You can’t find them at Lowes…
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(Rajesh Kumar Singh, Associated Press / May 15, 2010) via chicagotribune.net
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Patapsco Jack sent this article along with a question about weaponizing Limburger cheese.
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Indian military to weaponize world’s hottest chili
By WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press Writer
GAUHATI, India – The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chili.
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia,” or “ghost chili,” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.
The […]
Do you believe in miracles?
Monday, November 16th, 2009*
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9 killed, 80 injured when train derails in India(AP) – 2 days ago
JAIPUR, India — A speeding train derailed in western India early Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more han 80.
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Image: (The photo is not of the train involved) via daylife.com
A down-side of being Secretary of State.
Monday, July 20th, 2009U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and India’s Junior Minister for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, share a light moment upon the former’s arrival at the ITC hotel chain’s Green Building in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Sunday, July 19, 2009. Clinton, who is on a three-day visit to India, […]
Yikes! Over a Tata…when everyone knows that the Satyagraha LS is without passenger protection!
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 I realize this is not a laughing matter, but it proves that we Americans may not be as violent as our reputation would have the world believe.
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September 23, 2008
CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers
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Left Front supporters block a national highway in support of the Tata car project
(Parth Sanyal/Reuters)
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Thousands of protesters recently forced Tata […]
“Gee…way to pi$$ off a country that we have painstakingly been making an ally in the fight against terrorism and building up as a bulwark against Chinese hegemony in Asia.”–Patapsco Jack
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Bush Comment on Food Crisis Brings Anger, Ridicule in India
By Rama Lakshmi
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, May 8, 2008; A18
NEW DELHI, May 7 — A brief comment by President Bush about the role of India in the world food crisis has set off a firestorm of criticism in this country.
Speaking to employees at a high-tech firm […]
Let us hope our stupidity and arrogance has not reached critical mass.
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Because Part I of this series was so incredible, I could not believe it was true. Patapsco Creek Jack wrote the other day about a
Washington Post on-line discussion with Dana Priest.
Voila.
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PART THE THIRD
From the Sunday London Times…
January 27, 2008
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Tip-off thwarted nuclear spy ring probe
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Insight: Chris Gourlay, Jonathan Calvert, Joe Lauria in Washington
AN investigation into […]
Forget those crowded truck, train and bus pictures from the sub-continent.
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 The new question is: How many Nanos can an Indian carry?
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FORBES MAGAZINE
The World’s Cheapest Cars
Jacqueline Mitchell 01.11.08, 8:00 PM ET
In the market for a no-frills car under $10,000? Pack your bags. For that price, you’ve got to travel to emerging automotive markets like India and China.
The Tata Nano is the latest entrant into the […]
Jury: Millionaire couple enslaved housekeepers–CNN
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007My memory may be incorrect, but I think this was a plot on either a
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY episode with Danny Thomas or
THE DONNA REED SHOW.
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CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.
Mahender Murlidhar […]
Thank goodness Great Britain and the USA won WWII. Imagine the gruesom experimentation had the Axis won?
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Military scientists tested mustard gas on Indians
In pictures: Porton Down experiments
· Hundreds of soldiers used in experiments
· Illnesses caused by carcinogen not tracked
Rob Evans
Saturday September 1, 2007
Guardian
British military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers and exposed them to mustard gas, documents uncovered by the Guardian have revealed.
The Guardian understands that the British […]