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First Chevy Volt Electric Car Gets 450 MPG in New Jersey
Two-and-a-half years after Chevrolet delivered its first Volt electric car, its owner from New Jersey says the vehicle has gotten the equivalent of about 450 miles per gallon.
The Volt has an on-board gasoline generator that makes electricity when the plug-in charge runs out after about 36 miles, but Jeff Kaffee, a retired airline pilot, said he rarely drives more than that before he recharges.
Kaffee said he has had to fill up the generator only three times over 13,700 miles, with a total of 30.2 gallons of gas.
"The wave of the future is here," said Kaffee, who noted that he will probably buy his wife a Volt in another year or two.
Kaffee said he appreciates electric cars both because they have less of a negative impact on the environment than traditional cars and because they don't funnel American dollars into unstable, oil-producing regimes.
The rest: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-Jersey-First-Volt-Electric-Car--204338281.html
How Do Incredibly Stupid People Get Elected To Congress?
New Hampshire Republican says Boston bombing was government conspiracy.New Hampshire state Rep. Stella Tremblay (R-Auburn) believes that Alex Jones’ website Infowars has revealed the truth behind the Boston Marathon bombings.
The New Hampshire Democratic Party on Tuesday highlighted a Facebook message Tremblay left on Glenn Beck’s fan page last Friday.
The message claimed the U.S. government secretly carried out the Boston attack and that the suspect who was arrested was merely a patsy. The post linked to an Alex Jones video.
She wrote: “Just as you said would happen. Top Down, Bottom UP. The Boston Marathon was a Black Ops ‘terrorist’ attack. One suspect killed, the other one will be too before they even have a chance to speak. Drones and now ‘terrorist’ attacks by our own Government. Sad day, but a ‘wake up’ to all of us. First there was a ‘suspect’ then there wasnt. Infowars broke the story and they knew they had been ‘found out’.”
The rest: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/23/new-hampshire-republican-says-boston-bombing-was-government-black-ops-conspiracy/
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I really don't understand how stupid people like this get elected to Congress. How do these people win elections? Are they just in districts with almost zero Democrats???
Boston Bombing Update: The Tsarnaev Brothers Were Headed for New York
The latest report from the Boston Globe has a new detail about the Tsarnaev brothers’ plans before the final shootout with police:
Link: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41917_Boston_Bombing_Update-_The_Tsarnaev_Brothers_Were_Headed_for_New_York
Boston Bombing Suspects Motivated By Afghanistan, Iraq Wars: Report
The two suspects in the Boston bombing that killed three and injured more than 260 were motivated by the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials told the Washington Post.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, "the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, has told interrogators that the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the attack," the Post writes, citing "U.S. officials familiar with the interviews."
The report comes one day after U.S. officials told the Associated Press that it was the religious beliefs of Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan that fueled their alleged plot.
But if the officials who spoke to the Post are correct, the Boston bombing suspects would be the latest accused terrorists who have listed American interventions as their motive.
The rest: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/boston-bombing-suspects-motive-afghanistan-iraq_n_3140547.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Rand Paul Would’ve Been OK With Using Drones To Hunt/Kill Boston Suspect.
His argument, as quoted by The Hill:
“Here’s the distinction, I have never argued against any technology being used against having an imminent threat an act of crime going on,” Paul said. “If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and fifty dollars in cash I don’t care if a Drone kills him or a policeman kills him, but it’s different if they want to come fly over your hot tube, or your yard just because they want to do surveillance on everyone, and they want to watch your activities.”
the rest: http://www.salon.com/2013/04/23/rand_paul_wouldve_been_ok_with_using_drones_to_hunt_boston_suspect/
...Aaaand Here Comes Another War
BREAKING NEWS: Canadian police say suspects were receiving direction and guidance from al Qaeda elements in Iran
Alert in red on top of Reuters homepage: http://www.reuters.com/
ETA: Alert in red now gone. What I pasted was exactly as written. Maybe they redacted, maybe not.
What religion was the guy who negligently let his deteriorating fertilizer plant in TX to explode?
Just curious.
So 9/11 happened on Bush's watch & Boston bombers were granted asylum on Bush's watch.
Yet it was under the Obama administration that the masterminds behind both were captured/killed. Which party is soft on terror?
and to destroy another rightwing meme:
The biggest mistake the RWNJs could make is believing that all Liberals are unarmed. WRONG. Liberals just don't live in a state of paranoid fear and are ok with regulations & background checks. It's called 'common-sense', something that is completely devoid in rightwing groupthink.
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