Palin palling around with corruption (click here for video)

Palin & Stevens talk about each other
A look at the relationship between Gov. Sarah Palin & Sen. Ted Stevens.
Author : Kyle Hopkins
Date taken : July 2, 2008

Stevens and Palin were very cozy. He endorsed her candidacy for Governor and made a commercial for her. This was well after the particulars of VECO was well known. Click on title. It's an interesting video. Watch it to the end. Thank you.

Monegan at AFN (click here)
Gov. Sarah Palin's former public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, talks to reporters at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. Topics include: The Troopergate investigation, and what's next for both Monegan & Palin.
Author : Alaska Politics
Date taken : Oct. 23, 2008

October 23, 2008 on Earth.

There is substantial heat intrusions across the continent. Noted in the above satellite is arrival of 'heat transfer systems' from the equator.


October 28, 2008
1200 AM
Temperature Satellite of Antarctica (click here for 24 hour loop)


To add dimension, the 'spots/dots' on the iceberg are penguins.


Huge Icebergs off Antarctica on February 4, 2008. Once icebergs break off the continent they enter the East Wind Drift and adds to the waters of the oceans.

Except for the rainforests and jungles of Earth, especially Indonesia; there was dearly little water vapor and Antarctica was hot.

194 Precious Hours. No time to stop now ! We are almost there !

It isn't JUST 'the man' we are electing. It is our country we are reclaiming !

“In one week, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election,” Mr. Obama told a crowd of more than 4,000 in Canton, Ohio. “In one week, at this defining moment in history, you can give this country the change we need.”

...The Obama folks are doing that. They're going door to door, they're getting people to vote early, they're making phone calls from their homes, they're doing it all with enthusiasm and excitement and dragging people with them along the way.... (click here)

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Crystal Wind Chime) is melting.

October 27, 2008
Tasiilaq, Greenland
Photographer states :: Lonely Iceberg. View from my veranda...Ammassalik Fjord..Kuummiut, Greenland...
http://kuummiut.com

Arctic air temperatures climb to record levels (click title to entry, thank you)
Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:01pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fall air temperatures have climbed to record levels in the Arctic due to major losses of sea ice as the region suffers more effects from a warming trend dating back decades, a report released on Thursday showed.
The annual report issued by researchers at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other experts is the latest to paint a dire picture of the impact of climate change in the Arctic.
It found that fall air temperatures are at a record 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees C) above normal in the Arctic because of the major loss of sea ice in recent years that allows more solar heating of the ocean....

An undated handout photo from the Center for Northern Studies shows the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf disintegrating.
REUTERS/Denis Sarrazin/Center for Northern Studies/Handout

Local Time: 4:26 PM AKDT on October 27, 2008

Lat/Lon: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Temperature :: 46 °F / 8 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Windchill :: 42 F/ 6 C

Humidity :: 71%

Dew Point :: 37 F/ 3C

Wind :: 9 mph / 15 km/h / 4.1 m/s from the SE

Pressure :: 30.00 in/ 1016 hPa (Steady)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Overcast 5500 ft/ 1676 m
(Above ground level)

Elevation :: 33ft / 10 m

The many faces of Ted Stevens.

Sen. Stevens guilty on all counts, career in peril (click on title to entry, thank you)
By MATT APUZZO and JESSE J. HOLLAND – 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska's political patriarch in disgrace. The verdict, coming barely a week before Election Day, increased Stevens' difficulty in winning what already was a difficult race against Democratic challenger Mark Begich. Democrats hope to seize the once reliably Republican seat as part of their bid for a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate....

...Stevens faces up to five years in prison on each count when he is sentenced, but under federal guidelines he is likely to receive much less prison time, if any. The judge originally scheduled sentencing for Jan. 26 but then changed his mind and did not immediately set a date....

"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord..."

I'll be darn. Thank you, Junior. Welcome home !


This is Junior Johnson in 1985, when he wasn't driving his NASCAR race car. Junior Johnson is one of the all time great NASCAR drivers. He has been named one of the fifty greatest NASCAR drivers and inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990 at its inaugural (click here).

I used to be a huge NASCAR Fan. I watched NASCAR when far younger with my Dad, back in the day when "Stock cars were stocked cars." Mario Andre, Bill Elliot and the boys from Dawson, Georgia. Boy, is this a throw back.

The last race I attended was in 1995 at Martinsville Raceway. Martin won that race, but, he always won all the short track races.

I objected to NASCAR after a time because I objected to the 'persona' the Francis' were putting forward in their drivers. They were macho men with little representation of the environment, conscience of change to their fans promoting healthy living and quite frankly standing on the side of war, even in Iraq by allowing some of their teams to display affiliations with The National Guard, etc. The 'introduction' of the military institutions under this administration to the race car scene was an enticement that should have been regarded as inappropriate. The military is government and to have million dollar race teams involved in NASCAR and IROC was simply wrong. NASCAR is a private enterprise and it should have remained that way. Perhaps they'll think this through differently in the future.

NO, NASCAR isn't going to get off easy here. I don't mind having a military, but, there is a right and a wrong to things as they existed under Bush and NASCAR simply looked the other way and kept raking in the bucks. I do believe there needs to be a cultural awakening to some of these 'beloved' American institutions. Perhaps NASCAR can find a way to run the concept of THE GREEN MACHINES on their tracks and invite sponsors like Chevy's VOLT to symbolize the progress that needs to made in the way of personal transportation. After all, those race cars were never intended to be family cars, but, they certainly symbolized a lot of glamour to any owner.

I am so very glad to see Junior Johnson make a public decision to stand with Barak Obama and Joe Biden and the Democrats for change. He's right, there is a right side and a wrong side to life and conducting 'Robocalls' is simply wrong.

It does my heart good to have him come forward. Thank you so much. So very, very much.

Let's see now, I think Junior hales from Wilkes County, North Carolina if I remember right.

10,000 acres burn in Valley; thousands of people flee their homes

October 22, 2008
Los Angeles, California
Photographer states :: A Los Angeles City FD helicopter makes water drop at night on flames from a 100 acre brush fire that burned through the Sepulveda Pass early Thursday morning. The flames briefly threatened Brentwood.

An accounting of what occurred. Most fires currently contained.

Sesnon Fire: 13,285 acres burned;
Marek Fire: 4,824 acres burned;
Mugu Fire: 10 acres burned;
2 fatalities;
62 structures, 47 outbuildings destroyed;

Original Mountain Marathon

Lake Runners All Accounted For (click here)
All the runners feared missing after a marathon race across the Lake District was scrapped because of storms and flooding have been accounted for.
Around 2,500 people began the arduous event.
Police and the RAF confirmed that all missing competitors were located after hundreds had been left stranded in the Honister Pass area.
Many were forced to camp overnight in poor conditions after Britain's toughest endurance event, the Original Mountain Marathon, was abandoned yesterday due to dismal weather....

Fell running on a better day.

Mountain marathon: case studies (click here)
Veterans of this year's Original Mountain Marathon tell their stories.
By Paul Stokes
Last Updated: 9:39PM GMT 26 Oct 2008
...They encountered problems as the storms moved in about three quarters of an hour into the run after setting of at 9.25am.
Miss Creaser said: "Up to higher heights it was getting horrendous. It was blown off my feet three times.
"I have never experienced such consistently bad weather, it was unrelenting. But I don't think for the people doing it it was desperately dangerous."
They climbed down off a ridge to a lower level and, five hours after starting, achieved their objective of reaching the overnight camp at Garthgate.
Mr Porter said: "We have all the gear, including a mountain tent designed for the weather, and could have bivouacked overnight on the tops. We had been sent a notice last week warning of the conditions."
They made their way to a café, which became a muster point after the event was called off, before being taken to the Honiston slate mine museum where they stayed overnight with other competitors.
Miss Creaser said: "The WRVS were there with food for us. I feel a bit guilty at taking this food and shelter because we had come prepared."...



...For the uninitiated (click here) the Original Mountain Marathon (click title of entry for link, thank you) is a two day fell running event in the Lake District, due to the appalling weather conditions, the race has been called off, the first time in 40 years,...

Tropical Storm Three, Gulf of Aden

The construction of buildings in this area of the world is very different. The lack of preparedness by Yemen to these storms is similar to the issues France faced when over 10,000 people died inside their homes due to high heats. These country's are experiencing severe and 'rapid' climate change and have no clue how to survive it.

A general view shows damaged houses following a tropical storm in Hadramout.


Yemen tropical storm leaves trail of destruction (click here)
AP
Published: October 26, 2008, 20:16
Shibam, Yemen: Ahmad Salem's family screamed on Saturday as their traditional Yemeni mud brick house disintegrated in rushing flood waters from a deadly tropical storm that has killed 61 people in southern Yemen.
Hamid Al Kharashi, a police chief in the southern province of Hadramout, is warning that the death toll could rise further, since scores of people are still missing and hundreds of families are homeless or trapped by the flood waters.
Rain was continuing to fall yesterday, although only lightly in Hadramout. Getting relief supplies to those affected in the remote and rugged Yemeni hinterlands has been difficult, as most roads are washed out.


October 27, 2008
0038 gmt
Indian Ocean

There are repeated storms to the region and with each new storm there is more saturation of the land and increased flooding. The storms are coming off a very hot Indian Ocean.



Death toll mounts in Yemen tropical storm (click here)
AgenciesLast updated: October 26, 2008, 16:41
Sayoun: The Yemeni government on Sunday said 61 people have been killed by floods that swept through the south in the wake of a massive tropical storm.
Hamid Al Kharashi, a police chief in Hadramout, said the death toll could rise further since scores of people are still missing and hundreds of families are homeless or trapped by the flood waters.The Interior Ministry earlier said 58 people were killed by fierce flooding, while another six were killed in lightning strikes during two days of storms.