If you thought that A-Rod’s flirtation with Kabbalah was the first instance of a MLB player experimenting with the esoteric, you may be wrong. It turns out that Hans Jonas, the scholar of gnosticism, lived for many years in Lou Gehrig’s old house in New Rochelle, NY. Although as far as I know, the only [...]
For anyone interested, Bloomberg has an interesting article which goes a little more in depth into Madoff’s “Enablers”, Madoff Enablers Winked at Suspected Front-Running.
An army claims to have completed its takeover of a rebellious territory. Tens of thousands have been killed in the last few decades of fighting. Suicide bombers have been used and buses blown up. No reporters have been allowed near the fighting so what has actually happened is unclear. Israel and Gaza? Jibalya? Rafiah? No…the [...]
There was a very interesting article in today’s NY Times. It essentially said that all of the nuclear weapons in the world today can be traced back to the Manhattan Project. From there it was through spies, stolen secrets, nuclear scientists looking for work, and certain countries passing this technology on, that other countries acquired [...]
In today’s NY Times there are two interesting obituaries. The first is that of Elmer Valentine, the founder of the Whisky a Go Go club in Los Angeles, which back in the day (1960′s) was where many of the great bands of that era played. At one time the house band was the Doors. I [...]
From the streaming video reports that I am seeing on Indian News it seems that the battle for the Chabad House (Nariman House) is over. There is no word about the fate of the hostages, although until now the reports have not been very promising. Update: The Indian police commissioner is being interviewed and is [...]
I wish everyone a happy and joyous Thanksgiving. Our prayers go out to all those American servicemen and women who are separated from their families this Thanksgiving, and to all of those who were wounded in the ongoing terrorist attacks in Mumbai. For updates on the hostage drama at the Chabad House, see here for [...]
Rolling Stone has a 100 Greatest Singers of All Time list. Some of the entries have a description of their importance by another singer. I just read Bob Dylan’s entry, which was written by Bono. Bono had this to say, (emphasis mine) To understand Bob Dylan’s impact as a singer, you have to imagine a [...]
From the BBC: A passenger on a French train had to be rescued by firemen after having his arm sucked down the on-board toilet. The 26-year-old victim was trapped when he tried to fish out his mobile phone, which had fallen into the toilet bowl, and fell foul of the suction system. The high-speed TGV [...]
A legend in the fishing world has died. “Monster Man” Frank Mundus Dies at 82: “The man who is credited for being the first to fish shark, putting Montauk on the map, and inspiring the character Quint in Jaws, Frank Mundus, has died. Newsday reports Mundus was 82-years-old and living in Hawaii, though frequently returned [...]
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