Tag Archives: death

Deaths in Chicago

Posted on September 4, 2008 by MikeR

InstapunditAbout the same number of gun deaths in Chicago, over the summer, as US deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. I wonder why the media focuses on US deaths abroad but ignores the violence to US citizens here at home.

Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page | Tagged Chicago, death, guns, Iraq, violence | 1 Comment

Born from the Dead

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Lee

The Smithsonian National Zoo has two ferrets born from the frozen sperm of a ferret dead for nearly a decade. A promising development for the regeneration of endangered species.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged animals, death, endangered species, ferrets, Smithsonian, Smithsonian National Zoo, sperm, zoo | Leave a comment

Rumors from the Necrocracy

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Lee

Kim Jong Il as Colonel Sanders by Jonathan Barnbrook (photo: acb | The Null Device) North Korea is already a formal necrocracy (government by the dead), given that Kim Il-sung –who has been dead since 1994– remains the titular head … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page | Tagged 1994, 2003, 2004, body doubles, Colonel Sanders, death, DPRK, government, japan, Jonathan Barnbrook, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-Il, Koizumi, necrocracy, North Korea, Null Device, political fantasy, professor, propaganda, Shigemura, summit, thanatocracy, Toshimitsu Shigemura, Waseda University | 1 Comment

Ellas Otha Bates, R.I.P.

Posted on June 3, 2008 by MichaelW

Rock & Roll lost one of it’s brightest and most penetrating stars yesterday, even if one of the least well known. The founder of the jungle beat heard in too many songs to count over the last 50 years succumbed … Continue reading →

Posted in History, MichaelW's Page, Music | Tagged Bo Diddley, death, Ellas Otha Bates, guitar, Music, pioneer, rock & roll | 2 Comments

Time in a Bottle

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Peg

When we are young, life seems to stretch out in front of us, seemingly forever. Concepts like wrinkles, aches and pains, chemotherapy, hip replacements and the like are almost unfathomable. Yet, time does not stay in a bottle. Unless we … Continue reading →

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RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Keith_Indy

It is sometimes tragic when the basic rules of firearm safety are ignored. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329347,00.html A teenager playing with a shotgun he thought was unloaded accidentally shot and killed a friend. William “Kane” Krinn, 18, was hanging out with two friends … Continue reading →

Posted in Firearms, Keith's Page | Tagged death, Firearm Safety, teenagers | 1 Comment

Fighting the Death of Germany

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Lee

75% of Germans believe that their society is hostile to children. That’s a toxic attitude to combine with an appalling 1.3 children-per-woman fertility rate. Well below the replacement rate, the country is literally dying out over time. To attack the … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged advertising, birth rate, campaign, children, death, demographics, Du bist Deutschland, fertility, Germany, Media, patriomny, population, video | Leave a comment