February 2011
January 2011
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Looters rip heads off 2 mummies at Egyptian Museum →
Watchlibrarianista:
Challenger Astronaut Ronald E. McNair’s Library Legacy
Twenty five years ago the nation watched in horror as the space shuttle Challenger exploded in the air, creating a massive fireball just 73 seconds after launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The tragedy shook the entire world and prompted NASA to evaluate its shuttle program and review the future of space travel.
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AP: Egypt death toll rises to 45 as protests enter... →
Egypt's High-Powered D.C. Lobbying Ties →
theatlantic:
Chris Good reports:
Since 2007, the government of Egypt has signed contracts with Tony Podesta, president of the Podesta Group and brother of former Bill Clinton chief of staff John Podesta; former representative Bob Livingston(R-La.) of the Livingston Group, who nearly succeeded Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House; and former representative Toby Moffett (D-Conn.), who gives his...
Utah wants to make a handgun its state symbol →
theweekmagazine:
just weeks after Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the with a similar weapon.
The measure to honor the semiautomatic M1911 handgun was passed by the state House this week, where its sponsor called the gun “an implement of freedom that has defended America for 100 years.”
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Can someone explain the Egypt situation to me? -... →
nickdouglas:
“I get upset with the high-and-mighty tone westerners (which I am) take with the post colonial countries. They should measure new governments against the US. Within the first century of its existence:
The capital was razed by foreign invaders (see war of 1812)
Mass displacements bordering on genocide (see Trail of Tears)
An incredibly bloody civil war, even by modern...
USDA Admits to Mass Animal Poisoning. →
theinformedvegan:
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has taken blame for the recent death of 200 starlings in South Dakota. Once thought to be caused by severe cold, the USDA admitted to poisoning the birds because the were pooping on feed at a nearby feedlot.
The USDA used bait laced with a poison called DRC-1339. Official reports about the poison reveal that after...
