www.oklahoman.com
Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material. A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters. But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.
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While I know things are generally more expensive in Switzerland, $685,000 is crazy expensive for just 18 kW (48 panels).
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Ukraine has been going after these factories with drones and sabotage. Factory manager can't protect workers from that.
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This type of collision involving a sober driver and drunk pedestrian is included in the tally of alcohol-related traffic crashes. As a result, it exaggerates the problem of DUI -- which the road lobby likes because they can blame traffic fatalities on the "epidemic" of drunk drivers rather than their dangerous stroad designs.
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The low-emission zone only reduced total car traffic by around 5-10%. The reduction in driving to school is much higher than expected.
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Most voters don't have an attorney checking their mail-in ballot.
DrunkEngineer Now • 32%
Nevada uses two forms for gathering signatures, one for candidates and another for ballot initiatives. The Secretary of State gave the Green Party the wrong form. The forms are basically identical.
It is not the first time Democrats has used dubious methods to deprive Green Party ballot access.
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Tesla has notoriously bad rear visibility. And just being a larger vehicle means more blind spots no matter how many cameras/sensors are used to compensate. I've unfortunately been a passenger enough times to know Tesla's collision avoidance stuff doesn't work at all.
The statista link isn't publicly readable, but other sources say Mustang-ev is #3. Ford calls it an SUV. Long-term, the Administration is subsidizing 1-for-1 replacement of the fleet with EV equivalent -- so expect much more SUV/truck in the EV sector if they get their way.
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- Heavier vehicles have worse emergency maneuver and braking performance
- Majority of EV's sold in the US are SUV/crossovers which have the same visibility issues
- EV's have ridiculously high rates of acceleration, leading to dangerous driving
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It would also help to provide some type of calculation or explanation for how they even came up with that number. Reading the report, the 5% looks made-up.
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LOL ok you got me there. I mean driving is the dominant mode in SF.
DrunkEngineer Now • 66%
Nope, the map color is correct for San Francisco.
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Joe Lieberman has entered the chat
DrunkEngineer Now • 33%
The questions are choreographed, so it was "asked" by the interviewer because the campaign is putting this idea out there.
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Yimby is about removing the red-tape that prevents development. There is no bigger red-tape than rent-control. Even if all other restrictions, such as SFH zoning, were removed it wouldn't matter because nobody will build in areas with rent control.
DrunkEngineer Now • 23%
What a bunch of BS. Kamala Harris is pushing rent control -- the complete opposite of Yimby.
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Nothing unusual? On the same day he got the noise ticket, he received tickets for running a red light and speeding in a school zone.
DrunkEngineer Now • 90%
There is no contradiction. Just because the vehicle is licensed for street use doesn't give the owner permission to operate it in ways that violates the law.
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Actually, the law does just say "above 85db" is not allowed. Doesn't matter if the car is stock or not.
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Sorry, but it is mainly Biden's policies. The administration has largely ignored white collar crime, especially when it comes to things like price collusion, antitrust, etc.
Case in point: the DOJ lawsuit against RealPage software (which landlords were using to collude on apartment prices). The company was engaged in extremely serious criminal activity, but the DOJ did not file any criminal charges.
www.ashlandsource.com
ASHLAND — Twenty-six Amish who refused to pay their fines for violating a law that requires flashing lights on their buggies appeared in court on Friday. Once there, Ashland Municipal Court Judge John Good ruled out the possibility of jail time for them and instead said he would impose liens on their real estate.
Vehicle owners who are upside down on their auto loans owe more than ever before. The average amount owed on upside-down loans climbed to a record high of $6,255 in Q2 2024, compared to $4,487 in Q2 2022. EV owners with negative equity owe more money on their car loans than owners of ICE vehicles. The average amount owed on all EVs traded in for a new vehicle purchase with negative equity climbed to $10,326 in Q2 2024
www.inquirer.com
Fetterman (D., Pa.) has received two speeding tickets in his home state — the more recent one of which was in March for exceeding the speed limit in Westmoreland County by 34 mph. Before this year, he was ticketed in April 2016 for going at least 24 mph above the speed limit in Warren County, according to state public records. The senator’s aides have said Fetterman has texted and FaceTimed while driving, ”prompting concerns among his staff and fears about riding with him,” the Post reported, citing three people with knowledge of staff discussions who spoke about internal conversations on the condition of anonymity.
darrellowens.substack.com
Though small in number, the elected interests of most local cities give disproportionate attention to business interests and their pro-driving beliefs. Even in progressive Berkeley, home of many climate scientists from the university, transportation decisions are dictated by science illiterates and business interests, not the city’s intellectuals. When Berkeley proposed building a bike lane in my neighborhood, which has no protected bike lanes near a prominent middle school, many wise locals went uncharacteristically nuts. Plastered on neighborhood businesses were conspiracy theories about a United Nations agenda to force people into plastic cities where they won't be allowed to own cars. Every other lawn has signs proclaiming economic ruin if drivers are forced to park a whopping 30 seconds away on side streets rather than directly in front of businesses. Despite the town being highly educated, many Berkeleyans simply closed their ears to modern climate science and empirical evidence on transportation. A writer for The New York Times, one of many residing in Berkeley, privately remarked to me how astonishing it was to witness such a sophisticated population reacting like simpletons to the most modest safety improvements that are commonplace throughout the world.
www.statista.com
More money is spent on automobile advertising than on public transit [projects](https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/news/us-transportation-secretary-buttigieg-recommends-nearly-45-billion-move-new-and-expanded).
Over $20 million was spent on this bike path, but now the MTC wants to convert into car access during weekdays.