Tag Archives: Vatican
Double Quake in Japan, Rome Berns
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Japan Quake: Two serious earthquakes within 24 hours in Southern Japan have killed at least 32 people, injured 1,500, and left hundreds of thousands of people without water and electricity. Buildings, hillsides and highways collapsed. More than 200 homes and …
Message to Congress, GM Excused
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Special Delivery: The plans of a Florida mailman who landed his one-man gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the Capitol yesterday were not a secret. A Florida newspaper followed his plan and he had even been questioned by the Secret …
No Debris Recovered, Jocks Are Employees
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Debris: Thailand reports that one of its satellites spotted 300 floating objects in the Indian Ocean not far from where other satellites took pictures of what could be debris from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. Searchers are fighting bad weather and …
Obamacare Gets Doctor, Fresh Apples
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Tron: The Administration has appointed an efficiency expert to fix the Obamacare website from the inside. Jeffrey Zients was first appointed in 2009 to the Office of Management and Budget to make federal agencies and departments run efficiently, and in …
Cause of Death, Wildfire, Stand and Fight
Sunday, May 5, 2013
World: Syrian state television reports that Israeli rockets struck a military research center in Damascus. Israel has not claimed responsibility, but did admit attacking a shipment of missiles inside Syria Friday. Also in Syria, pro-government forces have killed at …
The Ryan Plan, Cannibal Cop, Black Smoke
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
National: Rep. Paul Ryan unveiled a Republican budget plan that would slash taxes on the rich from 39% to 25% while eliminating President Obama’s health care reform, Wall Street regulations and plans for high-speed rail. Medicare would be mostly privatized. …
Jobs Up, Winter Storm, Elephant Slaughter
Friday, March 8, 2013
National: The national jobless rate dropped to 7.7%, an improvement of .2%. That’s a gain of 236,000 jobs in February, and a four-year low. The stock market climbed further into record-setting territory this morning. ➢A son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden …
Benedict Flies, Sequester at Midnight
Thursday, February 28, 2013
World: Pope Benedict XVI got on a big white helicopter today and left the Vatican. He will live at a Papal retreat outside Rome until a permanent residence is ready inside the Vatican grounds. The Catholic Church must now pick …