News and Opinion from the Bug!
Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed today in horrifying luge accident.
Nodar lost control of his sled in a curve and was thrown out of the track and into a steel beam. I assume he was killed instantly.
This accident is so horrible, so terrible. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends, and to [...]
Finnish accident investigators say the guidance system on an F-18D Hornet malfunctioned prior to a crash in Finland last Thursday.
Apparently, the F-18D’s guidance system switched to a mechanical backup during a maneuver that requires computer assistance.
Boeing says the F-18D carries two crewmen, a pilot and a weapons/sensor officer (WSO). The aircraft is powered [...]
Sky News reports British Police have arrested three men on an Emirates flight after an alleged bomb threat.
Emirates released this update regarding flight EK004:
Following remarks made as the EK004 prepared to depart London Heathrow for Dubai yesterday evening (Friday), crew alerted the Metropolitan Police who subsequently boarded the aircraft and detained three passengers.
All 331 passengers [...]
Finnish Police are searching for Ibrahim Shkupolli. Police believe he is the shooter that killed four people in a shooting rampage in Finland.
YLE says, “Four people were killed in a shooting at the Sello shopping mall in central Espoo on Thursday morning. A fifth victim, a woman, related to the case was found dead [...]
Eastern Europe has once again been betrayed by the United States; this time under President Barack Obama.
In the dead of night, the Obama Administration notified Czech Republic of its decision not to deploy the missile defense shield in Czech and Poland.
Lies and Betrayal seem to be the keywords of our time don’t they?
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rocked Northern Georgia.
The earthquake was centered at 42.712°N, 43.483°E which is about 4 miles from Gebi, Georgia.
The hypocentral depth of the earthquake was set at 6.2 miles by program.
An aftershock measuring magnitude 5 has rocked the area again.
No word on damage or injuries.
Scotland has released Pan Am bomber Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi for humanitarian reasons.
How sweet… Too bad the victims of Pam Am 103 didn’t receive the same mercies from their killers.
I apologize, but I can’t resist posting one more photograph from our Finland trip.
One of our excursions was to Stockholm, Sweden. We browsed a fresh market there whose location escapes me right now and snapped this photograph; you just want to dive into the fresh fruits.
We arrived back in North Carolina from Finland Saturday night.
Our Finnish hosts (family) were so good to us. While there we visited Stockholm, Sweden and Tallinn, Estonia and locations near those destinations. Both were excellent trips.
While in Tallinn, we visited an amusement and waterpark named Vembu-Tembumaa. It’s a nice park with rides [...]
I was in Turku this morning and was fortunate enough to snap a few pictures of vessels participating in Tall Ships Races Baltic 2009, including one of the flag raising ceremony.
Thursday morning was a wonderful opportunity to stroll along the waterfront and view the tall ships that had arrived. A few of them had [...]
