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Canada to move to Mexico if Trump is elected

As this report was going to press, developing news suggested Mexico had fired back with an announcement it would be relocating to Canada if Hillary Clinton is elected President of the United States in...

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PROBE goes on the warpath

This just in: Everything is banned, and what isn't banned is immediately and henceforth considered offensive and/or dangerous to the entire human condition.

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When Bessie’s butt attacks

"I have it on good authority that by the year 2020, all cow butts will be equipped with DPF systems." ... On the upside, noted a glass-half-full type of observer: "When the DPF catches fire, you got...

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Mortality is no longer a lawful option

“We as a Nation are safe and we must strive to be safer. In order to prove how safe we are, we are introducing legislation that makes dying a federal offense, punishable by a frownie face on your CIA...

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Let’s go truckin’

"Who wouldn't want to hit the wide open road for a few weeks? All the freedom and glamor, not to mention making tons of money while traveling. But first, you gotta get legal ... Just make sure you've...

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A brief history of extortion

From the ship of Captain John Jacob Brake: "Our ship was lured to the aid of the nefarious Captain Lucifer Von Ahab with a false appointment time, and we were snared in the grasp of his safety ropes...

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The Haven

Wendy's parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" poem details an encounter with a local LEO tap tap tapping on the driver's door: "I'm here for sleep, and nothing more."

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How Elves Trucking LLC got back in service — just in the nick of time

A guest Channel 19 post from the desk of Richard Wilson and TCRG Consulting: "The DOT elves were on the prowl only to find a jolly old sleigh driver elf with a time card instead of a logbook on hand....

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Thing-a-ma-bobs is dangerous

"This just in!! The super-popular 'Thing-a-ma-bob,' hottest toy on the market for Christmas 2016 and manufactured in Wehateamericastan, has been reported to cause hair loss and possible...

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Rediscovering discoveries just discovered — talking heads, leasing practices,...

Breaking news! “We join the scene live, with Monica McDoodlesnap, as she uncovers shocking, never seen before, completely 100 percent brand-new discoveries in the trucking industry. Monica, can you...

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Bait and switch in mammoth proportions

"This here's a stick-up. Put all your money into magic clocks and making those magic clocks safe, or you can't earn money" ... in which an org pushing ELDs for safety purposes plans to offer up a...

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Following along with the FMCSA

"Hi kids, and welcome to the first and only episode of 'Following along with the FMCSA.' Today our host, Dilly McDoodle, will talk about a few new rules and regulations the gubmint makes the general...

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And just what a-‘bot’ that amateur-hour advocacy group

As reports surface of "bots" commenting on regs, Wendy expresses doubt, with humility: "I'm just part of that 'amateur-hour' advocacy group who didn't nonetheless make a 'rookie mistake' by encouraging...

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Things truckers deal with that would be weird if everyone did them

"Here's a startling thought: what if everyone had a 14-hour clock? You're sitting in the emergency room with a sliced-up finger and the surgeon sewing it back together falls out like a fainting goat...

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Tesla Semi and its clean inspection violate the eye test of more than one reader

And according to one, posting on Overdrive's Facebook page, inspectors may have jumped the gun when they posted the inspection of the battery-powered electric-drive rig was clean -- ""They did find a...

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‘Secrets of trucking shall remain secret’: An elegy for the counter of knowledge

Gordon Alkire's whimsical (but not all fun and games) take on so much that is gone into the past: the "In the sit-down diners was ... the all-knowing, never-wrong counter of knowledge, usually manned...

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More on sun exposure and cancer risk, ways to prevent and a personal story of...

Malignant melanoma can be very aggressive, traveling fast to other places in the body, but when the notion arose that the condition was a totally incurable one recently, Andrea Marks of TruckerNation...

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More parking modest proposals: Register a truck, purchase a parking spot …

Bit of a tongue-in-cheek solution to the parking shortage. If trailer owners were required to purchase a space for every trailer they registered, why, "this would give us a surplus!" Can you see the...

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