Random links
- Texas Deputy Sues 911 Caller For Not 'Adequately Warning' Him Of Potential Danger Or 'Making The Premises Safe'
- Just a quick reminder to resolve any emergencies before calling emergency services.
- The European Atrocity You Never Heard About
- "In the largest episode of forced migration in history, millions of German-speaking civilians were sent to Germany from Czechoslovakia (above) and other European countries after World War II by order of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union." Estimated death toll: 500,000 people.
- How one man turns annoying cold calls into cash
- "A man targeted by marketing companies is making money from cold calls with his own higher-rate phone number." Time for me to get a 1-900 number?
- Americans are Driving Less, and It's Not Because of the Economy
- So the trend towards driving somewhat less in the US of late doesn't appear to be correlated towards variation in state-level economies. As the article notes, there's still a lack of a definitive answer to the impact of the economy on this. A slower decrease in driving in areas with weaker economies might be due to people making longer commutes to those jobs that they're actually able to get.