I have taken a look at what some of our members have been reading and what they have been rec'ing, in an effort to look for quality diaries that fall out of the reach of the Rescue Rangers efforts, and may have also fallen sort of the rec list, but yet deserve some eyes. Here goes.
First up is the happy camper's Self defense can get you fired--with video
If you work for Walgreens, think twice before you defend your life and your coworkers on company time.
Jeremy Hoven, a pharmacist in Benton Harbor, MI was fired from his job at Walgreens after preventing an early morning armed robbery with his legally carried handgun. When one of the two robbers attempted to shoot him as he was calling 911--the gun apparently jammed--he drew his weapon and fired, driving both robbers from the store before they were able to harm Hoven or his coworkers, or steal money or drugs.
J Town: Got Post? September 9, 2011 (with 'mostrecday' Table) J Town seems to be a effort similar to the RMR:
Welcome to J Town: a friendly little place in the big bad blogosphere.
A place to hang out, promote posts, check on the weather (and brag about yours!) and waste spend a little time.
And while Jotter is on vacation in the French Riviera , J Town has made an effort to not exactly fill that void.
The morning after President Obama's great jobs speech last night, makes the speech the topic of choice for some.Full court press: Pass The Bill NOW. Making the GOP pay in YOUR District by mdmslle.
It's time.
The President has laid out his Plan and DARED the GOP to oppose it. Today he went right into Eric Cantor's Backyard to push for his Plan.
I don't know about you, but I LIKE that. No, I LOVE it.
And it got me thinking: let's start mobilizing to PUSH OUT every Republican who votes against this plan. Right now, no one knows whether they'll pass it or not. My money's on more NO from the GOP. Pity, that.
Its of course no surprise that members of the RMR read and rec each others diaries. And at this point I am going to utterly comprise myself by comitting a clear conflict of interest by mentioning one of my own diaries.
GE announces R&D program to develop 15Mw Wind Turbine
For MRI systems, we’re applying superconducting magnets to make lower cost systems with higher image quality,” Longtin said. “For wind turbines, we want to apply them to generate more wind power at a lower cost of electricity. The applications are different, but the basic technology is the same.
Syzygy 5 ✩ GRAIL - APOLLO - LRO by jim in IA is about the impending launch of a new Lunar mission:
As they fly over areas of greater and lesser gravity, caused both by visible features such as mountains and craters and by masses hidden beneath the lunar surface, they will move slightly toward and away from each other. An instrument aboard each spacecraft will measure the changes in their relative velocity very precisely, and scientists will translate this information into a high-resolution map of the Moon's gravitational field.
And finally come the Comment of the Day for Thursday September 8th, 2011:
Meh is a tag?