Apparently officials with Tokyo Electric Power Company (which has recently been nationalized by the Japanese government, because TEPCo is broke) never thought to protect all the exposed pipes from freezing weather. Maybe they thought global warming would protect them?
Japan is being hit with their usual freezing winter temps, along with record snow fall in […] Continue Reading…
I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
The following are comments made by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 26, 2012.
“The West must be aware that the Iranian nation….does not need them. You […] Continue Reading…
“According to one of the main clauses, the Islamic Republic of Iran will halt all oil exports to European countries as long as they continue to ban oil imports from Iran. Another clause obliges the government to forbid imports of all goods from countries which have imposed sanctions on our country.”-Nasser Soudani, Majlis (parliament) […] Continue Reading…
A small study was done on women who drank beverages with caffeine. The results showed that it mattered if the woman was Caucasian, black-African, or Asian.
Regarding coffee, Asian women had a jump in estrogen levels. Caucasian women had a huge drop in estrogen, and black-African women had very little change.
The study also suggested that […] Continue Reading…
Dona Ana County officials have some ‘splaining to do, after they kept a mentally ill man in solitary for 22 months, even though he was never convicted of a crime! The same prison, in New Mexico, also has a history of untreatable Staph infections, and it houses child prisoners as well as adults.
On January […] Continue Reading…
Europe is dependent on foreign oil. The European Union was pushed into joining the United States in placing an embargo on Iranian oil (in exchange for exempting British Petroleum). Now Iran says, so what, we’ll voluntarily cut off European oil supplies!
Lawmakers in the Iranian Majlis (similar to a parliament or congress) will decide a […] Continue Reading…
…there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the […] Continue Reading…
…there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the […] Continue Reading…
…there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the […] Continue Reading…
Nissan announced they will spend $2 billion to build yet another factory, in Mexico. They already have two factories in Mexico. With three factories they hope to push out one million cars every year. But guess what? Those cars are not for sale in the United States.
Nissan is selling the cars in the newly […] Continue Reading…