One of my favorite Christian songs!
One of my favorite Christian songs!
U.S. Infrastructure Is in Dire Straits, Report Says
“More than a quarter of the nation’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Leaky pipes lose an estimated seven billion gallons of clean drinking water every day. And aging sewage systems send billions of gallons of untreated wastewater cascading into the nation’s waterways each year.
These are among the findings of a report to be released…by the American Society of Civil Engineers, which assigned an overall D grade to the nation’s infrastructure and estimated that it would take a $2.2 trillion investment from all levels of government over the next five years to bring it into a state of good repair.”
Source: NYTimes
This is scary!
Perilous: *SWAT team, bomb squad and Predator drone all enlisted to find stolen North Dakota cows
*A colleague pointed out that maybe I should have made the headline a little clearer. These resources were reportedly deployed to pursue the alleged armed thieves of six cows.
You’re gonna love this, Tumblr fans. Some cows went missing in North Dakota. Six in all. Here is what local…
All this for some missing cows? This is crazy!
Tens of thousands of middle-class Muscovites hold a peaceful rally in the centre of Moscow, the biggest such event since the early 1990s. Astonishingly, there was not a single arrest. Some carried white flowers, others made jokes. “146% of Muscovites are for free elections” one sign read.
Euro crisis summit: The night Europe changed
In the long hours of a bitter Brussels night Europe changed.
A major step was taken towards closer integration. It was not as a result of popular demand by Europe’s people. It came about because Europe’s leaders believed their project had “never been in such danger”.
Last night most of Europe’s governments gave up a chunk of their sovereignty. In the future, tax and spending plans will be shown to European officials before national governments.
There will be automatic sanctions against those countries that overspend. A monetary union has moved towards being also a fiscal union.
As a result of the late-night negotiations, there is now a two-speed Europe. French President Nicolas Sarkozy accepted that. He said it was “the responsibility of those who opted out of the single currency”.
Several countries outside the eurozone had argued passionately against a Europe of the “ins” and “outs”, of two categories of membership. That, however, is what happened.
Europe’s leaders failed to agree a change to the EU treaties. Instead the new rules will be adopted and implemented through an inter-governmental treaty.
This will be an agreement involving the 17 members of the eurozone and some other states that are willing to embrace the new rules. (via BBC News)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57329900/uc-davis-pepper-spray-cop-once-lauded/
A policeman pepper-sprays peacefully protesting UC Davis students!
