Airline Safety – Disaster Waiting to Happen?
USA Today has a story about the whistleblowers turning up the heat on FAA Administrators concerning their coziness with the airlines.
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Weekly News Roundup for April 4, 2008
This is the round up of the weird, stupid or funny stories from the week ending Friday April 3, 2008. We’ve got a woman going out to shoot at another woman over a man, and leaving her four kids home alone, and another guy trying to steal the oven from a vacant house.
Read moreMukasey Says They Knew About 9-11 Call
Speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last week, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said one of the dumbest things ever to come out of this scandal ridden Administration. He was making a speech trying to stir up support for the FISA bill with telecom immunity, where he basically claimed that U.S. Intelligence apparently knew a call came from Afghanistan safe-house to a phone in the U.S.
Read moreThe Battle in Florida is Joined-Amendment #2
This will be the first in what I expect will evolve into a series of articles related to the upcoming election and the vote on Constitutional Amendment #2. This is the krazy kristian kooks attempt to have a large conservative turnout in Florida, so instead of fielding a worthy candidate, they go for the devisive issue. Amendment #2 is, of course, a “marriage protection” amendment for the Florida Constitution.
Read moreBaggage Handling at Tampa Airport
The Tampa Tribune is reporting that airport police have arrested three baggage handlers from Delta Global Services (contracted to handle Continental Airlines baggage) at TIA. It seems they had quite the little theft ring going stealing all sorts of electronics and sunglasses.
Read moreDitching Daylight Savings Time in Florida?
It seems that State Senator Bill Posey wants to end Daylight Savings time in Florida. According to him it’s just too much trouble to change all the clocks and watches. Of course, just wait until you have to figure out what time you have a conference call. We have people in Central time, and that gets confusing sometimes. I’m scared to think what it will be like to have a different time than the rest of the east coast.
Read moreAtonement
In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony’s vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the educated son of the family’s housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony’s headstrong older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony – who has a crush on Robbie – is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested – and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.
Read moreNo Country for Old Men-Reviewed
Set in West Texas, a man on the run with a suitcase full of money is pursued by a number of individuals.
Read moreA Retirement Plan for the Current Economy
Now here’s a retirement plan for today’s economic environment that I can get behind.
Read moreWeekly Roundup for March 28, 2008
It’s interesting around here with 93 year old Johns down in Manatee County.
Read moreA Big Day at Deep Sand
We have spent our evenings this week doing some major upgrades to Deep Sand. One of the most obvious is the new look and feel of the site, but that’s not all. Behind the scenes we upgraded to the current version of the software, revamped our database, and upgraded all the plugins that make Deep Sand what it is. We hope you’ll visit and browse around.
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