I hope that was sarcasm. Unfortunately that bait and switch is all too common; create a source of revenue for a purpose that most people support (e.g. Highway Trust Fund) then switch what it's used for on the assumption that "the American people are too stupid to understand the difference" (tm - Jonathan Gruber) .

No need for that, just become a drombo for a few of the local monks

Second out of how many? There are thousands of successful space projects that use solar.

For the weight of an RTG they could have dropped several different probes onto the comet, all of which could have very large solar panels. The lander they have was as much weight as they could deliver; the only thing that failed was the mechanism to attach it.

Yea, when I read the part about "all its Windows Phone 8 devices broke today" I wondered how they managed to do that.

They'd probably crash. Although I suppose you could put some screens (preferably blue) to catch them.

Yes, ion thrusters. Used to adjust from the original elliptical orbit to the final circular one (and yea, it takes a long time to do that compared to a conventional booster). They've been using these to maintain position for almost 20 years.

It's comical how many times we see this suggestion - that somehow hopping onto a comet or asteroid will "carry" a spacecraft.

Not breastfeeding, motherhood. The perception (perhaps incorrect, but still very real) is that no wedding band implies an unwed mother. And single motherhood is generally bad for both the child and society

Whether it offends me or not is irrelevant (I didn't post on either of the women's FB pages). It does offend many people. Not sure how you are connecting that to marital status, I agree they are not connected

The wedding band is important though. Are you really saying there's no difference between a married couple having a baby and a single woman having a baby?

First photo (black woman) breastfeeding in public with a race-baiting headline ("Black women do...") draws negative comments. Second photo of a woman apparently in private and wearing a wedding band draws positive comments. The editorial has both pictures cropped so you can't see if either woman is wearing a wedding band.

I completely agree. A good manager does management functions (forecasting/budgeting, recruiting, team building, training, etc). If a manager tries to be the technical lead it rips the team apart; subordinates cannot make any decisions (or their decisions are overruled) and the other functions that a manager should be doing are ignored.