Friday, July 16, 2010

Oil spill finally stopped?


So BP finally stopped the flow of oil, but who knows if it will last? Even if the cap does stay, it took waaaaay too long to get here. They had better not do any more deep water drilling until they know how to plug such a leak in the future. I fear however that Obama will eventually bow to political pressure and lift the moratorium even if nothing substantial changes in safety technology.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Times Square bomber caught


Got this one in an email this morning.
BULLETIN – POLITICO's Josh Gerstein: 'A Pakistani-born American wanted in connection with the alleged car bombing attempt in Times Square over the weekend was arrested at 11:45 p.m. at John F. Kennedy airport in New York City, Attorney General Eric Holder said in an unusual in-person statement at the Justice Department at 1:30 a.m. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was attempting to board a flight for Dubai, Holder said. The suspect allegedly purchased the Nissan Pathfinder used for the attempted bombing from a private owner via Craigslist. 'Over the course of the day today, we have gathered additional significant evidence which led to tonight's arrest,' Holder said in his comment delivered at the Justice Department at 1:30 A.M. 'This investigation is ongoing as are our attempts to gather useful intelligence and we continue to pursue number of leads but it's clear that the intent behind this terrorist attack was to kill Americans.'

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Oil Spill



Here is an interactive map that shows the seriousness of the disaster.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html?ref=weekinreview

greece crisis

The greeks are really pissed that there economy has failed and they have to be bailed out by the EU specifically the Germans. Basically the idea is to trim the fat out of their economy and then prop them up with money from the IMF. The Greeks are angry at everyone involved. They are even biting the hand that feed them.

Vitriol is also being heaped on Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, by Giorgos Trangas, a popular radio talk show host.

“She looks like an apple strudel that’s been squashed by a Wehrmacht lorry,” he said on his programme. from a times article

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Sarah Palin

Ted Nugent writes: 'If Sarah Palin played a loud, grinding instrument, she would be in my band.'
Taken from Mike Allen's Politico Playbook

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

governmental collapse


Full Article:http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/201047164717764440.html
Looks like we have a coup this week. The Kyrgyzstan government collapsed today.

"When it comes to real frustration, it's the economic problems that really motivate people. The key turning point may have been the imposition of new utility bill tariffs," he said.

"People's energy bills doubled overnight in January and that caused serious consternation among a significant part of the population who are largely poor by international standards.


apparently they got really pissed over their utiility bills.

Also there was a little bit of corruption. The president appointed his sisters and his cousins and his aunts to key positions.

Monday, April 5, 2010

That's not good...


Full article:http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/04/20104514598966998.html

I caught this one in the my inbox when i woke up this morning. This shows that the pakistani taliban is growing increasingly bold. \

"Zafar Jaspal, a security analyst in Islamabad, told Al Jazeera that while the government has routed the Taliban from their bases in places like South Waziristan, they are spreading into settled areas.

"The American consulate is one of the most well guarded places in Peshawar," he said.

"It [the attack] was well planned and they very confidently hit their target.""

This attack shows that the Taliban are behaving like wildlife driven from a deforested area. When they are driven from their habitat, they end up causing trouble in the city. We can expect more attacks from these people. They run on anger and violence and they will attack whatever they believe to be their enemy. However, with this attack they also killed several native Pakistanis. So we shall see how long it takes for them to be exterminated from the city.


On a lighter note, check this out.

http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/index.cfm