I have no idea how this would work at the international level. I've never heard a news anchor ever say anything like it. What if the idea is to borrow as much as they possibly can without ever intending to pay any of it back? Just borrow money from a country, wait for that country to have a revolution or collapse or something, then just throw our hands in the air and say, "Oh darn! We lost the records of all the money we owed. I guess things are even now."

Or even more directly, what if the US just declared war on its debtors? Just make up some BS reason to do it and sell it to the rest of the world?

Agreed. This guy sounds like a techie Lewis Black. :)

Step 1: Use smaller, more popular words when speaking. Be happy that you can communicate with the largest number of people that way instead of just an elite group. I'm just too lazy to look up "cognizant". :P

Step 2: Don't give advice to people in a slightly insulting way.

Step 3: .... oops.

Here's a clip of an amusing fellow playing the test, for those who want to see it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIpGGvq6zH8

Perhaps this is why learning a little jingle helps us memorize things like the alphabet, storing something in two different places as a song and as information. Works for the old tale-spread bards, too. Hmmm.

Every time I read one of these climate change stories and the comments shouting "hoax!", I think back to a story. A professor was asked to study the atomic bomb yields and say whether or not it would ignite all the oxygen in the atmosphere and destroy the Earth. He came back a short time later and said, "No, of course not!"

After the test, his colleagues asked him how he arrived at his answer so quickly. He said, "Well, if I was wrong, who would've known?"

Ahem. Global warming and the self-destruction of mankind is a hoax!

Also, if a scientist came along with conclusive evidence that there was no such thing as global warming, he'd get a *LOT* more money. Think about it. How much would the oil companies pay for such information? There's no selfish reason to lie about this.

Just don't use Twitter and you'll be fine. That's the biggest thing I got out of it.

I can make a tougher puzzle than that. It's just a regular Sudoku, but if you make a mistake, I'll kick your shin.

It's a conspiracy theory put forth in a book and later popularized by the wonderful film, "Dr. Strangelove."

I doubt it's really all that, but I genuinely disapprove of fluoridation of my drinking water without my consent. The statistics about its benefits are not so good, not nearly worth dosing so much of the population with it. I think the government would probably stop it today if they didn't think it'd invite tons of lawsuits to admit it could damage tooth enamel more often than it prevents cavities.

We don't want our young cattle to grow into leadership roles, are you nuts!? Here, we make a point to keep kids docile with a mix of fluoride and Prozac.

Hey! I liked that movie! :(

-googles-
Um yeah, turns out that Iran outnumbers Israel 10 to 1 in about every way. If they really wanted to "wipe it off the map", as the nonsensical translation is so fond of saying, then they probably would've already done it by now.

I really wish the US would stop freaking out about Israel all the dang time just because they wrote a book. You don't hear it rushing to defend Azerbaijan all the time.

Is anyone willing to go see how it turns out before forming an opinion? It might actually be a pleasant change. I always assumed that 3D worked by sending half the pictures to each eye, so if that's the case than each eye would still be getting the 24fps it's used to. My experience hasn't gone past Magic Eye pictures though, so I'm just talking out my arse here.

I'm willing to go out on a knee here (sorry) and declare this experiment a failure. They have generated 2 milliwatts. Milliwatts -- my spellchecker doesn't even recognize that. For $15, I could get a 1,000 milliwatt solarpanel, tape it to my dang knee, and just sit there. Peizoelectric tech has amazing applications, but this one appears to be a dud.

The Republicans voted for Obama themselves when they put Romney up against him. If they had put up someone more in the middle, Ron Paul, he would've received all the Republican votes and taken large bites out of the other groups. Unfortunately, they don't understand compromise, so they will lose. Then whine. Then apparently lose all their rights to prison-warden government. It's okay though because history is written by the winners, which are ... the lawyers?

Sorry. Low sugar. If only I had my super-sized cola....