The Winter of Our Discontent

In Shakespeare's Richard III, there are those words. "Now is the winter of our discontent..." Those are the opening words of the play and serve as the backdrop to the portrait of Richard as a discontented man--unhappy in a world he believes conspires against him continually.

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Past Lives, Finding Out Who You Were

Past life regression can be both entertaining and therapeutic. Most people use either a hypnotist or psychic to learn of their past lives. It's natural (and healthy) to be skeptical as there are definitely con artists out there. Consider these tests for proof of accuracy.

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Online Work From Home

The Internet and cutting-edge technologies have changed the world. Many jobs that used to be in high demand before now don't even exist. Internet opens new possibilities and opportunities especially for those who were affected by the recession. Online work from home job is a great way to make money. Many people have a desire to work from home but at the same time they lack self-motivation, ability to accomplish tasks on their own and skills that are needed to succeed. The concept of working from

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Weekly Standard: The Real Divide In The GOP Race

The Republican presidential primary continues. Jeffrey H. Anderson of The Weekly Standard argues that the real divide between the GOP presidential candidates is whether it is crucial to win the election to restore economic growth, or to repeal the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

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It's 2012 - Is the 'Shift' Coming?

Do a search right now and you'll find an avalanche of information, opinion and warnings about the 2012 'phenomena'. Countless books, movies, websites, blogs and TV shows are feeding our desire to make sense of long standing ancient prophecies predicting huge shifts, ranging from the earth's magnetic poles switching to the surface of the earth moving.

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Microsoft Says Google Bypasses IE Privacy Controls

Google responds by calling IE's privacy system outmoded and impractical; Microsoft takes some heat for selective presentation of facts.

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Rumormill: SLP says it is developing new GNX and Grand National Buicks

Filed under: Performance, Buick, Rumormill

As you might remember, we were left unfulfilled by the 2012 Buick Regal GS. Buick just didn't go far enough, in our estimation, which is why when we read about the possibility of a tuner version of the GS from SLP Performance Parts on Inside Line, we got on the phone posthaste.

SLP is best known for building the Firehawk and SS versions of fourth-generation F-body Pontiac Firebirds and Chevrolet Camaros for General Motors, and owning the "ZL" trademark that both it and GM have used on the current-gen Camaro. But the company is also the rights holder of fabled Buick monikers "Grand National" and "GNX," names that it intends to put back into play.

An SLP spokesman confirmed the report that a 300-plus-horsepower Buick GNX based on the GS is in development, saying that it should have a final mock-up based on the above sketch by the middle of this month. But SLP also told us that it has plans to revive the Grand National name, which would presumably fall somewhere between the GS and the GNX on the performance scale.

But before we get too lathered up about this, remember that SLP has dipped its toes in the performance Buick game before, with middling results. The company rolled out a Buick GSX back in the early part of last decade, based on the supercharged, 3800 V6-powered Regal GS. This dealer-installed kit was a good idea applied to the wrong car, as the front-drive, fourth-generation Regal just wasn't enough of a performance machine out of the box to bother with.

The current GS, on the other hand, offers a much more intriguing proposition for a little bit of aftermarket improvement. As long as SLP does the full-blackout treatment that was a hallmark of the original GNX, we'd be willing to take it for a spin.

SLP says it is developing new GNX and Grand National Buicks originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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