This is a short video (with sound) of Astronaut Gene Cernan executing a makeshift repair of a moon buggy with good old American duct tape.
I am of the opinion that *anytime* you find an article from NASA with "Duct Tape" in the title, it will definitely be worth the time to read. Check it out.
According to this piece at ABC News, a student group at Virginia Tech is making the point that concealed carry permits could have prevented the tragedy last year at their school.
Commenting on the tragedy, one engineering grad student is quoted as saying "The reality is that it was probably the one thing that could have turned the tables. Many people tried to attack Cho while during this, and stop him. People closed doors, threw things at him ... so realistically speaking, there needed to be a stronger weapon of some kind for someone to have been able to stop him in the situation."
This is not some isolated "nutjob" or some singular "clingy" hayseed. No, these are the sentiments of the many members of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. Less than a year old, SCCC already boasts over 25,000 members (approximately 90% college students and 10% faculty, parents, and concerned citizens) and they state that today 1 out of every 755 college students in the USA is now a member. The wikipedia info differs slightly but the info I'm citing is from the 4/7/08 post on the SCCC website.
I love their t-shirts.
And these are not a bunch of punks trying to see how crass they can be either. This announcement is posted on the SCCC website :
Right now I'm sitting on a big fat full tank of gas because the Aziz Quick Stop on Jackson & Nolana is selling gasoline for $2.97 !!!
I CANNOT believe that I am happy to be paying $2.97 for a gallon of gas. Of course, I was listening to Lars Larson this afternoon (he's broadcasting from Israel this week) and he said that in Israel gasoline is over EIGHT dollars a gallon right now. Their per capita income is less than the per capita income of the U.S. and they still have traffic jams.
