KIEV, Ukraine — For all its moral outrage (click here) and vows never to be partitioned, this country has become
almost a bystander to the struggle over its future....
I take issue with that statement. I think the Crimea likes getting all this attention and it emboldens them. The world really doesn't know what the Ukraine will say about it's leadership until May. Keeping everything optimistic to the outcomes within legal elections is the best for the Ukraine. They need to carry out their lives and decide about their votes for May.
Yanukovych is a danger to the people. He dismantled the national military and put militias throughout the country. Even under the constitution preferred by Yanukovych he isn't allowed to assault the sovereignty of the country. What about this seems to be unclear, because, it isn't unclear to most of the Ukrainians.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
They better not contemplating any aggressive stance with those guns. The Ukrainian ship needs to be at sea and under observation. I would not trust the ship being left in port. It can still be boarded by people intent on being some kind of irrational hero.
Ukrainian sailors parade on a ship off Sevastopol, Crimea. The Ukrainian military has avoided confrontations with Russian forces in Crimea. (Viktor Drachev / AFP/Getty Images / March 12, 2014)
Ukrainian sailors parade on a ship off Sevastopol, Crimea. The Ukrainian military has avoided confrontations with Russian forces in Crimea. (Viktor Drachev / AFP/Getty Images / March 12, 2014)
By Henry Chu
March 12, 2014, 6:18 p.m.
This is medical waste regardless of where it originated and the companies producing it has to pay for it's proper disposable.
This is illegal dumping.
This is illegal dumping.
February 22, 2014 6:45 pm
By LAUREN DONOVAN
Bismarck Tribune
MCKENZIE COUNTY, N.D. — Federal and state health officials (click here) are
investigating leaking trailers loaded with thousands of pounds of
potentially radioactive filter socks and debris parked on rural property
southwest of Watford City.
A special agent with the
Environmental Protection Agency criminal investigations unit is assigned
to the case and a radiation control team from the state Health
Department was on scene Friday.
Brad Torgerson, with the
state Health Department’s waste management division, said the team
determined that radiation levels “do not appear to present any public
health hazards.” He said the company, RP Services, of Riverton, Wyo.,
was told to put the waste in proper containers and submit a plan for
cleanup....
Senator Chambliss has resigned his seat when his time expires.
He is also wrong. At least Senator Feinstein actually conducts oversight. Chambliss is just being political to demonize a Democratic Senator.
I can't imagine an entire US Legislative body being spied on through covert methods by the CIA. That is a return to J. Edgar Hoover or worse McCarthy.
...“Although (click here) people speak as though we know all the pertinent facts surrounding this matter, the truth is, we do not,” said Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the committee’s vice chairman....
Well there is a brilliant statement. What does he mean he doesn't know? He is a member of the oversight committee, it is his responsibility to know. What is his role in this as well? At least Senator Feinstein knew something.
I can't imagine an entire US Legislative body being spied on through covert methods by the CIA. That is a return to J. Edgar Hoover or worse McCarthy.
By Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
Updated: 9:09 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2014
...“Although (click here) people speak as though we know all the pertinent facts surrounding this matter, the truth is, we do not,” said Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the committee’s vice chairman....
Well there is a brilliant statement. What does he mean he doesn't know? He is a member of the oversight committee, it is his responsibility to know. What is his role in this as well? At least Senator Feinstein knew something.
Gas explosion. I really think homes and buildings need to be electric without gas lines within them or under the streets. If a power plant runs on natural gas it can supply the electricity any city needs. Natural gas pipelines among homes and buildings is a really bad idea.
Besides, the future doesn't require pipelines of gas. The future is about alternative energies and they don't pipelines.
Besides, the future doesn't require pipelines of gas. The future is about alternative energies and they don't pipelines.
Firefighters work to extinguish the last flames from an explosion caused
by a gas leak that destroyed two buildings on Park Avenue in the East
Harlem neighborhood of New York on Wednesday.
Published: 12 March 2014 07:27 PM
Updated: 12 March 2014 07:40 PM
NEW YORK — A gas leak (click here) triggered a large explosion in East Harlem on
Wednesday morning, destroying two buildings, killing at least three
people and wounding more than 50 others. Around 10 people remain
missing, according to the authorities....
Ten still missing. That is not good. I am sure the cold in NYC has something to do with it.
Guns define power.
John Bacon
USA TODAY
9:58 a.m. EDT March 12, 2014
...Forensic investigator (click here) Lt. Col Johannes Vermeulen, using the items as props, testified in Pretoria that the evidence indicated Pistorius was not wearing his leg prostheses when he fired four shots through the bathroom door and smashed it in with the bat on Valentine's Day 2013, South Africa's Times Live reported....
USA TODAY
9:58 a.m. EDT March 12, 2014
...Forensic investigator (click here) Lt. Col Johannes Vermeulen, using the items as props, testified in Pretoria that the evidence indicated Pistorius was not wearing his leg prostheses when he fired four shots through the bathroom door and smashed it in with the bat on Valentine's Day 2013, South Africa's Times Live reported....
Why would any pilot want to divert from the Chinese destination?

Anyone check the Nicobar Islands? The India military wants get involved, why aren't they? They should take the initiative in international waters. They should not wait to be invited. This might have impact on their waters and nation.
Did national intelligence of nations forget the damage a jet can do? All it needs is a refueling station. There are a lot of cities within reach. I'd have refineries report their sales, too. Any oil shipments diverted? They all made it to their destination without delay and with original capacity?

By William Wan
Published: March 11
BEIJING — As frustrations mount, (click here) the sniping has begun in the search for the vanished Malaysia Airlines jet. China has criticized the Malaysia-led investigation for not searching hard or fast enough. Malaysia has criticized Vietnam for releasing — prematurely, Malaysia insists — photos of possible debris amid the search.
Meanwhile, some families of passengers have criticized them all for lack of communication, accusing them of general incompetence and of caring more about their image than about survivors....
Tesla has to file lawsuits. All car companies direct market.
Deciding winners and losers?
All car companies use direct market called, "Build a ...whatever" (click here)
Then the website will hook the buyer up with a place to purchase it called a dealer. The model is no different than Tesla's marketing.
By
Darryl Isherwood/NJ.com
March 11, 2014 at 5:06 PM
March 12, 2014 at 8:19 AM
Looking to get your "green" on with a luxury electric car? (click here)
If Tesla is your choice, you might have a hard time finding one after the state Motor Vehicle Commission today unanimously passed new rules that will limit Tesla's direct sales business model.
The new rules made more stringent the need for a franchised dealer, a model that the electric carmaker says is "anti-Tesla" as the carmaker operates through storefronts that allow for buyers to purchase directly from the manufacturer.
"The Administration has decided to go outside the legislative process by expediting a rule proposal that would completely change the law in New Jersey," the company said in a statement posted on its corporate website. "This new rule, if adopted, would curtail Tesla's sales operations and jeopardize our existing retail licenses in the state. "...
Even though there is no direct legislative action, the agencies of any government are defined and delegated powers by legislative measures. Time to get on with it. I will say this, dealerships increase employment. But, putting Tesla out of business will only reduce the possibility of current employment and it's future expansion in to the markets.
The Commerce Clause (click here)
...The Commerce Clause has historically been viewed as both a grant of congressional authority and as a restriction on states’ powers to regulate. The “dormant” Commerce Clause refers to the prohibition, implied in the Commerce Clause, against states passing legislation that discriminates against or excessively burdens interstate commerce....
All car companies use direct market called, "Build a ...whatever" (click here)
Then the website will hook the buyer up with a place to purchase it called a dealer. The model is no different than Tesla's marketing.

March 11, 2014 at 5:06 PM
March 12, 2014 at 8:19 AM
Looking to get your "green" on with a luxury electric car? (click here)
If Tesla is your choice, you might have a hard time finding one after the state Motor Vehicle Commission today unanimously passed new rules that will limit Tesla's direct sales business model.
The new rules made more stringent the need for a franchised dealer, a model that the electric carmaker says is "anti-Tesla" as the carmaker operates through storefronts that allow for buyers to purchase directly from the manufacturer.
"The Administration has decided to go outside the legislative process by expediting a rule proposal that would completely change the law in New Jersey," the company said in a statement posted on its corporate website. "This new rule, if adopted, would curtail Tesla's sales operations and jeopardize our existing retail licenses in the state. "...
Even though there is no direct legislative action, the agencies of any government are defined and delegated powers by legislative measures. Time to get on with it. I will say this, dealerships increase employment. But, putting Tesla out of business will only reduce the possibility of current employment and it's future expansion in to the markets.
The Commerce Clause (click here)
...The Commerce Clause has historically been viewed as both a grant of congressional authority and as a restriction on states’ powers to regulate. The “dormant” Commerce Clause refers to the prohibition, implied in the Commerce Clause, against states passing legislation that discriminates against or excessively burdens interstate commerce....
Why is war mongering a lie and very bad idea?
February 27, 2014
Raleigh, N.C. – PPP’s newest poll in Iowa (click here) finds a tale of two primaries. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton continues to lead all potential candidates by wide margins. She keeps 67% of the Democratic vote, while the only other candidates to garner support were Joe Biden at 12%, Elizabeth Warren at 5%, Mark Warner at 3%, Andrew Cuomo at 2%, and Cory Booker at 1%. The 67% figure is down slightly from when we polled in July (71%), but that decrease in support seems to have gone to voters now unsure about whom they will vote for instead of any specific candidate. Clinton fares best among those identifying as very liberal (79% of the vote) and women (71%). While her favorability rating is also down slightly from July, 82% of Democratic voters still view her favorably, compared to only 9% who view her unfavorably....
March 06, 2014
McCain Least Popular Senator in Country (click here)
-PPP's newest Arizona poll finds that John McCain is unpopular with Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike and has now become the least popular Senator in the country. Only 30% of Arizonans approve of the job McCain is doing to 54% who disapprove. There isn't much variability in his numbers by party- he's at 35/55 with Republicans, 29/53 with Democrats, and 25/55 with independents, suggesting he could be vulnerable to challenges in both the primary and general elections the next time he's up....
Raleigh, N.C. – PPP’s newest poll in Iowa (click here) finds a tale of two primaries. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton continues to lead all potential candidates by wide margins. She keeps 67% of the Democratic vote, while the only other candidates to garner support were Joe Biden at 12%, Elizabeth Warren at 5%, Mark Warner at 3%, Andrew Cuomo at 2%, and Cory Booker at 1%. The 67% figure is down slightly from when we polled in July (71%), but that decrease in support seems to have gone to voters now unsure about whom they will vote for instead of any specific candidate. Clinton fares best among those identifying as very liberal (79% of the vote) and women (71%). While her favorability rating is also down slightly from July, 82% of Democratic voters still view her favorably, compared to only 9% who view her unfavorably....
March 06, 2014
McCain Least Popular Senator in Country (click here)
-PPP's newest Arizona poll finds that John McCain is unpopular with Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike and has now become the least popular Senator in the country. Only 30% of Arizonans approve of the job McCain is doing to 54% who disapprove. There isn't much variability in his numbers by party- he's at 35/55 with Republicans, 29/53 with Democrats, and 25/55 with independents, suggesting he could be vulnerable to challenges in both the primary and general elections the next time he's up....
Patton isn't criticizing when women get married, she cleaverly is attacking the unmarried birth rate in the USA.
She is trying to turn it on it's head by attacking the age of marrying women. That is why it is so 'old age' in it's focus.
Gosh, look at that, women are getting married mostly between the age of 15 and 29. Amazing. (click here)
And where exactly are the women married with spouse present? Huh? Huh? Where is that? Oh, the bachelor's degree or more. I'll be darn.
Patton is either a covert right winger that needs to come out of her closet or she simply wants fame anyway she can get it.
Just as a point of disinterest, 33 percent of American women are unmarried when they give birth. That's what stuck in Patton's craw. The real question is how many teen births occur in the USA that compromise their future, the future of their children and the potential to marry successfully. That's what has to be answered. Do teen moms have a propensity for poverty? Answer that and maybe teens won't be prey anymore for adoption services.
Patton’s arguments (click here) are based on outdated facts. As she acknowledges, her book is advice — not a study. “There are very few statistics in this book, and my research has been limited to talking with people I know, like and trust,” she writes. But that advice sends young women the wrong message: That they should relegate their hard work, in the classroom and the workplace, to the back seat and instead focus on catching a man in college, lest they risk becoming “a spinster with cats.” In fact, 91% of college educated women (and men) do marry, suggesting that the vast majority of those wishing to wed find a partner. Here’s what’s wrong with some of Patton’s other advice.....
Gosh, look at that, women are getting married mostly between the age of 15 and 29. Amazing. (click here)
And where exactly are the women married with spouse present? Huh? Huh? Where is that? Oh, the bachelor's degree or more. I'll be darn.
Patton is either a covert right winger that needs to come out of her closet or she simply wants fame anyway she can get it.
Just as a point of disinterest, 33 percent of American women are unmarried when they give birth. That's what stuck in Patton's craw. The real question is how many teen births occur in the USA that compromise their future, the future of their children and the potential to marry successfully. That's what has to be answered. Do teen moms have a propensity for poverty? Answer that and maybe teens won't be prey anymore for adoption services.
Patton’s arguments (click here) are based on outdated facts. As she acknowledges, her book is advice — not a study. “There are very few statistics in this book, and my research has been limited to talking with people I know, like and trust,” she writes. But that advice sends young women the wrong message: That they should relegate their hard work, in the classroom and the workplace, to the back seat and instead focus on catching a man in college, lest they risk becoming “a spinster with cats.” In fact, 91% of college educated women (and men) do marry, suggesting that the vast majority of those wishing to wed find a partner. Here’s what’s wrong with some of Patton’s other advice.....
The cracks in the land start to meet there is more instability.
Fracking drilling sites are irreversible. The more holes in the ground, the more lateral drilling, the more instability will result.
State officials shut down a fracking operation (click here) in northeastern Ohio Monday after two earthquakes
were felt in Mahoning County.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources officials say the order was a precaution and that the temblors — felt in Poland Township and the village of Lowellville near the Pennsylvania border — were not related to area waste-injection wells, one of which was tied to earthquakes near Youngstown in 2011.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we notified the only oil and gas operator in the area and ordered them to halt all operations until further assessment can take place,” Mark Bruce, an ODNR spokesman, said in a statement.
A magnitude 3.0 quake was reported at 2:26 a.m. and a magnitude 2.6 at 11:45 a.m. yesterday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The location was just south of Youngstown, near a seven-well fracking operation....
By
Dean Narciso
The Columbus Dispatch
Tuesday March 11, 2014 11:34 AM
Ohio Department of Natural Resources officials say the order was a precaution and that the temblors — felt in Poland Township and the village of Lowellville near the Pennsylvania border — were not related to area waste-injection wells, one of which was tied to earthquakes near Youngstown in 2011.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we notified the only oil and gas operator in the area and ordered them to halt all operations until further assessment can take place,” Mark Bruce, an ODNR spokesman, said in a statement.
A magnitude 3.0 quake was reported at 2:26 a.m. and a magnitude 2.6 at 11:45 a.m. yesterday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The location was just south of Youngstown, near a seven-well fracking operation....
I think the stocks are in safer hands today then ten years ago. I think GM is going to have a better future than anyone wants to admit.
By Emily Flitter and Aruna Viswanatha and Ben Klayman
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors are examining whether General Motors <GM.N> is criminally liable for failing to properly disclose problems with some of its vehicles that were linked to 13 deaths and led to a recall last month, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
The New York-based probe is in its early stages, and the source did not elaborate on the legal theory behind the potential criminal liability.
Federal investigators are reviewing information about how GM handled reports of problems with ignition switches that first came to light 10 years ago, according to the source.
The source did not want to be named because the probe has not been disclosed publicly.
GM declined to comment on Tuesday. Shares of GM closed down 5 percent to $35.18 on the New York Stock Exchange....
The bankruptcy proceedings were excuses for Jeep, too. Jeep was suppose to issue a recall for air bags and never did.
James R. Healey
USA TODAY
5:38 p.m. EST March 5, 2014
In an unusual move, (click here) General Motors CEO Mary Barra says she's personally directing the recall of 1.37 million GM cars with a potentially fatal flaw in their ignition switches — one GM has known about since 2004 but kept using at least until late 2006.
Separately, GM President Dan Ammann came close to directly blaming the "old," pre-bankruptcy reorganization GM for the recall. He told the trade publication Automotive News at the Geneva Motor Show: "This is a new leadership team. We're aiming to do things in the right way."...
By Emily Flitter and Aruna Viswanatha and Ben Klayman
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors are examining whether General Motors <GM.N> is criminally liable for failing to properly disclose problems with some of its vehicles that were linked to 13 deaths and led to a recall last month, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
The New York-based probe is in its early stages, and the source did not elaborate on the legal theory behind the potential criminal liability.
Federal investigators are reviewing information about how GM handled reports of problems with ignition switches that first came to light 10 years ago, according to the source.
The source did not want to be named because the probe has not been disclosed publicly.
GM declined to comment on Tuesday. Shares of GM closed down 5 percent to $35.18 on the New York Stock Exchange....
The bankruptcy proceedings were excuses for Jeep, too. Jeep was suppose to issue a recall for air bags and never did.
James R. Healey
USA TODAY
5:38 p.m. EST March 5, 2014
In an unusual move, (click here) General Motors CEO Mary Barra says she's personally directing the recall of 1.37 million GM cars with a potentially fatal flaw in their ignition switches — one GM has known about since 2004 but kept using at least until late 2006.
Separately, GM President Dan Ammann came close to directly blaming the "old," pre-bankruptcy reorganization GM for the recall. He told the trade publication Automotive News at the Geneva Motor Show: "This is a new leadership team. We're aiming to do things in the right way."...
Sink is BOA.
...After months of diligent courting (click here) by the three candidates and a $9 million barrage of political
advertising by outside groups, voters in Pinellas County, Fla., chose Jolly over Alex Sink, a
Democrat and his main rival. Jolly won 48.5 percent of the vote and Sink received 46.6 percent. A
third candidate, Lucas Overby, a Libertarian, won 4.8 percent....
Rddy was on CNN trying to be legitimate. Most people aren't as stupidly ignorant as these bozos hope they are.
By Karl Taro Greenfeld
Christopher Ruddy (click here), 49, the chief executive officer and founder of conservative media company Newsmax Media, is giving a tour of his neighborhood in an Acura driven by his chauffeur, Hector. The car heads south on I-95 from West Palm Beach to Boca Raton. It’s the heart of Florida’s Red Belt. Ann Coulter lives a few blocks away—Ruddy spent New Year’s Eve there. Rush Limbaugh is just across the bridge. Donald Trump, David Koch, Patty Mellon Scaife, and a host of other Republican power brokers have homes across the lagoon in Palm Beach....
Christopher Ruddy (click here), 49, the chief executive officer and founder of conservative media company Newsmax Media, is giving a tour of his neighborhood in an Acura driven by his chauffeur, Hector. The car heads south on I-95 from West Palm Beach to Boca Raton. It’s the heart of Florida’s Red Belt. Ann Coulter lives a few blocks away—Ruddy spent New Year’s Eve there. Rush Limbaugh is just across the bridge. Donald Trump, David Koch, Patty Mellon Scaife, and a host of other Republican power brokers have homes across the lagoon in Palm Beach....
By
John Mariani
jmariani@syracuse.com
February 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM
February 28, 2014 at 12:25 PM
...The technology's birthday (click here) is reckoned as March 12, 1989, the date that Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote a paper proposing a system for managing information on the internet that would become the framework for the Web. He released the code for the system for free on Christmas Day the following year.
The Web made it easy for ordinary users to pull documents from the internet and to use it to interact with others.
In 1995, only 14 percent of American adults were using the internet, according to previous Pew research. That exploded to 87 percent in Pew's latest survey. The trend is similar for broadband use, which is nearly universal today....
jmariani@syracuse.com
February 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM
February 28, 2014 at 12:25 PM
...The technology's birthday (click here) is reckoned as March 12, 1989, the date that Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote a paper proposing a system for managing information on the internet that would become the framework for the Web. He released the code for the system for free on Christmas Day the following year.
The Web made it easy for ordinary users to pull documents from the internet and to use it to interact with others.
In 1995, only 14 percent of American adults were using the internet, according to previous Pew research. That exploded to 87 percent in Pew's latest survey. The trend is similar for broadband use, which is nearly universal today....
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
It would seem Senator Feinstein has an unlikely ally.
March 11, 2014
By Matthew Cole
Feinstein, (click here) the California Democrat
who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday that the CIA
had searched the committee's computers and that the search was
potentially criminal and may have violated the Fourth Amendment.
"It's clear the CIA was
trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation
by their overseers in Congress, and that's a serious constitutional
concern,” said Snowden in a statement to NBC News. “But it's equally if
not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an
elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of
ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal
when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them."...
I thought the days of Pittsburg was over.
Contact: Tony Montana
412-562-2592
tmontana@usw.org
PITTSBURGH – The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union will host a food and relief drive from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 21 and Sat., Feb. 22 for members of Local 5724 who are laid off at Ormet’s aluminum smelter in Hannibal, Ohio.
In addition to distributing groceries, the USW has arranged presentations about a variety of benefits and services available to workers and their families who have been impacted since the smelter was idled.
Topics will include options for health insurance through Get Covered America, tax services offered to low income households through United Way-affiliated GMN Tri-County, as well as private and anonymous mental health services.
USW staff will also be on hand to help workers find information and answer questions about pensions and health insurance.
This is skilled labor. Working in these environments are not simple jobs. How is it that a manufacturing plant like this simply closes it's doors? It doesn't make sense. The administration and country need to be worried when this occurs.
The melting point of Aluminum is 660.32°C, 933.47 Kelvin or 1220.58 °F. That is one dangerous job. The environment is extremely hot. The factory that can achieve that process is not a minor asset and neither are their employees.
The United States needs these industries. I hesitate to mention the words national security, except, it is true. The USA was able to tool up for war under President Roosevelt because there were industries just like this within it's borders. I think the country needs to pay attention and realize the unfair competition the USA industries receive are more costly than the jobs they provide.
Minority Leader McConnell still doesn't get it. The Senate floor is not a campaign platform.
This morning on the Senate floor after the climate change session, the minority leader used the Senate to demean the Senators that sincerely know they are correct and the urgency of this problem.
Senators Sander and Boxer Climate Legislation (click here)
Senator McConnell stated the US Senator Democrats talk-a-thon had no purpose and the Dems had no legislation they ere bringing to the floor.
Last night the leadership in the Senate made it clear their comments were to get the facts into the Congressional Record that had 20,000 subscribers. Now, while that seems like a small number, those recipients represent 10s of thousands of people that work with the information within in it every day.
The US Senate already has a climate bill. It is stalled and won't seek to move it because there is no sense to waste the time. So, Senator McConnell, while attempting to elevate himself by demeaning his colleagues knew full well there was existing legislation.
I am still waiting for the miracle whereby the GOP actually cares about the country more than the petroleum industry.
Kentucky has taken a very pragmatic approach to climate change, which should be congratulated.
...After detailing the historic climate of Kentucky, (click here) the report provides an overview of current climate change models, and climate predictions for future temperature and precipitation variation in Kentucky. The potential impacts to the 'Habitats of Greatest Conservation Need' are described, listing conservation threats from climate change to specific habitat guilds. The potential impacts on the 'Species of Greatest Conservation Need' are also detailed and categorized by effects on fish and lamprey, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, freshwater mussels, and crayfish.
The "Strategy of Resilience" provided supports the main goal of this report - to outline actions designed to enhance ecosystem resilience to climate change. This action plan provides a strategy to restore and maintain habitats and populations of conservation concern, increase the ability of populations to adapt to climate change-driven stressors, and reduce known stressors such as habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, invasive species, and disease threats.
Senators Sander and Boxer Climate Legislation (click here)
Senator McConnell stated the US Senator Democrats talk-a-thon had no purpose and the Dems had no legislation they ere bringing to the floor.
Last night the leadership in the Senate made it clear their comments were to get the facts into the Congressional Record that had 20,000 subscribers. Now, while that seems like a small number, those recipients represent 10s of thousands of people that work with the information within in it every day.
The US Senate already has a climate bill. It is stalled and won't seek to move it because there is no sense to waste the time. So, Senator McConnell, while attempting to elevate himself by demeaning his colleagues knew full well there was existing legislation.
I am still waiting for the miracle whereby the GOP actually cares about the country more than the petroleum industry.
Kentucky has taken a very pragmatic approach to climate change, which should be congratulated.
...After detailing the historic climate of Kentucky, (click here) the report provides an overview of current climate change models, and climate predictions for future temperature and precipitation variation in Kentucky. The potential impacts to the 'Habitats of Greatest Conservation Need' are described, listing conservation threats from climate change to specific habitat guilds. The potential impacts on the 'Species of Greatest Conservation Need' are also detailed and categorized by effects on fish and lamprey, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, freshwater mussels, and crayfish.
The "Strategy of Resilience" provided supports the main goal of this report - to outline actions designed to enhance ecosystem resilience to climate change. This action plan provides a strategy to restore and maintain habitats and populations of conservation concern, increase the ability of populations to adapt to climate change-driven stressors, and reduce known stressors such as habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, invasive species, and disease threats.
I never knew so many words could be stated without saying a thing.
...DIR. BRENNAN: (click here) I am confident that the authorities will
review this appropriately, and I will deal with the facts as uncovered
in the appropriate manner.
I would just encourage (some ?) members of the -- of the Senate to take their time, to make sure that they don’t overstate what they claim and what they probably believe to be the truth. These are some complicated matters. We have worked with the committee over the course of many years. This review that was done by the committee was done at a facility where CIA had the responsibility to make sure that they had the computer wherewithal to -- in order to carry out their responsibilities....
To begin with Senator Feinstein appeared on the Senate floor today to dispel the reports in the media about her staff breaking into CIA computers. The reporting about this had gotten out of hand and she was compelled to respond. This was not the oversight committee putting the CIA between a rock and hard place.
I realize Director Brennan believes it best to rush to the cameras and hang on to the status quo, but, his remarks only prove he has no clue. There is no way he could have sought information within the agency from the time the Senator appeared on the floor until his public SPEECH.
I don't believe there was a reason for him to respond at all. His defense of the CIA and it's covert activities need to be defended to the President and the oversight committees after some preparation, not the public. I would think it would take a few weeks to get up to speed on these statements by Senator Feinstein and respond intelligently.
The entire document dump is ludicrous. Over millions of pages were given to the Senator's staff in complete disarray without a method to find topics within them. The Senator had to ask for a computer program that could scan through the pages for keywords. Now, she has a smaller file that makes sense to at least her staff of something like 9000 files.
My first impression when she spoke was disrespect. Disrespect first by the CIA of the Senator and her staff and then disrespect by the media whom only made things worse. I never got the impression she was on a witch hunt or interested in discrediting the CIA, but, she and her staff were sincerely impressed by the volume of documents the agency had.
Director Brennan is overreacting to this revelation by Senator Feinstein. The amazing thing about her presentation of her concerns today is that it didn't change a darn thing in the media which was her purpose in the first place. There must be a lesson in there somewhere.
I think the legal circumstances within the agency should be reviewed by the Justice Department. I think that is called procedure when there is reason to be concerned. I don't know why Director Brennan felt compelled to make a speech today, but, it has come across as a manufactured mind speak moment of which no American is interested. It makes him look phony, unprepared and a puppet to public pressure. Is that the image he sincerely wants for himself as director? I know it isn't the one I want. I would find it far better to have the CIA cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any concerns of the country. The oversight committees are doing their job even though the CIA is attempting to make it impossible.
All Director Brennan had to do was to put forward a press release stating he was as surprised as the rest of the nation at Senator Feinstein's statements today on the Senate floor, but, he was taking them seriously. In taking them seriously he and the agency will cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any misunderstandings and/or validate in any wrong doing. That is all he had to do and we all would feel more confident in our government.
I would just encourage (some ?) members of the -- of the Senate to take their time, to make sure that they don’t overstate what they claim and what they probably believe to be the truth. These are some complicated matters. We have worked with the committee over the course of many years. This review that was done by the committee was done at a facility where CIA had the responsibility to make sure that they had the computer wherewithal to -- in order to carry out their responsibilities....
To begin with Senator Feinstein appeared on the Senate floor today to dispel the reports in the media about her staff breaking into CIA computers. The reporting about this had gotten out of hand and she was compelled to respond. This was not the oversight committee putting the CIA between a rock and hard place.
I realize Director Brennan believes it best to rush to the cameras and hang on to the status quo, but, his remarks only prove he has no clue. There is no way he could have sought information within the agency from the time the Senator appeared on the floor until his public SPEECH.
I don't believe there was a reason for him to respond at all. His defense of the CIA and it's covert activities need to be defended to the President and the oversight committees after some preparation, not the public. I would think it would take a few weeks to get up to speed on these statements by Senator Feinstein and respond intelligently.
The entire document dump is ludicrous. Over millions of pages were given to the Senator's staff in complete disarray without a method to find topics within them. The Senator had to ask for a computer program that could scan through the pages for keywords. Now, she has a smaller file that makes sense to at least her staff of something like 9000 files.
My first impression when she spoke was disrespect. Disrespect first by the CIA of the Senator and her staff and then disrespect by the media whom only made things worse. I never got the impression she was on a witch hunt or interested in discrediting the CIA, but, she and her staff were sincerely impressed by the volume of documents the agency had.
Director Brennan is overreacting to this revelation by Senator Feinstein. The amazing thing about her presentation of her concerns today is that it didn't change a darn thing in the media which was her purpose in the first place. There must be a lesson in there somewhere.
I think the legal circumstances within the agency should be reviewed by the Justice Department. I think that is called procedure when there is reason to be concerned. I don't know why Director Brennan felt compelled to make a speech today, but, it has come across as a manufactured mind speak moment of which no American is interested. It makes him look phony, unprepared and a puppet to public pressure. Is that the image he sincerely wants for himself as director? I know it isn't the one I want. I would find it far better to have the CIA cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any concerns of the country. The oversight committees are doing their job even though the CIA is attempting to make it impossible.
All Director Brennan had to do was to put forward a press release stating he was as surprised as the rest of the nation at Senator Feinstein's statements today on the Senate floor, but, he was taking them seriously. In taking them seriously he and the agency will cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any misunderstandings and/or validate in any wrong doing. That is all he had to do and we all would feel more confident in our government.
The governments and airline need to try before the batteries are completely drained.
Tracking someone else’s phone without their permission (click here)
Greg Toppo
USA Today
1:40 pm EDT
March 11, 2014
Family members (click here) of a few passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 are pushing the airline to search for the GPS location of their loved ones' cellphones after saying they'd successfully placed calls to missing passengers' mobile phones....
Greg Toppo
USA Today
1:40 pm EDT
March 11, 2014
Family members (click here) of a few passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 are pushing the airline to search for the GPS location of their loved ones' cellphones after saying they'd successfully placed calls to missing passengers' mobile phones....
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