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In another sideways attempt to remove the availability of firearms and ammunition, the Feds are considering a ban on lead bullets. – [source] Several environmentalist groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) are petitioning the EPA to ban lead bullets and shot (as well as lead sinkers for fishing) under the Toxic Substances [...] The U.S. army has enjoyed a long and incendiary relationship with TNT, visit web but the explosive that has provided the pop in everything from artillery shells to demolition munitions could be on its way out. The Army has approved a safer, more stable alternative to replace the TNT in 155-millimeter artillery shells, and engineers [...] With the rise in renewable energy sources comes a corresponding need for reliable power storage devices–all that solar power gathered during the day needs to still be available at night, after all. Enter Beacon Power’s $69 million flywheel storage plant. The facility harnesses 200 flywheels that store power from natural gas plants as kinetic energy [...] The U.S. military has been making a strong push lately into building on top of existing systems like the Android OS in order to increase capabilities while keeping costs low. The Army recently wrapped up its “Apps for Army” competition in which Army soldiers and civilians were asked to create apps that were of use [...] The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released a warning seemingly aimed at a Washington Post article (to be released July 19th) which would provide an interactive map of government facilities, buy more about contractors and other entities involved in Top Secret operations, this site as well as their relationships to each other, [...] The U.S. federal government collected $20.6 billion in taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition in fiscal year 2009, up 41 percent from the previous fiscal year. In October 2009, firearms and ammunition excise tax collection climbed 45 percent from the previous fiscal year, the greatest annual increase in the firearms tax revenue in the [...] Here are some of the ridiculous new rules and comments coming out of Chicago after the historic decision by the US Supreme Court to acknowledge the Bill of Right across all states. “…as of right now you can have a number or rifles, a number of shotguns. . . What is wrong with that? If [...] At the moment the tiny robot – a sheet just half a millimetre thick, scarcely thicker than a piece of paper – only folds itself into a boat, like a child’s toy, or a “paper glider” plane shape. But it is anticipated that in future it will be used to create full-sized cars and aircraft [...] Welcome to the surveillance society. That’s what the American Civil Liberties Union concluded Tuesday with a report chronicling government spying and the detention of groups and individuals “for doing little more than peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights.” “Our review of these practices has found that Americans have been put under surveillance or harassed by [...] |
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