A Tucson AZ jury has sentenced Shawna Forde to death for 2 killings committed during a 2009 armed robbery. The original headline was 'Arizona jury sentences border activist to death'. If Forde is a 'border activist' then Tim McVeigh was a 'Christian militant.'
Test for Fred. Pls ignore. kthx
-- tw at 6:56 pm ET
The beverage is technically classified as a foodstuff for now, an anomaly that has allowed producers to avoid a sweeping new crackdown on alcohol advertising and night-time sales.
But a new Kremlin-backed bill that passed its first reading in the lower house of the Russian parliament on Tuesday will abolish beer's special status, dragging Russian alcohol regulation into the 21st century.
"Normalising the beer production market and classifying it as alcohol is totally the right thing to do and will boost the health of our population," Yevgeny Bryun, the ministry of health's chief specialist on alcohol and drug abuse, said.
"We have been talking about and have wanted such a measure for ages. I take my hat off to the parliament."
The new law would restrict beer sales at night, ban its sale in or close to many public places such as schools, and limit cans and bottles to a maximum size of 0.33 litres. I always thought that the Russians classified Beer as "Snack Food". There go my beer vacation plans....
#2
Any country that would allow a young women, with a sprained right wrist; to carry such a heavy, unbalanced and difficult beer payload, needs to pull itself forward to the 19th Century.
The trucks being recalled were produced between November 2004 and June 2005 at Ford's Norfolk, Va., assembly plant. In the U.S., 135,000 trucks are being recalled and 9,000 more are being recalled in Canada.
The problem was caused by an improperly placed wire in the steering wheel, where the airbag is housed. Insulating material on the wire can rub off, causing a short circuit that can lead to the warning lights and inadvertent deployment. I hate it when that happens.
Obviously the folks who were responsible for ME unrest are the ones who are responsible for this. Or maybe it was pirates. Or Ga-daffy himself. We need an extensive investigation spearheaded by Carlson. And when the perpetrators have been found, they must be made to drive Priuses until the day they die.
#1
Solve multiple problems at once. Put trackers on the defective F-150s, then put them on a ship off the coast of Somalia, let the Pirates steal them, track them from a nearby Q-Ship which will call in ArcLight strikes.
Posted by: No I am The Other Beldar ||
02/23/2011 13:43 Comments ||
Top||
#2
Sounds like beldar needs a drink over at the O Club.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
02/23/2011 14:25 Comments ||
Top||
#3
Calling Commodore Frank.
Calling Commodore Frank.
Check your steering wheel wiring in your F-150.
That is all.
Posted by: Alaska Paul ||
02/23/2011 15:03 Comments ||
Top||
#4
In the meantime the MSM & Obama admin should go after toyota to take the heat off their union buddies at Ford...I guess the Mazda news thing helps...
#5
were produced between November 2004 and June 2005
It's 2011. I assume the trucks need to go to the nearest Ford dealership, where the guys in the shop will take ten minutes to fix the problem. It's like when Toyota did something about the floormats -- I think they replaced them or something, also a ten minute job.
A prototype robot spy "ornithopter," the Nano-Hummingbird, has successfully completed flight trials in California. Developed by the company AeroVironment Inc., the miniature spybot looks like a hummingbird complete with flapping wings, and is only slightly larger and heavier than most hummingbirds, but smaller than the largest species.
The Hummingbird's bird-shaped body is removable but it gives the bot an uncanny resemblance to a real hummingbird. The vehicle can hover and maneuver just like the bird.
The ornithopter can fly into buildings under the control of an operator flying the spybot with the help of a feed from its tiny video camera. The prototype is capable of flying at speeds of up to 18 km/h (11 mph) and weighs 19 grams, which is about the same as an AA battery.
Permits for charter flights have not been granted. "What we can't figure out is whether there's just chaos at the airport, which is entirely possible, or whether the Libyans are not cooperating," said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley.
#3
Check the Twitter feed of the State Dept: U.S. citizen travelers wishing to depart Tripoli #Libya, proceed to As-shahab port ASAP after 9AM, arrive before 10AM. http://go.usa.gov/gEZ
28 minutes ago via web
.US chartered ferry to depart #Tripoli from As-shahab Port, sea road across from Radisson Blu Mahari, to Malta Wed 2/23 http://go.usa.gov/gEZ
I sure hope they have air cover & Marines standing by.
#4
Also this Twitter: US citizens leaving #Libya: 1st come, 1st served. Priority to those w/medical conditions. Ferry departs NLT 2/23, 3PM. http://go.usa.gov/gEZ
#5
Permission for NEO should have been granted last NEO exercise. WTF is going on here?
Americans should already have been evacuated out 4 days ago, and the NEO should have already been complete.
It's been more than two years, if only just. Inexperience can only be claimed for six months. After that the team is assumed to know where the key to the executive washrooms is kept, and what the job entails.
Houda Ezra Nonoo, a Bahraini of Iraqi descent representing an embattled Sunni dynasty, is first Jewish ambassador of an Arab state.
Houda Ezra Nonoo is a Bahraini of Iraqi descent representing an embattled Sunni dynasty that has ruled over a Shiite majority for centuries.
If those circumstances werent loaded enough, Nonoo, Bahrains envoy to Washington, is the first Jewish ambassador in the Arab worlds recorded history.
Street protests have shaken the tiny island kingdom for the past week, with at least eight Bahrainis killed and hundreds wounded.
Tensions remain high after seesaw battles saw riot police open fire on protesters trying to reclaim Manamas landmark Pearl Square, and on Monday, a group of protesters called for the ouster of the monarchy as part of sweeping demands in response to the call to end the uprising.
Bahrain is a key US partner in the region, the home base for the US Navys massive 5th Fleet. Washington is, without question, Bahrains most important ally. But throughout the popular revolt that has gripped her country, Nonoo has stayed mum. Phone and e-mail requests for comment by The Jerusalem Post to the Bahraini Embassy in Washington on Monday went unanswered.
Nonoo, 47, was appointed in 2008, after serving as a legislator in the kingdoms 40-member lower house of parliament, and previously as the head of a Bahraini human rights organization. Some local media outlets criticized the appointment, saying that as a Jew, Nonoo could have difficulty defending Bahrains refusal to recognize Israel. Issues of loyalty to the Jewish state were also raised.
Both she and King Hamad Al Khalifa dismissed those concerns. In an interview with Britains Jewish Chronicle in 2008, Nonoo said, At the end of the day, Im an Arab. I describe myself as an Arab Jew. Im proud of it. I was asked by someone in England whether I felt Jewish first or Bahraini first. I said I was Bahraini first. He got quite offended, but thats the way I feel.
Nonoos cousin Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo also served a number of years in parliament before retiring to private business.
Bahrains Jewish population is minuscule 36 souls at last count. But the community once numbered as many as 1,500, according to Nancy Khadhori, a Jewish lawmaker who replaced Nonoo in parliament last year. The Jews of Bahrain are proud to be Bahraini, proud to be Arab, Khadouri said in a 2009 New York Times profile of Bahrains Jews. We are truly blessed to be living in an open and hospitable society.
In the 1940s, Khadouri said, the community numbered 600. But Israels creation in 1948 led to riots and anti-Jewish violence, and most of the countrys Jews fled to Britain, the US and Israel. Nonoo has family here, though she cannot legally visit them or speak to them by a direct phone line.
Al Khalifa has made efforts to reach out to Bahraini Jews at home and abroad. He lifted the islands boycott of Israeli products in 2004, and in a later visit to Britain urged expatriate Bahraini Jews to come home. Bahrain has the Persian Gulfs only synagogue, though it rarely operates, as worshipers cant usually form a minyan.
In the Chronicle interview, Nonoo tread lightly over the Israel question. We dont have diplomatic relations with Israel, she said. Having said that, our foreign minister at the United Nations General Assembly in September put forward an initiative that asked for all Middle Eastern countries, without exception, to meet together. In an interview, when he was asked what countries, he specified all countries, including Turkey, Israel and Iran.
Asked how ambassadors of the other 21 Arab states feel about having a female colleague, and a Jewish one at that, she said, Yes, I was worried about how I would be received, but it hasnt caused any problems whatsoever...There is already a female ambassador from Oman, so she set a precedent. I had a welcome dinner from the ambassador of Syria and the ambassador of Iran. My grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Iraq, so the Iraqi ambassador was very interested to learn of my background.
Hat tip Puppy Blender
The stalemate in Wisconsin over Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposed changes in union benefits and privileges is likely to end late this week. The budget bill that includes the union provisions also includes $165 million in refinancing of state bonds that must be passed by Friday in order to make sure Wisconsin can pay its bills.
Last night Mr. Walker told reporters that if the budget bill isn't law by Friday he will have to lay off 1,500 state workers. He plans to give a televised address to Wisconsiners at 6 p.m. today.
#1
WISCONSIN (WAOW) -- The 14 Wisconsin senators who left the state to prevent a vote on the Governor's bill remain in hiding Tuesday. Some say they've received threats, [at least 8] others are the focus of recall efforts...We also asked Sen. Holperin who is footing the bill for the democrats extended stay out of state. He said each Senator is paying his or her own food, lodging, and mileage. He insists none of it is coming from the taxpayers. I wish the reporter had asked the senator if he is continuing to accept the pay & benefits of the office he is refusing to fill.
#2
Of course, if it's coming from their paycheck as a state senator, it's coming from the taxpayers. If it's private money, why do they need a paycheck from the state at all? I'll bet a TON of the cash is coming from unions. If it is, I'd have the governor cut an executive order terminating ALL government "unions" IMMEDIATELY.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
02/23/2011 18:31 Comments ||
Top||
#2
I think you're being unfair Darth. Try looking at it from his point of view. "There is civic unrest in ME country---I keep quiet, you criticize me. There is unrest in another ME country---I don't keep quiet, you criticize me. What the hell do you want?!"
It is almost totally silent, radiates virtually no heat and is constructed entirely from non-magnetic metals.
It is the U212A, an ultra-advanced non-nuclear sub developed by German naval shipyard Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, who claim it to be "the peak of German submarine technology." Information about its predecessor, the U-212 can be found at the German U-boat listing.
#1
Hydrogen fuel cells - no reactor pump noise, no exhaust other than fresh water, so quieter than a nuc boat. They can stay submerged for a couple weeks unlike the DE boats that were good only for a couple days. The German 209 boats are being retrofitted with these by the Portuguese and Greek navies.
With the lack of metallic mass in the "A" mod, the only telltale they will have is water displacement if they practice good sound discipline and EMCON/ECM.
The power system limits these to smaller subs, manned by smaller crews (the nominal crew is 27 per Janes), so duration may be an issue, depending on workload. If these types of boats are ever crewed by highly trained and skilled sailors of a hostile power, they could be hell to counter. The Germans and Italians have these on order -- the 212 (non"A") are already in service.
FYI, the 212 linked to there at the "U-boat listing" is NOT an ancestor of these -- thats a bit misleading (the one there is an old WW2 German DE boat). Thats akin to saying the F-4 Corsair was the predecessor of the F-4 Phantom because they were both designated F-4. Simply not so: the 212A is based off the modern 209 design, and only has the 212 designation as a coincidence.
#7
"And powered by baking soda". Yes, isn't that exciting!. Water, baking soda and electric current. My favorite fuel. Clean and efficient.
The Japanese have a system with no surface tension so no bubbles. Then you have Oxygen separated. Oxygen being non flammable supports combustion dramatically. The Apollo fire was so bad because other flammable gases were mixed with their oxygen. No more pig boats for the submariners(diesel smell) .
[Straits Times] THAILAND and Cambodia agreed on Tuesday to accept Indonesian observers and avoid further festivities over a border dispute that has claimed at least 10 lives and displaced thousands, officials said.
The agreement came during a meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Indonesia, which holds the current chair of the 10-member block.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, speaking on behalf of Asean, said it was a 'unique arrangement' for a grouping that devotes most of its time to trade and avoids conflict resolution.
'Indonesia will observe on both sides of the border... This is an observer team, not a peacekeeping or peace enforcement team. The observer team will be unarmed,' he told news hounds after the talks.
He said Cambodia and Thailand had also requested Indonesia's 'engagement' in subsequent bilateral negotiations, the first of which would be convened in Indonesia at a date to be specified.
'With hard work we can make things happen,' the minister added, referring to weeks of behind-the-scenes activity by his office and the Jakarta-based Asean secretariat, headed by former Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan.
Posted by: Fred ||
02/23/2011 00:00 ||
Comments ||
Link ||
[11125 views]
Top|| File under:
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.
The beverage is technically classified as a foodstuff for now, an anomaly that has allowed producers to avoid a sweeping new crackdown on alcohol advertising and night-time sales.
The trucks being recalled were produced between November 2004 and June 2005 at Ford's Norfolk, Va., assembly plant. In the U.S., 135,000 trucks are being recalled and 9,000 more are being recalled in Canada.
