I received an email stating, "The flat earth society has members all over the globe." My reply was, "If they linked hands in a straight line and disappeared on the horizon, would they believe it?"
Sometimes I hear the words, "How did we get here?"
My reply is this, "When George W. Bush became president the issue of BELIEF came to the foreground of the USA's conscience. It lingered there for whatever reason, mostly because people who share beliefs are not alone in the world. Belief is far easier to accept than science. So, to me, the change of the paradigm of BELIEF vs. Science was also very convenient for the petroleum industry."
Saturday, November 03, 2018
To me, it seems more like the beginning of a rift valley than any other geological formation.
Nov. 1, 2018
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
The San Andreas fault (click here) begins its dangerous dance through California at the Salton Sea, at a spot that seismologists long have feared could be the epicenter of a massive earthquake.
But in recent months, this desolate location where the North American and Pacific plates rub together has become the focus of intense interest for a type of movement that is less the Big One than the Slow One.
A muddy spring mysteriously has begun to move at a faster pace through dry earth — first 60 feet over a few months, and then 60 feet in a single day, according to Imperial County officials....
November 1, 2018By Ron Brackett
The county declared (click here) an emergency this summer, the Los Angeles Times reported, to speed up efforts to prevent the geyser from reaching Union Pacific's tracks, a stretch of State Route 111, a petroleum pipeline, and fiber optic telecommunications lines.
The geyser, also called a mud pot or mud spring, has been in existence near Niland, California, since 1953, an Imperial County fact sheet says. It has moved slowly for the past 11 years, but recently, that movement has accelerated.
It's near the southern end of the San Andreas Fault, but the movement is not seismic activity, U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Ken Hudnut told the Los Angles Times....
November 2, 2018
Hollister -- A swarm of earthquakes (click here) along the San Andreas Fault, the largest measuring a 4.1 magnitude, rumbled through the Hollister area and the Salinas Valley Friday morning. CBS San Francisco, citing officials, reports the quakes rattled nerves but caused no major damage.
.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.1 quake hit at 5:58 a.m. PDT 12 miles southwest of the small community of Tres Pinos. It was followed by quakes measuring 3.6, 3.2 and 3.0.
The USGS said the quakes were most strongly felt in nearby Hollister followed by Salinas, Gonzales, Monterey, Carmel Valley and Santa Cruz.
Authorities did not report any damage.Matzuma Li, who lives in the Central Valley took to Twitter, saying the jolt awoke she and her cats.
"Nice way to start the day… A pleasant 4.0 to shake the cats through the roof at 6am," she tweeted.
A reality check.
President Trump stated women like to feel secure. He said that. He said that in relation to the southern border. I don't doubt there are women along the southern border of the USA, but, what happened to the rest of us?
We aren't secure from sexual assault. We aren't secure from gun violence.
Once again, an entire community is traumatized by senseless violence against women. The gun laws in Florida are insufficient to protect the people and these women wanted security, too.
Why don't we count? Why isn't the lessons of the past enough to end the violence of the future?
November 3, 2018
By Gary Fineout and Brendan Farrington
Tallahassee — A gunman killed two people and wounded five others (click here) at a yoga studio in Florida's capital before killing himself Friday evening, officials said.
Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo told reporters Friday night that the man shot six people and pistol-whipped another after walking into the studio, which is part of a small Tallahassee shopping center.
The suspect then fatally shot himself, DeLeo said.
Early Saturday morning, the Tallahassee Police Department identified the shooter as Scott Paul Beierle, 40.
The department identified the two people who were killed as Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21.
Van Vessem was an internist who served as chief medical director for Capital Health Plan, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported.
Capital Health Plan issued a statement praising Van Vessem, the Democrat reported.
"As CHP's longtime chief medical director, Nancy has been a guiding, visionary force in our daily work to serve the wellness and health care needs of thousands of families in this community. Her dedication, caring, leadership, humanity, and experience made her one of the most respected, inspiring, and accomplished medical professionals in the state and country. Our hearts are filled with sorrow and prayers for her family. We all have been so blessed to have Nancy in our lives," the company said.
Florida State University President John Thrasher says Van Vessem and Binkley had ties to the university, the Democrat reported.
"To lose one of our students and one of our faculty members in this tragic and violent way is just devastating to the Florida State University family. We feel this loss profoundly and we send our deepest sympathies to Maura's and Nancy's loved ones while we pray for the recovery of those who were injured," Thrasher said in a statement....
We aren't secure from sexual assault. We aren't secure from gun violence.
Once again, an entire community is traumatized by senseless violence against women. The gun laws in Florida are insufficient to protect the people and these women wanted security, too.
Why don't we count? Why isn't the lessons of the past enough to end the violence of the future?
November 3, 2018
By Gary Fineout and Brendan Farrington
Tallahassee — A gunman killed two people and wounded five others (click here) at a yoga studio in Florida's capital before killing himself Friday evening, officials said.
Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo told reporters Friday night that the man shot six people and pistol-whipped another after walking into the studio, which is part of a small Tallahassee shopping center.
The suspect then fatally shot himself, DeLeo said.
Early Saturday morning, the Tallahassee Police Department identified the shooter as Scott Paul Beierle, 40.
The department identified the two people who were killed as Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21.
Van Vessem was an internist who served as chief medical director for Capital Health Plan, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported.
Capital Health Plan issued a statement praising Van Vessem, the Democrat reported.
"As CHP's longtime chief medical director, Nancy has been a guiding, visionary force in our daily work to serve the wellness and health care needs of thousands of families in this community. Her dedication, caring, leadership, humanity, and experience made her one of the most respected, inspiring, and accomplished medical professionals in the state and country. Our hearts are filled with sorrow and prayers for her family. We all have been so blessed to have Nancy in our lives," the company said.
Florida State University President John Thrasher says Van Vessem and Binkley had ties to the university, the Democrat reported.
"To lose one of our students and one of our faculty members in this tragic and violent way is just devastating to the Florida State University family. We feel this loss profoundly and we send our deepest sympathies to Maura's and Nancy's loved ones while we pray for the recovery of those who were injured," Thrasher said in a statement....
Prime Minister Netanyahu is stating Saudi Arabia needs to be given a pass on the Khashoggi murder.
Trump, Israel and Saudi Arabia have to be planning an invasion into Iran. The new sanctions will be followed by military aggression due to Yemen, etc. But, since the murder, Yemen is coming into focus and the war there is being viewed as a human rights issue now.
Trump is Putin's puppet.
One might ask where we would be without the USA Press Corp. If Trump has his way, the USA media would be his puppet. The fourth arm of government is a free press.
Trump is Putin's puppet.
One might ask where we would be without the USA Press Corp. If Trump has his way, the USA media would be his puppet. The fourth arm of government is a free press.
3 November 2018
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (click here) was sanctioned at the “highest levels” of the Saudi government, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, trying to play kingmaker in Riyadh and bolster his credentials in the West.
“We know that the order to kill Khashoggi came from the highest levels of the Saudi government,” the Turkish leader wrote in a surprise contribution to Friday’s Washington Post, vowing to “reveal the identities of the puppet masters” behind the murder.
“No one should dare to commit such acts on the soil of a NATO ally again,” Erdogan wrote dramatically. “Had this atrocity taken place in the United States or elsewhere, authorities in those countries would have gotten to the bottom of what happened. It would be out of the question for us to act any other way,” he added, noting that Ankara has already “moved heaven and earth to shed light on all aspects of this case.”
Here comes the Cuban missile crisis all over again and Trump is worried about migrants.
Kindly put this into perspective. Trump just canceled the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF). Putin made an address to Russia stating it would be gearing up for war. Here we go, Russia's nuclear presence in the Western Hemisphere begins with Cuba.
The meeting and signing have already taken place between Putin and the new president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel. The Castros are out of power. Russia intends to rebuild Cuba and supply it oil. There will be nuclear power plants and new military armaments. Basically, Cuba will be little Russia in the Western Hemisphere.
November 2, 2018
Moscow (Sputnik) - Russia intends (click here) to sign an agreement in mid-November on giving Cuba a loan worth 38 million euros ($43.25 million) as part of the two countries' defense cooperation agenda, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak told reporters on Friday....
It looks like the microwave transmission into the US Embassy staff worked, huh? And where is Trump and Pompeo? Still trying to carry out a war with Iran with a pivotal Saudi Arabia?
November 2, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel exchange documents following their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 2.
The presidents of Russia and Cuba (click here) have vowed to strengthen political, economic, and military ties and denounced what they called U.S. "interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign nations."
In a joint statement following talks in Moscow on November 2, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Russia's Vladimir Putin also called for closer integration between Moscow and Latin American nations.
The visit comes at a time of heightened tensions for both nations with the United States.
U.S. officials continue to assail Havana for its alleged human rights violations, while Moscow and Washington have several contentious issues between them -- including accusations, denied by Moscow, of Russian interference in U.S. elections, Moscow's aggressive actions in Ukraine, and its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Diaz-Canel invited Putin to visit Cuba in 2019. He has twice traveled there, in 2000 and 2014, as part of efforts to revive relations with the communist island nation....
It will be a short war unless the USA military has missiles aimed at Russia to intimidate any Cuban launches.
President Obama was ridiculed by Congress for meeting with countries in the Carribean Sea and nearshore countries. Now that the USA is compromised politically, Russia is more than happy to increase it's presence there.
July 21, 2014
Russia's listening station at Lourdes is seen on a photograph taken December 13, 2000
Moscow and Havana (click here) have agreed to reopen a Cold War-era signals intelligence (SIGINT) base in Lourdes, Cuba.
An agreement was reached during Putin's visit to Cuba last week to reopen the base, Russia business daily Kommersant reported last week. That was confirmed by a Russian security source who told Reuters: "A framework agreement has been agreed....
The meeting and signing have already taken place between Putin and the new president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel. The Castros are out of power. Russia intends to rebuild Cuba and supply it oil. There will be nuclear power plants and new military armaments. Basically, Cuba will be little Russia in the Western Hemisphere.
November 2, 2018
Moscow (Sputnik) - Russia intends (click here) to sign an agreement in mid-November on giving Cuba a loan worth 38 million euros ($43.25 million) as part of the two countries' defense cooperation agenda, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak told reporters on Friday....
It looks like the microwave transmission into the US Embassy staff worked, huh? And where is Trump and Pompeo? Still trying to carry out a war with Iran with a pivotal Saudi Arabia?
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel exchange documents following their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 2.
The presidents of Russia and Cuba (click here) have vowed to strengthen political, economic, and military ties and denounced what they called U.S. "interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign nations."
In a joint statement following talks in Moscow on November 2, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Russia's Vladimir Putin also called for closer integration between Moscow and Latin American nations.
The visit comes at a time of heightened tensions for both nations with the United States.
U.S. officials continue to assail Havana for its alleged human rights violations, while Moscow and Washington have several contentious issues between them -- including accusations, denied by Moscow, of Russian interference in U.S. elections, Moscow's aggressive actions in Ukraine, and its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Diaz-Canel invited Putin to visit Cuba in 2019. He has twice traveled there, in 2000 and 2014, as part of efforts to revive relations with the communist island nation....
It will be a short war unless the USA military has missiles aimed at Russia to intimidate any Cuban launches.
President Obama was ridiculed by Congress for meeting with countries in the Carribean Sea and nearshore countries. Now that the USA is compromised politically, Russia is more than happy to increase it's presence there.
Russia's listening station at Lourdes is seen on a photograph taken December 13, 2000
Moscow and Havana (click here) have agreed to reopen a Cold War-era signals intelligence (SIGINT) base in Lourdes, Cuba.
An agreement was reached during Putin's visit to Cuba last week to reopen the base, Russia business daily Kommersant reported last week. That was confirmed by a Russian security source who told Reuters: "A framework agreement has been agreed....
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