DATE-7/8/05
Today
Daily Update:
The London Explosion
Dennis is on his way.
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It's time for gossip and speculation.
We've Paula Abdul and the fake nails. The REAL truth about Russell Crowe and the telephone.
And a shocking report about Princess Di and JFK that I don't believe for a minute.
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In the Delaware post this week we review a Bethany Beach rib joint called "Bethany Blues".
So what, exactly, are St. Louis ribs?
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Smile at this pic of the week.
For Kermit the frog is about to get the shock of his life.
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The London Explosion
July 7, 2005
It was weird. A bout of indigestion got me out of bed to sit upright. Such change from prone to upright tends to calm a nighttime nervous stomach.
It was almost 5 in the am. Indigestion was calmed but sleep would not return.
Best to flip on the TV and sit down at the computer. When sleep will not come, just do something. You might be tired in the morning but at least something will have been accomplished.
CNN broke with first notice of an attack on the London subway system. Now I was wide awake. I was already working on the Great Kaitlyn Mae Book Blog. I immediately began a new post.
Yes I was the first Blogger on the Internet with news of the London explosion. No, it doesn't mean a damn thing.
Blog Post on London Explosions, updated all day as events occurred.
For now, a few notes from the chaos and triumph of yesterday.
The United States reacted to the London bombings by upgrading the security alert on mass transportation only. An odd thing. I recall Tom Ridge updated the color code whenever some warlord in Pakistan sneezed. And always on the entire country.
Also, one anecdote I heard during all the cable coverage is the tale of the "roving terrorist trainer."
I'm not sure what they're called, but one caller on some program somewhere described a police officer boarding a subway car and giving an impromptu lecture to all commuters then in attendance, on how to spot a homicide bomber.
Now how clever is this?
Evidently when there is a danger of terrorism the plan is to send envoys of the police authorities to board random trains, subways and buses and give a lesson on whatever danger is upon.
This serves to make people alert. And while there is not such a teacher on all mass methods of commute, just a random sampling will do the trick. The commuters will tell their family and friends who will then tell their family and friends. Right now a Blogger is writing about it and earlier it had evidently been the subject of a cable show.
Also there's been some speculation that the cell phone service in London automatically shut down at first notification of the attacks. Seems this prevents bombs from being detonated via cell phone. This may be how London came upon two unexploded devices.
Below more information on the subject. For if the USA has this system, and speculation is that we do, it's best to know in advance.
Interestingly and as I understand it, text messages DO go through. Best for everyone to learn this feature if not understood already. I, for one, have never sent a text message. Never saw the reason for it.
Now there is a reason.
Cell Phone Scenario
Finally, as bad as it looked initially, and not to belittle those who suffered or died, but the Great London Subway Attack of 2005 turned out to be not much of anything. I wonder how much time, effort and money some Islamic charity funded by The House of Saud spent on this little project. I bet they had visions of huge numbers of victims what with the attack perpetrated during rush hour. Also that G8 joke was going on.
Which main topic of discussion was to be, I'm not making this up, GLOBAL WARMING.
Now go with me here.
You're the guy charged with setting the agenda for the annual great meeting of the world leaders. You're regarding the ceiling and pondering what is the biggest issue of our time to lay before that august body for debate and discussion.
Off the top of my head I'd go with the War on Terror and terrorism across the planet but that's just me.
Seems I know nothing. For global warming was top on the agenda.
All the leaders of the world sit around a table talking about a myth invented by self-important scientists. Oh, and throwing more money at the despots in Africa.
Subjects way more important than terrorism which affects only every country on the planet and every citizen within.
Dennis is Coming
As of this writing, 8 pm Thursday evening, Dennis is spitting 115 miles an hour winds and is classified as a category 3 hurricane. It is due to hit the Florida keys this Saturday and on Monday will head towards the Gulf Coast and Texas.
Evacuations have already been ordered in the Florida Keys.
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