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Rolls-Royce electrifies Phantom sedan, tests the waters of luxury (video)

If you have the money to consider owning a Rolls, we doubt you’re worried about gasoline, but that hasn’t stopped the manufacturer from finally electrifying its Spirit of Ecstasy. Two years after teasing a fully-electric Phantom , Rolls-Royce has built the car for real, a one-off prototype it’s dubbed the 102EX, or Phantom Experimental Electric. You won’t be able to buy one, though, no matter your estate, as rather than produce the vehicle Rolls is taking it on a world tour to gauge the reaction of the luxury automobile community. First stop: the Geneva Motor Show on March 1st, where the company will reveal the vehicle’s full technical specs. While you wait, you’re welcome to peruse the entirely unhelpful video teaser and modestly useful press release after the break. Continue reading Rolls-Royce electrifies Phantom sedan, tests the waters of luxury (video) Rolls-Royce electrifies Phantom sedan, tests the waters of luxury (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Middleton High school student Jacob Fiskel joins in the protests and explains to Greta van Susteren why it’s important that teachers and public workers do what they have to, even if they stay at home if they don’t want to lose their right to collective bargaining because of Gov. Walker’s outrageous proposal to try and destroy unions . He’s gone as far as reading the National Guard against them . I found it interesting that when Greta asked Jacob what the state should do to fix the budget problem, Jacob called out the rich. Now that’s shared sacrifice. Greta: In terms of your state, do you have some suggestions on how to deal with your budget crisis? Fiskel; Yes I do. I think we should really consider raising taxes on the rich . I know the argument is that it’s going to hurt small businesses, but with this plan you’re taking spending money away from teachers and public workers and small businesses are going to lose millions of dollars. But if we can raises taxes on the rich we can afford it and we can start to pay for our budget problems. Earlier Gov. Walker has already cut a hundred million dollars of corporate taxes and that’s one of the reasons why we’re in this mess. Greta: What do you think is going to happen with those Senators in Illinois? DO you think they should stay in Il. or come back to Madison to vote on this? Fiskel: I think they should do whatever is necessary for them to be able to talk with Gov. Walker and the Republicans to make sure that our demands are met and to make sure that the public workers of Wisconsin get the respect that they deserve? Greta was not aggressive with Jacob and let him speak his mind. He even said that the actions Walker is taking would affect the quality of teachers and education on the whole state. Doesn’t Jacob make much more sense than let’s say, Rep. Paul Ryan? We didn’t hear FOX or the traditional media complain about the August Town Hall Tea Party protests when the debate in the country was how we could fix the astronomical rising costs of health care, but they refused to participate except to disrupt any attempt made to help this country. Now, public workers aren’t walking away from a negotiation per se, but are fighting for the right to be able to collectively bargain and negotiate. Scott Walker’s maddness is rooted in the decades old hatred of unions by Barry Goldwater and his followers so it’s ideology over the American workers. Good for you Jacob. You win a note book full of gold stars. American workers have found a voice

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They just couldn’t resist: Two construction workers in Florence, Alabama, stole 48 pounds of marijuana from a police evidence room they were working on, authorities say. The men were hired to install a vent in the room (so drug fumes could escape) and allegedly stuffed the confiscated pot into their…

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Tandem Drafting and New Rules Dominate Daytona

The Super Bowl of racing, the Daytona 500, is set for Sunday on a fast track that features a newly repaved surface. The race kicks off the 2011 NASCAR season. The AP’s Robert Ray reports. (Feb 19)

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Wisconsin Doctors Hand Out Fake Excuses to Protesters

Want to see something that will make you really sick? Check out the slime of the Wisconsin medical community as they engage in fraud by writing up “doctor’s notes” for malingering teachers. Now, as I recall my own school days, showing up after being absent with a faked note from my Mom usually resulted in a suspension from school, and a less than pleasant one-on-one interview with my father on the… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : AMERICAN DIGEST Discovery Date : 19/02/2011 22:22 Number of articles : 6

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Wisconsin Doctors Hand Out Fake Excuses to Protesters

Want to see something that will make you really sick? Check out the slime of the Wisconsin medical community as they engage in fraud by writing up “doctor’s notes” for malingering teachers. Now, as I recall my own school days, showing up after being absent with a faked note from my Mom usually resulted in a suspension from school, and a less than pleasant one-on-one interview with my father on the… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : AMERICAN DIGEST Discovery Date : 19/02/2011 22:22 Number of articles : 6

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Anti-abortion groups—and at least one Catholic hospital—are embracing a procedure being called an “unbortion,” and The Week offers a primer. It involves stopping a second-semester abortion after it has begun, possible because the procedure takes more than one visit to complete. In the first step, doctors insert a…

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Doctors Helping Teachers Lie about Being ‘Sick’

MediaTrackers is on the scene for today’s protests in Madison. They captured this doctor on video signing ’sick’ forms for union members skipping work. As you know, hundreds of schools across the state have been forced closed because teachers have called in ’sick.’ Yet another good lesson to be teaching the next generation. Stay tuned Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Big Government Discovery Date : 19/02/2011 21:41 Number of articles : 4

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A female author escalates the girls-rule-boys-drool argument into the stratosphere with a damning essay about twenty-something males in today’s Wall Street Journal . While women in their 20s are turning into responsible adults, guys are hung up in a state of “puerile shallowness,” writes Kay S. Hymowitz in an essay adapted…

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