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The eruption had been “really unexpected”. “You can measure and monitor but sometimes mother nature will do her own thing.” Yeah, like climate. From stuff.co.nz: (h/t to reader Dr K.A. Rodgers) Mt Tongariro has erupted, with ash fall closing roads and prompting a potential threat warning for...

Any press is good press. :lol: Singer Morrissey has attacked the “blustering jingoism” of the London 2012 Olympics, asking: “Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism?” The singer claimed the Royal Family have “hijacked” the Games and said “the spirit of 1939 Germany now...

Well there ya have it then. The current NFL referee lockout is providing an interesting opportunity for one replacement referee. For the first time in league history, a woman will work an NFL game as part of the officiating crew. Shannon Eastin, who has spent time officiating high school and...

It just never ends man. Mother-of-four who had a threesome with her daughter's schoolboy friends, aged 14 and 16, is facing seven years in jail A blonde mother-of-four is facing jail after admitting to a sordid sex session with a schoolboy that started in the kitchen in front of his...

Churches across Canada say they have a religious duty to speak out on the proposed Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline. Next week, delegates at the United Church of Canada general council meeting in Ottawa will debate a resolution...

I expected more than an adolescent and offhanded personal jab at my girl friend Ton but now that that maturity yardstick has been established, I know where to file any further responses from you.

by moot With the exception of my note On Extensions, I haven't published a substantial news post since July 2008. It's certainly been an interesting and eventful four years, and I've written and re-written a number of updates that for one reason or another never saw the light of day (or...

Fukushima nuclear plant chief shouts on new video of crisis TOKYO—The emergency command centre at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at one reactor and the plant chief reacted by shouting, “This is serious, this is serious,” new videos revealed about...

Bang my girl? Anyway, as I said, have at your opinion Ton.

One man is in critical condition after a woman opened fire on a crowd leaving a midnight cruise on the Detroit Princess riverboat today, according to police. Police are still searching for the suspect in the 1:15 a.m. shooting, which left six others with minor injuries, Detroit Police Sgt...

In 2007, the discovery of an unknown street photographer by the name of Vivian Maier (1926-2009) rocked the world of art photography. While infirm and near death, the former nanny/photographer was unable to make the payments on a storage locker, and the contents sold at auction...

Don't get mad at blogs and aggs Ton. :lol: Besides, you know as well as most that it is virtually impossible to convince us that man-made ( and I don't care how many eggheaded, hipster, greenie, windfarm euphemisms the believers can come up with for that either ) global warming is any more...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian policemen and seized an army tank in an assault on a Sinai police station near the border with Israel on Sunday, the deadliest attack in the region in at least two decades. The attack, which saw Israeli aircraft...

Oh that's right, I forgot...there are those that believe that stuff. So sorry lads. :lol:

Heeeerrre we go... A second fire in less than five weeks occurred at a mosque in Joplin, Missouri early Monday morning. The cause of the latest inferno is still unknown, but Monday’s flames were much more devastating than those that occurred July 4, in an incident that authorities later...

For any kids that just hafta complain...I'm sure they'll relish your constructive criticisms. :lol: To contact the reporter on this story: Mark Drajem in Washington at mdrajem@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Steve Geimann at sgeimann@bloomberg.net

Hiroshima, Japan: 67 Years Ago Today via sda History revisionists state that the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki was immoral and unnecessary. They purport that the Japanese government was ready to surrender before this, albeit with little to no evidence to support...

Jonathan Kay on James Holmes, Sam Harris, and the morally terrifying case against free will At his court appearance this week, James Holmes made a strong case for an insanity plea, without even opening his mouth. The Colorado mass-shooting suspect — who has dyed his hair a lurid shade of...

It's Bloomberg kid. Take your beef up with them. :lol:

Via Weasel Zippers: NASA’s Climate Change Fear Monger James Hansen Says Summer Heat Waves And Droughts “Certainly Would Not Have Occurred” Without Global Warming… Talk about a steaming hot load of BS. Via Bloomberg News: The Texas drought last year, the Russia heat wave in 2010...