I was not a fan of this generation of dodge avenger but this is a ignominious end
I Can’t Stop Watching This Dodge Avenger Fall Into A Sinkhole
Sometimes we feel bad when cars get damaged or destroyed in ridiculous accidents. Take that ultra-sad Lamborghini Miura fire from a couple weeks ago, for example. But this Dodge Avenger falling into a…
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Next week and probably for months to come, +Fisker Automotive will be raked over the coals by hypocritical politicians
Surprisingly Fisker Automotive hasn't yet filed for bankruptcy protection, but but that is a formality will almost inevitably happen very soon. But as Mark Rechtin of Automotive News points out, like the vast majority of startups, the failure of Fisker was always far more likely than its success and private investors will lose far more money than the government. At less than $10 billion spent on green energy loan programs, the total is a pittance compared to what is squandered every year on subsidies for the oil industry and agri-business. Let's not even talk about the waste on military contractors.
Don't forget that the vast majority of those loan programs went not to startups but to companies like Nissan and Ford and it will be paid back with interest.
Surprisingly Fisker Automotive hasn't yet filed for bankruptcy protection, but but that is a formality will almost inevitably happen very soon. But as Mark Rechtin of Automotive News points out, like the vast majority of startups, the failure of Fisker was always far more likely than its success and private investors will lose far more money than the government. At less than $10 billion spent on green energy loan programs, the total is a pittance compared to what is squandered every year on subsidies for the oil industry and agri-business. Let's not even talk about the waste on military contractors.
Don't forget that the vast majority of those loan programs went not to startups but to companies like Nissan and Ford and it will be paid back with interest.
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LOS ANGELES — Top executives from Fisker Automotive are going to be called before Congress on April 24 for a public flagellation. The reason: Alleged profligacy with $193 million of taxpayer money fr…
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Google’s Fiber “Proof of Concept” Is Anything But – LAUNCH –
How many folks want fiber in their homes? [ everyone raises their hands ] Keep your hands up if…
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Le Carre' on Bigelow's “Zero Dark Thirty"
fascism is when you can't put a cigarette paper between corporate- and government-powerQuote deep in a lengthy article "John le Carré Has Not Mellowed With Age" on the now 81-year-old author:
NYT Mag: "When I asked about a more recent object of liberal opprobrium, “Zero Dark Thirty,” Kathryn Bigelow’s 2012 film about the capture of Osama bin Laden, le Carré paused for a moment, then smiled at me, then paused again. “Let me,” he said, “try and organize my anger.” … he faults Bigelow for not depicting nearly enough of the multiple types of behind-the-scenes intelligence gathering that were crucial to bin Laden’s capture. “If the film is accurate,” he said, “it is a portrait of such incompetence that it takes your breath away.”
Great turn of phrase in paragraph on his newest novel: "In “A Delicate Truth,” he directs his attention toward the perils of farming out military duties to mercenaries. “This will sound as if I am speaking large,” le Carré told me, “but Mussolini said that the definition of fascism was when you couldn’t put a cigarette paper between corporate power and government power. I have watched veteran members of our intelligence establishment go seamlessly into these private defense contracting companies.” Maintaining a military, done correctly, he said, is difficult physical, mental and moral work. “It’s so much easier if I come to you and say, ‘Here’s the contract, I want you to liberate Sierra Leone, I don’t give a toss who you take with you and try to keep the killing down.’ ”
Book comes out May 7th, pre-order link on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Delicate-Truth-Novel-ebook/dp/B00BC24NT4/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1366327563&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=le+carre+“A+Delicate+Truth”
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John le Carré Has Not Mellowed With Age
The 81-year-old spy writer is in the midst of a hardy late-career bloom.
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Back in 2009, +Hyundai Worldwide paid tribute to the Mustang on its 45th birthday
p.s. If you happen to be the Pittsfield Township police officer that rolled out to check out what all the racket was about, sorry, we tried to shoot at time when there wouldn't be anyone around.
p.s. If you happen to be the Pittsfield Township police officer that rolled out to check out what all the racket was about, sorry, we tried to shoot at time when there wouldn't be anyone around.
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The 1970s were undoubtedly a nadir for automotive enthusiasts
One example of a car from the era that most people would prefer to forget is the 1973 Mustang II. In the linked article, the writer argues that the Mustang II very nearly killed the iconic franchise. I would argue otherwise.
The early 1970s hit automotive engineers with a perfect storm of new safety, emissions and fuel economy standards at the same time as the first of two oil supply/price shocks. A combination of a trying to meet all of these new rules and low point in style yielded some atrociously bad rides.
All of this happened before electronics had advanced to a degree that would eventually bring us the automotive golden age of performance and efficiency we live in today. Engineers were aware of the coming regulations and had to make product decisions.
At +Ford Motor Company they opted to move the Mustang to the smaller, lighter Pinto platform for the 1974 model year. While the performance sucked and the styling was unimpressive, Ford managed to sell a lot of them. As uninspired as Mustang II was, it was in fact enough to keep the nameplate alive through a very bad period in automotive history.
With Mustang II sustaining the brand, Jack Telnack's design team went to work on a whole new direction while the engineers developed the Fox-platform car for 1979.
Without the Mustang II, the original pony car probably would have been extinguished after 1974 and probably never revived.
The 1965 +Ford Motor Company Mustang GT350 was the first of a long-line of high-performance ponies over the past 49 years
