Very sad news. "The Sopranos" was one of my favourite series.
Rest in peace, James.

Douglas Engelbart, mouse (computer one) inventor, died at 88.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;345965][URL="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-10/leader-fukushima-explosion-response-team-dies-cancer"]Leader Of Fukushima Explosion Response Team Dies From Cancer[/URL]

Whether or not the cancer was in fact linked to his radiation exposure, he and all his team have my utmost respect.[/QUOTE]

That was a pre-existing condition. Just ask any insurance executive.....or TEPCO. Oh, wait. TEPCO has already declared that his illness was totally unrelated to the disaster. I'm sure such medical experts must know, and that they [I]would never lie[/I] about such a serious matter.....Oh, wait.....:sick::ick::yucky::bangheadonwall::evil:

One might reasonably ask what actually happened...

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/10/quebec-police-treating-oil-train-derailment-site-as-crime-scene-death-toll/[/url]

"Human error" V 2.0
 

(Moved from another thread where it was not quite so appropriate)

It's a bit of reading, but I submit these two famous wrecks as evidence of the truthfulness of railroad companies when costly accidents occur.

Casey Jones-
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones#Famous_train_whistle[/URL]

Wreck of Old 97-
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_of_the_Old_97[/URL]

Paraphrase-
"We would NEVER expect an engineer to do ANYTHING UNSAFE to MAKE UP LOST TIME." (even though we get penalized by the Postal Service if the train is late.)

Paraphrase-
"That damned irresponsible engineer wrecked our train and cost us a bunch of money."

[QUOTE=ewmayer;345975]Typically, the official statements here conflict - one top brasser says "not terrorism", but we read

So turning an airplane into a flying bomb *is* terrorism, but doing similarly with a train is *not* terrorism? Gotcha...

Of course it's not clear yet whether sabotage was involved, but given that it has not been ruled out and moreover that some officials involved in the investigation suspect it, how does Mr. Forget credibly rule out terrorism? Or wait - maybe the ruleset here is as follows:

1. "swarthy people of middle eastern descent or separatists from Chechnya do it" = terrorism

2. "white separatists from Quebec do it" = not terrorism.

In any event, condolences to the victims and their families...[/QUOTE]Intent, not appearance. If intent was to make a political point, it's terrorism.

[quote=Tom Lehrer][code]I remember Sam, he was the village idiot.
And though it seems a pity, it
Was so.
He loved to burn down houses just to watch the glow,
And nothing could be done,
Because he was the mayor's son.[/code][/quote]

[QUOTE=kladner;345997]Casey Jones-
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones#Famous_train_whistle[/URL]
[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQF8CILMt8c]Casey Jones[/url].

Alan Wicker

[QUOTE=xilman;346015][B][U]Intent, not appearance.[/U][/B] If intent was to make a political point, it's terrorism.[/QUOTE]

Tell that to Roger Ailes.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;346700][URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/sports/bill-warner-set-speed-record-on-motorcycle-dies-at-44.html?ref=sports&_r=0"]Motorcycle speed record holder Bill Warner[/URL]

1200 HP from a bike that still looks like a bike. :w00t:[/QUOTE]
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Just ask Mike.

"And the first question is from Helen."
[URL="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/07/20/Washingtons-venerable-reporter-Helen-Thomas-dead-at-92/UPI-39561374332320/?spt=hs&or=tn"]Helen Thomas, famous reporter[/URL]