Police in the Algarve are preparing to do a re-enactment of the events that might have occurred on May 3, the night that Madeleine McCann went missing, according to The Telegraph: They will spent several hours in the ground-floor apartment from which Madeleine vanished and at one point an officer will push a bundle out through a half-open window.Detectives are now understood to be examining the theory that Madeleine was kidnapped, stolen to order on the instructions of a paedophile gang and might still be alive in Morocco.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
New Interview with Kate and Gerry McCann
In a new interview on Spanish television, Kate and Gerry McCann reiterate that, while the speculation in the press about their guilt is disheartening, the most important issue remains the search for their daughter, Madeleine McCann, whom they believe is still alive. View the interview here.
you’re spending a lot of money in the Middle East
Yep, I’m talking to you
The estimated cost of the fires in San Diego so far is one billion dollars. Seems like a staggering number, until you consider that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. has spent 415 billion dollars in Iraq, and that the cost may escalate to 2.1 trillion dollars by 2,017. That works out to over $21,000 per U.S. household. How do you feel about sending $21,000 + of your own dollars to Iraq? Even a math-averse layperson like myself can understand that, without the Bush-brained disaster that is Iraq, coming up with the money to pay for unforeseen...
a fiery future for the western fronteir
Tim Egan has written a wonderful article for the BBC, “Why Forest Fires Are Spreading,” on why the fires that are turning much of Southern California to tinder are to be expected, and why they’re going to get worse in coming decades. If you look at a map, you find that the fastest growing areas of the US are in places that are most prone to wildfire – the canyons, mesas and alpine retreats of the West… In the West, it looks like normal is going to be a fire season that now lasts for nearly half the year,...
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Fire
The Cal governor proves he’s got a finger on the public pulse, unlike the political players in the nation’s last major natural disaster: New Orleans’s Mayor Nagin, George W. Bush, and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco. Despite the guv’s party affiliation, his response has been swift, sensitive, and decisive. In this AP photo, he is seen looking Biblical during a press conference against a background of flames. As of this writing, almost 1 million people have had to evacuate their homes. This AP photo (click “more”) shows him talking to fire evacuees at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
Stop dreaming, start writing!
