[SOC] discovery

[Bob Krueger]

Don't recall if this has been covered in the past but here it is:

Submitted by Bob  WB9UKQ

A major research institution has announced the discovery of the heaviest 
element yet known to science - "governmentium."  It has 1 neutron, 12 
assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons and 111 assistant deputy neutrons for 
an atomic mass of 312.  These 312 particles are held together by forces 
called morons that are further surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like 
sub particles called peons.

Governmentium has no electrons and is therefore inert.  It can be detected 
however since it impedes every reaction it comes into contact with.  A tiny 
amount of governmentium can take a reaction that normally occurs in seconds 
and slow it to the point where it takes days.

Governmentium has a normal half life of three years.  It doesn't decay but 
"re-organizes", a process where assistant deputy neutrons and deputy 
neutrons change places. This process actually causes it to grow and in the 
confusion some morons become neutrons, thereby forming isodopes.  This 
phenomenon of "moron promotion" has led to some speculation that 
governmentium forms whenever sufficient morons meet in concentration forming 
critical morass.  Researchers believe that in Governmentium, the more you 
re-organize, the morass you cover.