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Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves: Britons never will be slaves.
THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights. Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been warned that there is also a risk that captured pirates could claim asylum in Britain ( Read more... ) -
Comeback for the Erie Canal?
Hints of Comeback for Nation’s First Superhighway
The canal still remains the most fuel-efficient way to ship goods between the East Coast and the upper Midwest. One gallon of diesel pulls one ton of cargo 59 miles by truck, 202 miles by train and 514 miles by canal barge, Ms. Mantello said. A single barge can carry 3,000 tons, enough to replace ( Read more... ) -
Prop 1a - High speed rail for California. Probably no
One of the 12 propositions being brought forward to the voters of the Great State of California is Proposition 1a -- funding high speed rail ( Read more... ) -
My 14.02 prof got the Nobel.
Paul Krugman, whom I took 14.02 (for those of you who aren't MIT, or don't remember, it's introductory Macroeconomics) with, won the The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his explanations on why countries which trade with each other often trade the same general types of goods, a change from Ricardo's ( Read more... ) -
Congo actually got an MSM mention
In last night's debate, I heard for the first time ever, a mention of the Congo War, by a member of the mainstream media. 4.5 million dead from 1998-2003 (and which continues on today to a lesser extent) and almost no coverage -- certainly less than 1/1000th the coverage of far less destructive (though still horrible) African wars such as the ( Read more... )
