Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Stuff below the fold

Stories you might have missed:

Bureaucrats gone mad story of the day comes from the UK:
organic gardeners trying to deter the pests without resorting to chemicals by using old coffee granules are in contravention of EU regulations and technically face heavy fines...
Dr Andrew Halstead, principal scientist for plant health at the RHS, explained that any “home-made” remedy that has not been approved by Brussels bureaucrats is against the law.
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Chicago teachers strike, and parents struggle to find alternative places for their children to stay while they go to work.

The internet is taking bets that Obama will use this as a "sister soljah" moment to get votes.

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Remembering the American Dunkirk
In fact, one barely-reported story from September 11 illustrates this better than any other - the improvised navy that evacuated roughly a million people by boat from Lower Manhattan, in an operation that some have called an American Dunkirk. Ferries, commercial boats, and pleasure craft spontaneously assembled to carry people away from the scene of the attack, and to return with needed supplies: ....

headsup Instapundit.
who also has a link to the Pop Mech article on why the towers fell...
 Debunking 9/11 Myths,

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You probably missed this story too:
 September 10, 2012: After making South Korea wait a week for an answer, North Korea has agreed to allow the south to send aid for North Korean flood victims. Two recent typhoons killed 223 people in the North, left 230,000 people homeless, 700,000 without medical care and put 1,190 square kilometers of farm land temporarily out of production. American charities have been airlifting in medical supplies.

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Greens support letting defunt Gulf Oil rigs stay there? 

  The structures have attracted as many as 3 acres (1.2 hectares) of coral habitat per rig, and some 30,000 fish live off of each reef, according to Shipp.
"They developed into an oasis for reef fishes," said Shipp, a member of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.
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Lt Dan weekend for wounded US Veterans.

Gary Sinese making good without much publicity again.

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