If we make plans to create a new state then certainly Puerto Rico should be the first choice. D.C.? Seriously?

I think that the bigger crime was that by over-simplifying health care reform into a single brand name, Obamacare, debate was pushed away from a discussion about policy towards vitriol about a perception of policy.

Wouldn't these blades be a good resource for creating housing? I think you could make at least a few roofs for each blade. Or walls. Or whatever. Guard rails for highways. Small rural bridges. There has to be something that these can be reused for instead of being recycled...

How about a TV series set in the point of time right before and after the whole Skynet thing? I would love to watch this. Someone call Netflix.

Three people were sitting naked in a sauna. Suddenly there is a beeping sound. The first person presses their forearm and the others look at him questioningly. "That's my pager," he says. "I have a microchip under the skin of my arm." A few minutes later a phone rings. The second person lifts their palm to their ear. When she finishes she explains, "that's my mobile phone. I have a microchip in my hand." The third person was feeling decidedly low-tech but not to be out done decided he had to do something just as impressive. He steps out of the sauna and goes to the toilet. He returns with a piece of toilet paper hanging from his butt. The others raise their eyebrows before he says, "Ah, I'm getting a fax."

visiting the dump where all of the old x86s lay. I am pretty sure bathroom access is possible all over the site.

I do not need an increase in the number of ways for my communication channels to be closed regardless of how benevolent the reason. I need more guarantees that my communication channels will be open and available when I need them. Not deactivated by law enforcement or the military or the government, not jammed by tech savvy hobbyists, and certainly not deactivated by an automobile.

Undoubtedly the NSA will make the most of this time to obtain more of everything they possibly can.