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They got tired of losing belt tensioners.

Describing the music as “thug music” to his fiancée, who was in the car with him, probably didn't help his case, either. Then again it could have been worse - he could have called it "OOGA BOOGA" music, which would had him found guilty on all charges.

True. But the bigger problem is, because very little UV light is present in a vehicle, they function very poorly as sunglasses during the day, because they never get dark enough. They're virtually worthless as sunglasses for driving. I was gonna get some, but my ophthalmologist showed me how...

Thank you for staying on-topic. :D I know the retired LEO was very remorseful. Said he couldn't believe he did that, and doesn't understand why. The guy who shot into the vehicle was found guilty of three charges of attempted first degree murder (the three teens who were not shot in the car)...

Transition lenses are triggered by UV light. When UV light is no longer present, like at dark or when you are inside, the lenses lighten right back up. All vehicle windshields and side windows are UV coated to block the transmission of UV light. Think about it. :D

Sort of. Bing uses the Microsoft Translator API, the same API that the Illinois DES site uses. It just gets rendered on the fly. There are languages for which the DES has people check the Web pages for accuracy in translation, but Klingon isn't one of those languages. The DES, as far as they...

The Klingon version of the website costs the state of Illinois exactly what it costs Laurence to host this particular post.

Precisely. And a previous era should not be viewed through the lens of a current era. That's how, for example, you can get people who revile Israelites for acting in the manner of Nazis, while at the same time denounce those who fought and killed real, actual Nazis. :rolleyes:

Minor point, but when FDR made his Four Freedoms speech, nuclear weapons did not exist. I'm not pretending that at all. Fear in the context of which FDR spoke is not a fear that includes any of those things. You have to introduce a brand new context to get to those areas. I have a deeply...

The sad commentary is that you think the sole reason they're referred to as The Greatest Generation is because what they did was "the right thing to do," and that fighting and risking death is a major component of why they are referred to in that manner. The Greatest Generation hardly refers...

People will rise to the tasks before them. The Greatest Generation was raised up out of the Great Depression and was immediately presented with WWII. As the originator of the phrase, Tom Brokaw noted, they didn't fight for fame or recognition, but because it was the right thing to do. The same...

No, it hasn't changed. An endorsement is only required to haul HAZMAT which requires placarding. 383.93(b) Endorsement descriptions. An operator must obtain State-issued endorsements to his/her CDL to operate commercial motor vehicles which are: (4) Used to transport hazardous materials as...

Well, "Want" in this context means the right to an adequate standard of living adequate for the health and well being of themselves and their families. That includes things like food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, but it doesn't mean that it must be a high...

Probably a lot, but we're not close.

I don't think I've ever before heard it referred to as "wash my windows," but I like it.

Upon reading the article and gazing at the map, first thoughts: I feel bad for West Virginia. Isn't it funny how California and Italy are so similarly shaped. "One million Rhode Islanders have as much wealth as 15 million Guatemalans." Yeah, but 2,000 Rhode Islanders have as much wealth as...

No, it's not ensconced as an enumerated right in US law (as far as I know), but there are plenty of unenumerated legal rights (sometimes referred to as implied, natural or fundamantal rights) which are inferred from other legal rights which are enumerated. The Ninth Amendment to the Constitution...

I'm not sure what you mean by "sub category," but the single primary overriding fundamental right that guides everything in the Constitution is the right of privacy, which is what liberty is, because you can't have liberty without privacy. It is the freedom from control, interference...

I took great care to show that the Four Freedoms, while being the foundation of the UN's Declaration of Human Rights, is not a set of concepts that came out of the UN, but came instead directly from the United States, was laid upon the Allies of WWII as the founding principles of the War Aims...

Interesting that he actually does all the things he's criticizing others for.