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                                               Ed Hopper Presents Automat*

                             Manager: Citizen Journalist; Head Cook: Richard DePersio;

                                Cook: Dago Red; In-Charge-of-Beverages: Al Hitchcock

Snack:

Dago Red: "What did you think of the Twitters?" Richard D.: "Newt talks about Moon Mining

and dozens on Twitter ridiculed the idea. Knee-jerk/ignorant reaction. I'm confident that

none of them bothered to look into the facts. We immediately went on-line with the facts:

 'Moon Mining' at www.quasarpolitics.blogspot.com CJ, 'Offending with Truth' is our hobby,

is it not?" CJ: "It sure is! And, we got it down to a science. Speaking of Newt, we opted

not to endorse him. It was a tortuous decision. Newt and Rick are more conservative

than Mitt but we must be pragmatic: Mitt is the extra-strength political deodorant that can

best wipe out the B.O. He has the $$$s, the organization and will attract moderates. I just

hope that when he becomes president that he isn't too accommodating. He might need to

compromise. If he takes a conservative or a moderate-conservative position on a particular

issue will he fight and settle for 80% or more of what he wants or will he cave at 60% or so?"

DR: "Do you think that if Republicans retain control of the House and gain control of the

Senate that it will make a difference?" RD: "Republicans will make more cuts than

Democrats but I don't think that they have what it takes to make the necessary cuts to

avoid economic collapse - they'll be too worried about being reelected; politics-as-usual."

DR: "I can't decide: Who is stranger: Rod Serling or Al Hitchcock?" CJ: "Al." RD: "Rod."

Sandwich:

As is our wont, we start off with cosmos and, them, we deal with cosmos (which means

world) and Offending with Truth when circumstances warrant.

       A meteoroid (most are less than 30 feet in diameter) is an object in space. It becomes a

meteor if it enters our atmosphere. Sometimes called a shooting star due to the flash of

light it producers - visible if large enough; flash caused by friction with air. If any portion of it

makes it to the ground, it becomes a meteorite. Related topic of asteroids in articles down-

stairs.

       There are three types of meteorites: 1) iron (80-85% iron, the rest mostly nickel; similiar

to the interior of the earth); 2) stones (mostly made up of silicates and other stoney materials;

3) stoney-iron (are the rarest, composed of about 50% iron and 50% silicates). The largest

meteorites is Hoba West in Namibia weighing 66 tons.

The first unmanned test of  NASA's Orion spacecraft is slated for early 2014. Its second and

 final orbit will take it 3,700 miles from earth. The primary purpose of the mission -besides

getting it to and from space - is testing the heat shield.

Blue-Plate Special:

Back in 1989 when the Berlin Wall was falling, Coke, was being distributed for free, in some

cases, was literally being pushed through holes in the wall by Coke representatives. Free Coke!

 Coca-Cola quickly set up business in East Germany; even giving free coolers to merchants. It

was a money-losing proposition in the short run as East German money was virtually worthless.

It was a shrewd business decision made quicker than any government body could ever hope

to act.

       "naked economics" by Charles Wheelan (Norton): "In a sense, it was Adam Smith's

invisible hand passing Coca-Cola through the Berlin Wall. Coke representatives weren't under-

taking any great humanitarian gesture as they passed beverages to the newly liberated East

Germans. Nor were they making a bold statement about the future of communism. They were

looking after business--expanding their global market, boosting profits, and making share-

holders happy. And that is the punch line of capitalism: the market aligns incentives in such a

way that individuals working for their own best interest--passing out Coca-Cola, spending years

in graduate school, planting a field of soybeans, designing a radio that will work in the shower--

leads to a thriving and ever-improving standard of living for most (though not all) members of

society."

       "...a complex economy involves billions of transactions every day, the vast majority of

which happen without any direct government involvement. And it is not just that things get done;

our lives grow steadily better in the process."

       Its when gov gets involved that the process encounters problems: high corporate taxes and

over-regulation. B.O. talks about his blue-print for our economy - watch out! Communist

countries attempt - and fail - to create blue-prints and micro-manage. Leave people, for the

most part to their own devices, and they will improve their lot in life and in the process make

life better for other by creating jobs, for example, so that they can acquire more of what they

want for themselves. Selfish is good.

Beverages:

Al Hitchcock: "Now a stranger approacheth to tell us what to do with our extra farlings." {run

commercial} This A.D.D. Moment is brought to you by Adderall and Coke - the better pick-me-

upper. After all these years, we finally discover what Desi Arnaz was singing about: babalu

(babalu I-A). The voodoo equivalent (in Cuba) of the Catholic saint Lazarus! (More at rickaddsite:

connect via Facebook Second American Revolution). AH: "Next week, I shall be back again with

another {article} until then, Goodnight."

Desert:

Americans enjoy the best healthcare in the world. Why? The rich acting in their own self-interest

are willing to pay for it. In so doing, we all benefit. Libs don't get it: the Invisible Hand. Libs

bemoan the fact that the rich get better healthcare than the poor. They should! But, the fact is:

the American poor get much better care than the poor in any other country! The rich benefit and

in the process everyone else. And, B.O. wants socialized medicine!!!

CJ: "The last article was OK." RD: "This one is much better. They all can't be gems." CJ: "Modesty

aside, most are."

Ed makes an appearance at comsat-ak with "Excursion into Philosophy."