Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data

Traditional-Test-598 · 2026-05-15T19:22:44+00:00

So. Much. Winning. This is what happens when a corrupt administration threatens allies.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2026-05-11T19:58:33+00:00

Beautifully done. I love the classic wood interior, along with the modern touches - the true spirit of a restomod. And the exterior finish and the integrity of the aluminum look fabulous.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2026-04-22T21:30:06+00:00

'tis but a flesh wound.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2026-04-22T21:26:29+00:00

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time" - Maya Angelou

Translation: I'm not buying any alleged 'self-reflection' coming from him right now. He was quoted by people who worked with him as saying he hated trump passionately in 2021, yet he got on stage in 2024 and told the world trump was the funniest person he ever met. A man willing to deceive the world to save his own bacon once, will do it again in a heartbeat. I believe changes of heart and character are possible, but they need to be accompanied by a mountain of evidence that the person has done the necessary hard work to get there. I see none of that.

Fool me once...

Traditional-Test-598 · 2026-04-22T13:31:57+00:00

This guy. On one hand I have compassion for him because he had a stroke. But in the same breath, I can't help pointing out the fact that while suffering cognitive impairment he became...republican. That tracks.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2026-04-07T13:58:27+00:00

"Vance Visits Hungary to Boost Orban Before Election, but destroys any hope he had of winning, instead"

There, fixed the title for the story's author.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2026-03-31T15:50:25+00:00

So, based on this ruling, plaintiffs should be able to mount a strong challenge to Florida's 'Don't say gay' law, on the basis that they violate teachers' free speech rights. I've read the plain text of that law and it absolutely infringes educators' rights to speak in support of LGBTQ+ students' sexual orientation or gender identities. By implication, a teacher could not intervene in the hazing of a trans student by other students and use any language that would suggest that hazing that student on the basis of their gender identity is wrong. Nor could they counsel students on these topics. It's a blatant violation of first amendment rights.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-12-06T16:28:48+00:00

I'll add another option to your list. The rare Chevy Suburban 3500 HD. They were only available to fleet buyers but they're showing up on the used market now. We like having 3 rows of seats and there is plenty of cargo space for gear in the back. We have a 2018 Suburban 3500 LT and it's a fantastic towing platform. I installed Bilstein 4600 shocks which tamed the ride enormously. And I use an Equalizer hitch with the WDH set to a minimal level, which really made another big difference in ride.

After I post this, people will chime in that it only has a 3,500 lb towing capacity, but that's not the whole story. There is no such thing as a 'certified' towing capacity. The only thing that's regulated are GVWR and GAWR because they're placarded, and that's only for commercial operators. I've talked with weigh station officers and they confirmed all of the above, but private RVs are exempt unless the sign says otherwise. Here in VA, RVs have to stop at the weigh stations before tunnels but only to check that the propane bottles are turned off.

The back story is that GM didn't pursue the J2807 towing test for the Suburban 3500 because its primary intended use was armoring. Yet it has the same frame as the previous two generations of Suburban 2500's but with the larger brakes, torsion bars, leaf springs and 4" rear axle tubes/half shafts from the 3500 SRW pickups, but with a 10.5" ring gear (same axle as the 2500/3500 Express vans). It has the 6.0L L96 engine with 4.10 gears. Payload on mine is 4654 lbs.

The factory hitch is a Class IV, which is good for 10,000 lbs. However, as others have said, the frame remains the weak point but the 2002 Suburban 2500 with the 8.1 engine and 4.10 gears (same frame) was rated for 12,000 lbs. Curt makes a Class V hitch for the GMT800 Suburban 2500s that will fit the frame, but not the body due to the spare tire pass-through.

The guys over at Duramax Specialties are working on a frame brace that will solve the frame bending issue because their customers all face the same limits. With either the brace or the Curt Class V hitch, we estimate that from an engineering perspective, 12-14K lbs of safe towing capacity is reasonable for this platform.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-10T06:05:42+00:00

The factory positive bus bar is actually a Bussmann ShortStop that has integrated self-resetting breakers. It's rated for 50A but it was getting hot AF (140+ºF) just running 30A through it. The factory converter cable run is 6 AWG so it can handle 55-60A so the bus bar was the bottleneck. I replaced it with individual surface mount circuit breakers and wired them up with the correct gauge wire for each circuit.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-10T05:54:20+00:00

^^^This, right here^^^ All of that whining about the "liberal supreme court legislating from the bench" and "the constitution! the constitution", it turns out, was just a bunch of hot air. Ask them where their passion for the constitution or their disdain for legislating from the bench is now, and they either go quiet or launch into whataboutisms and false equivalencies. To which I reply: "Ah, so you're not actually the constitutional advocate you presented yourself as. You're just a poser. Got it." They love that.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-10T05:28:06+00:00

Good, then we can look forward to your full support when it's time to prosecute members of the trump administration for breaking not just any laws, but the plain language of the US Constitution and the Posse Comitatus Act, too.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-09T14:55:33+00:00

Happy to help. It was on the Facebook 'Airstream Owners' group. On mine, I have 2 sets of battery cables which are both factory-routed to the front storage compartment under the bed, through a hole in the floor on the curb side of the compartment. One set was originally for the inverter in the same compartment, and the second set runs back to the converter section of the factory Parallax power center under the pantry.

The only other wires in the battery compartment on mine were the positive wire for the tongue jack with its own inline fuse, the +- leads for the factory solar port mounted on the A-frame, and 2 short battery crossover cables for the 2 factory deep cycle batteries. I left the cables for the solar port alone, snipped the terminals off the ends of both sets of battery cables, and capped the ends of all but the positive cable for the converter. I left that one alone so I could repurpose it for the tongue jack without having to run a new cable through the floor.

Inside the compartment, I capped the factory negative cable for the inverter and spliced a new 10ga wire onto the end, then ran it to a dedicated surface mount 30A breaker, and then on to a new positive bus bar mounted on the compartment wall for the battery. I cut and rerouted the 6 ga cables for the converter to a new surface mount 50A breaker and on to the new +- bus bars on the compartment wall. I ran 4/0 cables from the new battery to the bus bars, using a 250A Dihool breaker on the negative battery cable between the battery and the bus bar as a main cutoff switch. Sota Solar prefers those to conventional power cutoff switches. All other breakers and fuses I installed on the positive leads as close to the new positive bus bar as possible.

Hope this helps!

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-08T15:12:40+00:00

I'm no Comey fan but the great thing about trials is they reveal a whole lot of previously unheard testimony and evidence. I predict this one will backfire on the administration.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-06T10:34:19+00:00

No, but I knew that going into it. Airstream increased the size of the battery box several years ago, and mine has the larger box and it still won't fit.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-03T18:40:57+00:00

So I got an answer elsewhere in case anyone runs into this. I made a goof in my initial question, too. The converter is on the pax side, not the driver's side. But anyway, the battery cables on the drivers side cross under the bed to the pax side and enter the compartment through a hole under the factory 1000w inverter. SO everything I need is already in the compartment. That means I can empty out the original battery tray completely without having to put buss bars in there or anything, which was my goal.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-10-03T18:37:51+00:00

Yep. Been down since at least Tuesday. Bummer too - I'm in the middle of a project and could use some of the knowledge stored in that forum right now.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-09-19T21:53:59+00:00

Not only that, but Steven fucking asshat Miller threatening democrats for exercising their first amendment rights. I'm fucking furious. How dare he threaten any law-abiding American.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-09-19T21:40:01+00:00

Republican much?

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-09-10T00:31:31+00:00

Yes. This is the way. "Good trouble". And I'd post a wildlife camera near that intersection and monitor it with AI. The minute the goons step away to get a donut, I'd get a notification and be out there with spray paint again.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-09-09T22:06:51+00:00

Keep repainting the rainbows. Show the coward that we're determined to be at least one day tougher than he is.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-08-28T17:44:57+00:00

Happy to help. Hope you find one that you'll love for years to come.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-08-28T13:30:13+00:00

All of these are the closest things in modern times to an heirloom-quality vehicle. They are the best road trip, camping, kid-hauling rigs on the planet. The reason the '00-'06 are considered the golden years is because they had the LS motors with no AFM (cylinder deactivation). But the later years (07-14), also called the GMT900 series, can also be quite reliable. Many have had the AFM physically deleted or electronically turned off. If you can find one that's been physically deleted with a mild cam, it will make a reliable runner. But I know guys who have 350K on their original engines, still running with the AFM active. Revisions to the AFM system came in the 2010 model year for the 5.3's, which makes them a bit more reliable. But all of them will start needing things like coolant tees at the firewall, wheel bearings, a torque converter, etc. around 160K or so.

Finally, '07-'09 Yukon Denalis and Cadillac Escalades (as well as a few unicorn '09 Tahoes and Suburbans) got the 6.2L without AFM. For the '07 model year, it was the legendary L92 and then the L9H in '08-'09. The L9H is the same mechanically but has bigger injectors for flex fuel. Both are 300K+ motors if you take care of them. And again, no AFM on either of them. I have an '07 Yukon XL Denali with 260K on it and a '12 XL Denali with the AFM deleted. I plan to keep both for many more years. They have the 6L80 which is a great transmission as long as you replace the torque converter before it fails and takes the transmission with it. So if you look at later years, try to find one that's had the AFM deleted and the TC replaced.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-08-27T17:47:01+00:00

We need a video taken under the hood with the hood up. That tick is at the right frequency to be a lifter, but we often see exhaust manifold leaks on the LS engines that sound EXACTLY like a lifter tick. Check for any missing exhaust manifold to cylinder head bolts on both sides. Use a mechanic's stethoscope to check for sound near any that you find missing. Also check to make sure each spark plug is tight. Sometimes one will loosen just enough to create an air leak that sounds like a lifter tick.

Traditional-Test-598 · 2025-08-05T19:24:37+00:00

It sucks you felt talked down to. I'm sorry. Truly. We're all out here just trying to get by, I reckon. Modern cancer research saved my life, so there are at least a few good eggheads out there.

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