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The Not-So-Safe Self-Driving Car

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Obeying the law can sometimes get you killed. Humans - those not asleep at the proverbial wheel - know this. Self-driving cars don't. They are programmed to be obey every law, all the...

Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED Oregon 6/17/20

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Here's the audio clip of my weekly chat with Bill Meyer over at KMED Radio in Oregon. We talked about four figure torque this time - and some other items of...

Kill People, No Problem… Just Don’t “Cheat” Uncle

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A VW engineer may be going to prison - and has already been professionally (and probably personally) ruined… for having “cheated” the EPA. Which is like expelling a picked-on kid who...

In-Dash Microwaves Instead of in-Dash Air Bags

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Most new cars will shut off the engine for you - even when you prefer it stays on. How come not one of them will heat up a cup of coffee...

“Indignities to an AGW”

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There is a law on the books to cover pretty much everything, but when there isn't, just make one up to suit. It covers all the bases and makes de facto what...

The Next “Crisis”

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Now that Putin Bad! Ukraine Good! has sidelined Ronamonomania, a new "crisis" is needed to deal with a real one. Rather than "rearing his head" - per Sarah Palin - Putin...

A Picture’s Worth 1,000 Words

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The other day, the Thing that's trying to push us out of cars Tweeted (loathsome term suggestive of a giggling and none-too-bright 12-year-old girl) a photo of himself in his classic...

Clovers’ Union

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The Clovers who style themselves Consumers Union - not having been elected to this status by any actual "consumers" - have decided they want the government to impose a new mandate...

Good People

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What does it mean to be a "good person"? One hears the term fairly often. So and so is a good person. Or the plural - they're good people. But what is...

The Always Losing Argument

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I read an article the other day, recommended by a friend, about “conservatives” and the futility of the reactionary politics that defines them. They are always looking backward, to a time...
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