We already spend more per student than the rest of the developed world, how much more should we spend? Maybe it's how it's being spent, not now much is being spent...

Precisely - we have a drought! Building a few more dams would be GOOD - it would help retain that water that's flowing down our rivers unfettered. If we could get a few MW of power at the same time, how would that be a bad thing?

State Farm - personal liability added on to my home and auto insurance. Covers me for professional and personal actions. No restrictions based upon my profession. I might have to change to commercial auto insurance in the first place - but that would be needed anyway, if I was an Uber driver. Uber's insurance is only active when I have someone in my car; going to pick them up (or returning after dropping them off) is still "on the job" and would be considered part of my commercial activity.

Maybe California, which does not consider hydroelectric a renewable source, hence it is dirty.

I carry a $1 million umbrella policy which covers personal and professional activities. It runs me $13 per month - pretty affordable for what it is. I consult quite a bit, and it's nice to have the coverage for any potential liability claims that could come in the future. If $13/month is too rich for your blood, then the $100+ per month for the car insurance itself is probably out of the ballpark.

The Clinton Foundation seems to have figured it out. End up spending 10% of your income on charitable grants, and the rest goes for "overhead" including private jets and the like. Real easy to live like you have balls-ton of money if you do that!

With $48 million in losses over 90 days, that's a bit over $500,000 per day. Seems about right in terms of royalties. Ads and paid subscriptions probably cover operational costs minus royalties.

Time to call out the truant black hole...

Slack is the king of these parodies... Oh wait, that's REAL? Seriously?

Spending on research has been constantly growing over the past 50 years, and private spending is well ahead of Government spending. There really isn't a "cutoff" in funding, unless a cut from a 5% increase to a 2% increase is construed as a cut (in a time when inflation is running around 2%).

Why? My Note 2 has 1729 hours (and counting) uptime right now. That's over 10 weeks since the last reboot. Still runs fast and responsive... Why reboot?

My Note 2 is rock-stable like yours. I just checked - 1729 hours and counting since last reboot. Battery easily lasts from 6 AM to midnight (30+% left when it finally hits the charger), with moderate use (30-40 minutes of voice, a few dozen texts, and 70-80 e-mails, with a bit of GPS and web access mixed in). Rock solid device, plenty of battery life - and I love the note-taking ability with the pen!

Got 1729 (and counting) hours on my Note 2 right now... It just runs and runs and runs... Reboot? What reboot?

Got 72 days so far (and counting) of uptime on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - nice Android experience as well! It's fast, responsive, does everything I need, and hasn't been rebooted in a long time. Is that your definition of slow and unusable and unstable?

1729 hours and counting... So it's been a little over 10 weeks since the last reboot. That's fairly stable, I think...