Neanderpundit

I keel you!

Having fought with the noise in the explorer now for what seems like a year, I have blessed, blessed silence.

All of the things I replaced, or tested, and still the noise, which started out as a “chuffchuffchuff” and eventually graduated to a “WOOMWOOMWOOM” was starting to annoy the hell out of me. I had replaced every component of the front end, left and right wheel bearings, differential, CV axles, and driveshaft. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Upper and lower balljoints, rotors, brakes. Yadda yadda. Finally, disgusted, I took it to a local trans shop that had been reccomended to me, K&M Transmissions in St John.

They put it on a lift and fired it up.

The (two month old) left front wheel bearing was fucked.

I took it home and swapped it out, and now it runs smooth as silk.

S’what I get for trusting “new” parts. Fuckers. And it’s JUST out of warranty, too, because I bought it not long after i got the truck, and sat it on the shelf until I needed it.

BTW, the partt I put in was a junkyard part. Out of a ‘Cash for Clunkers” car. Smooth. yeah. OEM Ford.

Oh, the trans shop? Didn’t charge me a penny.

another person get gutshot on TV and die almost instantly, I’mna elvis the damned tv.

Apparently the Justice department thinks it can tell churches what to do where hiring is concerned, and the supremes unanimously (yes, even including Kagan) tell them to piss up a rope.

I’m very impressed by this; the first amendment makes it very clear that this is not the business of the government. Apparently even the Liberal Deathstar reported on this, though the lede actually emphasised the ‘Ministerial exception” as though the court granted a special dispensation just this once. Bullshit, NYT. this is not an exception, it’s the law of the land. I’m surprised they did this, but it was, at least, the right thing to do. The first is about the free exercise of religion, it isn’t a guaranteeof freedom from religion for people. Justice dpartment telling a church who they can and who they can’t hire? Just as stupid as calling two men or two women “Married”. It’s not about that at all, of course, it’s a wedge. A toe in the door. Let this slip and the next thing you know Churches are as relevant as Kodak film.

Of course that’s what quite a lot of people want. To the detriment of everyone, believe it or not.