An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Morning Coffee 8/17/07 – Sleepless Edition
Cave-In Kills 3 Utah Mine Rescuers, Injures 6 Others
A disastrous cave-in Thursday night killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach trapped miners, authorities said. Mining officials were considering whether to suspend the rescue effort.
I wonder if they should just stop now. My heart felt prayers are with the family and community.
State’s jobless rate dips to lowest level since late 2000
Tennessee’s unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent in July, the same as the month before, giving the state its lowest jobless rate since December 2000.
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State officials attributed the gains in part to 8,200 new construction jobs, the addition of 8,100 jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector and 5,800 positions in social assistance and health care.
Hmmm….doesn’t say a word about them being gubmint created jobs. This is a good thing.
Stomach-churning days on Wall Street could lead to recession troubles on Main Street
The stock market is on a stomach-churning ride, the nation’s once high-flying housing market is sinking deeper into gloom, and credit, the lifeblood of the economy, is drying up.
If consumers get nervous enough, many economists believe, all of these troubles could become the perfect storm that will plunge the country into a recession.
Well, that’s the biggest problem, isn’t it! People get scared, thanks to negative news, and they panic.
Comet-like star streaks through Milky Way
Nothing like this has ever previously been witnessed in a star, according to scientists who detected it using NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer, an orbiting space telescope that observes the cosmos in ultraviolet light.
Cool!
‘They were shouting ‘Sieg Heil”
Hapoel supporter Eyal Heled gave his account of events to Army Radio: “Disturbances broke out when fans in the Bosnian supporters’ section started shouting ‘Sieg Heil’ and making Nazi salutes. One of our fans then threw a firecracker into their section and then the Bosnian security forces rushed in and started hitting us indiscriminately.”
That’s just sick!
Radioactive poison that killed Litvinenko found at London lap dancing bar
Traces of the lethal radioactive poison which killed Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko have been found at four previously undisclosed sites – including a Mayfair lap dancing bar.
Odd, and a little disconcerting, that stuff is still showing up.
Saudi Arabia: Migrant domestics killed by employers
“The brutal killings of these Indonesian domestic workers occurred in an atmosphere of impunity fostered by government inaction,†said Nisha Varia, senior researcher in HWR’s Women’s Rights Division.
“Not only do the authorities typically fail to investigate or prosecute abusive employers, the criminal justice system also obstructs abused workers from seeking redress,†she added.
This is not the behavior of a civilized government. But then I wonder if ANY gubmint is actually civilized any more.
Democrats eye Hastert’s seat in House
Hastert was expected to announce Friday he won’t seek re-election next year, ending a career that made him the nation’s longest-serving Republican speaker of the House.
“I’m disappointed, but you know what? Very few people know when to hang up their spikes, and Denny has always had an understanding of that,” said Illinois House Republican leader Tom Cross. Cross called it “a sad day,” saying Hastert had been “so, so good in so many ways on policy and on politics.”
Can the Republicans PLEASE come up with a good SOLID conservative?
Relatives search bodybags in Peru quake as toll tops 500
Rescuers searched intensely through the night into morning Friday, combing rubble for any survivors after a powerful earthquake devastated cities and sent a church’s soaring ceiling tumbling down on hundreds of worshippers in southern Peru.
Prayers for all.
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