Tallest Skyscraper in the World Almost Completed, Defies Belief

Posted 8/20/08 (SCROLL DOWN) * * * * * * * * * The Burj Dubai tower, the tallest skyscraper in the world, is about to be completed. To celebrate it, David Hobcote has taken a series of amazing high resolution pictures from the air which give an exact impression of the breathtaking, massive scale of this building. Inside, it looks like a set from Blade Runner or the interior of the Death Star. Updated: David Hobcote told us how he did these great photos and gave us some amazing general shots that look like a next-gen SimCity. (CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING TO ENLARGE) galleryPost('amazingburj', 8, '');   I took these photos from a bell helicopter last week on a trip to see this amazing building in Dubai with my son.. » read more

State Reels in 4,800 New Jobs

July 15, 2008 LANSING -- On a day when Michigan's industrial future took a hit -- more job cuts planned for General Motors and no new Volkswagen plant for the state -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm's economic team served up 4,800 new, disparate jobs Tuesday to soften the blow. Leading the good news parade was Dow Chemical Co.'s announcement of a joint venture to manufacture plastics with a large Kuwaiti oil firm and build a global headquarters in southeast Michigan with 800 jobs -- many of them high-paying. The $11-billion new firm -- K-Dow Petrochemicals -- also had bids from Texas and Louisiana.. » read more

The Millau Viaduct - The HIghest Bridge Piers Ever Constructed

The Millau Viaduct is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters (787 feet) high and the overall height is an impressive 336 meters (1102 feet), making this the highest bridge in the world. It is taller than the Eiffel Tower .. Intriguingly, the Millau Viaduct is not straight.. » read more

New airport runway on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

The airport’s runway has a length of 2781 meters, (9000 ft) of which 1000 (3000) are supported by 180 pillars, each pillar 50 meters in length (about 17 floors).  The runway is designed  to accommodate 747s.  Note the cars parked below the runway www.joemustknow.com/2008/01/28/new-airport-runway-on-the-portuguese-island-of-madeira/. » read more

Shift Happens Narrated (video)

April 27, 2007 The popular presentation by Carl Fisch redone as a video story by Michael Arnold, with permission.   TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLICK ON: youtube.com/watch?v=FqfunyCeU5g  . » read more

HALLIBURTON THEFTS - NEWS FROM AN X-CIA INSIDER

  A former high-ranking member of the CIA, now retired, who was a career employee, contacted us this week. Due to our reporting on Halliburton and their corruption we were given 46 pages of testimony on how Halliburton, the CIA, the Pentagon and Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld have been stealing billions of dollars. What we were presented will shortly be presented to Congressman Waxman’s Oversight and Reform Committee in the House. These 46 pages of step-by-step criminal procedure is only part of a larger body of evidence being presented to Congress. What is presented is astounding in the scope of the crime and the billions of dollars being stolen by these criminals.. » read more

Buy A Car, Get A Free Gun At Missouri Car Dealer

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri car dealer said on Thursday sales have soared at his auto and truck business since launching a promotion this week that promises buyers a free handgun or a $250 gas card with every purchase. Max Motors, a small Butler, Missouri dealership that has as its logo a grimacing cowboy wielding a pistol, has sold more than 30 cars and trucks in the last three days, far more than its normal volume. And owner Mark Muller credits his decision to start offering buyers their choice of a $250 gas card or a $250 credit at a gun shop. "This thing has taken off. Sales have quadrupled," said Muller.. » read more

Losses Mount In Chinese Export Industry

April 15, 2008 Light export industries in China are continuing to face massive losses, shedding jobs and moving operations either abroad or to lower-wage regions of China. The immediate triggers of the downturn—the political and commercial consequences of the US financial crisis—are exacerbating working class discontent over low wages, pollution and poor working conditions. China’s textile industry, which exported products worth U$176 billion in 2007 and directly employs roughly 20 million workers, is facing a major slowdown. January-February 2008 production figures showed 5.7 percent growth, compared to the same period in 2007, whereas growth during 2007 was 19 percent—which was itself the slowest growth rate since 2003.. » read more

Indian Firm busy Jaguar and Land Rover

Silence on speculation that Tata has paid $2.65bn · Ford likely to provide engines for both marques Silence on speculation that Tata has paid $2.65bn Wednesday March 26 2008 Thousands of workers at Jaguar and Land Rover plants are expected to be told today that the marques have been sold to the Indian conglomerate Tata. It is understood that a deal between Tata and Ford over the sale of two of the best known names in British car making was concluded last night after months of painstaking negotiations. Ford refused to confirm a deal had been signed last night, saying any significant development had to be communicated to employees first.. » read more

Little Sympathy for Financial Fat Cats

Bear Stearns Execs Lost Millions, But Have Plenty Sewn Up Elsewhere March 18, 2008—   As investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed, and was sold to JPMorgan Chase for a scant $240 million, its chairman James Cayne played bridge at a tournament last week in Detroit over two critical days, like Nero fiddling away as Rome burned. Cayne's decision to remain at the tournament as the company's CEO Alan Schwartz negotiated with JPMorgan Chase to sell Wall Street's fifth largest investment firm for $2 a share, 90 percent less than its value last week, has been criticized as indicative of a senior management team that was distinctly out of touch. Thousands of the company's employees whose savings were wrapped up in Bear Stearns stock options may have been ruined overnight, and a new light has been focused on the company's executives' spectacular downfall and their own investments. As for Bear Stearns' 14,000 employees, many will lose their jobs and all of them have seen the value of their stock options evaporate overnight. An average Bear Stearns employee who had $200,000 in a retirement fund now has just $2,000.. » read more

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