This is ridiculous, the frequency of the tornadic activity is closing down function in the area.

There are factory workers taking shelter under buildings in order to protect their lives. 


...Tornado watches and warnings (click title to entry - thank you) were issued across the Southeast and into the Northeast.
In North Carolina, at least 11 people were hurt by the winds that destroyed Corona's home, but none seriously.
"We just thank God that everyone is safe," said Corona, who had some cuts on her leg....

People are cut and injured and stating they are SAFE.  There are dearly few people in the area that are safe.  They are ducking funnel clouds from minute to minute.  Human Induced Global Warming.  It could have been avoided.

The area should be evacuated.  This is day two.  It is just that bad.

Le't's see, how much interest does one trillion US earn? What will that add to my bonus now that the company doesn't owe the USA Treasury that money?

Wall Street bank executives testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2009. Wells Fargo & Co. President and CEO John Stumpf, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO John Mack, State Street Corporation Chairman and CEO Ronald Logue, Bank of America Chairman and CEO Ken Lewis, Bank of New York Mellon Chairman and CEO Robert Kelly, JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO James Dimon, Goldman Sachs & Co. CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan

So. The bailout was real nice for Wall Street. Real nice. But, the country that bailed them out can go to hell in a hand basket evidently

Their excuse, THEY  NEED  GREATER  CERTAINTY.

 

Like what?  

 

NO  REGULATION.

 

 

One dollar chrome printing plate

A one dollar chrome printing plate. US companies are hoarding nearly one trillion dollars of cash that they are unlikely to use for expansion amid a muddled outlook on economic recovery, rating agency Moody's said Wednesday

...Companies cut costs,((click title to entry - thank you)  reduced investment in plants and equipment and downsized operations in order to boost cash holdings during the recession. As the corporate bond market reopened many companies also boosted cash levels by selling debt and refinancing near-term debt maturities.

Nonfinancial U.S. companies are sitting on $943 billion of cash and short-term investments, as of mid-year 2010, compared with $775 billion at the end of 2008, Moody's said. This would be enough to cover a year's worth of capital spending and dividends and still have $121 billion left over, it said....

I believe it was Mr. Boehner that stated, "...it is like trying to kill an ant with an atomic bomb."  

YES?

Is it no wonder why the plutocrats are investing so heavy in the Repubicans?

CORRUPTION with a "Capital C."

Gee whiz the obstructionists are all to clear now.  And President Obama being the gentleman he is stated something like, "...the newly elected Republicans will want to prove they can make a difference and will be anxious to cooperate with legislation when they are inaugurated."  Why do I believe that is terribly naive of the President.  The truth is that the Republicans only seek to make things as difficult as possible to show the nation how much they have to accept their fate !

I found this picture to be curious. It was on Yahoo. It might be an under cover police officer, but, there is no way of knowing that.

 I realize there are all kinds of amateur and not so amateur news people that are scavenging for traces of some kind of information.  But, I like the idea of having a residence under camera survellance after an arrest like this.

Unidentified man leave home of Farooque Ahmed (click here)

An unidentified man leave the home of Farooque Ahmed in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 27. 2010. Ahmed, a naturalized citizen born in Pakistan was arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to help people posing as al-Qaida operatives planning to bomb subway stations around the nation's capital, the FBI said.

Another wacko caught up in some kind of spiritual funk.

 

Metro says public was not in danger (click here)

Metro officials say that neither riders nor employees were in danger while federal officials investigated a plot by a Virginia man to carry out a series of terrorist bombings at stations.
In a news release Wednesday, Metro officials said the FBI was aware of the activities of Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, before the alleged attempt began and closely monitored him until his arrest.
The planned attack was not imminent, sources said.

Alledale, Michigan is on the Lake MIchigan side of the Lower Peninsula. Between the two water vapor images, the center of the vortex/cyclone passed over Allendale.

October 27, 2010
Allendale, Michigan
Photographer states  ::  Crazy Skies in the Midwest

The 'light' of the sky can be seen through the vortex center circulation.

President Obama inspires early Democratic voter turnout.

...Democrats, (click title to entry - thank you) however, hold a small lead among those who have already voted....

...
The latest Zogby Interactive survey of likely voters conducted from Oct. 22-25 also found President Barack Obama's approval rating holding steady 47%....

There was no violation during the Florida Debate. Once again Scott is making a fraudulent charge.

If those type of problems were to be completely avoided, the debate committee needed to refuse access to the stage by staffers completely and provided their own staff to pass urgent messages to the candidiates.  I mean the mess could have been catatrophic if Ms. Sink sincerely received bad news about her daughter while sitting there.
The questions already asked were answered.  The questions to come were not known to anyone.  And the message is basicaly benign in that it was an enthusiastic 'touch of details' to her presentation to the camera.  There was no coaching and Scott had no right to complain.  There were no details to an answer given and the complaint was baseless.  It was at a time when the candidates were relaxed and taking a break.  Ms. Sink did not seek information or ask for the cell phone.  She clearly didn't have any control over the moment and she is a MOTHER.  It was a vulnerable moment of Ms. Sink and one has to wonder if the staffer was actually paid by Scott.

Jeeze !

Why does Scott insist on distracting from the issues, is the real question?

..."After the debate tonight, (click title to entry - thank you) one of my campaign advisers admitted he tried to communicate with me during one of the breaks," Sink said in the statement. "While he told me it was out of anger with Rick Scott's repeated distortion of facts, it was a foolish thing to do. It violated a debate agreement and I immediately removed him from the campaign."...

What is amazing at all is the criminal background of Scott.  What does anyone believe he is going to do as Governor?  Do they believe he is going to be a benevolent Governor or just one that will 'set himself up' for when he is no longer in office?  I wish people had better memories these days.

Scott has proven he is not trustworthy, so why trust him now?

Shunning Corrupt Franchise and bolstering the Local Economy. Embracing the "Gold's Gym Model."

To begin the legitimacy of Carl Rove is highly questionable.  We witnessed the capability of Rove to lie over and over and over again during the hearings regarding the Valerie Plame case.  So, is has a remarkable history of lying to courts and authority.  Nothing he says is trustworthy and therefore cannot be trusted with the leadership of the free world in any manner he is involved with it.

A twenty-two year franchise is significant, but, with damage to the community by the plutocrats the individual gyms have to be granted relief by the courts for their grievance.  Contributing to corrupt and dangerous politics was NOT in their contract and their franchise status will directly allow such donations.

Monday, Oct 25, 2010 17:19 ET

Donation to Rove-tied group sparks Gold's Gym revolt (click title to entry - thank you)

Four Bay Area gyms will leave the brand in response to big donations by the chain's owner to anti-gay candidates ...

..."Our contracts started 22 years ago. We're one of the first franchisees for Gold's Gym. We can't get out over night, but we will be out of it," Don Dickerson,  director of operations for Gold's in the Bay Area, told Salon, adding that the bulk of the gyms' business comes from the LGBT community.

"It took us by as much surprise as it did everyone else," Dickerson said of the donations by billionaire Robert Rowling, whose company, TRT Holdings, owns Gold's, to the Karl Rove-linked American Crossroads. A petition has been circulating in the gay blogosphere protesting the donations to Crossroads....

The violent troposhere today is garnered from a global dynamic. It is all due to excessive heat from the Climate Crisis.

The primary velocity to the current conditions of the mid-latitude vortex causing tornado outbreaks is comes from the huge air mass in the Pacific.  There are contibuting dynamics from the Arctic air mass now decending into middle of the NA continent.  The 'street' of vortexes in the eastern Pacific over and near Hawaii are actually transferring the heat from Equatorial latitudes to higher latitudes ot deliver it into the mid-continent distribution.  The location of the heat injection system at mid-latitudes is where the jet stream ? normally ? is located, except it is nearly a straight line injection system.  This is a dramatic example of what were once normal trends in weather systems and air circulation systems are now harnessed by this 'water planet' with extreme heat distribution needs.  Better said, not needs, but, physics.  The confusion of what people preceive as a normal condition in weather is actually from from it. 

The normal season for tornadoes, especially this extreme outbreak conditions as today is long over, yet the reality of it occurring speaks to the Climate Crisis and the past tipping point of Earth we are all facing.  This is a sad reality for nations.  They haven't achieved a safe troposphere for their citizens while mining and drilling of fossil fuels continue with abandon and the CO2 (carbon capture) practices of any industry is nothing more than propaganda..  Wall Street abuses.

 October 26, 2010 

1530:13z

UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of the North and West Hemisphere  (click title for 12 hour loop - thank you)

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is stagnant.

Scientists warned about this before it started, long before it started.  Shipping across the top of the world will remove 'Earth's whitest snow' and the reflectivity of solar rays and heat back into space.  The IPCC has to demand the prohibition of this use of Arctic waters.  There are also threantened species that will be facing extinction.  There is an entire ecosystem within that ice and under the ice that will alter the balance of the oceans.  This is complete stupidity on the part of those that will seek to use the reduced sea ice as a shipping route.

 

Increased shipping likely to accelerate climate change as Arctic warms  (click title to entry - thank you)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 16:00 [IST

Washington, Oct 26 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that as the ice-capped Arctic Ocean warms, ship traffic will increase at the top of the world.

And if the sea ice continues to decline, a new route connecting international trading partners may emerge - but not without significant repercussions to climate, says a U.S. and Canadian research team that included a University of Delaware scientist.

Growing Arctic ship traffic will bring with it air pollution that has the potential to accelerte climate change in the world's nothern reaches.  And it's more than a greenhouse gas problem --  engine exhausted particles could increase warming by some 17-78 percent, the reseachers say...


Local Time :: 6:52 AM AKDT (GMT -08)

Lon/Lat :: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Elevation :: 33 feet

Temperature :: 37 Fahrenheit

Conditions :: Overcast

Windchill :: 34 Fahrenheit

Humidity :: 83%

Dew Point :: 36 Fahrenheit

Wind :: 5 mph from the North North West

Pressure :: 29.67 inches (steady)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Overcast 2200 feet
              (Above ground level)

"Unfortunate," is what the Rand Paul says about this episode of violence. I demand Rand Paul immediately condemn this act of violence by his supports.

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This is outrageous !

Unfortunate.  They believe it is unfortunate.  It is far more than that.

Well, here is the other side of the coin. A USA military under the control of a ? freely elected ? citizen cabal.

 The soldiers were thrown into a war where either one survived or died.  There was no real exit strategy from the beginning, only a map of a march from Kuwait into Iraq's oil fields.  It wasn't a military invasion with purpose, so much as a military invasion for the plutocracy. 

Many, many in the USA knew exactly what was being done and that is why Bush and Cheney were always on the defense about it.  The people in the USA that were outrageously upset over the Iraq invasion, the demonstrators, the soldiers against the war, the anti-war movement knew long before the first tank rolled across the Kuwait border this was an illegal war.  If it weren't for them and their prowess about their own country and international aggression of their military by the plutocrats there would have been a world war.  

Easily.  

It was those and the United Nations that opposed the invasion with inspectors 'on the ground' in Iraq finding absolutely nothing to justify such actions that prevented escalation beyond the Iraq borders.  The invasion is why the global community now is justified in their skepticism of any peaceful intentions of the military.  With the Wikileaks documents there is a growing justification for worrisome methods of the wrongful use of the Executive Branch of the USA.

Al Pessin

The Pentagon 25 October 2010

The U.S. Army general (click title to entry - thank you) who commanded coalition forces in Iraq for 2 1/2 years denied allegations on Monday based on the WikiLeaks documents published last week that his forces undercounted Iraqi civilian casualties and condoned the abuse of prisoners by Iraqi forces.

General George Casey, who is now Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, says troops under his command in Iraq did not intentionally underreport the number of civilians who were killed during his tenure, from mid-2004 until early 2007. "I don't recall downplaying civilian casualties.  In fact, we actively went out and tried to count civilian casualties, to the extent we actually sent leaders, soldiers, down to the morgues in Baghdad to count civilian casualties," he said….

Wow. I remember him at the United Nations before Bush's invasion into Iraq. He told the truth. No WMD.

He was scared to go back to Iraq.  I think was also scared for the people of Iraq.  

He was stating at the United Nations that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and that the USA was wrong in their intentions.

The regime was brutal, but, considering what is going on now I can't honestly say it is much different, just different people.

I believe the reason Saddam became who he was and as ruthless as he was had a lot to do with the country's ethnic divide along really specific boundary lines.  Saddam simply oppressed the revolution of the Shia and the Kurds.  

We don't belong in Iraq.  We never did.

...Iraq's  top court (click title to entry - thank you)  last year jailed both Aziz and Saddam henchman and cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid for 15 years for their role in the 1992 execution of 42 Baghdad wholesalers.

Aziz had earlier been acquitted in the first of four trials for alleged crimes against humanity. 

His family, now in Jordan, has repeatedly called for his release from custody, saying the 74-year-old was in poor health suffering from heart and respiratory problems, high blood pressure and diabetes. 

Named foreign minister in 1983 and then deputy premier in 1991, Aziz was believed to have wielded little real power of decision-making. 

But he became one of the regime's best-known figures abroad who matched his US peers in debate.... 

In an Iraq prison, who won't have poor health.  He should be exiled and sent to his family.  I do believe Aziz was a voice of reason with the Saddam government.  I would hate to think such people regardless of the actions of the government would be killed for their 'pleading' role both internationally and domestically within the inner circle.  He has no real power anymore.  The Shia and Kurds have their own governments today.  I don't see his execution as meaningful so much as pathetic.

"Morning Papers" - Its Origin

The Rooster
"Okeydoke"

"Good Night, Moon" - this is a picture from inside the book. 60 years old.

I purchased a copy of it for a friend last month and it was the last book on the shelf.  

Some things never change.

The USA has lost its moral compass for the sake of a two party system. Is it really worth it?

During the Great Depression all kinds of shifts in political beliefs took place.  There was even a rise in Communism at that time.  There wasn't the internet or televisions in abundance.

I know people feel betrayed and much of what has passed as legislation seems counter intuitive.  The cry is 'Common Sense' rather than making 'Good Sense.'  

If there is anything I wish, it would be for the electorate to take a step back and realize what there vote means to them.  

No one should waste their vote on anger or impulse.  It needs to be right and for troubled times having a country with a consistent rudder is better than one that will cause us to drift off course into dangerous waters.  

All I ask is that people think about what they are doing.  Nothing more.  The voting booth is not a church pew.  Vote with clear minded interest in what we know to be the truth, not on guesses and empty rhetoric.  We are not floudering that badly and there is no reason to regret the vote of 2008.

The problems we inherited from Republicans can't be understated.

A failed economy that without the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 would have sent most if not all State budgets into bankruptcy.

The Housing Market is a disaster and we don't know when we will ever see the return of value to the American Dream again.

All our 'good jobs' have been outsourced leaving a virtual void in the USA to reclaim our economy without legislation from the Congress and a President that holds the country in his resolve.

 We have witnessed pure unadulterated greed consume the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast of the USA.  Yet with all that our economy remained fairly steady.

We have ended an unnecessary war in Iraq.  The venture into Afghanistan has revealed a deep corruption that has spawned global outrageous with the violence currently besetting the countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan.  If President Obama hadn't recommitted to ending the stronghold of al Qaeda in Afghanistan the truth would still not be known to us.

The government in DC was gutted by the Republicans and had to be refinanced so there could be effectiveness returned to it.  

The war in Mexico was somewhat a surprise to the USA and we had to commit troops of all things.  

President Obama has recommitted the USA to nuclear non-proliferation.

We are re-engaging the Middle East which will bring about change with the help of nation's leaders in the region.  

The strides made on the foreign front can't be equaled by the Bush/Cheney White House.

The country is on a steady path to improvement with Wall Street kicking and screaming all the way, but, we are getting through it and I can't imagine changing in mid-stream is a good idea.  We aren't all that bad off currently from the stand point it could be much, much worse without the majority Democrats that have provided significant change to the nation.

For God Sake, our troops are out of Iraq.  Doesn't that count for something?

I am concerned for my country, for many reasons.  But. Primarily for the reason there are people unqualified seeking power rather than governance.  I've never so worried about the USA.  I sincerely believe people are being frivolous with their decisions for the same of 'throwing out the old to bring in the new' with thoughtless abandon.

The electorate in some states seem to be blind to the manipulation of the propagandists.  I don't know why they seem to believe that being mindless is okay.

There are good ways to make decisions when it comes to election day.  Emotional decisions are rarely good ones when leadership is at stake.

I feel as though Americans need to come home again.

The Brits take on the 2010 elections. It speaks very poorly of the will of the electorate.

...1. North Dakota (click title to entry - thank you). John Hoeven is more than 40 points up against a bloke called Tracy in this very conservative state. The Republican candidate would probably still win if he was found dead in bed with an underage girl and a large amount of cocaine between now and polling day. Republican pick-up....

It is that kind of perspective that dominates a lot of conservative races in the USA.  The electorate is so tainted with their own ideas of what they want in DC there is no room for reason.

In Alaska, there is an election whereby the Republican candidates are either tainted with hate for Democrats without respect for the citizens enough to submit to interviews or the electorate was taken for granted and didn't believe she had a care to secure her re-election.  The ONLY candidate that actually has honored the voter with consistent messages of what is best for Alaska and is running against all odds at willing is the Democrat, McAdams.  He has run a sincere and clean campaign and never once wavered from his commitment to the electorate of Alaska, yet not enough people are putting their trust in him regardless of his loyalty, transparency and unwavering campaign.  It is that type of phenomena that works against the best interest of the country and every American should be concerned about it.

Scott McAdams has received an endorsement in the Anchorage Daily News.  This is NOT my imagination running away with me.

Scott McAdams: He's good for Alaska (click here)

By VIC FISCHER

Published: October 24th, 2010 05:06 PM
Last Modified: October 24th, 2010 05:06 PM

Because I was elected at a young age to be a delegate to Alaska's Constitutional Convention, I've outlived most of our state's founders, leaving me with the responsibility of passing on to today's voters some of the values I carry from those days.

My friends were Democrats and Republicans. I include Democrats Bill Egan, Ernest Gruening and Bob Bartlett, as well as Republicans Wally Hickel, Bob Atwood and Jay Hammond. And Ted Stevens too.

In this year's election for U.S. Senate, there is one thing that's been said that I think all these men would agree with: It's about Alaska. That's Scott McAdams' slogan, his belief and his life story, and I support him. Here's why....

Ever hear of a Liberal Republican?

Jacob Javits, a New York Senator from 1957 to 1981.  He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and there is a convention center in New York City named after him.

He was regarded as a good legislator, first in the US House and later in the US Senate.

He felt any political party should reflect the true diversity of the USA.

Senator Javits is for real.  He was a staunch liberal while being a member of the Republican Party.  The Republican Party somewhere along the way lost its sense of belonging to the people and serve a plutocratic base.  

Senator Javits was a lawyer that always had a profession to fall back on should he not be successful politically, but, he was never unsuccessful in anything he tried in life.

The only reason Harry Reid is having problems is because after the 2008 elections he was demonized by the Murdoch Media Circus.

Then there is Harry Reid.  A devout Christian with enough understanding of life to know how to make decisions for citizens that acts in their best interest.

His career speaks for itself and the only problem Harry has is that his soft spoken personality is adverse to today's political scene.  I find him more conservative than most Democrats.  That is why he was elected first to Minority leader in 2005 and then Majority leader.  It was because he was able to work with Republicans better than some others.  

He is a good guy with a long history in government.  After he became a lawyer from George Washington University Law School he worked as a JD with the US Capitol Police.  At the age of 30 he began his political career wining in a race where he was placed as Lt. Governor.  He served until 1981, then became a US House Representative in 1983, and then a US Senator in 1987.  I like Harry Reid.  He is sincerely trying to act in the best interest of the people of his state as well as the country and he has been a good friend to the President. With the country facing monumental problems, I rather have faith in a leader that knows the ropes and has been through enough to make good decisions.


 Don't you find Sharon Angle a bit odd.  She has a horrible voting record in the Nevada State Legislature.  She frequently voted "No" to everyone else's "Yes."  Her nickname was "41 to Angle."  That should send up warning flags everywhere.  She has done some fairly bizarre things.  She was the only NO vote on a tax abatement sincerely needed to improve the quality of life to Nevada's citizens.  She stated she could not vote against her oath of office which requires taxes to be equitable.  The problem for her was that the commercial properties were to be taxed at 8% while the residential properties were to be taxed at 3%.  It doesn't sound as though she can discern the difference in incomes and vulnerabilities very well.  She should have debated the issue with her peers and come to a clear understanding that her oath does not preclude her from voting for the best interest of citizens SHE WAS TO SERVE.  She is favored by the Tea Party because she is intractable in her commitment to 'words' and 'promises' even if in a professional sense it is better for all that she act differently.  She has never served at the Federal level and has absolutely no experience in the foreign arena.  She is a Southern Christian with an intractable personality.  She is not a sincere decision maker, she is frequently alone in her ideas of what is best.  I think she is very risky as a candidate.