Rapid Fire...Posted By Rod Kaufman |
http://www.cnn.com/videos/tech/2015/08/21/f-35-jet-gun-test-orig-dlewis.cnn
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August 22, 2015 01:31 AM
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August 23, 2015 04:28 PM
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The AK-47 As ArtworkPosted By Rod Kaufman |
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/artist-carl-mccrow-discusses-his-gun-neutral-campaign-510131267547
I'll be looking forward to Martin Scorsese's film with this in it...
I'll be looking forward to Martin Scorsese's film with this in it...
September 6, 2015 11:58 PM
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California Gas Tax Hike ProposalPosted By Rod Kaufman |
Brown's response on this one is a compromise which reams us as follows:
1. Instead of a 12 cents per gallon tax increase, he proposes 6 cents instead but that can be adjusted for inflation so it may get up there anyway.
2. Instead of a 35 buck hike on your annual license renewal fee, he proposes a 65 dollar highway usage fee. It's not clear to me whether or not that fee is annual or not.
Brown's plan might have merit if it were not for the fact that we already pay the highest gas taxes in the country: a whopping 72 cents per gallon already. If cal trans can't do within their budget then perhaps we ought to get advice from those in other states that do and don't already have a 72 cent per gallon gas tax...
1. Instead of a 12 cents per gallon tax increase, he proposes 6 cents instead but that can be adjusted for inflation so it may get up there anyway.
2. Instead of a 35 buck hike on your annual license renewal fee, he proposes a 65 dollar highway usage fee. It's not clear to me whether or not that fee is annual or not.
Brown's plan might have merit if it were not for the fact that we already pay the highest gas taxes in the country: a whopping 72 cents per gallon already. If cal trans can't do within their budget then perhaps we ought to get advice from those in other states that do and don't already have a 72 cent per gallon gas tax...
August 23, 2015 04:42 PM
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California Gas Tax Hike ProposalPosted By Rod Kaufman |
Another 12 cents per gallon tax PLUS another 35 bucks for vehicle license renewal fees:
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_28668276/senate-panel-votes-raise-californias-gas-tax-12
Not to put to fine about it but if the state has allocated existing funds to the highway infrastructure like it was supposed to do, we wouldn't be talking about this now. The other "rational" for this mammoth increase is because we're now driving more fuel efficient vehicles as a whole so the gas taxes that are collected are less because we're conserving more fuel BUT we now stand to get reamed for doing it...
Californian's email your reps and tell 'em NO!
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_28668276/senate-panel-votes-raise-californias-gas-tax-12
Not to put to fine about it but if the state has allocated existing funds to the highway infrastructure like it was supposed to do, we wouldn't be talking about this now. The other "rational" for this mammoth increase is because we're now driving more fuel efficient vehicles as a whole so the gas taxes that are collected are less because we're conserving more fuel BUT we now stand to get reamed for doing it...
Californian's email your reps and tell 'em NO!
August 28, 2015 04:59 AM
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Python 5Posted By Rod Kaufman |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr4f-tNKaOs
Go get 'em!
Go get 'em!
September 26, 2015 04:32 AM
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Screw The Fish...Posted By Rod Kaufman |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-lake-dries-up-overnight-fish_5605af0ce4b0af3706dc4f9b
Yup, the lake just ran dry overnight...
Yup, the lake just ran dry overnight...
September 28, 2015 12:36 AM
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"Major" Mars Discovery News Coming On 9-28-15...Posted By Rod Kaufman |
Looks like it may be about water:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/us/mars-nasa-announcement/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/us/mars-nasa-announcement/index.html
September 26, 2015 11:30 PM
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"Major" Mars Discovery News Coming On 9-28-15...Posted By Rod Kaufman |
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/26/us/mars-discovery-nasa-irpt/index.html
This better be good!
This better be good!
October 6, 2015 03:33 AM
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US NAVY Kicking Butt...Posted By Rod Kaufman |
Best scenes from BATTLESHIP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5maBLlFo7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5maBLlFo7s
October 12, 2015 03:13 AM
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Stephen Hawking On AliensPosted By Rod Kaufman |
Detect them but don't contact them:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-hawking-alien-danger_560ea246e4b0dd85030bacfa
That seems to make a lot of sense when you think about it. I mean when you consider outer space is a hostile environment from the get go with severe temperature changes to gamma radiation bursts and exoplanets with wind velocities that make a cat 4 hurricane look like a breezy day, you likely have to be an aggressive species to want to deal with that shit anyway. Hawking may very well be right and aliens may be nomads preying on other worlds.
BTW, they finished shooting Independence Day 2 awhile ago but it won't be shown until June of 2016. Bret Spiner reportedly reprises his role as Dr Okun but I don't know how that happens because his character got killed-off in the first movie. I guess we will just have to wait and find out.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-hawking-alien-danger_560ea246e4b0dd85030bacfa
That seems to make a lot of sense when you think about it. I mean when you consider outer space is a hostile environment from the get go with severe temperature changes to gamma radiation bursts and exoplanets with wind velocities that make a cat 4 hurricane look like a breezy day, you likely have to be an aggressive species to want to deal with that shit anyway. Hawking may very well be right and aliens may be nomads preying on other worlds.
BTW, they finished shooting Independence Day 2 awhile ago but it won't be shown until June of 2016. Bret Spiner reportedly reprises his role as Dr Okun but I don't know how that happens because his character got killed-off in the first movie. I guess we will just have to wait and find out.
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