The brazenness and bloodiness of the continuing Mexican drug wars is astonishing. On Monday, a drug gang gunned down Rodolfo Torre Cantu, the leading candidate for governor of the state of Tamaulipas, one of the Mexican states along the border with Texas. The candidate was out campaigning when his motorcade was stopped by a truck [...]
Archive for June 30th, 2010
Death South Of The Border
Posted in America, crime, World, tagged America, crime, drugs, Immigration, Mexican Drug Wars, Mexico, Rodolfo Torre Cantu, World on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ian Malcolm Was (And Is) Right
Posted in America, Ohio, sports, tagged America, Asian carp, fish, Fishing, Great Lakes, Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park, Lake Erie, Mississippi River, Ohio, sports on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We all remember Dr. Ian Malcolm, the annoyingly egotistical mathematician and chaos theorist from the Jurassic Park books and movies. Malcolm confidently predicted that, for all of its technology, Jurassic Park was a fundamentally unstable creation that would inevitably fail because “life finds a way.” He was right, of course. His statement has proven to [...]
