Shit happens and I bet their voter turnout is better that here in the U.S. - for national elections, I know there's a better turnout for American Idol.

South Africa, where they dig up gold and diamonds.

Not quite true; the shuttles had outlived their usefullness and were extremely expensive ways of reaching LEO. The real tragedy is that NASA didn't come up with an alternative in 30+ years and now a seat in a Soyuz costs around $70 million. And, when engineers speak managers should listen.

Yes, Tesla stock dropped after this story came out. And millions of people are happily driving the Prius and will be driving the Tesla. And the news industry (is it really journalism?) will find another story with more victims and gorier details.

The claim that Voyager 1 has left the Solar System is incorrect. Voyager 1 was thought to have entered the interstellar medium, but it may be another 30,000 years before it crosses out of the Oort Cloud and finally leaves the Solar System.

Right hand or left hand I would certainly know which finger to use - the single finger salute.

The Earth is tlited on its axis and the direct rays of the sun strike different regions in a regular pattern. Get over it.

I hope that someone at Yahoo has a heart and will reconsider removing Martin Manley's website. Or is it so terrible for someone to express their feelings to others, whether they're talking face to face or they put up a webpage? You would think that techno geeks would be more encouraging of open dialogue or are they just in it for the money?

They also showed us that, if you don't pay attention to history it tends to repeat itself...

The program was put in place by the previous occupant. I've given up defending the policies of the current occupant because he has placed the politics of greed ahead of anything else. TSA, just like the revelations brought out by Manning and Snowden, is the tip of a huge iceberg and it really sucks to be on the Titanic with the captain saying, "Full steam ahead!"

The glaring fault that I found in scanning the GAO report is that there is no plan to follow-up on any of the cases where TSA employees are reprimanded. So they can issue letters of reprimand or whatever and there is no review process to make sure that the agent does their job correctly. And their job is to provide security?

The current occupant couldn't find it with a map.

If this is the wave of the future I'm going to be buying a lot more of my stuff online. None of the internet retailers are tracking my purchases, are they?

Perhaps you are not aware of the ruse used to assassinate Osama bin Laden.

The Patriot Act - that's why people trust Facebook more than the government. It used to be that a warrant was needed for the government to invade a person's privacy, but ever since that little rat-faced git had those buildings blown up in New York City they've seen it as their God-given right to trample all over the Constitution. And shame on the current occupant for continuing the process.