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California can't be saved as long as they have pension obligations that far outstrip any potential new sources of income. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/06/opinion/la-oe-crane6...

The DA and cops are in it for convictions not justice.

Anyone in the police or DA's office who had a hand in railroading him should get 10 years in jail.

Bureau of Labor Stats and US census:

$13k=pension for private sector worker in NY state

$27k=pension for public sector worker in NY state

Pensions will push states to declare bankruptcy. Illinois is the worst and I am surprised any business will do business with them since they are so far behind in paying its bills.

If Manning had given the data to Al-Qaeda would we feel the same way?

Most would prefer to buy locally if prices are competitive. They don't mind paying reasonable taxes. But when the price of things on Amazon are significantly less ...

Why do you think products have an MSRP? It's a number that has no bearing on the true value of a product.

It sounds like the previous system was stacked against the corporations. Why shouldn't the system be designed to discourage frivolous suits? Stockholders are people too.

If a person brings suit and loses, their lawyer should also be held accountable.

How will this work for Windows 7? Most user accounts will not have write access to the Firefox folder. Will the updater use the system account?

Education is a team sport. The parents ought to be held equally if not MORE accountable.

Follow the money: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N0000...

He gets lots of money from those that would benefit from broader patents.

First off BP has an overriding obligation to its stockholders. Second, BP has a PR playbook for this scenario that is based upon decades of experience. For the moment BP's money is making the rules.

I take it the parts that remain classified contain the max speed and altitude?

Chrome 5 was the clear performance winner. "In Google’s own V8 benchmark ..."

Google browser and Google benchmark? Can we get a benchmark from an unbiased source?

Time to get rid of all federal taxes except a national sales tax. Our Rube Goldberg tax system has got to be the single biggest drag on economy. Imagine the money that goes into complying with taxes doing something constructive.

How about telling us what font type is best for various writing situations.

Good.Adobe should have in its flash licensing a prohibition against having tools that convert to video formats viewable on an iphone.

Flash based, which is a major bummer.

Illegal by whose standards?

How the information was obtained outside of Germany may be a crime, but not in Germany.

As a citizen of Germany you are required to provide to the German government information that determines taxes owed. Any attempt to evade this obligation is a crime in Germany.

In this case Germany has a right to the information.

2001-2010

US federal government? DC government?