In his novel Anna Karenina acclaimed Russian writer Leo Tolstoy says “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Well after a weekend of horrors there are many unhappy families on the planet today.
The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides an incredible animation of the earthquake and tsunami event in Japan on March 11th and it’s ripple effect across the Pacific.
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier is running helo relief operations into earthquake devastated Japan. And our Marines? Marine forces in Japan are delivering food, water and other supplies to assist in disaster-relief efforts following the massive earthquake and tsunami
Japan’s top government spokesman is warning of a fresh threat of explosion from a nuclear unit at a power plant the country’s earthquake-ravaged northeast.
The left often dismisses Calvin Coolidge for not being activist enough in forcing Americans to submit to their favorite charity– government. But when it came to real charity, such as when the Japanese people suffered a horrific earthquake in 1923
If this quake had happened in a country without this engineering know-how, the damages would have been devastating.
This footage from NHK World shows the impact of tsunami waves in Japan after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the country’s coast.
Raw footage showing an exploded refinery after Japan was hit by an 8.9 earthquake.
Incredible helicopter footage of tsunami hitting coastal villages in Northeast Japan after the island was rocked by an 8.9 earthquake.
LIVE STREAMING TELEVISION FROM JAPAN’S NHK UPDATES: Quake map 10-meter tsunami slams into Japan’s coast Video: Tsunami moves inland PM: Japanese quake caused ‘major damage’ WSJ: Fifth largest recorded world-wide since 1900 Japan says death toll at least 5 in
Sometimes it starts in small waves. There is evidence that anti-government activities are starting to increase in North Korea of all places, as well as China. South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reports on tremors. When soldiers are complaining about a lack
“They put incompetent adults ahead of children,” Richard Riordan says of teachers unions who stand in the way of school reform. The former mayor of Los Angeles took office shortly after the 1992 riots and shortly before the massive 1994
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets020811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Ben Smilowitz to discuss disaster relief in Haiti, and the need for greater oversight of disaster
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Indecision 2010 – Republican Earthquake Tsunami of Nothing www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity —– Well, at least now that the Republicans hold
Scott Rasmussen now predicts that the Republicans will pick up fifty-five seats in the House. Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia still has the pick-up at forty-seven but says that, if forced to tweak the numbers right now, he
[youtube UTEHm0p0a7I nolink] Team Rubicon is an intrepid group of military vets, doctors, and first responders who march to the sound of suffering. They formed in the days immediately following the earthquake in Haiti and basically grabbed their gear and
To meet audience expectations — better still, to fully satisfy those expectations, a good filmmaker comes to terms with the fact that their primary job is to understand and appreciate the storytelling target they’ve been charged with hitting. Whatever the
Saturday was the 63rd anniversary of Pakistan’s Independence Day, but the celebrations were muted by the unfolding and growing catastrophe facing the country. There are some 1600 deaths, and 20 million people are homeless because of the floods, according to
As usual, Sean Penn just can’t say enough bad things about America — and could he be more humorless? The real story here, however, is Penn’s relentlessly brutal trashing of the Fugee’s Wyclef Jean as some kind of stooge for
If there’s anything Hollywood does well and deserves credit for, it’s raising money for victims of natural disasters. For some reason, though, the flood that Nashville is still digging out from under — the flood that killed eleven people —
We have learned of an apparent conflict of interest for a senior Obama administration official already in hot water over questions about his communications with his former employer. Andrew Mclaughlin is the Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Office of
U.S. first lady Obama made an unannounced visit to disaster-stricken Haiti on Tuesday and said she was struck by the devastation inflicted by the Jan. 12 earthquake on the poor Caribbean country.
So Deepak Chopra, otherwise known as “the dude full of poop,” has finally taken responsibility for something awful that isn’t one of his books. I am referring to Sunday’s 7.2 earthquake along the border of Mexican and the United States.
Canadians hosted hundreds of American air passengers whose planes were grounded on 9/11. They opened their hearts and their homes to us. During the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-81, fearless Canadian diplomats in Tehran helped smuggle out of that maddened
Gateway Pundit: What earthquake in Hawaii? In 1868 there was a major earthquake in Hawaii that killed 77 people. In 1975 an earthquake in Hawaii killed 2 people. Fox News: OBAMA: I am certain that we’ve made sure, for example,
