There seems to me that there is a problem with the traffic cameras that are in place in my city. I believe these cameras are triggered way too easily. I recently received a ticket for supposedly running a red light over a month ago. I have no recourse but to pay the fine and it [...]
Archive for the ‘News’ category
Traffic cameras
July 7th, 2011
Idiots
July 5th, 2011
Some people are just not too smart. Sometimes not being smart can end your life. One such person was 55 year old Philip Contos. He was riding his motorcycle in an organized protest ride against a law that requires motorcyclists to wear helmets. During the ride, he lost control of his vehicle and crashed. The [...]
Rare image sold at auction
June 26th, 2011
In Denver this week, the only known surviving picture of Billy the Kid was sold at auction for $2.3 million dollars. A private collector named William Koch bought the tintype picture for his own collection. The piece was the most expensive that was ever sold at that show. I can see why the man bought [...]
Dr Jack Dead!
June 4th, 2011
One issue that comes up from time to time is the issue of doctor assisted suicide. This is where doctor helps a usually terminally ill patient cause their own death. One of its chief proponents was Jack Kevorkian. He assisted as many as 130 people to cause their own death via a suicide machine that [...]
News Around the World
June 2nd, 2011
If you speak only English, how do you expect to function in a world that is becoming increasingly small? Not in physical size, but in terms of communications and awareness of the quality of life experienced by all our brothers and sisters who share this planet with us. Now that I have time to cruise [...]