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To: Alighieri who wrote (836310)	2/13/2015 6:33:03 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575815

yeah a gruberite will be driving the Prius

To: Alighieri who wrote (836310)	2/13/2015 11:29:24 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575815

>> Dude...the technologies that enable these innovations almost ALWAYS come from progressive regions and initiatives... There is a big difference between "regions" and "initiatives" and you can't just throw them in a sentence together and make them similar. There is no end to this argument but at the end of the day it is ready access to capital that causes innovation. I do not believe an argument can be made that liberals are particularly supportive of capitalistic endeavor. >> you guys almost ALWAYS stand on the sidelines opposing initiatives like CAFE standards, CAFE standards are a largely liberal cause, perhaps, but I don't find them to be a great driver of innovation. >> rebelling at the notion of smaller cars, public transportation, calling government intervention intrusive... Of course. Government intervention is, by definition, intrusive -- it is a question only of how much. And it is generally counterproductive when it comes to innovation. Smaller cars are a matter of liberty. I don't want smaller cars. Fuck anyone who says I should be forced to have them. I would point you to the Russian automotive model, where cars are made of heavy steel, every model is available in special designs for one-footed, two-footed, no-footed drivers, but they are consistently pieces of shit. I would also point to the aforementioned hydrogen fuel cell, which is anything but a liberal initiative. >> every time you see a Prius next to a dually you can immediately tell who is driving which.... You can definitely tell who's driving the Prius. The SMUG is all over the place: youtube.com >> hell, you can't even shut up about efficient light bulbs... I haven't said anything about the light bulb situation in years. However, that was a counterproductive action. The very word "conservative" should tell you where yous side stands... Elon Musk is far closer to me politically than he is to you.

To: Alighieri who wrote (836310)	2/13/2015 4:05:20 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 1575815

Technology executives fed up with FAILURE of Kenyan Chimp. Turn down invitation. GOOGLE, YAHOO, FACEBOOK DISS OBAMA LUNCH INVITATION President Obama is hosting a cyber-security summit at Stanford University today, but three of the top tech companies in the United States won’t be represented there. The White House issued an invitation to Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt to help bring attention to Obama’s summit, but they turned the invitation down according to Bloomberg News...