The World Bank estimates that $10 TRILLION will be spent on disaster relief in the next decade if money is not directed toward pre-disaster risk reduction. Trivial amounts of money spent BEFORE a disaster can provide huge savings in resources and lives. LONDON (AlertNet) – Just over $1 would have saved a child from being…
Las Cruces Sun- Virgin Galactic in New Mexico
I love this stuff… cd Space firm to launch in NM By Steve Ramirez SUN-NEWS REPORTER Dec 8, 2005, 06:00 am The new race to space, this time with paying customers, could soon become a sprint. Richard Branson, a British billionaire who is chairman and founder of the Virgin Group — which includes Virgin Galactic…
Man depantsed by rodeo bull
Bull-One Naked dude-Zero. Disclaimer: No pasty-assed white dudes were harmed in the making of this video. Rodeo – Google Video
'Podcast' Is the Word of the Year: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
So, listen to the fukn.us podcasts – or be square. ‘Podcast’ Is the Word of the Year: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
Kenya to deport man wearing dress
The story seems to be saying that this guy was arrested because he was suspicious because he looked *too good.* How else can one interpret….”Police say thieves in the capital, Nairobi, often dress up in their smartest clothes to commit crimes.” He does look damn good… A Burundian man taken into police custody in Kenya…
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Got this letter a few days ago and am slowly exploring all the great links….thanks man…. cd Just wanted to take this time to introduce myself and to tip my proletarian sombrero to you. I am a pop culture dumpsters diver, freelance writer, author and broadcaster, as well as a former street person living with…
Woman Allegedly Hires Hit Man for Cheese
Okay…this story is really for MH, except she wouldn’t have cared about the cocaine…she really would have wanted the cheese…. cd MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In an unusual case of mistaken identity, a woman who thought a block of white cheese was cocaine is charged with trying to hire a hit man to rob and kill…
Iran's Ahmadinejad says Israel should be moved to Europe
I like this guy better and better. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no anti semite. I don’t think Isreal should be removed from the map. I think a peaceful solution to the entire middle east violence needs to be found….but I thouroughly enjoy the turnaround this guy is pulling. The whole…”Okay, you want to support…
Vanuatu Volcano Bursts Into Life
AMBAE ISLAND, Vanuatu – An erupting volcano on this remote South Pacific island burst into spectacular life Thursday — shooting steam and toxic gases 9,845 feet into the sky. Huge columns of dense white steam and muddy ash spewed above Ambae Island to reach the greatest height seen since the Mt. Manaro volcano began erupting…
Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack
I sometimes get to drive around survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is amazing to hear their stories and imagine this land of aloha filled with smoke and death. Almost impossible to imagine. It happened though. It could happen again, and probably will. Visitors from ‘the heartland’ often express surprise and dismay at…