Remind me again why any civilian needs access to assault weapons and people are allowed to buy weapons at gun shows without background checks or even ID?

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The scene outside a Connecticut elementary school where 27 were reported killed today, including children. More photos: http://tpm.ly/SWHWTF

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"… the same old lies: it doesn’t happen here more often than elsewhere (yes, it does); more people are protected by guns than killed by them (no, they aren’t—that’s a flat-out fabrication); guns don’t kill people, people do; and all the other perverted lies that people who can only be called knowing accessories to murder continue to repeat, people who are in their own way every bit as twisted and crazy as the killers whom they defend."

Newtown and the Madness of Guns

The people who fight and lobby and legislate to make guns regularly available are complicit in the murder of those children. They have made a clear moral choice: that the comfort and emotional reassur…

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~Waldo

From Stewart Racing to Jaguar to Red Bull and 3 straight world championships

In 1996, 3-time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart launched his eponymous Formula 1 team in partnership with Ford. Four years later after some limited success Ford took over the team and rebranded it Jaguar. From there it was all downhill until 2004 when the automaker finally had enough and essentially gave it away to Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz. 

From that point on, the team was re-built from the ground up by team boss Christian Horner and technical chief Adrian Newey. The result is 3 straight championships for Sebastian Vettel in 2010-12.  The video restrospective tells how they got there. 

It seemed like a great idea at the time

Over the years, there has been no shortage of cars announced and cancelled before ever getting to a dealership. Recent additions to the list include the Jaguar CX-75 and the Saab Phenix and it seems probable that the Fisker Atlantic will end up on this vaporware list as well.

Among the vehicles highlighted by Jalopnik, the V10 Acura NSX is probably my personal favorite. Throughout the 1990s, Chrysler built a string of stunning concepts that never went anywhere and probably wouldn't have been commercial successes anyway. That list included the 1991 Chrysler 300 which was basically a 4-door hard-top Viper with absolutely stunning bodywork and the later Atlantic coupe. While there is no evidence that Chrysler ever seriously considered building the Atlantic, the 300 was indeed very close to an approval. 

Two concepts that I would loved to see built were the Plymouth Pronto and Dodge Copperhead. In retrospect though, it's probably better that they weren't built rather than suffering the fate of the later Pontiac Solstice. 

These Are The Coolest Cars Of All Time That Never Happened

Hearing that an exciting new car has been canceled kind of feels like someone just broke up with you. Are you still crying into your beers over the cancelation of the insane Jaguar C-X75 Hybrid super…