo capacity.

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 7:38:16 AM

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Reply to JCM in 9:

But is your Dodge Ram "literally bulletproof" against at least smaller firearms, including 9-mil glimeter [sic] handguns"? 

JCM 11/25/2019 7:55:51 AM

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Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 7:59:18 AM

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Reply to JCM in 11:

How else would one measure gli? 

vxbush 11/25/2019 8:16:06 AM

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In #9 JCM said: Looks stupid. My Ram 1500 with a 5.7L V8 Hemi is more environmentally friendly. Mine has more towing, more interior space, more cargo capacity.

Yes, the interior space and cargo capacity look awful. However, you don't have to pay overtime, you don't have to pay salary, you don't have to deal with medical leave, etc. I could see that the reduction in the "human cost" would more than make up for the issues the vehicle has. 

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 8:22:10 AM

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In #13 vxbush said: However, you don't have to pay overtime, you don't have to pay salary, you don't have to deal with medical leave, etc. I

Huh? 

AFAIK this is not an autonomous vehicle, if that's what you're driving at (pun intended). 

vxbush 11/25/2019 9:05:52 AM

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In #14 Occasional Reader said: AFAIK this is not an autonomous vehicle, if that's what you're driving at (pun intended). 

I thought it was. Whoops. I haven't been keeping up on Musk stuff; I get tired of his marketing and constant presence in the news, so I tune out that stuff. 

Okay, so I'm totally wrong. What *is* the selling point of his truck? The fact that it runs on batteries?

buzzsawmonkey 11/25/2019 9:15:57 AM

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vxbush 11/25/2019 9:17:04 AM

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In #16 buzzsawmonkey said: This Christmas, give her Elon Musk™---the perfume that exudes the wealthy aroma of government subsidy!

🤮

Alice in Dairyland 11/25/2019 10:23:07 AM

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In #1 JCM said: The problem with mornings is I need coffee to make coffee.....

I put mine together before going to bed.  Have the timer set and I can wake up to freshly brewed coffee!  Although some mornings even that doesn't help.  Today is my birthday and we're putting up the outside Christmas lights.  Won't turn them on until after Thanksgiving though.  This early retirement is starting to really work out for me.  Never in the past 40+ years have I been able to do this on a Monday morning.  Plus it's about 40F, almost a heat wave here.  What a great birthday!

Alice in Dairyland 11/25/2019 10:24:14 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 18:   Oh yeah, I hope nobody's planning on buying me that ugly truck for my birthday.

buzzsawmonkey 11/25/2019 10:54:39 AM

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Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 11:08:43 AM

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In #15 vxbush said: What *is* the selling point of his truck? The fact that it runs on batteries?

Well, yes.  Plus, they have this whole hoopla about it being sorta kinda bulletproof with sorta kinda shatterproof glass... and frankly, thinking about driving through certain parts of DC, that's not a bad selling point.  (Plus highly resistant to body damage, again, allegedly.)  I'm frankly surprised at the (relatively) low starting price of $40K, given all the apparently innovative production stuff they need to so with this; plus the mere fact that Tesla is considered an upmarket brand.  

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 11:12:04 AM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 18:

Happy birthday! (I take it?)

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 11:13:02 AM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 20:

And as I've noted before, the shocking part is, Nanny Bloomberg is (arguably) the least worst of the Dem candidates. 

JCM 11/25/2019 11:24:16 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 21:

Electric Vehicles are "woke". Greta Thunberg approves of them.

Never mind the high environmental footprint of mining the exotic rare earth materials for the batteries. The conflict materials. The higher carbon footprint in manufacturing that is not offset by not using fossil fuels for power. Or the problems when all these batteries full of toxic heavy metals need to be disposed of.

No of that matters so woke people can drive without having a personal exhaust or carbon footprint.

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 11:26:41 AM

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In #24 JCM said: full of toxic heavy metals

So I take it you'd rather hedge your bet on a clean Corvette? 

/cue earworm for those of us of a certain age 

JCM 11/25/2019 12:16:26 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 25:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUBOgWYMBwo

vxbush 11/25/2019 12:20:30 PM

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In #21 Occasional Reader said: Plus, they have this whole hoopla about it being sorta kinda bulletproof with sorta kinda shatterproof glass

Except the shatterproof glass....shatters. 

Uh, yeah. NEXT!

lucius septimius 11/25/2019 12:31:18 PM

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Reply to JCM in 24:

Liberal moral vanity:  the ultimate renewable resource.

Occasional Reader 11/25/2019 12:57:51 PM

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In #27 vxbush said: Except the shatterproof glass....shatters. 

Well, yes, but apparently the steel ball did NOT make it through into the passenger compartment; which is fairly impressive as it is. 

PaladinPhil 11/25/2019 1:35:38 PM

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Think the best line I read about the Tesla pick up is that it's a refugee from a 1970's B sci-fi movie. So ugly it doesn't even get to cute.

lucius septimius 11/25/2019 2:09:41 PM

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Reply to PaladinPhil in 30:

It sort of looks like the DeLorean's hayseed cousin.