Category: Politics

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From Discover: Q&BA: Why spend money on NASA?

I wholeheartedly agree and endorse this article…
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During last week’s Q&BA live video chat session on Google+, I got the question, “Why spend money on NASA when we need that money here on Earth?”

This is a common question, and very apropos given the terrible budget news we got about NASA earlier today. So I put my answer up on YouTube. We’ll be hearing this argument a lot in the upcoming budget battles, and hopefully this’ll help show why we need to spend money on NASA, even more than we are now.

I have a lot of blog posts dealing with this issue, since it comes up so often. You’ll find all them linked in this blog post: Debating Space. We need to be exploring space, and we need to be investing in our future. Science and exploration are our future.

from Discover

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From Morning Edition: You Too Can Stash Cash In An Offshore Account

WTH?!  Really?!  Mitt has a Swiss bank account?!  I thought we had basics like “if you own an off-shore bank account, you cannot be a president of the USA”.. ?!

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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney made news when he disclosed he had a Swiss bank account. Many affluent Americans do. Now an AP writer has assembled a step-by-step guide on how you can do it. The hardest part may be step one, which is get a million dollars.

 

from Morning Edition

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From Morning Edition: Obama’s Budget To Invest In Community Colleges

This is the first in Obama’s presidency that I actually approve for once!

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The Obama administration officially lays out its economic blueprint for the next fiscal year on Monday. He’ll announce the 2013 budget at Northern Virginia Community College, where he’ll push for more investment in community colleges and job training.

 

from Morning Edition

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From Business and financial news – CNNMoney.com: Santorum sweep changes GOP presidential race

I’m for underdogs… so go Santorum!  I really wished Ron Paul would win instead but… will take this one…

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Rick Santorum swept the three Republican presidential contests Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, reshaping the race and raising questions about frontrunner Mitt Romney’s ability to attract broad conservative support.

from Business and financial news – CNNMoney.com

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From Gizmodo: A Congressman Thinks The Onion Is a Real News Source

John Fleming, a Republican US representative from Louisiana, made a dimwitted mistake on his Facebook page last week. Hell, it might be even more embarrassing than naked pics! Here’s what happened: Fleming missed the obvious humor of a satirical piece by The Onion and posted the fake piece to his Facebook followers as a real thing to take seriously. How did this man get elected? More »
from Gizmodo