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Pompeo Says Russia Was Behind Cyberattack on U.S.
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 16 Comments • 6 years ago
“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the first member of the Trump administration to publicly link the Kremlin to the hacking of dozens of government...”
Pompeo says "Russians did it". ... waiting... waiting... waiting... "You're fired!"
'The platypuses were glowing': the secret light of Australia's marsupials
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 17 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“The discovery that bilbies, bandicoots, Tasmanian devils and echidnas emit bio-fluorescence under UV light has sparked the burning question. Why?”
Platypuses were already weird. Now, with all the rest... they glow!
Battery prices have fallen 88 percent over the last decade | Ars Technica
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 8 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“Cheaper batteries are making it easier to fight climate change.”
I don't think BEVs are quite ready yet, considering the uphill battle they have against Big Oil's monster subsidies. But they're not far. The price of batteries is a key element. Recycling those batteries, also... It's interesting, isn't it, that everyone assumes that BEVs' costs must...
Return of the Phony Deficit Hawks
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“Suddenly, Republicans are pretending to care about debt”
The Republican Party has been promulgating the same lies for forty years, ever since "trickle down" Reagan. Republicans have no problem voting for hugely deficit-inducing tax cuts... as long as the beneficiaries are the already-rich. That was the first thing President Trump did - a tax break...
The first abortion case of the Amy Coney Barrett era is now before the Court
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 14 Comments • 6 years ago
“The Court's new majority has its first chance to take a shot at Roe v. Wade”
The Courts are a terrible place to decide what the law should be. Congress is incapable of being the right place. What a sad place America can be...
Granholm, Biden's expected Energy Department pick, could push electric cars
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 21 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“Granholm was Michigan's governor from 2003 to 2011”
Electric cars ARE coming. We can listen to our usual cohort of "oh, no, no... nothing can be done!!" crybabies... or we can get to work. It's strange... China is doing so many things right (other than Xinjiang, of course...) but I don't want to watch the fall of America like I watched the...
Biden reportedly picks Deb Haaland for interior secretary
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 45 Comments • 6 Likes • 6 years ago
“Deb Haaland would become the first Native American Cabinet member if confirmed by the Senate”
I don't know Deb Haaland, but Kavika says she'd be good, and he does know... It seems to me that Interior should always be held by a Native American