The space elevator: going down? - Study shows that proposed carbon nanotube cables won't hold up.

news @ nature.com

"Is it possible to make a cable for a space elevator out of carbon nanotubes? Not anytime soon, if ever, says Nicola Pugno of the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy. Pugno's calculations show that inevitable defects in the nanotubes mean that such a cable simply wouldn't be strong enough."

Junk food banned in school meals in England

BBC NEWS | UK | Education

"School dinners in England will be free from chocolate, crisps, fizzy drinks and 'low-quality' meat from the autumn, the government has announced."

Operation Northwoods: Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba, 3/13/62

Ratville Times:

"Top Secret memorandum describes U.S. plans to covertly engineer various pretexts that would justify a U.S. invasion of Cuba."

Reading the document brings to mind the accusations that some have made regarding a possible 9/11 cover-up. What also came to my mind, though, was why do these guys put this kind of stuff in writing? ... and why do they then allow it to become de-classified? *boggle*
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