Armed Polite Society

"Pallywood". 

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/18/pallywood-palestinian-women-devastated-at-the-loss-of-a-loved-one-in-gaza-n2395269

 

    Acting lessons courtesy of Jussie Smollett. He had to earn a buck somehow.
    — Damon Strong (@DamonStrong) April 18, 2024

I really prefer passengers to fulfill that function for me.

OH MY *expletive deleted*ing GOD WHAT THE *expletive deleted*ck ARE YOU DOING WE'RE GOING TO DIE YOU ahole!!!!

I can relate. I pulled out to pass a truck, and it turned out there was a long line of trucks to pass, so I pressed the pedal to the floor and went.

My passenger told me I was going awfully fast as I zipped past the first truck in line, and . . . well, I didn't look at the speedometer until I'd pulled back in line and it was going down past a number I won't repeat here. But she was right.

About 10 years ago Top Gear did an update on the state of the Chinese auto industry, and their prediction was that in something like 20 years China was going to be the world's dominant car manufacturer worldwide.

So maybe all those single male Chinese illegal aliens coming across the border from Mexico aren't actually spies and saboteurs, but a pre-positioned workforce for the Chinese car factories that will be built on our soil as soon as their Manchurian Candidate in the White House (that would be Joe Biden) arranges for US government subsidies?

And the head of the Canadian equivalent to PBS, the CBC, is just as bad if not worse.

Meet the Canadian Katherine Maher: Head of CBC Is EXACTLY as Deranged a Leftist as NPR CEO
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/04/19/meet-canadas-katherine-maher-head-of-cbc-is-exactly-as-deranged-a-leftist-as-npr-ceo-n2395238

About 10 years ago Top Gear did an update on the state of the Chinese auto industry, and their prediction was that in something like 20 years China was going to be the world's dominant car manufacturer worldwide.

I sincerely envy you, friends. Almost nothing has changed in your driving life )))
Everything in our automotive life has changed absolutely dramatically! If until recently probably 80 percent of cars were European cars, now 80 percent of cars sold are Chinese cars, the names of which make your head spin.
I have already bought a Chinese car for my wife, and for now I drive a Mazda, but I feel that the next car will be Chinese.
Of course, I can buy any European (American, Japanese) car, but they will all be significantly more expensive (due to logistics) and they do not have a factory warranty.

I'm curious about the higher end of the growing Chinese car manufacturing sector.  The only Chinese cars I have personal experience with were complete *expletive deleted*it boxes, but they were also notably the cheap end of the range.  The absolute cheapest American car is a shitbox as well.  I wonder what the mid-range and higher CHinese cars are like.

You guys still build Лады?  I drove one of those for two weeks on a trip in the early '90's.