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You may not think of yourself as being sheltered, but if you live someplace where random violence is not a serious concern, then, compared to many of us, you are. Drive-bys, jackings, and other attacks against drivers are so common in Cleveland and even some of the inner suburbs as to be un-noteworthy unless someone dies, and rarely reported to police. (Sometimes they are commited BY police.) No one walks if they can help it, and while a lot of people do take buses if they have to, this is what befell a young man just a few days ago, across the street from my old grade school and one block away from Lake Erie, for the "crime" of trying to take a bus to his job at the Cleveland Clinic at 5am.

I didn't say "directly responsible for causing", I said "directly responsible for preventing". The FBI anti-terrorism unit is there specifically to prevent bombings. They have agents that can and have directly infiltrated and stopped bomb plots (e.g. this one). That's their job description, and that this happens means they screwed up.

Speculation based purely on the public information known right now:
- April 15 is Tax Day, which may be a motivating factor for the date.
- The American Revolution started in Boston, which may be a motivating factor for the location.
- The targeted event and means of attack guarantees a pretty random assortment of victims. It's not after political leaders, police, military, business, or any other particular organization. By contrast, Sept 11, OK City, Ft Hood, etc were all targeting very specific kinds of people and groups.
- No one has claimed responsibility, so it's probably an individual rather than an organization.
- Based on the above: It's probably a lone nut with anarchistic tendencies, thinking that he's starting some kind of revolution but is in fact just a lone nutcase.

There is a cure for HIV, but it's very difficult to obtain.
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/health/man-appears-to-be-cured-of-aids-after-unusual-blood-transfusion

If it was only the homeless, then fine. But you have Acorn all over the place paying people to vote with the only requirement to vote being your name and last 4 digits of your social.
Add to that the top Ohio elections official who doesn't want to verify the identity of new voters. http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/31101144.html
You end up with dead people voting and all kinds of fraud.
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/17859950/detail.html?rss=nn5&psp=news

In part this may come from a change in the attitude of the police from one of "serve and protect," to one of "control and contain" the population. Things like the Taser make it easier for them to keep away from any sort of "social" or intellectual contact with the people; they can just quickly end any sort of situation without thought - they just blindly use their "training" for each and every situation and thus maintain the us-vs-them attitude. Of course, maybe kids have changed, and perhaps Tasers and intimidation are the only way to deal with them these days. Whatever the reason, it seems like a not so good situation for our country to get itself into.

They are tasering 12 year olds. If a person cannot handle a pre-teen child's tantrum without a Taser, they should not be in the police force. While I'm at it, just why CAN'T SIX (count them, SIX) policemen handle a single "Don't tase me, bro." college student without a Taser or other tool beyond handcuffs?

But of course, this is neoAmerica, and torture of non-citizens has been approved at the highest levels of our government; it is only a short matter of time before torture is approved for citizens as well.

Hmmm . . . so you think that the GP quote questioning the causal relashionship between video game violence and real-life violence is somehow ignoring a proven causal relationship between real-life violence and real-life violence? I'd like to hear (or read) your further explanation of this

Do you think a five-year-old can tell the difference between video-game violence and real-life violence? Kids pick up and repeat words that they hear, do you think actions are somehow different? Have you ever seen two ten-year-olds perform wrestling moves on each-other that they saw watching WWF (or WWE, whatever)? How many kids were injured because they tried to repeat the stunts they saw on Jackass?

I'm no psychologist or psychological researcher, but I know what I see. When I hear a behavioral researcher tell me that violence on TV has no effect on kids while I see one kid pile-drive another... I have to call bullshit!

Voters would be able to see that their vote counted in the right direction, and unless someone else knows your private key, nobody would be able to tell who you voted for.

How long will it be, before Judges and courtrooms are sick of these petty charges, and start only allowing the larger criminals who actually sell and distribute?

It doesn't matter how sick the judges and courtrooms get. As long as the law says what it says, they can do what they do.

In my opinion, which doesn't count except on ballot day, the whole criminal justice system is screwed up - largely due to fatuous and incongruous drug laws. There are a number of states that don't agree with the federal government on Marijuana laws or penalties to the point of contention over federal funds.

Take for example the case in Cleveland a few weeks ago: A girl accused her ex-boyfriend of rape. He's arrested, but the juvenile detention center was full, so he was placed under house arrest with a monitor. Instead of being in the detention center where he should have been, he was at home. He took a shotgun, left home, found his accuser, and shot her in the face.
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/11183624/detail.html

Full story line here: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/12188918/detail.html

Undoubtedly, there were kids in that detention center on drug related, and non-violent offences. But, the violent criminal gets sent home to attempt murder.

I'm not an actuary but I'd bet that this type of thing happens all across the country on a regular basis. The system is broken when this type of thing can happen.

Interestingly, two nights ago on the History channel there was a show about the history of recreational pharmaceuticals. (In fact, there are two volumes in the series: http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id= 70805 that said something to the effect of (paraphrasing from memory here) "if the politicians who passed the Harris act had any idea what the world looks like today, it would never have been passed." The history of Cocaine is fascinating, and how it came to be illegal. I recommend the History Channel videos if you haven't seen them.

In any case, Newton once contended that a change in the gravitional field in one region of the Universe would be felt instantaneously in every other part of the Universe. It's similar to how the "war on drugs" has that type of effect on every other part of society.

So, how does this relate to the *AA? It doesn't directly. It's more of an analogy to how absurd laws and differing opinions, even by high-level government officials, still results in the same apathy and ineffectual legislation, and inaction on the part of our elected representatives.

How long will it be, before Judges and courtrooms are sick of these petty charges, and start only allowing the larger criminals who actually sell and distribute?

It doesn't matter how sick the judges and courtrooms get. As long as the law says what it says, they can do what they do.

In my opinion, which doesn't count except on ballot day, the whole criminal justice system is screwed up - largely due to fatuous and incongruous drug laws. There are a number of states that don't agree with the federal government on Marijuana laws or penalties to the point of contention over federal funds.

Take for example the case in Cleveland a few weeks ago: A girl accused her ex-boyfriend of rape. He's arrested, but the juvenile detention center was full, so he was placed under house arrest with a monitor. Instead of being in the detention center where he should have been, he was at home. He took a shotgun, left home, found his accuser, and shot her in the face.
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/11183624/detail.html

Full story line here: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/12188918/detail.html

Undoubtedly, there were kids in that detention center on drug related, and non-violent offences. But, the violent criminal gets sent home to attempt murder.

I'm not an actuary but I'd bet that this type of thing happens all across the country on a regular basis. The system is broken when this type of thing can happen.

Interestingly, two nights ago on the History channel there was a show about the history of recreational pharmaceuticals. (In fact, there are two volumes in the series: http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id= 70805 that said something to the effect of (paraphrasing from memory here) "if the politicians who passed the Harris act had any idea what the world looks like today, it would never have been passed." The history of Cocaine is fascinating, and how it came to be illegal. I recommend the History Channel videos if you haven't seen them.

In any case, Newton once contended that a change in the gravitional field in one region of the Universe would be felt instantaneously in every other part of the Universe. It's similar to how the "war on drugs" has that type of effect on every other part of society.

So, how does this relate to the *AA? It doesn't directly. It's more of an analogy to how absurd laws and differing opinions, even by high-level government officials, still results in the same apathy and ineffectual legislation, and inaction on the part of our elected representatives.

It is a fair trade-off if it keeps MySpace out of the headlines and out of court:

Officers Lose Jobs After Contacting Teen Using MySpace (January 18), ,MySpace, News Corp., Sued by Families Whose Daughters Were Assaulted (January 18), Teens Arrested In Girl's Beating Shown Online (January 17)

Did you know there is a 3% fee for Americans' phones? Read below:

NewsNet5.com reports that there is a call to repeal a telephone/phone (including cellular/cell phones) tax most Americans probably don't even know they are paying. Anybody who has ever tried to decipher a phone bill knows how tough it can be. One of the charges is a 3 percent fee on every phone bill in America. The origin of the tax predates the invention of the phone by nearly a century.

Every time a person use their his/her phone, he/she supports the war effort -- the Spanish-American War. The 1898 war involved Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. The fee began as a luxury tax on phones at the turn of the 19th Century. And we're all still paying for it today. Phone bills don't specify that the tax originates from the Spanish-American War. It is labeled as the federal excise tax, which amounts to 3 percent of every monthly bill...

Seen on Shacknews. Posted on my site recently.

Lack of parental responsibility affects education in other ways, too.

http://www.newsnet5.com/education/4873759/detail.h tml

This is what you get.

• Hackers steal your phones to ring up bills
• New improved spyware tactics that behave like trojans
• Latest court rulings on hackers who use keyloggers
• Huge ID Theft Ring Affects at least 50 banks
  
  

You can expect airline pilots to start asking for them, especially after this Cleveland incident:

Steam and Electric are obviously nothing new, the first Car to break 100 mph was I belive electric.

Steam , like electric has several DISADVANTAGES as well, The was a time, when steam engines didnt reclain their steam that steam polution caused great enviromental issues with their condensate.

In addition high pressuer steam is DANGEROUS, and any vehicle designed would need to take that into account, think of the danger to the occupants of a vehicle whose boiler explodes.

For a take on this take a Hot Water heater, it is actually (gas or electric) the MOST Dangerous item in you hous a blocked T&P (Temperature and Pressure relief valve) with a tank in ovverun condition can catapult a Hot water tank through a 3 story house to a height of 100 ft, yup thats right, just like those little red plastic water rockets you had as a kid.

I was a union plumber and pipefitter, my specialty was in steam, I can tell you while the average goober might see great potential they seldom see the very real dangers of steam, steam to most seem innocent enough, just look at some of the deaths associate with steam engines recently, This even happened about 10 miles from my home an hourt after I left. Here and Here , and the fellow who owned and operated this was FAMILIAR with these risks, from burns to boiler failures, its not something to screw with unless you know what youre doing, and even then it will leave you suspicious

There certainly are patterns all kinds.

Data just came out showing that Cleveland, Ohio has the largest unemployment rate of any major city in the US. Cincinnati is on the brink of (and has fallen into) racial and class conflict.

What party is in control in those two cities? Add to that East Cleveland's mayor was indicated on corruption charges. The state's been a mess for a long time.

Yes. They are that stupid.

Funny how all the americans were blaming canada

I read a lot about this and not once did I read an American blaming Canada. It was known that the falling dominoes extended to Canada, but it was also thought early on that the origin of the blackout was in Cleveland, Ohio.

It may have stopped short of Rhode Island, but apprently it may have actually started in my home town. Check this.

Is then a Rolls Royce overpriced because it costs more than your average house.

A Rolls Royce costs $320,000. Here in California, that's probably enough money to buy a shed in someone's backyard.

Check out the story here