On September 15th, Amazon will start collecting sales tax on California purchases. For California residents, that means paying an extra 7.25% - 9.75%, varying based on where we live.
Take it from an international team of physicists, led by the University of Toronto, which used double-sided Scotch tape to give a semiconductor the properties of a high-temperature superconductor.
The results of the experiment, published Tuesday i
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Nicholas Carlson
New York Times tech reviewer David Pogue has tried on a pair of Google's computerized headset/glasses, called Google Glass, and he's going bananas over them.
And they think they know all about God too. They think they "know" so much that they burn down American embassies to defend their God and his prophet against some half-assed loons who made a fake 14-min movie and put it on YouTube. They think they kn
In 2008, Elon Musk was dead set on colonizing Mars, and building electric sports cars and just about broke. Steve Jurvetson was the venture capitalist who saved him.
The market may no longer reflect any actual events or newsflow as it quietly levitates on what is a now certain avalanche of fiat dilution and wheelbarrow blue light specials, and it may thus be forgiven to ignore the dramatic developments abroad, bu
Spain told euro zone finance ministers on Friday it will set clear deadlines for structural reforms by the end of the month, in a move European diplomats said would pave the way for an aid request before long to help it tackle its debt pile.
There is a long history in Presidential elections, and the Muslims are not stupid -- The American people typically will not change a President during a significant armed conflict or other time of material international disruption.
“I offered a silent prayer for the 18th time today. A year and a half has passed but we don’t know what is really going on inside the R1, 2 & 3. No progress has been made.”
You may already be fully aware of the fight surrounding the latest California GMO labeling legislation known as Prop 37, a bill which I have been very passionate about supporting over the past few months.
• http://www.nakedcapitalism.com, By Timothy Y. Fong
This may seem like a “now for something completely different” post, but this story about Blackwater and a much smaller miscreant is yet another window into our American two tier justice system. Plus you will learn something about gun laws.