Citizens Unheard, SCOTUS Didn't Try

Thursday 21 January 2016 at 7:17 pm

Today we "celebrate" the 5 year anniversary of one of the shittiest decisions ever made by the Supreme Court of the United States, the still controversial Citizens United decision. The Court handed a HUGE win to big corporate money and gave them deep-pocketed economic power over our elected officials.

In delivering their decision to allow corporations a larger voice in the election process than ordinary people have, Roberts, Scalia, Alito, Thomas & Kennedy proved that they are either naive old scholars, senile old gits, or unctuous slimeball pricks. You choose.

There seems to be universal agreement that these knuckleheads puked out a piss-poor decision. Some scholars argue Citizens United lit the fuse for the meteoric rise in the wealth of today's 1%-ers, as much as it has diminished the size & stature of today's middle class. As mountains of corporate money drive a stake deep into the heart of the American Democratic process & skewer the voice of the middle class, the 5 Justices seem to stand impassively behind their decision. It was a massive error in judgement that may never get corrected.

You could also argue that SCOTUS is the reason that we now are subjected to endless amounts of Trump's self aggrandizing bullshit & listen to the incessant chattering of the Alaskan Queen squirrel. It's enough to make you want to piss on the heads of those 5 Supreme Court Dickheads.

Car & Driver's 2016 China SELLOUT!

Monday 11 January 2016 at 8:21 pm

Take a gander at what these dipsticks at Car & Driver think is the best truck in America... their 2016 North American Truck of the Year. A uglied up, pseudo-Swedish turd, Made in China & imported to the US for sale to dull, suburban, dunderpates.

Never mind that C&D's review speaks of vague steering "that doesn't have much to say", a powertrain that couldn't pull a greased stick out of a monkey's ass ("it can't be spurred on to do anything that will quicken your pulse"), meager brakes that "don't inspire confidence", & a measly 25mpg on the highway, the C&D goofs still say it's the "Best".

With a $49,895 base price ($66k price tag as tested), it will easily afford the Communist Party's advertising execs the ability to drop loads of cash on print ads this year. It's no accident that the window stickers, the TV ads, etc never mention IMPORTED FROM CHINA, but still refer to the vehicle as Swedish in origin. Laughable! Informed enthusiasts know that Chinese Engineering is an oxymoron & Chinese Quality will render any vehicle virtually unsellable in 2-4 years, as it falls apart around you.

Bloody hell, you Ann Arbor guys ought to be ashamed...