Archive for the 'USA' Category
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
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Erstwhile mule-skinner Rusty Ketchum leads the
Afternoon Congressional out of Washington, D.C.’s Union Station
and accelerates the train to 180 m.p.h. on the first long
straight section of roadbed. The electric-diesel livestock are imports from the 4-H Club of Wister, Oklahoma and require almost daily
maintenance by a hand-picked crew of six technicians.
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The actual story is here.
Images: (train) […]
Posted in Nature, USA, Technology, Trains |
Monday, April 26th, 2010
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TODAY - April 26, 2010
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Photo via Yahoo.com
Workers in these careers face erratic hours and
even life-or-death situations.
Five (SIX) worst-ranked professions
America’s Most Stressful Jobs 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
provided by
CNBC
With unemployment high, many people with jobs are grateful to get their weekly paychecks, but that feeling alone doesn’t take the stress out of the daily grind.
To get a […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Business, Television, Movies, USA, Transportation, Labor, Medicine, Firefighters, Police, Psychology |
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
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The story is here.
Special thanks go to Vincenzo Kolchak and Patapsco Jack.
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Image: (Jihad Jane) tolerance.ca via huffingtonpost.com; (King Farouk) Time Magazine cover via thisdayinbadhistory.com; (Terminator 2) via neoseeker.com
Posted in News Media, Terrorism, USA, Holier Than Thouists--Muslim Arm, Cartoons, Sweden |
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
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Images: (top) via forgottenoh.com; (bottom) Coen Bros. from film Barton Fink via mantisfists.wordpress.com
Posted in USA, Holidays |
Saturday, January 24th, 2009
At first blush, this shape-shifting view of criminal justice
may appear to be lunacy,
but take a gander at these two US stories of shape-shifting within the species.
Defense Waiting to Decide on Plea Bargain for Boy, 8–New York Times
Christopher Pittman, 15, who was 12 at the time of the November 2001 slayings of Joe Frank […]
Posted in Law, USA, Crime, Nigeria |
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
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Please find entire story in The New York Times.
Image: (Robert Blake as Baretta) via michaelmanning.tv (Governor Blago) via huffingtonpost.com;
Posted in Graft, Television, USA, Illinois, Politics, Sleaze |
Friday, November 7th, 2008
• Survey: Most Americans plan to cut back on holiday shopping
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Image: (Santa) costumezone.com; (George Segal’s Depression Breal Line) farm4.static.flickr.com; (W)idesign.wordpress.com
Posted in Business, USA, Retail |
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
From Times Online
November 5, 2008
World press reaction to Barack Obama’s victory
Paris, several international newspapers’ frontpages, the day after the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential election
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Headlines proclaiming Obama’s victory at an international newsstand in Paris
Kaya Burgess and Jenny Booth (Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images)
France
An editorial in the national daily Le Monde proclaims “Obama’s victory ushers […]
Posted in Newspapers, USA, World, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama |
Friday, October 24th, 2008
The New York Times
October 24, 2008
Editorial
Barack Obama for President
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government […]
Posted in Bush, John S. McCain III, Newspapers, USA, New York Times, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama |
Monday, October 20th, 2008
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…this is how we attained our present status.
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(Image) via idesign.wordpress.com
Posted in Bush, USA |
