I’m coming off the end of a seriously busy week that’s seen me traveling (locally) a bit more than usual so I was ready to just unwind a bit when I got home this afternoon. A quick grab at the mailbox after parking the car, I began sorting through the mail even as I walked [...]
The Bush Administration wants the 9th Circuit to deny a motion filed by the Teamsters that would halt a “demonstration program” that would allow about 100 Mexican trucks to deliver their cargo anywhere in the country for the next year. The Teamsters are arguing that this would represent a safety issue to the driving public. [...]
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) has apparently returned from his “support the troops” trip and has issued the statement his people said he’d give after allegedly assaulting an airline employee at Dulles International airport earlier this month. After his office called the reports of his actions “factually incorrect” and “ridiculous”, Filner only had this to say [...]
The recent death of Genia Shcheglova at the intersection of Algonkian Parkway and Countryside Boulevard was a tragedy that has sparked some debate in this part of Loudoun County. This is the second pedestrian death at this intersection this year, the first being Melanie Yost back in January. Losing people so young is difficult for [...]
Just saw this over on Red State. Looking for more reports.
Simply unbelievable: A Border Patrol chief at one of the nation’s most dangerous Southwest border crossings says the agency’s mission doesn’t include apprehending illegal aliens or seizing narcotics — perplexing front-line agents and angering a congressional critic of illegal immigration. “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again,” Carlos X. Carrillo, Border Patrol chief [...]
No, that headline’s not a joke. Ed Morrissey over at Captain’s Quarters has the details.
Following an Instapundit link to a story on Popular Mechanics this morning I ran across this story about an MIT effort at wireless power delivery. The concept isn’t new but it’s a fascinating implementation with some real promise if the technology pans out. The idea is to have transmitter and receiver coils on your various [...]
I’m usually pretty well acquainted with aviation programs developing new aircraft but I have to say this one slipped under my radar. The aircraft was being developed by DuPont Aerospace and was called the DP-2. A twin-engine VTOL jet, it was being developed with a mission in mind to deliver up to 48 combat-ready troops [...]
Searchers have apparently located the final resting place of the USS Grunion, a WWII Gato class submarine. She sits on the bottom off the Aleutian Islands in about 1000 feet of water. Grunion was last heard from in July 1942 when she radioed about heavy Japanese activity in her patrol zone off Kiska Harbor. She [...]
