November 2020 · 1:05am Nov 3rd, 2020
And it’s time for a catchall blog!
We’ll start with work. Just last week, I diagnosed a bad PCM in a postal Jeep.
After several days, the new PCM arrived, and I got to use our new Chrysler-compatible scan tool to program it.
As those of you who have followed my adventures with programming vehicles know, this process wasn’t going to go well.
To CAS of New England’s credit (the people we got the tool from), they assumed that the user would be an idiot, and there was a helpful Powerpoint that walked you step-by-step through the process. The only thing it didn’t tell you how to do was turn on the computer, since you would have had to already have done that to get the Powerpoint.
Got the Chrysler program open (can’t remember what it’s called), got logged in, used the special code generator to get the secret code for the second login, hooked the dongle in the Jeep, went to the ‘find a vehicle’ screen, and no joy. Dongle needed to be updated.
My manger got on tech support, they remoted in to the computer and did the update, I went through all the same steps as before, and--
before I give you that, I should say that one thing that the boss didn’t send with the laptop was the power cord. So I was kind of on a time limit, y’know?
--and this time it found the vehicle. I had to enter the VIN manually, since the new PCM didn’t know it (obviously), went through the two screens telling me that the current PCM was not updated (duh), and hit the ‘program’ button. And the computer said:
Turns out that besides the tool and the one subscription we have, we need to buy a second three-day pass to be allowed to use the website which will sell us (for an additional cost) the third access key we need in order to actually update the PCM. I can only assume that they were inspired by Apple in how they configured their scan tool.
So, that project was a wash for Friday. Manager made some calls, and I went on to bigger and better things. Well, bigger anyway; it was a Tahoe. With an oil leak.
This morning, after I got the new oil pan gasket on the Tahoe, my manager gave me the cordless phone and told me to call the roving CAS tech (same guy that tried to program the Dakota in the blog post I can’t remember if I ever wrote or not) and have him walk me through the programming of the Jeep.
And, I won’t beat around the bush, he gave me simple instructions, I followed the simple instructions (mind you, using two programs I’ve never used before and am utterly unfamiliar with) and at the end of it the Jeep ran again! Huzzah!
During some downtime, I pried the old PCM apart to see if I could spot the coil driver that had failed. Remember back in the day when I blogged about a Zephyr (I think) that had turned its coil from regular to extra-crispy? And how that had a very obviously failed driver?
This one wasn’t so obvious, but there were three driver-looking things on the PCB, and two of them looked good and one of them looked discolored, and just ‘cause I was feeling somewhat frisky (and my multimeter was magneted to my tool box only a hand’s reach away), I tested the output pins, and sure enough, the suspicious one was the one that was supposed to drive coil 3.
Some automakers (and toolmakers) assume whoever’s going to be working on their stuff is an idiot. Back when I rewired one of my old S-10s, I had to change the underdash harness. At that time, GM had taps on the top of the fuse box for ‘always hot,’ ‘key on hot,’ and ‘engine running hot.’ I noticed that besides the words describing them, there were color-coded boxes around each different type (green and red, and I can’t remember what the third color was), and the female ends were likewise color-coded. And in case that still wasn’t obvious enough, all the connectors were different shapes so you couldn’t plug them in the wrong hole even if you wanted to.
Automakers sometimes issue TSBs--technical service bulletins. I’ve mentioned one or two of them in the past, I think. They’re a good resource when diagnosing a problem; while they might not be a magic bullet, they do often give you something to check before going through the normal steps, something that the automaker has discovered out in the real world is a common mode of failure.
One example--and I don’t know if there is a TSB for this--a mid-2000s Toyota Highlander with a 3.0 setting a Check Engine light with an evap code after an oil change. One of the valves (Toyota calls them all VSVs) for the emissions system is clipped to the airbox lid, and when it’s lifted to check the air filter, the hose can become disconnected, causing an evap system leak and a code. And there is a note to always check that hose on the work orders of a couple of our regular customer’s cars, just to make sure that we don’t forget.
Subaru issued the best TSB I’ve ever read. I came across it nearly 20 years ago, and a couple days ago, I figured I’d see if I could find it again, just to present it to you in its entirety.
DON’T TOUCH THAT SCREW - THROTTLE STOP SCREW
(09) DON’T TOUCH THAT SCREWModel(s): Subaru, all models
Category: Subaru Tech T.I.P.S. 2000
Group: 09 Cooling, Fuel & Exhaust
Bulletin No.: TIPS 0100-05
Date: January 2000SERVICE INFORMATION
The technical Support Line occasionally gets calls asking how to reset the Throttle Stop Screw (often referred to as the ‘Do Not Touch’ screw) on the throttle body.
Be advised that the throttle stop screw CANNOT be reset in the field.
It is preset by the manufacturer using equipment far more expensive and accurate than the screwdriver used to mis-adjust it. The ONLY fix for a throttle body where the throttle stop screw has been tampered with is to replace the throttle body unit.
I can only assume that the person who wrote that answered one too many calls about how to fix the throttle stop screw.
Besides TSBs, Identifix is often a good first resource, especially working at a shop where we service nearly all makes and models--I might not be familiar with how many VSVs there are on a Toyota or what they all do; thus, when presented with a Top Dead Center Sensor code on a Honda Accord, I went to Identifix, punched in the code, and came back with this (bold added):
“Only on a Civic EX Civic, first refer to Honda TSB #01-083 for an issue with the cylinder head. The VTEC cylinder heads have trust issues. . . .”
It’s a misspelling; they have thrust issues, as in the cam moves further back and forth than it should*
Well then. Sounds like that’s a job for a psychologist, not a mechanic.
Now that we’ve reached the end of fun mechanic stories, I’m going to do my civic duty and tell all of you to go and vote. Seriously, do it.
At this late hour, I’m not going to tell you who to vote for; you have to decide that on your own. As far as I know (but I’m not sure), you don’t have to fill out the complete ballot for it to count, so even if you equally hate both presidential candidates, you can still vote for local proposals, local leaders, etc.
Heck, I could care less who Michigan State Trustees are, but since the school colors are green and white, I always vote for as many green party candidates as I can . . . figure if they’re running under the banner of one of the school colors, they’ll be a good fit.
And for those of you who have voted early, thank you. If you follow the news at all, you’ll probably have noticed that Texas (and possibly other states) have shattered their 2016 voter turnout with just early voting . . . in fact, according to what I just googled, 97 million Americans have already voted in this election; according to Wikipedia, approximately 128 million voted (total) in 2016.
I also have some words of wisdom to offer you. Not my own words, but those of the nicest man on the internet:
--admiral biscuit
*GM had problems with thrust on the 4.2L inline-six in the Trailblazers and Envoys. When I worked at a dealership, I had one that had whatever codes those set and came across the TSB; they suggested checking crankshaft endplay with a dial indicator. If it was under 0.20 inches (IIRC), the engine was rebuildable with new thrust washers.
So I got a prybar and wedged it behind the harmonic balancer and gave it a little tug, just like GM had suggested. Thunk “Holy
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We did not use a dial indicator (as GM requested). We used a tape measure. It had 3/4 inch of end play (0.75 inch).
It got an engine.
Look at the bright side. You could be working on John Deere tractors without the Official Software. That's a giant royal pain.
Cars are getting so difficult and complex to code, you be only slightly worse off dialing 1-800-Hakcer and asking them to fire it up? given theyd have all the codes from teh manufactuerer, instead of those they just release to out of factory operators?
3/4 inch cam play? That shoudlve slipped the lobes clear of ALL the rocker bars, valve caps?
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I have never done any job that came any closer to a John Deere tractor than driving past a dealer selling them, and even I've heard horror stories about trying to fix those things.
I got to give props to Subaru for that. As for me I will be voting in person tomorrow. I prefer to vote on Election Day because I am always concerned about stuff coming out last minute.
You do not need a mechanic, you need Fluttershy
In my state, we've been all mail-in ballots for over a decade. The only time I ever mailed it in was when the National Guard had me somewhere other than home. I use one of the numerous ballot drop boxes scattered around my hometowns. Last night I visited my local vote.(state).gov site and checked the status of my ballot. System came back with the following two bits of info. ballot posted: 10/21 status: ballot accepted.
So. My vote counts. My voice will be heard.
If my current idiot governor gets voted out of office by the guy I want to see win, I'm going to have to peel off a fun bumper sticker.
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Used to bend wrenches for a Toyota dealer. Had an Avalon come in with an HVAC malfunction suspiciously similar to a TSB I had seen. Looked it up and: Bingo! We have a warranty winner.
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With ya there, brother.
Coke does that with its CO2 tanks. One hose has 2 pins sticking out of it, the other has 3. Pepsi didn't.
I laughed for a good solid minute. I don't know who at Subaru issued that TSB, but that's sarcasm gold.
As for voting, I'll be doing that in person tomorrow. They already changed the polling station to a larger facility - I thought that was because of COVID-19 concerns, but I wonder if they're expecting a record turnout?
Huh. I may have had one of those not long ago, it was constantly having camshaft sensor codes. Customer didn't want to put more money in it, so I never found out what it was.
Also the person with that nasty Cadillac fucked off (thank goodness).
So I spent about 3 hours trying to learn the TPMS sensors on a 2018 Lincoln MKZ. And failed. Sensors won't respond to my TPMS tool, and they have this (seemingly) neat system of you just letting air out of each tire and it picks up the sensor. Well, All 4 sensors would get picked up intermittently. Wasn't able to get all 4 to work in sequence. Honestly? Fuck Ford.
Also, <3 Townsends.
I have very close family that works in the post office. That's not the worst vehicle people have to drive. If you're just hired, you're not issued a vehicle. You have to deliver mail in a right hand drive vehicle. In a country full of left side vehicles. So you basically have to go to a mechanic and get a used car retrofit to be driven from the right side. It's stupid expensive and a burden for new employees. But it's a pretty lucrative job.
As for voting, I'm not going to make any allusions of nudgenudgevotebluecoughcough like many people and corporations are putting out either through intimidation and bullying or by a coercive conspiracy to attract dumb and very young and non-political voters. Just give this a watch and even from a Centrist, this is a convincing argument.
Townsends reminds me of a documentary I've seen on PBS a few times called Alone in the Wilderness about a guy called Dick Proenneke. He built a log cabin in the wilderness of Alaska in 1967 and spent the next 30 years documenting his life there alone with nature on 16mm film. The DVD is easy to find and fascinating to watch.
Also, Georg has a passage in his One-Shot Tober story about a pony named Pumpkin Spice who brings the joy of pumpkin spice to everyone in Ponyville whether they want it or not. Didn't you have a similar unposted story like that? Don't let Georg have all the fun.
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I can assure you that if you're voting Trump, you are not a centrist.
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Means I'm not a radicalized Socialist, Leftist, or SJW. Nice try poisoning the well and using intimidation tactics I alluded to.
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Meanwhile the actual radical leftists are telling each other to sit the election out because Biden isn't one of them. Trump is a radical. Biden is a centrist; the radicals lost the Democratic primary. Meanwhile^2, the video you posted, the very first thing that is mentioned is Trump 'reshaping the supreme court'. He reshaped it by putting in explicitly conservative judges. As in, leaning so far to the right that the judges previous conservative presidents put in are suddenly the swing votes; and he doesn't even hide the explicitness of it, he brags about it. Why do I bring this up? Because you posted that video claiming that it was a reasonable argument to convince centrists. No centrist is in favor of explicitly partisan judges. I'm here to stop your lies from spreading; think of me as the rational fire brigade to your flaming propaganda.
That just means you need to use a bigger hammer.
I never knew how much I needed "Pony says No" in my life, but I do now.
Wut? I've dealt with some horrible vendor pricing schemes but .. you have to buy a three day pass to buy a key to update the PCM? WTF?
At some point in history, the technical support line has gotten a call like this:
"Yeah, the Throttle Stop Screw on this here Subaru ain't working"
"Yeah, of course I read the technical bulletin!"
"Well, I read it, and then I used my screwdriver on the TSS and it ain't working no more. Why don't it work no more and how do I make it work?"
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Trumps politics is a 1980s business Democrat who switched sides. He's as moderate as Liberals come. It's the multinational media apparatus and rigged social media companies spewing propaganda saying he's evil that's a big problem.
Biden was one of the original "tough on crime" politicians from the 90s that passed drug laws that got weed smokers and other non-violent drug possession cases be sent to prison on felony charges. Biden is still trying to court the radicalized with the Green New Deal crap and only recently denounced the violent riots started by BLM and Antifa 6 months ago.
Brett Kavanagh and Amy Coney Barrett are moderate Right. Biden would have put more Hard Left, probably Socialist, judges on the Supreme Court and we already have too many people that are Leftist on it. John Roberts is usually a deciding vote and despite being a Republican on paper, he's a piece of shit who only votes "how will this make me look good" and siding with the Liberal judges on social matters a lot instead of trying to interpret the constitution. He's been the deciding vote to not review 2nd Amendment cases for at least a decade now, and it would be easy to strike down unconstitutional things like Red Flag laws if not for him. We need Constitutionalists, not more activist like RBG was where she penned an open later saying Row V Wade is unconstitutional, but she upheld it because of politics.
What you're advocating is a Democrat staffed Judiciary appointed by Biden and Kamala in favor of ideologies like Social Justice and Critical Race Theory. We don't need those people on the bench.
It's more pragmatic to vote Trump and not for Biden, especially when its come out he's in the pocket of Beijing now.
Could this be a politics-free place?
That is an impressively snarky service bulletin. :D
And aye, voting: very important here!
And a nice video; thanks. :)
(As for voting myself, after going back and forth I think I've decided that my mail-in vote (sent in weeks ago) is likely enough to get counted that I don't also need to vote in person (which in my state, at least, one can do; it overrides the mailed-in ballot if done).)
as a euro, im excited and nervous for the election simply because the fallout, regardless of who wins (probably trump), will be colossal
on one hand, the sheer online rage will be hilarious
on the other, potential violence and riots? thats gonna be awful and i wish everyone irl the best
stay safe out there yall
(also in person voting concerns me r.e. the pandemic
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Yeah, I really, really want to argue to what I feel are extremely important points, but any argument at all only furthers the politicization of Blog dé Biscuit, and I don't. Want. That!
I mean, unless we find out that that postal jeep was wearing Tonka colors during the great Tonka v. Hotwheels debate in defiance of the "Herbie Accord," which states that public service vehicles shall not advertise for any vehicular faction. I mean, this is a vehicular exposé.
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There's definitely going to be riots. Especially if Trump wins again, Lefties will be in the street screaming how everyone is a Nazi and go full "death to America" ISIS levels of deranged fascist (ironic) demanding a coup. If you notice, almost all the riots happening in the US are in Deep Blue\Anti-Trump cities and states. Most of America will be fine. It'll be places like California and New York that'll be on fire.
BTW, pandemic is overblown as all out. It's a mild flu in comparison to influenza. Ignore anyone talking about "cases", death totals are what's important and they're very very low. I voted in person and there was some 80 people in line. The elderly and sickly came to vote too, but they could skip to the front.
Went straight to the polling place after I got off work. It helped that it was along my normal route home, so I'd have had to go by there anyway.
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Meanwhile in reality:
He started as a Republican, tried being a Democrat for a while, realized that they wouldn't take his shit and went back to being a Republican. By the way, he endorsed John McCain in 2008, so even that period is shorter than it looks.
You are actually just dishonest, then. Even Trump doesn't claim to be a liberal.
I'm not going to discuss this beyond pointing out that your initial claim was that he was a far-left socialist threat. You are providing evidence against your own point.
Except he hasn't signed on to the Green New Deal, despite Trump's lies about it. Try looking at his position rather than what Trump says his position is; do you just believe Biden when he makes claims about Trump's positions, or do you go to the source? (This is, by the way, meant to be for the benefit of other people at this point, because I know now that you're just fine with being dishonest.)
Recently being late March.
So that's two unsupported, straight up lies (or three, depending on whether you count that first one as one claim or two).
John Roberts is an actual centrist; he reaches across the isle and decides cases by neutral application of the law rather than by ideological leaning. That you refuse to acknowledge this is just more evidence that your "centrists will be convinced" bit is a lie.
In other words, you hold the far-right position that temporarily removing weapons from mentally ill people at the petition to a judge by police or family members (for anybody reading, this is what "red flag laws" are) is a horrible evil, and the failure of Roberts to twist the interpretation of the law to conform with your far-right position makes him, in your view, not a centrist. Or, more accurately, not-far-right-but-I-call-it-centrism-to-decieve-people.
This is also a lie. RBG never at any point declared Row V Wade unconstitutional, in court or out of it. She did criticize it on ideological grounds, however.
Again, a lie. Repeating over and over again that Biden is somehow actually Sanders doesn't make it true.
I don't care about being on the "right side of history". I just care about being right, in the sense of adhering as closely to truth as possible.
Wherein you contrast "right side of history" with "pragmatic"; rather than, say, "truth" or "freedom for all". In other words, you see this election as a conflict between people motivated by moral ideals and people motivated by personal benefit regardless of the wider consequences... and you happily put yourself in the latter category. This is possibly the most honest pitch for Trump; unfortunately, most people aren't as lacking in empathy as you are, so it won't slide with the typical person.
And yet another lie to top it off. A particularly low-effort one, at that.
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Meanwhile, Trump is calling his supporters to "violence in the streets" if the Pennsylvania courts don't eviscerate election law.
And "very low" apparently means over 200k now. Interesting reinterpretation of math.
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If Admiral Biscuit decided to delete all politics-related posts here, I would be fine with that. But I won't stand by and let Walker take the podium un-countered.
5391399 One thing I've noticed throughout your entire spiel is that you keep poisoning the well and attacking my character by accusations of lying instead of trying to prove your point half the time. You don't know me and don't know if I'm actually lying or not. How about actually trying to refute the points better instead of going for character assasinations.
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He did rebut them. One at a time, in fact. Such as showing Trump's actual party affiliation history, clarifying Ginsberg's actual stance on Rowe v. Wade, or Biden's actual actions with regard to The Green New Deal.
Some rebuttals could be more fleshed out - like Roberts' rulings history - but that's only a minor point in his counters.
That said, a number of the things which were claimed as lies - such as Biden and a future potential judiciary - were opinions at best, and based on assumptions from other opinions (the background implication of your statement is that a liberal judicial system would be bad, which is not a truth, but another opinion of yours), which makes an accurate rebuttal nigh impossible. But the difficulty of rebuttal does not default you to being correct. That said, I would not have labeled those statements lies, but I would have done as I just did, and point out that they are opinions, not facts.
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Okay, I have a challenge for you. Name a policy officially endorsed by Biden/ Harris that is more socialist than Canada.
Since there really isn't, Biden cannot be considered radical, as his ideas and policies are very normal from a global perspective.
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It is. Right-to-repair ought to apply to more than just cars, although it’s not without problems (like having to have three subscriptions to program a PCM which we bought from the dealer.
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What’s really depressing is sometimes the aftermarket (performance systems) are more user-friendly than the actual factory tools. I haven’t (yet) had any trouble with aftermarket reprogrammers, although I bet on newer cars it’s more of a challenge.
It was the crank on that one, but yeah. One guy I used to work with joked that an engine was so worn out that the pistons were changing holes, and with 3/4 inch crank play, that’s in that territory. Funny thing was it ran okay.
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Tesla’s trying that, too; at least in that case there’s law not on Tesla’s side, but we’ll see what happens. Some government agencies have been not business friendly when there are shenanagans; the EPA has hit a couple automakers where it hurts (IIRC, before the big diesel thing that VW did, the EPA once fined them not in an actually dollar amount, but by requiring them to sell parts at cost for several years in lieu of a fine . . . )
John Deere probably doesn’t sell enough tractors to get hackles too far up, but if some smart competitor offers open-source tractors, Deere might reconsider their stance. Kia/Hyundai gives away most of their service information for free, compared to other dealers where you have to pay thousands per year to get access to the factory stuff.
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Yeah, I’ll give them credit for just going out and saying it . . . most automakers kinda weasel around with things like that.
I generally am, too, although in this case I made up my mind long ago.
I went at 6:30, an hour before the polls opened, and I was the tenth voter in my township. By the time I left, over one percent of the total possible voters in my township were waiting in line (it’s a small township).
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I know, right?
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Yeah, vote-by-mail is a good system, although especially in states that don’t usually do it (or don’t do it en masse) are struggling. Here in Michigan, we legally can’t start counting mail-in ballots until election day, which means with the volume we’ve got this year we won’t know the results until tomorrow at the earliest, and possibly later, unless there’s a huge blowout one way or the other (if one candidate has a larger margin than the remaining number of uncounted ballots).
You don’t have to. My parent’s boat trailer kept its McGovern sticker until the late 90s, when it finally got repainted.
Heh, bend wrenches, that’s not a phrase I’ve heard for a while. TSBs can be a huge time-saver . . . just today I was diagnosing a 4WD malfunction on a Chevy, Identifix suggested popping the t-case drain plug and seeing how much fluid and/or metal came out. The answer, in order, was not much, and a lot. Needs a t-case.
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Coke is smart. Assume the guy working on your equipment is drunk, an idiot, or doesn’t GAF, and design that takes that into account is the best design.
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Yeah, it is, and the fact that it’s been out there for 20 years is fantastic.
I’d guess they are. Based on early voting, we’re gonna set a voting record this year (and I am happy for that). In my tiny township, I got to the polls at 6:30, I was voter number 10, and by the time I left the polls, over 1% of the total township population was waiting in line to vote.
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This one we’ve got no clear direction from the customer about if we’re gonna go further or not, so I don’t know. It’s got 400k on it, but it’s also not the original engine. . . .
Have I ever said that I hate Cadillacs? Because I do.
Also, today I did a all-modules scan on a Mercedes. Did you know that the inside rearview mirror on late-model Mercedes’s can set codes? Because it can.
I bet you either got failing sensors or a bad antenna. Good luck figuring it out :P
We had one yesterday where the customer complained that the TPMS light was on and that it showed low tire pressure on all four tires. Amusingly, they never thought about checking the tire pressures . . . the sensors were all correctly reporting, and inflating the tires to the proper pressure fixed it.
Nicest man on the internet.
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I’ve never seen that nor heard of it, but it sounds like something I should watch.
I haven’t read Georg’s One-Shot-Ober yet . . . that’s on my to-do list. I don’t think I have an unposted story like that, but maybe I do. I dunno; every now and then I find a story on my gDocs or writing folder that I don’t remember having written
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Yes.
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I know, right? That’s a great picture and it makes me happy. I wish that they’d have put that on the scan tool, honestly.
Isn’t it great? And there’s nothing to do about it but complain in the blog post. Even worse, if it’s got a certain type of security system (which this one doesn’t), you have to buy a fourth subscription to make it start after you program it.
Oh, I guarantee it. And I bet that after two such calls in one day, someone at the technical center wrote this TSB.
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I was hoping by not naming any candidates it would stay politics-free in the comments, and it did make it ten . . .
I shoulda realized that by mentioning voting at all the comments would politicize.
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It is, and I love Subaru for that.
Yes. It’s your right as an American citizen; use it.
You’re welcome
I don’t know what the policy is here in Michigan . . . I figured that in-person, at least I’d see my ballot get sucked into the machine and counted, and we don’t have a huge Covid problem in my township at the moment.
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Yeah--crack open a cold one and watch us.
Thank you!
Yeah, that’s problematic. Not so much where I am, but still a concern. Especially since some percentage of the population doesn’t believe in COVID.
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Trump has varying beliefs that have been sliding over time, but he's pretty much a moderate Liberal in most cases, even if you try to push "Conservative". A problem is the modern Left pushed people like him out of their camp in the past 10 years trying to court their own authoritarian fringes.
Biden's courting the Far-Left and Socialists and you can look no further than his VP. Health insurance for all, supporting the Green New Deal with AOC, more strict gun control, promising 6-month paid family leave and tax-payer funded abortion to women, being open borders and comparing Immigration enforcement to KKK members.
These are not normal talking points from the Left 10 or 15 years ago. We both know Biden's cognitive decline and old age means he's going to be a steward President than an active one with aides and his VP speaking on his behalf. He's very likely to die in office or suffer a health malidy and Harris will take over immediately to enact these policies. She's going to get stonewalled in the Senate as much as possible, but she's still going to try to push them through.
You honestly have no concept of the Slippery Slope or what can of worms these laws open up. These are otherwise known as Pre-Crime or Thought-Crime laws. Basically, you can go to an authority figure, give them a bogus statement of someone being dangerous, and have police come to steal your property from you. Imagine a friend or coworker that hates you, going to a Republican or ideological judge and giving a bogus statement that you're a danger to yourself and others. No trial. No jury. A judge can decide to strip you of your property and\or have you sentenced to a jail cell while investigators comb through your property and history to try and deem you unfit.
You see how that works? It's a snitching program meant to disarm people that haven't commited any crimes, but only because they don't think "correctly" and on someone else's word. "What? It only happens to mentally ill people!" No, the definitions of 'mentally ill' can change, the evidence can be flimsy or false, and it can happen to you. Besides, why would you deprive someone an effective deterent from defending themselves too? Shouldn't people with mental problems be allowed to defend themselves or do you want to strip them and make them vulnerable?
It also confirms my suspicion you're an ideolog with how casually you throw around "far-right" here among other things as if you actually know what that means and what my beliefs are. You're projecting your hatred like I'm some paper Hitler for you to defeat.
Yes, I'm misremembering it and can look it up, but this still shows your refusal to acknowledge anything I say as little more than character assasination.
Again, look at his VP.
[Press X to Doubt]
You still don't understand my positions or what I'm trying to say. You're obviously in the "moral ideals" category yourself with how passionately you're throwing around accusations like lying and having "far-right" positions, while branding yourself as a morality policing bully thinking of yourself as "the rational fire brigade to your flaming propaganda."
If you watched the video I originally posted, you would see good reasons to vote for him like not getting into another war, getting real lower taxes, and economy boosting orders that made life easier for the average person. That would be enough for most people to vote for him and if you don't listen to the media and listen to the President and see the evidence directly, he's not the Evil Orange Man he's been caricatured as.
.....So you're denying the hard evidence of Joe Biden's son having business dealings with China and other countries to enrich himself? That's not a low-effort shitpost, that's an international corruption scandal.
...Yeah, I don't see how this could be anything more than a way to ballot harvest as much as possible to the last minute or to "find" a few buckets of post-marked ballots that can be put into the registry when nobody is looking. Especially when Postal unions have declared political support. We do need more transparency in election stations and real ID checks to make sure people are real, especially with how many articles have come out confirming a lot of people pulling off election fraud across the country.
Interesting reinterpretation of "someone might do something bad" to "someone should do something bad".
You're really not giving anyone any benefit of the doubt.
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I still stand that this is nothing but a dick waving contest for his ego. The major difference between you two is that you imply I'm wrong, but it's because of a personal beliefs that might be misinformed or outright false without malice. Meanwhile he calls my whole character into question as an intentional liar to deceive anyone reading these posts. You actually know how to do this properly and I will say I respect you a lot for that. Thank you.
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Let me define something. "Socialism" is an all encompassing idea where the government is enforcing a lot of over extended policies into the private lives of citizens, getting their hands into the economy and markets to "fix" it with too much regulation, and to enact policies in the name of some form of non-criminal\non-civil "justice". Basically, the idea that government needs to be your Nanny because they know what's best for you.
Canadian Medicare, the Canadian signed on Paris Climate Agreement, the Social Justice Tribunals Ontario, etc. These from Canada and their equivalents in England, Australia, and the EU is very "socialist" to me as an American, we don't have the equivalent of them here, and I'm glad we do not. Biden\Harris and most Democrats however want them to varying degrees. They want to be at the top of the pyramid of power to decide for all of us what is supposedly "best" for us. That I believe isn't how a government should be run and it's detrimental to our freedoms. You can stay over there and enjoy those, but I would still rather be here.
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As soon as I mentioned voting, it was inevitable that someone who was passionate would comment. Might as well have put my personal choice in the blog post.
There could be a touch of Tonka Yellow hiding under that USPS white.
I’m not gonna judge, though. I don’t know where that Jeep’s been, what it’s seen. . . .
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Long lines, or did you get in quick?
I went early in the morning, a half hour before the polls opened, and I was voter number 10 . . . and I’m in a tiny little township; I’ve almost got more followers than all the people who live in my township.