Archive for November, 2012
Shit and Gasoline in Manhattan Floodwater
November 1st, 2012Via: ABC News: Water is everywhere in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy – in basements, on the streets and in transit systems – but the one place that flood water is most dangerous is in your body. ABC News chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser collected floodwater and drinking water in some of […]
New York: Gasoline Pumps Run Dry
November 1st, 2012Via: Reuters: Drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday as storm-hit gasoline stations started to run dry. More than half of all gasoline service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut because of depleted fuel supplies and power outages, […]
Man Killed Over Fantasy Game Cards
November 1st, 2012Via: WSTP: For someone who doesn’t play the fantasy card game “Magic: The Gathering,” watching a round and trying to understand what is going on is difficult. The pace is fast. There are cards and dice. A round can be over before you know it. The game has recently taken the local spotlight for a […]
Sweden Pays Jobless Youth to Move to Norway
November 1st, 2012Via: Telegraph: A Swedish town has taken to paying people to look for work in Norway in an attempt to reduce soaring youth unemployment. Under a scheme organised by the local authorities in the town of Soderhamn and by Sweden’s national employment office, anyone aged between 18 and 28 can volunteer to take a “Job […]
Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Arrested Again
November 1st, 2012This piece below says that this was Stein’s first arrest, but she was also (apparently) arrested while trying to take part in a one of the presidential debates. You know, land of the free, where legitimate presidential candidates aren’t allowed to participate in presidential debates. Via: Washington Post: Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was […]
