Back in 1959, the Army Corp of Engineers carved its own Echo Base into the Greenland ice as a testbed for launching nuclear missiles from Arctic locations. The base was abandoned in 1967, but a new scan from NASA shows it’s still sitting 100 feet below the ice — along with all its radioactive waste. … Read more
Photo: Scott Olson / Staff (Getty Images) For someone the press once called “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani sure has had a fall from grace. He’s been disbarred, sued and is now a national laughingstock. He also happens to owe a shit-ton of money to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two election workers he defamed following … Read more
Photo: US Coast Guard Taking a chance on a 1950s German vehicle listed on Craigslist can be tempting, but there’s typically a lot of work involved in getting them running reliably. When the vehicle in question is a cruise ship, and not a Mercedes-Benz or a Porsche, the task is exponentially more difficult. California resident … Read more
Tesla claims its Cybertruck is built for any planet, and that it’s durable enough to go anywhere and tackle anything, but its owner’s manual says that its hitch assembly is only designed to support vertical loads up to 160 pounds. That’s less than the weight of the average American female. WhistlinDiesel’s Cybertruck… Read more… Read … Read more
This summer, gas prices are lower than they have been in the past. In some places though, some gas stations have a “I know what I have” attitude, resulting in some seriously high prices. One desert gas station is like this, and it doubles down on the pricing with a disclaimer for customers. – Lawrence … Read more
If you haven’t heard about raw-dogging a flight, consider yourself lucky. Unfortunately for you, that’s exactly what this post is about, so either turn back now or buckle up. Basically, instead of listening to music, reading a book or watching a movie on a flight, some flyers are choosing to skip all that in favor … Read more
NASA is contemplating bringing astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams home from the International Space Station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and flying the Boeing Starliner back empty. There’s just one problem: Boeing removed the Starliner’s autonomous undocking feature from its software. The aerospace manufacturer… Read more… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more
2018 Hyundai Kona Iron Man EditionImage: Hyundai Automotive companies teaming up with companies outside of the automotive world rarely works out. Tech companies, clothing designers, and video games don’t really get the complex world of cars they’ve been thrust into. And who could blame them? They can’t all be Eddie Bauer Ford Explorers, after all. … Read more
Home Owners Associations suck but one Florida HOA is particularly bad, as it is still enforcing a rule to keep pickup trucks out of driveways despite a state law protecting truck owners from such HOA overreach. – Lawrence Hodge Read More Read more… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic … Read more
School District of Philadelphia buses parked in a lot while public schools remain temporarily closed for in-person learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.Photo: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg (Getty Images) While car design has changed radically over the decades, school buses look almost the same as they did nearly 100 years ago. Sure, they … Read more
