[bill.aam]

Originally Posted by poochee

I can't believe only 3000 people can have an effect on Starbucks.

I can't believe 100 Kentucky leaders will have any effect on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign... <insert my new jest/joke smiley>

[ekim68]

Fears of damage to nuclear reactors

Nuclear facilities in Sichuan may have been damaged by the quake that hit the Chinese province on Monday, France's nuclear watchdog has warned.

The Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety said that nuclear research reactors or facilities used to produce nuclear fuel were located within 100km of the quake's epicenter.

"Given the strong acceleration observed at 70km from the epicentre … it is not possible at this stage to exclude damage to these installations," it said on Tuesday.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...075C342115.htm

[Wino]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Fears of damage to nuclear reactors

Nuclear facilities in Sichuan may have been damaged by the quake that hit the Chinese province on Monday, France's nuclear watchdog has warned.

The Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety said that nuclear research reactors or facilities used to produce nuclear fuel were located within 100km of the quake's epicenter.

"Given the strong acceleration observed at 70km from the epicentre … it is not possible at this stage to exclude damage to these installations," it said on Tuesday.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...075C342115.htm

I wonder if they call it the "U.S. Syndrome" in China??

[poochee]

Originally Posted by Wino

I wonder if they call it the "U.S. Syndrome" in China??

[ekim68]

Intel agencies seek help recruiting recent immigrants

McLEAN, VA — The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help.

The U.S. knows it needs the help. At the heart of a Friday summit with immigrant groups was a stark reality: The intelligence agencies lack people who can speak the languages that are needed most, like Arabic, Farsi and Pashtu. More importantly, the agencies lack people with the cultural awareness that allows them to grasp the nuances embedded in dialect, body language and even street graffiti.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...cruiting_N.htm

[poochee]

updated 11:51 a.m. EDT, Fri May 16, 2008
White valedictorian: A first for historically black Morehouse
By Dana Rosenblatt and Don Lemon
CNN

Story Highlights
Joshua Packwood, 22, will become first white valedictorian of Morehouse College
He turned down Ivy League scholarship to study African-American studies
Throughout his life, Packwood always gravitated toward the black experience
Packwood: "I don't think ethnicity makes the difference; it's what's in his heart"

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Joshua Packwood knows what it's like to be a minority.

This weekend he'll be the first white valedictorian to graduate from the historically black, all male Morehouse College in the school's 141-year history.

Morehouse, in Atlanta, Georgia, is one the nation's most prestigious universities of its kind. For more than a century, the school has prided itself on personifying the dream of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the school's most notable alums, by producing "Morehouse Men" - intelligent and successful black leaders.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/16/whi...ian/index.html

[ekim68]

History lesson:

How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power

Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004...secondworldwar

(Long read...but..)

[wacor]

Originally Posted by ekim68

History lesson:

How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power

Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004...secondworldwar

(Long read...but..)

Since it is a..........

Long read...but.

i have not bothered.

But one can go back to Henry Ford,,,,,,, Lindbergh and and others who were supposed Nazi sympathizers.

oh and since Kennedy is in the news I suppose Camelot should also be mentioned since the old man played games to make his fortune back during prohibition.

[ekim68]

Lindbergh, too?

[Bastiat]

Originally Posted by ekim68

History lesson:

How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power

Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004...secondworldwar

(Long read...but..)

68, this isn't a poke at you but this story has been posted here at least 3 times that I'm aware of. Its nothing new, ask Stoner. What they don't tell you is that after the war Bush was paid in the neighborhood of a 100 grand ( a lot back then) for being forced to surrender his interest. In those days large lenders (such as Bush's bank) required a seat upon the board of directors (that doesn't happen now because of possible personal liability). They had the seat, not to manage the business of the corporation, but to look after the loan and its repayment.

[wacor]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Lindbergh, too?

Yes some did think that way. It seems the PC crowd had some folks working back then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh

Lindbergh argued America did not have any business attacking Germany and believed in upholding the Monroe Doctrine, which his interventionist rivals felt was outdated. According to Lindbergh historian Scott A Berg, Lindbergh said before World War II:

After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Lindbergh resigned his commission as a colonel in the U.S. Army Air Corps on September 14, 1939 to campaign as a private citizen for the antiwar America First Committee.[51] He soon became its most prominent public spokesman, speaking to overflow crowds in Madison Square Garden in New York City and Soldier Field in Chicago. His speeches were heard by millions.
During this time, Lindbergh lived in Lloyd Neck, on Long Island, New York.

[ekim68]

Wow, thanks GB and wacor, good stuff to know..It's good to learn all sides of the stories....

[Bastiat]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Wow, thanks GB and wacor, good stuff to know..It's good to learn all sides of the stories....

You're welcome.

[ekim68]

More major aftershocks likely in China

BEIJING, May 20 (UPI) -- China's Sichuan province Tuesday faced a threat of an aftershock measuring up to 7 on the Richter scale, one week after a massive earthquake in the region.

The seismological bureau in Chengdu said a 6 to 7 Richter aftershock could rock the Wenchuan epicenter area and urged the local government and people to be prepared for emergencies, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The official estimate of the death toll from the May 12 earthquake stood at 34,073 as of noon Monday and the number of injured was 245,108. China has mounted a massive relief effort which includes tens of thousands of rescue teams assisted by more than 110,000 people, including police officers and soldiers.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_New...in_china/6865/

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

More major aftershocks likely in China

BEIJING, May 20 (UPI) -- China's Sichuan province Tuesday faced a threat of an aftershock measuring up to 7 on the Richter scale, one week after a massive earthquake in the region.

The seismological bureau in Chengdu said a 6 to 7 Richter aftershock could rock the Wenchuan epicenter area and urged the local government and people to be prepared for emergencies, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The official estimate of the death toll from the May 12 earthquake stood at 34,073 as of noon Monday and the number of injured was 245,108. China has mounted a massive relief effort which includes tens of thousands of rescue teams assisted by more than 110,000 people, including police officers and soldiers.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_New...in_china/6865/