These are all great things, but the money has to come from somewhere. Very difficult to do at at time where we are running $1T deficits on $3.6T of spending - what programs do you cut to pay for more NASA spending? I actually agree with you, and would reallocate the money from medicare and other entitlements to invest…

Likely some of the acquisition funds were in escrow while they sorted it all. But probably not 90% of the purchase price!

No, I have HTC 8X on Verizon. Works fantastic - fluid, speedy, and rock solid. I have more problems on my retina ipad.

I just spoke with an Israeli friend of mine on the phone today. What you are ignorant about, Mr. Biddle, is that war and terrorism is a part of their everyday lives. Young people go out and party like everywhere else in the world, but they just do it while rockets are flying ever closer to Tel Aviv. And honestly, what…

I think it's more likely that we evolve a stratified society. Since there is really no evolutionary pressure as there are plenty of resources for just about all humans to mate and reproduce, what will likely happen is that the social classes could end up being biologically ingrained. Those whose personalities are well…

We've been buying minivans for 9 years now, had three Town & Countries. I'd have to see if it's a real substitute for the minivan. I like the space behind the third row and stow & go seating, so I would wonder if there's some space back there and how easy the seat configuration changes.

The completely incompetent group of scientists made the entire movie implausible. Who would spend "trillions" on a multi-year mission but then saddle the entire thing first by not telling the scientists what the hell they are doing or where they are going, but then by selecting a pothead misanthrope geologist, a…

Interesting take, I would argue that the mini would cannibalize the larger iPad sales and result in lost revenue for Apple. It's a "good enough" device that's lighter, smaller, and essentially you don't sacrifice browser real estate since it's the same resolution (yes i know retina is higher but it displays the same…

Education is so lacking it drives me nuts. We spend 100's of billions on propping up baby boomers with prescription drug program, social security, and medicare, but next to nothing on future generations. And by "propping up" I mean giving them far more benefits than what they put in.

Agree. Somebody find the "domesticated" gene quick.

Thank you.

Is there really an option to allow somebody to vote straight party line? Brain-dead voting at its worst.

Dude, cross post this on ATS in the Illuminati section.

Humanity is evolving a greater respect for life in all things - in ancient Rome a baby wasn't human until they could speak, so could be abandoned in fields until that age without stigma. Now we have multiple support and funding organizations for helping with deformed babies. Razing a city and killing its population…

Shocked by the number of thoughtful responses here. Normally this topic degenerates into awful partisan bigotry.

It's also a way to get naive young women to ignore financial and economic issues and vote against the next generation.

Most countries don't charge domestic companies anything for overseas earnings, except that which is a direct transaction. For instance, Company A sells to their subsidiary in another country the product at a transfer price, which then the subsidiary sells to the end user. In most countries, Company A pays taxes only…

Yes but the 822 won't have pureview, and "at some point" for Verizon may as well be "never". I've waited for too many phones on Verizon and been disappointed. Need to buy what's on the shelf or at least is a concrete "it's coming".

I would have liked to see more discussion of the camera. The camera on the Trophy is absolute crap, and I'm wondering if the 8X would be a giant leap forward or not, since this is my only WP8 option on Verizon. Also some discussion on how it may or may not compare to the Lumia 920 camera would be nice, so I can be sad…