The U.S. military will use about a dozen programs to create Sim Afghanistans and Sim Iraqis where they can test their war plans. 

Too bad George W. didn’t think to play war with fake, virtual people…

President Obama picked Julius Genachowski as the top telecommunications regulator. Genachowski has worked in both political jobs and as an Internet executive.

This is not an unexpected hiring as, Genny (as I’ll now call him, because his name is too damn long) participated in the Obama’s internet efforts during the campaign and previously worked as chief counsel to Democratic FCC Chairman Reed Hundt.

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My niece, Ripley, working on the new stimulus plan. Obama should expect notes by end of week.

Carry the 1, divide by 400 billion... the quotient of perpendicular formalities is equivalent to the sum of all its parts...

Wired.com pointed out all the good things science will be getting from President Obama’s stimulus plan.

- A $2.7 billion increase in the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget. 

- The National Science Foundation, which builds the big, cool tools for American science, will get an 8.5 percent bump to its budget.

- NASA will only get to tack $700 million onto its $18 billion budget from last year but they picked up an extra billion dollars in stimulus cash, too.

- The Department of Energy raked in $39 billion from the stimulus package. 

Let’s hope this stimulus plan works.. If not, Costa Rica anyone? We could all live on a farm together and sell drugs coffee and fruits.

President Obama warned all the nation’s mayors today that he will “call them out’ if they waste or abuse money from the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. They’re calling it a “name-and-shame policy”- you do something wrong or stupid- I’ll put your name on the massive chalkboard for the whole world to see.

He went on to warn the mayors that “the American people are watching,” and that the people of this country have worked hard to earn the money so make sure it’s “spent in its intended purposes without waste, without inefficiency, without fraud”.

Obama has promised the stimulus package will result in 3.5 million jobs saved or created and also promised the public would see where the money goes- so hopefully no more shady people redecorating their offices or golden parachutes.

Obama said if this plan doesn’t work, “dump me”. 

We all hope and need it to work.