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Time zones did not become necessary in the United States until trains made it possible to travel hundreds of miles in a day. Until the 1860s most cities relied upon their own local sun time, but this time changed by approximately one minute for every 12 miles traveled east or west. The problem of keeping track of over 300 local times was overcome by establishing railroad time zones. Until 1883 most railway companies relied on some 100 different, but consistent, time zones....
Dec 31, 2007, 1:29 pm - Tinker

Iran Nuclear Bomb Could Be Possible by 2009
Iran has more than tripled its ability to produce enriched uranium in the last three months, adding some 1,000 centrifuges which are used to separate radioactive particles from the raw material. The development means Iran could have enough material for a nuclear bomb by 2009, sources familiar with the dramatic upgrade tell ABC News. The sources say the unexpected expansion is taking place at Iran's nuclear enrichment plant outside the city of Natanz, in a hardened facility 70 feet under...
Apr 13, 2007, 6:15 am - LOTTOMIKE

Laptops get hot, but can they cause a plane to catch on fire?
UPS Flight 1307 burns on the tarmac of Philidelpha International Airport Washington (DC) - Laptops get hot, but can they cause a plane to catch on fire? The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating whether laptop batteries caused a UPS...
Jul 17, 2006, 3:24 pm - Tinker

25% of Hizballah's rocket assets destroyed
The very latest breaking news from Israel is here .... some of which doesn't make the news .... if you care to bookmark it ..... http://debka.com/ Israeli military estimates up to 25% of Hizballah s rocket assets destroyed in six days. No immediate timeline for e...
Jul 17, 2006, 10:47 am - konane

"Gradually Boiling the Frog Called America
Gradually Boiling the Frog Called America The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) by Steven Yates http://educate-yourself.org/cn/americannworegions01may06.shtml April 30, 2006 Forward courtesy of Slim Spurling (www.slimspurling.com) . Original Title United States of North America Elitists in the United States, Mexico, and Canada are plotting to merge these three natio...
May 24, 2006, 9:31 pm - konane

iran playing games with nuclear offer
Rice Says Iran Playing Games With Offer WASHINGTON (April 30) - The United States rejects Iran's offer to allow a watchdog agency to inspect the country's nuclear facilities and will press ahead for U.N. penalties against Tehran, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday. "They've had plenty of time to cooperate. I think they're playing games," R...
Apr 30, 2006, 5:22 pm - LOTTOMIKE

Group behind demonstrations
Directly from Powerlineblog.com about the underpinnings of the immigration demonstrations which are causing our legislators, the Senate in particular to abandon any courage in dealing with the issue or simply enforcing existing laws. Strange Bedfellows This morning's...
Apr 5, 2006, 10:07 pm - konane

"What the U.S. Pays the U.N.
What the U.S. Pays the U.N. U.S. contributions to the UN (regular budget, peacekeeping operations, international tribunals, specialized agencies and subsidiary organizations) in 2004 totalled: $1,589,998,000. The United States has the maximum assessed contribution to the UN regular budget -- 22%. In 2005 the assessed amount is $439,611,612. The minimum assessed...
Feb 3, 2006, 10:19 am - konane

NBC Explosives vanished before troops arrived
Report: Explosives already gone when U.S. troops arrived NBC News says its crew was embedded with soldiers at time (CNN) -- The mystery surrounding the disappearance of 380 tons of powerful explosives from a storage depot in Iraq has taken a new twist, after a network embedded with the U.S. military during the invasion of Iraq reported that the mate...
Oct 26, 2004, 10:00 am - konane

This has Been the Democrats agenda all along.
Core Principles of 2008/2012 Democrat Party Platform ( http://www.democrats.org/about/party_platform ) Democrats Believe in Blaming America First For Terrorism After September 11, we could have built the foundation for a new American century, but instead we instigated an unnecessary war in Iraq before finishing a necessary war in Afghanistan. (Preambl...
Aug 30, 2013, 10:16 pm - MADDOG10