The UN’s performance in peacekeeping missions has been less than stellar, both militarily (Srebrenica, anyone?) and in terms of humanitarian assistance. The most common result of UN forces coming in to “assist” the locals? A booming sex trade wherein UN forces wind up both abusing their positions in order to get sex from the local [...]
Yet another factor in the Comair crash investigation has come to light. The controller in the tower, aside from being alone up there, had put in 15 hours at work and slept just 2 in the 24 hours prior to the crash. According to the NTSB the controller had 9 hours of time between the [...]
Well, it’s over and done for the old Wilson bridge. As advertised, commuter Dan Ruefly started the countdown to the charges’ detonation and dropped a half-mile of steel structure to the ground. The demolition was delayed a half-hour early Tuesday by safety concerns. At one point, the crowd started chanting, “Blow it up!” Then, Ruefly [...]
Additional details are coming out about the Comair crash as the NTSB continues its investigation. The ultimate cause of the crash is a simple one: the aircraft needed about 1500 feet more runway to develop sufficient flight speed than she had. By the time the crew ran out of runway, there was no chance whatsoever [...]
DHS Secretary Chertoff has been quoted as saying that the government needs better access to passenger data being collected by the airlines. Doing this would allow the TSA and our intel services to identify potential terrorists even if they book travel across multiple airlines and reservations systems. So, what do you guys think? Is this [...]
Back on the 10th I noted a story about the Wilson Bridge in DC and a contest to be held to allow a commuter with the worst bridge horror story to push the plunger down and detonate the demolition charges that will a large part of the bridge to the ground. Seems that contest has [...]
Some immediate information has come to light about the Comair crash in Kentucky yesterday. While I still caution people to not draw conclusions ahead of the investigation, there are certain facts that are available and confirmed. The investigation is concentrating on figuring out why the Comair flight was using the short runway at Lexington. The [...]
An Ecuadorean woman believed to have been the oldest person in the world has died. She was 116. Maria Ester de Capovilla was born in 1889 and has been a widow since 1949. As a history buff, my mind reels when I think of the events this woman lived through. Literally all of the major [...]
The Salvadoran Consulate is worried these days. That’s because of the 225,000 Salvadorans living in the US that are elligible for temporary protected status (TPS) about half are dangerously close to the deadline for filing for an extension. Without that extension those folks will become illegal residents by this Friday and would be required to [...]
By now you’ve all heard of the “crime emergency” in Washington, DC. There were a number of muggings that took place in the Mall area in DC – that stretch of governmental real estate between the Capitol Building in the east and the Lincoln Memorial in the west. The Washington Monument is there, as are [...]
