Obama to Send Up to 1,200 Troops to Mexico Border – NYTimes.com
Travel Risk
A Different Form of Accident Risk
Obese Men Fare Worse In Car Crashes – Shots – Health News Blog : NPR
I really don’t have any further comment.
The War in Mexico – Update 4/5/2010
New adversary in U.S. drug war: Contract killers for Mexican cartels – washingtonpost.com
A cross-border drug gang born in the prison cells of Texas has evolved into a sophisticated paramilitary killing machine that U.S. and Mexican officials suspect is responsible for thousands of assassinations here, including the recent ambush and slaying of three people linked to the U.S. consulate.
The heavily tattooed Barrio Azteca gang members have long operated across the border in El Paso, dealing drugs and stealing cars. But in Ciudad Juarez, the organization now specializes in contract killing for the Juarez drug cartel. According to U.S. law enforcement officers, it may have been involved in as many as half of the 2,660 killings in the city in the past year.
The special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in El Paso, Joseph Arabit, said, “Our intelligence indicates that they kill frequently for a hundred dollars.“
War in Mexico Worsening – US Consulate Workers Killed
There Will Be Less News Coverage of the War in Mexico
Remote Work – Who Are Those Guys?
What are the Top 10 nations for online workers? / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com
And the fastest-growing major economy for freelance work?
The United States. “We’re seeing a huge number of Americans come online,” says Brian Goler, vice president of marketing for oDesk. “More and more people are working this way.”
Perhaps they have to because of the economic downturn. Perhaps they want to.
Attack of the Giant Killer Squid – Update 2/2/10
Greetings From NYC
While it is true I don’t get out much, I do get out now and then. The MUD meeting was awesome. If you get the opportunity to attend this underwriting meeting, don’t pass it up.
But do take a pass on room service.
I stayed in a midtown hotel of reasonably good quality. The room service breakfast menu had a Build Your Own Omelete for $24.95. Thankfully, coffee was included. Juice? Add another $7.00. Once you add an 18% service charge, tax, and delivery fee it starts looking real expensive.
I’ve never had a omelete, coffee, and juice that cost over $40.00.
I’m going back to Oklahoma.
High Mortality Rate for Iguanas in South FL
Iguanas falling off trees in South Florida – Bay News 9
Iguanas are a lizard with tropical origins and do not have the capability to withstand long bouts of cold weather.
Once the air temperatures drop below about 40-45 degrees they begin to lose muscle control and fall out of trees and other areas.
If it warms up the next day many will survive, but when you have a period of extended cold weather as we have experienced in the last week and beyond the weather proves lethal and decimates the population.
The lizards that have underground burrows are likely to survive but the ones that don’t will have a high mortality rate.
One More Reason Why the War in Mexico Bothers Me
Did US law spur Mexico’s meth sales? | csmonitor.com
The law of unintended consequences can be defined as unanticipated or unintended effects from a certain action. In other words, you do something and something else happens that is totally unexpected.
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