Recent content by newmachineoverlord

According to my high school policy, more than two students gathered together constituted a gang and was forbidden. It is a violation of the constitution when applied to kids too.

e85 is made in the US. The problem is that most cars can't use it, and none of the cars that get decent mileage can use it.

My disabled brother in Indiana got a notification letter on the 9th that he would have a phone appointment on the 8th. On top of that they used the wrong phone number to try to call him so he wouldn't have been able to receive the call in any case (it was the sprint cell phone my parents got for...

1. Yes it should be a holiday. 2. No it should not be compulsory. 3. Charging money for a state ID in a state where a photo ID is required to vote is a violation of the 24th amendment prohibiting poll taxes. In Indiana a non driver state ID costs 35$. Everbody in Indiana needs to sue the state...

The number of cars available in the US that get more than 40 mpg was cut in half in the past few years. Meanwhile outside of the US there are over 100 cars available that get more than 40 mpg. Low CAFE requirements have been holding back consumer options and restraining the availability of high...

OK what did this problem turn out to be? I'm having a similar intermittent problem with a 1989 oldsmobile cutlass supreme. It has also started (yesterday) running unevenly at low speeds, sort of jerking a bit. I haven't tried disconnecting the battery. When it first died I took it to a...

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"some type of discrepancy" means that some people filled out their name as "Bob" instead of "Robert", or used their middle name on the registration form, or any number of other differences that has absolutely nothing to do with fraud. No evidence of attempted fraud is even implied by the article...

I haven't seen any data or articles on this topic. What percentage of currently extended credit is in the form of payday loans? Are those loans also sold as securities? What role, if any, do they play in the current liquidity crisis? I still see them all over the place. IMHO the "bailout"...

Yes (but it's Cameron, not Carmen), Yes, No. At the end for a moment I thought she was still in Kill John Connor mode and simply didn't remember that John Baum was John Connor, and was trying to use Baum to get to Connor. But then the preview of the next episode made no allusions to that, so...

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That is one Onion article that I knew at the time would become mostly true. These predictions were not difficult ones to make at the time as it's basically just an honest description of republican policy. Here's full text for those too lazy to click a link. WASHINGTON, DC?Mere days from...

It's unanimous, everyone in the country voted for the Christopher Walken/Stephen Colbert ticket! This election will usher in a new error of nonpartisan agreement, marking the first time that every voter in the country has agreed on a candidate!

Employers do not have the right to expose employees to carcinogenic gases, and should be fully liable for all present and future health care costs for all employees if they allow smoking in the place of employment. This is not a property rights issue, it is an employee rights issue.

Now just explain how to convert all my income into capital gains to decrease my tax rate when I already had to spend it on rent, food, car insurance, and car maintenance? Perhaps a link to a FAQ on this subject?