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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Police fired tear gas and clubbed thousands of lawyers...... Lawyers being clubbed would make a lot of people happy here in this country.

I have asked this question to a lot of engineers and they have different answers to the question. Why is it we, mankind can put men on the moon and create the Bugatti Veyron, but we can't get more energy out of a gallon of fuel. Why? If you don't know what the Bugatti Veyron is, check this...

I don’t have much sympathy for waiters/waitress’ unless they serve me well (take it as you will) and if they expect a tip, I won’t give it on the merits that they took my order but have to deliver but that is my restaurant up bringing – sorry. Well anyway, this is where I sympathize...

I was going to post this in the soapbox forum but I feel that it is too important to be there. This issue affects us more than the Mexican Truck issue and part of the tearing our sovereignty apart. I don’t understand where the president and the congress are coming from but being part of an...

OK I think I had this thing long enough to say it is alright - not perfect but alright. I am bothered by a few things, like I can't just scroll around without changing the channel or the d*mn commercial names pop up when they air - I don't care about Go To mY pC and want to know what is on the...

Just wanted pass on a recent experienced I had, well I am still having and this is rather long. Yesterday I was sitting in my truck getting ready for a run – back to back runs Saturday and today, yea! – cleaning up the mess I had in the sleeper when I had to almost slam into a Mercedes C...

Anyone ever consider getting a glider kit and putting a truck together with it?

U.S. economy may be in crisis for next five years, expert says 25.10.2007 Source: Pravda.Ru URL: http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/99507-usa_economy-0 The United States is unlikely to have the best investment environment in the next five years, according to Evgeni Nadorchin, a chief...

Strong loonie may lead Canadian economy to collapse 26.10.2007 Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/99597-strong_loonie-0 Cross-border shoppers will rob the Canadian economy of billions of dollars in economic growth, an economic think-tank is warning. The surge in...

I just read this, Sexual misconduct plagues US schools http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_on_re_us/teacher_sex_abuse and wonder after 40 years of teaching and being accused of sexual abusing kids, why even after losing his license, does these teachers allowed to keep their pension? I...

I was told that you can get 11 to 14 MPG out of a class 8 straight truck, is this true?

I was talking to a sprinter owner last night and he got dinged with an over weight ticket (warning) here in Michigan for being 40 plus lbs over. He was hauling 3 pallets that were 2821 lbs (as weighed before it was placed on the van) and his GVW is 8660 lbs - meaning with the generator (onan)...

With the pending case in front of the Supreme Court with the question whether Texas can execute an Mexixcan national or they have to do what the world court decision, it brings up an interesting issue over the rights of the state vs. the control of the federal government over other issues like...

This may have been covered before but I am going to throw it out there anyway. For fleet owners it is a given, but for the single truck owners I am wondering how many of you are incorporated and if you are, what state did you decide to incorporate in?

I have been reading a bunch of articles about 'Baby Jessica' and how she is now waiting for the million or so bucks that was put into a trust fund for her. While reading one blog, and going through the comments about her and the articles, most were rather not nice towards her. One comment...

....and Politics It amazes me that we even consider the Noble peace prize to be valid. It has for the most part departed away from the creator’s intent “prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit of mankind†especially with ALGORE and the UN...

Would you buy a raffle ticket for an APU or a percentage of cash for $25? I talked to a non-profit group today while at the hospital with my wife, they asked for ideas and I thought that this may be good for them to raise the $10K they need. Would you?

I read a quick article about the Cleveland Indians and how some are demanding that they change their name and remove all references to American Indians. I am not one who wants to offend people but I side with the group who says that naming a school, sports team or even a stadium is a way of...

I don’t know if you all missed this or are afraid of commenting on stuff like this because of the recent rash of threads that were misinterpreted (and disappeared for some reason) but you know on I-5 there was a major accident with three killed, one kid and two adults. It is sad that we have...

eat more Kangaroo :9 http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22562480-662,00.html