Thank you, Michael !
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Abortion Rights fall back to the States and the Courts.
It is time to pass a Comprehensive Federal Abortion Rights Bill. It is time women matter in the USA and stop Republicans from occupying our uterus.
The Republicans are STILL the party of NO and corrupt
Mike Pence needs to sit down. The tears he is about to break into are as phoney as his pleas.
The Republican Insurance Stimulus makes malpractice legal.
The Republican Insurance Stimulus makes malpractice legal.
Rhetoric: The House Republican bill substitute ends junk lawsuits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of tests and procedures that physicians sometimes order not because they think it's good medicine, but because they are afraid of being sued.
Reality: The Republican bill substitute offers new no ideas; the bill caps the amount of damages a person injured can receive and will preempt state consumer protection laws. House Democrats have included a voluntary state incentive grants program in our bill to encourage states to develop alternatives to traditional malpractice litigation.
John Boehner is over reacting and taking provisions of the Health Care Reform Bill out of context. The Health Care Insurance Commission is legislated to CONTROL the exploitation of the health care insurance companies and if they deny a pertinant procedure it is possible to reverse that decision by the Commissioner. In other words, where health insurance companies find loop holes, the Commissioner closes it.
There is no socio-economic discrimination in the Roe v. Wade decision. Quite the contrary, when Roe v Wade was decided women were disadvantaged.
Women have the right to "Chose" due to Roe v,. Wade. Roe v. Wade is the law of the land.
The Stupid Stupak Amendment is unconstitutional. How did Stupak ever get into the Democratic Party?
Vote No. Just that simple.
It has a methodology to defeat more than abortion.
The Republicans keep on lying. They are amazing. They only see dollar signs and NOTHING else. They should work so hard to get the Bush Bailout back
The Republicans should be ashamed of themselves. Michelle Bachman. What an idiot. Her statement was, "I demand unanimous consent to revise and extend my comments because this bill...causes economic impacts on the economy."
I wouldn't expect the Economic Impacts to occur anywhere else but the economy, would you? Want to be more specific Michelle. You know facts. Figures. Alternatives.
The Republicans are incensed. And why? Because 'their base' says they have to be incensed. "Vote for me, I hated the Democrats for you!"
The Republicans are just complaining. They aren't saying a darn thing.
They CONTINUE to complain that the Health Care Reform Legislation will cost billions and billions and will burden out children. REPEATEDLY, President Obama has stated, this bill is paid for by existing programs that it will replace and it won't add one penny to the deficit.
What the Republicans are complaining about simply doesn't make sense. If a bill is paid for by cutting ineffective and expensive program then there is no deficit and it is NOT burdening any generation. When are Republicans going to make sense? They haven't made sense for 30 years, I would think they would change soon.
This is landmark legislation that will bring our people the health care insurance reform they need. The children of this nation need this bill desperately and they need to achieve wellness again. Something that has deteriorated with every Republican tax cut and every Republican spending program. Building "Six Flags Over Lincoln" was far more important than reforming health care under the Republcan administrations. Far more important.
The Republicans have bartered away the wellness of our children and our nation and today we are faced with people unable to obtain health insurance and dying because of it. Everyone can thank the Republicans for that.
Running an illegal war in Iraq was far more important for Republicans than stabilizing Afghanistan. Far more important. Far more important than reforming health care to the Ameican people. Far more important.
Squandering a budget surplus because "We are a Nation at War." was far more important and giving rebate after rebate after rebate to buy votes. Far more important.
Well, today for the people that vote for the Health Care Reform Legislation in the House will make the statement that the PEOPLE are far more important, their wellness is far more important and the social injustices of our nation will be corrected! And not adding a dime to the deficit or even depriving the Republicans of their next rebate should the surplus return.
I wouldn't expect the Economic Impacts to occur anywhere else but the economy, would you? Want to be more specific Michelle. You know facts. Figures. Alternatives.
The Republicans are incensed. And why? Because 'their base' says they have to be incensed. "Vote for me, I hated the Democrats for you!"
The Republicans are just complaining. They aren't saying a darn thing.
They CONTINUE to complain that the Health Care Reform Legislation will cost billions and billions and will burden out children. REPEATEDLY, President Obama has stated, this bill is paid for by existing programs that it will replace and it won't add one penny to the deficit.
What the Republicans are complaining about simply doesn't make sense. If a bill is paid for by cutting ineffective and expensive program then there is no deficit and it is NOT burdening any generation. When are Republicans going to make sense? They haven't made sense for 30 years, I would think they would change soon.
This is landmark legislation that will bring our people the health care insurance reform they need. The children of this nation need this bill desperately and they need to achieve wellness again. Something that has deteriorated with every Republican tax cut and every Republican spending program. Building "Six Flags Over Lincoln" was far more important than reforming health care under the Republcan administrations. Far more important.
The Republicans have bartered away the wellness of our children and our nation and today we are faced with people unable to obtain health insurance and dying because of it. Everyone can thank the Republicans for that.
Running an illegal war in Iraq was far more important for Republicans than stabilizing Afghanistan. Far more important. Far more important than reforming health care to the Ameican people. Far more important.
Squandering a budget surplus because "We are a Nation at War." was far more important and giving rebate after rebate after rebate to buy votes. Far more important.
Well, today for the people that vote for the Health Care Reform Legislation in the House will make the statement that the PEOPLE are far more important, their wellness is far more important and the social injustices of our nation will be corrected! And not adding a dime to the deficit or even depriving the Republicans of their next rebate should the surplus return.
It is about darn time!
C-SPAN Live Stream (click title to entry - thank you)
LIVE Video
C-SPAN offers gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN also offers a variety of public affairs programming including congressional hearings, press briefings from the White House, State Department and Pentagon, campaign and election coverage, and international programming.
The latest on Ida. She's coming! By the way, Hurricane Season ENDED November 1. No one told Ida.
Have you noticed the ones that always do the most damage are women? Notice that? Katrina, Wilma, not Ida. I guess there was an Andrew in there somewhere.
The storm has reconstituted itself over the open ocean and anyone in the way needs to pay attention, including the Yucatan Peninsula and nearby islands.
November 7, 2009
11:30:13z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title to entry for 12 hour loop - thank you)
The wind speed picked up and the central pressure dropped and its peripheral boundaries took shape as soon as this accelerating storm moved off land over water again.
The eye wall got tight very quick. It has the potential to be huge and mean.
Katrina's high winds happened very, very quickly. Katrina was a Cat 1 when it passed over Florida.
Predictions are saying it will mostly dissipate in five days. I don't know about that. I hope they're right, but, I think it better to be prudent. There is a lot of 'hot water' this storm will travel over in the Gulf before five days are out. If nothing else there is potential for a tonne of rain.
10 15.70 -83.90 11/06/21Z 30 1007 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
11 16.20 -84.00 11/07/03Z 30 1006 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
12 17.10 -84.10 11/07/09Z 40 1002 TROPICAL STORM
12A 17.40 -84.10 11/07/12Z 40 1002 TROPICAL STORM
The storm has reconstituted itself over the open ocean and anyone in the way needs to pay attention, including the Yucatan Peninsula and nearby islands.
November 7, 2009
11:30:13z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title to entry for 12 hour loop - thank you)
The wind speed picked up and the central pressure dropped and its peripheral boundaries took shape as soon as this accelerating storm moved off land over water again.
The eye wall got tight very quick. It has the potential to be huge and mean.
Katrina's high winds happened very, very quickly. Katrina was a Cat 1 when it passed over Florida.
Predictions are saying it will mostly dissipate in five days. I don't know about that. I hope they're right, but, I think it better to be prudent. There is a lot of 'hot water' this storm will travel over in the Gulf before five days are out. If nothing else there is potential for a tonne of rain.
10 15.70 -83.90 11/06/21Z 30 1007 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
11 16.20 -84.00 11/07/03Z 30 1006 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
12 17.10 -84.10 11/07/09Z 40 1002 TROPICAL STORM
12A 17.40 -84.10 11/07/12Z 40 1002 TROPICAL STORM
Mimic killings - We accept violence in our society all too easy. We accept 'going postal' in society, but, difficult when it is military.
There are too many guns on the street. How many times does it have to be said?
There was also a heinous mimic crime on another military base. I'll post what I can find in a minute. The military knows what it is doing when they have an incident like this. They secured their bases in a heart beat because violence like this can have a ripple effect from both sides. I guarantee it sets the folks on the bases a little on edge.
Police: Fla. Shooting Suspect Was Angry at Company (click here)
Police: Out-of-work engineer angry at company that fired him shoots 6 employees, kills 1
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and ANTONIO GONZALEZ
Associated Press Writers
ORLANDO, Fla.
November 7, 2009 (AP)
...Jason Rodriguez was taken into custody several hours after the shooting Friday at a downtown Orlando office tower, and police say he will be charged with first-degree murder and other crimes.
Police said Rodriguez told detectives he blamed the firm for recent trouble he had receiving unemployment benefits. As officers led him handcuffed into a police station, a reporter asked the divorced 40-year-old why he had attacked his former colleagues.
"Because they left me to rot," said Rodriguez, who recently told a bankruptcy judge he was making less than $30,000 a year at a Subway sandwich shop and had debts of nearly $90,000....
There was also a heinous mimic crime on another military base. I'll post what I can find in a minute. The military knows what it is doing when they have an incident like this. They secured their bases in a heart beat because violence like this can have a ripple effect from both sides. I guarantee it sets the folks on the bases a little on edge.
Police: Fla. Shooting Suspect Was Angry at Company (click here)
Police: Out-of-work engineer angry at company that fired him shoots 6 employees, kills 1
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and ANTONIO GONZALEZ
Associated Press Writers
ORLANDO, Fla.
November 7, 2009 (AP)
...Jason Rodriguez was taken into custody several hours after the shooting Friday at a downtown Orlando office tower, and police say he will be charged with first-degree murder and other crimes.
Police said Rodriguez told detectives he blamed the firm for recent trouble he had receiving unemployment benefits. As officers led him handcuffed into a police station, a reporter asked the divorced 40-year-old why he had attacked his former colleagues.
"Because they left me to rot," said Rodriguez, who recently told a bankruptcy judge he was making less than $30,000 a year at a Subway sandwich shop and had debts of nearly $90,000....
If you recall, North Carolina military was the scene of some very nasty wife killings not long ago. You know these folks serve in countries where women are not highly regarded with esteem. It wears on a person, especially men. There is a lot going on and I am sure the military is doing all it can to secure its personnel from danger.
I am told by folks who seem to know what went on at Camp LeJeune that it was a beheading. It could be a rumor. I don't know. If he served in Iraq or Afghanistan the possibility of him being that violent is understandable. If that is true, THAT is more violence than I thought anyone could conceive of. That is a brutal attack by a very strong person. I am curious his background.
Officials tight-lipped about military murder at Camp Lejeune (click title to entry - thank you)
Submitted by WWAY on 6 November 2009 - 6:53pm.
Submitted by WWAY on 6 November 2009 - 6:53pm.
...“A lot of your questions today are going to fall into two categories. On one hand, there are going to be a lot of unanswered questions because I simply don't have the information. On the other hand, there's going to be questions that I won't answer because of the pending investigation,” said US Marine Capt. Timothy Patrick....
Friday, November 06, 2009
Ida still has potential, especially when it moves out over the Gulf of Mexico
November 6, 2009
1930z
UNISYS Infrared GOES East Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)
Posted: Nov. 6, 2009
Headlines: Nicaraguan coast walloped by storm (click title to entry - thank you)
COMPILED FROM REPORTS BY FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES
HURRICANE IDA: Nicaraguan coast walloped
Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua's Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and and later becoming a tropical depression.
Ida, clocking 75-m.p.h. winds, struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles northeast of Bluefields, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
About 80% of homes were destroyed in nearby Karawala, a fishing village of about 100 shacks, Nicaraguan officials said. No deaths or injuries have been reported....
Grape Seeds produce Omegas.
Q: Which oil is best for deep-frying? (click title to entry - thank you) If polyunsaturated fat is unstable at a high temperature, then grape seed oil should not be used even though its smoke point is very high. Also, I've read that even monounsaturated fats should not be used for deep-frying. So what should I use?
A: Grape seed oil is an exception -- its rich antioxidants prevent the formation of free radical chains that typically are produced when oils are exposed to high temperatures. Olive oil and canola oil are safe for heating at lower temperatures (for sauteing or warming), but the longer they are heated, the faster they break down. Ironically, butter and organic coconut oil are the ideal fats for frying. They are saturated fats (which means that if used excessively, they might contribute to heart disease over time) but are highly stable.
The controversy to much of this is the manipulation of genetics to achieve a goal for the imporverished.
The African community and those being addressed within this 'corporate' paradigm feel they are sacrificing the biological safety net to achieve an end.
I believe those that are seeking to 'impose' these standards on the impoverished need to conduct research 'first' to insure the safety of their product, rather than producing a product that will make them 'feel good' about their efforts.
I don't see anything wrong with genetic altered crops so long as they are SAFE. And proven safe. My guess is that there is a problem.
I perfer cross breeding crops to achieve a better grape, wheat or corn that is a natural product.
While the 'idea' is noble it is not well received, therefore, why 'go there' in the first place?
Seed maker Monsanto opening first research center in China (click here)
Monsanto opening first research center in China
ST. LOUIS — Monsanto Co., the world’s biggest seed maker, on Tuesday said it is opening its first research center in China.
The Monsanto Biotechnology Research Center in Beijing will boost Monsanto’s ties with Chinese research institutions in plant biotechnology and genomics....
Bill Gates addresses 2009 Borlaug Dialougue (click here)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)
Bill Gates' Speech at the World Food Prize Symposium (click here)
15 October 2009
...Melinda and I believe that helping the poorest small-holder farmers grow more crops and get them to market is the world's single most powerful lever for reducing hunger and poverty....
Muscadine grape seeds contain up to 10 times the antioxidant value of other high-antioxidant foods such as blueberries and cranberries. Compared to other grape seeds, Muscadine grape seeds have 40 times the antioxidants and more Resveratrol - the polyphenol found in red wine and proven to benefit cardiovascular health, blood sugar levels and the aging process, among other health issues. In addition, Muscadine grapes offer a unique combination of phytochemicals and phenolic compounds not found in other grapes, fruits or vegetables, such as Resveratrol, Ellagic Acid, OPCs, and Quercetin.
-Grape Seed Extract may be useful to treat heart diseases such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. By limiting lipid oxidation, phenolics in grape seeds may reduce risk of heart disease, such as by inhibiting platelet aggregation and reducing inflammation.
-A polyphenol contained in grape seeds is resveratrol which may interfere with cancer cell growth and proliferation, as well as induce apoptosis, among a variety of potential chemopreventive effects.
-Grape seed components may also be active against HIV by inhibiting virus expression and replication.
Possible Anti-disease Properties
Wound Healing - grape seed proanthocyanidins induced vascular endothelial growth factor and accelerated healing of injured skin.
-Tooth Decay - seed phenolics may inhibit oral sugar metabolism and retard growth of certain bacteria causing dental caries.
-Osteoporosis - grape seed extracts enhanced bone density and strength.
-Skin Cancer - grape seed proanthocyanidins decreased tumor numbers and reduced the malignancy of papillomas.
-Ultraviolet Damage to Skin - dietary proanthocyanidins may protect against carcinogenesis and provide supplementation for sunscreen protection.
A: Grape seed oil is an exception -- its rich antioxidants prevent the formation of free radical chains that typically are produced when oils are exposed to high temperatures. Olive oil and canola oil are safe for heating at lower temperatures (for sauteing or warming), but the longer they are heated, the faster they break down. Ironically, butter and organic coconut oil are the ideal fats for frying. They are saturated fats (which means that if used excessively, they might contribute to heart disease over time) but are highly stable.
The controversy to much of this is the manipulation of genetics to achieve a goal for the imporverished.
The African community and those being addressed within this 'corporate' paradigm feel they are sacrificing the biological safety net to achieve an end.
I believe those that are seeking to 'impose' these standards on the impoverished need to conduct research 'first' to insure the safety of their product, rather than producing a product that will make them 'feel good' about their efforts.
I don't see anything wrong with genetic altered crops so long as they are SAFE. And proven safe. My guess is that there is a problem.
I perfer cross breeding crops to achieve a better grape, wheat or corn that is a natural product.
While the 'idea' is noble it is not well received, therefore, why 'go there' in the first place?
Seed maker Monsanto opening first research center in China (click here)
Monsanto opening first research center in China
ST. LOUIS — Monsanto Co., the world’s biggest seed maker, on Tuesday said it is opening its first research center in China.
The Monsanto Biotechnology Research Center in Beijing will boost Monsanto’s ties with Chinese research institutions in plant biotechnology and genomics....
Bill Gates addresses 2009 Borlaug Dialougue (click here)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)
Bill Gates' Speech at the World Food Prize Symposium (click here)
15 October 2009
...Melinda and I believe that helping the poorest small-holder farmers grow more crops and get them to market is the world's single most powerful lever for reducing hunger and poverty....
Muscadine grape seeds contain up to 10 times the antioxidant value of other high-antioxidant foods such as blueberries and cranberries. Compared to other grape seeds, Muscadine grape seeds have 40 times the antioxidants and more Resveratrol - the polyphenol found in red wine and proven to benefit cardiovascular health, blood sugar levels and the aging process, among other health issues. In addition, Muscadine grapes offer a unique combination of phytochemicals and phenolic compounds not found in other grapes, fruits or vegetables, such as Resveratrol, Ellagic Acid, OPCs, and Quercetin.
-Grape Seed Extract may be useful to treat heart diseases such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. By limiting lipid oxidation, phenolics in grape seeds may reduce risk of heart disease, such as by inhibiting platelet aggregation and reducing inflammation.
-A polyphenol contained in grape seeds is resveratrol which may interfere with cancer cell growth and proliferation, as well as induce apoptosis, among a variety of potential chemopreventive effects.
-Grape seed components may also be active against HIV by inhibiting virus expression and replication.
Possible Anti-disease Properties
Wound Healing - grape seed proanthocyanidins induced vascular endothelial growth factor and accelerated healing of injured skin.
-Tooth Decay - seed phenolics may inhibit oral sugar metabolism and retard growth of certain bacteria causing dental caries.
-Osteoporosis - grape seed extracts enhanced bone density and strength.
-Skin Cancer - grape seed proanthocyanidins decreased tumor numbers and reduced the malignancy of papillomas.
-Ultraviolet Damage to Skin - dietary proanthocyanidins may protect against carcinogenesis and provide supplementation for sunscreen protection.
Palm Oil is very high in saturated fats. It is NOT like vegetable oil.
There are excellant alternatives, the forests are better left for carbon sink management and preservation of our natural world. Omega 3 is stated to stave off and improve human depression. Leave the trees alone !!!!
Palm oil contains several saturated and unsaturated fats in the forms of lauric (0.1%, saturated), myristic (0.1%, saturated), palmitic (44%, saturated), stearic (5%, saturated), oleic (39%, monounsaturated), linoleic (10%, polyunsaturated), and linolenic (0.3%, polyunsaturated) acids, Like any vegetable oils, palm oil is designated as cholesterol-free, however saturated fat intake increases LDL cholesterol
Palm oil is a very common cooking ingredient in southeast Asia and the tropical belt of Africa. Its increasing use in the commercial food industry in other parts of the world is buoyed by its cheaper pricing and the high oxidative stability of the refined product.
Palm oil contains more saturated fats than other vegetable oils. The palm fruit yields two distinct oils - palm oil and palm kernel oil....
Palm oil is a very common cooking ingredient in southeast Asia and the tropical belt of Africa. Its increasing use in the commercial food industry in other parts of the world is buoyed by its cheaper pricing and the high oxidative stability of the refined product.
Palm oil contains more saturated fats than other vegetable oils. The palm fruit yields two distinct oils - palm oil and palm kernel oil....
Will palm oil drive deforestation in the Amazon? (click here)
Posted on 23, March, 2009
Rhett A. Butler & William F. Laurance, mongabay.com , March 23, 2009 “Already a significant driver of tropical forest conversion across southeast Asia, oil palm expansion could emerge as threat to the Amazon rainforest due to a proposed change in Brazil’s forest law, new infrastructure, and the influence of foreign companies in the region, according to researchers writing in the open-access journal Tropical Conservation Science.
William F. Laurance, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama City, Panama, and Rhett A. Butler, founder of environmental science web site Mongabay.com, warn that oil palm expansion in the Brazilian Amazon is likely to occur at the expense of natural forest as a result of a proposed revision to the forest code which requires land owners to retain 80 percent forest on lands in the Amazon. The new law would allow up to 30 percent of this reserve to consist of oil palm....
Posted on 23, March, 2009
Rhett A. Butler & William F. Laurance, mongabay.com , March 23, 2009 “Already a significant driver of tropical forest conversion across southeast Asia, oil palm expansion could emerge as threat to the Amazon rainforest due to a proposed change in Brazil’s forest law, new infrastructure, and the influence of foreign companies in the region, according to researchers writing in the open-access journal Tropical Conservation Science.
William F. Laurance, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama City, Panama, and Rhett A. Butler, founder of environmental science web site Mongabay.com, warn that oil palm expansion in the Brazilian Amazon is likely to occur at the expense of natural forest as a result of a proposed revision to the forest code which requires land owners to retain 80 percent forest on lands in the Amazon. The new law would allow up to 30 percent of this reserve to consist of oil palm....
Absolutely NO postponement of Climate Polcy. The delegates are letting their backbone slip too much.
The phrase vanished completely on the last day of UN climate talks in Bangkok in October.
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
The Geophyscial Dynamics override Bush Era political backpeddling. The CO2 content of Earth has to come down immediately. There needs to be work on methane as well. Earth is in a dangerous negative feedback loop and the food supplies are being drastically effected for many reasons. The carbon sinks are going down and if the ocean becomes to hot for primary producers it will just too bad.
Forest protection hinges on 10-word phrase (click here)
Tue Nov 3, 2009 4:40pm EST
...The 10-word provision — "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" — was part of the proposal on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, known as REDD. The words were enclosed in brackets. Meaning, they were still up for negotiation....
What effects the land, effects the seas.
Postponement is NOT an option. NOT ! The dangers and damage are exponential and every moment that passes without resolve creates more possbility the next tipping point might be the last.
Climate change deal must be global priority, says Darling (click title to entry - thank you)
World leaders have been urged not to let money stand in the way of a global deal on climate change.
Published: 11:24AM GMT 06 Nov 2009
The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December has been billed as humanity’s last chance to stop global warming by reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
But negotiators meeting in Barcelona this week for the latest round of negotiations have admitted that any meaningful deal is unlikely until the end of next year because the US and other rich nations will not commit to cutting carbon emissions....
Earth is good at OVER ABUNDANCE. It produces far more than any biological entity can consume, BUT, it has a delicate balance and humans have destroyed that balance. Earth's over abundance can no longer 'handle' the MISTAKES of humans and their narcisstic ability to destroy their own home!
Chapter 13: The Sixth Extinction (click here)
by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin (Doubleday, 1995)
AN ACCIDENT OF HISTORY we may be, but there is no question that Homo sapiens is the single most dominant species on Earth today. We arrived late on the evolutionary scene and at a time when the diversity of life on the planet was near its all-time high. And, as we saw in chapter 10, we arrived equipped with the capacity to devastate that diversity wherever human populations travelled. Blessed with reason and insight, we move toward the twenty-first century in a world of our own creation, an essentially artificial world in which (for some, at least) technology brings material comfort and leisure brings unprecedented artistic creation. So far, unfortunately, our reason and insight have not prevented us from collectively exploiting Earth's resources-biological and physical-in unprecedented ways....
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
— "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" —
The Geophyscial Dynamics override Bush Era political backpeddling. The CO2 content of Earth has to come down immediately. There needs to be work on methane as well. Earth is in a dangerous negative feedback loop and the food supplies are being drastically effected for many reasons. The carbon sinks are going down and if the ocean becomes to hot for primary producers it will just too bad.
Forest protection hinges on 10-word phrase (click here)
Tue Nov 3, 2009 4:40pm EST
...The 10-word provision — "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations" — was part of the proposal on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, known as REDD. The words were enclosed in brackets. Meaning, they were still up for negotiation....
What effects the land, effects the seas.
Postponement is NOT an option. NOT ! The dangers and damage are exponential and every moment that passes without resolve creates more possbility the next tipping point might be the last.
Climate change deal must be global priority, says Darling (click title to entry - thank you)
World leaders have been urged not to let money stand in the way of a global deal on climate change.
Published: 11:24AM GMT 06 Nov 2009
The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December has been billed as humanity’s last chance to stop global warming by reducing greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
But negotiators meeting in Barcelona this week for the latest round of negotiations have admitted that any meaningful deal is unlikely until the end of next year because the US and other rich nations will not commit to cutting carbon emissions....
Earth is good at OVER ABUNDANCE. It produces far more than any biological entity can consume, BUT, it has a delicate balance and humans have destroyed that balance. Earth's over abundance can no longer 'handle' the MISTAKES of humans and their narcisstic ability to destroy their own home!
Chapter 13: The Sixth Extinction (click here)
by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin (Doubleday, 1995)
AN ACCIDENT OF HISTORY we may be, but there is no question that Homo sapiens is the single most dominant species on Earth today. We arrived late on the evolutionary scene and at a time when the diversity of life on the planet was near its all-time high. And, as we saw in chapter 10, we arrived equipped with the capacity to devastate that diversity wherever human populations travelled. Blessed with reason and insight, we move toward the twenty-first century in a world of our own creation, an essentially artificial world in which (for some, at least) technology brings material comfort and leisure brings unprecedented artistic creation. So far, unfortunately, our reason and insight have not prevented us from collectively exploiting Earth's resources-biological and physical-in unprecedented ways....
The vaccine is not a killer, the flu is.
Hi risk of misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis!
“The data suggests it starts as a diffuse viral pneumonia,”
It is a wicked virus. What is this 'thirty something?'
I'll be honest, it looks like a designer virus. The appearance even looks engineered. All four components have large surface areas to each other and there are definate boundaries to the four components that are almost like 'organs' to each other. It is weird.
A virus that targets children and those that are productive. Seems odd to me.
What 'biochemical perference' do thirty somethings have?
...Doctors in the study conducted in Australia and New Zealand identified 68 patients critically ill with flu symptoms, most of whom were eventually confirmed to have H1N1. Despite having a median age of 34 years, their fatality rate was 21 percent. Six of the survivors were still in intensive care units when the data were reported....
H1N1 vaccine: Counting side effects (click title to entry - thank you)
By Janet Raloff
Web edition : Monday, November 2nd, 2009
miscarriage within 24 hours.
...But not BECAUSE of their flu shots.
These miscarriages would have normally occurred even if the moms-to-be had foregone vaccinations. And that’s because the average background miscarriage rate for any given day (among women far enough along to recognize they are pregnant) is about 397. Or so reports a new international analysis, which appeared online October 30, ahead of print, in the Lancet. To see an impact of the vaccine on pregnancy losses, miscarriage rates would have to spike well above that roughly 400-per-million figure, it notes....
Inhalers aren't going to help. Asthmatics are especially at risk for detecting the worse case scenerios. People with lung conditions need to be vaccinated, especially children, as they are already compromised.
Getting to the core of H1N1 flu deaths (click here)
Fatalities show lungs are overwhelmed; antiviral drugs, ventilation to replace lost oxygen can rescue patients
By Nathan Seppa
November 7th, 2009; Vol.176 #10 (p. 13)
Lung inflammation and respiratory failure are largely responsible for the fatal cases of H1N1 (swine) flu seen so far, three new studies show. The findings also confirm observations that the influenza hits young adults the hardest but can be fought off in many cases with the use of antiviral flu drugs and a mechanical ventilator to aid breathing.
The new studies offer the first large-scale analyses of how the H1N1 flu causes life-threatening illness. All three reports find a consistent pattern of oxygen deprivation in the blood of critically ill patients, a dangerous condition that in the worst-case scenario leads to shock, organ failure and death, the researchers report online October 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The studies were conducted between early March and late August in Canada, Mexico and Australia and New Zealand....
“The data suggests it starts as a diffuse viral pneumonia,”
It is a wicked virus. What is this 'thirty something?'
I'll be honest, it looks like a designer virus. The appearance even looks engineered. All four components have large surface areas to each other and there are definate boundaries to the four components that are almost like 'organs' to each other. It is weird.
A virus that targets children and those that are productive. Seems odd to me.
What 'biochemical perference' do thirty somethings have?
...Doctors in the study conducted in Australia and New Zealand identified 68 patients critically ill with flu symptoms, most of whom were eventually confirmed to have H1N1. Despite having a median age of 34 years, their fatality rate was 21 percent. Six of the survivors were still in intensive care units when the data were reported....
H1N1 vaccine: Counting side effects (click title to entry - thank you)
By Janet Raloff
Web edition : Monday, November 2nd, 2009
miscarriage within 24 hours.
...But not BECAUSE of their flu shots.
These miscarriages would have normally occurred even if the moms-to-be had foregone vaccinations. And that’s because the average background miscarriage rate for any given day (among women far enough along to recognize they are pregnant) is about 397. Or so reports a new international analysis, which appeared online October 30, ahead of print, in the Lancet. To see an impact of the vaccine on pregnancy losses, miscarriage rates would have to spike well above that roughly 400-per-million figure, it notes....
Inhalers aren't going to help. Asthmatics are especially at risk for detecting the worse case scenerios. People with lung conditions need to be vaccinated, especially children, as they are already compromised.
Getting to the core of H1N1 flu deaths (click here)
Fatalities show lungs are overwhelmed; antiviral drugs, ventilation to replace lost oxygen can rescue patients
By Nathan Seppa
November 7th, 2009; Vol.176 #10 (p. 13)
Lung inflammation and respiratory failure are largely responsible for the fatal cases of H1N1 (swine) flu seen so far, three new studies show. The findings also confirm observations that the influenza hits young adults the hardest but can be fought off in many cases with the use of antiviral flu drugs and a mechanical ventilator to aid breathing.
The new studies offer the first large-scale analyses of how the H1N1 flu causes life-threatening illness. All three reports find a consistent pattern of oxygen deprivation in the blood of critically ill patients, a dangerous condition that in the worst-case scenario leads to shock, organ failure and death, the researchers report online October 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The studies were conducted between early March and late August in Canada, Mexico and Australia and New Zealand....
It didn't have to do with redeployment stress, he'd never been in a war environment.
The military is sorta like the Catholic Church, they manage to get 'em all. He'll probably be the star in the next al Qaeda video. Can we please do something about the 'cracks in the sidewalk' here? Okay?
Rampage: Video footage shows Major Nidal Malik Hasan shopping at a 7-11 store just outside Fort Hood, Texas, hours before he shot 13 people
...He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2001.
While an intern at Walter Reed, Hasan had some 'difficulties' that required counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training director at the time.
Grieger said privacy laws prevented him from going into details but noted that the problems had to do with Hasan's interactions with patients.
He recalled Hasan as a 'mostly very quiet' person who never spoke ill of the military or his country....
There were reasons for the harassment. He scared people. He scared military people that saw him as a threat. And he had PRACTICE issues. What did his superiors think, to put him in a war environment would straighten him out? I mean for real here.
...At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades.
They had not determined for certain whether Hasan is the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials....
He had identity issues? He should not have been where he was doing what he was doing. He was sending out sparks in a powder keg, BUT, he was really nice guy, 'ya know.'
...On a form filled out by those seeking spouses through a programme at the mosque, Hasan listed his birthplace as Arlington, Virginia, but his nationality as Palestinian, Khan said.
'I don't know why he listed Palestinian,' Khan said, 'He was not born in Palestine....
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
He was a CO. Conscientious objector. How did a CO ever get to be a Major in the military deploying to Iraq? He shouldn't have had guns in his hands. What the heck happened here?
He is a devout Muslim and he was being harassed by some military bozos. He convinced himself he was going to die in Iraq, possibly by the hand of his own peers. He was paranoid as hell.
Rampage: Video footage shows Major Nidal Malik Hasan shopping at a 7-11 store just outside Fort Hood, Texas, hours before he shot 13 people
...He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2001.
While an intern at Walter Reed, Hasan had some 'difficulties' that required counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training director at the time.
Grieger said privacy laws prevented him from going into details but noted that the problems had to do with Hasan's interactions with patients.
He recalled Hasan as a 'mostly very quiet' person who never spoke ill of the military or his country....
There were reasons for the harassment. He scared people. He scared military people that saw him as a threat. And he had PRACTICE issues. What did his superiors think, to put him in a war environment would straighten him out? I mean for real here.
...At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades.
They had not determined for certain whether Hasan is the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials....
He had identity issues? He should not have been where he was doing what he was doing. He was sending out sparks in a powder keg, BUT, he was really nice guy, 'ya know.'
...On a form filled out by those seeking spouses through a programme at the mosque, Hasan listed his birthplace as Arlington, Virginia, but his nationality as Palestinian, Khan said.
'I don't know why he listed Palestinian,' Khan said, 'He was not born in Palestine....
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
He was a CO. Conscientious objector. How did a CO ever get to be a Major in the military deploying to Iraq? He shouldn't have had guns in his hands. What the heck happened here?
He is a devout Muslim and he was being harassed by some military bozos. He convinced himself he was going to die in Iraq, possibly by the hand of his own peers. He was paranoid as hell.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
They treat themselves as priviledged and above the law. There are priorities for the vaccines. Government priorities.
You want to know why there are shortages? Look no further. The investment bankers of the USA don't believe it is important enough to take a sincere interest in the people of this nation by having manufacturing facilities right here within OUR borders to produce it.
They don't have to worry about how they and their families are going to survive the day. They can EASILY over reach the authority of the government by doing whatever 'priviledged' act they care to and funding their own PRIVATE sovereign COMPANY to protect them. Isn't that right, Hank?
Who is Paulson donating the H1N1 vaccines to, the children of the military?
They put themselves above the law.
President Obama is even standing in line with children and pregnant mothers put before himself and the First Family. And who do these people think they are exactly !!!!!!
Oh, sure, they just did the 'company thing' and got a small supply for the infirmary in the basement, right, Hank?
What? Michael Moore and FOX News not on the list? Really?
New York Businesses Get H1N1 Vaccine (click title to entry - thank you)
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and other large city employers have started receiving small quantities of swine flu vaccine for high-risk employees
By Esmé E. Deprez
To the list of hundreds of schools, hospitals, and community health centers that have received limited allocations of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, you can now add some of New York's largest employers. In the past week or so 13 companies, including Citigroup (C) and Goldman Sachs (GS), have begun receiving small quantities of the vaccine, according to city health authorities.
Citigroup has been supplied with 1,200 units and Goldman with 200, says Jessica Scaperotti, press secretary for the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. The agency has so far approved orders by 29 employers—including 16 that have yet to receive any vaccine—after they were cleared by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Big employers that have received or are scheduled to receive vaccine so far include Time Warner (TWX), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York Presbyterian Healthcare System, and New York University....
KDHE reports 2 more H1N1 deaths (click here)
By The Capital-Journal
November 5, 2009 - 5:10pm
Two more Kansans have died after being infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, bringing the state's death toll to 16, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday.
The first individual was a 34-year-old man from the Topeka metropolitan area who was confirmed to have pandemic H1N1 on Wednesday. His death was reported to KDHE on Monday. The man had no underlying health conditions that placed him at greater risk.
The second was a 58-year-old female from southwest Kansas who was confirmed to have pandemic H1N1 on Oct. 1. Her death was reported to the KDHE on Wednesday. The woman had underlying health conditions that placed her at greater risk for severe complications of influenza....
They don't have to worry about how they and their families are going to survive the day. They can EASILY over reach the authority of the government by doing whatever 'priviledged' act they care to and funding their own PRIVATE sovereign COMPANY to protect them. Isn't that right, Hank?
Who is Paulson donating the H1N1 vaccines to, the children of the military?
They put themselves above the law.
President Obama is even standing in line with children and pregnant mothers put before himself and the First Family. And who do these people think they are exactly !!!!!!
Oh, sure, they just did the 'company thing' and got a small supply for the infirmary in the basement, right, Hank?
This is ego. You see, they are more important than the President. I mean after all where would the country and world be without them.
They are such brave souls, aren't they?
What? Michael Moore and FOX News not on the list? Really?
New York Businesses Get H1N1 Vaccine (click title to entry - thank you)
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and other large city employers have started receiving small quantities of swine flu vaccine for high-risk employees
By Esmé E. Deprez
To the list of hundreds of schools, hospitals, and community health centers that have received limited allocations of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, you can now add some of New York's largest employers. In the past week or so 13 companies, including Citigroup (C) and Goldman Sachs (GS), have begun receiving small quantities of the vaccine, according to city health authorities.
Citigroup has been supplied with 1,200 units and Goldman with 200, says Jessica Scaperotti, press secretary for the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. The agency has so far approved orders by 29 employers—including 16 that have yet to receive any vaccine—after they were cleared by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Big employers that have received or are scheduled to receive vaccine so far include Time Warner (TWX), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York Presbyterian Healthcare System, and New York University....
KDHE reports 2 more H1N1 deaths (click here)
By The Capital-Journal
November 5, 2009 - 5:10pm
Two more Kansans have died after being infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, bringing the state's death toll to 16, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday.
The first individual was a 34-year-old man from the Topeka metropolitan area who was confirmed to have pandemic H1N1 on Wednesday. His death was reported to KDHE on Monday. The man had no underlying health conditions that placed him at greater risk.
The second was a 58-year-old female from southwest Kansas who was confirmed to have pandemic H1N1 on Oct. 1. Her death was reported to the KDHE on Wednesday. The woman had underlying health conditions that placed her at greater risk for severe complications of influenza....
3 more swine flu deaths reported in Oklahoma (click here)
By Susan Simpson
Published: November 5, 2009
Three more Oklahomans have died of swine flu, according to state health officials.
The death of a Muskogee County boy, Cleveland County woman and Oklahoma County woman bring the total number of H1N1 deaths this year to 22 in Oklahoma.
A high rate of hospitalization also continued, with 128 Oklahomans admitted to hospitals last week.
Health officials are urging H1N1 vaccinations for those most vulnerable to illness, and mass immunizations clinics are planned throughout the state Saturday.
The vaccines are targeted for children ages 6 months to 18 years, pregnant women, adults under age 65 with chronic medical conditions, health care workers treating acutely ill patients and custodial parents of infants under 6 months old.
Have I gotten my flu shot or my H1N1 flu shot? No. And I won't until my Grandchildren receive theirs.
PTSD again or what?
My sincerest sympathies to the families and friends of the dead.
It looks like this is in response to the murders. It was just posted, so I think this is to bring answers to the community.
I think the military is doing all they can to be open about this incident and including the community and nation as partners in this issue.
I congratulate them for being so responsive. I appreciate the transparency.
I am pleased all this isn't covert and a political issue. If we are going to solve our problems we should be doing it together.
I think the nation knows there are sincere problems with mental health issues with our soldiers because of the heavy burden they and their families have been carrying. Hopefully, this will open a national discussion about what our country's priorities are and how we are addressing them.
Fort Hood TV Town Hall set for Monday (click here)
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 5 2009 04:51 AM
From staff reports
FORT HOOD – The first live Fort Hood TV Town Hall since Lt. Gen. Bob Cone assumed command of III Corps and Fort Hood is set from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday.
Callers can speak to any of the featured panel members on the show. Panel members are Cone; Command Sgt. Maj. Arthur Coleman Jr., III Corps and Fort Hood senior noncommissioned officer; Col. Bill Hill, Fort Hood garrison commander; and Col. Steve Braverman, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center commander.
The TV Town Hall forum is meant to encourage open communication and discussion between Fort Hood leaders and the diverse audiences on and off the installation.
To discuss a matter with a panel members, viewers can call (254) 288-4990 during the broadcast.
The live broadcast, featuring viewers' questions, is simulcast on KNCT-TV and Fort Hood Television. KNCT-TV, the Public Broadcasting Station located at Central Texas College, is broadcast on Channel 46 (local cable Channel 4). Fort Hood TV is broadcast on Fort Hood's cable Channel 10.
Before the broadcast, e-mailed questions are accepted via the KNCT Web site at www.knct.org. Click on the "Fort Hood Town Hall" icon and fill out the electronic form to submit a question. Click on the "Fort Hood Town Hall" icon and fill out the electronic form to submit a question.
The Associated Press has some raw footage of the base on lockdown. Very quite. Schools are on lockdown AS IT SHOULD BE and parents are worried. There ya go, texting is a good idea. Texting is good.
http://video.ap.org/?f=1251671&pid=9K1cVsC_3_hzwxLQSK9lnvva8Z1DwzJb
Nope, they were soldiers. What did they think they were doing? Is this like the Iraq incident where a soldier opened up on his peers? Were they on their way in or out? What the heck were they thinking?
12 Dead in Fort Hood Rampage, Gunmen Were Soldiers (click here)
KTLA News
3:58 PM CST, November 5, 2009
...One of the gunmen is among the dead. Two other soldiers are in custody.
An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the sports dome, a personnel and medical processing center known as the Soldier Readiness Center.
The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Banks says the second incident took place at the near by Howze Theater.
At the Soldier Readiness Center, soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening - on average about 300-400 screened a day, Sgt. Rebekah Lampam, a spokeswoman at Fort Hood said.
Lampam said a graduation ceremony for soldiers who finished college courses while deployed was going on in the auditorium at the time of the shooting.
Authorities say all of the victims are active duty Army personnel....
This just came out of the BBC. Looks like a lot of people were targeted. I bet it was an automatic weapon. I am beginning to doubt it was a soldier, especially if the public was being let into the base for a graduation ceremony. The killers had plans.
Twelve shot dead at US army base (click here)
Twelve people have been killed and 31 injured in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, a US Army spokesman has said.
One person has been arrested and at least one more is on the run, officials said. The base has been locked down.
NBC News network said the two suspects were in military uniform and that the shooter-at-large was believed to have a high-powered sniper rifle.
Fort Hood, near the town of Killeen, is the largest US base in the world.
Home to about 40,000 US troops, the base lies between Austin and Waco, about 60 miles (97 km) from each city.
It is not yet clear whether those killed and injured are civilians or military personnel....
Sounds like they wanted to kill a large number of people. Domestic maybe? Doubt it though. Sounds like someone has a complaint.
...That official, who requested anonymity to discuss an evolving incident, said a graduation had been scheduled for 2 p.m. at the theater.... (click here)
Seven dead in Texas army base shooting (click here)
9:35AM Friday Nov 06, 2009
...An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30pm Thursday.
The first of the two shooting took place at a personnel and medical processing centre.
The facility, called a Soldier Rating and Processing centre, handles administrative details for soldiers.
The second shooting took place at a theatre on the sprawling base.
An Army official identified that site as the Howze Theatre.
A US Army base spokeswoman says one shooter is now in custody and at least two people are believed to have been involved in attack.
The suspects were in military uniform and the shooter-at-large had a high-powered sniper rifle, reports ABC News.
Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Banks, says it is too soon to tell whether there is any link to the shootings and battle stress or repeated deployments.
The Army is suffering a record high suicide rate and other signs of stress from fighting two wars....
I think the military is doing all they can to be open about this incident and including the community and nation as partners in this issue.
I congratulate them for being so responsive. I appreciate the transparency.
I am pleased all this isn't covert and a political issue. If we are going to solve our problems we should be doing it together.
I think the nation knows there are sincere problems with mental health issues with our soldiers because of the heavy burden they and their families have been carrying. Hopefully, this will open a national discussion about what our country's priorities are and how we are addressing them.
Fort Hood TV Town Hall set for Monday (click here)
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 5 2009 04:51 AM
From staff reports
FORT HOOD – The first live Fort Hood TV Town Hall since Lt. Gen. Bob Cone assumed command of III Corps and Fort Hood is set from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday.
Callers can speak to any of the featured panel members on the show. Panel members are Cone; Command Sgt. Maj. Arthur Coleman Jr., III Corps and Fort Hood senior noncommissioned officer; Col. Bill Hill, Fort Hood garrison commander; and Col. Steve Braverman, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center commander.
The TV Town Hall forum is meant to encourage open communication and discussion between Fort Hood leaders and the diverse audiences on and off the installation.
To discuss a matter with a panel members, viewers can call (254) 288-4990 during the broadcast.
The live broadcast, featuring viewers' questions, is simulcast on KNCT-TV and Fort Hood Television. KNCT-TV, the Public Broadcasting Station located at Central Texas College, is broadcast on Channel 46 (local cable Channel 4). Fort Hood TV is broadcast on Fort Hood's cable Channel 10.
Before the broadcast, e-mailed questions are accepted via the KNCT Web site at www.knct.org. Click on the "Fort Hood Town Hall" icon and fill out the electronic form to submit a question. Click on the "Fort Hood Town Hall" icon and fill out the electronic form to submit a question.
The Associated Press has some raw footage of the base on lockdown. Very quite. Schools are on lockdown AS IT SHOULD BE and parents are worried. There ya go, texting is a good idea. Texting is good.
http://video.ap.org/?f=1251671&pid=9K1cVsC_3_hzwxLQSK9lnvva8Z1DwzJb
Nope, they were soldiers. What did they think they were doing? Is this like the Iraq incident where a soldier opened up on his peers? Were they on their way in or out? What the heck were they thinking?
12 Dead in Fort Hood Rampage, Gunmen Were Soldiers (click here)
KTLA News
3:58 PM CST, November 5, 2009
...One of the gunmen is among the dead. Two other soldiers are in custody.
An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the sports dome, a personnel and medical processing center known as the Soldier Readiness Center.
The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Banks says the second incident took place at the near by Howze Theater.
At the Soldier Readiness Center, soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening - on average about 300-400 screened a day, Sgt. Rebekah Lampam, a spokeswoman at Fort Hood said.
Lampam said a graduation ceremony for soldiers who finished college courses while deployed was going on in the auditorium at the time of the shooting.
Authorities say all of the victims are active duty Army personnel....
This just came out of the BBC. Looks like a lot of people were targeted. I bet it was an automatic weapon. I am beginning to doubt it was a soldier, especially if the public was being let into the base for a graduation ceremony. The killers had plans.
Twelve shot dead at US army base (click here)
Twelve people have been killed and 31 injured in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, a US Army spokesman has said.
One person has been arrested and at least one more is on the run, officials said. The base has been locked down.
NBC News network said the two suspects were in military uniform and that the shooter-at-large was believed to have a high-powered sniper rifle.
Fort Hood, near the town of Killeen, is the largest US base in the world.
Home to about 40,000 US troops, the base lies between Austin and Waco, about 60 miles (97 km) from each city.
It is not yet clear whether those killed and injured are civilians or military personnel....
Sounds like they wanted to kill a large number of people. Domestic maybe? Doubt it though. Sounds like someone has a complaint.
...That official, who requested anonymity to discuss an evolving incident, said a graduation had been scheduled for 2 p.m. at the theater.... (click here)
Seven dead in Texas army base shooting (click here)
9:35AM Friday Nov 06, 2009
...An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30pm Thursday.
The first of the two shooting took place at a personnel and medical processing centre.
The facility, called a Soldier Rating and Processing centre, handles administrative details for soldiers.
The second shooting took place at a theatre on the sprawling base.
An Army official identified that site as the Howze Theatre.
A US Army base spokeswoman says one shooter is now in custody and at least two people are believed to have been involved in attack.
The suspects were in military uniform and the shooter-at-large had a high-powered sniper rifle, reports ABC News.
Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Banks, says it is too soon to tell whether there is any link to the shootings and battle stress or repeated deployments.
The Army is suffering a record high suicide rate and other signs of stress from fighting two wars....
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
There was only a 6% difference in the Maine vote. The "Defense of Marriage Act" needs to be repealed.
The argument in regard to Same Sex Marriage is generational. It is based in religious dogma and there should be clear divisions between Church and State. This is terrible for gay people. They are healthy, happy people that have the same feelings for each other as heterosexuals. It is so wrong to have them excluded from equal rights to marry. The discrimination against these people whom live in our neighborhoods is silly already.
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...Yesterday, 53 percent of Maine voters (click title to entry - thank you) repealed the state's gay-marriage law just six months after the governor signed it, and a year after California voters defeated same-sex marriage by a similar margin. It was a devastating blow for national efforts to expand gay marriage since Massachusetts was the first to allow it in 2003, and a victory for opponents who say marriage should be limited to a man and a woman....
I am going to tell you something here. There is a strategy that the gay community hasn't tried yet. Those that support Same Sex Marriage need to organize to beat the Right Wing Republicans that don't see anything "W"rong with discrimination.
Ready.
They have a limited ability to organize against the Gay Community, in my opinion. They are a smaller segment of the USA populous, about 20% or so. How do I believe this is so? Because, George Bush and Dick Cheney never had more than a solid support of about 35% of the people in EVERY year they were in office. That support waxed and wained and in election years they were able to garner support in the high 40 percentile because of other interests in the country including war and money, etc., the usual Republican bastions.
Buy, when the tide of disapproval weighed in on them their support tanked to about 23%. That 23% never waived. Why? Because they had a vested interest in the 'dealings' of the Right Wing President.
So given that, there is a small, well paid army of Right Wing Extremists that believe they can prove their strength in the USA by defeating issues of civil rights. They are issues loaded with controversy and are wedge issues. I think we know who they are, but, that isn't important. What is important is that the leaders of the Gay Community organize a national strategy that will place the Same Sex Marriage issue on every ballot in every state in the USA in the very same year. The opposition to the legislation won't have the manpower to be in every state in the same year.
What is going on now with the Right Wing Extremists is 'wack-a-mole.' They go from state to state and carry out a campaign to defeat Same Sex Marriage whenever it comes to a vote. This is a huge effort. But, I think it can be achieved. It is worth a try.
AND. Where it can be accomplished, it should be on local ballots as well. Dilute the opposition and win the war.
You know I have to laugh, the Right Wing Republicans will always state they are bigger contributors to charity than the Democrats could ever be. That is true. But. Where is the money going? Toward discrimination and hate? Yep. In some cases.
IT IS LESS THAN DOUBLE DIGITS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE DEFEATING THIS.
IT IS DOABLE.
Maybe you have to make an appointment first. That has not been my experience though.
November 3rd, 2009 7:27 PM
Single payers protest at Pelosi's office (click title to entry - thank you)
Politico
About 50 single-payer activists and labor union members held a sit-in at House Speaker Pelosi's San Fransisco office today where 11 people were arrested, said Chuck Idelson, spokesman for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. The group was protesting Pelosi's decision to strip the health care reform bill of a provision that would let states set up single-payer systems and withold a vote on Rep. Weiner's amendment to create a national single payer system.
The amendment to create a national single-payer system would have likely failed, but it would have allowed liberal members to go on record with their support. The provision to allow states to create a single payer system would have been a small victory for a movement that has seen little but defeat so far in this debate.
UPDATED: Idelson says that Weiner met with Pelosi last night so it's not certain that the amendment is dead.
The only real upset in yesterday's coveted elections was the Democratic win of a Federal seat in New York State.
The article at the title to this entry is from The San Francisco Chronicle whom were watching the corrupt media sideshow regarding this candidate.
...Owens gained 49 percent of the vote (click title to entry - thank you), versus 46 percent for Hoffman, and six percent for Dede Scozzafava, who's name was still on the ballot, even though she dropped out of the race....
The seat was filled by a Democrat after 16 years of Republican representation. He will be in Washington, DC soon enough to bring change to the issues of immigration policy. Nice.
The two Governor seats, in New Jersey and Virginia, aren't really upsets. The Virginia race was won by Mr. McDonnell some time ago. In a poll by Pollster.com (click here) there is a graph of the popularity of McDonnell. It really is no surprise he maintained a lead to victory and is really no reflection of the feelings about Democrats as voters facing a midterm election next year.
The New Jersey race was a sincere attempt by the current incumbant, John Corzine, to turn his loss to a win. The Governor-elect Mr. Christie was popular for the reason he promised to cut taxes. New Jersey is in a job slow down no different from the rest of the nation, but, the current Governor suffered some sincere doubts about his ability to lead when one of his administration was found to be engaged in unethical and possibly illegal activity within the government. According to Pollster the race would be decided by a narrow margin but also reveals a wide margin that John Corzine was able to close in the last three months of the campaign.
The strange aspect to this is that Chrisie is believed to be personally involved in corruption. This is the statement by the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. (click here).
"...One such example of the potential for politicization has arisen in the agreement between Zimmer Holdings and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, in which U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie chose his former supervisor, namely former Attorney General John Ashcroft, as the corporate monitor. Pursuant to this agreement, Zimmer Holdings has agreed to pay Mr. Ashcroft’s firm anywhere from $28 to $52 million. Prior to Mr. Ashcroft’s appointment, however, there was neither public notice of the monitor position nor any public bidding for the assignment...."
It may be that the people of New Jersey might have their taxes cut, but, that will also mean a cut in services to them and quite possibly a strain on an already strained economy. They may also have inherited the worry that Christie may attempt to continue to exploit his new win for personal gain at any cost. Christie did not win by as wide a margin as expected, only 6 percent rather double digits, which raises doubts to his ability to stave off his soured reputation even in future elections.
...Owens gained 49 percent of the vote (click title to entry - thank you), versus 46 percent for Hoffman, and six percent for Dede Scozzafava, who's name was still on the ballot, even though she dropped out of the race....
The seat was filled by a Democrat after 16 years of Republican representation. He will be in Washington, DC soon enough to bring change to the issues of immigration policy. Nice.
The two Governor seats, in New Jersey and Virginia, aren't really upsets. The Virginia race was won by Mr. McDonnell some time ago. In a poll by Pollster.com (click here) there is a graph of the popularity of McDonnell. It really is no surprise he maintained a lead to victory and is really no reflection of the feelings about Democrats as voters facing a midterm election next year.
The New Jersey race was a sincere attempt by the current incumbant, John Corzine, to turn his loss to a win. The Governor-elect Mr. Christie was popular for the reason he promised to cut taxes. New Jersey is in a job slow down no different from the rest of the nation, but, the current Governor suffered some sincere doubts about his ability to lead when one of his administration was found to be engaged in unethical and possibly illegal activity within the government. According to Pollster the race would be decided by a narrow margin but also reveals a wide margin that John Corzine was able to close in the last three months of the campaign.
The strange aspect to this is that Chrisie is believed to be personally involved in corruption. This is the statement by the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. (click here).
"...One such example of the potential for politicization has arisen in the agreement between Zimmer Holdings and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, in which U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie chose his former supervisor, namely former Attorney General John Ashcroft, as the corporate monitor. Pursuant to this agreement, Zimmer Holdings has agreed to pay Mr. Ashcroft’s firm anywhere from $28 to $52 million. Prior to Mr. Ashcroft’s appointment, however, there was neither public notice of the monitor position nor any public bidding for the assignment...."
It may be that the people of New Jersey might have their taxes cut, but, that will also mean a cut in services to them and quite possibly a strain on an already strained economy. They may also have inherited the worry that Christie may attempt to continue to exploit his new win for personal gain at any cost. Christie did not win by as wide a margin as expected, only 6 percent rather double digits, which raises doubts to his ability to stave off his soured reputation even in future elections.
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