hellothere
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:16 AM
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Is Popular Mechanics in Chimpy's pocket? |
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Sorry if this has been brought up before (I can't search), but what is all this crap: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/2315076.html?page=1&c=y
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DainBramaged
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:24 AM
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1. Snakes on a Plane? 11 pages? Wow, aren't they thorough |
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Did I miss something? Last page:
For nearly 300 years the interests of landowners, farmers, fishermen, oil companies, businessmen and politicians have all conspired against the natural will of the third largest drainage basin in the world.
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Canuckistanian
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:27 AM
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2. Popular Science AND Popular Mechanics |
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Both of them have been co-opted by the right. They both used to be good publications but I'm astounded at the flag-waving tone of so many of their issues.
For a while there, Popular Science should have been renamed "Popular War Weapons".
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madokie
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:35 AM
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4. Yes i've been reading both all my life and i can't believe the slant |
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they have taken of the last few years. I think they are both hearst publications now
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wtmusic
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:31 AM
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3. I didn't realize being a mechanic qualified one for political punditry |
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everybody wants in on the act.
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MindPilot
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Thu Mar-09-06 10:55 AM
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5. Yep, same thing happened to Car & Driver |
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I have read and subscribed to all of those at one time or another, but in past few years, they all took a hard turn to the right. Car & Driver should change its name to "BMW Aficionado".
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DainBramaged
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Thu Mar-09-06 11:18 AM
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6. C&D should be renamed "burn it up fast as possible" |
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When it comes to responsibility, C&D blames us and not the car companies (even though BMW has some of the worst MPG figures in the industry).
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MindPilot
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Thu Mar-09-06 12:09 PM
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7. I canceled my C&D subscription after an editorial whining |
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about how fuel economy regulations are a bad idea because auto makers *might* use new technologies for efficiency instead of performance.
I fall into that naive group who believes you can have both, but then I'm just an ignorant liberal.
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OmmmSweetOmmm
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Thu Mar-09-06 12:16 PM
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8. Chertoff's cousin Ben worked for Popular Mehcanics to "debunk" |
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Edited on Thu Mar-09-06 12:16 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm
9/11 theories.
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