Ramble On » News http://www.dcooley.com Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:22:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Collar Bomb Suspect Not Competent? http://www.dcooley.com/collar-bomb-suspect-not-competent/ http://www.dcooley.com/collar-bomb-suspect-not-competent/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:35:06 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/?p=321 Not sure why this caught my attention, but several news sources reported a year after the Collar Bomb robbery that killed the pizza delivery guy wearing the bomb, the woman indicted is “not mentally competent” to stand trial.

I always wonder when I see this used in courts if anyone every thinks, hey, if they committed a crime like this, of course they are “not mentally competent”?

Does that mean that all you need to get off the hook is to be a little out in left field?

Reference Link : Judge: Pa. bank collar-bomb suspect not competent – Yahoo! News

As a note the Collar Bomb Video was very disturbing to see.

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Years ago, I would buy a book of stamps just for my monthly payments. Now, I can pay everything except a couple local bills online, which saves me time and money.

One thing I thought was interesting on the official USPS page announcing the postal rates increase, they use the term “Pricing Highlights”, like there is something about an increase that is supposed to impress us or make us happy.

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/new-postal-rates-again/feed/ 0 Walmart Black Friday Ad http://www.dcooley.com/walmart-black-friday-ad/ http://www.dcooley.com/walmart-black-friday-ad/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:09:18 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/walmart-black-friday-ad/ Rumor has it that the Walmart Black Friday Ad has been leaked a week in advance. This is getting to be a yearly ritual. Now this also begs the question, what has society and media come to when the big story is that an Advertisement from WalMart has been leaked early. Whoo Hoo…….

I wonder how many people will try to get a copy of the Walmart Black Friday Ad and see if they can get the deals early.

“Hi, I know it is not Black Friday yet, and it is only Tuesday, but, can you go ahead and give me that special price before everyone else in the world”

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/walmart-black-friday-ad/feed/ 0 USS Grunion http://www.dcooley.com/uss-grunion/ http://www.dcooley.com/uss-grunion/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:56:08 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/uss-grunion/ Now this is a great story, and we need more of this type of stuff in the news.

Seems that the team led by John and Frank Abele have located the USS Grunion which disappeared in July of 1942. Their father Mannert L Abele was the commander of this sub.

They have a website and blog documenting their work. The last post is Status Report August 24th #2 and has some great photos they uploaded to Picasa.

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/uss-grunion/feed/ 1 Flooding and Heat Wave http://www.dcooley.com/flooding-and-heat-wave/ http://www.dcooley.com/flooding-and-heat-wave/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:23:35 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/flooding-and-heat-wave/ The weather patterns in the south are very strange right now. Oklahoma and Texas are flooding, and just a mere 300 or so miles to the east we are in a dry spell and heat wave in Mississippi.

Although Hurricane Dean is headed to Mexico, it could still spell disaster for Texas and Oklahoma. I lived in South Texas 19 years ago when Hurricane Gilbert missed Texas, hit Mexico and then drifted to the north and east causing all kinds of rain and tornados in Texas.

Tags : Hurricane, flooding, Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico, Hurricane Dean

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/flooding-and-heat-wave/feed/ 0 Hurricane Dean http://www.dcooley.com/hurricane-dean/ http://www.dcooley.com/hurricane-dean/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:46:25 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/hurricane-dean/ It looks like Hurricane Season as jumped into full gear after a very quiet summer. After living through the nightmare they called Hurricane Katrina, I would never wish for Hurricane Dean to hit the U.S. but we could certainly use some of the rain to cool off the south.

I have lived in Mississippi for 10 years and this summer has been the worst that I can recall. The heat alone is bad, but the lack of rain and the normal Mississippi humidity is enough to make you sick, literally. If you drive a car without air conditioning the air coming in feels like a heater is pointed right at you, so fans are not much help. So here is hoping for some tropical rain without the actual storm front hurting anyone.

Tags : Hurricane, Hurricane Tracker, Caribbean, National Hurricane Center

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/hurricane-dean/feed/ 0 Recent Earthquakes http://www.dcooley.com/recent-earthquakes/ http://www.dcooley.com/recent-earthquakes/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:41:15 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/recent-earthquakes/ This morning another earthquake hit California. There is no doubt that there is more seismic activity recently. Looking at the map on the USGS website indicates a lot of earthquakes are happening. This will certainly give new cause to people like Al Gore to jump up and down and blame it on everyone for not taking care of their earth. Well, I don’t buy it. The earth has been through a lot worse times than we see now, and long before it was over populated, so that can not be the only reason for this type activity.

I do believe we should take better care of our resources, however, I do not think we can control and manipulate the planet based on a small percentage of the people changing how we do things. And especially when most of the people who jump up and down screaming save the planet are themselves not doing the things they support, it really makes it hard to get behind any movement. It’s like listening to John Edwards say he understands poverty, yeah right, sure you do John.

Maybe God (or whatever, or whoever you want to have faith in), has a plan. You want me to believe that it was all created on accident, and then you want me to change it based on some better plan?

Maybe it is just the way it is, or is that just being naive?

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/recent-earthquakes/feed/ 0 Brooklyn Tornado http://www.dcooley.com/brooklyn-tornado/ http://www.dcooley.com/brooklyn-tornado/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:34:56 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/brooklyn-tornado/ As odd as that sounds, there are reports that a Tornado in Brooklyn New York caused damage to homes and flooding to subway stations.

The National Weather Service is sending a team to investigate and see if they can tell if it was in fact a Tornado, or some other type storm that swept through the area.

NEW YORK -

Torrential rain blamed for at least one death flooded subways and delayed flights at New York’s three major airports early Wednesday, leaving thousands of commuters stranded for hours.

Source : Forbes.com

search : Weather, Tornado, Brooklyn, New York

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/brooklyn-tornado/feed/ 0 Rupert Murdoch gets Dow Jones http://www.dcooley.com/rupert-murdoch-gets-dow-jones/ http://www.dcooley.com/rupert-murdoch-gets-dow-jones/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:45:15 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/rupert-murdoch-gets-dow-jones/ This is the kind of news that makes me think I am really out of touch. Is it a big deal? It must be for $5 billion dollars, does it impact me, I don’t know.

If you read up on Rupert Murdoch you may or may not like what you learn. He sounds like a tyrant, but, at the same time I know I like some of the companies that he owns. So it is hard to say what the impact is. For a simple man like me I wonder what drives a 76 year old billionaire to continue buying up anything. You can’t take it with you, and you already have enough to leave your family so they can become the next batch of spoiled rich kids with no regards to working their way through things.

So why?

Is it just the game?

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He had our number, but I always had respect for him. I guess time is passing faster than I thought, I never imagined that Bill was in his 70′s, it seems like yesterday I watched his team beat us with “The Catch”.

Rest in peace Bill, and thanks for all the hard work you put in, you were a class act in every sense of the word!

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/bill-walsh-1932-2007/feed/ 0 Drew Carey – Price is Right http://www.dcooley.com/drew-carey-price-is-right/ http://www.dcooley.com/drew-carey-price-is-right/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:35:53 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/drew-carey-price-is-right/ Last week there was speculation and rumors flying that Drew Carey would replace Bob Barker on the longest running game show on TV, The Price Is Right.

Well, let’s put that one to rest. Drew made an announcement on David Letterman that he is in fact the new host.

Congratulations to Drew. This should liven up the show a bit, lol.

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/drew-carey-price-is-right/feed/ 0 Tim Donaghy http://www.dcooley.com/tim-donaghy/ http://www.dcooley.com/tim-donaghy/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:50:54 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/tim-donaghy/ ESPN has reported that the NBA referee under investigation for gambling on games and fixing the outcomes is Tim Donaghy. The fact that there is someone doing this does not surprise me, not sure why, but it doesn’t. I lost most interest in professional basketball a few years ago. With the exception of a few players the game just seems to have lost something.

I liken it to boxing, once a great sport that is now in trouble for several reasons.

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/tim-donaghy/feed/ 0 California Earthquake http://www.dcooley.com/california-earthquake/ http://www.dcooley.com/california-earthquake/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:38:52 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/california-earthquake/ There was a 4.2 magnitude earthquake this morning in the Oakland – San Francisco Bay area.

Not sure how that measures up to other earthquakes in the area, but when things start falling off the shelves, I think it is time to move. Of course, to natives of California, it was probably no big deal, I am just not sure I could handle living in an area that is not about IF an earthquake will hit, but, about when and how bad it will be.

Here is an interesting page showing recent California Earthquakes.

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/california-earthquake/feed/ 0 Recalls highlight the news today…. http://www.dcooley.com/recalls-highlight-the-news-today/ http://www.dcooley.com/recalls-highlight-the-news-today/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:05:46 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/recalls-highlight-the-news-today/ Seems it must be some kind of National Recall Week.

Toshiba, Easy Bake Ovens and Castleberry Chili are all reporting a recall on selected products.

Toshiba Recall :

Toshiba warns that even if you participated in the earlier battery swap back then, you still need to deal with this recall if you have one of the …
Source : PCWorld

Easy Bake Oven Recall :

Watch out if your kid has an Easy Bake Oven. For the second time in a year the toy is being recalled. The original recall was issued in February and since …
Source : InjuryBoard.com

Castleberry Chili Recall :

The company’s voluntary recall expansion includes 10-ounce cans of Castleberry’s Hot Dog Chili Sauce (UPC 3030000101) …
Source : Science Daily

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]]> http://www.dcooley.com/recalls-highlight-the-news-today/feed/ 0 Mississippi closing only Ice Skating Rink http://www.dcooley.com/mississippi-closing-only-ice-skating-rink/ http://www.dcooley.com/mississippi-closing-only-ice-skating-rink/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:22:12 +0000 David http://www.dcooley.com/mississippi-closing-only-ice-skating-rink/ In a move that I must admit really hurts me to the core, Mississippi is losing it’s only Ice Skating rink. The Ice Park is scheduled to lock their doors and turn off the equipment on August 8, 2007.

I moved my family to this area in 1997, and both my daughters started Ice Skating. 10 years later, my oldest daughter is still loving the sport and has begun coaching at the rink. Not only will she be losing her job, she will be losing the sport she has been passionate about since she was 8.

I am not sure who I am more upset with. The owners of the rink, who I believe could never get a handle on how to manage the facility, or the community which continues to show that it probably leads the nation in apathy, especially for a Capitol city.

For 10 years we struggled to finance our daughter to skate and compete. We always managed, but it was hard. We could hardly find people in the area that were willing to support the youth at the rink, and that is extremely sad to see. I would go as far as to say that some of the local sportscasters would not even consider Ice Skating a sport, and that is just simple ignorance.

The Mississippi Figure Skating Club has done well in comparison to other rinks of the same size. Just this past weekend they took 3rd place in a competition in Alabama. We have a group of kids (and parents) that are now left with nothing but a shattered dream.

Come on Mississippi, there has to be someone out there with a solution to this problem and help keep a facility that offers our kids an opportunity to have a safe and fun place to enjoy themselves.

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