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I personally don't live anywhere near Wisconsin and really don't think anyone but those who live in that district should have any say, whatsever, what the FLYING FSCK the people of that community spend on their school system. What arrogance. this is my last post to Slashdot. Cya. Unbelievable.

There is no "Mass Transportation: in America, outside NY and Chicago. Washington, DC didn't add a line or track for 30 years and, surprisingly, adding a stub to Dulles Airport, which is about 40 years late, and is, as the Brits say, "Fsck-All" useless if you aren't headed for the airport. When I lived in London in the 80's and Stuttgart the last 4 years, there was a bus stop, always, within 2, max. 3, blocks of where I lived. In America, there is not even a bus-stop in my "sub-division" or neighborhood. I have to DRIVE to get to a bus stop.

Washington, DC is the size (in area) of London with the "Mass Transit" system of a city one-tenth the size. (And that would be denigrating all the European transit systems for cities that size.) So, Trans. Secretary X, I will happily give you my car when, and only when you arrange "Mass Transportation' in America, but not until then. In the meantime, it would be a good start to take all the current "Mass Transit Planners" out and shoot them. They haven't done "SQUAT" in the last 30 years.

Which is pretty much why Democracy works the best. It is the most ineffective form of government on planet. Lawyers trying to outwit lawyers at every turn. Leaving those of us, living mostly legally, alone most of the time. Oddly the other reason Democracy works is that we (mostly) cheerfully pay taxes and on-time to get this form of government. Seems a fair trade most of the time. Hmm. Nap time. (Get off my lawn! Yawn.)

GM and Ford make ugly cars. The Taurus, the Fusion, the Focus, ugh. Same old, same old. Why, oh why? I would love to buy an American car but they all look goofy.

You keep using this term "We". I do not think it means what you think it means.

And asks for a drink of water. Google gives him a 5-course meal instantly, is utterly surprised that he doesn't really want that meal, just a glass of water, and is FLABBERGASTED that the man doesn't want to pay for a 5-course meal. Cuz the cost of meal is what they charged the advertisers whose logoes they stuck on every piece of dinnerware in the meal. May be time for that man to look elsewhere for his cup of water. Good grief.

In the article, for pete's sake, the "expert to be quoted today", "Brian Weedon, a technical adviser to the Secure World Foundation and former orbital analyst with the USAF, " , actually IN THE FSCKING ARTICLE says, ""The X-37B is in a much lower inclination which means it can only see a very narrow band of latitudes, and the only thing that's of real interest in that band is the Middle East and Afghanistan.

"Is it spying on Tiangong-1? I really don't think so. [Emphasis mine.] I think the fact that their orbits intersect every now and again - that's just a co-incidence. If the US really wanted to observe Tiangong, it has enough assets to do that without using X-37B," he added. "

Jeez, would it hurt the submitter too much to actually read to the END OF THE FREAKING ARTICLE? Headline-hunting much?

It "POPPED"? (*cancels reservations*)

Amazing that '1984' would turn out to be due to marketing pressure, not the "evil Big Brother government" as was always assumed.

Actually, "Just get us self-driving cars already so that this and a number of related problems go away." is the REAL answer. The truth is that humans should not be driving cars or anything, if at all possible. We such at it. We kill hundreds of thousands of people every year. We NEED automatic cars, PLEASE. Thank you.

If I could, I would turn it all off. (Being a developer, it's a bit hard.) I got sent overseas 30 years ago for a year. (Pre-Internet! lol) We usually got all non-ridiculous news in 3 - 4 days. So, I kicked my news habit. (There was no English TV either, so I also quite accidentally kicked my TV habit.) So, really, how much does this "news" really affect your life? No much, really. Have a nice day. Cheers!

He probably feelss that most market traders would trade their mothers, wifes, and children, for starters, for more money. I have no idea where he got that notion. Your compassion reply surely has helped rid him of that idea. happy holidays.

Or, maybe, "Send me $5000 or the chicken gets choked!"