The Kneeslider

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Rossi practice times fastest

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In practice for the upcoming Assen MotoGP, Valentino Rossi is out front with the quickest times followed by Gibernau, Capriossi and Hayden. Just like the AMA Superbike series, one rider keeps repeating week after week, without let up. He just keeps doing it better than anyone else and that has to be psychologically hard on the competition. The races aren't quite the runaway the … [Read more...]

China bidding for US companies

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Chinese companies are trying to buy Maytag, the appliance manufacturer and Unocal, the US oil producer. They want our companies and our jobs but just say no to free speech. It's like I said before, they'll just keep coming and wear you down and US companies keep running over there with dollar signs in their eyes. American CEO's making deals in China that build up their … [Read more...]

Is Bernie Ecclestone all there?

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Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula 1, made a comment to reporters the other day about Danica Patrick, the female driver who happened to place 4th in this year's Indy 500 and led for a number of laps. He said women should be dressed in white like other domestic appliances. Patrick, revealed that Ecclestone also called her and told her this personally. I suppose if there is … [Read more...]

Speeding tickets and radar

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If some of you ignored the "for race use only" disclaimer, plug in the Nikko derestrictor and intend to get yourself in serious trouble with the law, here's a site you might be interested in, radarbusters. He sells lots of radar detectors and related items but there is a ton of generally useful information such as laws regarding the use of radar detectors in your area, … [Read more...]

China blocking lots of blogs

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We've talked about Chinese motorcycles here and here and cars here and other products, too, on quite a few occasions, seems they want to play in the free world, sell in the free world and get money from the free world but free speech? Oooh, that's too scary! They are blocking blogs, have been for a little while but they seem to be stepping up the pace, now all Typepad blogs … [Read more...]