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Date: December 20th, 2007

What's Martian for "Incoming!"?

20 December, 2007 (23:59) | Science | By: ricjames

There’s a 1 in 75 chance that a chunk of rock about the same size as the one that caused the Tunguska event in 1908 is going to strike Mars on 30 January. That doesn’t sound like much, but considering that the odds the astronomers usually work with are hundreds, thousands, and even millions to [...]

GM sees end of muscle car with new regulations. Maybe they should look at Tesla

20 December, 2007 (10:20) | Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

“Tougher Emissions Regulations Could Bring End to Muscle Cars, Says GM.“ “GM, meet Tesla Motors,” I say. (Paraphrased: Quit whining and start innovating.)

Lakota Indians unilaterally withdraw from treaties with US, declare independent & sovereign country

20 December, 2007 (09:30) | History, Human Interest, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

(Note: please also have a look at my follow-up post “Lakota ‘withdrawal’ raises the question of standing, authority” and chime in if you have pertinent info.) This is a very interesting development and it will test our nation’s laws, our values, and assumptions made about us. The Lakota Indians have announced that they have unilaterally [...]