Social media platforms are the new public square. Congress needs to pass a law making them common carriers subject to the 1st Amendment.

I'm assuming the purchase initiated the upgrade. He probably has to go in to Tesla to roll back the upgrade before he gets a refund.

The government does not need a warrant to purchase publicly available information.

Open ocean farming would seem to overcome the objections in the article.

McDonalds can't call its milk shakes "milk shakes" because they contain no milk. Instead, they are called "shakes".

The federal government is broke. Why don't these tech giants put their money where their mouths are and pool the money themselves to fund the program?

Scan and email is more prevalent than fax. I don't know anyone with a fax but most people have 3-in-1 machines.

Is this Slashdot.org or Hillary2016.org? Chelsea tweets a statistic about women in tech: ALL HAIL THE CLINTONS!

I make a million dollars a year. I still buy the same amount of sodas as I did in college.

Bad data routinely gets questioned by other scientists.

http://retractionwatch.com/

I really don't see the distinction. You can question both the data (evidence) and the conclusion as part of the scientific process [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method].

Skepticism is part of the scientific process. So, those that denounce the skeptics are the ones actually being "anti-science". I am a skeptic based primarily on the principle that it is nearly impossible to predict chaotic systems with accuracy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory]. Climate science is continually evolving. I read all the time about climate discoveries that change our understanding of this area of knowledge. When you start attacking people that disagree with you, all you are left with is dogma, which is more dangerous and harmful than debating an evolving science.

I like the idea about letting in market competition. However, Obama's proposal is to allow the government to "compete" in the market. The problems are many. Government makes the rules, so it should not compete in the market place. Government competes unfairly because it is immune to competitive pressure since it does not have to show a profit. It can sell its services for less than cost and drive out private sector competitors. When Obama says, don't worry the government will take care of it, hide your wallets.

The U.S. I.R.S. does provide free fillable forms online. I've been using it for years because I got sick of the TurboTax wizards I had to walk through for hours. Better than Turbo tax, and you get the instructions straight from the IRS instead of a summary from Intuit.

https://www.freefilefillablefo...

*the forms have not been uploaded yet, and won't be until January 20 if you go to the site now.

It looks great going on a sidewalk or up stairs, which is fine if you live in the city. But, it looked like it was having trouble going over open ground. With such a low clearance, I don't think it could do much in the yard, or over uneven or natural terrain.