“In New York we have rats the size of chihuahuas”
More Rescue 911. Old, but still very topical:
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Ever heard of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755?
The topics of the 1918 flu pandemic and the Lisbon earthquake came up yesterday in this discussion thread, which sparked a train of thought for me. The very first time I read about the flu epidemic was when I was … Continue reading →
“I didn’t like the idea of being a dead hero”
More Rescue 911:
Continue reading →“I missed my mommy…My hands were all wrinkly…they weren’t like my human hands.”
More from one of my favorite old TV shows, “Rescue 911”:
Continue reading →“What are you going to do? You gonna stand there and watch it go by?”
More from the old Rescue 911, one of my favorite TV shows of all time:
Continue reading →Sandy aftermath
Obama had a nice lovefest with Christie, but now it’s hard to turn on the news without seeing continuing scenes of devastation in New York and New Jersey, Obama country. It underscores the very considerable difference between reality and photo-ops. … Continue reading →
Should Northeast power lines be buried?
And the answer is: maybe. [Hat tip: Instapundit.]
Continue reading →Obama and that Katrina vote
Commenter “Ken” points out something I hadn’t been aware of before: Obama was one of a small minority in the Senate who voted against the bill that waived the Stafford Act in order to make assistance funds available to the … Continue reading →
The potential significance of the 2007 Obama Hampton video…
…is that it shows Obama misrepresenting facts to a black audience in order to stir up racial resentment. But like so many other things that Obama has said and done that belie the image he has carefully cultivated of “we’re … Continue reading →
Windpower woes
[Hat tip: Instapundit] Wind power sounds like a wonderful thing, a renewable resource that’s clean and available and could help wean us off our dependence on fossil fuels from sketchy foreign countries. All that’s needed is the will to do … Continue reading →
Remembering United Flight 232
Last week was the 23rd anniversary of the United Flight 232 air disaster that occurred in Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19 1989. I happened to come across this piece written by Captain Al Haynes, a bona fide hero of … Continue reading →
New Russian jet missing over Indonesia
This is absolutely terrible on both the human and the economic level, and for the Russian aviation industry specifically: …[A] a Sukhoi SuperJet-100, the first completely new post-Soviet jetliner, went missing during a promotional tour in Indonesia. The plane is … Continue reading →