SIGTARP auto report out.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 19th at 10:00 AM  | 

The short version?  Having the government do your restructuring for you isn’t necessarily the brightest thing in the world.  Particularly when there’s a variety of conflicting objectives.  At least, if what you’re trying to do is actually create a better version of your company; if your goal is to use government fiat to streamline the operations of your newly government-owned automobile manufacturer it apparently works | Read More »

Mercury fallout from the Cash-for-Clunkers program.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  August 31st at 03:30 PM  | 

Let’s walk through the mercury problem (H/T: Instapundit). Automakers used mercury as a component for various auto systems until 2004. They stopped because mercury is toxic, and it gets into stuff that we eat (the actual level of risk is in fact not relevant for this discussion). People get very touchy about toxic elements being thrown out with the rest of the garbage, so there’s | Read More »

Let us compare two commercials: GM’s, and its parody.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 8th at 09:42 PM  | 

This is the original: …annnnnd (via Ace of Spades) this is the parody. The parody’s better. Not to mention, considerably more honest. Moe Lane PS: I don’t know whether this site is Left-oriented or Right-oriented, but I’ll say this: whoever made it is not happy. And he or she is right to be not happy. Crossposted to Moe Lane.