This Is Just Cool!

              We received these pictures via email with this information: Record setting harvest was done in 2008, in Norton, Kansas.  160 acres was harvested with 100 combines and several grain trucks in 10 minutes and 15 seconds. This record will be entered in the Guiness World. Proceeds of this [...]

Like millions of you, I was amazed by the Beijing 2008 Olympics opening ceremony!  As we watched, a few of us commented on how the people responsible for the Olympics in London 2012 must feel… like quiting I bet. The dazzling opening ceremony, directed by China’s most famous film director, Zhang Yimou, cost tens of [...]

Starting in 1941, increasing numbers of British airmen found themselves as the involuntary guests of the Third Reich, and the Crown was casting about for ways and means to facilitate their escape. Now obviously, one of the most helpful aids to that end is a useful, accurate map, one showing not only where-stuff-was, but also [...]

The following article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title ‘C’ntarea Americii, meaning ‘Ode To America’) in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentulzilei ‘The Daily Event’ or ‘News of the Day’.  It’s true. Why are Americans so united? They don’t resemble one another even if you paint them! They speak all the languages [...]

I am not saying Iraq was the smartest thing we have ever done, or handled as well as it could have been, but this puts it in perspective.  Freedom is a good thing.  Remember those who helped provide it! Technorati Tags: freedom rings, memorial day, iraq war

How cool is this!? Taking a page right from science fiction, the Pentagon said Thursday it will try to shoot down a dying, bus-sized U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel on a collision course with the Earth. The military hopes to smash the satellite as soon as next week — just before it enters [...]