Month: September 2017
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive
Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from next June, state media said Tuesday, in a historic decision that makes the Gulf kingdom the last country in the world to permit women behind the wheel. The shock announcement comes after a years-long resistance from women’s rights activists, some of whom were jailed for defying the ban… Continue reading “Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive”
Mass. city official calls black Patriots players ‘monkeys’ for kneeling during anthem
Brockton, Massachusetts is not a small town. I just want to get that out of the way, so we all know we’re not talking about some little podunk sheriff’s deputy in a backwater somewhere. No, Brockton, though some may consider it a suburb of Boston, is called the “City of Champions.” That’s where famed boxers Rocky… Continue reading “Mass. city official calls black Patriots players ‘monkeys’ for kneeling during anthem”
Finally! Hospital ship heading to Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON – Federal and military aid for Puerto Rico increased Tuesday, including news that the hospital ship Comfort would be deployed, as officials got a clearer picture of the obscene destruction Hurricane Maria wrought on the U.S. territory.
What federal officials visiting the island have found: Eighty percent of the island’s electrical transmission system – its substations and transmission lines, – and 100 percent of its distribution system was damaged by the storm, said Lt. Col. Jamie Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.
As of Tuesday, only 11 of Puerto Rico’s 69 hospitals had fuel or power, Davis said.
On Tuesday, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long told reporters at the White House that it was dispatching the Navy hospital ship Comfort, a converted super tanker with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms, a CAT-scan, and radiology capabilities to Puerto Rico.
CNN panel: ‘Is Maria Donald Trump’s Katrina?’
Texas & Florida are doing great but Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble.. – Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2017 …It’s old electrical grid, which was in terrible shape, was devastated. Much of the Island was destroyed, with billions of dollars…. – Donald J. Trump… Continue reading “CNN panel: ‘Is Maria Donald Trump’s Katrina?’”
If I have to be alone
Todd:
The wind
Cat Stevens:
If I fell
The boys, live at the Beeb:
https://youtu.be/U0s9lyy_2jw
Happy Hour: Miles Davis – Au Bar Du Petit Bac …
https://youtu.be/B0Jy5bdObEM
