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  1. Need new nuclear reactors on Damage Report: LA Methane Leak Is One of the Worst Disasters In US History (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, we need to have new nuclear reactors that can replace not only old reactors, but coal and even some of the nat gas.
    It is sad that the GOP refuse to do their jobs.

  2. No doubt, assassination has already occurred via this method. However, because so much of the medical world has no real understanding of security, this has gone undetected.

  3. Re:"A social justice movement" on World's First Modular Smart Phone Hits the Market · · Score: 1

    I have to admit that I laugh when i see companies like Chipotle, Starbucks, target, walmart, etc pushing 'fair trade' products like Coffee, yet, fight against paying Americans a fair wage, or will hire illegals instead.

    The irony on it is so missed by the far lefties. It kills me.

  4. Re: US offer meant to ban VW form fuel-cell electr on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Zero chance.
    The reason why I say that, is that even without Superchargers, there were still many ways to fill up. All of the tesla owners simply charged at home and remained with 100 miles of home.
    OTOH, with H2, there are roughly 3 areas in America that have H2. And you can not fill up at home.
    And there are a whopping 644 stations throughout the world.
    Finally, the real problem is that it costs to replace the fuel cells every 50K miles or so, AND the H2 is like buying $5/gal of gas. IOW, it is actually more expensive than either gas or nat gas powered cars. This is esp. true since I just paid .89 / gal for gas today.

  5. Re: More grandstanding by Snowden on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    there was nothing illegal with NSA spying on anybody/anything outside of America. There may be ethical issues with spying on allies, esp. merkel and any other ally gov. official, BUT, nothing illegal.

  6. Re: Nuclear Power on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    lol. and tesla has a 90 second change time. Impressive when you think about it.

  7. Re: More grandstanding by Snowden on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    I worked on the PAT act. You think that the dems were not opposing this? Even before Snowden outed NSA, Colorado Senator Mark Udall (D) kept hinting to the press about this. He was trying to stop it.
    However, do dems deserve blame for such things as pat act? All of those on the intelligence committee from 2003-2007 had decent knowledge about this. And obvious with Udall trying to out this info in 2012/2013, would indicate that it had come up again in that intelligence group.

  8. Re: More grandstanding by Snowden on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    and in what way, did China, AQ or ISIS have a right to know how we spied on them? That is the argument that you are making.

  9. Re: I don't think that's how trials work on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    AQ, ISIS, China, and Russia are just a few of the groups/nations from which you fail.

  10. Me, I would have stuck with the first 1/10 of what he came out with. He was a true whistle blower that had my respect when he spoke about spying on Americans. NSA is NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. Technically, PAT act gave them that ability, but, they know better. Simple as that.
    Sadly, it is what follows after that, that turned him into a traitor.

  11. define treason
    the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.

    Nothing about war in there.
    And you think that AQ, isis and china are allies? Not even close.

  12. We had permission to spy on Europe. If you think otherwise, you are kidding yourself. The only issue was spying on merkel.

  13. Re: He's asking for the wrong thing... on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    What did Hillary report to the world? For what you are looking for, that would be W and his neo-cons band.

  14. Mod parent up please. on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    For all intents and purposes, snowden should remain in the totalitarian sphere. If he ever comes back to the west, he will be tried, fairly, and almost certainly get life, or executed.

  15. Re: More grandstanding by Snowden on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Talk to the GOP about that. They pushed patriot act and then removed most congressional oversight of nsa for that.

  16. Re: More grandstanding by Snowden on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Bull shit. What in espionage act prevents him from having a fair trial?

  17. Re: I don't think that's how trials work on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. Again, he has 2 different issues. Reporting on spying on Americans was whistleblowing. Had he stopped there, he would have been smart to push for a trial. However, he describe how we spy on AQ , ISIS, Russia, china, Brazil, and even Europe ( though we had Europe's permission for most of that ). That is treason. And if he stands trial, he will be found guilty. Rightly.

  18. Snowden went much further than whistleblowing. Whistleblowing is the act of reporting illegal or immoral actions. When snowden reported the spying on Americans, that was whistleblowing. When he reported how nsa spied on AQ, china, Russia, ISIS, and even Brazil and Europe, he became a traitor and is up for aiding/abetting the enemy. If he gets tried back here, he should get a 50 cal to the head.

  19. Let him be banished forever from the west.

  20. Re: Nuclear Power on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Really? How often do you drive more than 200 miles in a day.

  21. Re: VW asks US to resume rare earth mining on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Nope. Only a perm mag DC motor uses rare earth. Most are AC motors and use windings.

  22. Re: US offer meant to ban VW form fuel-cell electr on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    There are 19 h2 stations in all of America. In general, each station is over $2m to add, and take 6m to build. Otoh, there are over 12,000 EV charge spots not including any of the RVs, or even residential or business spots. By end of 2016, Tesla should have their supercharger network covering all of America and Europe. So, how will h2 compete?

  23. Re:VW asks US to resume rare earth mining on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    give me a break. There are plenty of lithium reserves. In addition, the oceans are loaded with it. For now, china and a few south american nations have been wicked towards their citizens. However, that does not mean that all nations are like this. In fact, Tesla is buying all of their lithium from North America and no issues with pushing ppl off lands.

  24. Re:US offer meant to ban VW form fuel-cell electri on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 2

    Only an idiot would think that Fuel Cells have a chance.

  25. Re:This is good because of network nature on US Asks VW For Electric Cars (news.com.au) · · Score: 1

    yes,it is horrible when American gov takes actions likes conserves energy by encouraging EVs so that our nation does not have to go to war, but it is worse when the feds do not give free access to public lands to pump free/cheap oil. Likewise,ppl like you get upset when the feds do not give our minerals freely and you expect that we will allow your business to pollute air, water,and land.