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[Betonhaus]

Trucks right now cost $80,000 new and $55,000 used (for anything under 100k miles)
What's this abomination going to cost, and why would I want to pay for it when I'll have to replace its battery pack every 7 years?

The price is unknown, but could end up being comparable.
And you may not have to replace the battery that frequently - 7 years is when the storage capacity of the battery declines, and that's not so important in a series hybrid. At worst it'll mean that the generator turns on more frequently, but runs for a shorter time before shutting off again. You'd probably get a few more years before having to replace the battery - and since it's a much smaller battery it won't cost as much to replace. If it is designed to be easy to switch out swapping would be inexpensive and the battery can be refurbished, lowering the cost.

 

[AgendaPoster]

You're against funding for ONE country, but is aokay for war funding for ANOTHER country? Why not just stop funding every conflict like we're the world police?

I'll only reply once on this.
If you've read my posts, I believe in a rule based order, with the US obviously having a prominent role, but I still want the US to play by the same rules. Rules include respecting territorial integrity according to international recognition. By this standard, both Russia and Israel are invading countries that are ignoring the UN. The US is a retarded country though, and it moans and seethes about Russia while sucking Israeli cocks.
I want the US+allies to fuck up countries that don't play by the rules. I know that will likely not happen, cause the US is not sincere in pursuing rules, it wants to be above the rules, and to continue fellating Jewish interests.

 

[dustbuster]

The price is unknown, but could end up being comparable.
And you may not have to replace the battery that frequently - 7 years is when the storage capacity of the battery declines, and that's not so important in a series hybrid. At worst it'll mean that the generator turns on more frequently, but runs for a shorter time before shutting off again. You'd probably get a few more years before having to replace the battery - and since it's a much smaller battery it won't cost as much to replace. If it is designed to be easy to switch out swapping would be inexpensive and the battery can be refurbished, lowering the cost.

Right, but I have a late model audi atm.
Got it for a fraction of the price and get 540 miles a tank without having to worry about anything more than a standard 12v in the trunk every 60k miles.

The current pickup market is further divorced from reality than federal budgets.
I could get a higher-end mercedes new for that kind of money.

 

[The Last Stand]

Vivek says to handle antisemitism through "leadership, not censorship." Whatever that means.
Scott and DeSantis would deport visas and federal funding from universities that preach antisemitism.
Christie mentions how ethically diverse his home state (NJ) is under Bush after 9/11. Work with both sides.
Nikki compares antisemitism to racism with the KKK. Provides a nonanswer.

 

[Exterminatus]

Bring back the old Marine Corps ads like this one:

This one and one for the Navy SEALs I used to see all the time as a kid, I think the SEAL one had a Godsmack song in it, that's how you do a good military ad though. No diversity bullshit and it glamorizes the military, and generally cuts to the point.

Iconic, but the Trump era corps commercials went pretty fucking hard. This one still gets me hard.

I really liked this one when I first saw, loved how it wove in the history of the USMC, going from the earliest times in 1775 to Belleau Wood and up to the modern day.

only because they have too. if they voted they way they really feel they be booted out of the door.

It helps that for Kentucky at least the Republicans have a supermajority so they can stop anything Beshear actually tries to do legislatively, including overriding any of his vetoes.

Zero ads I saw from the GOP mentioned abortion.
100% of the DNC ads I saw mentioned abortion.

Oh wait I saw zero GOP ads. It was like they did not even try to win in my state(but they actually did take some kind of big local seats).

Saw something similar in Kentucky, I have family there and they've told me they saw almost no ads for Daniel Cameron in the governor's race. They voted for him, but it felt like he wasn't even trying but it's not unprecedented for see the Kentucky GOP shit the bed when it comes to holding the governorship.

 

[quaawaa]

The current pickup market is further divorced from reality than federal budgets.
I could get a higher-end mercedes new for that kind of money.

Of course a luxury pickup truck and a luxury car are similar in price. You can still get a non-luxury truck for significantly less money and you can blame the Fed for devaluing the dollar for the high numerical prices.

The Dodge RAM 1500 starts at $38k. I suspect the RAMCHARGER will cost about the same as the F-150 Lightning (which starts at $50k - $7500 tax credit (and Ford is currently discounting them another $7500 because no one wants them)) as they're in the same segment. The Dodge has a smaller battery than the Ford, but some of that savings will be offset by the cost of the generator and supporting equipment.

 

[Hüftpriester]

The fact that all of these faggots are still playing pretend like they have a chance at the nomination is just embarrassing.

 

[Pig Cups]

You're actually wasting your time watching it?
You have my salute for doing our dirty work for us that we might actually do something more productive and entertaining, like cleaning out our toilets.

Want to know something funny? I had no idea that this debate was even going on until mere minutes ago. Once I found out, I immediately clicked over to this thread.

Really goes to show how even the media and advertisers view this as a useless exercise by this point. Did they do any sort of promotion at all? It appears that the amount of effort spent on marketing each successive debate falls, just like the viewership. Advertisers probably decided that saving their money was a better use of it, and decided to sit this one out.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

The fundamental thing that makes Dems win is that they deny the humanity of anyone who disagrees with their positions.

This is powerful. It motivates their voters.

Hate is what wins elections.

Hate to say it, but he's not wrong. All their positions run on "compassion." The ultimate form of manipulation. Good luck attempting to apply logic to their positions without them falling under the "think of the children" mentality.

Hang these quotes high on the wall so everyone should read them.

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Why is Ron DeSantis still running?

 

[The Last Stand]

Why is Ron DeSantis still running?

He's up by 4 points or something.

 

[George Lucas]

Vivek says to handle antisemitism through "leadership, not censorship." Whatever that means.
Scott and DeSantis would deport visas and federal funding from universities that preach antisemitism.
Christie mentions how ethically diverse his home state (NJ) is under Bush after 9/11. Work with both sides.
Nikki compares antisemitism to racism with the KKK. Provides a nonanswer.

What they should say:

‘Antisemitism is protected speech under the First Amendment.’

 

[Hüftpriester]

Based moderator lets Vivek and DeSantis expose Nikki Haley as a China shill and doesn't let her respond either time. lol

Edit: LOL she's seething

 

[dustbuster]

The Dodge RAM 1500 starts at $38k.

you mean the model without sufficient torque or structural integrity to tow and w/o 4 wheel drive?
A pickup without 4 wheel drive is a bigger lie than a moderate democrat.
I'll stick to renting workhorses when needed, but it would certainly be nice to be able to afford an actual pickup.
At the rate things are going we'll get "reagan 2.0" in about 10 years and wages will catch up.

 

[The Last Stand]

What they should say:

‘Antisemitism is protected speech under the First Amendment.’

I understand the concept of freedom of speech, but the line gets drawn when you have college students and presidents endorsing terrorism toward religious faith. Or generally speaking, threatening and harassing people.

 

[MMS-China]

Buttigieg makes surprise visit to Ukraine​

 

[The Last Stand]

Vivek just roasted Nikki for not monitoring her child's TikTok usage. Damn, this dude is brutal against her.

 

[FunPosting101]

Pollster Rich Baris angrilly pointing out he said this was going to happen will never not be funny.

Everyone going ‘Trump’s fault’ never listens to every sane person saying ‘you only win the Trump voter if you support Trump and/or he’s on the ballot and/or he is the face of your platform’ and then they are always shocked when they do none of that why they lose.

Everybody was telling the GOP they’d lose if they went silly on abortion, which they did.

If the GOP had just left the matter up to the states, and then had various state level GOP groups put forward reasonable positions on the issue, (limitations on elective abortion, rather than an outright ban, for example) we wouldn't have this problem now.

Lindsey Graham should be loaded into a rocket ship and sent into solar orbit, as he would clearly do much less damage there.

 

[The Last Stand]

If the GOP had just left the matter up to the states, and then had various state level GOP groups put forward reasonable positions on the issue, (limitations on elective abortion, rather than an outright ban, for example) we wouldn't have this problem now.

That would require forward thinking, which the Republicans lack. I find it humorous that the GOP is supposedly against limiting Americans, but are stanch believers of just abolishing it.

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

Christie mentions how ethically diverse his home state (NJ) is

Naturally. A state with a population full of Tony Soprano wannabes is of course "ethically diverse".

 

[Puff]

Trucks right now cost $80,000 new and $55,000 used (for anything under 100k miles)
What's this abomination going to cost, and why would I want to pay for it when I'll have to replace its battery pack every 7 years?

Half ton American base models start at like 42k (which is absurdly high, but come on, you jumped the price up quite a bit). I'd guess this thing costs 80k base, if they sell base, up to 120k or so for luxury... and probably loses money like the Lightening from Ford did.
Edit: Also a family member was vehicle shopping last week and found a used truck for something in the 30's and it had less than 100k miles and less than ten years old.