And I think if you look at what I think is likely to happen next year, you already have Republicans -- some Republicans who are more aligned with the very conservative element of what's happening in New York saying this is a model for what you'll see throughout the country.
Still, the search for better batteries is an endless one, and Dr Pyykko's discovery might prompt some new thinking about what is possible in this and other areas of heavy-element chemistry.
The most surprising element in the announcement this week of a law suit against former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Slate Magazine is that it did not happen long ago.
This may explain the element of surprise so rampant when Hurricane Katrina broke through the levees in New Orleans in 2005, flooding the city and causing a terrible loss of life and property.
Another element of the usual story is that the dollar will be trashed because of all thisnew non-existent money that is not being spent but will cause inflation.
The first element of this plan advanced on Thursday, when European Union ambassadors agreed on details of the new single supervisor to come into being next year.
The emergence of hit prediction programs such as this -- New York-based Platinum Blue Music Intelligence provides a similar service -- raises concerns that the creative element of writing music would be eroded by breaking it down into mathematical algorithms.