Poll finds many hoping to leave New Jersey behind -- Newsday.com
Topic: Local Information
2:29 pm EDT, Oct 19, 2007
TRENTON, N.J. - While one recent study found more than 231,000 people have left New Jersey since 2002, a poll released Wednesday found many more would like to follow.
The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll found 49 percent of New Jersey adults would like to move out of the state, compared to 44 percent who would prefer to stay and 7 percent who are unsure.
The poll found 51 percent of those who want to leave say they're very likely to make good on that wish, with most of the those who want to leave adults less than 50 years of age and earning between $50,000 and $100,000 per year.
"The poll points to a real possibility that active working adults and higher-earning retirees will leave the state in greater numbers, leaving behind a generally low-income senior population," said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. "This could put added demand on public services, but with a diminished tax base to carry the costs."
NEW JERSEY.... The place for degenerate old people.
Boeing trumpets 'relevant battlefield laser' raygun | The Register
Topic: Technology
9:54 am EDT, Oct 19, 2007
Monster US arms'n'aerospace outfit Boeing is pleased as punch this week to announce that it has "successfully demonstrated" its new Humvee-mounted raygun, the Laser Avenger - intended to prove "that directed energy weapons are relevant to today's battlefield, and ready to be fielded".
As noteworthy kindly reminded me, earlier this year, I memed about Soul Dracula....a must for any sort of halloween activity. The video is also quite priceless. Clearly, people did a lot of drugs in the 70s.
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Lithia mother had cat urine in purse, not meth - Local & State News - Tampa Bay's 10 - tampabays10.com
Topic: Health and Wellness
10:01 am EDT, Oct 17, 2007
Tampa, Florida - A Lithia woman spends almost two months in jail over a vial of cat urine.
Cynthia Hunter was arrested in August accused of stealing at a Brandon Wal-Mart.
The 38-year-old mother was charged with possession of a controlled substance after deputies found a vial in her purse that a field test suggested was meth.
Hunter had said the substance was dehydrated cat urine for her son's science project and that it had been purchased at an animal clinic. She was released Thursday after lab tests found the substance was, in fact, cat urine.
Hunter pleaded guilty to petty theft and a judge gave her time served.
