Israelis bomb UN/Lebanese Convoy… Again… (this time by an unmanned aerial vehicle.. blame it on the robot, right? oh wait, it’s not a robot… it’s an RC fighter plane) This time the convoy had actually been approved by the Israeli government and military to move out of the South. It consisted of around 350 Lebanese …
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US/Iraqi troops flood Baghdad
Is this the last gasp before all out civil war? Iraq seems to have continued its spiral downwards as the Israel/Hezbollah conflict distracts the MSMs attention. 35 more people were killed today at a Shiite shrine in Najaf. Shiite religious leaders said: “We hold Takfiris [Sunni extremists] and Saddamists directly responsible for this horrible crime …
Electrification of Vancouver Island — Addition
Prompted by questions in the comments of the last thread, (here) It just occured to me that it would be quite easy to figure out the theoretical peak load of such a system. All you have to know is the number of locomotives on the system and their maximum rated horsepower and convert it to …
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