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  1. This is the rep that is pushing this; Marsha Blackburn.
    And here is the Senator pushing this;

    Anybody who is represented by these ppl should let them know that the internet is waiting to know all about them AND THEIR FAMILY, including kids and grandkids.

  2. Huh. So, you are able to buy information from Google? When and what did you get from them? Did you get our names, our address, our SSN? If so, please show this. Otherwise, you are just another GOP liar.

  3. Seriously, we need to get the address, family info , and SSN as well.
    That will make these GOP rethink what they are doing.

    And if at all possible, lets find out what businesses these GOP own and interact with. It could an interesting source of money for them.

  4. time to drop corporate tax and go with a vat. on Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, it is long past time to drop corporate taxes on locally made items/services, while putting in a VAT on local items/services, as well as using the VAT at the border like Mexico and China do,
    This would also deal nicely with the robotics.

  5. Funny thing is, that SLS was mostly done by house GOP, not Dems or the Senate.

  6. Re: But but but! on No One Knows What To Do With the International Space Station (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Biological and engineering are the 2 biggie sciences going on. We do have items attached to the iss and should do more. But even the recent Kelly twin studies will show a great about human biology.

  7. absolutely. BUT ADD AQ/Taliban to that as well on US Ordered 'Mandatory Social Media Check' For Visa Applicants Who Visited ISIS Territory (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, if somebody has visited a place like Pakistan, Iran, OR ANY NATION NEXT TO THESE, and is not from there, it is far more likely that they are up to more than simple vacationing.

  8. While the GOP continue to waste money on the SLS/Orion debacle, they are also continuing funding for new space, though it was left open.
    If money is spent on multiple private space stations, along with sending us to the moon VIA NEW SPACE, then it will allow for the infrastructure to be put in place and the price for launches, space operations, etc to drop. And a once a month launch of the BFR to the moon/space would help him far more than direct cash will.

  9. Re:FAKE NEWS! on FBI Director Comey Confirms Investigation Into Trump Campaign (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    meh.
    those ppl either do him or vote for him, multiple times over.
    And he still lost the popular vote.

  10. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA on FBI Director Comey Confirms Investigation Into Trump Campaign (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    No, in soviet Russia, they own Trump.

  11. Re: America is killing itself with regs. on 20,000 Worldclass University Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them (lbry.io) · · Score: 1

    Ok, if I shoot you with 10 bullets, and shoots u with 100, which is worse? Regs have been building up for some time and in many areas, are over developed. Trump is 1 of a handful of presidents that are disasters over 200+ years.

  12. America is killing itself with regs. on 20,000 Worldclass University Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them (lbry.io) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Regs like this is absolutely KILLING us and not doing what it is supposed to.

  13. Re:xmpp IS the solution you seek on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Solve the Instant Messaging Problem? · · Score: 1

    yeah, wave was MANY things, except for what I needed.
    Heck, IMPP would be great just for updating addresses, etc amongst friends.

  14. xmpp IS the solution you seek on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Solve the Instant Messaging Problem? · · Score: 1

    Seriously, it is just like SMTP in that it is a protocol.
    Want it to be a killer protocol? Then extend it for not just IM, but using it for other forms of messaging.
    More importantly, develop the apps to run on all the major platforms (linux, androi, osx, ios, wind, bsd, perhaps mainframe).

  15. Re:Not much different on China Developing Manned Space Mission To the Moon · · Score: 1

    u mistake racism for safety.

  16. Re:Not much different on China Developing Manned Space Mission To the Moon · · Score: 1

    really?
    What recent president has thrown astronauts safety away to get missions to happen?
    Or are you just another lying tea-bagger/neo-con type.

  17. Re:On the One Hand... on China Developing Manned Space Mission To the Moon · · Score: 1

    we are using Soyuz rockets because we do not have a choice.
    Once we have a choice, that will stop.

    And while I have issues with putin and trump, I am hopeful that Russia will be part of the lunar mission.

  18. Re:Chomp on China Developing Manned Space Mission To the Moon · · Score: 1

    only if you are dumb enough to let your food float freely so that it destroys your computers and other electronics.

  19. Re:Good for them on China Developing Manned Space Mission To the Moon · · Score: 1

    sadly, so few ppl understand this. The same illogical ppl that knock India or Brazil for having space programs, are the same sets of idiots that say that we must take care of earth first. Yet, many of our solutions are tied together.

  20. VAT is the answer on Backlash Builds Against Bill Gates' Call For A Robot Tax (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, most nations such as nearly all of EUrope, China, Mexico, etc use vats for multiple issues. One of them is that nearly all of these countries apply a set rate to everything, including imports, and then give tax breaks for local manufacturing.
    America needs to do the same. Apply a 18% VAT, perhaps giving the last level to the state in which the retailer is in, and then give tax breaks for local production. We can then drop sales tax in states lower and lower.
    And these vats cover the issues of robotics.

  21. Re:Good for them on China Developing Manned Space Mission To the Moon · · Score: 1

    Actually, MAGA hate is very anti-science. Just like the far left is.
    The far right continues to deny AGW, amongst other things.
    The idea that you can restart coal would indicate that not only do you not believe in AGW (science), but do not understand how capitalism works. Coal has been diminishing in America DUE TO CAPITALISM. And this will continue so that by 2020, less than 15% of our electricity will come from coal. Maybe less.

    Time for your far righties to start thinking since you have obviously shut down on it.

  22. Re:Good for them on China Developing Manned Space Mission To the Moon · · Score: 1

    You are overrated.
    30 years ago, America owned the commercial launches, which allowed us to launch massive numbers. Then the shuttle, combined with ULA, conspired to allow Russia and Europe to take over the Commercial launches. Now, SpaceX owns 2/3 of the commercial launch, and once BO hits that market, it will lead to competition that is designed to lower our costs even further.
    At the same time, we are quickly moving towards private space. Now, you may not like it, but with the bulk of the commercial launches happening in America, combined with the vast majority of commercial sat building (one-way is coming on line now) about to start-up in America (98% of all sats that have been made, are about to be , made in America), combined with an inflatable private space station, I would say that is who we are.

  23. Re: IEEE, your grandpa's club on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Actually, I would argue that the management team is unqualified.

  24. Re:Slashdot in a nutshell. on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    huh.
    As a Libertarian, I sit back and watch both of your 2 groups and I have to say, that nearly all of the lying is on the right hand side.
    For example, the unemployment rate was 4.6 in Nov and 4.7 in Dec and then 4.6 in Jan. Now, with a 4.7 rate, the far right says that it is falling.
    In addition, for the last 77 months, O has added slightly over 200K jobs each month, with around 235,000 each month for the last couple of months.
    Yet, you neo-cons/tea* are jumping up and down and screaming that Trump is doing great, but that O was a disaster.

  25. what a TOTAL CROCK OF SHIT. on U.S. Jobs, Pay Show Solid Gains in Trump's First Full Month (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    LOL.
    The Unemployment rate was 4.6 in Nov.
    And Obama's last month was 238K, though for the last 77 months, O has added ~200K jobs each month.
    So, considering that unemployment rate increased to 4.7 from 4.6 and the retailers are having major issues, we shall have to see what will really happen over the next 6 months.