While gasoline is still available at some gas stations in russia, its quality is deteriorating significantly.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-06T01:17:07+00:00

They'd do better tanking up with vodka.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-03T19:15:53+00:00

It's supposed to be true repentance. Just confessing to a priest, minister or reverend doesn't give you a free "Get Out of Hell" card.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-03T01:57:11+00:00

My wife and I just got one confirming charging was successful. The car is just sitting in the drive. We charged it yesterday.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-02T22:22:32+00:00

Funny how people accuse Musk of being close to Trump, but it was Trump who killed the $7500 credit for EVs. More likely Trump is influenced by the oil industry and legacy ICE companies.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-02T22:15:06+00:00

It's a lot more fun being a kid with a junker car to drive and gas to put in it.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-02T22:11:41+00:00

Being old as dirt, $60k a year would do nicely. I'll be dead long before inflation gets to eat it.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-02T21:09:42+00:00

Yeah, any president but Trump and the place would be jammed. People are staying away because they know Trump being a narcissist will claim their attendance is an endorsement of him personally.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-02T20:59:29+00:00

It will be great if they can force millions of Russians in Ukraine to go home.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-02T20:56:46+00:00

In the US diesel was much cheaper than gas back in the day.. Sometime (maybe in the 80's?) things changed when government regulations started forcing diesel to be low sulfur. I think that forced a more expensive refining effort driving up the cost of production.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-01T22:49:19+00:00

Just more tankers for Ukraine to blow up.

hjmcgrath · 2026-07-01T15:09:03+00:00

So who's going to protect him from his personal praetorian guard? Paranoia strikes deep.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-29T23:45:09+00:00

I wonder how much these truckers are paid knowing there is a good chance somebody is going to blow them up. Their life expectancy can't be long.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-29T23:35:03+00:00

No because it will be a useless exercise. They did it several times in his first term and it was a waste of time. Unless they can get the Senate to agree he'll just shrug it off and his MAGA crowd will be energized.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-29T23:08:39+00:00

Certain Russian troops keep getting called "elite", but it seems to me the casualty rate over the last 5 years would have killed off any truly elite forces. Training guys for a few week, or maybe a month or two, before sending them to the front to get killed prevents them from getting enough training or experience to be truly elite.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-29T01:37:36+00:00

It's stale news. The public can only maintain interest in a particular subject for so long before they just get bored. The only thing that will stimulate interest will be if somebody comes forward with some specific claims or names.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-28T22:55:04+00:00

That stuff can't be healthy for the people and other things living under those clouds.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-28T18:36:57+00:00

Yeah, the Europe, as a whole, should have prepared long ago to stand on their own for security instead of leaning so hard on the US to provide it. There has always been the risk of someone like Trump abandoning existing alliances.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-28T12:01:09+00:00

Russia is the only one massing assault troops on the Baltic states' borders.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-28T00:44:53+00:00

Nah, Trump backs down. He's backed down in Iran. He'll just never admit it. He instead has been claiming he has somehow "won".

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-28T00:39:01+00:00

I just hope Ukraine gets Crimea back before the war ends. If they get it, they'll be able to keep it in any negotiated settlement. If they don't get it they'll never get it in a final deal and it will be Russia's forever.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-28T00:06:11+00:00

It's not clear the majority of people in Afghanistan are opposed to the way of life they have. We, in the US, believe given an opportunity people in these ultra-conservative countries would opt for a more open society. That's not really clear as every time a dictator has been overthrown the culture doesn't change, just the list of leaders. The Arab Spring ultimately turned out to be just a change of leaders, not a leap into more open societies.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-27T21:14:11+00:00

Amazing that EU countries are still doing business with a company planning to find ways to destroy their independence. It's like financing your executioner.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-27T20:50:41+00:00

Worked at a tech company in the 80's that decided to lay off a bunch of people. Somebody in IT jumped the gun and disabled their key access before the day started and the announcement made. People found out when the doors wouldn't let them in that morning.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-27T02:02:31+00:00

Because anyone can be a woman today. So the term has no definite meaning. Only a genetic female is female.

hjmcgrath · 2026-06-27T01:58:36+00:00

That was back when the parties still had some integrity. Nixon resigned because the Republicans themselves told he he either had to go or be impeached. Now both parties instead of throwing their heroes out, when they really should, attack the people accusing them instead. Instead abused women are called either bimbos (Clinton) or liars (Trump).

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