From the monthly archives: September 2007
Republican Scandal and the RES Robin Hood:
By: Anthony J. Gerst.
My writings have the tendency to rant, rag, B-slap on Congress quite often. There are still good people on the hill, ladies and gentlemen. Of course almost everyone thinks their own representative is a decent, moral person, trying their best to represent [...]
By Anthony J. Gerst.
I am fortunate to live within ten minutes of what the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Management Program (EMP) describe as the crown jewel of their wetland projects, Lake Odessa and the Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge. Across this great country of [...]
This is one of those horrible stories that you wish was a dream. It’s rather horrifying to say the least but worth the read. Imagine that plastic, even the bottles you recycle, never ever goes away; virtually ever piece of plastic ever created still exists. Sleep on that…
Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as “one of the most important developments in the history of science”.
The parallel universe theory, first proposed in 1950 by the US physicist Hugh Everett, helps explain mysteries of quantum mechanics that have baffled scientists [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranians on Tuesday called the combative introduction of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by the head of Columbia University “shameful” and said the harsh words only added to their image of the United States as a bully.
In a region where the tradition of hospitality outweighs personal opinions about people, many here thought [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Army snipers hunting insurgents in Iraq were under orders to “bait” their targets with suspicious materials, such as detonation cords, and then kill whoever picked up the items, according to the defense attorney for a soldier accused of planting evidence on an Iraqi he killed. Gary Myers, an attorney for Sgt. Evan [...]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kiefer Sutherland, star of the television thriller series “24,” was arrested early on Tuesday in Hollywood for drunken driving after being pulled over for making an illegal U-turn, police said.
A Los Angeles police spokeswoman said police stopped his car shortly after 1 a.m. and he was asked to [...]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – An Australian “prankster” barmaid who served a patron a shot of disinfectant has appeared in court over what her lawyers said was a “misguided” joke.
Melbourne barmaid Emily Craig, 23, served a client a single 30ml shot glass of Pine-O-Cleen disinfectant in March during a 6 a.m. drinking bout at [...]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has discovered 42 glaciers on the roof of the world, the Qinghai-Tibet plateau where ice is shrinking due to global warming, and the group could be the biggest of them all, state media said on Tuesday.
Beijing has become increasingly concerned about global warming as studies show glaciers retreating [...]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The immersion of thousands of statues of Hindu gods containing toxic chemicals into India’s rivers and lakes every year poses a pollution threat as festivals become increasingly commercialized, environmentalists said.
Hindus across India celebrate various religious festivals in September and October, paying homage to deities like Lord [...]
YANGON (Reuters) – The Myanmar junta poured troops and police armed with rifles into central Yangon on Tuesday in an attempt to end the biggest demonstrations against military rule in nearly 20 years.
Hundreds of them surrounded the Sule Pagoda, focus of two days of mass protests led by thousands of maroon-robed monks, and appeared [...]
Order 17, is a sweet little deal Paul Bremer and his chums created in 2004 to save their sorry little asses from Iraqi prosecution. Ironic isn’t it? We liberate a country only to make them defenseless against our own acts of obvious aggression. We give our security firms complete immunity. Which brings [...]
Looking for a new home with a bit more space as well as a 1950s Cold War ambiance?
A US intercontinental ballistic missile base, equipped with a vast underground network of tunnels and rooms but no atomic warheads, is for sale in a remote corner of the United States.
The warheads and missiles [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – Columbia University said it does not plan to call off a speech by Iran’s president despite pressure from critics including the City Council speaker, who said the Ivy League school was providing a forum for “hate-mongering vitriol.”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is traveling to New York to address the United Nations’ [...]
The dessert is a gold leaf Italian cassata flavored with Irish cream, served with a mango and pomegranate compote and a champagne sabayon enlighten. The dessert is decorated with a chocolate carving of a fisherman clinging to a stilt, an age old local fishing practice, and an 80 carat aquamarine stone.
NORTHEASTERN STATION, Russia (Reuters) – When Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died and the Communist propaganda machine organized a mass outpouring of grief, Sergei Zimov hardly noticed.
Back in November 1982, the young scientist was roaming around local shops and warehouses looking for the nails he needed to finish building a scientific research station [...]
