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An “apparent miscalculation” in the weight of fireworks detonated by police is suspected in the explosion that shook a South Los Angeles neighborhood late last month, according to a preliminary findings released Monday. What was meant to be a safe detonation of homemade fireworks ended in an explosion that injured 17 people on June 30 in the 700 block of East 27th Street, where police had spent the day seizing a large cache of fireworks from a home. Officials said a Los Angeles Police Department squad opted to detonate some of fireworks that were “leaking” and they deemed to be...

The very green Germans have major concerns regarding their dependence on renewables:‘Die Welt’ Commentary: “Europe Can’t Bail Out The German Power Supply”…Calls Strategy “A Dangerous Miscalculation” Germany has seriously overestimated how much its neighboring countries are able to help out in the event wind and solar energy fail to deliver, thus putting its power supply at risk. By P. Gosselin on 11 September 2018Snow-covered solar panels don't work (file photo)Little attention is paid to the question of just how much "climate change" is a result of human activity, i.e., CO2 emissions into the atmosphere resulting from the burning of fossil...

The rate of the number of individuals who died from the flu to the number of individuals who were estimated to have had the flu is .1% (22,552 / 36 million). This is an estimate and the amount used above by the Director General of the WHO.However, the rate of individuals who died from the flu to the number of individuals who were confirmed to have had the flu is around 10% (22,000/ 222,552). This is based on actual data similar to the rate for the coronavirus above.  5. Actual results for the coronavirus are lower than the flu. Based on...

Who was it that defined neurosis as repeating the same mistake again and again, and expecting a better outcome each time? That's really what the Clinton campaign is doing in its post-Chesapeake primary strategy. Now Hillary defines Obama as the candidate who makes speeches, while she is the one who provides "answers" and "solutions." Why is Hillary embracing this new line? It's not that she has any great record of solutions or answers of which to boast, but rather that she wants to highlight Obama's lack of a legislative record. Once again, she and her campaign geniuses are making the...

OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Paul Martin will venture into violence-plagued Toronto Thursday and announce a sweeping ban on handguns, Canadian Press reports. Martin is scheduled to visit Toronto's troubled Jane-Finch area to make a "safer communities announcement." Liberal sources have confirmed the announcement includes a ban on handguns.

Taiwan independence forces rejoice By Laurence Eyton TAIPEI - The passage by the National People's Congress of an Anti-Secession Law authorizing China to use "non-peaceful" means to prevent Taiwan from establishing de jure independence from the "motherland" has generated outrage in Taiwan itself and international concern. But one group has benefited immensely: the Taiwan independence movement. That this is exactly the reverse of what China intended is a measure both of how badly thought out China's action has been and how little it understands Taiwan. In Taiwan itself, while the general public reaction to the law is one of almost...

Those were George Armstrong Custers last words heard by a living human being a few minutes before the “unthinkable” happened.1876 was an exciting time in America. It was the year of the Centenial, the Brooklyn Bridge was being built and the future was bright and limitless.On a hot afternoon in June... the 25th, this euphoria would recieve a cold slap in the face. Custer, boy general of the Civil War/Indian fighter would lay dead on the field along with his two brothers, a nephew and a brother-in-law.210 troopers under his direct command also layed dead, scattered about him. The mutilation...

Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- The situation on the Korean Peninsula is deteriorating so rapidly that an armed clash may break out quite contrary to the desire of the DPRK for the peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue. In this regard the Korean Central News Agency is authorized to release a report today. The report says: While clamoring for the "peaceful settlement" and "multilateral talks," the United States is stepping up the DPRK-targeted war preparations in full swing. This is evidenced by the fact that the U.S. Department of Defense is making a final examination of what it calls a...