There was a significant wind event in Los Angeles County today, but, it wasn't Santa Ana winds.

Los Angeles County (click title to entry - thank you) has declared a state of emergency because of the Santa Ana windstorm.

Santa Ana Winds are offshore winds, these winds weren't offshore.  It was a forming vortex over Southern California.  Is every wind event in California Santa Ana Winds?  That is silly.  If I may?

Michael D. Antonovich, chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, made the declaration Thursday afternoon after Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Temple City, San Marino and Glendora declared their own emergencies.

The foothill cities in the northern San Gabriel Valley were hit hardest by the windstorm, as winds from the north knocked over utility poles and century-old trees....

Santa Ana winds occur when air moves offshore at speeds up to 50 mph.  These were not offshore winds.  The reason the Santa Ana winds are so high in velocity is because there is nothing standing in their way.  They are blowing into an open ocean. Below is a photograph by NASA of Santa Ana winds from 2002, I think.  I mean what is this mess, it's Christmas season so it must be Santa Ana?  Silly.

On January 6, 2002, (click here) Santa Ana winds blew dust from interior deserts and other dry areas out over California and the Pacific Ocean. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite shows streamers of dust blowing southwestward over the Los Angeles metropolitan area, which is roughly centered in the top half of the image....

Below is a UNISYS satellite that clearly illustrates wind blowing from southwest USA toward the northwest while forming a vortex over Southern California.




December 1, 2011
2130.16z
UNISYS Visual GOES West Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)

Those are not not offshore winds.  They don't remotely compare to sincere Santa Ana winds.  This is a hemispheric event. 

The continental winds are best seen on a USA satellite below.  This is a satellite from 12 hours ago.

December 1, 2011
1230.13z
UNISYS infrared USA Satellite

The satellite below is the current satellite.

December 2, 2011
0030.25z
UNISYS Infrared USA Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)

There is a sharp contract in air movement in 12 hours.  The air mass is moving from southwest to northwest.

Where it gets really interesting is when the 12 hour loop is noted.  There is some air moving offshore over the Baha as the nortwest North American continent is receiving a huge blast of arctic air, currently over western Canada and heading south.  It looks like a nasty arctic air mass, too.  But, the wind event is not NORMAL Santa Ana winds, it is a hemispheric wind event connected with the continued turbulance of the arctic air mass.

To the right is a color analysis by NASA of Santa Ana winds from 2003.  Today's event just doesn't fit the parameters.  Sorry.  As far as I am concerned, stating it isn't a Santa Ana wind is not even splitting hairs.  \

...“These strong winds, (click here) which blow from the land out into the ocean, cause cold water to rise from the bottom of the ocean to the top, bringing with it many nutrients that ultimately benefit local fisheries,” said Dr. Timothy Liu, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and QuikSCAT project scientist....

There are biological components to Santa Ana winds as well.  Either they are or they ain't; there is no in between.

The wind event was misinterpreted as is the case in so many climate events of Earth under a Climate Crisis troposphere.  Just because the event 'seems like' the real thing, doesn't mean it is.  A major part of the problem is that the language of climatology is limited to 'normal climate' terms and simply doesn't have the language to state what these events actually are.

Santa Ana winds are a form of katabatic winds that sweep down from high elevations to the ocean.  That is not what is occurring here.  When sand and dust are carried from the desert to the oceans it contains all kinds of minerals and debris that interprets into nutrients.  This is not occurring with this event.  The winds did not originate from dry areas or from high elevations.

#Occupy Boston receives stay on eviction. There can be justice, let's hope it continues.

I see no reason why police cannot patrol through the encampment. I would think that would be welcome. Perhaps a team of police together. Public safety applies to everyone. If the protesters can respect police patrols without being threatened their rights aren't violated and they'll lose their protest site, I think police patrols would be a good idea.

I don't pretend to speak for anyone, but, I am confident #Occupy doesn't place itself above the law, so much seeks to exercise it.  i am quite sure the residents of the protest site would welcome safety without intimidation if that is possible.  I can't imagine why the two entities could not co-exist if safety is the true goal of the Mayor and his police department.

Occupy Boston encampment in downtown Boston is safe -- at least for now (click title of entry for video - thank you)
...Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances A. McIntyre said today she would decide no later than Dec. 15 whether Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s administration will be permanently barred from forcibly shutting down the Dewey Square encampment without prior court approval.

After a lengthy hearing in which both the city and Occupy protesters battled over the conditions and meaning of the tent city, McIntyre extended the temporary restraining order she had issued against the city last month.

Two witnesses testified during the hearing, one for each side.

For the city, Boston Fire Marshal Bart Shea testified that the tents used by protesters have created a fire hazard that poses an immediate threat to the protesters and to the general public traveling through that neighborhood.

“I was appalled at what I saw, and to me it appears to be a chaotic scene,’’ he testified.
“A fire could rip right across the top of these tents before someone could get out.’’
Appearing for Occupy Boston, Kristopher Eric Martin testified that by setting up camp two months ago in Dewey Square, protesters were sending a message to workers in the Financial District office buildings that surround the encampment.

“We are providing an example to all those who come through here on how to have a better society,’’ he testified.

McIntyre quizzed witnesses about details of the camp -- whether it was handicapped-accessible, for example -- but did not inquire into the philosophical issues raised by the takeover of the public land by residents of a tent city....

The police seem to need the support of each other when they decide citizens have no free speech rights.

 

Los Angeles police officers remove a protester who refused order to vacate park outside City Hall.

We have seen this before. Police act together through a support network that spans the country. Maybe #Occupy should just make it easy on them when they show up and move their belongs rather than have confrontation because they don't seem to do well if there isn't hubris involved to support their egos.

The mayors are not interested in any communication and like to victimize the image of the protesters by portraying them as social sludge, so there seems to me to be a real problem with the way government addresses the problems the majority of citizens face in the year 2011.

I still believe the peaceful protest is the best venue. It literally makes fools of the authorities that seek to ignore the problems of the majority rather than face them. It protects lives, although those violent police actions do damage, don't they?  Unarmed people end up in hospitals and emergency rooms. The simple 'police action' speaks eons of the existing oppression of the current government 'mind think.'

The answer is to rid the system of authorities tainted by Wall Street. Is that best done when people are assaultive, so much as true to their values? The message of #Occupy resonates because it is true. Everyone feels the oppression and lack of opportunity within this country. A lack of opportunity that is profound and well founded in the methodology of Wall Street. #Occupy is the truth within this country and for many globally.

Demonstrating is a method to turn life's understanding into a solid moment in time to convey the truth that exists in the firmament. Truth of oppression is noted in overt ways, but, often hidden from the profound definition of The West. The West likes to hide its truth from public view. That is a fact. Protests, marches form a solidified understanding there are profoundly poor conditions for citizens. The poverty rate is up to 15%. That is not a minor topic. The USA places questionable rankings globally in education, health care and particular topics such as infant mortality. That was not our country ten years ago.

#Occupy Movement has very high moral content. The questionable actions of a few is simply normal statistics. There is malady that occurs in behavior when people do not have resources. Alcoholism and crime are a known quality that fluctuate due to economic conditions. President Obama has provided an adequate safety net for many up to now following the exploitation of the USA Treasury in 2008. Bailing out banks did nothing to benefit the citizens. It didn't improve their paychecks, their health care or their opportunity at the American Dream.

Regardless of how derelict the media and government seeks to paint the movement, the reason it is resilient is because we are the truth. We know it, no one else has to. It has a universal message that has defied oppression.

The #Occupy Movement has achieved huge goals. The future belongs to the people that seek the truth and move it forward. I believe President Obama has tried to secure a nation of fairness and prosperity for the citizens of the country, but, we all know the problem. Those that see the world through their own kaleidoscope of images based in
'profits only' at any cost are the problem, not us. A society is its people and not its profits. There are venues to resolve this and they will be realized, but, they are best realized within the movement through collective power, not venues of violence. I sincerely believe that.

There are reasons to believe we are correct and contain the character integrity to sustain the assault of image makers. I believe we can build our own infrastructure as well. That is power. People are inherently afraid of power, especially their own.

Occupy protesters kicked out of camps in Los Angeles, Philadelphia (click title to entry - thank you)

More than 200 are arrested as cops sweep in

BY Christina Boyle
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Wednesday, November 30 2011, 8:54 AM

Cops evicted Occupy demonstrators from their camps in Los Angeles and Philadelphia early Wednesday, moving in under cover of darkness and arresting more than 200 people.

The crackdown began after midnight in both cities, with officers urging the protesters to leave peacefully and then immediately beginning to dismantle their tents.

In Los Angeles, 1,400 officers were mobilized for the operation, some wearing riot gear and wielding batons and rubber bullets....

That is a whole lot of money in overtime.  The city will spend it on police time, but, not employment.  Hello?

A light bulb go on yet?

...Bulbs (click title to entry - thank you) built around light-emitting diodes—semiconductors that produce bright light when zapped with electricity—last 10 times longer than conventional bulbs, meaning fewer ladders blocking frozen-food aisles or unsightly scaffolds towering in hotel lobbies as workers change blown-out bulbs. With energy savings not yet enough in some cases to cover the higher cost of the new bulbs, it's lower maintenance costs that are getting sales across the finish line.

"If you think about a 20- to 40-foot tall parking lot light pole, you need a bucket truck and electrician to replace those lamps every two years. Now these will last us 10 to 12 years," said Charles Zimmerman, Wal-Mart's vice president for international design and construction. "The big payback number is on the maintenance."...

Clinton Arrives in Myanmar to Assess Reforms

By STEVEN LEE MYERS

Published: November 30, 2011

NAY PYI DAW, Myanmar — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived here on Wednesday to measure the depth of the political and economic opening the country’s new government has unexpectedly begun....

...Administration officials said Mrs. Clinton first wanted to see whether Mr. Thein Sein’s government was prepared to take his own steps. Officials remain wary, disappointed that the government has not freed more of the 1,600 political prisoners still being held and that Mr. Thein Sein recently denied the existence of any of them. The senior administration official also noted that the administration’s initial efforts to engage Myanmar’s leaders in 2009 were “abysmal failures.”


Another issue of particular concern for the United States is Myanmar’s cooperation with North Korea, and American officials have pressed the government to agree to more vigorous inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency....


...The decision to send Mrs. Clinton was debated among the White House, the State Department and members of Congress, many of whom remained critical. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the Republican chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Mrs. Clinton’s trip sent “the wrong signal.”...


The mistake the Republicans chronically make is their over abundant concern with IMAGE over substance. The "W"rong signal would be to isolate Myanmar until EVERY demand of the USA is met. That is hideous. We live in the world with Myanmar and the more the current leadership is recognized for improving the civil rights of its citizens the better. The real travesty to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen statement is the fact militarized dictatorships are necessary and not a luxury when involved with countries unable to pay successfully secure munitions of any kind otherwise.

Republicans believe they can wave a magic wand and have the changes happen as if there is infrastructure to allow it to happen, but, the leadership is simply belligerent. That is not the case. It is nearly never the case and Myanmar is an excellent example of a country finding the will 'to trust' civil rights while still maintaining the security of its military.

Simpletons. Republicans are breakfast table simpletons.

I question if Great Britain actually WANTS the Iranian police to respond to the crowd.

It would have been possible that Iranians would have died at the hand of their own police in response to the distrubances. 

Seriously. 

Does Britain want people alive or dead?  It doesn't matter if these people are unarmed, they would have died anyway.  Evacuating personnel sounds like a far better option.  Sanctions have consequences.  This is a reaction to something, tensions if nothing else. 

...British Prime Minister David Cameron (click title to entry - thank you) said Tuesday Iran faces "serious consequences" for failing to defend the British compounds from Islamists who barged into them as police looked on. The protesters chanted "Death to Britain" as they smashed windows of the main embassy building, threw documents outside and set fire to a car. Another group of Iranians stormed a British diplomatic complex in northern Tehran.  The assaults followed followed Britain's decision to impose new economic sanctions against Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program....

It would appear sanctions are working.  I would think this is activity to be expected when sanctions are imposed.  Does Great Britain live in lulla land?  Cause and effect.  And then there are the trees.  That was kinda lousy.  I rather have living disgruntled people than dead citizens and further bloodshed.  I think the world can handle the indignity of its own actions for the sake of saving lives.  Last time there were protesters in the street and Iran sent out the police there was a notable death the young adults hang on to as a symbol of the violence they face when they oppose the government.  That symbol was a young woman killed for no reason except she demonstrated.  I think Great Britain has come away with a clean record at this point.

What is all this fuss about Qolhak Garden in Iran?

...The graveyard is located (click here) at the southern flank of the large semi-park courtyard of the British embassy's summerhouse in Qolhak. The crosses standing on the tombs and the dates recorded on the gravestones show that only the bodies of Britons killed in Iran during the World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945) were buried there. Nonetheless, the graveyard was constructed opposite to the chapel of the embassy church several years before 1914 and the corpses of many Britons had been buried there....

Evidently, this garden/graveyard has been in dispute, including environmental concerns.  It sort of makes sense university students would be activists for whatever reason they are.  Something about 'occupying' the garden to take it back.  If they are mimicking the students around the globe, the violence hasn't really been necessary or has it?  At least not in the USA.

November 1st 2011
Tehran Municipality (click here) has filed a lawsuit against the British Embassy for having cut down and burned 310 trees in a north Tehran garden which is in the possession of the embassy, Press TV reports....

This is fairly recently Iranian are voicing their objection to the activities at this garden.  It would appear they don't believe they are being heard.  I could be wrong, but, I don't think so.  I believe The West is making too much of this, except, for the violence.  My hunch is the students aren't happy with the British and their activity in a section of the city they value as their own.  My guess is the British need to contact the university and a professor and chancellor to determine if the students are indeed upset about a place they value as their heritage.  Perhpas the university can provide insight to how tensions can be resolved.

There are some demands being made by the Iranians, one is a fine be levied against Britian in the sum of $1.25 million US for the trees and they want the Brits to vacate the garden.  It sounds as though they feel fairly strong about this.  Can an Iranian court oversee this? 

The Brits have considered this garden their possession for nearly 100 years, but, I don't believe it is officially part of the embassy.  This is sort of saying that Normandy is not part of France. 

It is an interesting set of circumstances, but, the violence is out of the question.

It's time.

Barney, you'll be missed. Without a doubt.

He lived in New Jersey, moved to Massachusetts and graduated Harvard Law School.  His qualifications are often overlooked for the discrimination surrounding his life.  He was afraid of letting government be government without pandering to Wall Street.  If the people had a need; Barney Frank would find a way.  The 4th Congressional District was proud of the man they kept so very long in the House of Representatives.  Rightfully so.

His legislative efforts were considerable including a great deal of accounting for the country in regard to The Death Penalty.  Rep. Frank saw no reason for any innocent person and wrongfully convicted to die.  He also sought to stop the Death Penalty for some of his studies showed there were indeed flaws in the system.

In 2007, his success was the "Recidivism Reduction Law."  It is to focus on since rehabilitation of inmates and returning them to society without a return to crime.  The law, when successful, will reduce the inmate population and make the streets of the USA safer.

In his legislative capacity he sought to improve the lives of Americans.  He actively sought to provide a venue for Americans to achieve the American Dream.  Many of his efforts involved the idea of comfort, not comfortable, but comfort to the needs and dreams of his constituents.  He believed government had a place to actively achieve higher ground for citizens.

The problem with the argument that condemns Rep. Frank for the sheer existance of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac is proof of the incredible leaning toward Wall Street directives for the country rather than government acting as an autonomous entity with no ties to conflict of interest.  If Wall Street didn't like Fannie and Freddie, they should have not participated.  The money was too tempting and that is the truth of the situation.  They ran themselves over the brink out of the anger they had for profits they could not reach.

All one has to do is listen to Steve Forbes speak and the reality of the mind set of Wall Street is all to clear.  Wall Street exists for Wall Street.  That is in complete conflict of the well being of the citizens of the USA.  If government doesn't tame private industry, then American citizens are slaves to power brokers and wealth merchants with shorter longevity and impoverished lives.

Wall Street is an immoral venue, but, government should never be.  Barney Frank fought the good fight.  He fought the moral fight and on many an occassion he won.  He will be dearly missed, but, a PhD is not an easy task.  I wish him well, look forward to his continued work and hope his personal life is enriched by the time he now will have to spend at home.

Buddy Romer has a good message. I believe he should pursue his "Unity Party"

He has better than average credentials, but, I have complaints.

To begin, it is typical in the history of the country to have qualified people come forward to capture the fervor of the nation's unrest.  Mr. Roemer is not an opportunist, he is typical of an American.

Louisiana has an abysmal environmental record, especially with the petroleum industry.  The problems it faces due to offshore drilling is its own making.  No one in government bothered to realize the extent the petroleum industry was causing poverty among the citizens that call themselves independent contractors.  It is a joke to realize some of these companies advertise how much they pour back into the US economy.  Their pouring is far less than it should be on a per capita basis.

The environmental record of Louisiana and its inability and or unwillingness to address problems such as Carbon Dioxide emissions, opting instead to allow the undermining of the land to cause the sinking of New Orleans is only the beginning.  When the Army Corp was stating the wetlands needed to be restored, everyone ignored it and Katrina killed over 1000 people.  That is not easily erased as a track record.

While I believe the Former Governor and House Representative is a dedicated to making a difference as he says, as decent a man as one can find and wants to sincerely make a difference in the lives of all Americans, there are aspects to his experience that wants.  It would also be wise to set aside the social tug of war the country is experiencing.  The nation needs a leader that isn't interested in settling scores between separatists with a political platform, but, one interested in balancing the scales of income equality and moving the nation forward.

I wish him a great deal of luck and success.  Regardless of his 2012 outcome, he needs to continue seeking the higher ground of "The Unity Party."

Is that one wicked moisture front or what? I listened to the flood warnings all night.

UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)                                   

November 29, 2011             

0330.15z 

It is a little unusal to have all this hot moisture coming up from the equator to form a midlatitude vortex.  Usually there is a mixing of artic air with existing warm air already

over the continent.

November 11, 2011

0330.15z

UNISYS Hemispheric Water Vapor Satellite

The nation was primairly warm as an artic air mass decended over the contient.  The three air masses are easily distinguished in this water vapor image.  The one on the east becoming a vortex, the second in the central part of the country going from south to north and west to east through Canada.  The last of the three is noted to be higher in latitude then the other two.

November 29, 2011                

0100 gmt                               

US Temperature Map              

The current temperature map looks a little different now.

                          November 29., 2011                          

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 US Temperature Map

  

The colder air is heavier.  The proper name is DENSER.  Air does not always weigh the same, it depends on its content.  Composition and temperature are part of it.  So the colder air is denser and pushes against the hot rising air from the tropics pushing it out to sea, but, while the 'moisture dense' air from the tropics was over the continent there was some snow where the artic air met the moist tropical air.  The snow occurred at a MOISTURE FRONT.

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Herman "Candy" Cain strikes again!

Ginger White alleges long affair with Cain (click title to entry - thank you)

"What is the Executive Compensation List?"

Go ahead, make all the racist stereotype complaints there are to make, but, when one is a Candy Man, one is a Candy Man.  The truth never changes.  Are all the accusers accounted for yet?

Mistaken identity. Why not? It's plausible.

In Pakistan anything is plausible.  On Monday Chinese, on Tuesday Kashmirian, on Wednesday American, on Thursday al Qaeda, on Friday Taliban, on Saturday nuclear wizards and they rest on Sunday.

Seriously.  Who knows what is on the border with Pakistan.

Fatal NATO raid in Pakistan likely a case of mistaken ID by US, Afghan forces (click title to entry - thank you)
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, November 29, 2:21 AMWASHINGTON — NATO forces may have been lured into attacking friendly Pakistani border posts in a calculated maneuver by the Taliban, according to preliminary U.S. military reports on the deadliest friendly fire incident with Pakistan since the Afghanistan war began.
The NATO airstrike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers over the weekend in an apparent case of mistaken identity, The Associated Press has learned.

If Pakistan was serious about peace, really serious, they would not be boycotting anything, but, seeing the cross border attack a MORE of a reason to continue dialogue and settle differences.  That isn't what is happening.  War and militancy is a currency in Pakistan. 


Pakistan to boycott Bonn conference over Nato attack (click here)

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting in Lahore, just days after Islamabad confirmed it was mulling its attendance in the German city of Bonn, where Pakistan’s participation was considered vital.

“The cabinet has decided not to attend the Bonn meeting,” a government official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The prime minister’s office said the cabinet agreed that “unilateral action” such as Saturday’s strike in the tribal district of Mohmand and the May 2 US killing of Osama bin Laden near the capital was “unacceptable”.

US-led investigators have been given until December 23 to probe the attacks, threatening to prolong significantly Pakistan’s blockade on Nato supplies into Afghanistan implemented in retaliation for the killings.

The US military appointed Brigadier General Stephen Clark, a one-star air force general based in Florida, to lead the investigation into the attack....

Paksitan gets lots and lots of money from many sources for its instability.  Divided loyalists abound.  China pays well for covert information, they sell munnitions to Pakistan to continue the conflict with India and the Taliban are more than helpful to maintain the USA presence in Afghanistan so there is more covert information all time.  Life could not be better for Pakistan.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (APP): Pakistan accords (click here) a high importance to the role of the youth in democratic and decision-making process and is also taking a series of steps to enable them to contribute more vitally to socio-economic progress of the country, Chairman Senate Farooq H Naek said. He was addressng a Parliamentary Hearing at UN Headquarters on the theme of “Youth Participation in the Democratic Process.” Naek said efforts are underway to increase and diversify avenues for youth to discuss national issues, engage with national leaders, and participate in discussion on what is important for Pakistan…

And then there is the 'pitiful' reality of the people and the monies received for charitable works.  Not that the Pakistani government has to dedicate any funds of its own to the plight of its people so much as the nuclear capacity of its military.  Amazing. 

I want to boycott Pakistan's aid of ANY KIND.  When the Pakistani government actually has to spend its treasury on its people, it will required to disarm from nuclear weapons it could not afford IN THE FIRST PLACE !

The Human Rights record Pakistan is amoung the worst on the planet.  It enslaves its people in debt and allows international criminals a haven because its definition of sovereignty doesn't exist.  Pakistan is not a sovereign nation.  The nuclear capacity of a country melted down to multiple factions of extremists should NEVER be allowed to exist!

Are the "#Occupy" arrests the only successful arrests the LA Police make?

I guess the police departments get a lot of volunteer overtime to arrest protesters armed with palm fronds.

An unidentified (click title to entry -thank you) Occupy LA protestor sweeps the steps of Los Angeles City Hall with a palm frond as another speaks using a bull horn in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated Friday that it is time for the campsite to be dismantled, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten)...

Los Angeles has two major gang districts with a fairly good circumference so those in the middle of the action of little to nothing to fear from the police.  They are mostly 'no go' zones and the violence spills out into the city from the drugs, prostitution and otherwise.  Not to diminish the danger to the LAPD there is a memorial to the officers that have died while in the line of duty.

Jejuan Rumph, 39 (click here for the LA Homicide report)

Died Nov. 9, 2011
Jejuan Rumph, a 39-year-old black man, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 10 days after he was shot near Figueroa Street and Redondo Beach Boulevard in West Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Rumph was shot several times in the upper torso on Oct. 30, sheriff’s officials said....

Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters, (click here) 1st Street. The wall consists of brass plates and weights approximately 11,000 pounds. The Memorial wall was built with private funding from the Los Angeles Police Foundation. Architecture firm Gensler donated their services to design the sculpture. As of late 2009, there were 202 names of LAPD officers killed in the line of duty inscribed on the tablets.

In addition to  police officers that die are citizens that fall victim to the violence from these areas of the city.

The point is, there has never, not once, been a show of force anywhere near the size of the operation against #Occupy in the sincerely dangerous districts of Los Angeles.  I find it completely hideous that the Los Angeles Police Department is called in for 'a sanitation problem' and/or a 'political embarrassment' issue.

The instability in the ISI is permanent. Pakistan is China's agent.

China supports Pakistan in row over Nato border attack

China says it is 'deeply shocked' by Pakistani soldiers' deaths, while Afghan and Nato officials insist they came under fire first

Saeed Shah in Karachi and Jon Boone in Kabul

guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 November 2011 07.02 EST

China has lent powerful diplomatic support to Pakistan, saying it is "deeply shocked" over the deaths of the Pakistani soldiers bombarded by Nato helicopters, while Afghan officials have again claimed the air strikes were called in after they were first targeted from the Pakistani side of the border.

Warning of "serious consequences", the Pakistan military said the "unprovoked" attack on a border check post in the Mohmand part of the tribal area on Saturday continued even after it contacted Nato to plead for the firing to stop. The military has not accepted Nato's tentative explanation for what the coalition has called a "tragic incident". Afghan and Nato officials have insisted that they came under fire first.
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The incident, which left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead, has thrown the coalition strategy in Afghanistan into crisis, with Pakistani co-operation considered vital in stabilising the country and bringing the Taliban insurgents into talks. Pakistan keeps more than 100,000 soldiers stationed at the Afghan border, supposedly in support of the coalition mission...

There is far too much power brokering within Pakistan to ever believe the country will be stable enough to goverrn.  China has its interest, the USA has its interest and that spells disaster for the people of Pakistan.  They don't have a sovereign country, they have a chronic 'bidding war.' 

We are best OUT OF IT !

When the USA withdraws the only strategic partner left is China and Pakistan will have to live with that reality.  It was the Pakistanis choice, from the terrorist haven it became to the unstable central government it has.  Pakistan cannot plot a course for its country, it can only defend from chaos.  That is not sovereignty, that is a tragedy.

"Morning Papers" - Its Origins

The Rooster
"Okeydoke"

Good Night Moon

The Moon for Nov 27, 2011

Northern Hemisphere

3.0 days since new moon
The waxing crescent, 3.2 day old moon, 11.2% lit:

An unexpected advocate of the irresponsible Wall Street.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

...Tutu says (click title to entry - thank you) just as the world fought against apartheid. We need to unite and fight global warming. He says climate change will turn planet earth into a desert. A number of rich nations have refused to the adopt Kyoto Protocol an international agreement aimed at reducing some greenhouse gases. The United States is among the world's biggest polluters. Tutu said: “ For your own sake, you the rich people, we are inviting you to come on the side of right. we are inviting you to come and join us.”...

This is just more of the same indulgence of Wall Street rather than advancing the energy sector and the culture of humanity.  Earth has its limits.  It is unfortunate so many have already experienced them.

What is wrong with this picture?

Occupy London ( click title to entry - thank you) protestors look out from the roof of an unused building owned by UBS bank Photo: GETTY

...The building they have taken over at Crown Place belongs to, but is not occupied by, UBS and no business transactions take place there.

The activists plan to set up a "bank of ideas" there tomorrow and open the disused offices and meeting rooms to "those who have lost their nurseries, community centres and youth clubs due to savage Government spending cuts".

A programme of events has been drawn up, including talks from Palestinian activists and comedy by Josie Long, they said.

There are two separate worlds that are completely unrelated to each other facilitated by wrongful government that no longer serves the people, but, the interests of Wall Street.  Completely separate worlds.  Unrelated.  Where is the governance that serves the people?

UBS Investing $506 Million in Sura After ING Asset Purchase (click here)

November 24, 2011, 2:47 AM EST

By Blake Schmidt and Andrea Jaramillo

(Updates closing price in third paragraph.)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, invested $506 million in Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA, helping the Medellin-based company raise funds to pay for its purchase of Latin American assets from ING Groep NV.

UBS bought 30 million shares for an average 32,500 pesos each, part of a sale of 120 million shares that raised 3.5 trillion pesos ($1.8 billion) in the biggest Colombian share offering in four years. The parent company of Colombia’s biggest lender said earlier this year it would raise as much as 3.9 trillion pesos in a share sale to help pay for the 2.7 billion euro ($3.6 billion) purchase of ING assets....