29 September, 2010 (23:20) | Economy, History, Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames
The War is over! That’s World War I, that is. The final payment of £59.5 million, writes off the crippling debt that was the price for one world war and laid the foundations for another. Germany was forced to pay the reparations at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 as compensation to the war-ravaged nations [...]
27 September, 2010 (17:13) | Politics, The Media | By: ricjames
This in from Hot Air, Democrat incumbent Alan Grayson (D-FL8) has gone from unprincipled liar to abusive wacko. Fresh off putting up an ad that literally calls his Republican opponent a draft-dodger (verifiably untrue), Grayson now decides to equate a man who quoted a biblical verse on the matter of marriage with a terrorist deployed [...]
27 September, 2010 (08:04) | Aviation, Human Interest | By: ricjames
Delta Connection flight 4951 made an emergency landing at New York’s JFK on Saturday night, skidding to a stop as a landing gear malfunction caused 1 wing to drag the ground on landing: The first sign of trouble for passengers aboard Delta Flight 4951, being operated by Atlantic Southeast, from Atlanta to White Plains came [...]
26 September, 2010 (18:48) | Technology | By: ricjames
I just happened to notice this deal on a hard drive over at Amazon. This is an Iomega eGo USB 2.0 500 GB Compact Portable Hard Drive 34896, selling at the moment for $64.99. Unbelievable. I recall very clearly the day my boss opened up a box and showed me the 1st 1-Gigabyte hard drive [...]
26 September, 2010 (18:23) | Economy, Human Interest | By: ricjames
Interesting: “Food Trucks: Will D.C. Be the New L.A.?“ When it comes to street food, D.C. has offered little more than the occasional hot dog stand or ice cream truck for many, many years. Tourists and offers workers alike labor under the terrible yoke of dirty water dogs and deli sandwiches. But as the price [...]
26 September, 2010 (17:50) | Human Interest, Immigration, Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames
…that Congress wants every citizen to prove that they are insured, but not that they are citizens. (Hat tip to my niece and her husband for this one.)
25 September, 2010 (10:37) | 2010 Elections, Politics | By: ricjames
Yeah, this will play well: A testy U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday blamed clueless voters with short attention spans for the uphill battle beleaguered Democrats are facing against Republicans across the nation. “We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going on so people are influenced by a simple [...]
25 September, 2010 (09:28) | Economy, Human Interest, Politics, Transportation, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames
Virginians – particularly we here in the northern part of the state – have been bombarded with a stream of commentary on transportation spending for years. It’s been delivered in a variety of ways but the bottom line is always the same: We don’t have the money. And unless you people vote to impose more [...]
25 September, 2010 (08:34) | 2010 Elections, Law, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames
Faced with the prospect of getting seriously pounded in November by an electorate that has tired of being ignored and treated like nothing more than serfs whose property and product are considered the rightful possessions of a elitist ruling class, the Dems are looking for any excuse for this impending butt-whoopin’ that doesn’t actually involve [...]
24 September, 2010 (09:30) | 2010 Elections, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames