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I'm surprised that I had to read as far as I did to get to these liberal talking points you felt compelled to include. Couldn't just stay with the facts. Had to include this speculation. We'll both see if these guys are proven guilty of any actual crimes. In the mean time, IMHO, China is much more to worry about than Russia.

I agree. That is exactly right. Silicon Valley has a long history of introducing gee-whiz things for which there is no real demand, then hope upon hype that something will stick to the wall. Remember Google Glass? I wonder how many of those initial hipsters that paid $1500. for those glasses are wearing them today? Millions of dollars spent on development and now will likely be discontinued later this year. The headset originally received a great deal of criticism and legislative action due to privacy and safety concerns. On January 15, 2015, Google announced that it would stop producing the Google Glass prototype, to be continued in 2017 tentatively.[citation needed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass

You have to be capable of truly stunning level of obfuscation and bull sh*t, and able to keep it up for years while overseeing 20 consecutive quarters of declining revenue in the company you run. Of course a sleepy board of directors is really helpful. Consider this great double-speak. "IBM is for is for someone who values high value as a company." You gotta love it... Here from CNBC earlier today: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM's stock took a major hit when billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he sold about a third of his IBM shares, but CEO Ginni Rometty seemed unfazed when asked about his move. "We've traded publicly [for] 100 years out there," she told "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer on Tuesday. "And the trick to being a company in tech, which is a viciously competitive environment, that's absolutely right, is you've got to keep reinventing. And what IBM is for is for someone who values high value as a company." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginni_Rometty

Bump Must be somebody out there who would like to make this into a nice 2 ton pickup, or someone in need of a restoration project for the summer...

And in so many companies there is a reluctance by senior management to pay top-dollar, generous compensation to hire and keep gifted R&D engineers. I worked for a smallish manufacturing company, about 1,500 employees and $400 mil annual sales. Half of all sales revenue came from products that were introduced in the last 5 years. Continuous innovation, dozens of new patents filed every month. A continuous flow of new products designed to help our customers make more money in their manufacturing businesses. Once upon a time Kodak knew the value of innovation, and so did Xerox, and so did Bill Hewlett and David Packard of HP. All of these companies lost their way. Once were innovators, then milked the same cows too long. If you keep milking the same old cow, eventually the cow gets old and your business dies, replaced by a hard working competitor with a younger more productive herd. He will be focused on growing his business by better serving the customers that were once yours.

Easy there big fellow. That's a pretty broad brush you're painting with. I was a young adult during '60's, smoked a bit of pot, did some mushrooms, and lots of other questionable behaviors back in the day. All of which has no bearing at all on my children. Three daughters, two with college degrees, one a doctor of nurse practice anesthesia, all responsible, self-sufficient tax payers. You will need the monies they pay today into the system to help support YOUR social security and medicare retirement when the time comes. And, in the mean time, you don't need to teach them anything.

Yeah, I know.....

See it here...

Most unusual choice of baits. Maybe someone can translate for us? IMG_2171.mp4

I stand corrected. He can play the bass and also the guitar. Turns out he is a very smart guy. Speaks English, French, German, and Italian. And he has a PhD in quantum mechanics from Cambridge University. And he is an explosives expert. A real over-achiever.

Wow, I think you are missing the point. It is about playing by the rules whether or not you agree with them. So you're OK with a corporate culture of cheating as long as it doesn't immediately and directly affect you? How about cheating on windshield safety glass specs? Or cheating on brake systems? Or the seldom needed emergency exit doors on school buses? Or the four-way flashers on your mother's car if they only work when being tested during an inspection? Maybe you could review these other regulations and let us know which ones it would be good for vehicle manufactures to "skirt?" https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&ty=HTML&h=L&mc=true&=PART&n=pt49.5.393#se49.5.393_161

And there is competition among the Gulf ports. Work is now underway to replace the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge. The new bridge will have much higher clearance and the channel is being dredged deeper to accommodate much larger ships. http://www.harborbridgeproject.com/

I fear GM has the same problem as did Ford, empty suit at the helm. Ford dumped Mark Fields. Now, the GM Board should wise up and dump their empty suit. Mary Barra was much heralded, but IMHO she was / is much ado about not much. http://www.autoblog.com/2015/01/21/gm-buying-awards-mary-barra-report/

Selling my B20. This baby has been sitting in my shop for several years now and somehow I never seem to find the time to get started on it. Cab, fenders, and doors are solid with just surface rust. All body parts are there, only missing one chrome strip on the hood. Floor is rusted through in several spots and will need repair. Restore it, or make it into a pickup, or rat rod if you must. Not operational. Will need brake work, re-wire. and re-power. Clear Texas title. Not interested to sell any parts, buy the whole thing. Located in suburb of Dallas, TX. Make me a reasonable offer if interested. PM me or call my cell 972-832-6992. Thanks, Harry F.

London is infested. Wonder if they have any plan to deal with it? Said plan would of course need to politically correct. The need to be politically correct would preclude the hanging of the bodies pf the three attackers from London Bridge for all to see...

The courts have ruled... * police have "no duty to protect or serve." * "the truth is no defense."

I just read the articles in the link. Interesting that Bosch doesn't admit to any wrongdoing but is willing to pay a $327 mil. fine. Not something innocent parties do. And talk about hypocrisy. How does an Angela Merkle square her rhetoric with the actions of some of Germany's major employers. How about fix your own damn house? Blowhard politician. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paris climate agreement: Angela Merkel, world leaders slam Trump https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/...paris-agreement.../102390936/ 1 day ago - World leaders on Thursday condemned President Trump's decision to pull out of the Parisclimate agreement. Although the president said he is ... Anhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/02/merkel-blasts-trump-paris-agreement-opec-russia-warn-us-move/gela Merkel, the German Chancellor said the US stance on Paris was “extremely regrettable” and vowed to press ahead with honouring German commitments to the deal. "This decision can't and won't stop all of us who feel a duty to protect the planet,” she said. The pastor's daughter said the accord was necessary "to preserve our Creation", and protect "Mother Earth".

At the bottom of a giant corporate cesspool one can find VW and FCJ. Devoid of management character and principle, they chose to cheat on emissions testing rather than meet the standards, or lobby for an exception, or lobby for changes to make the requirements more reasonable. Now, apparently, not to be outdone, it appears GM has sunk to the same level. IMHO all three of these companies are excrement. I cross them off my list of potentials when I need a new vehicle. Hopefully Toyota, Ford, and Hyundai are not similarly guilty of this kind of scummy fraud. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shareholder-alert-bronstein-gewirtz-grossman-141000692.html

Wow, how stupendously, delightfully naive. China is almost 1/5th of the world's population. (China @ 1.5 billion vs. world population of 7.5 billion = 18.7%) And China shows no sign of being a "failing regime." Quite the contrary, China is ascending in terms of military, technology, and fiscal strength.

Kind of a stupid video. In fact, I'm sure he can't play the bass.

For those of you that have interest in the U.S. Civil War history, here attached is an interesting paper about our beloved song Battle Hymn of the Republic and the oft-maligned song Dixie. I found it to be fascinating. Understanding “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” Abbeville Institute.mht

Sounds like the same as VW. A rotten, defective corporate culture extending to the top echelon of the company. No regrets about cheating, only regret is getting caught. Think of the corporate leaders you have known and those you admire. Would they have done such things? The EPA should: a. require these bastards to gather up the non-conforming vehicles from across the U.S. and ship them to the country of their corporate headquarters. Or alternative, have every single one of them crushed here in the U.S. under EPA supervision. b. refund 100% of the purchase price to the retail owners c. pay a fine that is more than a slap on the wrist. IMHO

Because anyone with any sense at all knows you don't testify against a Clinton. Ms. McDougal certainly knew better. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Susan Carol McDougal (née Henley; born 1955) is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy although fifteen individuals were convicted of various federal charges. Her refusal to answer "three questions" for a grand jury about whether President Bill Clinton lied in his testimony during her Whitewater trial led her to receive a jail sentence of 18 months for contempt of court. This made up most of the total 22 months she spent in incarceration. McDougal received a full Presidential pardon from outgoing President Clinton in the final hours of his presidency in 2001.

Yes, but anybody with any sense at all knows you don't testify against a Clinton. Ms. McDougal certainly knew better. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Susan Carol McDougal (née Henley; born 1955) is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy although fifteen individuals were convicted of various federal charges. Her refusal to answer "three questions" for a grand jury about whether President Bill Clinton lied in his testimony during her Whitewater trial led her to receive a jail sentence of 18 months for contempt of court. This made up most of the total 22 months she spent in incarceration. McDougal received a full Presidential pardon from outgoing President Clinton in the final hours of his presidency in 2001...