Archive for January, 2010
Photo Gallery: Haiti Six Days Later
January 21st, 2010Via: Boston Globe: Haiti remains a place of profound need, anguish, desperation and danger, with a few glimmers of hope and slowly growing capabilities to receive and distribute the international aid now flowing in. Sporadic looting, sometimes violent, was met with force by security oficials and ordinary citizens, resulting in a number of further deaths […]
2009 Airline Revenue: Worst Drop Ever
January 21st, 2010Via: CNN: The airline industry suffered its largest drop ever in passenger revenue last year as a weak economy grounded many would-be travelers, an industry group said Wednesday. The Air Transport Association of America said total passenger revenue for the major U.S. carriers fell 18% in 2009 versus the year before. It was the largest […]
Military Outsources Rescue Operations
January 21st, 2010How much of the military can the CIA spin off into its cutouts? Via: Wired: In the American military, few missions are considered more important than rescuing missing or kidnapped troops. So it’s more than a little odd that U.S. forces in Iraq have decided to outsource that operation to a private company. The military’s […]
The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta Sergeant Blows the Whistle
January 21st, 2010There’s a black site at Guantánamo where people have been tortured to death. Via: Harper’s: Late on the evening of June 9 that year, three prisoners at Guantánamo died suddenly and violently. Salah Ahmed Al-Salami, from Yemen, was thirty-seven. Mani Shaman Al-Utaybi, from Saudi Arabia, was thirty. Yasser Talal Al-Zahrani, also from Saudi Arabia, was […]
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Democrats Propose $1.9 Trillion Increase in Debt Limit
January 21st, 2010Must See: In 2009, the Federal Reserve Bought 80% of U.S. Debt?! Via: AP: Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed allowing the federal government to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion to pay its bills, a record increase that would permit the national debt to reach $14.3 trillion. The unpopular legislation is needed to allow the federal […]
“He said he had a ‘zinging’ in his ears.”
January 21st, 2010Via: Washington Post: Christopher Bryan Speight described himself in court papers as a dependable, hardworking person who was not quick to anger, and he showed pride in his ability to “find ways to get out of problems without using force or violence.” Friends, in letters in support of his successful 1995 application for a concealed […]
If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online
January 21st, 2010The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future by Mark Bauerlein Via: New York Times: The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from […]
Florida: Record Cold Killed Millions of Fish
January 20th, 2010Via: Miami Herald: Everywhere he steered his skiff last week, Pete Frezza saw dead fish. From Ponce de Leon Bay on the Southwest Coast down across Florida Bay to Lower Matecumbe in the Florida Keys — day after day, dead fish. Floating in the marina at Flamingo in Everglades National Park alone he counted more […]
