raoulraoul, 7 days ago

And like potato chips, just one more…

• Bold As Love (Olympic Studios, London, UK, October 5, 1967)

raoulraoul, 8 days ago

I did like the downtown revitalization that was happening during his tenure.

Like what, exactly? What did “one of the worst mayors in America” do for the City of Detroit during his tenure? Y’know, besides bankrupt it even further and use it as his personal Al Capone Junior Playhouse®…?

I haven’t been to the city in almost 17 years but I’d be interested to see how it’s held up.

I forget sometimes that participants of this community are not necessarily from the city nor metroDetroit™. I have to ask: where are you residing that you haven’t visited Detroit 2.0 since the end of Kilpatrick’s reign of terror time in office?

P.S.: I 💘 your username!

raoulraoul, 7 days ago

Chesterfield? I always liked that area, small-town suburban and close to the water. But, duuuude! Just hop on I-94 and come downtown already! You’ll thank me later!

chode

🤣

raoulraoul, 8 days ago

No way they’ll reliably meet US safety standards.

The linked article mentions that the Seagull presently doesn’t meet US Safety Requirements. But that’s probably the least of our worries.

BYD and its line of EVs is an economic scatter bomb Made in China. BYD’s products are heavily subsidized by the PRC and built by unionless “slave labor.” It doesn’t matter at all if the Seagull makes one yuan of profit, like the Chinese solar panel market they’re created to flood the market and later, when the competition folds during the inevitable “race to the bottom”, attain market dominance. Even if BYD does meet US safety standards, even with heavy US import taxes and tariffs applied, their EVs would still sell for less than a Volt or a Tesla. At that point, how could the average US car buyer not be tempted?

This is not to say that American automotive industry is without blame or was somehow blindsided, having dropped the ball as they did back in the 1970s with the first wave of Japanese imports. The US government must share the blame for being at least 10 years too late on having in place a national EV charging strategy much like the Highway Act of the 1956. I guess, like the pre-2008 banks, everyone was just making too much money to do anything about it.

Here’s an article over at Electrek regarding the present US EV situation. While I won’t say I entirely agree with their analysis they do make many legitimate points regarding EV strategy.

raoulraoul, 8 days ago

Gnashing of teeth

Worth it for the cover art alone! 😄

raoulraoul, 10 days ago

we can be bought with sporting even tickets???

Well, yeah. You pick the event, what’s a “good seats” ticket cost these days? Not “nosebleed section” tickets where us mere mortals sit.

It’s the pay me back part that chafes me too. Like that isn’t any greasier. Ugh, I need a shower now.

raoulraoul, 13 days ago

Since you ask so kindly 🙄…

I’d read and posted earlier about Thompson’s passing and how he’d suffered a heart attack ca. a month ago. I linked to it in this post. Then later I’d read about Albini’s death from a heart attack too.

The Bible quote is merely for…effect. Death cutting down two artists with the same scythe, so to speak. Rock 'n Roll likes a little bombast.

In any case, hope you enjoyed the Cheap Trick link.

raoulraoul, 13 days ago

Didj’all know that that’s inherent behaviour in all felines? No, not to put their puss up close to the camera lens…to sit in boxes or, more correctly, delineated spaces? Don’t believe me?

• Why cats love to sit on squares
• Big Cats Like Boxes Too

Then again, mental as cat owners are, y’all probably did know this already. 🤦‍♂️

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