Even though I don't often use color slide film this is good news because it is one more sign that film usage is increasing. This will help prevent film from deteriorating to the level of a boutique item. And really, all you guys that think digital is exactly the same or "better" than film just don't know what you are talking about, probably because you don't really care. Each format has its strengths and weaknesses, and supporters and detractors.

Invaders: 22 Tales from the Outer Limits of Literature, edited by Jacob Weisman. I don't generally read short stories, but this collection is quite good. Stories from "literary" writers not normally known for science fiction. Not all of the stories are really sci-fi-- which is a positive aspect. I wouldn't go so far as to call it literature, but many of the stories do have themes and the style that one might typically find in literature. Really one of the best short story anthologies I've ever read. Here's the Amazon link: https://smile.amazon.com/Invad...

Yes! I really enjoyed all of the Richard K Morgan books, until he moved away from sci-fi and went to writing fantasy...

You seem to make the assumption that lower prices are the ultimate goal for the American public _at_whatever_the_real_cost. This, of course, is why we have willfully given control of our country to corporations, and I'd say it is obviously not a good thing in the long run. That Americans continue to make this deal strikes me as short-sighted and suicidal. What's good for General Warbucks is _not_ good for the USA, not in the long run.

What "we" can "get this done"? The people who have enough money/capital to build new/refurbish US factories never were and ain't gonna be interested in America or American workers. This is obvious, right? Those people have zero interest in building America if it doesn't neatly coincide with making the _most_ profit, not just a good profit. So, they will simply look for wherever else in the world they can invest their capital. Seems to me this has been proven over and over again during the last four decades or so. You seem to be confusing corporations with patriots, not sure. Whatever hardship might arise from a trade war with China, it won't influence or touch the top. Claiming that reducing taxes will incentivize the rich here to once again renew manufacturing jobs is a lie that only benefits them. Widespread return of manufacturing to the USA is gone, and won't return unless some very major shift in attitude happens, and a trade war won't hurt the rich enough to make that shift. It's simply too easy to sling capital around.

The recent Indiana abortion law that you refer to (HEA 1337) was halted by the Federal court in June: see http://www.indystar.com/story/... for one writeup. See http://fox59.com/2016/06/30/ju... for another. But thank you for your analysis!

I'm running Debian on a Lenovo T520. I've had no problems and I highly recommend the i3 window manager for a very lightweight system. I guess I should say there are some features I don't use, like the fingerprint reader. The T520 wouldn't be under $200, but I wanted to recommend the i3 window manager as another alternative to the more resource intensive desktop environments out there... which will open up your hardware options.