WE DIDN’T START THIS FIRE.
Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 08:38AM Editor's Note: It's time for the unfiltered, non-AI Renzo. While paying tribute to Billy Joel, Peter isn't "sticking to cars." Instead, he takes the gloves off IN A BIG WAY, and we're quite sure we will lose more readers because of it. This just in, as Peter says, boofuckinghoo. In On The Table, Mercedes-Benz debuts a new S-Class, Genesis couldn't resist and falls in line with the off-road "thing," and we take another look at the delicious Singer 911 Turbo. And in the next installment of Alain de Cadenet's "Victory By Design" series, he presents the incredible story of Colin Chapman's Lotus. Our AE Song of the Week is "Closer To Home" (I'm Your Captain) by Grand Funk. In Fumes, Peter presents the next chapter of his new series, "The Great Races." And in The Line, we've kept the results up from the 24 Hours of Daytona. Enjoy! -WG
By Peter M. De Lorenzo
Detroit.
Ronnie Reagan, George W., Bill Clinton, Uncle Joe,
Donnie T., Jeffrey E., Little Marco, Stephen Miller “Sieg Heil!”
Mitch McConnell, Gym Jordon, Scumbag Musk, J.D. Vancin',
Greg Abbott and Kristi Noem fuck-off
IEDs, Beijing, Chinese cars on the brink,
De Niro, "Goodfellas" and "The Departed"
Kennedy Center disgraced, vaccines, England's got a new king,
"Billions", Good and Plenty, Sydney Sweeney
We didn't start this fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start this fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Putin-stan, Zelenskyy, Netanyahu, Macron,
Keir Starmer, Mark Carney, Nicky Maduro
Bumbling Ted Cruz, “I Know Nothing” Leavitt, Fucking Bovino,
Mike Dimwit Johnson, Pam Fucking Bondi, Meathead Hegseth
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jacob Frey, Tim Walz, Epstein Files, Bitter taste
West Palm, Indiana, U2, Guns ‘N Roses, "Streets of Minneapolis"
We didn't start this fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start this fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Edmund Pettus, F. Scott, Shohei, Ken Kesey,
Artemis II, Xi Jinping, "Marty Supreme"
Ukraine, Leonardo, Super Bowl LX, WaPo almost gone,
Rob Reiner tragedy, ICE goon squads gunning down citizens
Oh, huh, ho
Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, endless scrolling,
Losing our fucking minds, All we need is Love, Actually
Bruno Mars, Tate McRae, Bad Bunney, sombr, Grifter Paradise (aka The White House)
The Orange Psychopath untethered, Gavin's comin'
We didn't start this fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start this fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Stephen King, “Industry”, "The Diplomat"
Dylan’s “A Hard Rain…”, Greenland (leave it alone)
"Rushmore" (still), The Euro Pushback,
Ole Miss, John McCain, We were warned
Pope Leo XIV, The Destruction of American Democracy,
The maliciously incompetent RFK Jr., The Destruction of the Rule of Law,
What’s there left to say?
We didn't start this fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start this fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Heartbreaking news, Rampant cruelty, Destruction of the White House, Another Moonshot?
The “Ugly American-in-Chief” - aka "Dear Leader" - forcing us to live through national and international embarrassment every day.
This Administration is a blatant criminal enterprise. Shrugging shoulders isn’t enough. We will arise and push back, and eventually these grifters, cowards, ugly fascists, low-life scumbags and faux “patriots” who spend their days defending the indefensible will be removed.
We didn't start this fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start this fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on, and on
And on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
We didn't start this fire, but we will prevail
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