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Helion Energy, a startup developing engines powered by nuclear fusion, is certain to pique the interest of sci-fi fans. But the more important question for Helion President Philip Wallace is whether the same can be said of venture capitalists. That’s because the Seattle-based company is on the hunt for $20 million in financing to build a full-scale model of its fusion engine. That engine, which the company currently has a prototype of at one-third scale, works by forming hot, ionized hydrogen gas. The gas is then electromagnetically accelerated to greater than 1 million mph and collided in a burn chamber...

AMERICA'S CHOICE? Which billionaire war criminal should be your ruler? JOHN KERRY: A DIFFERENT NAME, BUT MORE OF THE SAME A vote for John Kerry is NOT a vote against George W. Bush! On all major issues, Kerry’s position has been the same as Bush’s – milder and smarter, perhaps, but basically identical. A vote for Kerry is a vote for all the agendas that make Bush worth ousting in the first place. It tells Kerry you endorse him and his policies – and if you don’t, then don’t be surprised when the man you make President stabs you in...

Asking for Freeper help to look up some references for a friend of mine who's pissed at Bush. This friend leans Democrat at the moment but does not seem to have Bush Derangement Syndrome, so he's open to reasoned, researched argument. My friend's gripe in a nutshell: "I trusted Bush to take us to war because he claimed that secret evidence existed that proved the presence of WMDs, that he couldn't reveal to us because it would compromise our spies in the Hussein government. Now that the war is done and Hussein is in custody, what was that secret evidence?...

From Yahoo: More than 300 women use their naked bodies to spell out 'No War' on a sports field in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, March 2, 2003. The second nude protest in as many weekends is in opposition to the growing tensions against Iraq. (AP Photo/Icon Images) The Blogsphere's Response: (comments and annotations by Charles at Little Green Footballs.) Yesterday's photo of the bare nekkid Aussies has provoked a photoshop pheeding phrenzy among our readers.From Allen Forkum (whose ladies look a bit sunburned): From James Croak: From Model4: And from Ernie G:

Let's start turning back this absurd tide of anti-war, pro-Saddam sentiment! The President needs our support, and the media need to understand the fact that he's getting it!

Capitalist. Say the word and what image comes to most minds: a grey-haired, sour-faced man in an expensive Italian business suit? Pu-leeze!!!! I've seen today's Capitalists. They are younger than ever. They are ambitious and hardworking. They wear mini skirts, track pants and Silver Tab jeans. This gross misperception needs to change. When you are 6 years old and run your own Kool Aid stand, you are called "smart, resourceful, and ambitious". When you are 36 years old and run your own successful business, you are called "greedy, opportunistic, and rich (as if rich is a bad thing?!). Why is...