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NPR gets about 10% of it's funding from the Federal Government. It gets the "goodly chunk" from the public membership. And about another 5% from state and local governments, and public educational institutions that underwrite memberships for students etc.
The biggest single source chunk of money, and the biggest gift ever to be given a public institution by an individual, comes from the Kroc Foundation. So I guess if someone doesn't like the direction, they can dislike the majority of their fellow citizens and stop eating Big Macs, LOL
Wasn't there a satellite photo of a row of deck chairs at Area 51?
Jack Jack,
That was funny! I know what you mean with NPR, I listen all the time and enjoy the musci aspect, but man thay are some liberal, Esp since they be funded with a goodly chunk of public funds.
FOX NEWS has reported that if global warming were real the iceberg would have melted long before it reached the Titanic, CNN reported that because of Global Warming a larger than normal iceberg broke off of the polar ice cap and floated into the path of the Tiianic. NPR reviewed the performance of the Titanic's band
There has been quite a bit of discussion about these new "revelations" over at the Titianic Research and Modelling Association website (www.titanic-model.com) the conclusion being that the story by the granddaughter of the Titanic's 2nd Officer just doesn't match any of the accepted accounts and analyses of the disaster. By all accounts, C.H. Lightoller was a very capable and brave mariner, his memory deserves better.
I suppose we'll see more of this as the centenary of the wreck approaches. Sadly, it also probably means that there will be more Titanic kits and new / improved aftermarket products for them at the expense of other liners and other ships that have received scant or no attention from the kit manufacturers such as the Leviathan, Normandie and the Andrea Doria.
He was trying really hard not to hit the Brooklyn Bridge, so he kept steering north, north...
If that isn't the biggest crock that I ever heard.....
The helmsman was confused because he was having a hard time making the transition from steering with a tiller to a wheel? C'mon, now, that's more than a bit of a stretch.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
a new claim stating that the driver was confused on the new steering system, which caused the collision.
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/officers-granddaughter-novelist-louise-patten-says-steering-error-sank-titanic/19643621?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Csec4_lnk2%7C172252
jaybird 51 I did hear somewhere that a bunch of Bass Ale went down with the ship. That's the real tragedy!
I did hear somewhere that a bunch of Bass Ale went down with the ship. That's the real tragedy!
I think I know where we can get more.
A bronze award for a crew member of the RMS CARPATHIA, goes on sale at a coin collection establishment in England.
This is one of the bronze medals presented to the crew of the CARPATHIA following the heroic rescue of 705 survivors of the stricken TITANIC, which sank on May 15, 1912.
The CARPATHIA was the first ship to reach the TITANIC survivor's lifeboats after receiving an emergency transmission from the TITANIC when the ship struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM on April 14, 1912.
After the CARPATHIA arrived in New York, the officers and crew were presented with medals by the first class passanger Margaret (The Unsinkable Molly) Brown, wife of a Colorado mining millionaire.
The estimated value of the medal is worth L 2,000 to L 4,000 pounds.
Montani semper liberi ! Happy modeling to all and every one of you.
Crackers
Anthony V. Santos
"And don't give me any of that iceberg nonesense either. Everyone knows the Titanic collided with one of the Japanese I-400s that was on its way to attack New York."
NOPE She collided with a Cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey, looking for Whales., SEE SECRET FLIM CLIP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYHfJks15jY
i thought the titanic collided with a german uboat lost in time\space.
And don't give me any of that iceberg nonesense either. Everyone knows the Titanic collided with one of the Japanese I-400s that was on its way to attack New York.
Hear Hear! This thread just made my day
bondoman Well, don't feel like that. First of all, you had me going for a while. Second, what the hell good is a ship's forum without a few colourful "yarns" to keep the rest of us awake? I liked it.
Well, don't feel like that. First of all, you had me going for a while. Second, what the hell good is a ship's forum without a few colourful "yarns" to keep the rest of us awake? I liked it.
I resemble this remark! Had me going too. I researched it for an hour before I found a link that explained about the "More Information" link. Don't worry enemeink, you're among fellow humans, and fellow modelers!
Hehehehe *snort* *chuckle* *chortle*
And the whole Titanic Disaster wouldn't have happened at all if they hadn't lost their radar that night.
Well I feel like an idiot. with as much effort they put into into a false explanation, they could have just said "false." Any sorry to derail the thread.
Sorry to repeat. I didn't see tucchase's post above.
Greg
George Lewis:
You didn't explore the page far enough. Under "Additional Information" at the bottom of the page, click on the link "More information about this page."
Today's lesson is "False Authority Syndrome."
enemeink ddp59: neither was the Poseidon Adventure playing on the Titanic when she struck the ice berg, and had multiple showing up until the point where she went under Umm it was, and don't be bitter. You can also google "the poseidon adventure 1911". And see for yourself. http://www.snopes.com/lost/poseidon.asp
ddp59: neither was the Poseidon Adventure playing on the Titanic when she struck the ice berg, and had multiple showing up until the point where she went under
neither was the Poseidon Adventure playing on the Titanic when she struck the ice berg, and had multiple showing up until the point where she went under
Umm it was, and don't be bitter. You can also google "the poseidon adventure 1911". And see for yourself.
http://www.snopes.com/lost/poseidon.asp
Sorry enemeink, the link you posted above is a hoax and designated as such, by SNOPES, in the link at the bottom of that page labeled "More information about this page". Apparently Snopes has their own Hoax page just for grins and giggles.
bondoman Looks like a tall tale to me. That movie doesn't show up on IMDb at all, either as the title or as a Griffith film. The characters are all the same names as the 1969 book and 1972 movie, which would seem to be an advanced case of plagarism...
Looks like a tall tale to me. That movie doesn't show up on IMDb at all, either as the title or as a Griffith film.
The characters are all the same names as the 1969 book and 1972 movie, which would seem to be an advanced case of plagarism...
well if it turns out to be a hoax I apologize for the post. But I haven't known snopes to be incorrect.
ddp59 neither was the Poseidon Adventure playing on the Titanic when she struck the ice berg, and had multiple showing up until the point where she went under
And she didn't burn fuel oil either....maybe that slick was Red Bull. Oh, wait...
Tracy White Don't forget the awesome satellite footage they grabbed the next day of the oil slick she left as she sank!
Don't forget the awesome satellite footage they grabbed the next day of the oil slick she left as she sank!
I don't think satellite imagery existed when the Titanic sank or when the Olympic collided with the Nantucket lightship.
Tracy White Researcher@Large
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