As stated in the USPS link ( [pe.usps.com] linked above also) /some/ non-profits get discounted postage. Neither it nor I stated that they all do. Your non-profit may simply not qualify, for whatever reason.

Apparently, the USPS also gives significant discounts to bulk mailers (junkmail/advo), subsidized by First Class postage. (See [tech.slashdot.org] )

Perhaps it'd be better stated that good science fiction inspires the future, mediocre science fiction tries to predict it.

It's discounted, not free, as corrected in the response post to Bubarubu. The URL is in that post. It should have been visible before you posted this question, was that not the case?

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According to the article, it's the funding 75+ years in advance of employee pensions and medical coverage that's doing it, with 5.5 billion due at the end of the month. USPS states that if they were required to cover a reasonable amount, like other government services and the vast majority of companies, they could get…

Do a search on youtube, it's a fairly common "let's play" type video.

Average citizen with a shotgun versus three trained guys with glocks? I think the training is going to make a bit of difference. I'm okay-trained, but I wouldn't want to go up against a cop in a water-gun fight, much less live ammo.

Mossberg 500 Tactical $432.99

Whichever company has the largest market segment is going to turn evil, the best thing to do then is see what suits someone's needs the best and is in a significant minority, to try to boost competition.

Unless Gov. Perry were to secede Texas from the rest of the United States.

How about:

They already did that one, too many VIPs got squished by the huge rolling boulder trap, though.

Um, he appears to be quoting from the email. What are you referring to exactly?

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Julian Assange is a parseltongue? Who knew!

The wallet goes where we go, as it's near-impossible to get the newer large IDs out of the snug-fit window in the wallet, and if you're out and about you HAVE to have ID, lest the police decide to use you for Taser target practice.

Guttenberg Fthagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Guttenberg Brooklyn wgah'nagl fhtagn!

AT&T and T-Mobile can already roam on eachother, as they're both GSM. Allowing such an agreement with Verizon would require compatible handsets, as it's a completely different technology.

I'd never heard of this before, so googled and found [dslfor10.com]