Tag: Resources
National park wardens to pack heat
Canadian park wardens will soon have some added leverage in dealing with unruly campers.Funnily, the original headline was "National park wardens to get arms in 2009." Yes, get those people some arms--some legs too...
Iraq War Morphs into Iran War
"It is 1939 all over again. The world waits helplessly for the next act of naked aggression by rogue states. Only this time the rogue states are not the Third Reich and Fascist Italy. They are the United States and...
Wind power should be a breeze in Ohio, adding tho...
"Environment Ohio has released a report predicting the creation of approximately 3,100 jobs in the state if the use of wind power in Ohio increases to 20 percent of the state's energy production.Most of the jobs would come from the manufacturing of the actual wind turbines...
DoD Announces New Relocation Tool for Families
" WASHINGTON, April 28, 2008 – It’s almost peak moving season again for military families, and Defense Department leaders want families to know new resources are available to help. “Plan My Move,” soft-launched in late summer, is the next generation...
Philippine Earth Day Non-Special: "Government fal...
I have reasons to believe that the government is sincere in its mission to protect the environment. However, it cannot sacrifice its economic agenda, which apparently is its top priority, resulting to the...
Water woes in Kazakhstan
China's development policies are impacting its neighbours in more ways than one. The "Yellow dust storms" brought over from China are clouding the skylines of Korean and Japanese cities. Central Asian...
Absolut(ely) Ridiculous - Mexico’s Reconquista ...
"First, full disclosure: I have advocated America’s annexation of Mexico within these virtual pages. The way I figure it is that if some (is it really just some, how many Mexicans do you think want to take...
Kipling's 'Great Game' 21st Century Style
"It was Rudyard Kipling who brought the idea of the Great Game into the public mind in Kim, his cloak-and-dagger novel of espionage and imperial geopolitics in the time of the Raj. Then, the main players were Britain and Russia and the object of the game was control of...
The incredible shrinking news
Hey, what's that incredible sucking sound? Oh, it's your news..."Think we hardly get any international news in our mainstream media? Right you are. But we don’t get any domestic coverage either, unless it’s...
Aussie PM leaves for world trip
Australian PM Kevin Rudd leaves for a 17-day world tour today where he will lay out his country's new approach to the world diplomatic stage, described by the prime minister as "creative middle power diplomacy".
Mr...
CCWS Attrition Turns To IRL Churn :: The EDJE
"At the beginning of the week, last week, things were looking pretty bleak for the fortunes of ChampCar’s transition into the IndyCar 2008 season.
By Tuesday of last week, only two teams had declared officially,...
CNN Chile: Coming Soon To Cable TV
CNN continues to grow its cable news service in international markets. Today CNN announced a partnership with Chile to produce a news network there. I wonder if CNN will roll-out their iReport citizen journalism...
Infrastructure: How Would You Spend $1.6 Trillion?
"“China spends 9 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on infrastructure and India budgets 3.5 percent … while aiming to increase its allocation to 8 percent. By comparison, the United States budgets $112.9 billion or just 0.93 percent of its GDP, and sidesteps the...
Canada:Gun-shaped bottle causes stir with Police
One has to wonder the mentality of Liquor manufactuerers and Customs officers who allow such stupidity to hit our shores.
" Talk about tequila shooters.
Cops are pledging to hammer down hard on anyone else dumb...
