That looks about right. Those old brass era cars were huge. The wheelbase of the 1907 White was around 10 feet. The tires are approx 33" outside diameter. I saw a brass era Oldsmobile once, and the car was massive. I'm 6'2" and the relative sizing of the car to me was similar to what the picture above shows.
Only people who pay federal tax for US elections. Same for state and local.
The only tax in the early days of the country was property tax. Only landowners could vote because they were the only ones funding the government. The founding fathers knew if non-taxpayers could vote (non property owners in the early days of the republic) that politicians would buy votes by saying they would give money to the people, basically taking from the rich and giving to the rest of the population.
Scariest line in the article is: “I have to be careful about discussing our specific investigative work, but to me it is outrageous to think that the Chinese police would attempt to set up shop—you know, in New York let’s say—"without proper coordination".
"Without proper coordination.?!" In what world is the Chinese police setting up shop in NY acceptable, and why would the NYPD "coordinate" with the Chinese to set up offices in the US?
because yesterday elon gave all employees 24 hours to either commit to major work - zero work life balance...or quit with 3 months severance. Read elsewhere that about 75% are quitting, which would put Twitter at less than 1000 employees.
Adding 110 bridges, each 2-4 blocks long, to eliminate surface street commuter train crossings. Found one article talking about a single crossing that will cos $360M aussie dollars. That puts the 110 bridges at about $40B AUD.
I'm sure that's the most efficient use of residents' tax dollars.
20some years ago, SF put a program in place to pay homeless people a stipend of ~$400/month. City officials were astounded when 3 months later the number of homeless people in SF had doubled! Guess they don't understand the phrase you get what you pay for.
Actually, we're back to "Sex can give you (V)AIDS.