Superstorm Nuri, the powerful remains of a typhoon that surpass the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy, is bearing down on Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and could bring unseasonably frigid temperatures to much of the U.S. next week.
The Associated Press reported the National Weather Service as saying what remains of Typhoon Nuri is moving off the Japanese coast and is mixing with cold air and the jet stream, which will give it the power to produce hurricane-force winds and waves 50 feet high. It could arrive late Friday or Saturday before weakening in the Bering Sea.
The storm potentially could be one of the most intensive to ever hit the North Pacific, weather service forecaster Brian Hurley said. The Coast Guard and Alaska state emergency responders were keeping a close eye on its strength.
The system is expected to push cold air into much of the lower 48 states next week, forecaster Bob Oravec said. By the weekend, high temperatures in Minneapolis will only reach the upper 20s, and mid-30s are expected in Chicago — more than 15 degrees below normal.
Snow also is coming to areas including the northern Rockies and northern Plains.
"It looks like winter's starting early," Oravec said.
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We have a large job on the west coast of Alaska west of Bethel. Current winds 16 kt gusting to 34. However, the storm is heading toward the Aleutians (Adak and Dutch Harbor) but the brunt of winds have not hit yet. Here is a link to 24 to 36 hour graphical forecasts.
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The isobars of the low look like an open pit mine topo contours.
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Looks like a hell of a mess headed your way Alaska Paul...stay safe.
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Heard a part of a radio interview with Captain Sig from 'The Deadliest Catch' show; he was making all possible speed to get into Dutch Harbor as this thing was more then he and the other Bering Sea fishermen wanted to mess with.
Washington state voters staggered to the polls last Tuesday in a marijuana induced fog and voted most of their gun rights away. You can thank rich leftists for pouring money into the campaign.
Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars has said that the governor's race in Connecticut will determine whether the chief executives in that state decides to go after those who have defied the registration scheme established. Well, gun rights have lost, and sometime, perhaps as early as this spring, Connecticut governor Mike Malloy will begin armed raids on gun owners who failed to register their firearms.
I don't expect much from gun owners, as risk adverse as gun owners are.
In reference to the coming armed raids against citizens with private property the left wants: practice makes perfect.
Housekeeping: According to the Pennsylvania press, about Eric Frein, whose mug appeared with a large gash over his nose after capture: the cops say that's how they found him. I know I believe that.
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol and rifle ammunition were mostly steady.
Prices for used rifles were lower across the board while prices for used pistols were mixed.
As an aside, prices for used pistols of all classes in all markets appear to be poised to jump by about between 50 and 100 percent. Dunno why, but that is the current trend. I'd credit the recent election, except that was a swing to the right. We will see over the next month how that holds.
Pistol Ammo
.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, steel cased, .30 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Tulammo, steel cased, .29 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: SOWW Armory, Summit, FMJ, Reloads, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Top Shot Ammunition, TS Sales, LLC, reloaded, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (10 Weeks))
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Bang It Ammo, Wolf WPA, Steel Cased, FMJ, .19 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: High Country Ammunition, Store Brand, FMJ, .19 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (9 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Independence, JSP, .39 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 Rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Magnum Michigan, Reloads, FMJ .38 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Selway Armory, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Tulammo, steel cased, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))
.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Silver Bear, steel cased, .41 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Silver Bear, steel cased, .45 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (21 Weeks)(!))
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Wolf WPA, steel case, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Brown Bear (Barnaul), steel case, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: +.02 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds (Limit 4 Boxes): Natchez Shooters Supply, CCI, RNL, .08 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Munire USA, Armscor, .09 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
Guns for Private Sale
Rifles
.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $543 Last Week Avg: $550 (-) ($600 (4 Weeks), $543)
California (218, 212): Palmetto State Armory (M4 Pattern): $600 (4 Weeks) ($600, $600)
Texas (309, 311): Smith & Wesson M&P 15: $450 ($600 (3 Weeks), $450)
Pennsylvania (153, 157): DPMS: $550 (Same Gun( 2 Weeks)) ($600 (4 Weeks), $550)
Virginia (223, 217): Roggio Arsenal AR-15: $615 ($615, $550 (3 Weeks))
Florida (403, 386): Bushmaster XM15-E2S: $500 ($500 (3 Weeks), $450 (2 Weeks))
That's a nasty little law. Not only can you not let anyone else, including spouse, have the weapon, but to take the weapon in to get serviced requires a background check. Leaving a weapon in your vehicle and somebody being in your vehicle without you is a violation.
What happens if I'm driving to work and get killed in an accident, is suddenly everyone at home in violation of some very serious charges?
[An Nahar] The leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... 's defeated M23 rebels has warned of the possibility of renewed conflict, signaling mounting frustrations among the group's confined-to-camp fighters.
The rebels' 18-month war, during in which they briefly seized the key town of Goma, capital of mineral rich North Kivu province, was brought to an end a year ago by government troops and U.N. peacekeepers, with fighters fleeing into neighboring Uganda and Rwanda.
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[An Nahar] A top Congolese military court on Friday sentenced an former rebel leader turned army general to 10 years in jail for war crimes.
The court ruled that general Jerome Kakwavu was guilty of committing serious violations including the repeated rapes of two females, two murders and acts of torture on two other people.
He had also failed to take "necessary measures" to prevent and stop "war crimes by murder ... committed by men under his command."
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[Dhaka Tribune] A 15-year-old hearing-impaired girl was allegedly gang raped by three Union Gay Pareehad members in Tangail in the Dashakia Union Gay Pareehad (UP) office premises on October 25.
The victim's mother lodged a case with Kalihati cop shoppe on Thursday night accusing three UP members of gang raping the girl who is from the Dashakia Union in Tangail's Kalihati upazila.
The accused are Md Sahidul Islam, 38, Kurban Ali, 50, and Shahjahan Sarkar, 40, all Dashakia UP members.
The victim's mother said: "I went out to my neighbour's house in the morning. A neighbour named Fozila came to my house while I was away and took my daughter to the Dashakia Union Gay Pareehad office premises where three UP members raped her."
"Locals warned me not to complain to police about the rape because the rapists are powerful people of the area," she said.
"I want justice. I want exemplary punishment for those who ruined my daughter's life," the victim's mother said.
The fatherless victim's younger sister too is hearing-impaired.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Abul Hasnat told the Dhaka Tribune: "We brought the victim and her mother to the cop shoppe on Thursday. The victim was sent to Tangail Medical College Hospital yesterday for a medical check-up."
Md Mahbubul Haque, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Kalihati cop shoppe said, "We conducted a drive in the area soon after the case was filed and tossed in the calaboose Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! Fozila from her residence. We will keep up our drive to arrest the accused."
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[Dhaka Tribune] A young man at Ganga Narayanpur village in Bhaatgram union was sentenced to prison for a month on charges of marrying a fifth-grader on Thursday. A ten year old?
Md Hazrat Ali, 21, son of Munsur Ali of Sardar Para in Dhaperhaat union, was awarded the jail sentence by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Ahsan Habib, also a mobile court judge. The child was still burping milk.
Sadullapur cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Latiful Islam said the upazila nirbahi officer, along with police, arrived at the wedding venue minutes before Hazrat was about to sign the document to marry Rahima Khatun. "And the wedding was just ruined!"
"The girl is the daughter of Rafiqul Islam of the village and studies at Ganga Narayanpur Government Primary School. Her father fled quickly after seeing the upazia nirbahi officer's car while we detained Hazrat and brought him to the cop shoppe," he said.
Hazrat was given the jail sentence at the cop shoppe around 9:30pm.
The man was sent to Gaibandha district prison this afternoon, Latiful said yesterday.
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And Ali thought he was being pinched for his 72 over due parking tickets.
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"I'm jugged! For me nuptials I'm tardy.
She'll wait, for we Muslims are hardy.
My missus won't own me:
The boys here have thrown me
One hell of a bachelor party!"
This story may be bogus. The Ukrainian ATO press center said as many as 200 militants killed.
[BUSINESSWEEK] Ukraine's military said it killed as many as 200 rebels near the eastern city of Donetsk, inflicting the biggest blow by either side in the conflict in more than two months and removing the pretense of a Sept. 5 truce.
Accusing Russia of sending dozens of tanks and other military vehicles across its border yesterday into separatist-held areas, military front man Andriy Lysenko said Ukraine's army was preparing "an adequate reaction." Lysenko said Ukrainian forces used artillery strikes to kill the rebels and destroy tanks and armored vehicles after they came under fire at Donetsk airport after almost daily attacks.
Rising tension between the former Soviet republics is threatening to escalate back into the open separatist war that broke out after the February ouster of Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovych and Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... 's annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine a month later.
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[USATODAY] Flint, Mich., was one of the hardest hit cities before and during the recession. Once one of the state's largest cities, and a prosperous one when auto production plants were there, it came under the control of an emergency manager, appointed by the governor, during two periods, long before bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... did. While Detroit may be the home of the $1,000 house, one home in Flint is on the market for $188.
The house does not have much to recommend it. Located at 2518 Dakota Ave., it only covers 1,225 square feet, which accommodates three bedrooms and a single bath. It sits on a lot of just 5,663 square feet. The house was built in 1928, before the Great Depression.
The listing of the house on Realtor.com says it is a:
"Fixer Upper Home, Needs lots of work, has major fire damage, seller selling AS IS"
If Flint's government could afford it, the house might be a candidate to be bulldozed into the ground to make way for a flat field that might be used for a garden, or for nothing at all. The house sits in a neighborhood with similar homes, just off Michigan's Route 59 and not far from I-475, as if anyone might drive there.
Flint's population peaked at over 196,000 in 1960, according to the Census, and fell under 99,000 last year. The median household income in Flint is just above $27,000, compared to the national average of just over $51,000.
The economy is so badly broken that the local Flint newspaper, the Flint Journal, is only published three times a week.
Most cities battered by the recession and the collapse of the car industry have some chance of coming back. Not so for Flint. According to a Detroit Free Press evaluation of Flint:
Thirty years ago, it was the home of 14,000 workers, a sprawling complex of factories that churned out millions of auto parts a day for General Motors Corp.
By 2005, the city had almost been destroyed as more and more manufacturing moved away. The number of auto workers has fallen close to zero.
Is a house for sale for $188 even imaginable to most Americans? It might be when one around the corner is on the market for $210.
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Is a house for sale for $188 even imaginable to most Americans? It might be when one around the corner is on the market for $210.
It is to me, well at least the doorbell works in the house for $210.
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With 5% down and 30 year mortgage the payment is about equal to the stamp on the envelope. But add in taxes and security measures then the cost skyrockets.
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Oh, a garden, huh. Yeah, gardens still spring up from the ground, no work at all.
Sounds like a great neighborhood. I'd have one rifleman for every 3-4 gardeners, increasing as produce comes into fruition. When produce becomes harvestable, overnights in the pill boxes will be necessary, with noise traps and flares if available.
This is just for the ferel dogs and hogs.
It can take generations for good farmland, gotta get all those clumps of glass and concrete and trash out of the soil so a plow can work easily, and the security to not get jumped or hunted when bent over pulling stuff out of the ground.
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at least the doorbell works in the house for $210.
Probably not. I'd bet neither house has a scrap of copper inside, plumbing or wire. I've been to Flint with a brother-in-law who was working to set up community gardens. A lot of abandoned, boarded-up homes, often with a scrawled sign saying No Copper to reduce further scavenger damage.
There is already quite a bit of empty space, but as mentioned it needs major work since some of it has been vacant for years. Just cutting through years of grass and weeds to get at the dirt takes a tractor.
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Better to get Illinois go to jail, do your time and take a shot at Kentucky, and use the jail time as you alibi for the missing $20s from the bank. Nobody thinks to count the $20s anymore.
Detroit – — A likely gas explosion Friday on the city's southwest side damaged at least eight homes and sparked a blaze that spread to seven others, destroying them, officials said.
Joseph Slate said he was sitting on the porch of his home not far from the scene near Oakdale and Vernor Highway about 4 p.m. Friday when he heard a blast.
"I was dizzy, stunned," said Slate, who saw a man emerge from the rubble of the house, which was abandoned, and leave. He believes the man was scrapping.
"He got away," Slate said. "(The fire) caught all the houses up. ... That's putting children and people at risk. All for a $10 pipe?"
[DAWN] Justice Athar Minallah of Islamabad High Court(IHC) on Friday issued contempt notices to four petitioners for not depositing Rs4 million fine with the Pakistain Cricket Board (PCB).
The petitioners were fined for filing frivolous petition against the PCB constitution.
Justice Minallah had dismissed the petition on September 5 and imposed Rs1 million fine on each petitioner while declaring it frivolous litigation.
The four petitioners included retired major Ahmed Nadeem Sadal (Islamabad), Amir Nawab (Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... ), Mir Haider Ali Khan (Hyderabad) and Mohammad Rafiq Bogiou (Larkana) former and sitting members of regional PCB's cricket boards.
IHC had directed the four petitioners to submit the fine amount with the PCB through a deputy registrar of the IHC.
PCB through its legal counsel in a contempt of court petition adopted before the court that despite court orders the respondents did not deposit the fine amount till this time.
The PCB requested the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against them.
IHC bench while issuing notices to the respondents put off hearing till December 5.
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[DAWN] Police in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... are investigating after a six-year-old girl was strangled and dumped near a garbage heap after apparently being subjected to rape attempts.
The girl who was from the minority Hazara ethnic group, was found on Wednesday last week in Quetta, the capital of the restive southwestern province of Balochistan.
Hazaras are mostly Shia Moslems and have borne the brunt of the wave of sectarian violence that has swept Balochistan in recent years, mostly perpetrated by Sunni Moslem murderous Moslem groups.
Quetta city police chief Abdur Razzak Cheema said the victim, who was the daughter of a gardener working at an army facility, was found near a dump close to her home. She had been strangled with a rope, he said.
"There were a lot of bruises on the girl's body that show that attempts were made to rape her," he added.
The victim's distraught parents were at a loss to understand the crime.
"We have no enmity with any one," the girl's mother told AFP.
"On the day it happened, our daughter went to throw out rubbish close to the house but did not come back, I went out in search of her, but could not find her."
A neighbour told Bibi her daughter was at the dump.
"She was already dead, with blood from her mouth and nose while her whole body bore bruises," Bibi bemoaned.
The girl's father, demanded the "beast" who killed his daughter be brought to justice.
"When I came back from work, people told me that she had been taken to Combined Military Hospital," said the girl's father who had shifted his residence to Quetta's Zarghoon Road four months ago. "I went straight to the hospital and doctors told me that she had been killed," he cried.
"I had no enmity with anyone and nor do I doubt anyone," said the girl's father. "Allah will give justice and I pray for the immediate arrest of the murderer."
Panic prevailed in the residential colony in the aftermath of the girl's brutal murder as parents have forbidden their kids from going outside their houses. "You cannot see kids outside their homes now," the girl's father said.
No leads in finding culprit Police have not detained any suspect in connection with the murder of Saher Batool even though a week has gone by since the crime took place.
"We have been clueless in terms of tracking down the culprits," Capital City Police Officer Quetta Razzaq Cheema told Dawn on Friday.
Cheema said an investigation team comprising officers from CIA and the police force has been formed to probe into the cold-blooded murder.
Police dispelled the impression about any sectarian link to the murder of Saher. "People can write anything on social media, our job is to apprehend the culprit," Cheema said.
The girl's father also stated that he had no information about the involvement of any prayer leader in the murder of his daughter.
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[BREITBART] Not all those who claim to be Christians really are, said Pope Francis Friday morning. Some are Christians "in name only," he said. "They bear the name of Christians but live a life of pagans."
In his homily at Mass, the Pope that there have always been two types of Christian, those who truly followed Christ and those who only pretended to. At the time of Saint Paul, there were "worldly Christians, Christians in name only, with two or three Christian features, but nothing more." The Pope called this sort of people "Pagan Christians," whom St. Paul called "enemies of the cross of Christ."
In Paul's time, the Pope said, the two groups of Christians "were in church together, went to Mass on Sunday, praised the Lord, and were called Christians." So what was the difference? He asked. The second were "enemies of the cross of Christ."
The Pope went on to say that "even today there are many! We must be careful not to slip into the way of pagan Christians." These are the ones, he said, who are "pagans painted over with two brush strokes of Christianity, so they look like Christians, but are really pagans."
According to Francis, we all run the risk of becoming "Christians in appearance." We are tempted, he said, to mediocrity, and when Christians become mediocre, "it is their ruin, because the heart cools and they become lukewarm." Francis reminded his hearers that Jesus used strong language to describe this sort of Christians: "Because you are lukewarm, I will vomit you out of my mouth." These, the Pope said, "are enemies of the cross of Christ. They take the name of Christian, but do not follow the requirements of the Christian life."
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A valid point. Consider Pelosi, or almost any politician with a D after their name.
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Any different from Jews who are 'in name only'? The type that keep funding and voting for pols who promote antisemitic practices in the popular discourse, in the media, and in academia.
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Exactly, OS. I have said many times that if I were the bishop of San Francisco, wherever Kathleen Sebelius is from, Boston (John Kerry), Delaware (Joe Biden), or any other place where these CINOs live, I would have excommunicated them long ago.
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Many of us follow the spirit of Christianity while being a bit fuzzy on the whole deity thing, Frankie. If that makes us your enemies, so be it. That's your problem. My only mistake was thinking you were above this sort of thinking.
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Catholics will just manage to push folks into creating another anti-pope who approves of gay marriage and abortion. What could/would the Pope do about it?
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If you're old enough, you can recall that commercial airlines usually suffered three or four fatal crashes a year. Among the customer services offered at airports were insurance vendors. Snapshot 1960 -
January 6 – National Airlines Flight 2511, a Douglas DC-6B bound from New York to Miami, crashes near Bolivia, North Carolina, when a bomb planted on board explodes in mid-air; all 34 people on board are killed.
January 18 – Capital Airlines Flight 20, a Vickers Viscount, en route from Washington National Airport to Norfolk International Airport crashes near Holdcroft, Virginia due to engine failure caused by icy conditions; all 50 on board are killed.
March 17 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra en route from Chicago to Miami, Florida, breaks apart at 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and crashes near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 63 on board.
October 4 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra, crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport into Winthrop Bay, after multiple bird strikes; 62 of 72 aboard die.
October 29 – The Cal Poly football team plane crash: a chartered Curtiss C-46 crashes on takeoff at the Toledo Express Airport in Toledo, Ohio with the loss of twenty-two people including sixteen players on the California Polytechnic State University football team.
December 16 – The 1960 New York mid-air collision: United Airlines Flight 826, a Douglas DC-8, and TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Super Constellation, collide in mid-air over Staten Island in New York; all 128 aboard the two planes and six people on the ground are killed. This is the first crash in which a flight recorder was used to provide details in a crash investigation. The accident was the deadliest U.S. commercial aviation disaster at the time.
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Yep P2k, that they did. They also let anyone in to the gate area to meet & greet or say good bye.
Then you could look out big windows and wave as the planes pushed back. Saw my father leave on any number of business trips in the late '50s & early '60s.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Superstorm Nuri, the powerful remains of a typhoon that surpass the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy, is bearing down on Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and could bring unseasonably frigid temperatures to much of the U.S. next week.
[Dhaka Tribune] A 15-year-old hearing-impaired girl was allegedly gang raped by three Union 
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
[DAWN] Justice Athar Minallah of Islamabad High Court(IHC) on Friday issued contempt notices to four petitioners for not depositing Rs4 million fine with the Pakistain Cricket Board (PCB).
Police have not detained any suspect in connection with the murder of Saher Batool even though a week has gone by since the crime took place.
