wagner

Bingo... California wants nothing but EVs, they can't even keep the power grid up right now... Battery tech is still a LONG WAY from being ready for widespread use. Getting materials for batteries is rough on the planet and China has that market in its pocket right now. So, in the governments eyes this is a great plan :lolguy:

It's all about the EV, right down to the new logo I know someone who recently left the company that worked in the performance area because the writing was on the wall. It's going to be interesting to watch this whole EV thing unfold across the board. The government is all about EV rape, I would buy stock in utility companies now because they're going to be getting piles of cash soon.

I stopped watching the news, especially the nightly news, and anything on cable, that's the real trash. I look at reuters.com or The Economist for news. When it comes to weather, I just take what they say and cut it in half, because it's all about clicks.

Dealing with them is just terrible. I had to fight them for over a year about posts we made for SpeedVideo that they said violated the TOS. Post taken down, I filed an appeal, they would put post back up. The only thing they've improved is the intellectual property theft reporting system. They actually enforce their own rules now.

I'm not a paranoid type of person, but there is something very strange going on with social media right now, specifically Facebook. I know several people in the aftermarket industry that have had their personal accounts shutdown, been blocked from posting in groups, or both here in the past week. These aren't crazy left wing or right wing people, hell they mostly just post car/pet/family stuff if anything. We're also seeing our magazine Facebook pages get hit with restrictions due to them "violating community standards". These are Facebook pages that have done nothing to violate anything. I'm seeing the same thing from other people in the industry having pages get hit that really don't go anywhere crazy at all or don't post much. My theory based on my expereince running social media accounts professionally for the past 4 years is that Facebook is REALLY messing with stuff right now. This happens every time they try to tweak the algorythm or alter what you see in your news feed. We saw this when they went after "fake news", but nothing to this level.

Before my wife was let go she couldn't get people to work as a recruiter. They flat told her they would make more on unemployment so why work? There's a lot wrong at the core level of society that can't be legislated away with a higher minimum wage. I had an interesting talk with my CEO about UBI, AI, and minimum wage. Raising the minimum wage is going to kickstart a crazy set of events that a lot of people aren't ready for. Honestly, I'm for it because I'm willing to work my ass off and I know I'll find a way to be rewarded.

Well, you'll have plenty of time to think about how you will deal with the new $15 min wage and its consequences. So, that's a good thing right?

Now that's interesting, most news outlets didn't report it that way and the majority of people saw it as an all in one deal. That being said, it still brings to light how billions of dollars of our money is being spent. Was all that really needed right now, to me it doesn't seem very smart. It is what it is, all I can do is voice my thoughts on it in the voting booth, which I will do yet again when the time comes around. In other news, anybody on the southside/grove city/obetz area been hearing all of the jet activity at night? This isn't commercial stuff and they're flying low enough I hear them over the TV.

The pork in the $600 check bill has been looked over and justified. Just think if all that money was actually used to help people in America?

https://www.ajc.com/news/report-fbi-warned-of-violence-war-ahead-of-riots-that-killed-5-at-capitol/OQA3DHFJENBADEAE77JBMOQSJA/

I found this entertaining. They wanted their little show, they got it, now they'll have to live with the future consequences this will bring. Additional humorous outrage: People getting big mad over the troops sleeping in the capital building. Tim Kennedy had a great post about this, and he knows a thing or two about how soldiers live, and have been treated by some of the nutty left/progressives.

Never said I liked the guy, but he's the captain meow. It's scary people forgot about the plagiarism and racist stuff he said.... Now, let's talk about this sandbar more, will there be booze and grilled meat?

You're muh boi blue. It costs you nothing to be a good human, people have really lost sight of that. I don't agree with everything people say, but I'm not an overbearing asshole about it. I'm glad Trump is gone, he's a failed experiment in having a non-political person try to run a country. He thought he was the smartest person in the room and didn't surround himself with people that helped him, even if he did I don't think he would have listened. Now we get to see if Biden can bring us back onto the road without going to far to the left.

SOME of the libs are the worst, sort of like SOME of the right-wing nut jobs are the worst. Part of the issue is both parties have allowed the loudest and craziest part of their cults to take the message over and people think it's the message, things spiral out of control from there. I like guns, I think people should be able to marry whoever they want and be treated as equals, I think if you want to get the old coat hanger shuffle to not have a baby you should be able to, and if you come to this country illegally you need to be taken back home like a lost puppy. Elected officials are all about power and they are going to do whatever they can to keep their power and keep their party in power, customers be dammed.

But Trump said....

Because the left/right is morally, ethically, and intellectually superior to everyone. If you don't align EXACLTY with what they think you're the one with the problem. I think the entire situation is fucked and you have people on both sides that just want to say "well, look what they did" and not realize the side they support is just as bad. You can't reason with that, you're always going to be wrong. I find the conditioning and dog-whistle words that each side uses interesting. People don't even see it happening, they just cheer for their side like a drunken college football fan as the puppet masters pull the strings.

I got a bad feeling Ohio State is going to get run out of the stadium. Alabama is just walking through the defense way to easy way to early.

Coyote swap, use one from a Mustang, stay away from the F150 engines since they're different. It comes down to budget really. You can buy what they use in Coyote Stock, you'll just need an ECU and harness. https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6007-M50SA You can buy a long block from someone like MMR or another Coyote engine builder and then buy one of the Holley Terminator systems that are specifically made for a Coyote/Fox swap. You're going to pay 2-4K for a transmission so just be ready for that.

Yeah, it's another social media platform. It's where all the crazy hangs out, but if they are about to point out the hypocrisy it will be interesting. Let it be known, I don't support the alt-right, Trump, the Steelers, people who stretch tires, and those who double dip in public ketchup piles, just want to be clear on that.

I'm right there with you, pretty much the entire silent majority is. It's like watching a bunch of drunk college sports fans yell at each other. Now, what's going to be interesting is when the whole "ban/censor them because their language caused destruction" logic gets tossed at the BLM/ANTIFA/ACAB people. The CEO of GAB allegedly has a website/database he's going to bring online just from Twitter alone. It's sad I have to say this again, but I don't support the people who trashed caused the issues on January 6, however, those who are pushing for the censorship better be ready for the cam of worms they've opened.

Yep, he gets an equal shot in my eyes to do his job like any other leader. Same way I supported Trump until he turned out to be a fucktard supreme. They broke stuff and stole a podium, really gnarly I tell you.

They need that reminder at the voting booth too. People should be storming the capital over the COVID spending bill, not the election. The Handmaids Tale is almost coming to life :lolguy:

Just imagine how many other businesses and industries could have been helped if this was a legit relief bill and not a spending bill.

Smells like the Vegas shooter. Lots of questions, junk answers, swept under the rug. A former co-worker who was a Navy SEAL basically said this isn't what the media is telling you it is. I trust his take on this versus the parrots online and on TV.

Doesn't surprise me at all. The big question is where the weak points will be.