Month: January 2026

Well, There Ya Go

Business, Drive Time

That wasn’t so hard now, was it?

General Motors has announced that production of the newly updated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV will end after approximately 18 months to make way for a gas-powered Buick crossover at its Kansas manufacturing facility.

Inside EVs reports that General Motors has confirmed plans to discontinue production of the heavily updated 2027 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle after a limited production run of about one and a half years. The decision will allow the automaker to repurpose its Fairfax, Kansas, factory for manufacturing the Buick Envision, a gas-powered crossover currently built in China that will be reshored to the United States.

Could it be that the Duracell Envision is getting undercut in the CCP market because of the subsidized price of their competitor?  I have no idea, although I wouldn’t bet against it.  Here’s what I do know:

The decision to move Envision production to Kansas represents a strategic response to trade policy pressures while the company also prepares to relocate gas-powered Equinox production from Mexico to Kansas in 2027.

The automaker faces pressure from the Trump administration to increase domestic manufacturing, particularly affecting vehicles like the China-built Buick Envision, which is exposed to tariff-related concerns. Meanwhile, the Bolt has been impacted by the loss of the $7,500 federal tax credit for EVs, reducing its competitive advantage in the marketplace. With relaxed fuel economy regulations, GM sees less business justification for the electric vehicle compared to a gas-powered crossover that offers higher profit margins.

So for once, GM is doing the Right Thing, albeit only after having a Trump-sized cattle prod rammed up their corporate ass.

And as for that “no gas-powered cars after 2030” or whatever, let that remain in the fevered (and stupid) dreams of the Greenies and Californian state government [some overlap]  while we sensible people get on with our lives and drive proper cars.

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

And on the subject of classic catastrophes:

…we move on to modern times:

I’m feeling nostalgic today, so let’s turn back the clock a little, with some 70s-era Marilyn Cole:

And of course:

Now off you go and see if you can find that box of old Playboys in the attic.

Classic Beauty: Anne Bancroft

Classic Beauty

It’s kind of a pity that the Great Unwashed really only discovered Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in 1963’s The Graduate because to us classic movie lovers, there had been a whole lot to look at prior:

And yes,as well as that gorgeous face, she had all the rest:

Doing poles before it became slutty:

Then along came Mrs. Robinson, and ol’ Dustin never stood a chance:

And good grief, if ever there was the archetypal Older Woman (what we nowadays coarsely refer to as “MILFs”):

Pretty damn good for an Italian kid from the Bronx, I’d say.

Need Work?

Politics, RINO/GOPe

Then there’s this:

Never mind that you need a fucking roadmap to understand just WTF it is that they’re actually voting on — a rant all of its own, for another time — but my local guy (for whom I voted because he’s very conservative) provides partial context:

Two points:

  • it shouldn’t be this difficult to follow what’s going on in our government sausage-making process, and
  • Insty (whence the above comes) makes the comment about these so-called “Republicans”:  “Need work”.

No, Glenn, they don’t need work.  They need to be fucking ejected by voters, in November 2026.

While all this other stuff about Venezuela and Greenland is going on, ordinary Americans are being systematically fucked and getting their rights trampled on.  And too many Republicans are aiding and abetting this activity for my liking.

Now, a favor from You, O My Readers:  I’m still feeling too buggered by this bloody chest cold to be able to do the research on what this particular piece of legislative bastardy is all about.  Help a poor blogger out, willya, and either send me an email or drop it in Comments.

[exit, wracked by a coughing fit]

Update:  I see that the two Texas Reps who voted against are both fucking liberals:  Jake Ellzey has John Cornyn’s old district — figures — and John Carter is one of those North Austin/Round Rock/Georgetown reptiles.