Strongbad Email 157 (flash)

He discusses trading cards (rated PG).

City reaches deal with FAA over Meigs Field

The Daley administration agreed Monday to pay a $33,000 fine - and repay $1 million in federal airport development grants - to settle claims stemming from Mayor Daley's infamous midnight destruction of Meigs Field in March, 2003

Steve Whitney, president of Friends of Meigs Field, applauded the FAA for holding the city's feet to the fire by requiring them to pay the full amount of the fine imposed for violating the notice requirement.

Congress has since made the fine 10 times as high because they never want this to happen again, Whitney said.

The city put pilots and the flying public at risk by the way they did this. There were aircraft inbound to Meigs Field that morning. If anyone had been low on fuel, it could have been a tragedy, he said

(from Chicago Sun-Times).

New Numa Numa (flash)

Gary Brolsma, the Numa Numa Guy, is back in his return video (rated PG).

Vans Shoes

Vans Shoes in Santa Monica, CA.

Memorial Park Station

Yellow line Memorial Park station in Pasadena, CA.

Gun to "Terrorist's" Head Makes Him Forget

Kenny dressed as a terrorist is interrupted by a gun put to his head (rated PG-13).

People Have Short Memories

Seth Godin points to the Bosch Axxis Washers made by a German Company as an example. Germany was one of the Axis Powers in World War Two. Bosch's slogan for these washers perhaps could be "The Final Solution for your clothes" or more boldly "Washes the Mud Races Out."

This is a company whose forbearer ...gave financial support to Hitler and...became indispensable to the German military effort during World War II. The company used slave labor, locating one of its synthetic rubber facilities in Auschwitz to be near the captive labor supply of the infamous concentration camp (from multinationalmonitor.org). Perhaps their marketing department may want to change the Axxis name.