Sunday, June 27, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Mild Earthquake? UPDATE: Confirmed
At 12:46 CDT, I felt about a minute and a half's worth of mild shaking, as I watched my floor lamp and monitor also shake.
Weird!
Did you feel it?
Weird!
Did you feel it?
UPDATE:
Map courtesy: www.usgs.gov (red square is the location of the quake)
Quake hits near Canada's capital, felt in Chicago
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit near the Canadian capital of Ottawa this afternoon, strong enough for tremors to be felt in the Chicago area.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit about 10 miles underground at about 12:40 p.m. central time.
Catherine White was sitting on a sofa reading a newspaper in her 3rd floor apartment near Montrose and Lake Shore Drive this afternoon when she felt the sofa shake.
White's mother Vicki Quade, sitting about 10 feet away at a computer terminal, also felt a tremor.
"I thought at first that it was the neighbors running or something, but it was too much for that. Too powerful,'' said White, 18. "You could see the newspaper moving, it was weird. It was strange."
Quade and her daughter -- who believe their building is on a fault line -- said they felt the tremor at about 12:50 p.m. and estimated it lasted about 12 to 15 seconds.
"It's a long 12 to 15 seconds," Quade said.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
"Nice landing!" said the Blogger to the Fly
Usually, flies spend a good part of their days landing on garbage.
Monday, June 21, 2010
In the summer, in the city
Toddler Among 52 Shot Over Weekend
Eight people were killed and at least 44 others were shot across the city Friday night into early Monday, including a baby girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck when gunfire erupted at a Near West Side barbecue. (I am assured she's OK and doing well!)
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Eight people were killed and at least 44 others were shot across the city Friday night into early Monday, including a baby girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck when gunfire erupted at a Near West Side barbecue. (I am assured she's OK and doing well!)
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What the f__k is wrong with people?
And isn't Mayor Dick'em Daley's gun ban working out nicely?
The Lovin' Spoonful had it all wrong when they sang:
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city
The nights AND the days in Chicago are filled with shootings.
And Dick'em (the cretin) sits, protected, in his ivory tower.
Protected by gun-carrying guards, while the rest of Chicago is in harm's way!
And isn't Mayor Dick'em Daley's gun ban working out nicely?
The Lovin' Spoonful had it all wrong when they sang:
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city
The nights AND the days in Chicago are filled with shootings.
And Dick'em (the cretin) sits, protected, in his ivory tower.
Protected by gun-carrying guards, while the rest of Chicago is in harm's way!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Glitches in the White House? Oh, NO!
Aside from the bimbo below being flaunted as the next president of the USA...
NOTICE: No wedding ring. She's been planning to divorce him for quite a while, I think.
...we have this.
The impoltance of being earnest
h/t www.sondrak.com
The White House has posted (but apparently not proofread too carefully) a copy of the president's letter to G-20 leaders. Among the letter's gems as posted are this one:
For our part, we will pursue measures to SUppOit the recovery in private demand and return the unemployed to work.
And this one:
At the same time, we recognize the impoltance of setting a credible medium-term fiscal path: that is why my Administration will cut the budget deficit we inherited in halfby FY 2013 and work to reduce our fiscal deficit to 3 percent ofGDP by FY 2015, which will stabilize thedebt-to-GDP ratio at an acceptable level in that year.
And this one (italics in original):
We must reiterate our commitment in Toronto to a common framework for reforms that provide:
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* more effective ji'Qlllework for winding down large global firms, along with principles for thefillallcial sector to make afair and substantial contribution towards payingfor allY burdens it creates in a way that protects taxpayers, creates a level playing field, and reduces risks to our economies.
And this one:
I look fOlward to seeing you in Toronto and reaffhming our unity of purpose and resolve.
I'm sure his G-20 colleagues are looking fOlward to seeing Obama in Toronto about as much as he is to seeing them.
When someone at the White House gets around to cleaning up the copy of the letter posted at the White House site, its dishonesty may be somewhat more apparent than it is now, but it won't make much more sense.
Via reader Amy King.
UPDATE: "OCR'ing directly onto the White House website" explains what happened and reports that the White House has attended to the glitch.
NOTICE: No wedding ring. She's been planning to divorce him for quite a while, I think....we have this.
The impoltance of being earnest
h/t www.sondrak.comThe White House has posted (but apparently not proofread too carefully) a copy of the president's letter to G-20 leaders. Among the letter's gems as posted are this one:
For our part, we will pursue measures to SUppOit the recovery in private demand and return the unemployed to work.
And this one:
At the same time, we recognize the impoltance of setting a credible medium-term fiscal path: that is why my Administration will cut the budget deficit we inherited in halfby FY 2013 and work to reduce our fiscal deficit to 3 percent ofGDP by FY 2015, which will stabilize thedebt-to-GDP ratio at an acceptable level in that year.
And this one (italics in original):
We must reiterate our commitment in Toronto to a common framework for reforms that provide:
*****
* more effective ji'Qlllework for winding down large global firms, along with principles for thefillallcial sector to make afair and substantial contribution towards payingfor allY burdens it creates in a way that protects taxpayers, creates a level playing field, and reduces risks to our economies.
And this one:
I look fOlward to seeing you in Toronto and reaffhming our unity of purpose and resolve.
I'm sure his G-20 colleagues are looking fOlward to seeing Obama in Toronto about as much as he is to seeing them.
When someone at the White House gets around to cleaning up the copy of the letter posted at the White House site, its dishonesty may be somewhat more apparent than it is now, but it won't make much more sense.
Via reader Amy King.
UPDATE: "OCR'ing directly onto the White House website" explains what happened and reports that the White House has attended to the glitch.
Blame it on the heat? Whaaaa? UPDATE
At least 19 injured in Red Line subway fire
Snippet:
The fire involved creosote-soaked railroad ties, said fire officials. What ignited the fire is under investigation, but Langford said the railroad ties do occasionally catch fire during the summer heat.
"It's more common on the elevated trains," Langford said. "It's rare on the subway but it does happen occasionally," he said.
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Asshats! It wasn't too much warmer than 80 degrees today.
That is not HOT!
And...it is a 'SUBWAY', below ground by at least thirty feet, where the temperature is considerably less than above ground.
CTA: Are you so certain this was not an attack?
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UPDATE:
Confusion at Red Line subway fire that injures 19
Snippets:
Andrew Schad was on his way home Sunday, traveling north on the Red Line after a late lunch downtown, when the train began to fill with smoke.
Some seated beside him began to cough and choke, and Schad put up the rim of his collar to cover his mouth. By the time the train reached the next stop at the Clark/Division station, so much smoke had consumed the underground station that passengers were fleeing for the exits.
"We were given no instruction. We didn't really know what was going on," said Schad, 23.
"I never saw flames, but there was a lot of smoke. Visibility was really bad."
"The smoke was so thick you couldn't see across the aisle," said passenger Dillon Johnson, 23. "We all started to sit down on the floor where the smoke wasn't as bad."
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QUESTION: Is the City of Chicago (that would be you, Dick'em Daley!) really PREPARED for any kind of attack? (This incident has 'jihad test' written all over it!).
Snippet:The fire involved creosote-soaked railroad ties, said fire officials. What ignited the fire is under investigation, but Langford said the railroad ties do occasionally catch fire during the summer heat.
"It's more common on the elevated trains," Langford said. "It's rare on the subway but it does happen occasionally," he said.
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Asshats! It wasn't too much warmer than 80 degrees today.
That is not HOT!
And...it is a 'SUBWAY', below ground by at least thirty feet, where the temperature is considerably less than above ground.
CTA: Are you so certain this was not an attack?
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UPDATE:
Confusion at Red Line subway fire that injures 19
Snippets:
Andrew Schad was on his way home Sunday, traveling north on the Red Line after a late lunch downtown, when the train began to fill with smoke.
Some seated beside him began to cough and choke, and Schad put up the rim of his collar to cover his mouth. By the time the train reached the next stop at the Clark/Division station, so much smoke had consumed the underground station that passengers were fleeing for the exits.
"We were given no instruction. We didn't really know what was going on," said Schad, 23.
"I never saw flames, but there was a lot of smoke. Visibility was really bad."
"The smoke was so thick you couldn't see across the aisle," said passenger Dillon Johnson, 23. "We all started to sit down on the floor where the smoke wasn't as bad."
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QUESTION: Is the City of Chicago (that would be you, Dick'em Daley!) really PREPARED for any kind of attack? (This incident has 'jihad test' written all over it!).
The war against drugs has failed!
The face of cocaine addiction
Then, watch Obama and all of his ilk!
Then, watch Obama and all of his ilk!
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