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    GM boss confirms hybrid Corvette due in 2023

    Chevy is running a hybrid LmDh/GTP in IMSA next year, so this really isn't a shocker. What is surprising is that Ford is not and is bring the stock Mustang to GT3 in 2024. Why not do a hybrid at this point? Makes no sense.
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    Ousted scientist says she was asked to manipulate Florida COVID-19 data

    Don't bother posting the truth... fake news site. She wasn't a scientist, she wasn't in IT. She is a journalist. Nothing more. Fake news.
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    Spectacular sunrises and a sense of optimism mark the 2020 Rolex 24

    I think it is great for sports cars racing the ACO came to its senses here. No manufacturer wants a spending war in sports car prototype racing. Unified top class is the ONLY answer. Of course the second question is hybrid? It seems no manufacturer wants hybrids. Its all-electric or nothing and...
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    America’s sports car racing series embraces being green again

    Green racing is not a 'thing'. Nothing 'green' about destroying the earth to mine the lithium. Nothing 'green' about tossing batteries in the landfill. Stop the nonsense.
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    Everyone complaining about Microsoft buying GitHub needs to offer a better solution

    Hey Peter... just checking in. How is that 11 year old working out? Yours truly... FBI.
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    The 2019 Roomba gets an all-new design, companion mop-bot

    I own the original Mint which actually works. iRobot bought the company and promptly destroyed the remnants. They only wanted to squash the competition. Screw them.
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    The Gentleman Driver on Netflix looks at the world of amateurs in racing

    Sorry, snowflake. Wrong. They don't get the recognition as the pro's. Not even close. They have their own class they race in.
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    Ajit Pai wants to raise rural broadband speeds from 10Mbps to 25Mbps

    I am guessing the biggest rural ISP's are CTL and Frontier. Both are in financial tail-spins. Probably a carrot to keep them out of bankruptcy.
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    Ecuador’s cloud forests hide a tragic history

    It's pretty much an accepted fact the the North American Indians did prescribed burns to the forest to clear underbrush to allow for better hunting. They were doing this up through the mid-1700s,
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    Trump tweet: EPA head Scott Pruitt is resigning

    Andrew Miller is a true Friend of Coal. Expect great things from the EPA going forward.
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    What to expect from Apple’s Chicago education event on Tuesday

    A new Mac Pro to show the kiddies!
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    During NRA conventions, gun injuries drop 20% nationwide—63% in hosting state

    Meanwhile... pedestrians hit by automobiles is up 17% each year for the past 2 years according to the WSJ. Over 6000 deaths a year. No one seems to care.
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    Drug companies submerged WV in opioids: One town of 3,000 got 21 million pills

    Problem is... drug companies get sued... lawyers get rich(er)... politicians get kick-backs... and nothing goes back to the people of those communities struggling to get by. Very similar to the tobacco settlement. And folks wonder why they voted Trump.
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    Federal regulator denies Rick Perry’s proposal to compensate coal, nuclear

    Thankfully someone understands the value of a gradual phasing out of coal - rather than the abrupt destruction via Obama. Once coal country was a democrat stronghold and they protected the area. Now that their destructive policy has turned the populace against them - the war was on. The coal...
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    New bill would end Native American “sovereign immunity” for patents

    "Native American sovereign immunity can be altered or removed by a simple vote of Congress" Of course. Congress has been screwing the tribes over for 200+ years. What's to stop a political skank like McCaskill from joining the game.
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    In shift towards electric vehicles, Volkswagen looking for cobalt contracts

    Why aren't the environmental damages related to lithium and cobalt mining held to the same standards as coal mining? Because the damage is in some far-away country and not West Virginia? EV being "green" is a myth.
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    Neanderthals were distilling tar 200 thousand years ago in Europe

    I remember reading Neanderthal's Necklace a little over 10 years ago and it was ground-breaking that they had found beads of the neanderthals. The author suggested (w/ little evidence) they had built fires and had used crude vocal communication. Now they are thinking they made tar from bark...
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    If Ferrari built an M3: The 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio

    This is fairly common nowadays. The Golf R also has this "feature".
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    Uber’s Levandowski gets fired

    And why isn't he being prosecuted?? I mean... he's not a bankster employed by Goldman Sachs.
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    Report: Theranos used shell company to secretly buy outside lab equipment

    Because the board itself was the definition of crony capitalism. Filled w/ ex-politicians and government officials who by nature look the other way.