Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Accidentally smashed by a city snowblower that threw up a stone. - Apple cube's glass panel shatters during New York City snowstorm

Same thing happened to my windshield! m/r



Apple cube's glass panel shatters during New York City snowstorm | Mail Online



Thursday, Jan 23 2014   22°F in England -  17°F in NYC

PUBLISHED:  22 January 2014


Oh-so-cool Apple's iconic glass cube store SHATTERS in the New York cold

  • Apple's flagship store that boasts its iconic entrance known as The Cube shatters after damage caused as a result of Tuesday's snowstorm
  • One of the 15 panels that stand 32-foot high over the 5th Avenue location was reportedly hit by an errant rock or stone thrown by a snowblower
  • The structure was renovated in 2011 at a cost of $6.7 million
  • Each panel costs $450,000 to replace


Apple's iconic cube store in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue was another high-profile victim of the snowstorm which hit New York City on Tuesday.
One of the huge 32-foot glass panels that make up the entrance to the iPhone giant's flagship store was reportedly accidentally smashed by a city snowblower that threw up a stone.
While there was no immediate threat that the glass would shatter completely, the estimated cost to the Californian firm to restore the cube is estimated to be around $450,000.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544194/Iconic-Apple-cubes-glass-panel-shatters-New-York-City-snowstorm-know-feel-phones-break.html#ixzz2rFEX91xm
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