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Overnight my friend Bruce found a cafe with power and sent these pictures I hope the workers made a ‘Run For The Border’ before Yutu came a calling. Bruce owns an apartment some 10 miles from his house, this is what remains. It took an hour to get there, the roads were blocked by fallen […]
This is a guest article by Bruce Bateman Early Thursday morning (Oct 25) the typhoon eye hit Saipan and our neighboring island of Tinian. Now it’s Sunday morning about 5 AM and I’ve been up since 3:30. When your only light is a battery powered flashlight you sleep early after discussing tomorrow’s recovery strategy sitting […]
I have a friend named Bruce Bateman, Off and on we have talked for 20 years. We met in Phoenix, AZ, I won’t discuss the circumstances, we were thrown together in a most unlikely way, That is a story for another time. Bruce decided he was fed up with Cooking Steaks on the sidewalk in […]
Edited by Rick Ollerman, Down & Out: The Magazine: Issue 1 is packed full of lots of good reading. After a short introduction, it is on to the stories. Each story has a brief introduction that explains a little bit of the background of the author as well as placing the presented in the context […]
Most people have probably never heard of Ajit Pai, whereas everyone has heard of Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie is a delightful seasonal dish served at thanksgiving. Ajit Pai is the idiot running the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). There is a subject that many people do not understand nor have ever heard of – Net Neutrality. […]
Breitbart is a ‘news’ website (in the loosest sense of the word). It is generally viewed as the ‘mouthpiece’ of the alt-right. At its helm is white nationalist and spewer of nationalistic rubbish Steve Bannon. You might recall the name, it is the same Steve Bannon that was Trump’s chief strategist. The bright side was […]
Hurricane Harvey is a misfortunate event that struck Texas last week. While it may be over, its wrath continues. It started off as a Tropical Storm down south, but then it gained power and strengthened into a category 4 hurricane, with winds reaching speed up to 130 mph. Hurricane Harvey brought major destruction to populous […]
BloggerNews has learned of a towing company in Sun Valley, California, that appears to be operating outside of well-established California law. BloggerNews spoke to an individual earlier today regarding an allegedly illegal towing operation conducted against his vehicle in late July by Jon’s Towing. The company is owned by Hovig Gaboudian. Our source claims that […]
This has been a wholly successful coup by the Right in Britain. Let’s track back a couple of years. David Cameron led a Con/LibDem Coalition. This was anathema to the Tory Rightand their media supporters ( The Spectator, ConHome, The Daily Mail, the Telegraph newspapers etc etc). It also opened the way to UKIP who […]
Trump, Corbyn, UKIP, Brexit, the SNP, Bernie Saunders… on both sides of the Atlantic it’s the age of Anti-politics. It is a time when conventional politics has morphed into protest movements and when conventional wisdoms have been suspended. Even just a few years ago the idea of Donald Trump or Jeremy Corbyn leading, respectively, the […]
The night of August 15, 1951 finds Jack Laramie on the road just, outside of Clyde, Texas. The private detective stops for gas and food. The waitress, Vicky Mae, does not appreciate the small joke Jack makes as she serves him a cup of coffee. His joke was also very much not appreciated by the […]
The people of Britain woke up to a very different country on Friday 24th June 2016. It is a country that has ignored Nelson Mandela and chosen fear over hope, isolation over cooperation, ignorance over knowledge, prejudice over understanding, bitterness over generosity and, who knows, maybe even strife over peace. We also woke up to a divided country – […]
In the off season the summer resort area is pretty much closed. That does not mean there is not activity going on. There is a lot of activity going on behind the doors of the old and decaying houses. The house on Ashworth Avenue might be the worst of the bunch. The shotgun is going […]
I have been anxiously watching all of the events in the Middle East and how it effects the Christian community living there. As a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem the turmoil is especially distressing. Watching the cradle of Christianity fall prey to the tragic persecution of my fellow Christians […]
By John Donovan Royal Dutch Shell has expelled 60 workers from a Dutch chemical plant after workers were caught using drugs. The Shell Moerdijk plant in the Netherlands makes chemical products from petroleum. It employs over 800 employees and over 500 contractors. It is one of the largest chemical complexes in Europe. Last October I […]
Scottish TV news is reporting that the UK National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, and its sister unions, are outraged by the fact that Shell has awarded the Brent oilfield decommissioning contract to a ship with a Nazi name, The Pieter Schelte. The unions intend to take coordinated action to halt the project. Numerous […]
The Royaldutchshellplc.com website is reporting speculation that a Royal Dutch Shell/BP merger may be announced later today at the New York Stock Exchange. Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden will be at the NYSE with his colleague Marin Odum, the President of Shell Oil Company. The speculation arises from information provided […]
By John Donovan The Observer/Guardian newspaper and the Daily Mail newspaper both published articles yesterday on The Pieter Schelte Nazi Ship Controversy. The response has been staggering. THE HEADLINES Jewish outrage as ship named after SS war criminal arrives in Europe: The Observer/Guardian Named after SS Nazi war criminal: World’s largest ship sparks outrage as […]
By John Donovan An article published hours ago by the GUARDIAN ONLINE website, which will also appear in The Observer newspaper on Sunday 25 January, was prompted by a petition I recently launched objecting to the Nazi name of The Pieter Schelte, claimed to be the largest-ever ship according to its owner, the Allseas Group. […]
As most of you that have been following this story Mr. Price was apprehended on Thursday by US Marshals. The missing canoeist was not dead after all, he was living with a friend in an RV. Wanted to answer 50 counts of possessing Child Porn, it seemed the story was over. Well not quite. I’ll […]
By John Donovan This morning the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc announced its second quarter results. In subsequent news coverage, Bloomberg commentators said they were stunned by the lack of comment by Shell on the risk of reprisals by Russia to the recent announcement of EU sanctions targeting the Russian oil and gas industry. […]
It is a cold February night in Dallas, Texas and the body of Father Robert Lanton has been found on Jefferson Street near I-35. Homicide Detective Renee LaFleet and his partner Danny “Tex” Beers have been assigned to the case because of Assistant Police Chief Harold “Harry” Wong. Wong is not only very good at […]
The lowest-risk shorting opportunity in the market right now appears to be in the payday lending stocks: Cash America International (NYSE: CSH), DFC Global (NASDAQ: DLLR), EZCorp (NASDAQ: EZPW), First Cash Financial Services (NASDAQ: FCFS) and QC Holdings (NASDAQ: QCCO). The Department of Justice, as part of the covert Operation Choke Point, has launched a […]
The recent CNN coverage of The Malaysian Airline tragedy, has created a new Challenge for Avid Newswatchers, and those who view multiple media outlets. It was always a safe bet that regardless of Network bias or Newspaper political leanings, you could read between the lines with most stories, and figure out when something resembling “news” […]
Here in Asia, we have a society where the family is the basis for welfare: in disasters, you seek family to help you.. Many people are getting out of poverty because they have family members who support the rest of their family by working overseas and sending back money to pay for school fees, decent […]
While the press is full of news about Boyance and Justin Bieber, one of the completely ignored stories has been how China is busy taking over Africa. Not politically, of course, but by investing in minerals, exporting their cheap goods to Africa and establishing stores there to sell things cheaply, and by investing in farm […]
David Schussler Here we are a nation of escapists, having displaced the indigenous, having fucked up the old world as we (whether we knew it or not) looked for a new world to destroy. While escaping the harsh realities of personal responsibility for the lives we no longer wanted, we dragged a battery of philosophers […]
In the midst of growing concerns with the United States’ relations with Middle Eastern countries, many experts and policymakers have been speculating upon the best plan of action moving forward. A recent prediction of a grim future in Afghanistan shows how tensions with Iraq are also mounting. With the threat of fractured foreign relations looming […]
Trails of the Wild: Seven Tales of the Old West” book opens up with “Rattler” by James Reasoner. Texas Ranger Cobb and bank robber Franklin Harmon have had a gun battle going for the past hour. The large boulders were the only cover from the shots from Harmon and Cobb knew there was a big […]
The plot sound absolutely boring: PJ Travers goes to Hollywood and fights with just about everyone over Disney’s plan to make a film about Mary Poppins. Yet the film is surprisingly gentle toward it’s characters, and via flashbacks slowly gives us a complex picture of how creation of how and why art is able to […]
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