The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) doesn't change much from day to day. Click here for article.

The caption to the picture SHOULD read, "Yep, it's still cold enough for thin ice."
It's still dark in the Arctic. It will soon begin to find sunlight again, so this picture is more to illustrate the fact, REGARDLESS, of the devastation of Human Induced Global Warming on the Arctic Ocean there is still research being conducted.
In many venues of science, there is always hope that new facts will be found that will enlighten the volumes of information scientists already know about Earth. Always seeking, to the bitter end of any 'mission' is a scientist willing to 'risk it all' to promote the understanding they have dedicated their lives.
The American Public needs to understand that 'their denial' regarding the urgency and brevity of this issue has not eliminated the determination by scientists to retrieve as much information as they can and seek 'possibilities' leading to 'an absolute' answer to Earth's plans for it's biotic content with a rising global temperature.
It's time to stop polluting the troposphere with carbon dioxide and to save at any cost the biotic content of this planet.

Yup, it’s cold. Frederic Brabant risks getting a dunking as he checks temperature of the water during climate-change research.
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Local Time: March 3, 2008; 5:54 AM AKST

Lat/Lon: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m

Temperature :: 36 °F / 2 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Windchill :: 33 °F / 0 °C

Humidity :: 93%

Dew Point :: 34 °F / 1 °C

Wind :: 4 mph / 6 km/h / 1.5 m/s from the East

Pressure :: 30.37 in / 1028 hPa (Rising)

Visibility :: 5.0 miles / 8.0 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds:
Overcast 2400 ft / 731 m
(Above Ground Level)



Local Time: March 2, 2008; 3:19 AM AKST

Temperature :: 36 °F / 2 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Windchill :: 32 °F / 0 °C

Humidity :: 81%

Dew Point :: 30 °F / -1 °C

Wind :: 5 mph / 7 km/h / 2.1 m/s from the WSW

Pressure :: 29.78 in / 1008 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 0.2 miles / 0.4 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds:
Overcast 200 ft / 60 m
(Above Ground Level)

When a USA President negotiates with countries, he is promoting peace and nuclear de-escalation OR personal agendas of crony wars and instability?

His Majesty King Abdullah addresses a Washington meeting on Monday of leaders of Muslim and Arab organisations, which Her Majesty Queen Rania also attended (Photo by Yousef Allan)

When a voter casts their ballot this November they have a lot riding on it. War and Peace and Middle East Stability is 'at risk' depending on the leadership of the country. That includes election races for the Senate and House.

Choosing a President, US Senator and US House member carries brevity to the 'content' of which the world will regard the USA. The Bush/Cheney Neocon White House promotes war at every turn. They promote the sale of arms and they CREATE 'arms races' with countries the USA at one time protected and defended.

Under leadership that now defines the Republican Party, the USA 'contributes' to instability by encouraging war rather than limiting the regions ability to wage war. We don't need that kind of President or one too naive to understand the concept. We need a President that defines themselves as a Peace Broker with the ability to 'help' the Middle East obtain stability and movement away from violence.

Currently, the Republicans 'justify' their position in the Middle East as a national security issue. The ONLY reason it is a national security issue is because of oil exports to the USA. The countries of the Middle East are working diligently to control the growth of al Qaeda terrorist networks and Saudi Arabia has successfully been rounding up these characters for some time now on a regular basis:

28 Al-Qaeda Militants Arrested in KingdomP.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News (click here)

JEDDAH, 4 March 2008 — Saudi Security forces have arrested 28 militants, who were involved in rebuilding the Al-Qaeda network in Saudi Arabia to launch another campaign of terror across the Kingdom, an Interior Ministry spokesman said in a statement.
The militants had been collecting funds on the pretext of supporting the needy in Pakistan and Afghanistan — money that was, in fact, being used “to finance their criminal activities,” said the spokesman.
One of those arrested was carrying a recorded message of Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman Al-Zawahri on the memory card of a cell phone. “The bearer of this message is one of our trusted brothers, therefore, please give him your donations to help hundreds of families of captives and martyrs in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Al-Zawahri said in the audio recording aired by the Kingdom’s state television.
The Interior Ministry spokesman added that a person visiting Makkah had brought the recording to the Kingdom.
56 Arrests Since December...

At the same time the Republicans provide 'no way out' for the USA Energy and Transportation Crisis and as a result they continue to hold the American Public hostage to their own wars, 'in the interest of national security.' It's like being a hamster on an excercise wheel or a rat in a maze. The Republicans have no 'good faith' methods to improve the lives of Americans so much as 'trap' them into chronic war on the soil of Middle East instability.

It's time to 'end it' and stop the 'war escalation' which leads to exceptionally dangerous levels of available weapons in the Middle East as well as nuclear escalation. The issue with Pakistan and India having nuclear weapon capacity is what drives this methodology currently 'at work' in the Bush/Cheney/Republican White House. Those countries are NOT one of the five legal nuclear nations and need to have demands to disarm from their nuclear arsenal. This is not 'rocket science' in that there are proven methodologies to convert 'weapons grade uranium' into nuclear fuel rods.

When Israel uses 'too much' force in regard to Palestine, there is nothing but pure hate leveled against it. Justified/Verified Precision attacks only

The "Cartoon" is from The Arab News.

Did I tell you or did I tell you? Huh? Yes?

Livni: If necessary, Israel will reoccupy the Gaza Strip (click here)
Israel has informed foreign diplomats that it would reoccupy Hamas-ruled Gaza if necessary, though it prefers not to do so, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, as the IDF operated against defiant Gaza rocket squads.

Israel is contemplating a reoccupation of Gaza even as it makes efforts to make peace with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who controls the West Bank. On Sunday, Abbas called off talks with Israel to protest the high death toll from the IDF's latest incursion into Gaza. Palestinians reported more than 120 dead in the military campaign.

Israeli leaders have signaled that a broad invasion of Gaza is in the works to halt rocket fire that is striking closer to Israel's center.

In a meeting Monday with foreign diplomats based in Israel, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni did not rule out an Israeli reoccupation of the Strip, home to 1.4 million Palestinians. Israel pulled its settlers and troops out of Gaza in 2005, and last June, Hamas violently seized control there....

NOW, out of pure fear due to Abbas's propaganda and Israel's chronic vulnerability and sheer desire to have neighborhoods safe for children from rockets, Israel is looking at a return to aggression against Hezbollah as well.
The United Nations needs to confiscate the arms build up of Hezbollah as it serves two purposes. It serves to cause danger to Israel's border communities AND it serves as a danger to Lebanonese leadership.

UN Report: Israel Says Hizbullah Rearming In Violation Of U.N. Embargo (click here)
3/4/2008 5:43:49 AM
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council in a report that Israel claims Hizbullah to be rearming in violation of a U.N. embargo and the guerilla group has in its possession in southern Lebanon an arsenal that includes 10,000 long-range rockets and 20,000 short-range rockets.
The U.N. Chief's report focused on implementation of the U.N. cease-fire resolution that ended the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah in August 2006. The resolution reiterates a call for the disarming of all militias and bans arms transfers to them.
Though the secretary-general's report did not confirm Israel's claim, the U.N. chief voiced his concern about Hizbullah's public statements and frequent violations of a U.N. arms embargo, which bans weapons transfers to the group. Ban also expressed concern at "the threats of open war against Israel" by Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The Hizbullah leader accused Israel of assassinating a top Hezbollah commander in order to start a new war and warned that the Jewish state would lose the battle. Israel has denied involvement in the February 12 car bombing in Syria that killed Imad Mughniyeh.

This mess is directly due to the fact that the USA is occupying a nation in the Middle East while flexing too much muscle, importing too much 'fire power' with no end in sight. The USA encourages fear between Israel and the rest of the Middle East nations to 'establish' a 'knee jerk' reaction from Olmert at any sign of trouble. The Bush/Cheney processes fail because they are designed to fail. It's time to 'rid' the USA of Republican influence and return to policies that lead to 'in roads' for peace.

We don't belong in Iraq !

We never did !

Iran: Russia Blocks New IAEA Resolution Against Tehran

ACTUALLY, it was Russia and China that ruled against the Western Nation's measure against Iran.


West drops IAEA governors move on Iran after row (click here)
...Britain, France and Germany scrapped the resolution after concluding their goals had been achieved by the Security Council and there was no point risking a schism among U.N. nuclear policymakers Iran might exploit, Western diplomats added....

FACTBOX: Sanctions against Iran (click here)
...WHAT DO THE NEW U.N. SANCTIONS INCLUDE?
-- The sanctions resolution called for more travel and financial curbs on Iranian individuals and companies and makes some restrictions mandatory.
-- It also expanded a previous partial ban on trade in items with both civilian and military uses to cover sales of all such technology to Iran.
-- The new resolution adds the names of 13 individuals and 12 companies to the list of people and firms suspected of aiding Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
-- Tehran has so far ignored all council and IAEA resolutions demanding it freeze its uranium enrichment program....

National Intelligence Estimate: Iran - Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities (click here)
Published November 2007
This National Intelligence Estimate report on Iran's nuclear capabilities states "We judge with moderate confidence that the earliest possible date Iran would be technically capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon is late 2009, but that this is very unlikely. We judge with moderate confidence Iran probably would be technically capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon sometime during the 2010-2015 time frame. (INR judges Iran is unlikely to achieve this capability before 2013 because of foreseeable technical and programmatic problems.) All agencies recognize the possibility that this capability may not be attained until after 2015."

The sooner the USA is OUT of Iraq the sooner nuclear issues will 'cool down' in the Middle East.

Loose Change

Clinton Gains In Polls As D-Day Dawns For Democrats (click here)


Mark Goolsbee (click here)
...he's better understood as a proponent of behavioral microeconomics, which incorporates psychological findings into analyses of economic decisionmaking....


Mark Goolsbee is involved with 'fluid' policy that attempts to 'capture' an economic strategy that works. In other words, "His backbone slips whenever the going gets tough just in case his calculator deceived him."


To Mr. Goolsbee people are as much a commodity as goods.


The equation for his economic policies won't necessarily 'benefit' working people so much as appease them. There is a difference in American policy 'that works' for Americans as opposed to policy that 'tolerates them.' Bush policy doesn't even tolerate Americans so much as eliminates them.


"Behavioral Economics" tolerates the needs of the consumer to bring maximum profits to companies. It isn't based in 'strong union' strategies. Illinois unemployment rate (click here) increased from December to January, while New York's Unemployment (click here) has been fairly level.


It seems to me that Clinton economics worked before, why wouldn't it work again. As a matter of fact when Bill Clinton left the White House, besides the treasury surplus, he was ranked the highest in approval rating of any president in USA history. His approval rating when leaving the White House was 65%.


If Goolsbee said it, then he meant it !

Goolsbee disputed a section that read: "Noting anxiety among many U.S. domestic audiences about the U.S. economic outlook, Goolsbee candidly acknowledged the protectionist sentiment that has emerged, particularly in the Midwest, during the primary campaign. He cautioned that this messaging should not be taken out of context and should be viewed as more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans."...
...NAFTA is widely opposed in economically depressed Ohio, which holds its presidential primary Tuesday and is a key battleground between Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Both candidates said in a debate in Cleveland last week that they would renegotiate the trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, which is the largest trading partnership in the world, and threaten to pull out if it doesn't include more protections for workers and the environment....


In my opinion, speaking out of both sides of your mouth isn't what CHANGE is all about !!!! If they are deceptive about this, what else are they deceptive about?