Provo, UTArchive for 'National' Category
The biggest Mistake ever made…
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I ran across this and thought you all should read it….. Ever wonder why we have to go to the foreign press to read press like this? Our neighbor, Canada, in this case. Re Barack Hussein Obama: I Told You So [...]
US motorcyclist breaks longest jump record
American motorcycle daredevil Seth Enslow broke a 10-year-old world record today by sailing through the air on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle for 183.7 feet near Sydney Harbor in Australia. Sky News reports that Enslow actually broke the record twice today. The first time he flew 175 feet, but cameras weren’t ready to record [...]
Pennsylvania man forged famous signatures on books to sell online, federal investigators say
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Jason A. Kahl Reading Eagle A Reading man has been indicted on federal charges that he made more than $300,000 over six years by forging the signatures of famous authors on books before selling them to unsuspecting buyers on the auction Web site eBay. [...]
1/14/10 Stossel Excerpt on Crony Capitalism: Seriously?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvCZBKxP4TY&feature=player_embedded If you want government handouts all you have to do is contribute handsomely to the winner that makes it into office it seems. The Chicago Way Machine is working its dirty, corrupt, mob style politics well in its new home Washington DC. You can bet this is just the beginning of [...]
‘Miss Me Yet?’ Billboard With Photo Of Bush Is Real; Not An Internet Trick
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Mark Memmott Internet chatter had led to speculation that it might be an urban myth — nothing more than clever digital trickery spreading via the Web. But our friend Bob Collins at Minnesota Public Radio assures us he’s seen it with his [...]
The Kopp-Etchells effect? Never heard of it? Check it out!
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The Kopp-Etchells effect [/caption] Have you heard anything about the Kopp-Etchells effect? In fact, the Kopp-Etchells effect is a new name. Reporter and former Green Beret Michael Yon took a series of intriguing photos of glowing rotor blades as a helicopter lands in [...]
Coolest new Boat in the US Navy
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Here are some recent photos of the LCS 2 (to be USS) Independence. She’s at 43 knots here running at half power. NOTE the absence of a bow wave. Turns tightly, also; allegedly this also was done at 43 knots…and from the look of the small bow [...]
Myths of the American Revolution
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Myths of the American Revolution A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America’s War of Independence By John Ferling Illustration by Joe Ciardiello Smithsonian magazine, January 2010 [/caption] [...]
Mormon historical documents create auction buzz
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_3689" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="No. 575: Charles Brewer, an assistant surgeon in the U.S. 10th Infantry, wrote a friend about the Mountain Meadows Massacre in this 1859 letter, acquired in an auction by the LDS Church this week."Evidence of murders too horrible to be told & perpetrated by the [...]
Mysterious Jamestown Tablet an American Rosetta Stone?
Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: [/caption] Slate may show early colonist efforts to communicate with Indians. With the help of enhanced imagery and an expert in Elizabethan script, archaeologists are beginning to unravel the meaning of mysterious text and images etched into a rare 400-year-old slate [...]