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Christ, what a psycho
I can guarantee she's not going to see her children anytime soon!
US mum tosses boys from freeway overpass
It seems to be Texas day, this is also bizarre:Woman sat on toilet for 'two years'
From Arizona, a hoarding incident: 800 dogs seized from filthy US home -
Failure to Care: Airline Economics and Monopolistic Politics
More on the death of a passenger
First of all, corporations like airlines, plan for medical emergencies and the death of passengers. It's gonna happen statistically based on how many people who fly everyday. Second, they are supposed to train their employees on how to deal with the situation appropriately. Dealing with a medical emergency could ( Read more... ) -
Woman dies on airline...
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=5980840Does anyone else find this very creepy? A lady from Brooklyn on a flight from Haiti to NYC was having trouble breathing and there was no oxygen in the oxygen tanks. The airline of course is saying that they were not at fault but the family is being aided in the case by a doctor ( Read more... ) -
wow...
The guy who convinced Hidenburgh that he could control Hitler, and got him appointed chancelor, tried to re-start his political career in the 1950's. Unbelievable! (On Franz von Papen). -
Iran's changing... just look at the statistics!
Anyone else find it interesting that Iran's age structure is significantly different then it was 7 years ago? Iran's population growth rate (.663%) is slower then it is in the United States (.894%). They are barely replacing themselves, in the future, all the women who aren't having children either will have a baby boom or the country population ( Read more... ) -
Absolutely in California !!
Last action hero: Sadly, Arnold Schwarzenegger is likely to prove a one-off
Only in CaliforniaThe west coast is famous for nurturing extreme left-wing Democrats in coastal soviets such as Berkeley and Santa Monica. Less well-known, but no less barmy, are its extreme right-wing Republicans. The party faithful, no friends of the governor, can block ( Read more... ) -
Jena 6 Protests
Hey so, if people want they can wear black for the Jena 6 case. "As of Wednesday, according to the local NAACP and news reports, organizers said they were hoping up to 40,000 people would converge on Jena, a two-lane-highway town of 3,500." From The Washington Post , which actually does a better story then the NY Times on this as the NY Times ( Read more... ) -
In News: Austrailia and Darfur (in Sudan)
So I kind of wander if people like this, Man charged over rock throwing incident think they're at war. Surely he didn't seem all that concerned that dropping a rock on a passing car might hurt the people inside of it. So basically, the thing is there are consequences: a 22 yr old girl is now in a coma over some twat's boredom and failure at life. ( ( Read more... ) -
I kinda wonder a bit what statistics they are using...
USA: 8.26 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
UK: 10.09 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Germany: 10.71 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Iraq: 5.26 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Iraq Age Structure:0-14 years: 39.4% (male 5,509,736/female 5,338,722 ( Read more... )