The US rules on this are ridiculous. They treat taking a piss like a privilege or a luxury, not a basic necessity of survival.
There are several places I go where I have to at least *appear* to have on shoes every week, so I found another way to stick it to the Shoe...
Even if power plants were burning gasoline to make electricity, electric cars would be better for the environment. The unsolvable problem with...
Plug-in hybrid is the ultimate design. You can buy gas if you need to drive a long distance, but most days you won't need to burn a drop. It's...
This is the best time of year for it.
Put them away AFTER you get on the plane. You will never have a problem.
How does one go about joining one of those groups? I would think that many of the people expressing an interest in joining would be undesirable,...
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The scale of disruption they are talking about would require thousands of high-powered devices, just for one country. Each device would only do...
The 1969 moon landings. When has a major country ever been so far beyond its rivals in its capabilities? Not in the last 200 years, at least....
The world would be a far better place, in a generation or two, after everyone had forgotten what was in that fucked-up collection of heavily...
One time I was standing in line for the X-ray scanner, where everyone is required to take off their shoes. The security guard told me that I had...
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Not where I live. :(
Mistreating and mismanaging the environment is always good for jobs and economic growth - in the short run. The real problem is short-term...
True, but in the short term, new international agreements are needed, and the existing fishing quotas need to be enforced. E-mail your...
Someone else has already started a thread on this: http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=397587&f=39
This is a key point that cannot be overstated. Failing to grasp the shades of gray that are vital to understanding any important issue is a road...
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I agree with most of what's been said here, but you are missing one important point. At least some large corporations are a necessary evil...
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