The burden of proof lies with you to prove that there are political prisoners in Gitmo.

One of the others is the cable news industry.

The bank a check is drawn on generally doesn't do much more than see if the account has enough funds

That's exactly the scenario I'm talking about. There is little in the way of banks knowing that the account the (substitute) check is drawn on has the funds. I'm not addressing possible reversals. Yet, we seem to hear about people having checks clear-- that is, a full business day has passed-- and somehow they don't know if the account has money or not. Why are they allowed this subterfuge? Because Check21 is not subject to ACH rules. That's B.S.

Natural gas is a great improvement over oil, in both efficiency and the environment, and it works EVERYWHERE for EVERYONE NOW. Not 10 years from now, not for skyscrapers in the cities, not only in remote areas or on shorelines, not for the rich elitists, but EVERYWHERE for EVERYONE NOW.

It costs less, helping low income people to heat their homes, and while fracking itself is a concern I think the reduced pollution and carbon dioxide emissions balance it out.

But some jackass who modded me down doesn't understand that. Hopefully, you do.

Better yet, find a job in a company's R&D department instead of suckling at the government teat.

CNG is an option that SEPTA was having success with until they suddenly decided, with the price of natural gas dropping rapidly, that hybrid diesel buses were somehow cheaper.

Karma's a bitch.

Pilsner is a type of beer, not a brand. I don't know what brand of pilsner you drank, but for a lot of companies they can be pretty bad. Bud is a lager.

Just say "no" to internet health "experts".

It's become ridiculous, considering that $100 doesn't buy crap. I can't even fill a cart at the grocery store with $100 unless we loaded up on coupons.

You can bet that Home Depot or Walmart will find a way to push this cost onto the customer (and offer optional insurance for a nominal fee to avoid it).

They would have to ask each customer. I should say lost customer, because who is going to buy anything when the cashier's first words are, "Thanks for shopping at Home Depot. Would you like to buy liability insurance in case we get hacked?"

Looks more like an adjective.

OK, we'll go back to drilling more oil then.

"Green" energy isn't ready to take over yet. Gas fracking is part of the growing pains.

I don't understand why a Chinese citizen would sue the state. I've been told this is the government they want!

LOL... but seriously, the Check21 law helped checks "clear" faster, and ushered in the era of check-less bill pay, but have mostly only helped the banks. They'll "clear" a check, then suddenly the bank it's drawn on will discover fraud a week later and do a chargeback. That doesn't sound clear to me.