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Compressed Air Cars →
“The $12,700 CityCAT, one of the planned Air Car models, can hit 68 mph and has a range of 125 miles. It will take only a few minutes for the CityCAT to refuel at gas stations equipped with custom air compressor uni ts. MDI says it should cost only around $2 to fill the car up with 340 liters of air!”
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New model 'permits time travel' →
“Researchers speculate that time travel can occur within a kind of feedback loop where backwards movement is possible, but only in a way that is “complementary” to the present.
In other words, you can pop back in time and have a look around, but you cannot do anything that will alter the present you left behind.”
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First space ad targets hungry aliens →
“t could be the longest commercial break in history. Over a six-hour period this morning, high-powered radars in the Arctic Circle broadcast an advertisement into space for the first time.
The advertisement, for Doritos tortilla chips, was being directed towards a solar system in the Ursa Major constellation, just 42 light years from Earth. The solar system contains a habitable zone, and...
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Citing Need for Assessments, U.S. Freezes Solar... →
“It doesn’t make any sense,” said Holly Gordon, vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs for Ausra, a solar thermal energy company in Palo Alto, Calif. “The Bureau of Land Management land has some of the best solar resources in the world. This could completely stunt the growth of the industry.”
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10 Things You Should Know About McCain Advisor... →
an impressive list which ends with a quote that sums up Black well:
John Buckley, an admirer, said, “Charlie would never stab you in the back. You would be gutted from the front. You just wouldn’t know it until you’re dead.”
June 2008
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“Taliban forces have discovered a novel tactic to move undetected through...”
– Washington Times - Taliban aims to control rural phones
LedgerGermane on the Radio TONIGHT!
Hello,
My cohorts and myself will be broadcasting live on 90.1FM KZSU tonight from 9pm till 12 midnight Pacific Standard Time. We will be playing an assortment of the best local stuff, and go all over the musical map with blues, thrash, punk, world music, and weirdo noize.
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Check it out and Thanks!
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“The Future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed.”
– William Gibson
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Feds steal 49K of dishwasher's cash →
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US wars have helped al-Qa'eda, says report -... →
put this into the “well, duh” category.
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Good Place TO Celebrate Graduation !!! →
Kids get caught screwing on a rooftop, funny and sorta safe for work…sorta.
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Spray on Skin Gun Shoots Stem Cells To Heal Your... →
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The Pentagon's Stealth Corporations →
Waving the warning flag against the Military Industrial Complex’s more hidden benefactors such as Revlon Makeup and Panavision cameras, Coca Cola, Kraft foods and Dell Computers.
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How to sing like a planet / Scientists say the... →
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Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper →
The Dynamic Tower will constantly change its shape What the hell is going on with Dubai?
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Blond, white schoolboy is al-Qa’eda extremist, say... →
“Sir Norman described him as an “angelic looking boy” whose police mugshot showed a fair-haired child so short that his head was barely in the frame of the camera.
“He is at risk of being a violent young man and a threat to society,” the chief constable said.
“He is not a Muslim. He is not driven by ideology – he is too young to spell the word.
“But he is being influenced and...
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WatchBroken Skateboard Has Last Laugh Video
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N.J. School Locked Down for Ninja Sighting →
marklisanti:
(via brianvan)
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Exxon Valdez $2.5 billion oil spill ruling... →
“The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.
The court ruled that victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history may collect punitive damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., but not as much as a federal appeals court determined.
Justice David Souter wrote for the court that punitive damages may not exceed what...
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McCain says only World War III would justify draft... →
Well, YEE-fucking-HAAA, Johnny!! Let’s Start that shit!
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Obama Leads McCain by 15 Points as Voters Reject... →
“Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 15-point lead in the presidential race, and most of the political trends — voter enthusiasm, views of President George W. Bush, the Republicans, the economy and the direction of the country — point to even greater trouble for rival John McCain…”
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“You cannot today feed the world without genetically modified organisms,” Peter...”
– FT.com / Europe / Brussels - Nestlé asks EU to soften line on GM
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Rare Carroll Quigley interview in 1974 (Full... →
Prof. Quigley’s work on monetary systems and power in government has greatly, and silently, influenced American politics for years.
This link is to a complete interview on his research. Unfortunately, the interview is being promoted on Alex Jones’ site, but that does not take away from its significance or legitimacy.
“The powers of financial capitalism had another far...
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BBC NEWS | List of what is keeping oil prices so... →
they forgot to mention is that we keep using the damn stuff.
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Director Kevin Smith Remembers George Carlin: "A... →
“But I’ll tell you what they don’t want. They don’t want a population of citizens...”
– George Carlin (via azspot)
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How to find and buy a cheap electric car →
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Random killing in Tokyo points to deepening social... →
“Susumu Oda, a psychiatrist at Tezukayamagakuin University in Osaka Prefecture, cautiously pointed to the widening gap between rich and poor: “Young people may feel they are at a dead end, with no way out.” Oda added that as a lonely person spending much of his spare time on anime and Internet games, Kato might have regarded a random act of murder as a means of participating in society, and...