Really? Susan Rice? National Security Adviser? Really? Another #ObamaFail. Wake up people.Read more...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Wisconsin City Fines Parents If Their Kids Are Bullies
Wisconsin City Fines Parents If Their Kids Are Bullies:
In an effort to fight back against the scourge of bullying in local schools, the Madison, Wisconsin suburb of Monona has passed a city-wide ordinance that makes raising bullies a finable offense.
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In an effort to fight back against the scourge of bullying in local schools, the Madison, Wisconsin suburb of Monona has passed a city-wide ordinance that makes raising bullies a finable offense.
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Fort Hood Suspect Says He Was Defending Taliban Leaders
Fort Hood Suspect Says He Was Defending Taliban Leaders: Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people in 2009, said he believed he was defending the lives of Taliban leaders from American military personnel.
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Monday, June 3, 2013
Kerry Says U.S. Came ‘Late’ to Syria Peace Effort
Kerry Says U.S. Came ‘Late’ to Syria Peace Effort: The remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry carried the implication that the Obama administration had moved too slowly in its first term on the Syria crisis.
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Video: Emissions equipment causes DC ambulance to shut down, patient dies
Video: Emissions equipment causes DC ambulance to shut down, patient dies:
Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Videos, Police/Emergency, Diesel
Every minute matters when life is on the line. That's why ambulances exist and why we all (well, most of us, anyway) pull over when we see their flashing lights and hear sirens coming our way. And it's also why ambulances need to be as reliable as possible, with maintenance kept up so that they are in perfect working order at all times.
Of course, modern vehicles are extremely complicated pieces of equipment, and sometimes new technologies catch operators by surprise. Such is the case with recent emissions equipment designed to reduce the amount of harmful pollutants emitted by diesel engines, as they have the power to bring the vehicle to a grinding halt if not properly serviced.
A grinding halt is exactly what one ambulance in the Washington, DC area came to recently while carrying a 34-year-old man to the hospital. According to Firefighters Union President Ed Smith, a four-level warning system should have let operators know the ambulance was low on diesel exhaust fluid (read: urea), but the system apparently did not function as designed. The US Environmental Protection Agency does not require emergency vehicles to be equipped with engine shutdown systems, according to this PDF, but it would appear some ambulances have not been retrofitted with the proper modifications to keep them running.
Sadly, the critically injured patient died at the hospital. The ambulance had come to a stop on a highway, and a second ambulance had to be dispatched to pick up the man being transported, adding between five and seven minutes to his trip to the hospital. The incident is currently being investigated. Click here to read more about diesel exhaust fluid and its role in reducing emissions, and scroll down below to watch a video report from WUSA9, a local news station.
Continue reading Emissions equipment causes DC ambulance to shut down, patient dies
Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Videos, Police/Emergency, Diesel
Every minute matters when life is on the line. That's why ambulances exist and why we all (well, most of us, anyway) pull over when we see their flashing lights and hear sirens coming our way. And it's also why ambulances need to be as reliable as possible, with maintenance kept up so that they are in perfect working order at all times.
Of course, modern vehicles are extremely complicated pieces of equipment, and sometimes new technologies catch operators by surprise. Such is the case with recent emissions equipment designed to reduce the amount of harmful pollutants emitted by diesel engines, as they have the power to bring the vehicle to a grinding halt if not properly serviced.
A grinding halt is exactly what one ambulance in the Washington, DC area came to recently while carrying a 34-year-old man to the hospital. According to Firefighters Union President Ed Smith, a four-level warning system should have let operators know the ambulance was low on diesel exhaust fluid (read: urea), but the system apparently did not function as designed. The US Environmental Protection Agency does not require emergency vehicles to be equipped with engine shutdown systems, according to this PDF, but it would appear some ambulances have not been retrofitted with the proper modifications to keep them running.
Sadly, the critically injured patient died at the hospital. The ambulance had come to a stop on a highway, and a second ambulance had to be dispatched to pick up the man being transported, adding between five and seven minutes to his trip to the hospital. The incident is currently being investigated. Click here to read more about diesel exhaust fluid and its role in reducing emissions, and scroll down below to watch a video report from WUSA9, a local news station.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Former IRS Commissioner: I visited WH once in four years; Update: Did Shulman actually attend those meetings?
Former IRS Commissioner: I visited WH once in four years; Update: Did Shulman actually attend those meetings?:
"That's an unusual fact pattern."
Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman visited the White House so often that he averaged one visit per week, far more than most if not all of Obama’s Cabinet members. His successor, Steve Miller, visited about once a month, according to White House logs. Shulman visited the West Wing three times more often than his boss, [...]
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"That's an unusual fact pattern."
Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman visited the White House so often that he averaged one visit per week, far more than most if not all of Obama’s Cabinet members. His successor, Steve Miller, visited about once a month, according to White House logs. Shulman visited the West Wing three times more often than his boss, [...]
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