Friday, July 24, 2009

White Out on a Hot Planet - Click here for a 12 hour loop


July 25, 2009
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Atlantic Ocean Satellite

The ONLY significant water vapor on Earth to support any kind of Atlantic Hurricane Season is near the Equator. That is astounding. Some seasons are late and we have yet to witness any 'heat transferring' storms, but, what we have witnessed is a 'melt down' of the Arctic Ocean. There has been increasing amounts of 'frigid air' coming down from the Arctic Ocean to the lower latitudes to attempt to cool Earth. The 'temperature' of a majority of the northern USA has been lower in many instances keeping in mind we are almost at August 1st.

That is not normal, it is Climate Change. It is also a tipping point. Earth no longer uses Atlantic Hurricanes to cool its troposphere, it is utalizing the ice of the northern cap. How long will this continue to make Earth benevolent to life? Good question. Humans have managed to melt all the 'aged' ice of the Arctic Ocean and soon human beings will be melting the very ice as it happens. It is not looking good.


July 25, 2009
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UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of the North and West Hemisphere.

The troposphere has yet to spawn significant storms this season. The fact Water Vapor Satellites are showing a planet engulfed in high tropospheric water vapor proves that Earth's 'climate change' dynamics is so 'hot' it is removing the water vapor from the surface of the planet. I am not surprised Earth does not have enough water vapor at the surface to encourage Atlantic hurricanes as the majority of its northern ice ocean is no longer at the surface either, but, evaporated into the upper troposphere.

This level of 'water vapor' over Earth is not recorded anywhere on this blog for over four years.

Invasion of Privacy. The Community of Cambridge prides itself on understanding Civil Rights. Professor Gates is correct.

Literally, the Rodney King of Cambridge. No, that is not over the top. It gives permission for worse in the nation.

Professor Gate's rights under the law was abused and so was he.

 
The FACT that this photo is in full view of the public and it has turned into an international event speaks to the abuse of the police authority in the circumstances. '

 
An innocent man is now defamed because he should have never been arrested in the first place. The police arrived with the intent to apprehend and not 'intervene' and that is wrong.

 
Professor Gates was within his rights on his own property and the police should have asked an UNARMED MAN what was dictating his behavior. The arresting officer was wrong. Now, Professor Gates is a victim when he should have been assisted by the officers.

 
I also can't believe the 'valuable' time of the President of the USA has to intervene over a civil incident that should have never happened in the first place. It goes to prove 'the media' has little to nothing to do with 'quality' information, so much as exploitive events for entertaining 'political theater.'

 
Honestly. Whoever master minded the exoneration of Crowley, when he should have been suspended, by exploiting the anger of an innocent African American man is an amazing PR genius.

 
Professor Gates should sue and bring civil charges against Crowley and the Cambridge Police Department if they can't seem to come to terms with police abuse on their own. Whether or not it is a racial issue is a matter to be decided and not derailed by POPULOUS opinion. The media is causing harm to 'JUSTICE.'

 
The very generous President Obama needs to 'roll back' the concept of transparency. The media doesn't have the maturity to 'handle it.' For God Sake, some idiot jumped up to ask a question in a press conference when he wasn't authorized to do it. I would have made an international incident of the incompetency of the USA media in a Press Conference, BUT, that didn't occur, did it? Nope. Why? Becuase the Press Corp thought it an act of bravery and aggression that is rewardable for the inconsiderate behavior. The Press is turning transparency into a circus 'to die for' for posting on My Space rather than reaizine THEIR responsibility in being 'incorporated' into information to the public by a generous President and Executive Branch.

 
Knock it off and GROW UP !

 
Professor Gates is fine. He was apprehended wrongly and the police overstepped their authority. Professor Gates should be grateful they didn't come with weapons drawn. If he actually exerted his authority WITHIN his own home when 'they were cocked' for the 'kill' who knows what would have happened. The innocent are supposed to be safe from such circumstances, but, in Cambridge it would seem as though they aren't.

 
I really don't care if the Cambridge Police Department's FEELINGS were hurt. Gee, that is a shame.

I believe Secretary Geithner is doing a great job. And I was a complete skeptic. However, on oversight...


...I believe it is Unconstitutional for the Executive Branch to execute oversight. It isn't as though the Executive Branch should not execute oversight, but, our Constitution is one of checks and balances. The Constitutional venue for oversight of either the Financial overhaul and National Health Care Reform is with both houses of the legislature.

 
...An agency is needed because the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and bank regulators failed to use their authority to shield consumers from lending abuses, Geithner said today at a House Financial Services Committee hearing. The agency needs the powers of other regulators to succeed, he said.
“If you give this agency only rule-writing authority but no enforcement authority, it will be too weak,” Geithner said. “Leaving in place with a bunch of different people enforcement authority that frankly was not well used or deployed” wouldn’t work, he added....

 
I believe the Obama Executive Branch should conduct any oversight it needs to and desires to as they are the authors of legislation to control effects of agencies upon the people of this is nation. Executive Oversight is automatically their authority under the USA Constitution. The Executive Branch is authorized to conduct the day to day business of the country and to that end, they have without doubt definitive power to exert oversight. They can even refer findings to the Legislative Houses, however, it is my opinion they do not have Constitutional authority to unilaterally conduct such oversight, but, in tandem with both houses.

 
The Executive Branch can assign any tools necessary to achieve their goals. And while any subsequent administrations will not have the 'expertise' the Obama Administration has, the way oversight, rule making and prosecution is carried out can be a model and even set precedent.

 
Okay?

 
So, what the Obama Administration, including the Cabinet, its officers, special prosecutors, Czars or whomever or whatever is employed can be 'exampled' and 'precedented' to guide the next White House in eight years.

 
Now. Regarding enforcement.

 
The reason Regulators have no meaning in the system, except, as recordkeeper and tattle tales, is because they were never legislated authority to bring facts to the Justice Department for prosecution. If there is significant wrong doing they certainly have the information that makes that clear, but, the repulsive reality that allowed five investment banks to push AIG over the edge and force "The Paulson Pity Party," is that unless there were overt issues of concern, the Regulators were more or less advisors and passive observers.

 
That doesn't have to be the case and I'll example U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Okay? I am sure you follow the methodology already.

 
The agency that Mr. Geithner is creating needs teeth. End of discussion. What is in question is where does the authority come from to prosecute? Yes? A regulatory agency or oversight agency does not and should not have the authority to prosecute. It does, however, have the responsibility to gather FACTS and present their case to Justice for prosecution.

 
The reason there is a 'division' of labor is to prevent conflict of interest. The USA Agencies have the right to seek advise regarding their fact finding from Justice (Primarily through the US Attorney infrastructure and/or the Attoney General's Office), but, they basically act to investigate, record and move to prosecution any violations as outlined in the legislation or otherwise said, considered criminal by law.

 
Basically, Mr. Geithner is seeking authority that will only weigh down the activities of the Executive Branch. And if this administration is burdened with an unbearable work load to the mess they inherited, they are only making it worse today and in the future if they DON'T DELEGATE. I must state here, the Obama Administration is more diligent in their duties than the American people have been accustomed to or witnessed in decades. The other administration this ambitious was Kennedy's and his bother Bobby in Justice. We all know what enemies they made then and the result.

 
There is not a day that goes by that I expect the Secret Service to take EXCELLANT care of these people. They are vital to our democracy and believe me, there are innumerable enemies about.

Now, long about now I would expect Mr. Geithner to be scratching his head while trying to fathom where Justice (including the US Attorney infrastructure) is going to get the time they need to carry out this responsibility.

 
Well, during the past thirty and primarily the last eight years, the US Attorney infrastructure, INCLUDING the agencies that report to them, have been cut to the bone to the point where they are so overburdened they cannot function. Basically, the Republicans over thirty years of cost cutting ABUSE have created an anarchy. Bush/Cheney was the worse. What Mr. Geithner needs to do is demand an audit of the duties of the federal agencies and US Attorneys and subsequent courts.

 
And this is where it gets ugly.

 
That audit will have to be increased with the NEW duties they will obtain from the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch is the agency to do this and not the legislature. The Executive Branch then presents the audit and new duties as 'evidence' to the legislature to increase the 'work force' of the agencies, US Attorney infrastruture and courts. The Legislative Branch then sets PERMANENT standards (and this is where Timothy can get creative - they can be 'floating/fluid' standards depending on work load) to the size and volume of the work force and how people are added, their qualifications and quite possibly how the departments can be reduced when crime is no longer a burden to the people of the nation.

 
Now.

 
To cost.

 
Initially and immediately, the Bank Bailout created an income to the USA Treasury. While that is nice and can be interesting to other venues of priorities of the Obama Administration and subsequently to the American people, those monies can be used to 'set up' the new infrastruture which eventually will be carried by the General Administration Fund. THOSE COSTS can be generated from SPECIFIC and STIFF fines of the PROSECUTED. The cost of the 'fluid' infrastruture to carry out the necessary responsibilities of the Executive Branch quite literally will be funded by the people, entities and companies that CAUSED the need for the increase in infrastructure.

 
It is the way I see Mr. Geithner's Agency and an increase in Executive Branch Infrastructure.

 
Good luck.

H1N1 cases double in one week. It was destined to escalate as soon as enough were infected.


Vaccine are entering trials, but, the WHO stated there can be no compromise on safety.

In the meantime, Glaxo is raking in the bucks on Relenza.


GlaxoSmithKline Targets Production Of 190 Million Treatment Of H1N1 Drug By End Of 2009 (click here)
July 23, 2009 12:38 p.m. EST

AHN Staff
London, England (AHN) - Drug multinational firm GlaxoSmithKline will produce by the end of 2009 190 million treatment courses of Relenza, an Influenza A (H1N1) medication. GSK will also develop a new adjuvanted H1N1 vaccine, the company announced Wednesday as it disclosed a 2009 second quarter turnover decline of 2 percent...


UPDATE 1-EU agency begins review of H1N1 flu vaccine data (click here)
Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:00am EDT
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - Europe's drug watchdog has begun reviewing data on pandemic flu vaccines with the goal of getting medicines to protect against the H1N1 virus approved before flu season starts in the Northern Hemisphere, likely in September.
The European Medicines Agency said on Friday it would speed the review of data -- which began in July -- as vaccine manufacturers make them available....


Swine flu: 100,000 infected in a week (click here)
Swine flu infected at least 100,000 Britons last week, officials announced on Thursday.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor

Published: 7:00AM BST 24 Jul 2009
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, said there were now 840 patients in hospital in England with swine flu, 63 of them in intensive care.
Children are being hit hardest, with relatively few cases amongst the elderly, as it is thought they may have some immunity to the H1N1 virus from previous pandemics.
There are 169 children under the age of five in hospital, with 12 in intensive care.
Officials said 26 people were confirmed to have died after contracting swine flu. Children under 15 accounted for a third of deaths, while around one in seven victims was previously in good health....


It doesn't take much to spread flu. Now, the 'usual' flu season is going to be coming around. I don't know, this is going to be rough. Everyone played 'the Bush Gamble.' Ah, it aint' nothin,' it will be just like the regular flu and go away. Now, there is going to be twice as much danger to everyone.

H1N1 is known to have a higher morbidity component wtih the obese and now we know it causes seizures in children. I am curious where it is settling in children. It must be in the myalin, although I would not anticpate that, but, it has a predisposition to fatty tissue. I am thinking it could be a long term issue for children and wonder if some of those issues might lead to MS as well as permanent seizure disorders.

When are people going to learn to listen when they are told it is a serious problem? Huh? When? When it is too late, evidently.

It is a shame it wasn't contained. It wasn't as if the WHO didn't try. It was that people didn't listen. They listened to morons that didn't want to spend money on containment or slow down commerce or cause people to stay home rather than travel. Amazing. People's lives are put in danger for the sake of commerce. I don't know, maybe the WHO needs to issue quarantine orders.


Swine flu pandemic now 'unstoppable': WHO official (click here)
New study, deaths raise concerns as vaccine race goes on
The swine flu pandemic has grown "unstoppable" and all nations will need access to vaccines, a WHO official said Monday, as 12 new deaths were reported and a study raised fresh concerns.
Britain, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the Philippines and Thailand all reported deaths on Monday, while Saudi Arabia shut an international school after 20 students were diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus.
As the death toll increased, the World Health Organization official said a swine flu vaccine should be available as early as September and all countries would need to be able to protect themselves....