Tuesday, July 05, 2005


June 30, 2005. Jurmala, Latvia.

June 27, 2005. Buffalo and calves at Yellowstone National Park.

Brookfield Zoo Wind Chime, Chicago, Illinois.

Morning papers - concluded

The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

Scott Base

Clear

-31.0°

Updated Tuesday 05 Jul 8:59PM

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

52 °F / 11 °C
Overcast

Humidity:
76%

Dew Point:
45 °F / 7 °C

Wind:
Calm

Pressure:
29.64 in / 1004 hPa

Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 4800 ft / 1463 m

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July 4, 2005. Ormond Beach, Florida saw a severe storm cloud roll in at 4:00 pm. This is not a black and white photo. There wasn't enough light to allow color to be realized.

July 4, 2005. Scott Air Force Base. Clouds were full of lightning as well as rain seen on the right hand margin of the picture.

July 4, 2005. Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Tornado sirens were sounds while this rotating cloud moved over the area.

July 4, 2005. A trampoline, a tree and 80 plus mph winds. A terrestrial hurricane in Sullivan, Illinois.

July 4, 2005. Paola, Kansas The same tree but a half a day later when the sun was stronger. Noted. The change in the condition of the leaves as the tree dehydrates and dies. It is hard to believe sometimes that trees are that delicate, but, they are simply big water pumps that sustain their hydration and nutrition by simple osmotic pressure. As the water vapor from the leaves evaporates more is pulled from the soil through the roots. When that osmotic pump stops the tree quickly dehyrates and dies. This was far from a dead or diseased tree as exhibited by the change in the leaves alone.

July 3, 2005. Storm Damage, Paola, Kansas.

The Latest in Anti-American Sentiment from CNN

Their Special 4th of July Program of Lou Dobbs.

Grange Always Get's It "W"rong anyway. That man has been so "W"rong about so much he is nearly "W"rong enough to be Bush.

This is regarding recruitment of teenagers who don't know what they want in life yet and the 'child registry' for developement of child soldiers that has begun under Cheney.

Joining me now for more on this practice is our own CNN military analyst, General David Grange.

And thanks for being with us, sir.

BRIG. GEN. DAVID GRANGE (RET.), CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Thank you.

PILGRIM: How unusual is this? Why is this just coming to light now?

GRANGE: Well, it's not very unusual. It's been a practice that's been in place for some time. It's just, I think, highlighted more now because of the war in Iraq. But recruiters have been -- have access to high schools, and sometimes they're turned down, depending on the leadership of that particular school.


PILGRIM: General Grange, can the schools legally bar military recruiters from their premises?

GRANGE: Legally they cannot (This of course is Strange Grange's Eminent Domaine over EVERY life in the country. Sorry, General Slavery was Abolished a long time ago.), according to Title 10 U.S. Code, and also the No Child Left Behind Act. But many of them get away with it, and it's rarely enforced.

PILGRIM: You know, there are many different kinds of recruiters that come to school. And sometimes the military is asked not to be there. Do you think there's a bias against the military in some of our public schools in this country?

GRANGE: I think in some of the schools there is a bias. I mean, it should be no different for a recruiter of the armed forces coming to a school if sports recruiters or business recruiters come to a school, especially if the reason for not allowing military recruiters to come in is because of privacy issues. I mean, it should apply across the board if that's the case.

PILGRIM: You make a really great point. There's the assumption that children would like to be recruited by sports recruiters, but potentially not military, and that maybe isn't the case, is it?

GRANGE: That's correct. And of course there are some people who just do not like the military. And when you're at war, like we have right now ongoing in Iraq, people get very personal about this, and they let their own opinions dominate what the -- what the procedures are backed up by the U.S. government. And that's what you have right now, I believe.

PILGRIM: Let's talk aggregate numbers for a second. If the Army and the Marines can't make their quotas, where will that leave us on the war in Iraq?

GRANGE: Well, it looks like there's going to be -- the insurgency will continue in Iraq for some time to come. The U.S. may not be involved, let's say beyond 2006, except for an advisory status. But the insurgency will continue for at least another decade.

And so there is going to be some issues over there, and it's going to be issues for the United States military, at least for another couple years. And if the recruiting goes as it is now, it will put a tremendous stress on the military. And those that are already wearing the uniform will just be worked harder than ever before. And that will cause some severe retention problems.

PILGRIM: All right. Thank you very much for your insight on this very important issue, General David Grange. And happy Fourth of July, sir.

GRANGE: Same to you. Thank you.

And happy Fourth of July to the Draconian Kitty Pilgram and Strange Grange. How sad does it get? She must not have kids, it is all to easy for her to send them to the war front to die from as early an age of sixteen. These people are NOT on your side. We don't belong in Iraq. We never did. The Sunni clerics are starting a campaign among their flock for politicalization of their misunderstood rebellion, or as people with limited cognitive properties think of it 'insurgency.' The Iraqis don't want us there. We are trouble to them. We bring foreign fighters who kill the Iraqis to make a point while trying to kill Americans.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0507/04/ldt.01.html

Then ON THE WAR EDITION, "Behind the Lines" of "Wolf Blitzer" these day it was reported THE MOST IMPORTANT structure to the Iraqis is their offshore Oil Distribution platforms. Really? Iraq hasn't got much of a shoreline. At any rate it was stated that ALL THE RECONSTRUCTION funding comes from the countries oil supplies and sales. What? Happened to the $20 billion the people of the USA went into debt for to reconstruct Iraq. We know $8 billion has gone for security, what happened to the other $12 billion?

Monday, July 04, 2005


June 21, 2005. Ashdod, Israel.

June 21, 2005. Sun setting on the Summer Solstice in Anacoco, Louisiana.

June 20, 2005. These are Global Warming Heat Transfer Clouds. One of t he leading edges can be seen at the very top fo this picture. These clouds never rain. They carry heat from the equator to the Arctic Circle. This is the mechanism of Global Warming after the vortices begin. This is a sunset at Alturas, California.

June 15, 2005. Caldera view of Santorini Island, Greece.

June 7, 2005. Plitvice, Croatia.

June 25, 2005. Near Red Lodge, Montana. Glacier Lake. The wider view exhibits no icebergs. The glacier below in near the middle of this picture but slightly higher and to the right.

June 25, 2005. Near Red Lodge, Montana. Glacier Lake. The 'melting' is noted toward the center of the glacier where there is a 'dark' line. That line is melting ice. The glacier is receding. There is no calving. There are no icebergs in the lake. This is not a healthy and growing glacier.

The Rooster

July 4, 2005 according to Google !