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(FiniteTimes.com) – The annual budget put forth by President Obama this week manages to pack much into its $3.8 trillion framework, but robust support for NASA is not one of the blessed. Among the agency’s cuts is the Constellation program, a Bush II-era initiative that would have placed man again on the moon within the next decade. Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – One of the sleeper hits of the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show wasn’t a 3D television, a tablet computer, or an e-reader. In fact, it wasn’t an electronic device at all, but a re-imagining of one of the hottest Internet trends of 2009. Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON, DC (FiniteTimes.com) – While many in the scientific community were cheering the recent discovery of a 213-foot lunar lava tube for its potential as a moon base, many in Congress have been quietly advocating to put the discovery to a more practical use. Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – The scenes from the past couple of weeks are familiar.

A president inviting two men to the White House for a beer to diffuse racial tensions. A Toledo mayoral candidate and his heckler sitting down over a brew to air out their differences. In both cases, the libation at hand was a classic guys hanging with guys one, the go-to drink to get together and hash things out over, perfectly natural.

Also perfectly therapeutic, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Microbrewology and conducted at the University of Santa Barbara. Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – Many who have heard Republican presidential candidate John McCain speak up close and personal describe the experience as dreamlike, ethereal, almost out-of-body. Scientists now believe there may very well be a good reason for this.

“To be honest, we don’t know what it is, but we do know it exists,” says Dr. Sy Vitale, a researcher at Colorado’s Vale Physics Institute. “It’s like there’s a null pocket around Senator McCain, an envelope of space in which GPS just doesn’t work. I’ve never seen anything like it.” Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – When Lestat Destiny teleported onto Hillary Island for her daily prayer vigil, she was surprised to see several dozen people milling about. The Second Life virtual headquarters (unofficial) of the Clinton campaign was usually unoccupied, quiet. Yet today it teemed with life.

“I had one of those brief ‘Yay, we can win’ moment, but then I saw they were all clutching Obama banners and flags, and my heart sank,” Lestat types, her waif-like avatar starring off into the tropical distance. “Holding an Obama demonstration on Hillary Island… have they no shame?” Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – Internet search giant Google announced today that it is expanding into yet another red-hot electronic arena: online dating. The company’s Google Dates will begin beta-tests in select markets as early as next week, with a planned full-rollout to take place shortly after Labor Day weekend.

“With millions of desperately lonely people using Google at any given moment, we feel the environment is right to play matchmaker to people of like interests,” says Google spokesman Aaron Zamost. “At Google Dates, our motto will be ‘Search for something special, and someone special may find you’.” Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – Delores Campion remembers when a trip to the local gas station meant a fill-up, a fistful of tabloids and a generous bulky roll stuffed with Fill-Up Fred’s famous tuna salad. These days with the price of gas so high, she’s lucky to drive away with half a tank, a Star and a mere longing for the fishy treat her tongue can no longer afford.

“The price keeps going up and there’s nothing you can do,” Delores said from her Huntsville, Pennsylvania home. “It’s so rural here, you have to drive for everything, and that takes gas. They really kind of got you by the ball joint, if you know what I mean.” Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – Maverick U.S. Senator and 2008 GOP presidential hopeful John McCain is facing criticism for comments he made Wednesday concerning the botched murder/kidnapping incident that broke up NASA’s most notorious astronaut et trois and left one astronautette fighting for her freedom.

“She [Lisa Nowak] attacked the other woman [Colleen Shipman] with a BB gun and some lengths of rubber tubing to get a guy [Bill Oefelein],” McCain said in a speech delivered on the floor of the Senate. “What if she had been attacking a terrorist? The terrorist would have won, that’s what. She’s a pussy, and I think we should purge NASA of all pussies, that’s what I think.” Continue Reading »

(FiniteTimes.com) – Stationed just outside of Baghdad for the past 26 months, Corporal Emmitt Brown hasn’t seen his wife or young daughter since his deployment. Thanks to the Pentagon putting a new use to an old technology, however, he feels they are still very much a part of his daily life.

“See that little brown bar there? The longer it is, the worse her diaper is,” Corporal Brown says as he deftly manipulates the buttons on the small handheld device he holds. The device starts to gurgle and coo. “All set now, but boy, that was a nasty one. I forgot to bring her on patrol with me. Baaaaad daddy.” Continue Reading »