You knew that Hitler would have an opinion on Constantin Studios’ hissy fit about the Downfall videos:

Hitler, as “Downfall producer” orders a DMCA takedown from Brad Templeton on Vimeo.

Suggesting that the black man in the White House can’t conduct normal government operations:

Just another celebration of all those dead people in Oklahoma City. Nothing to see here.

The videos are dropping like flies … so watch this now, one of the best:

(photo: Michael Conroy/A.P. caption: Darryl Herbertz, of Moorseville, Ind., displays his tattoo with the text of the Second Amendment, along with other images of protest during a tea party rally outside the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, April 15, 2010.)

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So it looks like it’s Citroën day here at Stinque.  Another confession: if I moved to Yurp and had a lot of money, I’d get a used C6.  Same sort of self-leveling suspension as the DS – not only can you drive it with a flat, you can drive it if a wheel falls off:

Posted the Fifth Gear test because, quite frankly, Jeremy Clarkson’s test wasn’t as informative. Big surprise.

If I lived in Europe, I’d have an early-70s DS as a daily driver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF8Q0g15NY8

No conventional jack – the hydraulic suspension lets you lift one tire at a time if you have a flat.  It was the first car designed so the engine slid under the frame (instead of into your lap) in a collision. It was the first mass production car with power front disc brakes. An amazing achievement – and front-drive, naturellement. It was so radical that they sold 12,000 the day it was introduced, in 1955.

For 30 years I’ve been cooking chili recipe after chili recipe to find the best one. In all that time, I’ve never found one that turns out as good as Wick Fowler’s chili kit.  So a couple weeks ago I gave up, ordered a case, and now there’s 4 pounds of chili on the stove.  Gonna eat some, freeze some, and take some down to my doorman. Dinner will be a chili mac. More after the jump.

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