50ft Wave off Cornwall

These are the kind of waves you see in Hawaii or Australia, not in the UK. A storm off of the coast causes 50ft waves.

clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk Caught on camera: Incredible moment surfers are hit by 50ft wave off Cornwall The surfer stands no chance of riding the wave as the foaming white surf closes in. He is seen being violently tossed in the air as it crashes in over him. Incredibly, he managed to avoid injury. The other surfer is nowhere to be seen He said: “They loved it. They’re crazy. They were really up for it – it was pure fun and games.” Elsewhere ferocious seas have had a more a serious impact. A brave lifeboat crew in Devon battled five-metre swells to rescue a group of sailors from a stricken cargo ship that was listing perilously in wind-battered waters on Sunday night. The 300-ft Greek-registered Ice Prince was carrying 5,258 tonnes of timber across the English Channel when it began to list in force eight gales. Coastguards said the rescue mission was their “most difficult rescue ever.”

Federal Bailout under a Blanet of Secrecy

Without knowing the value and the kind of assets the Fed received from troubled banks, taxpayers can’t determine the effectiveness of the bailout or whether the money is being used properly.

clipped from www.chron.com Pull away blanket of secrecy on federal bailout The Troubled Asset Relief Program, as the $700 billion bailout program approved by Congress is known, was supposed to be conducted with transparency and oversight. The TARP and other provisions of the federal bailout, however, remain shrouded in uncertainty. TARP, though, is only one piece of the overall bailout. The Federal Reserve and the Treasury have been shoveling huge piles of money into the markets during the past two months through channels that don’t require congressional approval, yet taxpayers have little idea where the money is going or what the government is getting in return. The Fed, for example, refuses to say who received some $2 trillion in emergency loans that have showed up on its balance sheet.

God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule

God said in a press conference near the Twin Towers, ‘Look, I don’t know, maybe I haven’t made myself completely clear, so for the record, here it is again. Somehow people keep coming up with the idea that I want them to kill their neighbor. Well, I don’t. And to be honest, I’m really getting sick and tired of it. Get it straight. Not only do I not want anybody to kill anyone, but I specifically commanded you not to, in really simple terms that anybody ought to be able to understand.”

clipped from www.theonion.com God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each other Monday. “Look, I don’t know, maybe I haven’t made myself completely clear, so for the record, here it is again,” said the Lord, His divine face betraying visible emotion during a press conference near the site of the fallen Twin Towers. “Somehow, people keep coming up with the idea that I want them to kill their neighbor. Well, I don’t. And to be honest, I’m really getting sick and tired of it. Get it straight. Not only do I not want anybody to kill anyone, but I specifically commanded you not to, in really simple terms that anybody ought to be able to understand.”