Motorcycles

Interesting Insurance Study on Effect of Rider Training
http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2010/03/31/motorcycle-study-suggests-safety-courses-dont-reduce-crashes ... 8 Apr 2010 02:56

Feds Slapped Down Hard ... Again
Here's the latest news from the domestic-spying front: "Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the federal district court in San Francisco found that the government illegally wiretapped an Islamic charity's phone calls in 2004." o Bankston, Kevin. "Court Rejects Government's Executive Power Claims and Rules That Warrant... 2 Apr 2010 10:27

Global Warming: Where We Stand Now
Here's a layman's summary in English of Climategate in the popular press in Europe. Der Spiegel has a weekly "Time" magazine format: o Evers, Marco, Olaf Stampf, and Gerald Traufetter. "Climate Catastrophe: A Superstorm for Global Warming Research." _Der Spiegel_. 1 Apr. 2010. 2 Apr. 2010 <http://www.spiegel.de... 2 Apr 2010 11:33

What Happens If An Air Cleaner Element is Missing?
Dumb question: what happens if an air cleaner element is missing? Or if there is a big crack somewhere in the ducts after the air cleaner? I'm assuming that you get particulate matter (dust and worse) in the engine and eventually bad things happen. What bad things? How long does it take? Datesfat ... 3 Apr 2010 03:59

Defining Socialism Down (Was: Krauthammer on Obama-care)
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:09:38 -0600, Bob Myers wrote: Please give a simple, one-line definition of the term "socialist." Socialist: Founded on or invested in a belief in the essential goodness of Man. Give an example of ANY existing (or even possible) form of government that does not fall under that def... 2 Apr 2010 00:42

Gout sucks
That is all. ... 2 Apr 2010 18:15

Dem congressman: If Guam gets too overpopulated, it might tip over
> This is what replaced Cynthia Mckinney from Georgia in the US House. He's one of the people who helped make 'health care reform' the law. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg&feature=player_embedded The money shot starts ~ 1:12. Amazingly, no one laughed out loud that I could tell. That... 1 Apr 2010 20:18

Krauthammer on Obama-care. the coming VAT, etc - quoting
"Mark Olson" <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote in message news:bsOdnQy8r93IPynWnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d(a)posted.visi... | 83LowRider wrote: | > <.p.jm wrote | >> Can you configure your newsreader to add some kind of standard | >> demarkation to quoted text, like '>' etc ? Makes it a lot easier to | >> see what you're replyin... 1 Apr 2010 15:50

What will this mean?
"Harley-Davidson CEO Announces Buy-out by Honda Corp" Story at: http://xidos.ca/HondaBuyoutofHarleyDavidson/tabid/196/Default.aspx ... 2 Apr 2010 23:43

Dumbest COLA "advocate" .. in March
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:19:39 +0200, Hadron wrote: GeoH <geoh(a)invalid.invalid> writes: Richard Rasker wrote: Hadron wrote: While chased for 'tard of the month by the likes of Peter Koehlmann and HPT Marti's public put down of Miguel and the scorn he pours on Liar. How... 1 Apr 2010 11:19