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I think it'd look a lot better with 3-4 inches chopped out of the beltline and a grille that doesn't remind me of a CTS. But still, not a bad looking car.

@jnostalgics: She's a beatifull ship alright. Shapely, seductive. I'm gonna fly her brains out!

@nutbastard: My Mazda also has the crotch vent. Useful on hot days when my nuts are sticky.

And this is the first inverter I've seen with a USB port.

See Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the Tony Awards [www.i-am-bored.com]

I really don't see EEStor going anywhere. Tesla has a much less ambitious project and they can't meet their initial performance projections.

They can't sell their most fuel efficient non-hybrids? That'll do a number on Toyota's already shrinking 'green' aura. Plus, hasn't everyone been telling us that small car sales are up? Why can't Toyota sell them?

It's just a continuation of being 'cool' by copying what the 'cool' people are doing.

Used to be, public TV here in WI would broadcast the games late at night (like midnight) for anyone to watch. I loved it because I don't have cable and therefore didn't get to watch the nationally televised games and because they also would air hockey games.

I have friends who are huge Badger sports fans who are considering boycotting because of this.

And now the Big Ten is talking about expanding to 12 teams again. But this time, for the sole reason of adding another media market to sell the Network to.

I've got a reunion coming up next summer and I'll probably be on one of two purchases I plan on making in the next 8 months or so: a WRX or a Gixxer. (apparently I have a thing for X's)

Northwest is a part of a private equity group that would leave Midwest alone. Northwest would not be involved in the running of Midwest. Plus, the TPG bid is actually worth more than the Airtran bid.

Even the PAG earned FoMoCo some money!

Of course, this means the UAW doesn't have to give any concessions, right?

The $1.1 billion figure is a good headline but is an exaggeration of the amount of money paid improperly. And the report recommends the USDA attempt to get all erroneously appropriated money back.

Makes me glad they didn't decide to search me when I had to take a large bag of sand and clay on my carry-on (my mom is a geology professor) when I was returning from vacation on Chesapeake Bay a few years ago. They did give me some weird looks though.

@dbeahn: We can't yet make ethanol from cellulose (switch grass) economically. But I agree we need to overhaul farm policy.

It has been pointed out that farmers are paid not to farm. On the flip side, much of the land for which farmers are being paid not to farm was done so in the name of conservation to stop farming on steep hillsides that erode or near streams and rivers (hence the name Conservation Resource Program).

@Rusted: No, ethanol from corn doesn't require more oil than it replaces. But yes, we do need to remove the $.54/gal ethanol tariff. But there are other environmental issues with Brazilian ethanol, namely the creation of farmland by cutting back rain forest.