Introducing Ionatron Inc., the Tucson, Arizona laser weapon firm.

Company execs say they're working on a real-life ray gun which uses femtosecond lasers – light pulses that last less than a ten-trillionth of a second – to carve conductive channels of ionized oxygen in the air. Through these channels, Ionatron's blaster supposedly sends man-made lighting bolts, frying anyone unfortunate enough to step into their path, up to 800 meters away.

The feds have given the company $12 million to chase these ray gun dreams. But good luck finding anyone in the Defense or Energy departments who will publicly endorse Ionatron's ray gun work. Or even say they're passingly familiar with it.

read the full nauseating story at defensetech.org

Pay those phone bills !!!

Tennessee, USA : - State Deputy Finance Commissioner Jerry Adams spent 13 hours locked in a broken elevator at the State Capitol. He couldn't use the emergency phone to summon help because the phone bill wasn't paid. Therefore, it was out of service.

Adams oversees the state's 25 billion dollar budget. He was working alone one weekend when the elevator malfunctioned and became stuck between floors.
According to Lola Potter of the Finance Department, the phone bill was sent to the Department of Human Services. The bill went unpaid, which resulted in service interruption. Adams eventually was rescued when the cleaning crew arrived in the morning.