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I was just going to say, who want's to live in Marion? Wagner, what would it take for this venue to host something like the now homeless summernationals?

except for the fact that you are nobody without out access to evidence. but it certainly takes a moron to jump to that conclusion without any proof of the matter, and then to be obstinate and aggressive in the face of contrary information. prove it. Because she caused the "drama" with the FBI:dumb: Last I checked she wasn't the one calling them names and firing people. Remember, the FBI is about a Red as it gets politically and it ain't Hilary they are interested in. prove that they are hiding or destroying facts Every politician paints themselves in a favorable light, and sometimes that translates into lies or misconceptions or "half truths". There is nothing partisan about that at all it's a nature of the political landscape and if anything enforces the need for every American to actually fact check information they digest and not just the stuff they like. however, let's make something clear about why I have not "said the same thing about Trump": That landscape of painting themselves in a favorable light does not include attacking the 1st amendment, attacking civil rights, creating an environment that allows bigotry to thrive, destroying America's credibility with the rest of the countries in the world, and putting the country in danger long term for some short term gains. We can go back over the campaign statements and can fact check Trump and Hillary and a argue that one is wrong 30% of the time vs 10% of the time - but what's the point? That's not the concern here, It isn't partisan to look at his actions and see the harm it is causing ALL Americans and call him out for it. Can't do that with Hilary because she isn't doing anything, she's out of government. In fact why are we still talking about her? oh right - to distract from what a shit show this is. Also, since he's won it's pretty clear he can bullshit enough people to make it matter. But whose fault is that really? can't blame Trump for bullshit anymore than you can blame a lion for hunting gazelles. Clear how? again prove it. because you are an extremist that is perfectly ok with "fuck the government". Thankfully you aren't the majority in America.

Well.... I'm not sure how Hillary is perceived as having an anti-business agenda. Most of her proposed initiatives were pro-growth and market friendly but marketed to a democratic base by marketing to the workers side of things than the boardroom side. Either way I'm just tired of talking about someone who isn't currently holding office, isn't a candidate for anything, and is literally a dead decaying horse the republicans drag out any time they want to distract from something. One of the problems with Trump, is that his biggest campaign message, which was "fuck the government in it's entirety" wasn't heard or understood by everyone. His rehortic, his cockamame plans, the fact that a lot of stuff didn't make sense just wasn't obvious or was dismissed by a whole swath of people who voted for him. His plans for change were to come from gutting the government - which isn't passing legislation or implementing programs. I am stunned now at people talking about his failure to pass legislation as him failing to meet his goals because lets face it his overall goal was to "fuck the government" and he's doing a great job at that. His greatest accomplishment has been as a distraction while the few people he appointed to actual agency positions destroyed those institutions and rendered them ineffective. The EPA, the FCC, the FTC, OCC, CFPB, etc....these were all functioning institutions that did a pretty good job protecting American citizens and their rights but under this administration just aren't effective. He has been the distraction while his people robbed the store. And it was his plan all along, and he broadcast it on the campaign trail, and most Americans didn't realize that this is what was meant by "Fuck the government" - destroy it's credibility and effectiveness. Why is anybody surprised that this is what "fuck the government" was going to look like? it didn't look any different before he was president. Here is the thing I hope Americans learn after 4 years. Our government may suck, but "fuck the government" isn't really the answer either. The government works best when there is bipartisan agreement as to solutions that solve problems in america. You take two biased sides and you force them to work together, what comes out is what both sides can live with and maximizes the value to the majority of Americans. Rooting for a team doesn't work, and those that say fuck the other team let's fuck them over aren't acting with Americans' best interests in mind.

Flat out guilty how? Because you say so? even though the agencies that reviewed it and are responsible for actually vetting this sort of thing, and who are under no motivation to "play ball" because they were controlled by the opposing party, found no reason to file charges. At some point Tim, your arguments are just irrational. You are going to have to let this one go and move on. I'm sorry that she's just not the criminal mastermind that your rage boner tells you she is. the expiration date on "but her emails" has been exceeded. Is this the change you really wanted to see? or did you just want to see any change?

It ain't the thread that's broken....

I am going to put it out there: there is nothing wrong with flying as a hobby if that is what you want to do. It's intensely rewarding.

not to out him, but clay was taking flying lessons. I had about 30 hours of instruction in college before I quit. I had a deer run out in front of our 172 on landing and it scared me enough to walk away for a while. By the time I wanted to do it again I couldn't afford it. Dad is a pilot and has been since he was 16 (he's 73 now). We were a flying family when I was a kid, at the airport every single weekend it was safe to fly. Before you do anything else, I suggest you take one of those "introductory" flights to see if it is even for you. Aviation if filled with people for whom the idea of flight was way better than the reality, and they bought planes or partnerships before they realized that. Actually I think that is 90% of the kit plane industry sales. Don scott has two flying clubs that offer an introductory flight (New Flyers Association and Capital City Aviation) that offer an introductory flight for about $150. Anyway, the basics are this: you need to pay for an instructor and pay for a plane rental + fuel (called the "Wet Hour"). You need 40 hours to solo, but most people do it in 50-60. At about $200 to $250 an hour you can see how it adds up to be $8-12K pretty quickly. A sport license takes about 20 hours and costs less, it also doesn't have the medical exam requirement but you are heavily restricted on the planes you can fly (LSA). I don't remember if you can carry passengers or not. An ultralight requires no license, and no training, but giant brass balls. I do not recommend this, but every once in a while you'll run into an ultralight pilot who can't shut up. ignore most of them as it's a pretty efficient way to get youself killed. (ultralights are themselves pretty safe, it's just some of the people you have to worry about). There is also a ground school and FAR exam you will need to take. It's usually about a couple grand all said and done with the courses. Most airports have a flying club you can join that will have an airplane you can rent and an instructor you can hire. Some of the bigger ones have dedicated schools. DOn Scott has both so it may not be the worst thing in the world to drive down there one day and just talk to the people in the trailer and see what's around. Your basic pilots license (the 40 hours one), is basically a license to learn. You can only operate a single engine simple airplane (fixed prop and gear) in VFR (visual flight rules) conditions. If you want to fly complex airplanes (variable pitch prop and gear), multi engine, IFR (Instrument Flight Rules), tail draggers, float planes, or carrying any passengers for money you need certifications for the different levels. You also have to be re-certified periodically (called a check ride). hope this helps.

In NY it is primarily enforced through the meter readers. You have a little sticker on your windshield and if it expires they write you a ticket. They don't usually bother writing you an equipment violation - they just leave it up to the inspector who is just a state licensed shop. If you get to many out of inspection violations they cancel your registration, and if you car does not have a valid inspection at the time of renewal they won't let you renew (you can apply for a 30 day extension to have the car inspected - new registrations get the 30 days automatically). The Police don't generally pull you over for just an expired inspection, but they have no problem writing you for one if they stop you for something else (like driving at night with an out headlight). If you have an accident with a car out of inspection it is noted on the police report. It's pretty low impact and it keeps some absolute dangerous things off the road. NY fixes the prices for them so it was when I left $25 for a car and $5 for a motorcycle. I never really heard shops complain because inspections brought people in the door and they could usually sell them a repair if the car wouldn't pass. I used to do motorcycle inspections in NY when I worked for Piaggo. I had no problem failing people for stuff I thought was dangerous, but would often let things like non-functioning blinkers or horns slide with a warning (if it was just a bulb I usually sold them a bulb just to clear my conscience). Since the state just licenses shops to do it the quality does vary some. Some places just plug into the OBDII port and look at the emissions profile and fault codes. For a 20 year old or older OBDI or carb'ed safety inspection some places put it on the lift and some just kick the tires in the parking lot. What's nice is at one time NY required cars to be Dyno'ed for emissions, and it's the same dynojet used for doing power testing just different software, so when I was in my 20's a group of us would just gather at whatever shop one of us worked at on a Friday night and "dyno tune" our cars before hitting Francis Lewis blvd.

The bodies were built by pininfarina, but then were shipped by a specially built 747 to the US where they were mated to the chassis. The 747 was officially called "the Allante Air Bridge" which I just think is hilarious and old school GM. It could ship 56 of them at a time. here are some other interesting things: All the 1980's Allante's had only two options: Car phone (with retractable antenna) and analog gauges (the standard dash was digital). The allante name was computer generated. think about that for a second: GM fed a bunch of criteria into a computer in 1985 (number of syllables, alteration, etc) and it spit out 1700 names from which some wonk at GM picked Allante. It is a completely meaningless word (unless a word can mean old school General Motors decision making that smells vaguely of cigars, whisky and sex with your secretary and quality that lasts only 5 years). It was an almost $60K car in the 1980s. The "budget" version introduced in 1990 cost $53K in 1990 money. my 1991 E30 convertible with every option (except automatic trans) had a sticker of $31K in 1991 for comparison. The most expensive version was the 1993 model with the metal hardtop - it cost $64K new in 1993. The Allante was the pace car in 1992 for the Indy 500. There is a 1992 Indy 500 pace car edition. True to GM it has giant "PACE CAR" graphics running down the side: I was obsessed with the allante as a kid in the 1980s. any reason you aren't looking at a Charger R/t? They would be about the same money and the same size inside?

Good to see local photographers getting work.

yup, the final year 1993 they were all Northstar 4.6L's. It's even the 290hp "high output" northstar, not the paltry 270hp one for the poors.

the timeline is kind of tight for the allegations and the oscar voting. I think the disaster artist not being nominated has more to do with movie snobbery and refusal to acknowledge the merit of a bad movie (the Room) than because Franco is a handsy douche. I mean, they keep giving roman polanski awards and he's actually still wanted for statutory rape.

Not weird. The fluid filled control arm bushing is the rear one, so as you move the wheel through it's cycle the arm is moving front to back. Under braking the car will pull to the side with the busted bushing because the wheel is physically moving back in the wheel well. The way I found out my car had a busted one is I decided to jack the car up and remove the tire to take a look. I put the lug wrench on the nut and began to push down and the whole wheel moved back and forth in the wheel well. also there was fluid around the bushing that had sprayed on the wheel (I originally thought the fluid on the wheel was because I had driven through something).

the control arms also have a fluid filled bushing that tends to burst between 80 and 100K miles and can affect the steering. When one went in my car it also pulled the car that direction under braking.

There was a thread a while back that said the 4.8L was the "best" turbo engine because of the short stroke. I don't have first hand experience but my buddy back in NY had one in his fox mustang with a giant turbo. I think he's since went to a 5.3 but not because he has had trouble with the 4.8. He had nitrous stacked on top of the turbo and the car was a wheelstanding beast.

Charger R/T's can tow 2000lbs according to the owners manual. Jus' sayin'

Not to be that guy but...the last government shutdown was 2013. It lasted 16 days and was because the Republican majority house and senate wanted to block the ACA. Prior to that it was 1995-1996 and was because the republican majority led house and senate (led by U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich) were mad at Bill Clinton because he vetoed an unreasonably partisan spending bill. It lasted 27 days. Prior to that was 1990 where the minority republican house and senate (led by minority whip Newt Gingrich) took exception to George H.W. Bush's deficit reduction package that increased taxes (after campaigning on the platform "read my lips no new taxes") and managed to withhold the necessary votes to make 60. yes with a minority, the republicans still managed a shutdown that lasted 2 days. Of the 4 that happened in the 1980's 3 were because Reagan didn't agree with the deal congress worked out and 1 was because republicans didn't want to fund the FTC. I don't think there was a 2008 shutdown. There was almost one but it didn't happen. I am not sure there has ever been a good reason for a government shutdown. It's always a political football, but it is an effective conservative play in the the playbook. No. Stop. Wrong. He has his base convinced that immigration is a problem and DACA is part of that problem and since he has the power to cancel it because it was an EO, he did to make himself look good. Just go back through his twitter feed, it starts with deport the dreamers rhetoric and then softens slightly as he realizes he has to make a deal. It wasn't that long ago (September '17) when Jeff Sessions publicly called everyone protected under DACA criminals and called for their deportation. DACA protected individuals become eligible for deportation in Feb. He knows a GOP majority congress would never pass DACA legislation, which is why he did this. If it was a Dem held congress he wouldn't have dared. Again, nope. Without leverage no majority republican congress would pass it "the right way", that's why it was done as an EO during Obama's term when the Republicans held majority house and senate. You just hate Schumer because you don't like his position on issues. Schumer is a publicity whore, it's well known but he isn't wrong - Bob Dole once said the most dangerous place to be is between chuck and a camera, and Obama even joked that he brings the media as his plus one to family events. Honestly though, he's one of the few politicians that is effective in using publicity to his advantage and he's extremely informed about his constituency base and their core issues. Just because he is grand standing doesn't make him wrong, hint: he's not wrong. Actually, Mitch McConnell gets that credit, but I'm sure trump will steal it for his own.

aaaannnd....it's over: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/us/politics/government-shutdown.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&hp

I agree, but keep in mind....this is one play in the playbook and there are other situations where democrats have the leverage. In general, democrats tend to hold a majority favorable opinion in this country. Whether that turns into votes depends largely on the candidate, but when it comes to initiatives, absent plays like this, the majority of the time negotiations tend to lean more democratic as each individual senator tries to manage their political currency (popularity) with their local constituency. Eliminating ALL political gamesmanship may have the effect of pushing legislative initiatives more progressive - is that a consequence you are willing to live with to have less political infighting?

yes but I also want you to do less of this: Trying to get you to see the bigger picture and transcend the parties. The lens of the political parties is so distorting, it is much better to look at actual issues outside the spectrum and then look at individual political platforms as solutions to those issues. Regarding the shutdown, what you are seeing is pure political gamesmanship. Don't think of it as the blame game he said, she said bullshit - think of it more like strategy in chess or football. Both sides are going to blame each other and try to get americans to pick a team as part of this. Look at the bigger picture of actions, reactions, and consequences instead of blame: Republican majority rule tends to lead to this situation because at the core of their constituency is "small government". So they are more willing to force that situation because they usually don't take the hit as badly in popularity (or political currency if you need to see it as a value) as the democrats do. Republicans (at least until this administration) tend to vote more along party lines so they don't need a lot of democrats to flip over, and in the past they were usually able to leverage democrats residing in conservative states to hop the fence. Because they are aware of the leverage a government shutdown gives them over the democrats they tend to ask for some pretty outlandish stuff that nobody would agree to whole cloth. Once it gets vetoed and the government shuts down, they then use the pressure being exerted on the democrats by falling popular opinion (again political currency which translates to votes in the next election which happens this year) to get some of what they want that they normally would not get in an un-pressured bi-partisan situation. Democrats can sometimes slow the spending of their political currency (e.g. popularity) by presenting this as a republican caused problem since they hold the majority. It doesn't put them on equal footing but it does buy them some time. Democrats aren't as cohesive as a party in terms of party line voting, often they tend to vote in clusters, which means if the republicans can work with cluster of people they can often get the votes they need without having to give up too much. But in order to do that, they first need to make the democrats reject their initial measure along party lines - force cohesiveness so they can then divide and deal, and they do that by asking for that outlandish stuff and then running out the clock so the government shuts down. Basically the only play the democrats are left with is to hold out or to cave. If they hold it really is on them that the shutdown occurs, but it can sometimes play really well to their fan base depending on the issue, which is why they sometimes risk it. They know it will hurt Americans too, but it also sometimes hurts their platform so it's a bit of a sophie's choice. What's particularly interesting here is that the core point of contention, DACA and the border wall, is one of the few issues that tends to run consistent along both parties and each's position is vastly opposed by the other party. So it's a bit of a hail mary pass on the part of the republicans that if it pays off will look like a victory for both sides, but a bigger victory for Republicans than Democrats. The initial vote is pretty clear - there were only 5 republicans against the measure and 5 democrats for it. But remember it is the initial vote. There was a deal negotiated for DACA spending and the border wall but the spending initiative put to a vote was not the same deal as had been negotiated - the majority of those on the democrat side would never have voted for it and that was kind of the point. If a car dealer did that to (add favorable terms to the contract after you negotated a deal) for buying a car, you would probably call them a scumbag, but this is par for the course in politics and they are all a little bit scumbag-y. Republicans can let the clock run out, add pressure to the democrats to re-negotiate, look like they were dealing fairly when they weren't, and spin it so it looks like the democrat's fault. Now there will be another negotiation, and the democrats will give in more to the republicans. Get it? now here is the $64,000 question: Are you ok with this? Any government shutdown costs the country millions and hurts millions of American families. So that a necessary cost of advancing a republican agenda? Or is this completely unacceptable? It's hard to blame either party for wanting to advance their agenda and using all sorts of strategy to do so. But at the same time shouldn't we blame them (ALL OF THEM) when these sort of games hurt the people they are supposed to be advocating for?

Be more stupid will you? Hopefully, you don't view Trump as the end all be all of the republican party. there are plenty of republicans that disown him. Second, historical context is not "blame". Stating a fact that this happens during certain conditions and one of those conditions is often a republican majority house is not "blame". There still needs to be bipartisan consensus, no matter what so blame them all since they all have to vote. To be honest, blaming people in this situation is counter productive. What's the problem and how do we fix it?

Let's not forget a few things in the rush to blame some political party. Trump wanted a shut down. This isn't because he's a republican, and more a factor of him being a political novice that doesn't really have knowledge of the process. He's been making comments on twitter since May that the government "needs a good shutdown". Why? Well honestly I think part of it is that he really just wanted to see what would happen. This administration has been a lot of Trump testing what people have been telling him to see if it's actually true. Another part of it is Trump's attitude toward government and again his failing to understand the nature of government as it pertains to projects and jobs. He thinks it is a perfectly acceptable way to make government smaller by just not appointing people to open positions in his administration. He doesn't understand that the government will continue to spend in those areas, even without leadership. Same thing here, a shut down to him is the ultimate small federal government, he doesn't really see a downside if it happens, even though it screws millions of Americans. Whether we like to admit it or not, shutdowns cost money (in the 10s of millions of dollars) and I don't really think that has occurred to Trump at all. Also let's not pretend this is the first time this is happening. the two previous shutdowns were in 2013 and 1995-1996 and also occurred during a Republican majority house and senate. In fact out of the 8 times the government has "shut down" since 1980 the majority of the times it has been while Republicans have held the majority and/or the presidency. Republicans just like to play chicken with government closure more than democrats as a way of forcing their agenda. What we are seeing isn't new or novel, it's a honed modern play from the political playbook. What will make this different is that in all prior cases, the president's saavy has helped to keep the disagreement to a minimum. Prior to this shutdown the longest one was 27 days broken up over 1 week in 1995 and 3 weeks in 1996 because president Clinton had vetoed a Republican proposed bill, and Newt Gingrich in retaliation rallied the Republican controlled congress to "shut 'er down". We will see if this newest shutdown reaches that level, but for everyone's sake I hope not. To switch gears here for a moment, the New Yorker had a really good Op-Ed article on what is really lying at the heart of this shutdown: https://www.newyorker.com/sections/news/the-shutdown-is-about-who-gets-to-be-an-american The subtext that seems to be missed by many here is this isn't about how crass the president is, or how inexperienced he is, but rather his definition of what America is and why his rhetoric is extremely white supremacy friendly, why his cabinet may be enabling that, and why he may not see it himself. I can't tell if you are joking or serious, so I am just going to answer like this is a serious question. During a "government shut down" the entire government doesn't just go home. There are some things that are considered essential that will continue to operate. During Tax season (and only during tax season), the IRS is considered essential because if they were to stop operating the costs and effects would snowball pretty quickly. Currently the IRS is going to work at 40% capacity. This article details it pretty well: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/20/pf/taxes/irs-taxes-government-shutdown/index.html The most important impact to most of us is that refunds won't be issued during this time period. So they better figure this out soon. now if your question also includes, are we paying withholding in our checks for this time period, the answer is yes - that will not change.

ooooh....let's play the name the Ram Rebel Hellcat game! The RebCat The TruckHawk Baphomet

If they don't end up calling the 707hp Rebel hellcat the "Rebel Yell edition", then FCA truly has no soul or sense of fun. If they could somehow partner with that southern staple "Rebel Yell Whisky", all the better. BTW, reading the comments of that article I ran across this gem: And then my head exploded. So I went to the googles and apparently this is indeed actually a thing. You can use your GM truck's center console as a mini filing cabinet. http://sa-en.gmcarabia.com/content/dam/GMC/middleeast/master/nscwebsite/en/01_Vehicles/01_All_Vehicles/2015-Sierra-2500-HD/01_ModelOverview/02_Interior/Large/2015-gmc-sierra-2500-mov-interior-mm1-lightbox-960x370-08.jpg Apparently it is an option since 2014 that carries over to 2019. I wonder if "Off Road Attorney" is a real job I can apply for?

Make magazine has a ton of articles and projects involving the Raspberry Pi. As mentioned above, Microcenter sells kits in their DIY section. I forget what brands. I have used other Adafruit kits and like them and I know they have a raspberry pi kit: https://www.adafruit.com/category/105 they even sell a touch screen accessory.