So which one do we pay our ransom to?

On Ars Technica, the headline is: Facebook’s secret rules mean that it’s ok to be anti-Islam, but not anti-gay

If NASA's probe doesn't have permission to touch the Sun , it could get burned...

All white males in science positions MUST immediately resign, and only people of color, preferably female (though those with gender identity issues will be able to apply) will replace them. Only then will "science" be on the appropriate limb (to not discriminate against lefties or those with paws, wings, flippers, etc.).

No. Two separate airframes and development cycles.

...why the other team's game balls remained properly inflated...given they were undergoing similar circumstances (weather, handling, use, etc).

The Gulf Stream called...something about circulation and the seas being constantly in motion...

My wife has conversation of momentum as well...LOL.

Maybe because 50,000 of them separate North from South Korea, are much cheaper than 50,000 soldiers in their place, and you don't have to send body bags and letters home to widows?

About 400 years ago: "And what will you do when you get to the new lands? It's mostly empty, just a few natives prowling about, and a lot of trees. What's the obsession?" Answer: "To get the fuck out of here..."

Umm..it happened with Republic Airlines in the early 80's. I was stationed at Luke AFB, working weekend duty as the supervisor of maintenance when a Republic jet (727? I remember it had two aft engines) landed on our runway and caused one heck of a scare for our SPs and the pax on board. Turns out, the fuel totalizer was inop and the aircrew assumed the jet was full of fuel for their milk runs to/from San Diego and Phoenix. The initial flight to San Diego went OK, it was on the return leg that the problem surfaced. The low fuel light came on, and the crew did the sensible thing and looked for the nearest patch of concrete, which turned out to be Luke AFB. As they approached, number one flamed out, and on the runway number 2 flamed out. We got transient alert out there, towed them to the ramp and pushed a maintenance stand up to the door to get the pax and crew out. We took the pax to the Officer's Club, where they drank the bar dry while waiting for Republic to send a bus for them. The AF charged Republic $10K a day ramp fees plus the booze; and Republic had to verify the aircraft was repaired before we let it go, on Monday morning.

Transistor: Space Race w/Soviets, and Cold War? Penicillin: Millions of people dying from horrible infections? Telephone: Acid burn on Alexander Graham Bell? (OK, that's a stretch...but the telegraph was just so early 19th Century) Car: Horse poop? Transplant: Heart disease is the number one killer?

So, the US's Sec of State is self-admitting guilt of committing crimes against the entire planet, leaving the USA now liable in international court for the costs of AGW? I knew the US liberals were self-destructive, but this takes the cake.

Actually, the only instant travel was for those connected with Star Fleet, which had enough power at their disposal to use beaming technology for their personnel. Other ST universe citizens traveled by more mundane means (though they could beam, if willing to pay for it), at least that's how I understood it.

Not for long...