Afghanistan is becoming less scary by the day as Mexico and Honduras become more violent by the day.
An American student was killed yesterday as the car he was riding in in Ciudad Juarez came under fire.
Eder Diaz was the fifth American killed in Ciudad Juarez in a week's time; all of the victims were from El Paso, TX.
Meanwhile a mass grave was discovered near Acapulco, Mexico that contained 18 bodies that are thought to be victims of Mexico's increased and ongoing drug violence.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Airbus A380 Super Jumbo growing pains
A Qantas Airlines Airbus A380 was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore after losing an engine that shredded its shroud and scattered debris onto an Indonesian island.
The Rolls Royce group is investigating the incident as well as another involving a Rolls engine on a Qantas Boeing 747 bound for Sydney from San Francisco, CA.
The A380 is the largest commercial passenger jet and is capable of carrying from 450 to 840 passengers and is in direct competition with the Boeing 747 even though the Boeing can only carry 524 passengers, max.
Qantas has grounded their fleet of similarly equipped planes until the issue is "resolved".
The Rolls Royce group is investigating the incident as well as another involving a Rolls engine on a Qantas Boeing 747 bound for Sydney from San Francisco, CA.
The A380 is the largest commercial passenger jet and is capable of carrying from 450 to 840 passengers and is in direct competition with the Boeing 747 even though the Boeing can only carry 524 passengers, max.
Qantas has grounded their fleet of similarly equipped planes until the issue is "resolved".
"Killer" Clown breaks reporter's face
A person dressed as a clown tried to scale a float during a Greenwich Village Halloween parade.
During the attempt, the clown grabbed the arm of Arthur Chi'en of WPIX and pulled him off balance and off the float.
Chi'en hit th ground with enough force to fracture his face badly enough to require reconstructive surgery.
The Clown ran off after realizing Chi'en was injured badly and has not yet been caught.
While I am certain this is a "before" picture, one commenter asked if it was and "after".
Cruel! So Cruel!
(Maybe Arthur will ask for some "adjustments" to enhance his career.)
Watch out for those Killer Clowns!
During the attempt, the clown grabbed the arm of Arthur Chi'en of WPIX and pulled him off balance and off the float.
Chi'en hit th ground with enough force to fracture his face badly enough to require reconstructive surgery.
The Clown ran off after realizing Chi'en was injured badly and has not yet been caught.
Cruel! So Cruel!
(Maybe Arthur will ask for some "adjustments" to enhance his career.)
Watch out for those Killer Clowns!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
No more psychic readings for welfare recipients
The Governator announced that Psychics, pot shops, and other businesses deemed "inconsistent" with the intent of welfare.
Cruise ships, bingo halls and tattoo parlors have also been removed from the approved point of sale list where welfare cards can be used.
Of course, as one commenter stated: "So, they can still go to WalMart and buy beer and cigarettes?"
Cruise ships, bingo halls and tattoo parlors have also been removed from the approved point of sale list where welfare cards can be used.
Of course, as one commenter stated: "So, they can still go to WalMart and buy beer and cigarettes?"
I see a Nobel coming out of this
Scientists in the UK (Cambridge) have discovered a previously unknown method used by the body to destroy viruses once they enter cells.
It was thought that the game was over when the virus invaded an individual cell because the body's defenses could not follow, but the new discovery shows that antibodies can piggyback the virus and enter the cell with it.
Once in the cell, the antibody triggers the cell's defenses, which dismember the virus within hours.
Scientists hope to use this knowledge to help boost the body's response to viral infections from the common cold to HIV.
Gee, isn't Cambridge the source of Climategate?
It was thought that the game was over when the virus invaded an individual cell because the body's defenses could not follow, but the new discovery shows that antibodies can piggyback the virus and enter the cell with it.
Once in the cell, the antibody triggers the cell's defenses, which dismember the virus within hours.
Scientists hope to use this knowledge to help boost the body's response to viral infections from the common cold to HIV.
Gee, isn't Cambridge the source of Climategate?
Embassy bombs in Greece
The Russian and Swiss embassies in Athens, Greece received package bombs today and other bombs were intercepted on their way to the German, Chilean and Bulgarian embassies.
Sources in and out of the government suspect that anarchist forces are behind the bombings, perhaps trying to remain in the news and relevant, as well as add recruits by blaming the current economy on capitalism.
Bombs have been more common in Greece following the murder of an anarchist by a policeman in 2008.
The killing emboldened the anarchists, who focused on the police and government.
Sources in and out of the government suspect that anarchist forces are behind the bombings, perhaps trying to remain in the news and relevant, as well as add recruits by blaming the current economy on capitalism.
Bombs have been more common in Greece following the murder of an anarchist by a policeman in 2008.
The killing emboldened the anarchists, who focused on the police and government.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Evil, Greedy, Liberal Corporation
Google slashed its tax liabilities by routing its profits through Ireland and the Netherlands over the last few years.
They avoided more than $3B in taxes by taking advantage of foreign tax havens.
Facebook and Microsoft have also used similar strategies to "do right by their investors".
Corporations and individuals have the absolute right to take advantage of legal methods of tax reduction, but I have two issues with companies like these:
1. If US taxes are too high for their tastes and they feel their shareholders deserve better, why not work to lower US corporate tax rates to make it better for ALL investors that hold stock in US companies and attract foreign corporations to the US?
2. If these particular corporations, which are run by and are the darlings of Liberals, are "not paying their fair share", aren't they just a bunch of hypocrites?
They avoided more than $3B in taxes by taking advantage of foreign tax havens.
Facebook and Microsoft have also used similar strategies to "do right by their investors".
Corporations and individuals have the absolute right to take advantage of legal methods of tax reduction, but I have two issues with companies like these:
1. If US taxes are too high for their tastes and they feel their shareholders deserve better, why not work to lower US corporate tax rates to make it better for ALL investors that hold stock in US companies and attract foreign corporations to the US?
2. If these particular corporations, which are run by and are the darlings of Liberals, are "not paying their fair share", aren't they just a bunch of hypocrites?
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