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Friday, October 2, 2009

Morning Newsletter | 3 October 09

WIND ADVISORIES ARE GONE THIS MORNING!

Yesterday Lincoln had sustained winds as high as 35 mph and gusts as high as 44. The following is a picture of what happened due to the wind south of Hwy 2 on 27th Street yesterday:


National Weather Link


NEBRASKA'S RELIGION OF THE HUSKER HAS A WEEKEND OFF!
Safe to go downtown this weekend if you chose - no herds of people in red running amuck


HAPPY BIRTHDAY GANDHI

School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in a cultural programme on the eve of Gandhi's 140th birth anniversary, in the central Indian city of Bhopal October 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raj Patidar


SINKHOLE NEWS

From Norway's 3rd largest newspaper: dagbladet.no (not in English). Given the caption - this sinkhole must be located in Guatemala City

Tre mennesker savnet i giganthull i Guatemala City



IF I WOULD HAVE KNOW - I'D WANTED SOME GIFTS ON THURSDAY!

United Nations | International Day of Older Persons - 1 October




Olympics Go to Rio in 2016
BetUs.com
Now, only Africa and Antarctica remain as continents that have not been awarded an Olympics. Rio beat surprise finalist Madrid in the last round of voting. ...



GOOD THING I DRIVE AN OLD JEEP - MY JEEP'S SPARE PARTS ARE SITTING IN JUNK YARDS!
Toledo Jeep plant shutting down next week due to a parts shortage



Chief Red Cloud (age 90) to Obama: Black Hills are Not For Sale -

There has yet been NO response


Chief Oliver Red Cloud, Lakota, issued a statement to President Obama requesting a meeting more than two weeks ago and is yet to receive a response. Chief Red Cloud, 90, told Obama the Black Hills are not — and have never been — for sale

September 13, 2009
The Honorable Barack H. Obama
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500


Dear Mr. President:

I am the Itancan (chief) of the Oglala Lakota Band of the Great Sioux Nation and Chairman of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, the traditional governing body of the eight bands of the Lakota Nation.

The Lakota Nation entered into and has always abided by the provisions of the Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868. However, the United States of America has repeatedly violated and unilaterally attempted to abrogate the Treaties in violation of accepted international standards and codified international treaty law.

The Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, acting under the guidelines of Article XI of the U.S. Constitution, reaffirms its declaration of inherent authority as a separate and distinct entity from the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act Government of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Interior Department of the United States Government. The Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council is committed to upholding the 1851 and 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaties and will employ its’ inherent authority to decision making and leadership to protect the integrity of, and our rights in these treaties.

The I.R.A. Government acts as an extension of the United States and carries out its orders.
Your office has sent a mandate to Lakota Bands to initiate a dialogue concerning the Black Hills Land Claim Settlement. How can the United States Government negotiate with I.R.A. Governments, which is an extension of itself?

It is necessary to issue this statement due to current discussions between I.R.A. Tribal Presidents, regarding the United States Governments’ Supreme Court action to award monies for the illegal taking of the 1851 and 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty Territory and other Treaty violations.

We forever oppose the acceptance of any money for our sacred lands.

We recently met with U.S. Senator John Thune’s staff to discuss our frustration with the I.R.A. Governments blatant disregard for our inherent authority over treaty issues.

I am 90 years old now. I have spent the better part of my adult life fighting for the return of our sacred He Sapa (Black Hills). I want to create something better for the next seven generations.


I would like to meet with you as soon as possible to address our concerns. Please have your staff contact my administrative assistant, Natalie Hand at (605) 867-5762 (605) 867-5762 , for scheduling.

Sincerely,
_____________________________________________
Chief Oliver Red Cloud
/nnh
Cc: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senator John Thune
U.S. Senator Tim Johnson
U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin
U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar




Local residents make their way through floodwaters in Taytay township, Rizal province east of Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. Tens of thousands of villagers fled the path of Typhoon Parma on northern Philippines as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) Full Story


The Sun | At least 20 people dead and 10 missing as torrential rain caused mudslides which devastated two villages in Italy.


Devastation ... flood damage to buildings in Messina

An aerial view of a road collapsed in the village of Molino near the Sicilian town of Messina October 2, 2009. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello.

Officials declared the area around the city of Messina in north east Sicily a disaster zone after three hours of thunderstorms brought "apocalyptic" scenes of destruction.

Saturday, October 3, 2009 - Roads, rail lines and buildings were submerged in water and engulfed by rocks and trees. Worst hit were mountain villages Giampilieri and Briga, where nine inches of rain swept away cars and homes.

Concetta Auditore, 77, said: "It was like hell. Everything collapsed in on us."



WONDER WHAT MY KIDS WOULD SAY IF I LOOKED LIKE THIS?

A man who calls himself Spikey Bob poses for a photo at a tattoo convention in London September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning



HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU ALL A VOLCANO UPDATE FOR AWHILE

Emergency and Disaster Information Services (EDIS) Budapest Hungary | Current active volcanoes


National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications
Emergency and Disaster Information Services (EDIS)
Budapest Hungary

Note: Scroll down below global map on news website to view listings

Current active volcanoes
Name of Volcano Location Volcano Type Details
Status
ArenalCosta RicaStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
AsamaJapanComplex volcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 2
BezymiannyRussiaStratovolcanoReadEruptionYellow
ChaitenChileCalderaReadEruptionRed
ColimaMexicoStratovolcanoesReadEruptionOrange
FernandinaGalapagos IslandsShield volcanoReadEruptionOrange
FuegoGuatemalaStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
Guagua PichinchaEcuadorStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
IbuIndonéziaStratovolcanoReadEruptionLevel 3
Jebel al-TairYemenStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
KarangetangIndonéziaStratovolcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 3
KarymskyRussiaStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
KilaueaUSAShield volcanoReadEruptionOrange
KrakatauIndonesiaCalderaReadEruptionAlert Level 3
LangilaPápua Új-GuineaComplex volcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 2
Llaima
StratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
ManamPapua New GuineaStratovolcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 3
Manda HararoEtiopiaShield volcanoesReadEruptionOrange
Miyake-JimaJapanStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
Mt. ErebusAntarcticaStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
Mt. EtnaItalyStratovolcanoesReadEruptionOrange
Ol Doinyo LengaiTanzaniaStratovolcanoReadEruptionYellow
PacayaGuatemalaComplex volcanoReadEruptionOrange
PoasCosta RicaStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
PopocatepetlMexicoStratovolcanoesReadEruptionYellow
RabaulPapua New-GuineaPyroclastic shieldReadEruptionAlert Level 2
RinjaniIndonesiaStratovolcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 2
Sakura-JimaJapánStratovolcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 3
San Cristobal
StratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
Santa MariaGuatemalaStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
SemeruIndonesiaStratovolcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 2
SheveluchRussiaStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
Soufriere HillsMontserratStratovolcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 3
StromboliItalyStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
Suwanose-JimaJapanStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
TungurahuaEcuadorStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
UbinasPeruStratovolcanoReadEruptionOrange
YasurVanuatuStratovolcanoReadEruptionAlert Level 3




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CALIFORNIA IS STILL GETTING CLOBBERED WITH THEIR EARTHQUAKE SWARM THIS MORNING (6:45AM):

Update time = Sat Oct 3 11:40:40 UTC 2009

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
LAT
deg
LON
deg
DEPTH
km
Region
MAP 4.5 2009/10/03 11:37:10 36.390 -117.873 1.2 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.0 2009/10/03 09:41:18 18.725 -65.267 50.3 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.8 2009/10/03 09:25:53 36.412 -117.850 3.9 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2009/10/03 09:02:24 36.460 -121.035 1.7 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.2 2009/10/03 07:16:59 -16.881 -172.986 10.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.9 2009/10/03 06:30:46 36.388 -117.871 2.7 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.0 2009/10/03 06:15:39 36.383 -117.881 2.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 2009/10/03 05:51:23 63.066 -150.739 126.4 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.4 2009/10/03 05:45:50 56.577 -155.891 0.1 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.9 2009/10/03 05:38:41 36.385 -117.860 0.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.7 2009/10/03 05:31:57 36.395 -117.869 1.6 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 2009/10/03 05:20:58 30.036 79.851 26.7 UTTARANCHAL, INDIA
MAP 2.6 2009/10/03 05:05:33 36.401 -117.868 5.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 2009/10/03 04:23:41 36.406 -117.853 2.3 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2009/10/03 03:54:48 36.398 -117.874 5.8 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 2009/10/03 03:49:20 19.097 -64.876 9.1 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.7 2009/10/03 03:37:41 36.389 -117.867 3.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2009/10/03 03:17:29 36.090 -120.215 8.7 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.1 2009/10/03 03:11:17 36.410 -117.854 1.8 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.3 2009/10/03 02:27:06 36.383 -117.853 3.8 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 2009/10/03 02:19:56 36.656 -121.270 11.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 2009/10/03 02:01:07 38.325 -122.582 5.2 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2009/10/03 01:59:35 36.400 -117.874 6.4 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.0 2009/10/03 01:56:00 36.387 -117.847 4.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.6 2009/10/03 01:54:53 -14.505 -173.138 10.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.8 2009/10/03 01:52:17 36.406 -117.842 0.6 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 2009/10/03 01:50:21 36.386 -117.874 4.8 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.2 2009/10/03 01:47:54 36.395 -117.855 0.2 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 2009/10/03 01:42:17 36.402 -117.864 2.7 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 2009/10/03 01:39:16 18.209 -68.462 110.4 MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAP 3.3 2009/10/03 01:38:08 36.409 -117.862 5.7 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2009/10/03 01:34:47 36.382 -117.878 6.3 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 2009/10/03 01:33:35 36.404 -117.849 2.3 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.0 2009/10/03 01:31:43 36.397 -117.858 0.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.1 2009/10/03 01:30:31 36.405 -117.863 3.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 2009/10/03 01:26:05 36.386 -117.873 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.7 2009/10/03 01:23:26 36.415 -117.849 4.3 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 2009/10/03 01:22:28 36.402 -117.852 5.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.7 2009/10/03 01:21:58 35.960 -117.670 14.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 2009/10/03 01:19:50 36.389 -117.860 6.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.2 2009/10/03 01:15:59 36.393 -117.877 0.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2009/10/03 01:14:45 17.920 -65.421 13.5 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.9 2009/10/03 01:10:25 36.386 -117.867 3.6 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.7 2009/10/03 01:09:18 36.385 -117.864 0.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.7 2009/10/03 00:50:14 6.744 -73.016 160.4 NORTHERN COLOMBIA
MAP 2.7 2009/10/03 00:45:50 42.137 -119.172 18.3 OREGON
MAP 3.1 2009/10/03 00:32:04 36.386 -117.868 0.9 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA


I'll talk at you all later .... but looks like a pretty 60 degree fall day forecast for the upcoming when the sun begins to wake up. That wind yesterday was getting on my nerves!!





Morning Newsletter | 2 October 2009


HARVEST MOON: This weekend's full Moon has a special name--the Harvest Moon. It's the full moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox (Sept. 23). In years past, farmers depended on the light of the Harvest Moon to gather ripening crops late into the night.

Link: Neil Young - Harvest Moon -2000 (YouTube)


THE ONLY SINKHOLE NEWS THIS MORNING

Caesar Windsor casino 'a sinkhole'

CBC News (Canada) - ‎1 hour ago‎
A Conservative MPP slammed Caesars Windsor on Thursday, calling it "a sinkhole of a casino that's so deep it needs stimulus funds to stay afloat." ...


Have been now reading George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com now for way over a year. About the only guy that is into economy that has a sense of humor I can appreciate - his personal take on headlines is one of my morning reads.

Say It Again, Tim

"Strong dollar "Very Important": Geithner." So are Easter Eggs and Unicorns. Look: the US dollar is down to 4.6¢ of purchasing power compared with where it was in 1913 when the Fed coup seized the money creation power that the Founders had wisely placed with Congress and Geithner wants it to do what now, reversing a nearly 100-year trend? Might as well be asking the tide not to come in.

"Did Apes descend from us" is the headline in The Toronto Star this morning. Doesn't seem hardly possible. For one thing, they don't speak, hold elections, run around killing one another in wars like we do. How could they possibly have evolved from us?

Earth's Magnetosphere looks as if it is having another bad hair day this Friday morning!
Put on your tin foil hats to protect yourself from incoming cosmic rays ...




BIG-PHARMA NOW MAKING MONEY OFF OF EXPIRED RXs
How creative of them - as if creating a virus in a lab wasn't creative enough!
Texas to Get Expired Tamiflu to Relieve Shortage

Consumer Reports poll, many American unsure about getting H1N1 shot -- A majority of U.S. adults say they are either reluctant or unsure about whether they or their children will get vaccinated for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.



IS THE ENGLISH PRESS BAD-MOUTHING AMERICANS BECAUSE WE SUPPORT AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOTALLY OUT-SOURCE?

HAVE TO LOVE IT HOW THE ENGLISH REFER TO US AS THE STATES - THINKING OF COUNTRIES AS THE COLONIES THEY OWN MODE - HISTORICAL HABIT - BUT THEN GLOBALIST BANKSTERS FROM LONDON THINK THEY DO OWN THE CITIZENS OF THE US - DO SOME RESEARCH ON YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND OUR IMPORTED (FROM ENGLAND) LEGAL SYSTEM....


Photo: STEVEN VON WORLEY

Just as in London it is claimed you are never more than five metres from a rat, it seems that in the United States of America you are never much more than that from a Big Mac and fries, according to weathersealed.com.

That’s not quite true. While there are more than 13,000 branches in the States, some benighted areas of its vast hinterland are not blessed with ready access to 710-calories salads or a quarter-gallon vat of Coca Cola.

Predictably, the densely populated eastern seaboard has the highest numbers of the fast-food outlets – as represented by the thick galaxy of McDonald’s lights to the right of the map - closely followed by the west coast.

But between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, double cheeseburgers get harder to find.

South-east Oregon, central Nevada and Idaho are all borderline French-fry deserts – “McSparse”, as Steven von Worley, the map’s creator, puts it.

According to von Worley, the “McFarthest Spot” in America – or at least the 48 contiguous states – lies in the grasslands of South Dakota, between two tiny hamlets called Meadow and Glad Valley.

It is a terrifying 107 miles from the nearest McDonald’s as the crow flies – but worse still, a two-hour-minimum, 145-mile journey by car.

British people will be reassured to know that despite the comparatively tiny size of our islands, we still find room for an artery-busting 1,250 McDonald’s outlets.


THE NATIVES ARE GETTING RESTLESS - REVOLUTION IS IN THE AIR

BUT NOT IN HAPPY STATE/GLOBALIST NEBRASKA WITH THEIR REAL ID/NATIONAL ID LIKE IN DUBAI, UAE (United Arab Emirates)! - NEBRASKA CAVED WITHOUT A FIGHT TO GLOBALIST AGENDA - TAKE THEIR HUSKERS FOOTBALL AWAY AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THEM FINALLY WAKE UP
State Agencies Must Now E-Verify Employees - State and local public employers in Nebraska will now have to take extra steps to ensure their employees are in the country legally. (Full Story)

KCTV | Obama Nation Billboard Draws Attention

Kansas City - New Sign Along I-70 Has Motorists Talking

NEWS UPDATE ON: FOREIGN MERCENARIES MESSING AROUND IN MONTANA
Montana Attorney General launches probe of Hardin jail -- Montana's attorney general launched an investigation Thursday into a California company that wants to take over an empty jail in the rural city of Hardin, following revelations that the company's lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud.


A GOOD ONE FROM KATE THIS MORNING

A little 7 year old boy ask his Dad, What is Politics?

Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I am the head of the family , so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.

Now think about that and see if it makes sense.'

So the little boy! Goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.
He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny.
He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy says to his father,
'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'

The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words
what you think politics is all about.'

The little boy replies,

'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep.
The People are being ignored and the
Future is in deep shit.

SO SAD YET SO TRUE


Just looked at the Weather map for the nation - strange to see winter weather advisories for snow, sleet or ice in Arizona and New Mexico - yet no such advisories issued for Montana, North Dakota or Minnesota

National Weather Outlook


BANKSTERS MEETINGS IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY NEWS
G-7 meeting together with World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting
Shoe thrown at IMF chief -- A demonstrator in Turkey has thrown a shoe at the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in a protest similar to that against US president, George Bush, in Iraq in 2008.

Wonder if "Shoe Parties" would be a good idea to get more attention from our government-corporate media than Tea Parties??


JET FUEL FOR TWO AIR FORCE ONE JETS WASTED FLYING FIRST MICHELLE AND THEN THE PREZ TO DENMARK

Chicago is eliminated in the first round of voting for the 1016 Olympics - cue audible gasps around the auditorium - and a second round of voting opened immediately - with Tokyo eliminated in second round. Now either Madrid or Rio.


I'm sure you will hear more news from me later! Stay warm on this cold and cloudy day in the Happy State.



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