Risk Compension predicts that drivers would simply use this new information to drive more aggressively, negating any possible safety benefits.

The point is that the US has gathered enough evidence to get indictments against them. Germany has access to that same evidence and has very similar laws that were violated – but has done basically nothing.

The Board had discussions about how to stonewall California. US prosecutors have filed charges against the CEO but Germany won’t extradite.

They are all guilty as fuck.

Despite what the headline says, no execs went to jail. The two who were punished with jail terms were middle management.

Martin Winterkorn, the CEO, will probably avoid any serious consequences.

Democrats in Congress picked Connolly to serve as the ranking member of the Oversight Committee in December, rejecting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid to serve as the party’s leader on the powerful panel. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, was one of multiple younger Democrats seeking generational change among the party’s top ranks.

California could easily override this by charging prohibitively high vehicle registration fees on newer ICE vehicles.

I suspect it is just the Emergency Rapid Shutdown, which all newer PV systems must incorporate.

What a silly article. California building code already requires the design features mentioned in the article; i.e. the hardscape, window design, etc – so just about any house is getting built this way. The only thing somewhat unique is the metal fence.

“My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed.”

The easiest and cheapest way for large corporations to deal with the issue is by giving Trump kick-backs, in exchange for special tariff exemptions. This is why tariffs are a gold-mine for corrupt practices.

And note that the Atlanta Fed model has been widely misinterpreted. Imports have surged in anticipation of tariffs, which skews the model (i.e. the exports-imports factor in GDP).

2022 4th quarter was the big drop, 2023 was small decline. The reason was higher than expected inflation, with expectation of interest rate hikes by the Fed.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/parkinsons-spoons#product-options

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

– George Carlin over 30 years ago

"The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

– (source unknown, but sometimes mis-attributed to Churchill)

Yoo is also a longtime and enthusiastic supporter of Trump. He does not get to plead ignorance on Trump’s deportation policies (“who could have known Trump would do exactly what I encouraged him to do!”).

Written by the same journalist who broke the Wirecard scandal.

Even better would be if the CDC had never posted it on their web site in the first place. I don’t know what they were thinking…they had to have known it would only serve as red meat for the anti-vaxxers.

I really don’t like to defend RFK, but the CDC does have a section on vitamin A:

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/hcp/clinical-overview/index.html

Note the July 2024 date, so it was posted during the Biden administration. The WHO has similar info as well.