> On one side we have the "Pry my gun out of cold dead hand" coalition, on the other "let's arm everyone with daises and sing Kumbaya" brotherhood.

Odd, but I've never heard the "other side" argue to disarm the government - never heard "let's arm everyone with daises and sing Kumbaya". Those who want to disarm society invariably mean to make the government bigger and stronger.

"Venezuela, our citizens are unarmed; please rob, rape and murder at leisure."
I thought that is the closing line of the Venezuelan oath of office....

Venezuela has this backwards. Statistics show that governments are responsible for roughly 100x the number of deaths as private citizens. Yet there will be those who now say Hugo Chavez is such a humanitarian?

Not only new games, but older games. I have a few oldies-but-goodies that are Windows games. And with XP/Windows 7, there is no compelling reason to switch.

Fax machines persist because they are easy to use, and they work. Drop in the document, hit a few buttons and walk away.
No boot-up, paper handling hassles, scanning, file management, choices, etc. Just drop, dial and shoot.
Fax is going to the network, where IP will replace the modem, but the concept is so simple that it persists.
Why do we still "dial" phone numbers on our cell phones?

With "worldwide output in the nanogram range", I'd do the rocket motor research here before investing in Van Allen belt farming. The papaer estimates, at best, 15 nanograms in the entire region!?!? Even with 100% efficient harvesting, and the most rosy estimate of content, we are talking 15 nanograms.

While it may be a "concept", practicality is so far away we may want to work on ESP or try deep mining for dilithium crystals first.

"Based on this and the subtraction of the solar proton contribution, the antiproton content of the Earth’s magnetosphere from this effect is estimated to be between 0.15 and 15 nanograms. This is replenished every few years."

Well I'm sure sea levels were raised, or lowered, too...somewhere. Call Danny Glover and Al Gore!

Free speech of private corporations and private unions. The only issue I see is where government funded unions can also now contribute.
I own parts of some corporations, and I approve this message.

Touche! Good one... :)

I guess I can feel safer using products advertised on Fox News and Rush for the next few years.

What are the odds the FDA "discovered" this association because Zicam is a big sponsor on the Rush Limbaugh radio show?

Naw...that is too much like old time Chicago politics!

So bad colds can cause loss of the sense of smell? That could make Zicam's case look a lot easier - except they would have to find a jury that even remotely understands causality.

I was going to write "So God could tell us apart." But this is close enough!

We should call it The Ministry of Sunshine.

This is news because???
a) We need more grant money.
b) Must raise taxes on 'carbon'.
c) Ice shelves do that.
d) All of the above.

Wait until the administration and congress raise taxes on 95% of the job-providers and producers of goods. Then the capital itself will begin moving overseas to countries with sufficient stability and more favorable tax policies.