Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
Iran’s own Predator. New unmanned aircraft announced by Iran.
Hope in Chile. After a mine collapse and 17 days 33 miners are still alive.
Steve Carell heading to China? New version of hit TV show The Office to possibly start in China.
Thanks to Wikicommons.
As if fission didn’t anger the US enough… Iran announces start of fusion power program.
Is N. Korea actually at fault? Questions over supposed torpedo attack on South Korean ship.
US Soldiers captured. Taliban forces seize two US soldiers in Afghanistan.
BP stops refueling Iranian airlines in accordance with President Obama’s newest sanctions against Iran. We have to wonder, is this just a marketing strategy to win favor after the awful oil spill in the Gulf?
First, Russian spies in the US. Now, an American spy in China?!
Is this the start of an East African Union? Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania establish a free trade zone.
Hey! I was here first! Image Courtesy of ferncanyonpress.com
There comes a time to cut your losses…
Authorities say a Philadelphia woman hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home to escape custody.
SCOTUS hands down Graham v. Florida… knocking out sentences of life without parole for teenagers.
Ouch!… U.S. reaches deal with other major powers on Iranian sanctions.
You know, just some warheads. Courtesy of Wikicommons.
Have you had a drill in school where you curl up under your desk and hope that the Soviets don’t drop a nuke on you?
Believe it or not this was a standard practice in US schools not long ago. Clearly American school desks were once quite robust if they could protect children from nuclear annihilation.
With poorer school desks available today, we were relieved to learn that the Russians and the Americans have agreed to reduce their arsenals of nuclear weapons. (Check the link for our explanation.)
Today, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev are set to sign the “new START” (START = Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) in Prague, signaling a new wave for American nuclear policy. To go along with this big meeting, the Obama administration just released the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).
Image Courtesy of Daniella Zalcman at WikiCommons.
Does not play well with others… Iranian nuclear move upsets U.S., France, and Russia.
Wounded but deadly… U.S. counterterrorism experts offer both caution and optimism on the Al-Qaeda threat.
So this guy isn’t exactly Danny Ocean…
Riverton police say the 26-year-old ran out of the store after grabbing the bottle of booze and a package of cough drops Wednesday and hid in a nearby building, which happened to be the police station.
Thanks to Wikicommons.
Speedy problems for Toyota. The Prius is added to the list of potential problem cars.
NO DEAL MR. AHMADINEJAD!! Hillary Clinton refuses to swap prisoners with Iran.
Well, actually it wasn’t true. Medical paper tying vaccines to autism is retracted.
Shadow or no? It’s nice in America that we base our attitude on the weather off of a scared groundhog.
In case you’re still paying attention… Michael Jackson’s doctor is in trouble.
IRAN IN SPACE!! Well, Iran’s animals in space:
State television aired footage of the flying Kavoshgar-3. Photos posted to news websites showed a rat strapped into a space pod. Reports said two turtles and worms were also aboard.
Mr. VP is a fan of” Avatar,” apparently. But wait, why does he have time to watch three-hour movies?? (Video below.)
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Ronald Reagan may be dead but he is now immortalized as SUPER REAGAN!! That’s right, he’s been made into a comic book super hero.
Political unrest continues in Iran as five protesters are being charged with “warring against god”
Obama declassified the security review of Umar Abdulumtallab’s Christmas day attack.
Thanks to Andrew Sullivan
Protests flair up in Iran (Again). The funeral of a reform minded cleric adds fuel to the anti-government fire.
No more runway prisons. Federal regulation prevents passengers from being trapped on a plane for more than three hours.
Dinosaurs are even more dangerous? Some prehistoric hunters used venom to catch their prey.
Courtesy of NYTimes
The Metalocalypse of Knowledge…Groups like Norwegian band Immortal participated in a six-hour theory symposium in Brooklyn.
Going nuclear… “Evidence of Iran’s nuclear arms expertise mounts”
A Connecticut Salvation Army chapter got a pleasant surprise…
Among one of the biggest challenges in 2010 for the world is dealing with a grouchy Iran. The government in Iran claims it is pursuing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The cartoon above is a little more skeptical. Is this a fair comment? (cartoon by KAL)
Thanks to the NY Times
The other Green movement. Iranian protesters face off with government forces.
Space the MOST AWESOME frontier! Virgin Galactic unveils the worlds first tourist ready spaceship.
Everybody (on the extremes) hates Ben. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke finds opposition from the Tea Party movement and socialists.
Goucho Marx once famously exclaimed that he would not want to be a part of any club that would have him as a member.
The cartoon above displays a club with a growing membership. Should the 2000 US elections in Florida also qualify for an American for entry into the group? (cartoon by KAL)
