Disappearing Fast

…from your next new car:  21 things we grew up with, and we’re going to have to learn to live without.

(No dipstick for your oil?  WTFFFF?)

How nice.  All in the name of convenience, “climate change” fears and “safety”.

[250,000-word rant about evil cocksucking car manufacturers and government nanny interventionists deleted because it contains calls for tar ‘n feathers and in some cases death threats as well]

Nowadays, it seems that if I were to go to the range every time I read something that enraged me, I’d be going through ammo faster than a company of Marines attacking a Nazi strongpoint.

Nevertheless, this is definitely one of those times.

Of Course

Remember that the Republicans screwed up the midterms because they ignored the economy, and that people were hurting because they couldn’t find work / afford groceries / pay for their car’s gas etc. etc. etc.?

Well, then (from Bill Lehman):

Back on the election front, I see where the US Economy Report just came out, timed, “coincidentally” for just AFTER the election, showing that new job creation nearly TRIPLED predicted numbers, we added 165K new jobs in October, as well as, it turns out adding over 84K in August and September more than were reported during those months.

Isn’t it odd that when Democrats are in control, job creation numbers always have to be revised DOWN, an action reported only after the election, but when Republicans are in control, the numbers always have to be revised up, and again only after the election…

Yeah, I was kinda wondering that myself, especially when I filled up yesterday and paid $2.65 / gallon for regular unleaded.

Of course, my little “top up” grocery cart bill came to $45, but as I’ve said many times before, grocery prices never repeat never go down, so these are the times we live in.

But more to the point, there are now 165,000 people who might be able to afford to buy any groceries, as opposed to last month when they couldn’t.

And that’s all Trump’s fault.

Perpetuating Failure

Oh, this is rich:

Senate Republicans have chosen Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to continue on as their leader in the next Congress.  The entire Senate GOP leadership team was re-elected by acclamation during the closed-door conference meeting.

It had to be “behind closed doors”, to avoid the rotten tomatoes and dead rats thrown at them.

Of course, why not re-elect this bunch.  After all they passed the SAVE Act, confirmed all 200-odd Trump judicial nominees, and investigated all the electoral irregularities (crimes) perpetrated by the Democrats in the last elections…

…oh wait, they didn’t do any of that, did they?  What did they do, exactly, this happy Band Of Republican Brothers?

Useless bastards.

I’d offer odds that in the waning days of their majority, they’re going to get sweet fuck-all done, but nobody’s going to take that bet.