Is The iPhone the Hummer of Cellphones? @2:30 PM
This has been irritating me all day, and I can't walk away: "the iPhone is really the Hummer of cellphones." Oh is it? No, actually, it is the springtime of life for the iPhone and it is the Hummer of Death™ for the Hummer. What else? READ MORE 10
GM "Mark of Excellence" Now Symbol Of Shame @4:37 PM
General Motors has announced it will remove the GM "Mark of Excellence" logo from its vehicles. The individual brands—Chevrolet, Cadillac, etc.—have been faring better than the corporate name in market testing. "What we're seeing is the GM brand gets dinged big time in terms of considering a GM vehicle," said Mike DiGiovanni, GM's PR marketing brand global honcho for talking. "But when you look at Chevrolet, Cadillac and our other brands, they haven't changed." Except when they have, obviously. "Also," DiGiovanni said "none of the cars are really that 'excellent,'" adding that the company is considering replacing the logo with a new one that says "BMW." (That last part: not really.) 4
Real America: The Great American Teen SUV Death Race @11:30 AM
My first car was a 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. And yes, I am as shocked as anyone when I see that these things are now pimped out and are considered, no kidding, "cool." I got the car with 160,000 miles in 1990. I paid a pittance, market price for such a piece of ssssss… uperb American engineering. Going by my friends, this was a perfectly average teenager car. Cheap. Old. Ugly. Unwanted. READ MORE 20
Clash For Clunker @12:16 PM
I don't have any money or anything, but I can still totally get excited thinking of stuff I would like to Buy. Right? It's the kind of Thinking I can really get into, man, I can concentrate my ass off when there's dollar signs floating around. Usually right after I buy a lottery ticket for one of the big POWERBALL or MEGA deals where it's like the odds are Greater Than getting hit by lightning While You Are Winning The Lottery, I'm trying to figure how how I'm gonna handle The News, you know? READ MORE 3
Hummer's New Daddy, Revealed @2:59 PM
Congratulations to the Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd.! I wish it many successes with the Hummer, its newest product. 7
Underparenting: The Safety Seat Is Ruining American Family Life In Your Metal Death Box @3:00 PM
When I got back from the men's room, the kid was out of his car seat. We were at a rest stop somewhere between Chapel Hill and Richmond, a quick break before driving on till lunchtime. It was raining, so my wife and I were taking turns staying in the car while the other person ducked inside.
He didn't need to use the restroom (another reason not to be hasty about potty training), but the slowing and stopping of the car had woken him up. So my wife had popped him out of the harness, and he was clambering happily around the back seat with her. I took her place in the back, and the boy started climbing over the console and pointing to the dashboard. He wanted to see the driver's seat. READ MORE 14
GM To Ditch Saab And Hummer @11:21 AM
Holy mackerel. GM is closing 1100 dealerships and closing or selling-off Saab, Hummer, Saturn and Pontiac. Oh no, not the Hummers! They are so life-sustaining and wonderful. I love to see the people driving their idiot-tanks. Update: Much, much more here. 2
Tom Hanks And His Electric Cars @10:29 AM
Tom Hanks delightfully clarifies the state of his electric car ownership, in a letter to the editor of the New Yorker. 5
Chrysler Fucking America Both Ways Till Sunday @10:44 AM
Your president will come down and tell bankrupt maker of terrible cars Chrysler what is up at noon today. Sadly, the men who actually build the cars have already given up hope, as their union agreed to new healthcare concessions that mean Viagra is no longer covered. (Yes!) There are 6.3 million people now collecting unemployment in the U.S., a record high for the 13th week in a row. READ MORE 6
GM To Be Handily Rewarded For Destroying Economy @11:46 AM
GM is going to lay off 21,000 people. I mean, they are saying that is how many they will lay off, so it is a start, because earlier they said they were only cutting 14,000, and now suddenly it is 21,000. Question! Why would any sane government loan and/or give billions of dollars to a company that is destroying the infrastructure of our country, which is to say, the state of people being homeful and employed and able to shop at the D & W Fresh Market? What failed company is worth saving if it is taking society down with it? 8
