h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Another one from APoD: (photo)

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130717.html

Waterspout in Tampa Bay, Florida ...

>>The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida is arguably the most active area in the world for waterspouts, with hundreds forming each year. Some people speculate that waterspouts are responsible for some of the losses recorded in the Bermuda Triangle.<<

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23352230

The first multi-quadrillionaire in history, if only for a short while.

I left eBay because I refused to open a PayPal account when they tried to force me to. Do PayPal pay interest on credit balances? Just thinking, they can't take back any interest that lucky chap gets on the next interest payday. Even a day's worth of interest on £60 quadrillion would be worth having.

GB

The US city of Detroit files for bankruptcy - city assets to be liquidated to satisfy creditors:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23369573

Detroit once one of the leading industrial cities in the world is suffering economically from a move of much manufacturing overseas.

Myself, I'd respond by bidding for that overseas manufacturing to move some of their trade to Detroit.

Level Three Heatwave Warnings In England

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23371454

Or "Summer" as we used to call it

"Or "Summer" as we used to call it"

'An unprecedented federal review of old criminal cases has uncovered as many as 27 death penalty convictions in which FBI forensic experts may have mistakenly linked defendants to crimes with exaggerated scientific testimony.

At issue is a once-widespread practice by which some FBI experts exaggerated the significance of “matches” drawn from microscopic analysis of hair found at crime scenes'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-justice-scandal-fbi-could-be-at-fault-in-27-death-row-cases-8718135.html

The FBI, like the NHS it seems, bury their mistakes.

Pope's bank clean-up man 'found stuck in lift with rent boy'

gosh, bit awkward that

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/popes-bank-cleanup-man-found-stuck-in-lift-with-rent-boy-8721296.html

Is anyone in the Vatican straight?

couldn't possibly say,

doesn't seem like they have mastered the art of going straight up or down in a lift

Oil rich nation Dubai jails another woman for "allowing" herself to be raped:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23381448

So why isn't the US and others sanctioning Dubai for such outrageous rulings?

Because that is their culture and we must respect other cultures. To do otherwise would be imperialistic and racist.

Apart from American culture, 'natch.

"...an ordinance under consideration in the tiny farming community of Deer Trail, Colo., that would encourage hunters to shoot down drones."

http://www.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=DCxqHSkX

US in fighter jet bombing raid on Australian Barrier Reef:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/21/bombs-dropped-great-barrier-reef

Japan which owns much of the British industry warns Cameron & Britain not to pull out of the EU:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23393856

US warns Cameron & Britain not to pull out of the EU:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/27/eu-exit-risks-us-trade-deal

Ford and BMW warn Cameron & Britain not to pull out of the EU:
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-bmw-warn-against-uk-073013258.html

http://www.spaceweather.com/ (I can't find a clickable link and can't spend any more time here today)

Petunias from the edge of space.



GB

Link worked fine for me.

Caleb Smith was just damned lucky that he didn't get a whale landing on his head.

PP.