Yeah, this is one of two things: A new cop looking to make a bust on ANYTHING or the EV owner has prior history with the Police department. I'd lean towards the former more than the latter. The fact the Officer got a warrant makes me think that his supervisors / coworkers goaded him into it. Reminds me of a tactic the NM State Police do to rookies in FTO. The training officer makes the rookie pull over a car going 1-2 mph over the limit and write them a ticket for it. The idea is to make the rookie deal with an irate person and defend an unconventional decision. Of course we in the snow belt have had this kind of problem for years with people plugging their block heaters into any available outlet. My coworker had a neighbor plugging his truck into her house because he didn't have a long enough extension cord to reach an outlet on his house. Of course she was able to handle it with a nasty note on his windshield.

In the modern American automotive market place it has become a minor sin to have your vehicle feel burdened. I had a friend that "had" to sell his 2007 Chevy 1/2 ton for a 3/4 ton because the half dozen times a year he pulled his boat and trailer the truck "strained". The boat and trailer combo was about 6000 lbs. I had to question him on it because I pulled his boat and trailer a few times with my 1997 Dodge 1/2 ton. I pointed out that my truck (with its less powerful engine, stock brakes, and decade old suspension) pulled it just fine as far as I was concerned. He was basicly upset that when he went to merge onto the highway the truck didn't accelerate like it did unloaded. I pointed out that while 6000 lbs was a substantial portion of his towing capacity it was nowhere near the limits of his truck and he should expect it affect the handling. But he was unswayed so back to the Chevy dealer he went and dropped several thousand dollars on a truck with a V8 turbo diesel. The thing that shocked me though was that among his peers in his upper middle class suburban neighbourhood, his decision was seen a perfectly sensible. They were shocked that he would even attempt to use a 1/2 ton to pull anything more substantial than a pair of jet skis.

Hi Pot, it's Kettle. Listen I've got something to tell you....

Yes, you never read about over bloated private companies here on Slashdot... It is easier for private companies to shed bloat (Hey, you. You don't work here any more, get the fuck out.) vs. government, mostly because government jobs generality require management to show cause to fire someone (Joe Jackoff is bad at his job and here is the documentation to prove it). Of course both never seem to fire the useless middle mangers when its time to drop the ax.

The problem I've always had with poligomy is the next of kin issue. In most cultures marriage trumps blood, RE: Terri Schiavo. So if I'm not of sound mind and I have four spouses, who has final say on what happens to me?

Ah, the old charity vs. govt assistance argument. I understand the desire to have your money not go to the people who truly don't deserve help. But. The problem I have with charity is availability. I work in rural law enforcement and there are a few people on my beat that could benefit from the services of various charities in the area. When I've called these charities on behalf of people I basicly get told to buzz off, "We don't go out there." When I call social services, they show up. For me it boils down to limited availability vs. universal availability. Charity is no replacement for an effective govt safety net, or vice versa. When they work together in a complimentary fashion, lives are saved.

Your looking in the wrong place. North west North Dakota has a glut of unfilled jobs because of the oil boom. A friend of mine owns a flower shop in Minot and has to pay $14/ hour for a counter jockey (answers phones & rings people up). Of course the down side is you have to live in NW ND to have these jobs. So maybe being unemployed is the better option.

Could you please provide a link to these "revisionist leftists". Do these people really exist in any significant numbers, or is it some college freshman at an unaccredited university with a blog? As a leftist pinko commie I, and believe I can speak for all my comrades on this, regard the USSR as a bunch of mass murdering asshats.

But, but, they're such ass-holes.

Yeah, I did talk to them.
Printable parts, neat idea.
What else you got?

I've been going to Oshkosh for 25 years (Dad dragged the family there when I was 5). Printable parts is a step forward for homebuilders, but its just a step.

Add Bernie Pietenpol to that list. Man had an 8th grade education and developed an air foil ideally suited to his aircraft type / flying style..... In the 1920's.

I saw Makerplane at Oshkosh. I wasn't impressed. Not because it isn't a good idea or isn't full of good intentions. It's just nothing new under the sun in WI. Their basicly reinventing the VP1 Volksplane with CNC machines. For under $100 you can get plans for a Pietenpol Aircamper, Volksplane, or Legal Eagle. Designs that have been around for 90, 40, and 20 years respectively. The cost of materials alone on those fairly basic easy to build designs will easily crest $5000.
Their not doing anything Bernie Pierenpol wouldn't have done if he had a 3D printer and CNC machine.
+1 for good intentions, 999,999 to go till you reach the high score.

How much of that goes to building utility's, buses, food, sports programs, etc?
Don't get me wrong, I think most school systems are top heavy with admin, but public schools provide a lot of first line social services and that shit isn't free.

But..SOCALISM!!!