I've known some two-legged 'ore-dogs in my day, but this is the first time I've heard of the four-legged variety.

There is a basic error in this idea that because there are roughly equal amounts of "slant" towards various partisan ideological points of view that this somehow adds up to being "neutral". Objectively neutral would be straight to the facts without ideological slant at all, if that's even possible given the nature of the subjects.

Those low-paid Asian jobs are still an improvement on those workers' lives. Soldering boards in a plant beats sticking rice seedlings in a field fertilized with liquid human shit any day.

No fancy SSD drives, no ipads or smartphones, just a couple of ancient 128Mb camera cards (yes that's megabytes now get off my lawn) and a thumb drive (I think that's 8Gb).

This goes to something Orin Kerr calls the "Equilibrium Adjustment" theory of constitutional law. In short, if technological or other changes have altered the balance between government power and civil rights, the Supreme Court could find ways to adjust the balance.

http://volokh.com/2012/05/21/final-version-of-defending-equilibrium-adjustment/

Who invented methods for purifying yeast strains for breweries, and some other minor things. :)

Call it the "Close enough for government work" chip.

Canon claims 200+ years lifespan for their archival quality paper and ink, but it's going to cost you a bundle.
http://www.opticsplanet.net/canon-pro-platinum-photo-paper-8-5-x-11-20-sheets.html

Archival quality DVD-R or even CD-R is probably a better bet in the long run. Those formats are so pervasive now that they probably won't just up and die for a very long time.

2-3 hours lately, but on May 15 that figure will go up considerably.

"A decision will be taken to do such-and-such" does not mean the same thing as "we will do such-and-such". It's more like "we will think about considering the possibility of pondering the question of whether we should form a committee to examine the potential for doing such-and-such".