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I am saddened by the shrinkage in the U.S.'s middle class. That was something that really strengthened this country ... and it did the same for other developed economies that also had a solid middle class population. Those at the "new" bottom are in a state of despair. Those at the top - even though they say they do and make promises - don't seem to care.

I don't think so. Who replaces him when the old man croaks, quite possible in the next 4 years by his own poor health? His VP doesn't have anywhere near the charisma or cult following. In 4 years or less, MAGA gets fractured because their leader will be no more either constitutionally or physically.

It's always amazed me how people have the energy to care who marries who. Why do people care so much about people they don't know or care about?

THAT would be sooooo wrong, dude. You would be correct that its not a bald eagly cry. But that screech is not by a falcon either. Its from a red tail hawk. Learn your birds, loser!!!

@oldshurst442 @ccap41 Thought you would get a laugh out of this. I just got off the phone with a director in my company. She was just madder than hell and we never did talk about what the meeting was originally scheduled for, instead she had to vent and knew I would listen without interrupting her. Long story short, she is a single mother of 3 kids, her youngest who is out of college, has yet to find a job and she admits she pampers him too much, informed her that he voted for Trump cause trump would bring all the jobs back to America for the young folks and kick out illegals to ensure they get jobs. Woman would know their place in the kitchen and supporting the kids of the family. She asked him if he understood what he just told her since at the age of 8 she has been supporting him ever since his dad walked out to go live with a younger woman. Does he understand that a Woman has been supporting him in all he does even now? She then said since you think my place is in the kitchen, you can start playing me rent and if you want to eat, then there is a food fee, cleaning fee, cooking fee, etc....... On top of this, she said do you even understand what racism is? While you were born here in America, you are Hispanic by heritage, something Trump has trashed on many times. He left the house and she does not know when he will be back, but she is fine with changing the locks as she is thinking of doing. 🤪

It is very sad that young are lazy and have taken the easy way out of just listening to hate filled people rather than thinking for themselves. One benefit of higher education is one would hope that a person gains critical thinking skills, but sadly they do not always get it. I have seen the same thing here in youth, crazy how the liberal side gave everything to their kids to only have them turn around and ignore how they got what they got and go down the stupid rabbit hole if idiot right wing agendas. We are in very interesting times; I am hoping the next 4 years can survive with stagnation before growing again with new younger better prepared leadership.

Sadly no. Our extreme right wing agendas are slightly different than yours. Ours are coming from young folk more than the old. And coming from a different place. I dont mean location. I mean a different emotional reason and Id say this is coming from Gen X and younger. I had a discussion in the summer with a 21 year old. Half Italian/half Greek kid. Good kid. But he told me his mom and dad and himself will not be voting for Trudeau, butn for Polievre because they are all fed up with the LGBTQ rights and all because its in "our faces all the time". They dont agree with gay marriage...blah blah blah... Theyn blame all the his/her/them/they on the left and on Trudeau...yada yada yada. He even went as far as denouncing abortion... Sound familiar? And this is in Quebec dont forget. Probably the most liberal places in ALL of North America... I had to bite my lip but I felt like telling him...so...dont marry another man if Catholic church doesnt allow you to marry another man and certainly dont get an abortion then if Catholic church does NOT allow you to get one... He is straight by the way. Same ole talking points that we've had this past decade it seems. Its like as if we entered 1424 or 1524 all of a sudden and not 2024 heading into 2025... Like I wrote to @Drew Dowdell's post. Trump released extreme right ideologies and hatred. He made THAT in vogue. And it will NOT go away anytime soon I dont think... No more political talk from me. I promised it a couple ofm days ago and I just now broke that promise. No more. Because this should be a site for fun. And we will definetely need fun because in the real world, it wont be so much fun. Trump likes to rule with miserably words...

I said this on the Nov. 27, 2024. Today, its the Dec. 4, 2024. It didnt take long to start dividing... And he aint even President yet. All the Trudeau haters out there blame Trudeau and side with Trump. I bet that all the Trumpsters out there believe all that Trump says about Canada and about Trudeau. But we will replace Trudeau but our next Prime Minister will not have better results. Trump divides. Hell, Trump divides his own phoquing family... What a looooong 4 years this is going to be. I want to believe this. I soooooo want to believe this. But some other charismatic a$$h@73 will eventually take his place. A younger one. Someone who could really have the time to take away rights and freedoms for his own gain... The cat is out of the bag. And that cat aint gonna go back into that bag. Trump released extreme right wing hatred and behaviour upon us. One could hope. One could hope.

I didnt really have a choice to use a modern Camaro. I didnt want to either but I wanted to do a 2024 version of Simon and Simon. I know I know... I could have cheated... The 2017 ZL1 would be the nicest of ALL mdern Camaros from the 5th and 6th gens. But I wanted to give the Camaro one last goodbye so I used it to coincide with a modern take of how a current Simon and Simon show would feature.

You had me until pictures of a modern Camaro... hahaha

Interesting is that the average age of Maga, 65 years old with more than 65% retired means most of these people are going to die off over this decade, so a change is coming no matter what. Agree, I was not happy with my AC Delco parts either, so this last time I went with a bit more expensive and rust preventive rotors. Zinc plated rotors from here seem to have been really good so far. Amazon.com: Callahan Brake Parts I am surprised as after getting this link for this, my search system started to pop up other brake options and I had no Idea Home Depot was into selling auto parts. Rust Prevention Technology Coated Rotor - Front I hope this lady hangs in there and resists all the idiots out there supporting this stupid over rated pay package for a less than solid CEO. Delaware Judge Who Rejected Musk’s Tesla Payday Faces Backlash This is cool to see. EVgo and GM surpass 2,000 public fast charging stalls in the U.S.

And I failed 😞 I need brakes at all four corners. I thought I had "just done them" but when I looked at my records, the fronts were done 35k miles ago and the rears 20k miles ago.... so yeah, I guess that's right. Funny how time flies. Got a full set of Bosch ceramic pads and rotors for like $300 on Amazon https://amzn.to/4g3srb9 https://amzn.to/3ZcIJHy https://amzn.to/41o4veh https://amzn.to/3Zn3sIQ The last time I went with AC Delco Pro from Rock Auto, but I was never happy with the front rotors, and in 35k miles they were all toast. I should have gotten at least one pad change before needing to replace the rotors. The rears are really badly corroded a while ago but are officially out of spec at 20k miles.

I actually wrote a story about a ground incursion causing an accident. So many issues with air traffic control and busy airports. We live in a post logic, post rational world. Ohhh, it is all going to go to $h!. I am just enjoying hiking and life...fiddling while Rome (and the rest of the planet) burns. Get ready for the new age of costs rising. Tariffs and our government printing a $h! ton of money mean that inflation is baked into the pie. I have book on my "to read" pile about how Democracies die. I find the idea so depressing that I am not sure I want to pick u the book. Sadly, I think Canada is next to fall to right wing morons.

Interesting read on what could happen next year here in the U.S. South Korea’s Warning for Washington

This has me cracking up today. He did a great job on pushing back against the MAGA Morons.

Unfortunately, that is how democracy fails. When you dont want to worry about…well…about your rights. It takes EVERYBODY in the village to protect democracy. I understand where you stand. But that kind of attitude and you will be kissing your freedoms away. This is what happens when too many dont worry about it and one nefarious individual with minions attempts to steal several rights away.

I"m getting the Avalanche inspected today at the dealer where @HoLottaBuicks works and he let me test drive the Denali EV on a short jaunt. I came away very impressed... as I should since the sticker is $102k. But beyond all the stats we know of about the EV drivetrain, the interior was very nicely made with nice materials and finishes. The exception being parts of the door panels felt a bit plasticy. It rides like a luxury sedan, though I didn't put it into sport mode or anything to see if the suspension firms up. I would need more time to explore the screens. It's a bit hard to navigate the main screen because a lot of the icons are the same color, so you have to actually read what the app does. The back seat is much roomier than my truck. I still object to having to buy a separate data plan just to use the apps I already use on my phone. Overall it is a great truck, but $102k is a bit steep.

I do my research on the candidates and vote. That's it. I won't throw a fit whether party B or party A wins. Just because I don't let it bother me, doesn't mean I don't "participate". I'll let you do that for me, because I don't want to.

Yes, I read the story and am so happy that he shot himself in the foot and will not get his $56 Billion dollar pay day that he feels he deserves as he created Tesla, WRONG, he did not, He Created everything as the God he believes he is in his little mind. According to the web, he created X.com a online digital pay system that predated Google transactions but was struggling due to people feeling the X.com was an adult web site. You can read the whole story here, if it was not growing up in a wealthy family in south africa and then coming to america illegally and getting help to stay and start his company, he would never have been what he is now and yet he hates illegals. Go figure. Here is how he got started. Did Elon Musk Create PayPal? Remembering His Fintech History Here is the news story on the pay package failure. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-loses-bid-to-get-56-billion-pay-package-reinstated/ar-AA1v9clp?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=9ca0fe8f80d34fea9f9b2a429fa07658&ei=69

Im wondering how on earth can 1 ceo be paid 56 billon dollars? Im having trouble understanding a 56 million dollar salary so Im having quite the time right now trying to figure out a 56 billion dollar one. A judge refused to let the company pay him that much and he, the ceo in question, through a tantrum. I guess he threw a tantrum because his plan to feed the hungry with that 56 billion dollar salary was thwarted. Not even with the help of open source accounting could he ever do anything to help... Like there is nothing he could do... And Christmas is...JUST around the corner. Poor little Tiny Tim. And poor ole ceo. He might just get a visit from the Ghosts of Christmases past, present and future. Sad story. Sad sad story indeed.

I probably already mentioned it. I got to fly on one RT for the first time this summer. I wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be. In economy, it's better for the operator ($) than it is for the passenger. My 2 cents. Also, thank goodness that everyone also made it out of that JAL A350 that got clipped on the runway or taxiway at a major Japanese airport.

Few neat old convrtibles in this video. Music cover for Monday

Have to say that Nissan had every chance to own the EV world and someone fell asleep at the wheel when they launched the LEAF and did not move fast enough to capitalize on the market, the tech, etc.. I can easily see the brand dying by 2030. 'Real reason' for Nissan collapse revealed as finance chief steps down

Woodward, the 1913 theater where they played Two of my Debate Students, Rinee and Vai, after getting an award... Last picture-From a hike in Missouri. I urgently need to be back on the road, or trail again. Feeling footloose.