Submitted by Wolf Richter of Wolf Street
Freight Rail Traffic Plunges: Haunting Pictures of Transportation Recession
292 Union Pacific engines idled in Arizona Desert
Total US rail traffic in April plunged 11.8% from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported today. Carloads of bulk commodities such as coal, oil, grains, and chemicals plummeted 16.1% to 944,339 units.
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Qaddafi on his way out, Bashar al Assad is next.
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) August 21, 2011
Citizens from Arizona have called for an official investigation into voter suppression after last weeks primaries revealed that thousands of votes were deliberately trashed. U.S.
Hillary Clinton has been accused of orchestrating voter fraud during Arizona’s Democratic primary vote on Tuesday, as thousands of voters have complained that their votes were unknowingly changed to independent – preventing them from voting for Democratic rival Bernie Sanders. Authorities have announced an official investigation into claims that the Clinton campaign were part of a vote rigging scandal to prevent Bernie Sanders from winning the State. Thehornnews.com reports: One voter posted a picture with the following explanation, “Fraud in AZ? I am a long time registered Dem.
A family from Phoenix, Arizona has adopted a dog who was found dying in a plastic bag and dumbed behind a South Korean meat market, GeoBeats News reports: A dog hailing from South Korea had anything but a happy start to life, but her future is certainly looking up. Chi Chi was adopted by the Howell family of Phoenix, Arizona after being found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped among the trash behind a meat market.