Massive Half-Mile-Long Crack Appears in Ground in Northern Mexico

Massive Half-Mile-Long Crack Appears in Ground in Northern Mexico

David Manthos, SkyTruth | August 28, 2014 11:04 am

Last week a video emerged of a giant fissure in the Northern Mexican desert, 3,300 feet long and up to 25 feet deep. Speculation centered at first around an earthquake, but the region is not known for seismic activity. I personally checked out the U.S. Geological Survey earthquake data because the Buena Vista Copper mine (the fourth largest in the world by output) is only about 150 miles north of the enormous crack, and earlier this month they spilled 40,000 cubic meters of sulphuric acid into two rivers during the worst spill in Mexico’s modern mining history. But I found no reports of tremors in the region and authorities were skeptical that this had anything to do with an earthquake.


VIDEO & MORE:
http://ecowatch.com/2014/08/28/massive-fissure-northern-mexico/

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Dear Morans:

"Bullying" The "Right" Way:

John Cole: "Greetings From St. Louis"

NRA: "It's Her Right To Accidently Kill People"

NRA responds to 9-year-old’s fatal Uzi accident:
Kids should ‘have fun at the shooting range’

“If children continually shoot the same bull’s-eye target, they can become tired, exhausted or bored,” wrote Women’s Outdoor News’ Mia Anstine. “As the boredom sets in, the effort that goes into shooting can deteriorate.”

"DON'T SHOOT"

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Gov. Corbett: Reform Liquor Laws So It's Easier For Women To Make Dinner

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) thinks his state should reform its liquor laws. That way, he argued, women would have an easier job making dinner.

Corbett made the argument in July during an appearance on The Sam Lesante Show. The clip of him making those comments were reposted Tuesday by the Democratic political PAC Fresh Start PA, which supports Corbett's opponent Tom Wolf (D).

"I think a lot of people want to be able to walk into a grocery store," Corbett said. "Particularly, a lot of the women, want to be able to go in and buy a bottle of wine for dinner, go down buy a six pack or two six packs, buy dinner, and go home. Rather than what I just described, is at least three stops, in Pennsylvania."

Pennsylvania Republicans have recently been looking at ways to reform the state's liquor laws.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom-corbett-liquor-laws-women

Oops: Rick Perry Forgets Which Criminal Charges He's Facing

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) erred when trying to name the criminal charges he's facing during his recent visit to New Hampshire ahead of a potential 2016 presidential bid.

"I’ve been indicted by that same body now for I think two counts, one of bribery, which I’m not a lawyer, so I don’t really understand the details here," he said, as quoted by ABC News on Friday.

In actuality, Perry was indicted on one count of "abuse of official capacity" and one count of "coercion of a public servant." Not bribery.

The word bribery is not mentioned in the language of either of the two statutes.



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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/rick-perry-criminal-charges-oops



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