Name one Democracy where the winning party must achieve something other than a simple majority (50%+1) in order to govern: Corrected/Updated US Senate: No House: No Presidency: No Canada: No UK: No France: No Israel: No Iran: No South Africa: No Sweden: No Afghan Presidency: No Lebanon: No Iraq: Yes, 75% of vote is needed …
Hybrid Technology in Locomotives
Did you know that according to the EPA 6% of the diesel engines in America are deemed "railroad"? ie: Locomotives or smaller railyard "Shunters". What's more: Diesel locomotives released nearly 900,000 tons of NOX in 2002, about 8% of mobile source NOx emissions.27 8% of all mobile sources... marine, road, and construction. Not bad considering …
Lebanon: Definitely not Ukraine
Ukraine was just so easy in comparison. There was a dictator... there was an election. The dictator defrauded the election... the people opposed him, got another election, and the good guys won. The longer this situation in Lebanon draws out the more complicated and convoluted it seems to be getting. click First we had, of …