Treat MH370 tragedy rationally (official Chinese newspaper)

Toyota to pay $1.2 billion over unitended acceleration.

Baby Blues 02/20/2014

One of my favorite strips out there. By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.



Needless to say my favorite character is the middle child, and only boy, Hammie.



http://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/babyblues/

http://www.babyblues.com/

88 Wheels, Tires Stolen Off Cars at Galveston Dealership

Please explain Heroin's allure to me.

Because I don't understand. I'm a 56 old white male. I smoked cannabis about half a dozen times about 30 years ago, and all it did was make me hungry and sleepy. So I gave it up. I have never used tobacco. The only alcohol I drink are frozen mixed drinks, and I can't remember the last time I had one. I don't like getting drunk or high because I do not like to be out of control of my senses. I even quit taking some OTC antihistamines because they make me high. So I do not understand the allure of something that has shown repeatedly to be so deadly to so many people. And why are so many creative people seemingly drawn to use Heroin?

City Agrees to Stop-Frisk Reforms as Mayor Seeks to Drop Appeal

Source: NBC 4 New York

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in New York city's stop-and-frisk court cases say the city and the plaintiffs have reached an agreement for a monitor to oversee reforms of the police tactic.

Lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights said Thursday that the deal calls for the reforms to take place under a scenario set down by a federal judge last year.

They say the deal calls for a monitor to serve a three-year term. The monitor will oversee a process in which those communities most affected by the stop-and-frisk tactics will provide input into reforms.

The announcement came shortly after the administration of Mayor de Blasio filed court papers seeking to drop and appeal of the judge's findings.

Read more: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/De-Blasio-Drops-Appeal-of-Stop-Frisk-NYPD-242773401.html

Space Dandy

Premieres January 4, 2014 at 11:30pm on Adult Swim's Toonami block

BTW, "Boobies" is a parody of "Hooters".

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

Russian ICBM warheads hit targets on test range

So what if Castro had JFK shot?

I know the MIC is the favorite whipping boy at DU for the murder of JFK, but what is they weren’t the ones who were responsible?

Given the fact that JFK and RFK were partly responsible for the plots to assassinate Castro, what if he found out and decided to return the “favor” so to speak.

If THAT particular truth had come out at the time, then it most certainly would have meant WWIII as Johnson quoted as saying. The American people would have demanded all the Castros be hanged or shot or something. We would have invaded, the Soviets would have been forced to respond, and WWII would have been underway.

It that is the “truth” behind the murder of JFK, then yes it is better that the truth be suppressed until EVERYONE concerned is dead. That means every single one of the Castros. Because if that came out, and one of them was still alive the hawks would drive us into the invasion of Cuba they all wanted 50 years ago.

I knew some people love Castro, the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Socialist Experiment. But just imagine.....

When I was working on the railroad (no joke)...

We ran over a man laying between the rails, in a curve, near a street crossing. It was about 5am, light fog, the area was poorly lit, he was African- American and wearing all dark clothing and shoes. Truly the worst of all possible scenarios.

The train fully passed over him. Then it was my responsibility as conductor to go back and check on him. This was when we still had cabooses. He was dead of course. Considering what happened his body wasn't several injured. We were out of radio range, so I walked down the street to find a house with a porch light (this was before cell phones). It was the house of a preacher. I called the local police, they showed up, took our statements. The Justice of the Peace pronounced him dead, and they took him away in a hearse.

We were out of time, so they brought out a relief crew, and took us home in a crew van. We didn't have to testify in court, and I never heard the cause of death. In fact I never heard anything ever again.

Some crews I knew hit cars loaded with people and killed entire families, or even worse, carloads of teenagers from several families.

Those crews needed and got counseling. Then they had to undergo weeks testifying at trail.

The moral is when people try to beat a train, they're dancing with death, and most times they lose.