Should read 6000MPH travel, since after all he's claiming New York to LA in 30 minutes. And, that's average, so accounting for the need to slow down at times, peak speeds probably need to reach closer to 10000 MPH in the Plains states.

1) You discover your employer is willfully engaged in criminal activity
2) Your employer asks you to break the law or violate ethics rules that may apply to your job, or to perjure yourself during a court proceeding or other investigation

I can't really think of any other reason it would be okay to just walk out the door. But, in these two cases it would be perfectly okay.

It's all part of the movement towards State management of who lives and dies, based of course on political ideology and revenue.

There was no ethical quandary in the Schiavo case. She was not conscious, and more or less had no brain to be conscious with. It was a clear cut case of a lost cause where the body was only being kept alive to fuel the aforementioned family feud (her parents were not a big fan of her husband, IIRC, and did not want him inheriting her estate, so they fought the issue until her estate was gone and her husband bankrupt, then finally let it go).

And the US will violate the No Spying agreement the millisecond it is signed.

The US Governmet CANNOT be trusted.

"IMHO, anyone who says differently is just plain clueless."

That is not a "humble" opinion.

These are interesting times, for sure. They claim this is just âoeso we can understand how Bitcoin works,â but I think the reality is that this is an intelligence gathering expedition to figure out how to enforce regulations through forcible means, such as taking over control of the Bitcoin network or enforcing licensing for miners.

I hope they realize that they can't simply "take control" of a decentralized, peer to peer network like Bitcoin, but I am sure they are going to learn as much as they can so they can try.

This does not bode well for Bitcoin or any other alternative currency.

Embrace it. Use it. Love it.

Is this what you are talking about?

http://www.radiologydaily.com/daily/neuroradiology/iowa-court-clears-radiologist-in-alcohol-case/

The article doesn't state it, but I heard on CBS News Radio this morning that the panel will also operate in secret, and all records will be classified.

Nothing to see here, move along, citizen. Thank you for your cooperation.

Apparently it did not dominate at some point back in 2009.

This new "standard" will include:

1) Several patented technologies that require royalty payments to the patent holders, which will no doubt be big contributors to Presidential and Congressional election campaigns

2) Companies who fought for open technologies during the development of the standard will be effectively locked out of any opportunity to profit from these technologies

3) Consumers will be screwed, as always, by the coalition between government and big corporations

Clever tricks? You mean the "clever trick" of eliminating the need to store it AT ALL by simply sending produced energy where the demand is at a given time?

The horror.