Sometimes, it feels like The Terminator movies are getting closer to reality every day. DARPA and Boston Dynamics Cheetah-Bot:

The CHEETAH robot will have four legs, a flexible spine, an articulated head/neck, and possibly a tail. It will run fast: faster than any existing legged robot and faster than the fastest human runners. In addition to top speed, the CHEETAH robot will be designed to make tight turns so it can zigzag to chase or evade, and it will accelerate rapidly, starting and stopping on a dime. Like ATLAS, it will leverage the advanced control software and high-tech mechanical and electrical systems that Boston Dynamics created for previous robots, such as BigDog, PETMAN and others.

Cue the T2 theme music….

Regular readers of MCT probably have noticed blogging has been very light as of late. I’ve been super busy the last few weeks. However, this is no excuse for not saying thanks to Jamie Jeffords @ The Eye of Polyphemus (A.K.A. “The Eye” at MotorCityTimes) for placing MCT in his weekly BlogRoll spotlight.

Speaking of The Eye: A More Perfect Dis-Union

Political Realities: The Realities Of Ethanol

Shape-Shifting John McCain: 2010′s Most “Conservative” Senator. To quote Obama “Winning The Future?”

Tom Nelson: Alaska’s coordinator for endangered species: “Polar bears are at an all-time high of abundance level”

FCBZ: More Snow, Rain, Floods to Hammer Midwest, Northeast US, Canada, UK — Records Will Be Broken This Weekend (video)

Vote early and often: CH2.0′s Useful Idiot of February poll.

It takes a village of useful idiots to fundamentally transform America

The Daley Gator has a great video round-up of union thugs doing what union thugs do.

Here’s a news item I’ll bet the CWA union leaders didn’t want to see in print. They’re offering to pay union members to attend today’s Trenton rally in support of the Wisconsin public workers.

Via The Blaze:

As we’ve reported, former White House green jobs czar Van Jones this week issued a rallying call for the progressive movement to “renew itself and become again a national force with which to be reckoned.” On Saturday, progressive groups and labor unions are reportedly planning to hold marches of solidarity in all 50 states.

Here in Washington, D.C., leftist activists at MoveOn.org are co-hosting a rally Saturday with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). But behind the scenes, The Blaze has exclusively learned the rally has actually been organized by the International Socialist Organization.

How fitting.

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An Open Letter To Our Unionized Public Servants

Closing out the Terminator / Scary Robot theme, SyFy Channel is going to re-run Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles this spring.

The beauty of this show was that it was the one true production that felt like a natural progression from Terminator and T:2 Judgement Day, you know the good ones. Showrunner Josh Friedman was loved by fans for his gritty take, who understood the need for a dark, morose tone, and nurtured the characters James Cameron created in brave and logical directions. Others were frustrated at the slow pace of the show and lack of action, but to those people, I simply say, “Were you happy with T3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator: Salvation?” I swear, there’s just no love for good, long form dramas with action tastefully worked in–at least on network television.

Here is a preview clip from from the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premier: