en-us http://www.gongol.com Research on market solutions to today's problems, along with economics and technology news. It's like Fark for capitalists. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.12 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.11 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.10 The reality is that in America's first-past-the-post electoral system, the stable outcome is going to be two mainstream parties which jockey for position to encompass the largest possible electoral coalitions. If the Green Party really wants to have an influence on American politics, then it needs to ally itself clearly with one of the major parties (most likely the Democrats) and act as a vocal, clearly-demarcated sub-group within the party. As the Green Democrats, for instance, they'd have far more effect than as the stand-alone Greens, who have little prospect of ever obtaining a working majority. American political parties are governing coalitions formed before election day. That's just how it works. The British understand this, with campaigning groups within the major parties, like Conservative Way Forward, which pushes the Thatcherite cause within the Conservative Party. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.9 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.8 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.7 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.6 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:02 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/30/ 1159.5 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:01 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/29/ 1159.4 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:01 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/29/ 1159.3 The White House apparently believes that the Air Force is planning to spend too much money on the F-22, and is threatening to veto bills that include even more money for the jet. But the head of the Air Combat Command says that the planned fleet of 187 F-22s "puts execution of our current national military strategy at high risk in the near- to mid-term" because the number is too small. Meantime, the Air Force and its contractors are working on plans to allow one person to fly multiple UAVs, operating as swarms of aircraft -- possibly as many as 12 at a time. The individual aircraft would fly themselves for the most part, but the group would be controlled by a human operator who could either manage a task for the batch of aircraft as a whole, or individually manage particular UAVs within the group. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:01 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/29/ 1159.2 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:01 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/29/ 1159.1 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:56:03 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/28/ 1158.10 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:56:03 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/28/ 1158.9 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:56:03 CDT http://www.gongol.com/fft/2009/06/28/ 1158.8 http://www.gongol.com http://www.gongol.com/assets/top/invisiblehand/logo120x60.png