Notices by Sir Osis of Liver 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 (sir_osis_of_liver@beige.party), page 2

@mekkaokereke

If the US industry is allowed to pay Chinese wages, have Chinese government subsidies, and Chinese environmental and labour regulations, they could also produce EVs at Chinese prices.

The Europeans are currently looking into tariffs on Chinese imports under their anti-dumping laws.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-set-allow-possible-retroactive-tariffs-chinese-evs-2024-03-05/

@heidilifeldman

I was confused for a bit:

"In parliamentary procedure, the verb to table has the opposite meaning in the United States from that of the rest of the world:

In the United States, to "table" usually means to postpone or suspend consideration of a pending motion. Generally, to avoid spending time on debate and consideration.
In the rest of the English-speaking world, to "table" means to begin consideration (or reconsideration) of a proposal."

🙂

@GottaLaff

When Tesla was the only game in town, I think people were more willing to put up with this weirdo.

Now that the traditional automakers have some decent products and are gaining access to the Tesla charging network, purchasers have far more options.

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon

Sacrilicious

@gemelliz

"The 200-page document forecasts Ontario's deficit will more than triple from $3 billion last year to $9.8 billion in 2024-2025 — the highest non-COVID budget deficit since former premier Kathleen Wynne's 2014 spending plan."

Cutting any tax while throwing down a budget with a $10B deficit is just moronic.

@RickiTarr

Smarties aren't the same on either side of the border.

Smarties in Canada are similar to M&Ms. The compressed sugar ones we call Rockets.

@jeffowski @treleanor @bmacDonald94

GenX starts in '65.
I was born in '67, Class of 1985, the year The Breakfast Club was released. 🙂

@liztai

This was just a platform for Putin to repeat his propaganda to a sympathetic lightweight interviewer like Carlson.

It would have been a lot more instructive if he had been interviewed by Stephen Sakur from BBC's Hardtalk.

@Richard_hoperestored @arstechnica

We've known about the correlation between hood height and pedestrian deaths since the 1980s. This study reaffirms prior knowledge.

My last pickup was an '86 4x4 F150. I could still lean in to check the oil and such easily enough while standing on the ground. I could reach over the bed rails to grab things out of the back.

My brother in law's '22 GMC 2500 4x4's hood is basically at my chin, about the same as the D700 Dodge stake truck I drove back in the '80s. Forget reaching over the side. It's the least useful pickup I've been around for anything other than towing. That's about the only thing he uses it for, towing a large horse trailer and a gooseneck flatbed for his hobby farm.