Re: Sinking in Debt - the Federal US of A
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
cDub says:
"they've been injecting money into the economy to prevent an all out crash of historic portions."
This is one of the things that being bound to the gold standard was impossible during the great depression. It really hampered recove...
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discussion post on Tue, November 24, 2009 - 2:10 PM
Re: can Palin be elected?
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
As governor of Alaska?
Well it appears that she has already answered that.
As President: No.
She is a political player and maybe wants to become a kingmaker one through whom others must pass and get her approval before moving on to the nomi...
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discussion post on Tue, November 24, 2009 - 2:07 PM
Re: Mercury lens
(in Amateur Telescope Makers)
Hi paul:
I read something about that a few years ago.
I think that the control of mercury might have killed the whole idea.
Imagine having an accident? The State and Federal EPA would slam you so hard you'd never get up.
I read about a ...
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discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 8:33 AM
Nan-Tennas: Nano antennas
(in General Physics)
Supposedly a factory tunable antenna that resonates to a spefici energy frequency.
They can be tuned to take on energy in the form of heat or light from any source: Night sky, Winter sky, earth, car engine, you walking across a rug, anything w...
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discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 8:28 AM
Re: you pay 75% of your income as tax
(in New Jersey)
Oh my god! It's true. I read that PDF and followed up with a little corroborating research and it's absolutely true the median tax paid by any working citizen really does hover around 75-percent.
This is astonishing and no one seems to pay i...
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discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 8:22 AM