10.15 am: A bomb-blast in Delhi high court, killing 12 people, wounding 76.. 11:27 pm: An earthquake measured 6.6 on Richter Scale has shaken Delhi, tremors felt in all parts of Delhi and NCR. 20 minutes ago, I was jolted by the quake.. I was reading an article about the bomb blast that happened earlier this morning and my apartment was shaken. I went downstairs in the open park, waited about 15 mins, just in case. Talk about a shitty day...
This is the first I've heard about it.I'm going to turn on CNN,my deep felt sympathies to you Webby and all in India.
Earthquakes are crazy...scary... a reminder of how small we are? Bombers are crazier...scarier... a reminder of what we're fighting? Both can arrive at any time... a reminder we're not here for long? May I also extend sympathies to those affected.
Duh, who moved it to P&R? It's not about politics or religion.. It's just my experience of a day when a bomb blast rocks my city in the morning and an earthquake shakes it in the night.. Anyway, thanks Linda, IsraeI and Bushranger.. I appreciate your wishes and concerns.. As far as bomb blast goes, No one else but our impotent intelligence and law enforcement agencies are to blame.. When someone can place a bomb *inside* the freaking high court of the freaking capital of the freaking nation, just one question comes to mind - What the fuck intelligence agencies and police were doing? 105 days ago, a similar but a very low intensity blast occurred in Delhi high court. Did we learn anything from it? Nope... Politicians are busy raping the nation, law enforcement is busy raping the public. What the heck intelligence agencies are doing? No idea, probably having sex with each other.. About the earthquake, earlier reports suggested it was of 6.6 intensity but later MET concluded intensity to be much lower, just 4.2. I'm not really sure though. I have seen quakes around 4.5-5.0 earlier. This one was much stronger than that. But fortunately, it didn't leave a scar on Delhi's face. No significant damage or injuries are reported.. Just a guy managed to fell from stairs somehow and a couple of buildings developed cracks. So a day later, Delhi is ready to move on..
It was 4.3 , didn't made it to CNN AFAIK . Here's the full report : http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005qbz.php
Our tax money is being wasted. They are planning to buy Samsung Galaxy Tab or Apple iPad for 50,000 INR each. So, 790 leaders x 50,000 INR = 3,95,00,000 INR of wasted tax money. I didn't pay tax to get tablet PC's...
I can sniff a 1,18,50,000 scam right there.. Galaxy Tab and iPad are available for 35K on retail. Who the heck is buying it for 50K? Additionally, how these illiterate mofos are going to learn how to use a tab? They can't even find control key on a keyboard. Give them one of these, and they can't be able to tell the difference.
@The Webby I believe the mods moved your thread not due to the content but likely because of who the OP is.They may have been concerned that you would have attracted combative P+R's to your thread.They want(I believe)to keep "General Chat" as quarrel free as possible.This is why P+R was created in the first place.Keep all the uptight people here away from G C. Haven't you noticed that everyone fights here and nothing is ever resolved? Odd how this is where all the God fearing members hang out,yet this is also where you will find all the hate.Hmmmm....bit of a contradiction that.
Oh my. I can only dream of the days when our congressional leaders buying themselves a gadget on the taxpayer dime was still an outrage. Our leadership works 153 days a year for a salary that is three and a half times the average american family, not to mention a medical benefits package that would cost a fortune to a private citizen. Thank god it takes them nearly 10 years to qualify for a pension... Hey, if God, or one of his self appointed representatives, tells you to hate, you hate! It beats burning in hell.
May be, I don't know. I thought the news of Bomb blast made them think it was a political thread.. God loves hate, that why he created it in abundance.