Random Thoughts Thread

[ccap41]

On 7/14/2025 at 5:23 PM, G. David Felt said:

Any update from Ford on fixing this right rather than taking away a feature you paid for?

Seems Ford (Found on Road Dead) or (Fix and Repair Daily) is becoming the leading recall company.

https://driving.ca/features/safety/ford-recalls-2025-issue-problem-fix

Unfortunately, no.

I don't even really know who to reach out to anymore. I've reached out to Lincoln and the NHTSA. The NHTSA just says "This is what Lincoln and the NHTSA have agreed upon as a fix". Lincoln just makes a note and claims to have filed a report with the NHTSA over this issue. 

@Drew Dowdell, by chance, do you have a Lincoln rep I could reach out to over this matter? 

[G. David Felt]

35 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Unfortunately, no.

I don't even really know who to reach out to anymore. I've reached out to Lincoln and the NHTSA. The NHTSA just says "This is what Lincoln and the NHTSA have agreed upon as a fix". Lincoln just makes a note and claims to have filed a report with the NHTSA over this issue. 

@Drew Dowdell, by chance, do you have a Lincoln rep I could reach out to over this matter? 

That just sucks in so many ways and is another reason that I would not buy from them. Like GM which has choosen to go against customer choice, I have left another American Company for one that supports choice. 

I hope Lincoln wakes up to the fact that unplugging a feature is not a fix. Long term it will cost them imho.

Thank you for the update on this.

[A Horse With No Name]

On 7/17/2025 at 10:17 AM, ccap41 said:

Almost my entire friend group(5/8 closest male friends) has had a GTI at some point. From Mk3 to Mk7's. They've all loved them. One recently bought and still owns his mk7 and the other swapped it out got a Jetta GLI. They aren't bulletproof though. I believe they all had some issues at some point. I believe two had DSG transmission issues that were quiet expensive to repair, though not catastrophic. This was, ironically, after VW's recommended trans service interval.  

I really have a sot spot for hot hatches. In another life, I would have bought a Focus RS. 

2 hours ago, ccap41 said:

Unfortunately, no.

I don't even really know who to reach out to anymore. I've reached out to Lincoln and the NHTSA. The NHTSA just says "This is what Lincoln and the NHTSA have agreed upon as a fix". Lincoln just makes a note and claims to have filed a report with the NHTSA over this issue. 

@Drew Dowdell, by chance, do you have a Lincoln rep I could reach out to over this matter? 

This is sad. Maverick is on my short list, want to see how this is resolved. 

[ccap41]

29 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

I really have a sot spot for hot hatches. In another life, I would have bought a Focus RS.

You and I both, brother. I just love that class of vehicle. They're sporty, fun, practical, and not (typically) all that expensive to own/operate. They're just all around great vehicles. 

I'd like to say that one day I'll own a Focus RS, too. But, I know damn well I likely won't buy one. By the time I'm in a position to buy an extra car or I no longer need the extra space for a family of 4, I'd be getting something with 2 doors and a V8 anyway. 

[G. David Felt]

1 hour ago, ccap41 said:

You and I both, brother. I just love that class of vehicle. They're sporty, fun, practical, and not (typically) all that expensive to own/operate. They're just all around great vehicles. 

I'd like to say that one day I'll own a Focus RS, too. But, I know damn well I likely won't buy one. By the time I'm in a position to buy an extra car or I no longer need the extra space for a family of 4, I'd be getting something with 2 doors and a V8 anyway. 

Or my friend, like me, you will have to spend that money on your kids education! That is why my conversion of my 1994 GMC Suburban never happened and I eventually sold it as I am past the project phase and now into the Grandkids phase.

Good luck, the future is going to be an interesting mixture I think over the next two decades.

@A Horse With No Name @ccap41 Mazda might have a card that you both will like. The CEO is quoted in this story that they are assessing the return of the Mazda midsize pickup.

2025 Mazda B-Series Unofficially Comes Back to Life to Make America Proud, Again - autoevolution

[Drew Dowdell]

On 6/13/2025 at 5:25 PM, ccap41 said:

I had a recall done yesterday on my Navigator. The recall was to eliminate the risk of something catching fire due to the under-mirror lighting. The fix was to simply unplug the lights and I lose the feature. 

This seems pretty ridiculous, right? Like, there wasn't an actual fix. I just lost something I paid for. 

I had a loaner new Escape for the day though. It was..uhhh...okay... 

 

On 6/16/2025 at 9:07 AM, ccap41 said:

i believe something causes a possible short, which causes the fire. It already was an LED bulb under the mirror. I'm actively reaching out to Lincoln/Ford about it though, because I think it's ridiculous to just lose a feature due to a recall. I though recalls FIXED problems. 

Right?!? I'm hoping it's just a temp fix until they have an actual fix. Losing something on a vehicle for a recall is absurd, IMO. 

So, unfortunately no, especially on a vehicle that age... and there is precedent for it. The most you can hope for is some sort of Visa gift card for a very modest amount IF you kick up enough stink with Lincoln Customer Service. 

Back in the mid-2000s, the Buick Lucerne and the Cadillac DTS had heated washer fluid. There was an initial fix to move the system to a larger fuse, but the systems still were shorting out and causing fires. The supplier ended up going into bankruptcy over it.  The recall was to disconnect the system and owners received a $100 gift card. 

That's while the cars were still in production, so I can't imagine Lincoln doing much for yours now.

[A Horse With No Name]

On 7/18/2025 at 5:35 PM, G. David Felt said:

Or my friend, like me, you will have to spend that money on your kids education! That is why my conversion of my 1994 GMC Suburban never happened and I eventually sold it as I am past the project phase and now into the Grandkids phase.

Good luck, the future is going to be an interesting mixture I think over the next two decades.

@A Horse With No Name @ccap41 Mazda might have a card that you both will like. The CEO is quoted in this story that they are assessing the return of the Mazda midsize pickup.

2025 Mazda B-Series Unofficially Comes Back to Life to Make America Proud, Again - autoevolution

I like it but would prefer a Subaru. Or, I might just go the boring route and buy a Corolla Hybrid. At this point, I need something that gets to the trailhead to hike easily. 

The economy is not good, regardless of what the corrupt legacy media in the United States might want to portray. Wonder how this will affect the auto market?

 

Another video worth considering. Prices at auctions are soft according to tons of people...

[A Horse With No Name]

This guy seems rational, car market can't be doing well. HE starts by talking about people taking on $1000 plus a month payments...

We are in a cycle here we half ass everything here, sadly. 

 

Interesting on the tech front...

 

[A Horse With No Name]

American car rental companies have zero ethics and deserve to lose market share...

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Political but car related, I think he represents a lot of folks. 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

The worlds last surviving clean Lumina.  Too bad 90 percent of our former members are gone, as this would create lots of conversation. 

 

He claims they sold two million of these, that's 1.995 million that have been crushed and sent to the junkyard in the sky. 

Last one for a bit, interesting converted Ford van. 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

On 7/19/2025 at 2:19 PM, Drew Dowdell said:

 

So, unfortunately no, especially on a vehicle that age... and there is precedent for it. The most you can hope for is some sort of Visa gift card for a very modest amount IF you kick up enough stink with Lincoln Customer Service. 

Back in the mid-2000s, the Buick Lucerne and the Cadillac DTS had heated washer fluid. There was an initial fix to move the system to a larger fuse, but the systems still were shorting out and causing fires. The supplier ended up going into bankruptcy over it.  The recall was to disconnect the system and owners received a $100 gift card. 

That's while the cars were still in production, so I can't imagine Lincoln doing much for yours now.

While I absolutely love the Maverick, this is one reason why I am leaning Subaru for the next vehicle purchase. I just don't think domestics have the quality control or engineering the Asians have. 

A political video, but pay attention to the Boeing Part. The easiest way for countries to strike back at the US is to buy Airbus rather than Boeing. The only thing keeping Boeing in the game right now seems to be the huge backlog that Airbus has for planes. 

Wonder how in the automotive sense a decline in US manufacturing, which seems inevitable, will affect the auto industry. Can't be good. 

 

On a brighter note...

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Can't believe she tried this in a Jeep Compass. 

[ccap41]

On 7/19/2025 at 1:19 PM, Drew Dowdell said:

So, unfortunately no, especially on a vehicle that age... and there is precedent for it. The most you can hope for is some sort of Visa gift card for a very modest amount IF you kick up enough stink with Lincoln Customer Service. 

Back in the mid-2000s, the Buick Lucerne and the Cadillac DTS had heated washer fluid. There was an initial fix to move the system to a larger fuse, but the systems still were shorting out and causing fires. The supplier ended up going into bankruptcy over it.  The recall was to disconnect the system and owners received a $100 gift card. 

That's while the cars were still in production, so I can't imagine Lincoln doing much for yours now.

I understand the age and whatnot. I just think the "fix" itself is total BS. I don't think anybody should lose a feature they paid for over a recall. The recall is admitting they screwed up somewhere whether it's design or manufacturing.

I'll attempt to make a bigger stink with Lincoln over this. 

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

American car rental companies have zero ethics and deserve to lose market share...

 

I can't even take this serious if they can't use the correct "your" in the title's image. 

[ccap41]

1 hour ago, A Horse With No Name said:

On a brighter note...

I love Matt's videos. I watch everything they put out. They seem like genuinely good people. 

[A Horse With No Name]

8 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

I love Matt's videos. I watch everything they put out. They seem like genuinely good people. 

They keep me sane. I agree, great people. 

 

[Robert Hall]

40 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

I love Matt's videos. I watch everything they put out. They seem like genuinely good people. 

They are fun...I like the various predicaments they get into on narrow trails...I love the Morrvair wagon. 

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

While I absolutely love the Maverick, this is one reason why I am leaning Subaru for the next vehicle purchase. I just don't think domestics have the quality control or engineering the Asians have. 

A political video, but pay attention to the Boeing Part. The easiest way for countries to strike back at the US is to buy Airbus rather than Boeing. The only thing keeping Boeing in the game right now seems to be the huge backlog that Airbus has for planes. 

Wonder how in the automotive sense a decline in US manufacturing, which seems inevitable, will affect the auto industry. Can't be good. 

 

On a brighter note...

 

Check this out as they were spot on during the first administration and I worry for all about this fall and going into next year. I suspect things are going to get very ugly as the incompetance of the current administration will show. 

The BOOMERS will get their golden age of destruction.

Tallying the two channels of job losses from tariffs | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

3 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

I like it but would prefer a Subaru. Or, I might just go the boring route and buy a Corolla Hybrid. At this point, I need something that gets to the trailhead to hike easily. 

The economy is not good, regardless of what the corrupt legacy media in the United States might want to portray. Wonder how this will affect the auto market?

 

Another video worth considering. Prices at auctions are soft according to tons of people...

I could not tell anyone unless they just had to buy an auto to buy right now, I suspect that by the end of the year we will see everyone much cheaper due to the incompetence and job losses that are happening now.

3 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

American car rental companies have zero ethics and deserve to lose market share...

 

Hertz screwed me over about 10 years ago or so and it was such a mess, that by the time they made it right, I had sworn off them. I now use Enterprise and have never had the problems Hertz gives.

[G. David Felt]

1 hour ago, A Horse With No Name said:

They keep me sane. I agree, great people. 

 

This is so true and just not on auto's, the number of parts and other product piling up at ports due to people / companies not wanting to pay tariffs is crazy. Seattle/Tacoma/Everett Ports has a ton of product sitting in container's that companies are not willing to pay tariffs on so now it is just sitting there.

Small businesses are being hurt and forced to close due to the Tariffs. My sister's appliance company is hurting as they usually have credit, but the company that imports the parts for appliance repairs went to a cash up front from all purchase and have stated they have to pay up front from the companies in China so no more credit, pay at the end of the month, now it is pay as you go. So they are having customers pay up front.

The shop I have used, has also told me that the cost of parts is changing almost daily and they have to pay in advance for auto parts. Consumers are going to be hurting big time.

We are not making America Great Again, America is being destroyed Again just like in the 1930's due to ignorant people in power.

[G. David Felt]

Bonded warehousing of products that can be held up to 5 years with no tariff paid awaiting changes in policy.

Bonded Warehouses and FTZs Explained: Smart Tariff Strategy for Importers in 2025 - TRADLINX Blogs

[trinacriabob]

WIndows 11 ...

Now that I have (your, someone's) attention, I have a question or two.

I'm still running Windows 10 and it has been great.  I can speak for my laptop, but haven't used my HP tower in a good while.  Support for Windows 10 goes away in mid-October of this year.

I have held back on converting because, first and foremost, I heard it is a lot more possessive and restrictive of what you can do with it ... by that, I mean it pushes you into more proprietary sites and options rather than letting you choose.  It's bossy, in a way.* To me, that sounds like a bad thing more than a good thing.

The other is that it needs 40GB of RAM free at the moment to do the installation.  I'm going to have to make some room.

Can I get some input (in wording better suited for a general user) on the concerns voiced in the last 2 paragraphs?  

Thank you.

* I'm not the sort of person to be "whipped," so that would be a problem ... LOL

[G. David Felt]

3 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

WIndows 11 ...

Now that I have (your, someone's) attention, I have a question or two.

I'm still running Windows 10 and it has been great.  I can speak for my laptop, but haven't used my HP tower in a good while.  Support for Windows 10 goes away in mid-October of this year.

I have held back on converting because, first and foremost, I heard it is a lot more possessive and restrictive of what you can do with it ... by that, I mean it pushes you into more proprietary sites and options rather than letting you choose.  It's bossy, in a way.* To me, that sounds like a bad thing more than a good thing.

The other is that it needs 40GB of RAM free at the moment to do the installation.  I'm going to have to make some room.

Can I get some input (in wording better suited for a general user) on the concerns voiced in the last 2 paragraphs?  

Thank you.

* I'm not the sort of person to be "whipped," so that would be a problem ... LOL

Windows 11 has pro's and Con's but then what version of windows did not. Overall, I have NOT seen any possessive or restrictive issues with what you can do with Windows 11.

Now one thing to be aware is that 11 does have more hardware requirements, so it is possible that if you try to update your current Win10 setup, it could come back and say I cannot until you get a compatible CPU or Graphics card, etc.

I would double check your system against the requirements, does not make any sense to spend hours attempting to upgrade if your system will not truly support it.

Windows 11 Specs and System Requirements | Microsoft Windows

I have a Maxed out with SSD drives Lenovo Laptop that is fast and rocks but does not pass the hardware check so it cannot upgrade to Win11, so it will stay at Win10 since it works just fine. 

Ignore the threats about everything as it is Microsoft's attempt to get you to spend money on hardware and new Win11 when you really do not have too.

[A Horse With No Name]

 

[trinacriabob]

One big irritant is when you go into a folksy diner and they ask you, "What are you drinking?" before your butt is on a chair and before you've been handed a menu.  Usually, when this happens, the staff is also rough around the edges.

[G. David Felt]

R.I.P. for those that liked Ozzy. Died at 76.
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[G. David Felt]

Before idiot47 has screwed up everything and the GOP rats gave 3.5 trillion to the 1% class sadling us normal folks with more debt, at least my state of Washington was able to get the money owed under the IRA for building out fast charging stations every 50 miles along our major freeway systems.

Seattle judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze EV charger funding • Washington State Standard

Seems like Colorado and Maryland was also able to do it.

States rush to grab EV charging money that Trump froze - E&E News by POLITICO

More good news as more EV charging stations have opened.

New EV Charging Infrastructure Booms in Q2 - TT

[trinacriabob]

Random thought, for a laugh:

Pam Blondi

[G. David Felt]

5 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

Random thought, for a laugh:

Pam Blondi

[G. David Felt]

Idiot47 is bragging about his Japan Trade Deal and yet we go from 10% tariffs to 15% tariffs as Japan avoids the 25% tariff Idiot47 threatened and yet his win is an increase in taxation against Americans having to pay more for the Auto's they will export to the US.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/business/japan-trade-agreement-us

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-japan-trade-deal-1.7591682

Reaction to US trade deal with Japan | Reuters

So we get Japan made auto's with 15% tariffs and our own auto companies have to pay 25% for parts / autos from Canada and Mexico and us Americans have to pay 15% tariff on anything from Japan versus the original 10% that was in place. Plus Idiot47 says Japan will open up their market to our US autos. 

Hello McFly, thay already had it open to us, but our auto's are too big for the roads in Japan and especially the cities. There is a reason they have Micro Trucks and cars. 
Japan needs Kei Trucks, not 1 ton dually American Trucks.

[A Horse With No Name]

16 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

One big irritant is when you go into a folksy diner and they ask you, "What are you drinking?" before your butt is on a chair and before you've been handed a menu.  Usually, when this happens, the staff is also rough around the edges.

I am not bothered by it. The cockroaches in the corner by the booth I am in, pee all over the bathroom floor, and bland food usually are a turn off. I like small independent restaurants, but trying them is like playing the lottery.

The short answer is yes, I can answer that in one word. "YES"

6 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Idiot47 is bragging about his Japan Trade Deal and yet we go from 10% tariffs to 15% tariffs as Japan avoids the 25% tariff Idiot47 threatened and yet his win is an increase in taxation against Americans having to pay more for the Auto's they will export to the US.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/business/japan-trade-agreement-us

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-japan-trade-deal-1.7591682

Reaction to US trade deal with Japan | Reuters

So we get Japan made auto's with 15% tariffs and our own auto companies have to pay 25% for parts / autos from Canada and Mexico and us Americans have to pay 15% tariff on anything from Japan versus the original 10% that was in place. Plus Idiot47 says Japan will open up their market to our US autos. 

Hello McFly, thay already had it open to us, but our auto's are too big for the roads in Japan and especially the cities. There is a reason they have Micro Trucks and cars. 
Japan needs Kei Trucks, not 1 ton dually American Trucks.

Having been to Japan twice, I agree. 

[A Horse With No Name]

Things not good for the US auto industry with tariffs. 

[A Horse With No Name]

Yep, and not going to change. I live near the largest auto auction house in Ohio, see a bunch going in on car carriers. Dealers must be wholesaling them out and off the lot. 

[trinacriabob]

27 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Yep, and not going to change. I live near the largest auto auction house in Ohio, see a bunch going in on car carriers. Dealers must be wholesaling them out and off the lot. 

The S sedan has attractive lines, though long in the tooth.  All their other products are not attractive. 

Tesla aficionados and apologists are also much like a cult.

[Drew Dowdell]

 

eeeeffffffffff

[G. David Felt]

3 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Things not good for the US auto industry with tariffs. 

Right now many companies are eating the tariff which is just stupid, they need to accept this tax and pass it on showing that Idiot47 is the moron and the other countries are NOT the ones paying this tax.

57 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

 

eeeeffffffffff

This on the car?

[Drew Dowdell]

2 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

Right now many companies are eating the tariff which is just stupid, they need to accept this tax and pass it on showing that Idiot47 is the moron and the other countries are NOT the ones paying this tax.

This on the car?

Yeah, I was changing the fuel filter on the toronado along with the fuel filter housing (the bright new brass piece) and the wrench slipped and I snapped the old brass tubing. 

[G. David Felt]

Capable of fast charging 300 EVs a day, the largest fast charging facility in Washington State has broken ground.

Hallcon Breaks Ground on Washington's Largest EV Fleet Charging Facility

Washington's largest 24/7 EV charging facility in Redmond

[trinacriabob]

8 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Yeah, I was changing the fuel filter on the toronado along with the fuel filter housing (the bright new brass piece) and the wrench slipped and I snapped the old brass tubing. 

That's too bad. 

It's great to be able to keep old school GM iron in tip top shape on one's own.

My other thought ... when fuel filters were "in line," where they should be.

[Drew Dowdell]

Just now, trinacriabob said:

That's too bad. 

It's great to be able to keep old school GM iron in tip top shape on one's own.

My other thought ... when fuel filters were "in line," where they should be.

This one is a rat bastard to change. There isn't enough clearance to get the housing out because you bump the thermostat housing. I have to almost take the carb off (4 bolts plus choke heater) to slide it back enough to remove the fuel filter housing.  I had to replace the housing because the threads were damaged on the old one and I needed new gaskets. The whole kit was like $18.

[trinacriabob]

An idea for a "What's My Line?" (was a TV game show) occupation:

Great White shark tagger

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, G. David Felt said:

Capable of fast charging 300 EVs a day, the largest fast charging facility in Washington State has broken ground.

Hallcon Breaks Ground on Washington's Largest EV Fleet Charging Facility

Washington's largest 24/7 EV charging facility in Redmond

Excellent

I wonder how the changes in oil supply will affect the auto market in the USA

[trinacriabob]

Continuing on with the Windows 11 question.

When I run a scan, as you know, the file paths flash by you with rapid speed and they move back and forth between things specific to the hardware and its programs and personal files such as documents, spreadsheets, and photos ... back and forth, back and forth ...

I am able to see 2 paths that you tech guys may understand better than I do.  These also flicker on both and forth:

1.

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ .... (varying #s and @s) ...\Metada\Windows11.0 ...

2.

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ .... (varying #s and @s) ...\Package_for_RollupFix~ ...

Since these flicker back and forth during the scan, I wonder what they mean.  

Important item:  I don't remember if it was on my tower or on the laptop I'm asking about, but I think I almost let the Windows 11 upgrade get rolling by a click of the mouse, but cancelled it and/or shut down the computer. 

Does item 1 mean that some files from the update, that need not be here, are sitting on my drives and taking up space when I'm not on 11 yet?

In what folder on an HP product would I find if there are any Windows 11 files prematurely sitting there?

Thanks.  It would help to know.

 

[Drew Dowdell]

17 minutes ago, trinacriabob said:

Continuing on with the Windows 11 question.

When I run a scan, as you know, the file paths flash by you with rapid speed and they move back and forth between things specific to the hardware and its programs and personal files such as documents, spreadsheets, and photos ... back and forth, back and forth ...

I am able to see 2 paths that you tech guys may understand better than I do.  These also flicker on both and forth:

1.

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ .... (varying #s and @s) ...\Metada\Windows11.0 ...

2.

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ .... (varying #s and @s) ...\Package_for_RollupFix~ ...

Since these flicker back and forth during the scan, I wonder what they mean.  

Important item:  I don't remember if it was on my tower or on the laptop I'm asking about, but I think I almost let the Windows 11 upgrade get rolling by a click of the mouse, but cancelled it and/or shut down the computer. 

Does item 1 mean that some files from the update, that need not be here, are sitting on my drives and taking up space when I'm not on 11 yet?

In what folder on an HP product would I find if there are any Windows 11 files prematurely sitting there?

Thanks.  It would help to know.

 

That's where your Windows Updates are being stored. If you're going from 10 to 11, Windows just treats that like a really huge Windows update. 

11 sucked when it first came out, but for the last year they've fixed it up enough that it runs better than 10 now. 

[G. David Felt]

WOW, Crazy List of Ford Recalls since May.

Ford has issued over 30 recalls since late May. See list of models.

[A Horse With No Name]

8 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

WOW, Crazy List of Ford Recalls since May.

Ford has issued over 30 recalls since late May. See list of models.

America is a declining and dying empire, and it shows for the most part in the cars we build. I like some of what Cadillac is doing, and I like the current midsize trucks the Silverado EV, and the Maverick. Pretty much everything else can meet the fate of these two Malibus, over American cars, have been for awhile. 

 

On the positive side...

 

[A Horse With No Name]

One more thing political but car related, every time I have been to Canada I have seen a lot of American cars. I wonder how the Canadian auto market will change with the current political environment?

This is kind of the direction I would like to go. 

[A Horse With No Name]

Economy is not doing well

 

Grooving on the idea of a small SUV that would get me to some interesting hiking and camping spots. 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

We descend into stupidity. 

 

[ccap41]

33 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

We descend into stupidity. 

 

It's already outdated because Japan has been updated and changed to 15%, if I remember correctly. 

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

America is a declining and dying empire, So True as Incompetence in Leadership is killing this country.

On the positive side...

 

Polestar has some great EVs, Sadly, the lack of being able to see the future due to stuck in the past by the Boomer idiots is going to cost the USA in a big way.

This does not bode well for America as 173 farmers have declared bankruptcy this year, 63% increase over last year and a loss to the financial sector of over 563 Billion dollars and Idiot47 could care less.

Trump Policies Add to Farming Distress as Bankruptcies Increase

Farmers 'running out of cash' under ‘crisis’ brought on by Trump - Raw Story