Aviation: Aging Air Force, Father and Son fly same plane

The Wall Street Journal recently wrote an excellent story about a father and son flying the exact same aircraft in the Air Force some 30 years apart.  Remember this the next time people balk at the budget for military spending.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904103404576561053811426640.html

Monsanto buys Beelogics

Monsanto the most probable suspect in CCD honey bee disappearances recently bought Beelogics a firm trying to determine the cause.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-schiffman/the-fox-monsanto-buys-the_b_1470878.html

Folks I am normally in favor of entrepreneurship and business success but this is just diabolical!  I am not normally in favor of government intervention in business but this is one time when it really is needed.

Write your local, state, and national leaders:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Ask them to put an end to systemic pesticide.  Every country that has done this  so far i.e. France and Italy have seen a great reduction in Colony Collapse Disorder.

New Study Proves 4-wheel Drive Actually Lowers I.Q.

Don't be like this:

http://www.bitoffun.com/video_vault/boat-launch-fun.htm