Wednesday, August 21, 2013
End Gerrymandering and end a war. It is called Pre-Emptive Politics!
Don't look now, but, all the money the USA spent on national security actually works.
What the kind gentlemen leaves out of his writing is the Law of Pre-emption. The USA now has crowned itself with new thorns, "Prevention is the best medicine." That security paradigm assaults the Geneva Convention, but, who needs that; it is the century of water boarding.
Don't be fooled by terror alerts and dire warnings: the world in general is a safer place than ever and the US in particular (click here)
Michael Cohen
...If everything falls apart, a few of those al-Qaida guys could take up residence, as they did in Pakistan, but then al-Qaida had a safe haven in Pakistan for years and there hasn't been a single major terrorist attack in the United States in the 12 years since 9/11.
Of course, there's always the outside chance that the war in Syria will destabilize Iraq or Turkey or Jordan or Israel. That would be bad for US interests, but for individual Americans, less so.
In other words, if Syria is the biggest threat to the United States, then Americans really don't have much to fear. So, what's next on Morrell's list?
Iran. The Iranians do seem kind of scary, what with all that "Death to America" chanting, and the Ayatollah was a bad dude. But the reality is that Iran is a bit of a paper tiger. It doesn't have an active nuclear weapons program – so says the US intelligence community (and Morell works there, right?)....
...Even when al-Qaida makes a vague, non-specific threat against an overseas US target, the United States completely overreacts, closing its embassies in 19 Arab and African countries. Third biggest threat? Not so much....
,,,Indeed, when the US fights a major war these days, it is generally because they've started it – with consistently disastrous results. Not that this stops those aforementioned thinktankers from warning that relatively trivial cuts to the size of the army and marine corps will leave the military "weaker", or military leaders from suggesting, as they did earlier this year, that cuts to the Pentagon's budget would "devastate the military" or imperil the "continued prosperity and security interests" of the United States....
Don't be fooled by terror alerts and dire warnings: the world in general is a safer place than ever and the US in particular (click here)
Michael Cohen
...If everything falls apart, a few of those al-Qaida guys could take up residence, as they did in Pakistan, but then al-Qaida had a safe haven in Pakistan for years and there hasn't been a single major terrorist attack in the United States in the 12 years since 9/11.
Of course, there's always the outside chance that the war in Syria will destabilize Iraq or Turkey or Jordan or Israel. That would be bad for US interests, but for individual Americans, less so.
In other words, if Syria is the biggest threat to the United States, then Americans really don't have much to fear. So, what's next on Morrell's list?
Iran. The Iranians do seem kind of scary, what with all that "Death to America" chanting, and the Ayatollah was a bad dude. But the reality is that Iran is a bit of a paper tiger. It doesn't have an active nuclear weapons program – so says the US intelligence community (and Morell works there, right?)....
...Even when al-Qaida makes a vague, non-specific threat against an overseas US target, the United States completely overreacts, closing its embassies in 19 Arab and African countries. Third biggest threat? Not so much....
,,,Indeed, when the US fights a major war these days, it is generally because they've started it – with consistently disastrous results. Not that this stops those aforementioned thinktankers from warning that relatively trivial cuts to the size of the army and marine corps will leave the military "weaker", or military leaders from suggesting, as they did earlier this year, that cuts to the Pentagon's budget would "devastate the military" or imperil the "continued prosperity and security interests" of the United States....
The Iraq War did huge damage to the USA; in the way of deaths of Americans, death of innocent civilians, USA reputation and huge amounts of money.
Generations to come will be paying for Cheney's venture into Iraq for control of a great prize we all now know exits. Iraq was to be Saudi Arabia and that is no theory. We know it is true. The OIL war to end all wars.
Because of the global insult to the USA reputation, the people of nations across the Middle East began to see their own futures. If the USA would invade a country without cause or morality, who would be next? It started a slippery slope.
The Bush White House played god while the American people quivered in fear at the thought of their own demise in a tower on fire.
The Iraq War was the war of cowards. Not our soldiers; our nation and those that actually believe any land on Earth belongs to the wealthiest. The military was stuck with a Commander and Chief with plans that would end the decency of the purpose of the USA justified by some idea the USA was under chronic attacks from al Qaeda. Right.
There weren't tentacles of al Qaeda in every corner of the globe before Iraq. And today Afghanistan is irretrievable. Corrupt and dominated by the Taliban that brings nothing but suffering to every village they dominate. We did the right thing by taking Afghanistan, returning moral leadership, but, we never should have expanded an illegal and immoral war into Iraq. It was a turning point in the world and today we are still seeing the results of it.
Why Bush and Cheney haven't been impeached is beyond my understanding. They lied to everyone, the evidence before the UN was completely bogus and today we are still trying to recapture our democracy from an illegitimate party bought and paid for by Wall Street and the Koch Brothers. The entire nation of the USA has become a hideous joke.
Because of the global insult to the USA reputation, the people of nations across the Middle East began to see their own futures. If the USA would invade a country without cause or morality, who would be next? It started a slippery slope.
The Bush White House played god while the American people quivered in fear at the thought of their own demise in a tower on fire.
The Iraq War was the war of cowards. Not our soldiers; our nation and those that actually believe any land on Earth belongs to the wealthiest. The military was stuck with a Commander and Chief with plans that would end the decency of the purpose of the USA justified by some idea the USA was under chronic attacks from al Qaeda. Right.
There weren't tentacles of al Qaeda in every corner of the globe before Iraq. And today Afghanistan is irretrievable. Corrupt and dominated by the Taliban that brings nothing but suffering to every village they dominate. We did the right thing by taking Afghanistan, returning moral leadership, but, we never should have expanded an illegal and immoral war into Iraq. It was a turning point in the world and today we are still seeing the results of it.
Why Bush and Cheney haven't been impeached is beyond my understanding. They lied to everyone, the evidence before the UN was completely bogus and today we are still trying to recapture our democracy from an illegitimate party bought and paid for by Wall Street and the Koch Brothers. The entire nation of the USA has become a hideous joke.
Time served. Are people going to keep pretending we actually had a reason to be in Iraq?
Bradley has served time in prison already. Where does everyone think he was in Emerald City looking for the Wizard?
So, if his maximum sentence is 35 years and it boils down to ten years, then the time he has left is 5.4 years.
Julian Assange has brought up an important point. We know where Bradley is and those that supported him to this point need to continue. His family still needs our support and we all have an obligation to a American soldier who decided the war was immoral, corrupt and illegal. We owe Bradley the loyalty it will take to see him through it.
So, if his maximum sentence is 35 years and it boils down to ten years, then the time he has left is 5.4 years.
Julian Assange has brought up an important point. We know where Bradley is and those that supported him to this point need to continue. His family still needs our support and we all have an obligation to a American soldier who decided the war was immoral, corrupt and illegal. We owe Bradley the loyalty it will take to see him through it.
Leave it to Julian to see the rainbow in the sentencing.
I don't see that Bradley Manning is the problem at all. He acted when he expected a US President to end the atrocities in Iraq. Bradley put a lid on the "Wars of Bush/Cheney." He said enough and provided the truth to back it up. When the truth is revealed that is Whistleblowing. If Bradley Manning simply put documents on the web through Wikileaks to commit treason that is an entirely different problem. But, that is not what occurred here. Bradley and other reasonable people looked at the records and decided the people had a right to know.
RIGHT TO KNOW.
This decision to publish on Wikileaks went through a process to DECIDE if it was treason for the sake of destroying the USA or was it Whistleblowing. The USA military was egregious in their handling of the leaks and leaned heavily on the idea this was a private gone mad. This is the most hideous circumstance the world has ever witnessed. Americans and an Australian have to leak information to keep people safe from those that are power hungry seeking enormous financial returns for Wall Street.
The Wars of Bush/Cheney are all blood money and the stink proves it.
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
...Assange accused (click here) the United States of trying to set an example by its treatment of Manning, who supplied anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of confidential US documents.
Assange said Manning had been given a minimum sentence of 5.2 years and that the "hard-won minimum term represents a significant tactical victory for Bradley Manning's defense, campaign team and supporters."
The Australian did not explain how he calculated the minimum sentence.
He added: "While the defence should be proud of their tactical victory, it should be remembered that Mr Manning's trial and conviction is an affront to basic concepts of Western justice."
Assange called on donors and supporters to continue backing the US army private while his defence team tried to further reduce his sentence....
RIGHT TO KNOW.
This decision to publish on Wikileaks went through a process to DECIDE if it was treason for the sake of destroying the USA or was it Whistleblowing. The USA military was egregious in their handling of the leaks and leaned heavily on the idea this was a private gone mad. This is the most hideous circumstance the world has ever witnessed. Americans and an Australian have to leak information to keep people safe from those that are power hungry seeking enormous financial returns for Wall Street.
The Wars of Bush/Cheney are all blood money and the stink proves it. (AFP) – 1 hour ago
...Assange accused (click here) the United States of trying to set an example by its treatment of Manning, who supplied anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of confidential US documents.
Assange said Manning had been given a minimum sentence of 5.2 years and that the "hard-won minimum term represents a significant tactical victory for Bradley Manning's defense, campaign team and supporters."
The Australian did not explain how he calculated the minimum sentence.
He added: "While the defence should be proud of their tactical victory, it should be remembered that Mr Manning's trial and conviction is an affront to basic concepts of Western justice."
Assange called on donors and supporters to continue backing the US army private while his defence team tried to further reduce his sentence....
The leak of Sarin occurred evidently. Why? Before accusations can be made the cause of the 'gas release' has to be known.
Assumptions cannot just be made for the convenience of any opposition or Assad forces. The facts have to be found and charges brought. Images, including some taken by freelance photographers and supplied to Reuters, showed scores of bodies including of small children, laid out on the floor of a clinic with no visible signs of injuries. Reuters was not independently able to verify the cause of their death. The Syrian government denied that it had used chemical arms. George Sabra, one of the leading opponents of Assad, said the death toll was 1,300 killed by poison gas rained down on suburbs east of Damascus. "Today's crimes are ... not the first time the regime has used chemical weapons. But they constitute a turning point in the regime's operations," he told a news conference in Istanbul. "This time it was for annihilation rather than terror." An opposition monitoring group, citing figures compiled from medical clinics in the Damascus suburbs, put the death toll at 494 - 90 percent of them killed by gas, the rest by bombing and conventional arms. The rebel Syrian National Coalition said 650 people had been killed....
As of May of this year Russia was stating the rebels were producing their own Sarin gas. There is also a report at that time from the UN stating the rebels were using Sarin. The evidence has to be clear.
The facts have to be known. It is a reach to believe the rebels have this capacity, but, if they had access to the production plant they could have and most likely would have used Sarin or accidentally released it.
6 May 2013
Last updated at 11:06 ET
Carla Del Ponte told Swiss TV (click here) that there were "strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof".Ms Del Ponte did not rule out the possibility that government forces might also have used chemical weapons.
Later, the commission stressed that it had "not reached conclusive findings" as to their use by any parties.
"As a result, the commission is not in a position to further comment on the allegations at this time," a statement added.
The BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the statement was terse and shows that the UN was taken by surprise at Ms Del Ponte's remarks.
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria was established in August 2011 to examine alleged violations of human rights in the Syrian uprising. It is due to issue its latest report next month.
Whistleblowers beware. So much for exposing the military when they are the problem.
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (click here) was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted of espionage and other charges in connection with a massive leak of classified material.
The judge in the case, Army Col. Denise Lind, announced the sentence in a military courtroom in Fort Meade, Md.
He also received a dishonorable discharge, will forfeit his pay and benefits and was reduced in rank.
Manning faced a maximum of 90 years in prison after his conviction last month on charges of espionage, theft and fraud.
Manning was convicted of one of the largest leaks of classified material in U.S. history and was at the center of a growing debate over government secrecy.
Prosecutors urged the judge to sentence Manning to 60 years as a deterrent to others who might be tempted to leak secret documents.
"He betrayed the United States, and for that betrayal, he deserves to spend the majority of his remaining life in confinement," Capt. Joe Morrow had said during the sentencing hearing.
Manning's defense had urged the military to sentence Manning, who served as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, to no more than 25 years in prison....
..."He had pure intentions at the time that he committed his offenses," defense attorney David Coombs said during the sentencing hearing. "At that time, Pfc. Manning really, truly, genuinely believed that this information could make a difference."...
Manning did make a difference to many people, not just in the USA but around the globe. There was much truth to be discerned from the documents. Truth that was rightfully that of the citizens of the USA.
...Under military law, the sentence will be automatically appealed. He would probably be eligible for parole after he served one-third or 10 years of his sentence, whichever is longer....
Modern sporting rifle is the firearm industry term for military-style rifles that fire a single shot with each pull of the trigger.
Updated: 08/20/2013 12:16 pm EDT
David Winograd
Field & Stream, a new outdoors store opened by Dick's Sporting Goods (click here) in western Pennsylvania, is selling AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, apparently ending the company's suspension of assault-style weapons sales after December's massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.
A Field & Stream sales associate confirmed to The Huffington Post that AR-15s and so-called modular sniper rifles are available for purchase at the store in Cranberry Township, Pa. The store, the first of two Dick's has said it plans to open in 2013 focusing on hunting and fishing gear, had its grand opening on Friday, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Adam Lanza used his mother's Bushmaster AR-15 rifle to kill 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14. Lanza also killed his mother and himself.
Dick’s Sporting Goods, the largest U.S. sporting goods retailer, issued this statement after the killings:
Out of respect for the victims and their families, during this time of national mourning we have removed all guns from sale and from display in our store nearest to Newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chainwide.
Time us, time for profits and unleashing the next nut case attack. Dick's has to keep up with Walmart after all.
Wall Street Energy. Profit not citizen based concern. No one needs OSHA, nah. Wall Street has a better conscience than anyone can expect from government atter all.
TOKYO |
The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (click here) said on Wednesday it viewed the situation at Fukushima "seriously" and was ready to help if called upon, while nearby China said it was "shocked" to hear contaminated water was still leaking from the plant, and urged Japan to provide information "in a timely, thorough and accurate way".
"We hope the Japanese side can earnestly take effective steps to put an end to the negative impact of the after-effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident," China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement faxed to Reuters in Beijing.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the situation "deplorable", and the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said it feared the disaster - the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl a quarter of a century earlier - was "in some respects" beyond the plant operator's ability to cope.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, has been criticized for its failure to prepare for the disaster and has since been accused of covering up the extent of the problems at the plant. After months of denial, Tepco recently admitted the plant was leaking contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean from trenches between the reactor buildings and the shoreline.
...The NRA said it was worried about leakage from other similar tanks that were built hastily to store water washed over melted reactors at the station to keep them cool. Water in the latest leak is so contaminated that a person standing close to it for an hour would receive five times the annual recommended limit for nuclear workers....
...South Korea's Asiana Airlines Inc said it would cancel charter flights between Seoul and Fukushima city in October due to public concerns over the radioactive water leaks.
The city, around 60 kms (37 miles) from the nuclear facility and with a population of some 284,000, is a popular destination for golfers and tourists visiting nearby local hot springs and lakes.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
"What goes up must come down."
...Noctilucent clouds (click here) are also known as polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs), as they appear in the summer hemisphere over polar latitudes. Some data suggest that these clouds are becoming brighter and appearing at lower latitudes, perhaps as an effect of global warming. A comparison of noctilucent cloud formation from 2012 and 2013 has been compiled using data from NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft. You can see the sequence here....
No, Mr. King you are completely wrong. When I say the Republicans are morons when it comes to governance, I mean they are morons.
Noctilucent clouds are forming in the upper troposphere, probably of oxygen, where they have never formed before. That means the oxygen of Earth's troposphere is migrating out of the troposphere into the upper atmospheric layers. That oxygen or any other gas of our atmosphere that migrates up is NOT coming down.
Then there are irresponsible people actually entertaining 'seeding' the atmosphere to slow the effects of global warming. Well. That is more than moronic because if the chemicals are spread throughout the troposphere it does not mean they won't migrate up and mix with the other gases and begin to do strange things like completely destroy the ozone layer and/or ignite.
So, while the Republicans see nothing wrong with melting every ice field on Earth in order to drill in the Arctic, that isn't where some of the worst news actually exists.
Moron. You are a moron Representative Steve King.
A house representative is not suppose to play with fire. They are suppose to serve and protect the people of this nation.
Placing designs on other nations is what has the USA's reputation in the sewer.
The difference between the Republicans and Democrats in their approach is the Democrats want to know what can be done while the Republicans demand 'what they want' to be done. Hence. war, military escalation and out of control defense spending.
Being the world's largest superpower does not give permission for the USA to invade sovereign nations, take what it wants, commit human rights abuses both domestic and international. Being the world's largest superpower does not provide for war without end or to serve Wall Street.
That reality is far more boring and less Hollywood, but, I can live with it and so can many others. It is far less likely to lead to nationalism as well.
Being the world's largest superpower does not give permission for the USA to invade sovereign nations, take what it wants, commit human rights abuses both domestic and international. Being the world's largest superpower does not provide for war without end or to serve Wall Street.
That reality is far more boring and less Hollywood, but, I can live with it and so can many others. It is far less likely to lead to nationalism as well.
It is just a matter of seniority. Career time. They aren't back to their old jobs.
Rep. Darrell Issa blasted (click here) the State Department for not taking
disciplinary action on four employees who were cited as having “a lack
of proactive leadership” in the run-up to the attack last year on the
U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, responding to a letter from State in response to his query about the status of the four employees, called the delayed decision on the four employees a “charade that included false reports of firings and resignations and now ends in a game of musical chairs where no one misses a single day on the State Department payroll.”...
What was occurring in Libya were determinations by militia leaders to take a path of self-protection and to remove any person viewed as a potential threat to bring back a dictatorship. The USA had a strong connection to Libya regardless of Gaddafi's reputation to the people of Libya. To the militias fighting to remove Gaddafi and ultimately leading to his death, they were the ones most vested in the outcome. They didn't want the USA to proclaim victory on their dime. There were many Libyan militia members that died in the conflict. It was their right to conduct the country without oppression.
Ambassador Stevens was an optimist and determined to have a relationship with the people and the new government. Unknown to him and other intelligence within Libya, there were decisions being made moment by moment by militia leaders. That is not possible to track.
The militias were relying on the only priorities they knew and that was of their religious basis and their history with Libya's dictator. In many ways, the State Department was HOPING Libyan officials (ie: new central government) would be able to deliver the country to a state of stability immediately after Gaddafi was assassinated. One could say that was naive, but, the USA knew the people of Libya. They were the ones it relied on as steadfast as an ally.
What the USA did not expect is the same of what they did not expect in Iraq, complete breakdown of authority to provide protection to our ambassador and his staff. The changes in Libyan authority was becoming more diffuse and not more stable.
Ambassador Stevens was in Libya without reservation to the actual reality changing around him. The reason he was without reservation and believing Benghazi was a better alternative to Tripoli was because the intelligence was bad. I think I said that from the start. But, to state that means USA intelligence could actually assess what was occurring is a gross assumption. It could not. The USA intelligence in Libya was unaware of the rapidly deteriorating circumstances and unable to formulate correct assessments. The 'action' in Libya was in transition and not measurable.
One only knew the reality of Libya by living it. That is why Ambassador Stevens asked for more security, but, there was nothing concrete to facilitate the reality that was Libya at that point. The reality was the only safer environment in Libya was in Tripoli and at best that was still dangerous. Stevens wanted Benghazi as an alternate consulate sight. He was too willing to believe all could be contained.
The deaths were tragic, sudden and heinous. There was no predicting them. The State Department employees have a right to finish their careers with the records of dedication they have and they have a right to do that within their record of employment.
Secretary Kerry is correct and anything more than that is a witch hunt without a witch to find.
I believe Ambassador Stevens and his staff are among the most brave the USA has within it's diplomatic corp. I have great sympathy to all that love him. But, bravery is not all that is required sometimes. Volatile circumstances have no definition to allow the best judgement. Ambassador Stevens acted on what he knew and he simply didn't know enough at that time. No one did.
Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, responding to a letter from State in response to his query about the status of the four employees, called the delayed decision on the four employees a “charade that included false reports of firings and resignations and now ends in a game of musical chairs where no one misses a single day on the State Department payroll.”...
What was occurring in Libya were determinations by militia leaders to take a path of self-protection and to remove any person viewed as a potential threat to bring back a dictatorship. The USA had a strong connection to Libya regardless of Gaddafi's reputation to the people of Libya. To the militias fighting to remove Gaddafi and ultimately leading to his death, they were the ones most vested in the outcome. They didn't want the USA to proclaim victory on their dime. There were many Libyan militia members that died in the conflict. It was their right to conduct the country without oppression.
Ambassador Stevens was an optimist and determined to have a relationship with the people and the new government. Unknown to him and other intelligence within Libya, there were decisions being made moment by moment by militia leaders. That is not possible to track.
The militias were relying on the only priorities they knew and that was of their religious basis and their history with Libya's dictator. In many ways, the State Department was HOPING Libyan officials (ie: new central government) would be able to deliver the country to a state of stability immediately after Gaddafi was assassinated. One could say that was naive, but, the USA knew the people of Libya. They were the ones it relied on as steadfast as an ally.
What the USA did not expect is the same of what they did not expect in Iraq, complete breakdown of authority to provide protection to our ambassador and his staff. The changes in Libyan authority was becoming more diffuse and not more stable.
Ambassador Stevens was in Libya without reservation to the actual reality changing around him. The reason he was without reservation and believing Benghazi was a better alternative to Tripoli was because the intelligence was bad. I think I said that from the start. But, to state that means USA intelligence could actually assess what was occurring is a gross assumption. It could not. The USA intelligence in Libya was unaware of the rapidly deteriorating circumstances and unable to formulate correct assessments. The 'action' in Libya was in transition and not measurable.
One only knew the reality of Libya by living it. That is why Ambassador Stevens asked for more security, but, there was nothing concrete to facilitate the reality that was Libya at that point. The reality was the only safer environment in Libya was in Tripoli and at best that was still dangerous. Stevens wanted Benghazi as an alternate consulate sight. He was too willing to believe all could be contained.
The deaths were tragic, sudden and heinous. There was no predicting them. The State Department employees have a right to finish their careers with the records of dedication they have and they have a right to do that within their record of employment.
Secretary Kerry is correct and anything more than that is a witch hunt without a witch to find.
I believe Ambassador Stevens and his staff are among the most brave the USA has within it's diplomatic corp. I have great sympathy to all that love him. But, bravery is not all that is required sometimes. Volatile circumstances have no definition to allow the best judgement. Ambassador Stevens acted on what he knew and he simply didn't know enough at that time. No one did.
Just wanted to ses someone die. That is OBJECTIFICATION of a gun culture.
The USA has become a very violent society. Tough talk by police isn't going to change this, it will make it worse. The country has to stop the free flow of weapons to the streets of the USA. That is the only way this ends.
Remember that random shooting in Oakland, California. This one (click here). It reminded me of something. Random killings such as this and the one in Oakland are not really random at all. They usually are gang initiation killings.
When a street gang takes a new member the only law the gang exists with are street rules. So, if a member wants to be a part of the gang they have to initiate to the worst crime ever committed by any other gang member. Not only commit the crime, but, be witnessed committing it. This way the gang has leverage of it's members. If a member wants to snitch on another because they were arrested and can become a valuable asset to police and/or has a rush of conscience, the murder they commit or a less crime in the case of an occasional new gang, is a reminder where their true loyalties lie. Police and primarily investigators/detectives need to keep that in mind when a random killing occurs such as these that there can be a greater motive.
There can be simple hate crimes, but, there can also be racketeering even in the youngest of shooters.
Aug. 19, 2013
By Alyssa Newcomb
As the family of an Australian baseball player (click here) gunned down in Oklahoma mourns his death, police said today that the athlete was targeted by three teenagers who simply "wanted to see someone die."
The suspects followed Chris Lane, 22, as he jogged alongside a road in Duncan, Okla., Friday afternoon, shot him in the back and left him to die on the side of the road, said Duncan police Chief Danny Ford.
"They were bored and just wanted to see somebody die," Ford told ABCNews.com.
Lane, who was on a baseball scholarship at East Central University in Ada, Okla., and was in town visiting his girlfriend, died shortly after he arrived at the hospital, Ford said.
While no one witnessed the shooting, Ford said several people heard a gunshot and reported seeing a black car speeding away from the area of the shooting.
Authorities used surveillance video from local businesses, Ford said, and noticed a black vehicle had pulled behind a hotel for 11 minutes after the shooting before driving away.
A frantic three hours passed, Ford said, without any sign of the vehicle, until a call came in Friday evening "that there were three juveniles at a house with guns and wanting to kill somebody."...
Remember that random shooting in Oakland, California. This one (click here). It reminded me of something. Random killings such as this and the one in Oakland are not really random at all. They usually are gang initiation killings.
When a street gang takes a new member the only law the gang exists with are street rules. So, if a member wants to be a part of the gang they have to initiate to the worst crime ever committed by any other gang member. Not only commit the crime, but, be witnessed committing it. This way the gang has leverage of it's members. If a member wants to snitch on another because they were arrested and can become a valuable asset to police and/or has a rush of conscience, the murder they commit or a less crime in the case of an occasional new gang, is a reminder where their true loyalties lie. Police and primarily investigators/detectives need to keep that in mind when a random killing occurs such as these that there can be a greater motive.
There can be simple hate crimes, but, there can also be racketeering even in the youngest of shooters.
Aug. 19, 2013
By Alyssa Newcomb
As the family of an Australian baseball player (click here) gunned down in Oklahoma mourns his death, police said today that the athlete was targeted by three teenagers who simply "wanted to see someone die."
The suspects followed Chris Lane, 22, as he jogged alongside a road in Duncan, Okla., Friday afternoon, shot him in the back and left him to die on the side of the road, said Duncan police Chief Danny Ford.
"They were bored and just wanted to see somebody die," Ford told ABCNews.com.
Lane, who was on a baseball scholarship at East Central University in Ada, Okla., and was in town visiting his girlfriend, died shortly after he arrived at the hospital, Ford said.
While no one witnessed the shooting, Ford said several people heard a gunshot and reported seeing a black car speeding away from the area of the shooting.
Authorities used surveillance video from local businesses, Ford said, and noticed a black vehicle had pulled behind a hotel for 11 minutes after the shooting before driving away.
A frantic three hours passed, Ford said, without any sign of the vehicle, until a call came in Friday evening "that there were three juveniles at a house with guns and wanting to kill somebody."...
It may be if this resolves it might reflect a burgeoning stability for the region.
Settling the rift between Palestine and Isreal can only improve the circumstances in the Middle East. It would be good.
By IAN DEITCH, Associated Press, KARIN LAUB
Published: Monday, July 29, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian teams (click here) flew to Washington on Monday to end five years of diplomatic stalemate and prepare for a new round of Mideast peace talks, though optimism was in short supply after two decades of failed attempts to reach a deal.
The resumption of talks was made possible by a decision by Israel's Cabinet on Sunday to free 104 long-held Palestinian prisoners in four stages, linked to progress in talks. The release was part of an agreement brokered early this month by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to bring the sides back to the negotiating table.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been reluctant to negotiate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fearing the hard-line Israeli leader will reject what the Palestinians consider minimal territorial demands.
The Palestinians want a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, territories Israel captured in 1967, but have accepted the principle of limited land swaps to allow Israel to annex some of the dozens of settlements it has built on war-won lands.
Abbas had repeatedly said he will only go to talks if Israel either freezes settlement building or recognizes the 1967 lines as a starting point for drawing the border of a state of Palestine.
Palestinian officials reiterated Monday that they received US assurances that Washington considers the 1967 lines the basis for border talks....
By IAN DEITCH, Associated Press, KARIN LAUB
Published: Monday, July 29, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian teams (click here) flew to Washington on Monday to end five years of diplomatic stalemate and prepare for a new round of Mideast peace talks, though optimism was in short supply after two decades of failed attempts to reach a deal.
The resumption of talks was made possible by a decision by Israel's Cabinet on Sunday to free 104 long-held Palestinian prisoners in four stages, linked to progress in talks. The release was part of an agreement brokered early this month by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to bring the sides back to the negotiating table.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been reluctant to negotiate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fearing the hard-line Israeli leader will reject what the Palestinians consider minimal territorial demands.
The Palestinians want a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, territories Israel captured in 1967, but have accepted the principle of limited land swaps to allow Israel to annex some of the dozens of settlements it has built on war-won lands.
Abbas had repeatedly said he will only go to talks if Israel either freezes settlement building or recognizes the 1967 lines as a starting point for drawing the border of a state of Palestine.
Palestinian officials reiterated Monday that they received US assurances that Washington considers the 1967 lines the basis for border talks....
The political Right Wing will never stop tinkering with the US Constitution. Just plan on it.
They have too much money and don't put it to go use to grow small businesses or invest in the USA economy. Control, oppression and regressive priorities come before any other good works. If Preachers can't grow their congregations willingly then they need to accept the fact they will never do it through government intimidation.
Oklahoma is ranked 5th in the nation in Teen Pregnancies. (click here) It is way over the national average. 50.4% of their teen pregnancy rate occurs between the ages of 15 through 19. These young women need to have options. Oklahoma is ridiculous.
This is just a little disconnected from reality. Just a little. Yet, leo94 is supposed to believe prayers will prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Right.
leo94
Dec 6, '12, 7:39 am
Prayer for my girlfriend not to be pregnant yet. (click here)
Seventeen year old can't determine their own outcomes? It is no uncommon for 16 year olds to be treated as adults in any criminal-justice system in Oklahoma. That holds true for most of the Southern states. If a sixteen year old, or sometimes as young as 13, can be treated as an adult for a crime, then I think they can decide their outcomes should they have an unwanted pregnancy. Parents need an option for their teens. If they are sexually active as many are they need to be able to problem solve when they come home with an unwanted pregnancy.
By BARBARA HOBEROCK
World Capitol Bureau on Aug 20, 2013
2:24 AM Updated on 8/20/13 at 2:42 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY - A state law that puts restrictions on the emergency contraceptive drug Plan B One-Step was put on hold Monday by a temporary injunction issued by Oklahoma County District Judge Lisa Davis.
A section of House Bill 2226, which deals with health insurance forms, requires women and girls age 17 and older to show identification to a pharmacist to obtain the drug or generic emergency contraceptives. It also requires girls younger than 17 to have a prescription to obtain the drugs....
...Davis said she was granting the injunction (click here) because she believes the plaintiffs' likelihood of success in the suit is fairly strong.
David Brown, a staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said no other state in the country has such restrictions on the drug.
If the law were to take effect, the plaintiffs would lose rights they currently have, Brown said.
Patrick Wyrick, solicitor general for Pruitt's office, said that for years a prescription was required for the drug, but that requirement was withdrawn recently.
"This has been the law," Wyrick said.
He said the measure did not violate the single-subject rule and is not a special law. He said the measure contained no surprises and was vigorously debated.
All the provisions in the measure relate to prescription drugs, Wyrick said. Because the measure has a common theme, it passes the germaneness test, he said.
Plan B One-Step, called "the morning-after pill," prevents ovulation or fertilization. It can't terminate an existing pregnancy, so it does not cause abortions. It is generally not effective more than 72 hours after sex, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The injunction is expected to remain in place until the case is resolved....
Oklahoma is ranked 5th in the nation in Teen Pregnancies. (click here) It is way over the national average. 50.4% of their teen pregnancy rate occurs between the ages of 15 through 19. These young women need to have options. Oklahoma is ridiculous.
This is just a little disconnected from reality. Just a little. Yet, leo94 is supposed to believe prayers will prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Right.
leo94
Dec 6, '12, 7:39 am
Prayer for my girlfriend not to be pregnant yet. (click here)
Hello everyone, I need help from God to help me out on these
difficult times. I do not want my girlfriend to get pregnant just yet, I
am too young and am not ready for this huge step in my life. This is
not the first time I go through this and the other two times God has
been very helpful and made a mircale to me for her not to be pregnant. I
again ask with all of my apologies of not having learned my lesson for
God to please help me out in this situation, and promise to have learned
my lesson. I will wish not to commit more sins, I would give up
anything in my life for this not to happen, it is just not the moment
yet. Thank you everyone and please help me out God.
Seventeen year old can't determine their own outcomes? It is no uncommon for 16 year olds to be treated as adults in any criminal-justice system in Oklahoma. That holds true for most of the Southern states. If a sixteen year old, or sometimes as young as 13, can be treated as an adult for a crime, then I think they can decide their outcomes should they have an unwanted pregnancy. Parents need an option for their teens. If they are sexually active as many are they need to be able to problem solve when they come home with an unwanted pregnancy.
By BARBARA HOBEROCK
World Capitol Bureau on Aug 20, 2013
2:24 AM Updated on 8/20/13 at 2:42 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY - A state law that puts restrictions on the emergency contraceptive drug Plan B One-Step was put on hold Monday by a temporary injunction issued by Oklahoma County District Judge Lisa Davis.
A section of House Bill 2226, which deals with health insurance forms, requires women and girls age 17 and older to show identification to a pharmacist to obtain the drug or generic emergency contraceptives. It also requires girls younger than 17 to have a prescription to obtain the drugs....
...Davis said she was granting the injunction (click here) because she believes the plaintiffs' likelihood of success in the suit is fairly strong.
David Brown, a staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said no other state in the country has such restrictions on the drug.
If the law were to take effect, the plaintiffs would lose rights they currently have, Brown said.
Patrick Wyrick, solicitor general for Pruitt's office, said that for years a prescription was required for the drug, but that requirement was withdrawn recently.
"This has been the law," Wyrick said.
He said the measure did not violate the single-subject rule and is not a special law. He said the measure contained no surprises and was vigorously debated.
All the provisions in the measure relate to prescription drugs, Wyrick said. Because the measure has a common theme, it passes the germaneness test, he said.
Plan B One-Step, called "the morning-after pill," prevents ovulation or fertilization. It can't terminate an existing pregnancy, so it does not cause abortions. It is generally not effective more than 72 hours after sex, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The injunction is expected to remain in place until the case is resolved....
I beginning to believe there might be somthing to the Diana stories now.
By Timothy B. Lee, Published: August 19 at 6:24 pm
In a remarkable post, (click here) Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger describes how the British government raided the Guardian’s offices in order to destroy hard drives containing information provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The British government had been pressuring the Guardian to return or destroy the Snowden documents. Rusbridger says he tried to explain that destroying hard drives would be pointless:...
In a remarkable post, (click here) Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger describes how the British government raided the Guardian’s offices in order to destroy hard drives containing information provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The British government had been pressuring the Guardian to return or destroy the Snowden documents. Rusbridger says he tried to explain that destroying hard drives would be pointless:...
Monday, August 19, 2013
It is the lawlessness of militias that seem to believe they don't have to abide by laws so much as make them.
The West did not expect this level of unrest following the removal of dictators and tyrants. In the case of Libya, Gaddafi was murdering people in numbers. He wanted to kill everyone in Benghazi. The West believed the people would be anxious to have their democracy. There are many factions in the Middle East and they all have their own priorities. A burning hatred of everything that came before was going to have it's effect. Appeasement under the dictators only oppressed the people's will and when that leader was removed it set fire to all those oppressed. Now, they are afraid to relinquish their own authority over their lives and stand as martyrs to god in defiance.
Mohammed al-Sheikh said he had not received the financial and moral support to implement his reforms
18 August 2013 Last updated at 17:40 ET
...The interior ministry (click here) has come under pressure to deal with violence that has plagued Libya since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Mr Sheikh is the second cabinet minister to quit in the past two weeks.
Awadh al-Barassi resigned as deputy prime minister on 4 August.
He said the government had failed to deal with the unrest, win the people's trust, and provide state agencies with adequate resources.
In a letter read out to the GNC on Sunday, Mr Sheikh said he was resigning "namely because of a lack of support from the prime minister", MP Abdullah al-Gmati told the AFP news agency.
He also complained that he was "not getting the financial and moral support to implement his reform programme and said he did not have sufficient prerogatives to carry out his policies", Mr Gmati added.
The former colonel in Tripoli's police force also spoke of being put under "pressure" from GNC members after trying to sack officials....
This is the same level of hatred witnessed in Iraq post invasion. Saddam was gone and all others found their footing after decades of repression. I don't want to say the genie has been let out of the bottle, it isn't that sort of thing. But, it is people afraid of further oppression. To some extent this violence throughout the region is rational. Dangerous, but, rational.
Mohammed al-Sheikh said he had not received the financial and moral support to implement his reforms18 August 2013 Last updated at 17:40 ET
...The interior ministry (click here) has come under pressure to deal with violence that has plagued Libya since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Mr Sheikh is the second cabinet minister to quit in the past two weeks.
Awadh al-Barassi resigned as deputy prime minister on 4 August.
He said the government had failed to deal with the unrest, win the people's trust, and provide state agencies with adequate resources.
In a letter read out to the GNC on Sunday, Mr Sheikh said he was resigning "namely because of a lack of support from the prime minister", MP Abdullah al-Gmati told the AFP news agency.
He also complained that he was "not getting the financial and moral support to implement his reform programme and said he did not have sufficient prerogatives to carry out his policies", Mr Gmati added.
The former colonel in Tripoli's police force also spoke of being put under "pressure" from GNC members after trying to sack officials....
This is the same level of hatred witnessed in Iraq post invasion. Saddam was gone and all others found their footing after decades of repression. I don't want to say the genie has been let out of the bottle, it isn't that sort of thing. But, it is people afraid of further oppression. To some extent this violence throughout the region is rational. Dangerous, but, rational.
Currency issues aren't exclusive to Tunisia, but, the instability is a problem.
Tunisia: Experts fear political instability is damaging economy (click here)
With a massive drop in
the value of the dinar and rising inflation and debt-to-GDP ratio,
worries over the effect of political instability are increasing
Written by
:
Adel Al-Nouqti
...Latest figures indicate a decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) in Tunisia by 1.3 percent in 2013 over the same period in 2012. There is 6 percent inflation and the national debt is 47 to 48 percent of GDP. The value of the Tunisian dinar has been declining rapidly, and has been at its lowest levels ever since July.
In a statement this week, the Tunisian Association of Economists issued a warning about the “gravity of the current economic situation in Tunisia” and “the extent to which the country is able to repay its debt.” In their own statement, the Assembly of Expert Tunisian Accountants emphasized that “the economic situation requires urgent action in order to restore the country’s fiscal balance,” indicating that the task may require reconsideration of the 2013 budget.
Perhaps most dangerous of all is the claim from some parties, especially among the opposition, that the Tunisian government will be unable to pay the salaries of employees in the coming period...
on :
Sunday, 18 Aug, 2013
...Latest figures indicate a decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) in Tunisia by 1.3 percent in 2013 over the same period in 2012. There is 6 percent inflation and the national debt is 47 to 48 percent of GDP. The value of the Tunisian dinar has been declining rapidly, and has been at its lowest levels ever since July.
In a statement this week, the Tunisian Association of Economists issued a warning about the “gravity of the current economic situation in Tunisia” and “the extent to which the country is able to repay its debt.” In their own statement, the Assembly of Expert Tunisian Accountants emphasized that “the economic situation requires urgent action in order to restore the country’s fiscal balance,” indicating that the task may require reconsideration of the 2013 budget.
Perhaps most dangerous of all is the claim from some parties, especially among the opposition, that the Tunisian government will be unable to pay the salaries of employees in the coming period...
The only thing the USA has to worry about in regard to Egypt is Israel.
Right now the Jerusalem Post is debating the accusations that the UN discriminates against Israel. As Israel has frequently stated, "This is the Middle East."
Ban Ki-moon: 'I don't think there is discrimination against Israel at UN' (click here)
Ban Ki-moon: 'I don't think there is discrimination against Israel at UN' (click here)
08/19/2013 21:05
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon denied on Monday there is any bias in the UN against Israel.
At a press "encounter" at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, a reporter for Israel Radio pressed Ban about his comments last Friday while meeting with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem....
...The Secretary-General was in Israel on Friday where he met with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem, and reportedly did admit to these students that there is bias against Israel in the UN.
“Unfortunately because of the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias – sometimes even discrimination,” Ban said at the time, according to several media sources.
On Monday in New York, Ban retracted these comments, and emphasized that "incitement against any group of people, any religion or tradition…is unacceptable."...
I think Gaza is closed after the attacks. And then others wonder why Israel seeks control of the borders. I didn't think the rioters wiped out the entire Egyptian military, did they?
Egypt army on high alert in Sinai, Gaza border said shut following deadly ambush (click here)
Everything is not as one sided as the American press likes to paint it. There have been killings on both sides of this and no one is innocent.
It would appear there are many unhappy folks these days. I suppose it is difficult taking the dog for a walk, but, then I hear that is a problem in some areas of California.
Tamarod is a grassroots movement in Egypt that led the campaign to oust president Mohamed Morsi.
The Palestinian group on Monday shared a video announcing a series of anti-Hamas activities as of November 11.
“Repression and tyranny have reached their peak and we can no longer remain silent,” the group said in the video. “The time has come to reject death under Hamas’s security club.”
The group said that the Palestinian Tamarod movement consisted of youths “of all colors and affiliations.”
Denouncing Hamas as medieval gangsters, the group accused the Islamist movement of torture, sabotage, smuggling, bribery and thuggery....
Ya really get the feeling they aren't patient with elections and the democratic process.
At a press "encounter" at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, a reporter for Israel Radio pressed Ban about his comments last Friday while meeting with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem....
...The Secretary-General was in Israel on Friday where he met with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem, and reportedly did admit to these students that there is bias against Israel in the UN.
“Unfortunately because of the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias – sometimes even discrimination,” Ban said at the time, according to several media sources.
On Monday in New York, Ban retracted these comments, and emphasized that "incitement against any group of people, any religion or tradition…is unacceptable."...
I think Gaza is closed after the attacks. And then others wonder why Israel seeks control of the borders. I didn't think the rioters wiped out the entire Egyptian military, did they?
Egypt army on high alert in Sinai, Gaza border said shut following deadly ambush (click here)
LAST UPDATED: 08/19/2013 13:04
...The authorities portray their campaign as a fight against terrorism.
The Brotherhood renounced violence decades ago and denies any links with
armed militants, including those in Sinai who gained strength since
autocrat Hosni Mubarak fell in 2011.
Mounting insecurity in Sinai
also worries the United States because the area lies next to Israel and
the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, as well as the Suez Canal.
At least 36 Islamists died in government custody on Sunday, in an incident that the Brotherhood described as "murder" and the authorities said was a thwarted jailbreak.
"The murders show the violations and abuses that political detainees who oppose the July 3 coup get subjected to," said the Brotherhood.
The Interior Ministry said 36 Brotherhood detainees had been suffocated by tear gas during an attempted prison breakout near Cairo. A legal source said 38 men had died from asphyxiation in the back of a crammed police van....
At least 36 Islamists died in government custody on Sunday, in an incident that the Brotherhood described as "murder" and the authorities said was a thwarted jailbreak.
"The murders show the violations and abuses that political detainees who oppose the July 3 coup get subjected to," said the Brotherhood.
The Interior Ministry said 36 Brotherhood detainees had been suffocated by tear gas during an attempted prison breakout near Cairo. A legal source said 38 men had died from asphyxiation in the back of a crammed police van....
Everything is not as one sided as the American press likes to paint it. There have been killings on both sides of this and no one is innocent.
It would appear there are many unhappy folks these days. I suppose it is difficult taking the dog for a walk, but, then I hear that is a problem in some areas of California.
08/19/2013 18:22
...Following the Egyptian example, (click here) a group of activists has launched a Palestinian
version of the Tamarod (“Rebellion”) campaign to remove Hamas from power in the
Gaza Strip.Tamarod is a grassroots movement in Egypt that led the campaign to oust president Mohamed Morsi.
The Palestinian group on Monday shared a video announcing a series of anti-Hamas activities as of November 11.
“Repression and tyranny have reached their peak and we can no longer remain silent,” the group said in the video. “The time has come to reject death under Hamas’s security club.”
The group said that the Palestinian Tamarod movement consisted of youths “of all colors and affiliations.”
Denouncing Hamas as medieval gangsters, the group accused the Islamist movement of torture, sabotage, smuggling, bribery and thuggery....
Ya really get the feeling they aren't patient with elections and the democratic process.
Give them an inch and they take a mile.
Yucca Mountain is the worst idea anyone could have ever thunk up. The USA needs to reprocess it's nuclear fuel and reuse it. Storing it forever is not a solution.
By Jacob Kastrenakes on
...But the ruling may only be a symbolic step forward. (click here) The NRC only has $11.1 million remaining in its budget for reviewing the government's application to use Yucca Mountain, and as the court writes, "$11 million is wholly insufficient to complete the processing of the application." The NRC hasn't said how much it'll need, but the US government believes that, overall, $15 billion has already been put toward the project. Whether Congress is willing to fund it further remains up in the air. The court notes that the NRC originally ended its review due to lack of funding, and that "Congress, of course, is under no obligation to appropriate additional money."...
If Yucca was open today it would be full. There is that much spent nuclear fuel in the USA currently stored in cooling pools. We don't need Yucca, we need to stop the use of this hideous energy.
Imagine that mountain with solar fields. Now realize how hideous nuclear energy sincerely is.
The USA already uses reprocessed weapons grade uranium. Approximately every tenth home in the USA is provided electricity by reprocessed
Russian uranium.Russia delivers uranium to US nuclear power plants
17.07.2012
...Reprocessing (click here) is implemented by a Russian corporation "Rosatom" and the cost of the fuel delivered to the United States has already exceeded nine billion dollars.
"For 20 years of the execution of the agreement the state budget received a total of about $18 billion. At the very beginning, when we signed the contract, its cost was estimated at about $12 billion," Alex Grigoriev, CEO of "TENEX" told radio station "Echo of Moscow". This company is part of the "Rosatom," and provides over 40 percent of the world demand for uranium enrichment services for nuclear power plants with reactors of Western design.
The electricity produced from the reprocessed uranium from Soviet nuclear bombs is consumed by nearly every tenth house of the United States. The Russian-American program "Megatons to Megawatts" will be in effect until 2013....
What was that about seimic activity? Morons. Yeah, yeah, there is money thar. Now there will be more than hydrofracking fluid in the water supply, it will be radioactive besides.
...In Nevada, (click here) at least two companies hope to use the technique to find oil.
State wells spat out roughly 427,000 barrels of oil in 2010, just 0.02 percent of the total oil production in the United States. About 87 percent of the state’s oil came from Nye County, and the rest came from neighboring Eureka County, according to the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
State regulators typically issue three or four permits each year for oil and gas drilling, but this year, they issued 13 by late September. With fracking growing more popular throughout the country, some companies have started to turn their attention to Nevada, said Alan Coyner, administrator of the state’s Division of Minerals.
No company has used hydraulic fracturing in Nevada, but some now want that option in their permits, he said.
Oil and gas producer Noble Energy plans to explore for crude oil on 350,000 acres it is leasing in northeast Nevada. The company, which gave the project a 55 percent chance of success, aims to start production in 2014....
By Jacob Kastrenakes on
...But the ruling may only be a symbolic step forward. (click here) The NRC only has $11.1 million remaining in its budget for reviewing the government's application to use Yucca Mountain, and as the court writes, "$11 million is wholly insufficient to complete the processing of the application." The NRC hasn't said how much it'll need, but the US government believes that, overall, $15 billion has already been put toward the project. Whether Congress is willing to fund it further remains up in the air. The court notes that the NRC originally ended its review due to lack of funding, and that "Congress, of course, is under no obligation to appropriate additional money."...
Imagine that mountain with solar fields. Now realize how hideous nuclear energy sincerely is.
The USA already uses reprocessed weapons grade uranium. Approximately every tenth home in the USA is provided electricity by reprocessed
Russian uranium.Russia delivers uranium to US nuclear power plants
17.07.2012
...Reprocessing (click here) is implemented by a Russian corporation "Rosatom" and the cost of the fuel delivered to the United States has already exceeded nine billion dollars.
"For 20 years of the execution of the agreement the state budget received a total of about $18 billion. At the very beginning, when we signed the contract, its cost was estimated at about $12 billion," Alex Grigoriev, CEO of "TENEX" told radio station "Echo of Moscow". This company is part of the "Rosatom," and provides over 40 percent of the world demand for uranium enrichment services for nuclear power plants with reactors of Western design.
The electricity produced from the reprocessed uranium from Soviet nuclear bombs is consumed by nearly every tenth house of the United States. The Russian-American program "Megatons to Megawatts" will be in effect until 2013....
What was that about seimic activity? Morons. Yeah, yeah, there is money thar. Now there will be more than hydrofracking fluid in the water supply, it will be radioactive besides.
...In Nevada, (click here) at least two companies hope to use the technique to find oil.
State wells spat out roughly 427,000 barrels of oil in 2010, just 0.02 percent of the total oil production in the United States. About 87 percent of the state’s oil came from Nye County, and the rest came from neighboring Eureka County, according to the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
State regulators typically issue three or four permits each year for oil and gas drilling, but this year, they issued 13 by late September. With fracking growing more popular throughout the country, some companies have started to turn their attention to Nevada, said Alan Coyner, administrator of the state’s Division of Minerals.
No company has used hydraulic fracturing in Nevada, but some now want that option in their permits, he said.
Oil and gas producer Noble Energy plans to explore for crude oil on 350,000 acres it is leasing in northeast Nevada. The company, which gave the project a 55 percent chance of success, aims to start production in 2014....
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