As a former Air Force officer, I like to “talk trash” when it comes to interservice rivalry. Today, however, I must commend the folks serving aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan and other U.S. Navy vessels in the Pacific as they risk radiation contamination while conducting rescue and recovery operations in Japan. The video below tells [...]
U.S.S. Ronald Reagan Aviators Risk All to Help Japanese Following Earthquakes, Tsunamis
March 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Border Fence Project Buried by Homeland Security
January 15th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Having spent a number of years in the media relations business, I’m familiar with the concept of releasing “bad news” on Friday. Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano used that approach to share news about her decision to cancel the Secure Border Initiative (a.k.a., “electronic fence”) that was supposed to help safeguard the nation’s southern [...]
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Mazda Sends Hydrogen-Powered Cars to Norway
May 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Mazda Motor Corporation today announced that it has built the first Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle with Norwegian specifications, developed specifically for participation in HyNor, Norway’s national hydrogen project. The first Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle will take part in ceremonies May 11 marking the official opening of HyNor’s hydrogen filling stations. Mazda plans to [...]
Tags: · hydrogen vehicle, hynor, mazda, mazda motor corporation, national hydrogen project, norway, rx-8, rx-8 hydrogen, wired
Instead of Carbon Dioxide, Let’s Try Drilling for Oil
February 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Believe it or not, global warming alarmists appear to be excited about drilling. Not just any drilling, mind you, but drilling into the ground! Before you get too excited, however, you must know that the kind of drilling about which they are excited will do nothing to reduce this country’s dependence on foreign oil. According [...]
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What is Sniper’s Role at Mount Everest?
April 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Wired reports that climbers on Mount Everest’s south side are surreptitiously blogging a standoff with Nepalese soldiers ahead of China’s Olympic torch run on the opposite side of the mountain next week. More incredibly, the magazine reports, one blogger “saw lots of military staff and one solider carrying a very sophisticated sniper type of gun.” [...]
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