The Beer Barrel

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Christchurch-in-state-of-emergency-20110222

2011-02-22 08:47

Christchurch - Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker declared a state of emergency and ordered people to evacuate the city centre after a massive quake devastated the city.

Troops were deployed to help people get out and to throw up a...

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/02/urban-supercomputers.php

Someone should warn the people inside that building (see link for photo).

Believe it or not, that $1,000 TV you're buying probably makes the store only a few dollars. The markup on TVs is very small. But that $100 HDMI cable the salesman sold you? That yields $90-plus in profit, easy.
In my former life I was an A/V salesman, but I'm feeling much better now. So I can offer an inside look at what's really going on....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/21/wbc_versus_anon/

From the front page of The Reg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Vy8fFnz18

Ray McGovern Bloodied and Arrested at Clinton Speech

Sometimes the hypocrisy is just overwhelming. So, it probably shouldn't surprise us that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would deliver a speech hailing the peaceful protests that changed Egypt while 71-year-old Ray McGovern was...