Beria’s Technique… As Applied to VW
The trick is keeping your victim alive… so that the beatings can continue.
That was Lavrenti Beria’s dictum.
Beria was Stalin’s secret police chief, the Soviet version of Nazi Germany’s SS chief, Heinrich...
The Motor Gods Smiled
Some of you may have seen the Viking funeral I gave my '76 Trans-Am's rear tires - which were both very old and nearly bald. I bought a new pair to...
If MPGs Were Really the Reason
Gas mileage has been a kind of fetish object for the government lo these past 40-something years. But is it really about gas mileage? Or is gas mileage just the excuse...
Used Face Condoms
Coming out of the gym today, I had to walk around a disgusting Used Face Condom tossed on the ground. One sees these things everywhere; one used to only see such...
The All-American Camaro… 66 percent of it, at least
Well, this is going to get me in trouble with the "buy American" crowd, but I can't help myself.
What could be more American than a Camaro? It's both a Chevrolet and...
When Eight Air Bags Aren’t Enough
They''re running out of places inside new cars to put more air bags - so now they're looking at putting them outside the car (news story here).
These bags would deploy externally...
Joe Drunk
The presumption of innocence is something not paid much respect - or even given much thought - anymore. Everyone is guilty - of everything. No matter that you or I haven't...
Pope Fauci and The Variants
It sounds like an '80s synth band but the tune is more like the braying of a defective donkey.
Perhaps you saw the exchange between Pope Fauci and Senator Rand Paul over...
Uncle Again . . . or Me for a Change?
Ever get tired of being mulcted? Yeah, me too. So I decided to stop being mulcted . . . at least a little bit. And decided to spend some of my...
The “Peak Oil” Con
I’ve been reading about “peak oil” being imminent since the ’70s. Oil may indeed be a finite resource but the relevant question is: How much is left? It appears there’s more...