An amazing video clip from break.com of a German plane nearly taking its wing off whilst attempting to land in high crosswinds. You know it's not going to be a good idea when the plane is coming in at 45 degrees to the runway while trying to fly in a straight line...
Israel and the US to attack Iran?
Via Gulf Daily News an intriguing and rather alarming story detailing developments in the Gulf and possible preparations for an attack by Israel on Iran : MANAMA: Israel is massing warplanes in the Caucasus for an attack on Iran, it was revealed yesterday....
BP collecting more bad PR than oil.
Just when you thought news stories could not get any worse for BP it now looks like they are incinerating endangered species during their controlled oil burns according to Tampa Bay Fox News : VENICE, La. - A boat captain working to rescue sea turtles in the Gulf of...
Creative small ads.
When it comes to small ads from people looking for a partner in life there are not usually too many examples of creativity beyond the feeble attempts at humour. Or at least that is what I thought until I came across this clipping : I am not sure you would get many...
Now BP has a methane problem.
Via Reuters, we have this little horror story fresh from the Gulf of Mexico : Texas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are...
Portugal next to join the bailout queue?
Via ZeroHedge, Portugal certainly seems to be quickly heading in the direction of the emergency stability fund given it's ECB borrowings are growing rapidly at the same time as it's government bond rates approach the point where borrowing from other Eurozone states...
Budget thoughts and comments.
Whilst the UK newspapers are full of the usual tables showing who wins and loses and, depending on the politics of the particular paper are either saying evil Tories (Guardian, BBC et al) or jolly good show (Telegraph), I though I would post a few of the comments I...
French military sales to Russia annoy NATO.
Fresh from annoying their colleagues in NATO by entering into initial discussions to supply Mistral class helicopter carriers, the French are now looking to license Russian production of advanced night vision equipment to equip the Russian T-90 tank : Russia has...
Strange Dutch Creatures
A simply amazing video from Dutch artist Theo Jansen who makes autonomous creatures from plastic tubes and empty soda bottles - seeing them walking on their own in the video with amazingly lifelike movement is rather strange to say the least. _
Strange beyond words.
The photo below is one of those where you look a few times and are still lost for words : Kumar Paswan, an eight-year-old Indian boy, was born with a terrible abnormality. The baby boy was born with a parasitic twin: the lower part of his twin brother was growing from...