Friday, November 6, 2009

Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless

"The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. But the device works “on the same principle as a Ouija board” — the power of suggestion — said a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, who described the wand as nothing more than an explosives divining rod." - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html?_r=2 You can't make this stuff up.

Buffett buying Burlington rail in his biggest deal - http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5A22A720091103 Is it only me who doesn't see this as anything but a defensive move?

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