Most vulnerable U.S. state

Yawn, time to turn off the computer for moi moi, maybe a quick last minute check of the online newspaper before shutting down the computer. A nice peaceful rest tonight.

Oh, wait, that was my thought, but then I read the headline story about a new missile test (of the defense type meant to intercept ballistic missiles). Towards the bottom of the SA story was this quote:

Quote:

“Hawaii, with its geographic location and its strategic role in projection of U.S. military capability and command (of) the Pacific region, is without doubt the most vulnerable U.S. state of the 50 states,” the advocacy group said. “It is the closest to both North Korea and China in the middle of the Pacific.”

Yep, that took the peaceful thought right out of the "peaceful rest tonight". :(

Most vulnerable U.S. state

Smokeless tobacco

U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company initiated the recall after receiving eight consumer complaints of foreign metal objects, including sharp metal objects, found in select cans.

Does it seem a little strange that a consumer who uses a product that is known to cause oral cancer, esophageal cancer, and pancreatic cancer, would even bother to worry about a little metal in the mix?

Smokeless tobacco

It happened in the past.....

From The Hawaiian Gazette, Honolulu, Hawai, Jan. 2, 1917.
A hundred years ago, an ad states:

Quote:

"Whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and consumption [tuberculosis] diseases that are often contracted when the child has a cold".

Sometimes it is interesting to step back in time, and see what sort of things were of concern 100 years ago that we don't really think much about today. Today, with inoculations and other health advances, we don't have daily concerns about our children catching many of the dreaded diseases that were a part of life back then.

It happened in the past.....