'Paycheck protection' bill filibustered in Missouri Senate, passes anyway

(Hat tip: KimR) - The debate started with a bleep, when Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, questioned Republican Sen. Dan Brown of Rolla, the bill's Senate carrier. --"Senator, you know, out of all due respect, this is some bull (expletive)," Nasheed said. Brown disagreed, and Nasheed was chastised for not maintaining decorum. Read more at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Read More......

Press Corp: High school students build zero-emission 300 mpg electric car

PRESS CORP, 3/4/2011 - A new electric car that can get more than 300 miles per gallon. You read right – three, zero, zero miles per gallon. But this car wasn’t created by any of the major car manufacturers in Japan, Detroit or Germany. It’s the brainchild of students from DeLaSalle Education Center, a high school in Kansas City, Mo. for students who need an alternative to the traditional system. Read more at Press Corp...

These kids give me hope. --bc Read More......