Monday, April 09, 2007
New York Times Message Boards Close
This was the final entry to the message board where I spend considerable time. I had been answering editorials for years at The New York Times and the only offense I take at the closing of this communication venue is the lack of explanation by The New York Times.
Any of us that subsribe to the newspaper realize it is a business, but, in all honesty The New York Times is an institution and one sadly lost if that occurs. Subscription is not only worthwhile to stay in touch with your world but from the standpoint that so much of American life and history is recorded there and shaped by the Freedom of Speech offered in print. As a subscriber there also an awareness of the 'family fued' that exists within it's corproate structure. So, from that perspective, in my opinion, the subscribers are the largest shareholders for the fiscal investment they have made in this institution. It wasn't right there wasn't a better explanation of the 'reason' behind the closure of the message boards, although, everyone believes the 'extremism' of some participants was interrupting 'the community' anyway.
Group Urges Investors Not to Back Times Co. Board
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Published: April 6, 2007
An independent corporate advisory group is urging shareholders of The New York Times Company to withhold their support for board members to pressure the company over dissatisfaction with its performance and ownership structure.
The recommendation, from Institutional Shareholder Services, raised the possibility that the Times Company could face another rebuke from shareholders at its annual meeting on April 24. At last year’s meeting, investors including Morgan Stanley Investment Management withheld roughly 30 percent of the votes for company directors.
At issue is the dual structure of stock ownership, which gives members of the Ochs-Sulzberger family control of the company. The family, whose patriarch, Adolph S. Ochs, acquired The Times in 1896, holds 89 percent of Class B stock. Class B shareholders elect nine members of the board, while holders of Class A shares — the stock owned by the public and institutional investors like Morgan Stanley — elect the remaining four.
National Security
This is the place to discuss security measures, civil liberties and other national security issues.
One of the last entries I made to the closing message board was one I felt was rather important. I firmly believe there is every reason to leave Iraq and not just as a peace process.
I have from the start realized the presence of the USA military was never desired. I also realized before Bush's illegal invasion that it was indeed illegal and while the invasion alone presented a peculiar set of circumstances that Bush took ownership of by stating "You broke it, you bought it.;" it was not about establishing order in Iraq, but, establishing through nation building an entity the USA's profiteers could exploit for it's own use.
All too often nation building by The West has resulted in tragedy for the people of a nation in places such as Africa, where villagers were slaughtered in standing opposition to Big Oil. The 'established' authorities worked with USA companies for personal wealth but the countries themselves never saw any result of the treasuries of the nation.
So, to believe "You broke it, you bought it.' was to believe all that transpired before the illegal invasion in every nation building priority before was valid and correct and would result in a better quality of life. That was a completely invalid conclusion and one I never adhered to.
As I have entered here on multiple occassion, the illega invasion into Iraq sent in pursuit of 'the truth' of the people of Iraq and the reasons they suffered global consent to Saddam Hussein for so long. The conclusion that screamed at me was the victimization of the Shia through the policies of the USA and the willingness of the USA to conduct profiteering in the face of bigoted religious attitudes of the region and the radicalization of the Shia. A radicalization, that if it did not occur could result in their genocide. It seemed to me no one was taking global head count of Shia and their plight and struggle including the integrity of their religious lineage.
So the 'Power to the People' march of the Shia in southern Iraq was more than welcome to my reality and a real sigh of relief.
conti2005 - 9:12 AM ET April 9, 2007 (#222248 of 222509)
Impeach Bush and Cheney. Rove is their front man.
The Shi'ites across the region want change for their people
The USA is headed for a rude awakening. Bush likes to 'victimize' the Shi'ite Holy Men as his enemy.
Iraqis Protest U.S. Occupation of Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/world/middleeas [...]
The Shi'ites aren't the Pope's enemy and he stated he is tired of the slaughter in Iraq. I happen to agree. The 'Unity Government' is NOT making progress in good relations with other countries in the region. Oddly the one with the most in protest of the Unity Government is Iran.
THE USA LIVES IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE for the LACK of information I find in the Arab press. Iran denies airspace entry to Iraqi PM
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10117051.html
BUSH NEVER accepted some of the priorities of a people full of fear for decades of genocide. He victimized the Shi'ites and turned them into opposition leaders rather than allies.
Insider: Missteps soured Iraqis on U.S.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Iraq_Insiders_Account.html
NEW YORK -- In a rueful reflection on what might have been, an Iraqi government insider details in 500 pages the U.S. occupation's "shocking" mismanagement of his country - a performance so bad, he writes, that by 2007 Iraqis had "turned their backs on their would-be liberators."
"The corroded and corrupt state of Saddam was replaced by the corroded, inefficient, incompetent and corrupt state of the new order," Ali A. Allawi concludes in "The Occupation of Iraq," newly published by Yale University Press.
BUSH DID IT ALL "W"rong as only a Bush could.
The Shi'ites are uniting in the Middle East and the result is unrest throughout the region.
Deadlock in Lebanon crisis
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/1054481
Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah has given up hope of reaching a compromise deal with Lebanon's Western-backed majority coalition...
...with Lebanon's Western-backed majority coalition...
...with Lebanon's Western-backed majority coalition...
...to end the country's political crisis, the group's leader said on Sunday.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah would not be dragged into civil war despite the failure of last month's Saudi-backed talks between the majority and the opposition to resolve the five-month-old standoff.
The Shia of the Middle East aren't going to be viewed as the troublemakers anymore. A new global reality has emerged with the USA invasion of Iraq. That reality is that the Shia aren't as radical as eveyone believes GIVEN THE FACT their religous minority is being attacked as 'extremists' when in fact their are the verge of genocide because the world has been so blind to foreign policy that has adversely affected them.
In my opinion, the plight of the Shia is proof of the lack of cultural understanding by foreign ministers globally and especially in The West. There is this monocromatic view of what is 'good and evil' that lends to huge misjudgements regarding peoples that the Neocons of the USA like to parlay into profiteering wars.
Israel is at stake and there needs to be a comprehensive understanding between the Sunnis, Shia and Israelis about a regional peace that will sustain it no matter the gross mismanagement of understanding cultural isolation to date by every diplomatic entity including the UN.
I hope the new UN Secretary General will bring a more vigorous campaign of diplomacy globally that we witnessed recently between North and South Korea. A good dose of 'the truth' tends to set Bush on his Butt when the transparency of his deceit to lead to war becomes all too obvious.
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
Oppose the draft.
Bring the troops home now.
And Carl Levin can take a hike !
DEFUND THE WAR !!!
Any of us that subsribe to the newspaper realize it is a business, but, in all honesty The New York Times is an institution and one sadly lost if that occurs. Subscription is not only worthwhile to stay in touch with your world but from the standpoint that so much of American life and history is recorded there and shaped by the Freedom of Speech offered in print. As a subscriber there also an awareness of the 'family fued' that exists within it's corproate structure. So, from that perspective, in my opinion, the subscribers are the largest shareholders for the fiscal investment they have made in this institution. It wasn't right there wasn't a better explanation of the 'reason' behind the closure of the message boards, although, everyone believes the 'extremism' of some participants was interrupting 'the community' anyway.
Group Urges Investors Not to Back Times Co. Board
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Published: April 6, 2007
An independent corporate advisory group is urging shareholders of The New York Times Company to withhold their support for board members to pressure the company over dissatisfaction with its performance and ownership structure.
The recommendation, from Institutional Shareholder Services, raised the possibility that the Times Company could face another rebuke from shareholders at its annual meeting on April 24. At last year’s meeting, investors including Morgan Stanley Investment Management withheld roughly 30 percent of the votes for company directors.
At issue is the dual structure of stock ownership, which gives members of the Ochs-Sulzberger family control of the company. The family, whose patriarch, Adolph S. Ochs, acquired The Times in 1896, holds 89 percent of Class B stock. Class B shareholders elect nine members of the board, while holders of Class A shares — the stock owned by the public and institutional investors like Morgan Stanley — elect the remaining four.
National Security
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April 10, 2007
(#222509 of 222509)
Allawi: "...Bush's monumental ignorance and arrogant swaggering..." 4 bloody years of bungling, 3,300 GI lives wasted: 48,000 wounded GI lives devastated: 250,000 dead Iraqis, $500 billion wasted in a sea of corruption -
_______________________________
Is the surge working?
....the slaughter continues...
04/12/07 Icasualties.org: 45 American soldiers killed in April
04/10/07 Reuters: 3 bodies found in Mosul, 2 in Rashad
04/10/07 NPR: Fighting Shia-on-Shia Violence in Diwaniyah
04/10/07 AFP: Five die in blast near Iraq university
04/10/07 BBC: 'Woman' bomber hits Iraq police
04/10/07 MNF: Roadside bomb targets MND-B patrol - 3 killed, 1 wounded 04/09/07 Reuters: Tribal leader assassinated in Khalis
04/09/07 Reuters: 17 bodies found in Baghdad
04/09/07 AFP: Baghdad bans cars in Baghdad
04/08/07 Reuters: 5 bodies found in Baquba, 6 in Kerbala
04/07/07 Reuters: Five Iraqi soldiers killed in Samarra
04/07/07 Reuters: Eleven bodies found across Baghdad
04/06/07 VOA: Suicide Car Bombing in Ramadi Kills 20
04/06/07 Reuters: Sniper kills 2 people in southwestern Baghdad
04/06/07 Reuters: 11 bodies found in Baghdad, 4 in Tal Afar
04/05/07 dpa: Abducted TV presenter found dead, 10 Baghdad TV employees wounded
04/05/07 Reuters: Two roadside bombs kill 2 in northern Baghdad
04/05/07 Reuters: 2 Policemen wounded by roadside bomb in southern Baghdad
04/05/07 Reuters: Gunmen kill 2 Iraqi contractors
04/05/07 Reuters: Gunmen set fire to houses abandoned by Sunni owners
04/05/07 Reuters: Iraq PM defends media curbs, praises journalists
04/05/07 Xinhua: Explosion targeting Baghdad TV station wounds six
04/05/07 dailymail: Celebrating Iraqis parade macabre souvenirs
04/05/07 MoD: Four British soldiers killed in Iraq roadside bomb attack
04/04/07 Reuters: 11 employees of power station killed near Hawija
04/04/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills police major in Mosul
04/04/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb targets head of police in Mosul - 2 wounded
04/04/07 Reuters: 10 Bodies found in baghdad
04/04/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 2 Iraqi soldiers in Kut
04/04/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 9 civilians in Kirkuk
04/04/07 AP: Gunmen Kill 5 in Iraq Ambush
04/03/07 VOI: The bodies of five policemen found in Diala province
04/03/07 Reuters: 14 bodies found in Baghdad, 3 in Mosul
04/03/07 Reuters: Seven bodies found in Baquba
04/03/07 Reuters: Body of 14 year boy found with throat slit
04/02/07 AFP: Children massacred, Shiites executed in Iraq bloodshed
04/02/07 AP: Truck bomber levels Iraqi police station in Kirkuk, killing 15
04/02/07 Reuters: Suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 20 in Khalis
04/02/07 VOA: IrTruck Bomb in Northern Iraq Kills 11
04/02/07 AP: 3 Dead As Car Explodes in Baghdad
04/02/07 Reuters: Bodies of 19 Kidnapped Men Found in Iraq
04/01/07 Reuters: Gunmen kidnap 19 civilians near Baquba
04/01/07 Reuters: In Baghdad - 10 bodies found Saturday, 16 found Sunday.
04/01/07 KUNA: Violence overwhelms Mosul city -- security source
04/01/07 LATImes: Five killed in hospital blast in Baghdad
03/31/07 Reuters; Iraqi Tal Afar bomb killed 152, deadliest of war
03/31/07 Reuters: 5 bodies found in Suwayra, 13 found in Baghdad
03/31/07 VOA: Car Bombings in Iraq Kill 11
03/31/07 IWPR : Victims pile up at Mosul city morgue
03/30/07 timesonline: 45 bound and shot dead in revenge attack
03/30/07 Xinhua: Over 20 people killed, wounded in U.S. shellfire on Iraqi village
03/30/07 Reuters: 25 bodies found in Mosul
03/29/07 NPR: Violence Escalates in Iraq's Tal Afar
03/29/07 Reuters: 25 Bodies found in Baghdad
03/29/07 Reuters: 62 killed in Baghdad by suicide bomber
03/29/07 Reuters: 53 killed in Khalis by suicide bombers
03/29/07 AP: Multiple suicide bombings of Shiite areas kill at least 104
One of the last entries I made to the closing message board was one I felt was rather important. I firmly believe there is every reason to leave Iraq and not just as a peace process.
I have from the start realized the presence of the USA military was never desired. I also realized before Bush's illegal invasion that it was indeed illegal and while the invasion alone presented a peculiar set of circumstances that Bush took ownership of by stating "You broke it, you bought it.;" it was not about establishing order in Iraq, but, establishing through nation building an entity the USA's profiteers could exploit for it's own use.
All too often nation building by The West has resulted in tragedy for the people of a nation in places such as Africa, where villagers were slaughtered in standing opposition to Big Oil. The 'established' authorities worked with USA companies for personal wealth but the countries themselves never saw any result of the treasuries of the nation.
So, to believe "You broke it, you bought it.' was to believe all that transpired before the illegal invasion in every nation building priority before was valid and correct and would result in a better quality of life. That was a completely invalid conclusion and one I never adhered to.
As I have entered here on multiple occassion, the illega invasion into Iraq sent in pursuit of 'the truth' of the people of Iraq and the reasons they suffered global consent to Saddam Hussein for so long. The conclusion that screamed at me was the victimization of the Shia through the policies of the USA and the willingness of the USA to conduct profiteering in the face of bigoted religious attitudes of the region and the radicalization of the Shia. A radicalization, that if it did not occur could result in their genocide. It seemed to me no one was taking global head count of Shia and their plight and struggle including the integrity of their religious lineage.
So the 'Power to the People' march of the Shia in southern Iraq was more than welcome to my reality and a real sigh of relief.
conti2005 - 9:12 AM ET April 9, 2007 (#222248 of 222509)
Impeach Bush and Cheney. Rove is their front man.
The Shi'ites across the region want change for their people
The USA is headed for a rude awakening. Bush likes to 'victimize' the Shi'ite Holy Men as his enemy.
Iraqis Protest U.S. Occupation of Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/world/middleeas [...]
The Shi'ites aren't the Pope's enemy and he stated he is tired of the slaughter in Iraq. I happen to agree. The 'Unity Government' is NOT making progress in good relations with other countries in the region. Oddly the one with the most in protest of the Unity Government is Iran.
THE USA LIVES IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE for the LACK of information I find in the Arab press. Iran denies airspace entry to Iraqi PM
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10117051.html
BUSH NEVER accepted some of the priorities of a people full of fear for decades of genocide. He victimized the Shi'ites and turned them into opposition leaders rather than allies.
Insider: Missteps soured Iraqis on U.S.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Iraq_Insiders_Account.html
NEW YORK -- In a rueful reflection on what might have been, an Iraqi government insider details in 500 pages the U.S. occupation's "shocking" mismanagement of his country - a performance so bad, he writes, that by 2007 Iraqis had "turned their backs on their would-be liberators."
"The corroded and corrupt state of Saddam was replaced by the corroded, inefficient, incompetent and corrupt state of the new order," Ali A. Allawi concludes in "The Occupation of Iraq," newly published by Yale University Press.
BUSH DID IT ALL "W"rong as only a Bush could.
The Shi'ites are uniting in the Middle East and the result is unrest throughout the region.
Deadlock in Lebanon crisis
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/1054481
Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah has given up hope of reaching a compromise deal with Lebanon's Western-backed majority coalition...
...with Lebanon's Western-backed majority coalition...
...with Lebanon's Western-backed majority coalition...
...to end the country's political crisis, the group's leader said on Sunday.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah would not be dragged into civil war despite the failure of last month's Saudi-backed talks between the majority and the opposition to resolve the five-month-old standoff.
The Shia of the Middle East aren't going to be viewed as the troublemakers anymore. A new global reality has emerged with the USA invasion of Iraq. That reality is that the Shia aren't as radical as eveyone believes GIVEN THE FACT their religous minority is being attacked as 'extremists' when in fact their are the verge of genocide because the world has been so blind to foreign policy that has adversely affected them.
In my opinion, the plight of the Shia is proof of the lack of cultural understanding by foreign ministers globally and especially in The West. There is this monocromatic view of what is 'good and evil' that lends to huge misjudgements regarding peoples that the Neocons of the USA like to parlay into profiteering wars.
Israel is at stake and there needs to be a comprehensive understanding between the Sunnis, Shia and Israelis about a regional peace that will sustain it no matter the gross mismanagement of understanding cultural isolation to date by every diplomatic entity including the UN.
I hope the new UN Secretary General will bring a more vigorous campaign of diplomacy globally that we witnessed recently between North and South Korea. A good dose of 'the truth' tends to set Bush on his Butt when the transparency of his deceit to lead to war becomes all too obvious.
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
Oppose the draft.
Bring the troops home now.
And Carl Levin can take a hike !
DEFUND THE WAR !!!
Earth primarily has a balance today at it's equator
April 9, 2007
1827 gmt
Western Hemisphere Satellite
Equatorial air north of 'normal' over Pacific, returning to equator over South America with significant air disturbance in Southern Atlantic. No doubt some heat off southern South American continent to Antarctica Peninsula.
Significant air disturbance at the equator diverting air masses north and south.
April 9, 2007
1805 gmt
Africa - Europe Satellite
The hot spot today. Vortex near/over America Samoa Islands. Minor heat transfer starts east of Australia
April 9, 2007
1806 gmt
Western Pacific Satellite
Northern variation of equatorial air mass. Noted vortices in Southern Pacific.
April 9, 2007
1833 gmt
Pacific Global Satellite
Minimal heat transfer to the Antarctica Continent.
Report of the Tornado Outbreak of March 1 -2, 2007. F4. Public assessment (click on)
Damage sustained by the Enterprise High School from the deadly tornado that struck on Thursday, March 1, 2007.
Tornado Outbreak (click here) (WHERE is Homeland Preparedness when you need them?)
Beginning midday Thursday, March 1, and continuing into the early morning hours of Friday, March 2, 2007, the NWS Weather Forecast Office in Tallahassee issued 57 warnings. These included 35 tornado, 19 severe thunderstorm, and 4 special marine warnings. During this time, warnings were issued for two deadly tornadoes, which caused the loss of 15 lives, nine in Enterprise, AL, and six just north of Newton, GA.
Water vapor satellite from UNISYS - 12 hour loop click on
April 9, 2007
1630 z
Anyone feeling a little chilly?
There is a vortex street forming west of states of Oregon and Washington in case anyone is interested. I don't anticipate seeing it develope to the degree one would see one over the Arctic Circle but it's interesting. It from frigid air masses that 'pile up' due to collisions with denser air masses. The Pacific air is starting to push the Arctic air east. These are not normal conditions.
Babe, it's cold outside - click on for animation
March 9, 2007
3 PM
There is less and less temperate areas today as the daylight grows shorter.
Coldest Reporting Station:
Vostok, Antarctica
Local Time :: 11:56 PM VOST
Elevation:11220 ft / 3420 m
Temperature :: -76 °F / -60 °C
Conditions :: Clear
Humidity :: 41%
Dew Point :: -82 °F / -64 °C
Wind :: 14 mph / 22 km/h / from the SSW
Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers
Aviation
Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 14 mph / 22 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 200° (SSW)
Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m
Warmest Reporting Station:
Base Orcadas, Antarctica
Local Time ;; 3:52 PM GST
Lat/Lon ;; 60.8° S 44.7° W
Updated: 2 hr 52 min 21 sec ago
Updated: 2 hr 52 min 21 sec ago
Observed at :: Base Orcadas, Antarctica
Elevation :: 20 ft / 6 m
Temperature :: 32 °F / 0 °C
Conditions :: Light Snow
Humidity :: 95%
Dew Point :: 31 °F / 0 °C
Wind :: 9 mph / 15 km/h from the NW
Pressure :: 29.30 in / 992 hPa (Rising)
Visibility :: 1.0 miles / 1.5 kilometers
UV :: 1 out of 16
Clouds :: Scattered Clouds 492 ft / 150 m Mostly Cloudy 2953 ft / 900 m
(Above Ground Level)
Aviation
Flight Rule :: IFR ()
Wind Speed :: 9 mph / 15 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 320° (NW)
Ceiling :: 3000 ft / 900 m
The webcams are dark at Scott Base. This is reported by Willy Burden to be an ice cave near the base, December 7, 1975.
It would be interesting to discover whether it's still there or not. My guess is not, now thirty years later.
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (crystal wind chime) is:
Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m
37 °F / 3 °C :: Overcast
Humidity :: 87%
Dew Point :: 34 °F / 1 °C
Wind :: Calm
Pressure :: 29.54 in / 1000 hPa
Visibility :: 0.2 miles / 0.4 kilometers
UV :: 1 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 100 ft / 30 m
(Above Ground)
Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m
37 °F / 3 °C :: Overcast
Humidity :: 87%
Dew Point :: 34 °F / 1 °C
Wind :: Calm
Pressure :: 29.54 in / 1000 hPa
Visibility :: 0.2 miles / 0.4 kilometers
UV :: 1 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 100 ft / 30 m
(Above Ground)
Hawaii has not been having fun necessarily, depending on the high surf 'skill set' one has
Mon, Apr. 9, 2007 at 7:04:07 am HST
The dark purple areas are high surf notations and the light purple are 'small craft advisories.'
Monitoring weather before departing can prevent tragedy
April 7, 2007
Shady Cove, Oregon
Photographer states :: My husband and I took another of our drives up into the mountains Saturday. We were trying to locate the Cow Creek Trailhead at Railroad Gap, which is up west of Prospect and Union Creek, OR. We found evidence of a major storm that blew down many trees, including this big Douglas Fir. This one was a very old tree, and it fell on the former site of a cabin for travelers. I called a friend, who's meteorologist, and he said that in looking back over the weather for the past few months, this is probably from a storm that we had blow through here on 12/14/2006. It came with 50 mph winds down here in the Rogue Valley, so we can only imagine how hard it was blowing up on the Rogue-Umpqua divide.
Basic weather radios cost as little as $15, with the more advanced radios with alarm features costing around $50. They can be purchased at most electronics stores.
Even with ice melt the volume of the Great Lakes is evaporating
April 8, 2007
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Photographer states :: The water levels on the Great Lakes have dropped nearly 4 feet in the last decade. Even with above normal precipitation amounts this past winter, the docks are high and dry.
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