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• Declassified US spy satellites from Cold War land in Ohio

  Mon Jan 30, 2012
  • ...and yet the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE US AIR FORCE was not deemed fit to have a Space Shuttle.

• Feds: Islamic extremist held in Tampa plot

  Mon Jan 9, 2012
  • Can we start profiling now? I think it's been shown that our enemies are profiling us (kill Americans...it doesn't matter which ones!).

• GM to fortify electric Volts amid fire risk

  Thu Jan 5, 2012
  • I don't know about the rest of you, but around here, the "tailpipe" of an electric vehicle is the smokestack of a coal-burning power plant. ANd I bet a lot of you don't know that your hamburger comes from cattle, do ya?

• 'Shut down Wall Street!' Occupy block streets

  Thu Nov 17, 2011
  • OK, Flash mobs, student strikes, rallies, and musicals(??!?!?) are not "action". That's just more people making niose. "Action" means actually doing something other than whining and complaining.

• Orbital solar power plants could meet Earth's energy needs

  Mon Nov 14, 2011
  • Can you imagine the environmental impact study for THAT one? It woild take longer than the actual engineering. Pete the pigeon flies through a megawatt MASER and POW! the Sierra CLUB and WWF go absoulutley apes**t.

• Dissension among the ranks at Occupy Wall Street

  Mon Nov 14, 2011
  • THey may have to actually *gasp!* ORGANIZE...Like Larry Niven said, anarchy is the least stable of institutions; it falls apart at a touch.

• VoltAir: The electric passenger jet of the future

  Tue Jun 28, 2011
  • EADS came up with this half-baked idea???? Liquid nitrogen? Cooled HOW, exactly, How much do the batteries weigh? Charged fomr what? a coal-buring power plant?

• Should airline pilots be required to wear hats?

  Tue Apr 19, 2011
  • How 'bout changing the hats the skycaps wear?

• Which shows do you think should have gone on longer?

  Wed Mar 16, 2011
  • Another SF series with heart that addressed current issues: Space: Above and Beyond

• How near is the Singularity?

  Thu Feb 10, 2011
  •  "You are not ready for immortality"  - Kosh Naranek