Angels Flight fares double to 50 cents
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Starting on Monday, the fare is going up from 25 cents to 50 cents. But Metro pass holders and those who purchase commuter books will receive discounts. The fare increase is needed to help cover the line's operating costs. Until now, Angels Flight has relied on donations to make up the difference.
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
OBAMACARE OOPS— New CBO Numbers: Cost Will Be DOUBLE the Promised $900 Billion
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And the numbers just keep on coming. Not that the White House or the Democrats on the Hill really cared to begin with, but the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) sharpened its pencils again and made another pass at sizing up the projected cost of Obama’s healthcare plan. Hardly a news flash to economist Steve Beaman, entrepreneur and chairman of The Steve Beaman Group, a personal development company, the CBO’s new projected 10-year price tag is $1.76 trillion—nowhere near the original $940 billion sales pitch to get it passed. Why so off? Because in the political games people play, the 10-year...
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
Guns&Ammo Review: Arsenal Firearms Introduces Double Barrel Pistol (.45cal)
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It may come as a surprise to some (and boy, do I feel like a cantankerous old geezer for saying this,) but firearms are a mature technology. We all have to be aware that just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should” Following the invention of the double column magazine by Deudonne Saive, there really haven’t been a whole lot of original ideas coming out of the handgun industry for the last 75 years. Yes, I know, underqualified hacks like me will tell you all about the latest whizbang doodad from SHOT show, but in comparison to...
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
Rainbow after Joplin tornado
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Rainbow after Joplin Tornado
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
A Double Standard for House Ethics?
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The ethics cases against Reps. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) highlight an odd paradox: that many other members of Congress do similar things but are not facing charges. On March 4, 2009, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) introduced a witness at a hearing promoting renewable energy interests: Brooks Hurst. Congressman Graves failed to mention that Hurst was an old friend. The congressman also left out that his own wife and Hurst invested money in the same Missouri fuel plants. Congresswoman Waters argues that is the same thing she's accused of: helping a good friend and his company, where her...
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
Will The Dow Dip Below 10000 Today?
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Will The Dow Dip Below 10000 Today? CNBC Shows Dow Futures Down, Moving Towards 10000. How low will it go today? http://www.cnbc.com/id/17689937
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
Quantum mechanics flummoxes physicists again
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A fresh take on a classic experiment makes no progress in unifying quantum mechanics and relativity. If you ever want to get your head around the riddle that is quantum mechanics, look no further than the double-slit experiment. This shows, with perfect simplicity, how just watching a wave or a particle can change its behaviour. The idea is so unpalatable to physicists that they have spent decades trying to find new ways to test it. The latest such attempt, by physicists in Europe and Canada, used a three-slit version — but quantum mechanics won out again. In the standard double-slit...
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
Double Standard Watch: It is Goldstone who is politicizing grandson's bar mitzvah
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So now it turns out to be Richard Goldstone - author of the notorious Goldstone Report - who is politicizing his grandson's bar mitzvah. Jewish authorities in South Africa didn't "ban" Goldstone from the synagogue at which his grandson was being bar mitzvahed, as Goldstone and his supporters had alleged. A small group of protestors had said they would exercise their right of expression to picket Goldstone. Though they clearly had the right to do so, most Jews in South Africa and elsewhere - including me - were uncomfortable with the idea of picketing a grandfather attending his grandson's bar...
Published on Monday 14th of May 2012 12:30:55 PM
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