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Saturn's Rings Might Be Older, Bigger

Saturn's rings may be much older and more massive than previously thought, according to a new study.

The study's computer simulation showed how the planet's rings could date back billions of years ago to the early ages of the solar system, rather than only 100 million years ago (during Earth's Age of Dinosaurs), as previous observations suggested.

Well, I can once again sleep at night. I have been wondering about this all my life.

This seems like one of those silly spending tax money in grants useless information highways.


Speaking of spending tax money:

I am tired of foreign aid when we need homeland aid.

I'm also tired of every time there is a disaster in another country our planes and ships are sent full steam ahead to get supplies to them.

In addition, we also can't transfer money into their bank accounts.

We just had a disaster called "Ike," but I have not seen pictures or news accounts about any foreign planes or ships off loading supplies in Texas.

Funny how taxes work. I have a small business that pays taxes for income, then I am taxed again when I pay myself with that income. Double tax!!

Then that money is given away to others by our government.


Now that I am penniless, they come out with new pennies.

New Pennies Will Honor Honest Abe

NEW YORK - For the first time in 50 years, the penny is getting redesigned, with four versions coming next year to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the U.S. Mint announced Monday.

While the coin will continue to depict Lincoln's likeness on the front, the reverse side will bear one of four new designs, the Mint said.

The designs show milestones in the life of the 16th president: the Kentucky log cabin of his birth, his youth working as an Indiana rail splitter, his service at the State Capitol in Illinois, and his effort to preserve the union during the Civil War as depicted by a half-finished image of the U.S. Capitol dome.