From stockpiling to living off the grid, more Colo. residents preparing for disasters
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | 11 comments
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Four families in Yoder are building a sand bunker and stockpiling ammunition and weapons
New Logan searches blasted
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 | Post a comment
TOUCH AND GO: Federal screeners’ new ‘hands-on’ body searches has drawn fire from Logan travelers and the ACLU.
Logan airport security just got more up close and personal as federal screeners launched a more aggressive palms-first, slide-down body search technique that has renewed the debate over privacy vs. safety.
Posted by John under: Fear,Perplexity
Abandon Earth or Face Extinction, Stephen Hawking Warns — Again
Friday, August 13th, 2010 | Post a comment
Jan. 14: Stephen Hawking speaks via satellite during a Science Channel presentation in Pasadena, Calif.
“It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster on planet Earth in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand, or million. The human race shouldn’t have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet,” he said.
Posted by John under: Fear,Perplexity
A ‘Romantic’ Now in Trouble Over an Airport Kiss
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 | Post a comment
When a man ducked past security at Newark Liberty International Airport last Sunday to kiss his girlfriend goodbye, the breach in security shut down one of the country’s busiest airports, delayed flights through Monday and prompted an intensive manhunt from New Jersey detectives that ended on Friday evening on a street in Piscataway, N.J.
Posted by John under: Fear,Perplexity
Chinese Begin Buying Up Gold
Sunday, June 7th, 2009 | Post a comment
Individual Chinese investors are now rushing to hoard the precious yellow metal, hoping it will retain value if the dollar collapses.
Posted by John under: Fear,Perplexity
Congress warns on Detroit shake-up plans
Thursday, June 4th, 2009 | Post a comment
US lawmakers are building roadblocks to the rapid restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler, arguing for more scrutiny of plans to shut the carmakers’ dealerships and plants.
Posted by John under: Fear,Perplexity,Root of All Evil
Mexican President Orders Businesses to Close as Flu Panic Rises
Thursday, April 30th, 2009 | One comment
Mexico’s president ordered a partial economic shutdown to slow the spread of the swine flu virus as officials urged increased precautions against an imminent pandemic.
Posted by John under: Fear,Pestilence
‘Haniyeh hid in hospital during Gaza op’
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | One comment
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
Photo: AP
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh operated a command and control center inside Shifa Hospital in downtown Gaza City throughout Operation Cast Lead in January, the IDF revealed on Wednesday.