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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has bought BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad) for 34 billion dollars. Buffet has been buying BNSF, and other railroad stock (UP and NS), for some time now - since before the recession. Is Buffett losing his touch? Why would somebody buy a..
(Read Full Article On Buffett's New Santa Fe)
The government of Afghanistan canceled its upcoming runoff election for president today, after the challenger Abdullah Abdullah withdrew his candidacy. The initial election looked like a clear win for President Hamid Karzai, until "..
(Read Full Article On Karzai Wins Afghan Election - sort of)
On Thursday October 24th, 1929, the American stock market crashed, and crashed again on the 28th, only to crash even more the next day. In a few days, massive portions of the American economy were wiped out, and investors, both big and sm..
(Read Full Article On Hard Times: The Great Crash 80 Years Later)
Not much of a theme this week, but it is a "ramble," after all. Hey, remember the Battle of Agincourt, "We brave few," "band of brothers," and all that? Well, it wasn't as an impressive victory as legend would have it, ..
(Read Full Article On World News Ramble: 100,000 Italian Women Can't Be Wrong Edition)
(The Whi te House via C-Span) "In keeping with the administration's proactive approach to H1N1 Flu, President Obama last night signed a proclamation declaring 2009-H1N1 Influenza a national emergency. The proclamation enhances the abi..
(Read Full Article On President Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu)
A waywar d manatee has become stranded along the New Jersey coast and is in danger of hypothermia. He was last seen huddling for warmth near the outflow pipe of an oil refinery near Linden. Manatees, cannot survive for long in waters below sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Members of the ..
(Read Full Article On Ilya the Manatee Stranded in New Jersey)
Lotta news this week: warming Arctic, burning bunnies, sweaty new-agers, hot air ballons, and (kinda) steamy Meghan McCain! A wave of attacks against top security installations over the last several days demonstrated that the Taliban, Al Qaeda and militant groups once nurture..
(Read Full Article On World News Ramble: Hot Edition)
When was the last time you had polio? How about whooping cough? Diphtheria? Smallpox? Tetanus? If your answer is that you've never had any of those things, it's probably because your parents, or your government, had you vaccinated when you were a kid. The ..
(Read Full Article On H1N1 Vaccine Paranoia Strikes Deep)
Another high ranking American has become embroiled in the political fallout surrounding the recent elections in Afghanistan. Earlier in September, it was rumored that Afghan President Karzai and American Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke got into a big argument about just how oily the elect..
(Read Full Article On Diplomats Lock Horns Over Afghan Elections - Again)
The Samo an Islands were rocked by an earthquake, quickly followed by a Tsunami, yesterday. Preliminary reports put the death toll between 39 (AP) and 100 (BBC) lives lost, though being an archipelago, it will probably be some time before all the deaths are counted. The earthquake was centered ..
(Read Full Article On Tsunami Hits Islands of Samoa)
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