CNN.com – London Tube stations evacuated – Jul 21, 2005 Ivan McCracken told Sky News: “I was in a middle carriage and the train was not far short of Warren Street station when suddenly the door between my carriage and the next one burst open and dozens of people started rushing through. Some were falling, there was mass panic. “It was difficult to get the story from any of them what had happened but when I got to ground level there was an Italian young man comforting an Italian girl who told me he had seen what had happened. “He…
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John Kass: What Mayor Daley Doesn’t Know Chicago’s mayor (locally known as Da Mare) doesn’t know from all the allegations and resignations and intimations that there’s dirty politics in City Hall hiring. Well. How could he not know? We all know this but Da Mare? Looks like this year’s Chicago Bar Association Christmas extravaganza will again feature the perennial favorite, “Idunno,” set to the tune of “Figaro.” Always gets a laugh.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | ‘25,000 civilians’ killed in Iraq The statistics are sobering. On average, 34 Iraqis die every single day. That’s a little less than 1 London bombing per diem. Makes yer fink, donnit? I can’t wait to see how we’ll justify this one. You can get webcounters for your blog here.
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Chicago Tribune: Karl Rove Got It From Novak Okay. He’s technically off the hook, according to the way Floyd Abrams laid it out the other day on Al Franken’s AAR show. . So who gave it to Novak, and did they have security clearance, or was this the biggest open secret in Washington history since JFK snuck wimmin in and out of the White House? And why isn’t Novak in jail, or is the grand jury just trying to confirm his testimony? It’s still highly dubious that Plame’s identity was deliberately used to deflect Wilson’s criticism. By Rove, of course.…
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Before Originally uploaded by GinnyRED57. Taken from a similar POV as Against Racism Against Poverty Against War
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Against Terrorism Against Racism Against War Originally uploaded by Beatnic. Original Title: Against Terrorism Against Racism Against War
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BBC NEWS | In Depth | london explosions Watching the vigil at Trafalgar Square right now. UPDATE: The speakers have been impressive, the theme is the same – diversity is strength. The variety of religious and secular leaders calling for unity is inspiring. And a really cool thing that may interest ginmar: Anthony Stewart Head seems to be the MC. Text will probably be available at the Beeb news site later. For now, I’m listening with half an ear while I get tickets issued and fix stuff that didn’t get issued yesterday, and take calls, and help people with changes…
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BBC NEWS | UK | ‘Ordinary’ lives of bomb suspects My God, they came from an ordinary British city, they were ordinary British subjects. But then Timothy McVeigh and Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski were ordinary people from ordinary places. What made them become extraordinary? The British will be debating the root causes of these attacks – whether it’s religious mania, hatred of “people not like us,” alienation, mental illness, and so on. Just as we did with our home-grown “mad bombers” – and we’ve never found the answers, either. My husband David and I have been to Leeds, and we’ve taken…
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London Pride Originally uploaded by GinnyRED57. Last night I enjoyed a tasty glass of Fuller’s London Pride, as planned, and then photographed it and uploaded it to Flickr. Then this morning I was listening to a radio essay by Scott Simon on NPR called “The Resilience of London — and Londoners.” It was one of Simon’s best ever, right up there with his dispatches from Sarajevo. The piece ended with an old song by Noel Coward called “London Pride.” It was scratchy sounding and creaky in the joints, but it had something to say about the strength Londoners found to…
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I ran across the following via Neat New Stuff: Are rescue workers in your town trained to deal with car crashes that involve hybrid cars? These new “green” cars could endanger untrained rescue workers if they unknowingly cut through electrical lines that could still be hot. A couple of interesting links: 500-volt hybrid vehicles pose electrocution risk to emergency workers A State Farm article, and eventually a link to a safety video is here. We’re enjoying driving the Ford Escape Hybrid, but it’s true that your typical EMT or rescue personnel won’t know very much about the risks and techniques…