TheRealTigerHorn

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This. Are there any other former athletes at any other schools that show as much love for their school as Shaq does for LSU?

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Bo Jackson, Charles Barkley, Takeo Spikes, and Cam Newton just from Auburn alone, and they are the more public ones. Hasn't Herschel Walker always been there for the Dawgs?

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If you really dig into the philosophical backgrounds of communism and fascism, their end games are more alike than not. The WWII rivalry between them was driven more by racism and the false religions of the two than it was by socio-economic policy.

I mean, they are very similar philosophies for a reason that is clearly going past you, but their differences are not rooted in racism or the religions of the two. Though, seeing this is your interpretation, it makes your other analogy make a lot more sense in its absurdity.

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Found the guy who's ignorant of history. Let me fix that for you.

The Nazi's considered all Slavic peoples to be "untermensch" - sub human. This was part of the entire "Aryan Race" religion that they built their philosophy around. At the infamous Munich torch rally pre-war, Hitler called upon the German people to "discard their facade of Christianity and return to their roots". This is why the SS used so much pagan symbology. Their false religion was absolutely core to Nazi beliefs, but not at all to Fascism. That, along with "liebensraum", was used as the justification for Barbarossa. That's the German side.

As for the Communists, the party is literally their religion. IDK why you need that explained to you, but whatever. Anything opposing that religion is an enemy of the state. Hence the whole Nazi-Aryan Race-Occult thing was a threat to them.

The founding philosopher of fascism was an Italian by the name of Giovanni Gentile, who himself had roots in Marxism. Because the state represents the absolute will of the people, Gentile argued that the Fascist state was the truest form of democracy. This justified totalitarian control over all aspects of public and private life, effectively eradicating the distinction between individual interests and the interests of the nation. This is exactly what communism purports to do. The sole difference is that in Fascism, private ownership of the means of production is allowed on paper, whereas in communism it is not. I leave the research on Marx, Lenin and Stalinist policies to that effect to you as a homework assignment.

You are welcome for the enlightenment. Now, be what you claim to be Auburn man and edit or delete your post.

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Everytime there's a mass shooter, sites like Reddit start looking for every pro MAGA, fascist white person evidence it can find.

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What's ironic about this one is that one of the guys they killed, the clearly not white security guard, was also a Muslim fascist who had posted "Hitler was right" memes to his social media. For those who don't know, portions of the Muslim world found a lot of common ground with Hitler and the Nazis. Iraq's Ba'ath party (Saddam Hussein) was modeled after the Nazi party.

Now that you mention the "extreme right wing dude who is also gay", I have a distant family member who exactly fits that description. Strange times.

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Great work! “Matilda”. A name as weak as the weapon.


If you’re referring to its 2-pounder main gun, you’re absolutely right. It was rather weak. But make no mistake, the Matilda was tough as hell. It had frontal armor up to 3” thick, making it impervious to its German and Italian counterparts, primarily the Pzkpfw III and M30/14. Pretty much the only thing the Axis had to deal with it, at least until the introduction of the Pzkpfw IV Ausf. G in 1942, was the 8.8cm AA gun.

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Worst of all, it had no HE rounds available for a tank that was supposed to work in direct support of the infantry. So it really couldn't deal with anti-tank guns or dug in MGs at all.

Was a jestergooning clavicular involved in any way?

Very nice.

Powered by two 85 hp bus engines. It wasn't just the infantry tank concept that made them so slow - Britain just flat didn't have any good sources for engines or transmissions suitable for tanks either. The Sherman rolled onto the scene packing 350 HP for comparison.

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*The 1984 Florida Gators were forced to vacate their 1984 conference titles due to NCAA rules violations. However, it was won on the field so I count it here. Let the stone throwing begin.

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If you're going to count that, then you also have to count the 1993 Auburn team that went unbeaten, including beating both participants of the SECCG that year.

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Subaru does not use Jatco for its modern CVT transmissions; current Subaru models use in-house Lineartronic CVT technology. While Jatco supplied older 4-speed and some 5-speed automatic transmissions (5EAT) in past Subaru models, the company has pivoted to proprietary, chain-driven, longitudinal CVTs designed specifically for their boxer engines.

Still a CVT and still crap. The only CVT I would trust is a toyota because they use a planetary 1st gear before it moves into the CVT. This seems to solve a lot of the issues with a CVT. Honda has something similar but I am not familar with those.

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OP was talking used cars, and when I sat across the table from the Subaru execs in 2013, they were still buying some Jatco CVTs and were not happy about it. I did not track what they changed to Lineartronic much after those years. In industry terms, that is 2 or less model cycles ago, so Jatco-equipped cars could easily fall into his timeline if they were imported here.

The Lineartronic is not wholly in-house. LuK, part of Germany's Schaeffler Group, owns the chain CVT technology. Subaru developed the CVT in partnership with them, with LuK contributing the variator technology. It is the same basic CVT that Audi used with little success. They are supposed to be a little tougher than belt CVTs at the expense of more noise and a slight FE penalty.

Some models have head gasket issues, others have CVTs, which is the same Jatco CVT that Nissan uses, but Subaru seems to do a better job of protecting them with their powertrain calibrations. Still, you want one where the fluid has seen regular changes if a CVT model. It will probably not be a 200k mile transmission.

OP, have you considered a Ford Escape hybrid? That powertrain is essentially as much Toyota as Ford, and they gave very good service in the taxi world. Resale will not command the Toyota premium on the used ones.

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My background is in technology support and design in defense, aerospace and space systems. I know tons of contacts at most defense agencies, three letter LE agencies, NASA, SpaceX, defense and space contractors. Next year, he has an internship in hand in the corrugated paper industry but is seeking one with Lockheed and/or Bell. I have asked him not to accept anything from Raytheon. You give up your soul to work with that company.

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Use your contacts early and often for him, and don't be shy about it. I co-op'd through undergrad, and learned a lot, but it also taught me what I didn't want to do after graduation, perhaps the most important lesson.

For that matter, my CPE (not CS, EE with a specialty in computers) son will be looking for an internship next summer and likes aerospace!

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I just bought a 2021 Tundra a month and a half ago, and it took me forever to find one with decent mileage at a decently fair price because people were scooping them up left and right.


This. they are few and far between. When replacing my 2014 tundra with over 200k miles back in nov 24, I was looking for a 21 tundra or older with decent miles. Took me about 5-6 weeks, finally found a 2019 with 39k miles, and bought it on the spot. I was about to head to natchez to look at another tundra with a v8. There were no other ones around that i could find.

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Hate to break it to you, but they are "few and far between" because they just didn't sell all that many relative to the market. Those models were selling at about 1/4 the rate of the more popular trucks. Yes, they last a long time. They also get awful FE and had dated interiors, electronics and ride/handling. People didn't buy them for all of those reasons.

The new one is setting all-time sales records for the model, and it's just competitive for the first time in years, not a segment leader in pretty much anything. We'll see how long the sales rate sustains.