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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Saturday night News Update | November 28, 2009

Saturday night is arriving ... hope all your weekends are going well. Looking like temps pushing 50s until maybe Wednesday ... will take this climate change - even if humans aren't causing it.

Looking into the Perfect Storm of Perfect Storms - with our nation's money on the fast road to collapsing and our Sun totally acting strange ... we do live in interesting times!



The Economic Crisis and What Must be Done

Richard C. Cook | Sovereign control has been stolen. It is time to take it back.



BEFORE WE KNOW IT - CONGRESS WILL BE GIVING CHINA A CLIMATE BAIL-OUT

China Seeks Help From Rich World on Climate


Wall Street Journal
BEIJING -- China's top climate-change negotiator signaled that Beijing is unlikely to take further significant measures on emissions during global talks in Copenhagen unless wealthy countries foot the bill.




Bloomberg reporter Mark Pittman who sued the Fed has died


Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Pittman, the award-winning investigative reporter whose fight to open the Federal Reserve to more scrutiny led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died Nov. 25 in Yonkers, New York. He was 52.

Pittman suffered from heart-related illnesses. The precise cause of his death wasn’t known, said his friend William Karesh, vice president of the Global Health Program at the Bronx, New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society ...


Source:


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=afp8OC.OvRnI&pos=12





AP | Bangladesh ferry capsizes at dock; 37 dead




The triple-deck ferry, M.V. Coco, floats after it tipped and its rear portion sank in the Tetulia River late Friday near the coastal town of Bhola, 64 miles (104 kilometers) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. The ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo Firoz Ahmed)


November 28, 2009 - M.V. Coco, traveling from the capital Dhaka, went down late Friday as it arrived at Nazirhat town in the coastal district of Bhola, 64 miles (104 kilometers) to the south. Some survivors said the boat hit a river shoal as it approached the terminal, breaking the hull and allowing water in. As passengers scrambled to disembark, the vessel then tipped and partially sank in the Tetulia River.


Full Article:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_re_as/as_bangladesh_ferry_capsize



WATERSPOUT NEWS




Source:

http://www.prdailysun.com/?page=news.article&id=1259377496


OUR PLANET'S PROTECTIVE MAGNETOSPHERE UPDATE:

NOVEMBER 28, 2009 AT 6:05 PM CDT






http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html



MOON UPDATE

Current Moon Phase

http://www.die.net/moon/


The waxing gibbous, 11.2 day old moon, 86.6% lit:






SUNSPOTS

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/



SolarCycle24.com: The current blank streak continues and solar activity will remain at very low levels.







NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - November 28, 2009 — NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.

But there's another piece of debris in the space station's neighborhood.


Mission Control decided late Friday that the outpost would not need to dodge a 10-year-old rocket chunk. The Delta rocket was launched in 1999 with NASA's comet-chasing spacecraft, Stardust. Experts concluded the junk would come no closer than five-and-a-half miles Saturday. In fact, it was moving away from the station.



On Friday, NASA spotted an old science payload from a previous shuttle mission in the vicinity of the 220-mile-high space station. It's expected to come within nine miles Monday. For now, it's not considered a threat.


Source:


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-YHhQkzu3ft-uaqgZ3J_x9prr5wD9C8IOVG0


* I added the space junk picture ... NASA did not!




Rocket Lab Primed to Launch New Zealand’s First Rocket Into Space


Rocket Lab is preparing for a historic first launch into space from New Zealand. The Atea-1 launch vehicle is scheduled to fly the week beginning November 30th from Great Mercury Island. The exact launch date and time is weather dependent.




China Set To Launch Second Lunar Probe


http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1791754/china_set_to_launch_s





Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands in Florida





[Friday, November 27, 2009]

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis flew 171 orbits around Earth and traveled 4,490,138 miles since its Nov. 16 launch.


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EARTHQUAKE NEWS


Strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits 160 km (100 miles) ESE of General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines - Sun Nov 29 2009 at 2:10 am at epicenter


MAP 6.0 2009/11/28 18:10:24 5.406 126.451 74.8 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES



Earthquake Details

Magnitude6.0
Date-Time
Location 5.406°N, 126.451°E
Depth74.8 km (46.5 miles)
RegionMINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
Distances160 km (100 miles) ESE of General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines
205 km (130 miles) SSE of Davao, Mindanao, Philippines
1185 km (730 miles) SSE of MANILA, Philippines
2535 km (1570 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia





RENO, NEVADA HIT WITH A SWARM OF 16 QUAKES



2.3-magnitude largest of Sun Valley quakes

November 28, 2009

A series of small earthquakes is taking place in the Sun Valley area north of Reno, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory reported Friday night.

The largest was a 2.3-magnitude earthquake that occurred at 12:45 a.m. Friday, the lab reported. A 2.2-magnitude quake occurred at 4:30 p.m. Several other small quakes were reported throughout Friday, also in the Sun Valley area.

No injuries or property damage were reported.

Sources:

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091128/NEWS/911280340/2.3-magnitude-largest-of-Sun-Valley-quakes

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091128/NEWS/91128013/1232/NEWS19/Quake-swarm-in-Sun-Valley-area-has-been-hard-to-notice-%28with-map-of-quake-locations%29






Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 2.5 or Greater in the United States and Adjacent Areas and Magnitude 4.5 or Greater in the Rest of the World


Update time = Sun Nov 29 0:10:22 UTC 2009




MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
LAT
deg
LON
deg
DEPTH
km
Region
MAP 2.9 2009/11/28 22:40:30 18.479 -64.772 5.2 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.6 2009/11/28 22:05:01 -4.201 141.142 89.6 NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 3.0 2009/11/28 21:04:24 18.835 -64.516 2.0 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.9 2009/11/28 20:29:25 19.111 -65.195 16.1 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.2 2009/11/28 18:58:22 50.772 -172.948 15.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.4 2009/11/28 18:45:39 46.066 143.304 304.7 SAKHALIN, RUSSIA
MAP 6.0 2009/11/28 18:10:24 5.406 126.451 74.8 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.0 2009/11/28 17:49:17 53.127 159.479 60.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP 2.7 2009/11/28 15:20:03 33.094 -116.222 6.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.1 2009/11/28 12:37:46 19.488 -66.212 41.3 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.4 2009/11/28 12:36:49 -10.738 118.710 35.0 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
MAP 2.8 2009/11/28 12:19:26 35.969 -120.534 5.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.6 2009/11/28 11:53:36 -10.671 118.729 35.4 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.7 2009/11/28 10:45:49 31.369 130.426 162.8 KYUSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.1 2009/11/28 09:21:15 -29.285 -177.021 10.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
MAP 3.0 2009/11/28 09:18:43 40.359 -124.458 17.7 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.8 2009/11/28 08:18:36 15.046 -59.637 36.7 EAST OF MARTINIQUE, WINDWARD ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 2009/11/28 08:12:12 60.231 -150.782 62.0 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 2009/11/28 07:48:52 60.725 -151.416 64.5 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 3.4 2009/11/28 06:52:18 19.543 -66.265 45.3 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.6 2009/11/28 06:49:35 59.919 -153.485 151.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.9 2009/11/28 06:04:25 -10.469 118.921 35.0 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
MAP 2.8 2009/11/28 05:06:50 36.195 -117.169 0.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.1 2009/11/28 05:06:07 -15.625 -74.927 21.9 NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU
MAP 5.1 2009/11/28 04:35:39 -15.636 -74.916 52.6 NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU
MAP 4.7 2009/11/28 04:25:04 -10.627 118.814 35.0 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.7 2009/11/28 01:42:06 14.243 -92.357 48.8 OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
MAP 2.8 2009/11/28 01:32:27 34.009 -116.891 10.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.2 2009/11/28 00:04:36 -10.517 118.955 37.0 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA




VOLCANISM NEWS


LIVE WEBCAMS

OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER WEBCAM : NOVEMBER 28, 2009 AT 3:20PM CDT



Source:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm

Weather information provided by the U.S. National Weather Service




MOUNT ST. HELENS LIVE WEBCAM | NOVEMBER 28, 3:30 PM CDT




Source:

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/views/java-highdef-medium.php

This is a near real-time image of Mount St. Helens, taken from the Johnston Ridge Observatory. The Observatory and VolcanoCam are located at an elevation of approximately 4,500 feet, about five miles from the volcano. You are looking approximately south-southeast across the North Fork Toutle River Valley. The VolcanoCam image automatically updates approximately every five minutes.


CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS
National Severe Weather Map
Surface Temperature Forecast Map

NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA ARE GETTING HIT WITH THE WHITE TONIGHT!





The Sun-Climate Connection

This article reviews correlations between the Sun and climate, and discusses how the Sun can effect cloud formation by changing the cosmic ray flux.



CLIMATE CHANGE AS AN EXCUSE FOR 'GLOBAL GOVERNANCE' and TAXATION

Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?
Please ... take time to view this video clip on YouTube. It’s only four minutes long. Then forward it to your friends. We must rise up and STOP our president from signing this treaty!
http://www.pyrabang.com/view.php?ref=thenetprophet&post_id=42151


Climategate: The Silence is Deafening from the Corporate Media
J Speer-Williams
| Even Obama’s Science Czar, John P. Holdren, has been exposed as a dangerous extremist.


Lord Monckton: Shut Down The UN, Arrest Al Gore

Paul Joseph Watson | Anti-climate cult crusader calls for world to rise up against communistic killers behind global warming fraud.



Climategate Master Criminal Phil Jones Collected $22.6 Million in Grants

Ice Age Now | Since 1990, Phil Jones has collected a staggering 13.7 million British pounds ($22.6 million) in grants.






OUT OF EUROPE


French Big Truck eco-tax to be implemented by satellite - Is this in the future for US?




http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/7781-gp-truck-eco-tax-to-be-implemented-by-satellite.php

26 juin 2009

Le principe est acquis et la loi est votée : en 2011, conformément aux conclusions du Grenelle de l’environnement, l’Ecotaxe kilométrique s’appliquera aux poids lourds qui transiteront en France. Le CNES apporte son appui technique à la réflexion.

800,000 vehicles affected


The eco-tax for trucks is the application of the user pays principle. The goal is to extend this principle to heavy vehicles of over 3.5 tonnes on main roads other than toll roads,” explains the French ministry for ecology, energy, sustainable development and land planning (MEEDDAT*).

The eco-tax will raise funds for alternative transport infrastructures. But the devil is in the details.

Collection and exploitation by the operator of the parameters required to calculate the tax will prove complex in practice.

The measure will apply to around 800,000 vehicles - including 600,000 registered in France - and 10,000 to 15,000 kilometres of roads. The road network will be divided into sections with different rates constituting the basic tax units.





NEWS ABOUT OUR NATION'S BIGGEST BUSINESS: WAR
USA is no longer an industrialized power - WAR is its specialty!


LIMA, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Peru, apparently undeterred by rejection of earlier proposals seeking to contain an arms race in Latin America, has proposed the creation of a South American peace force to avert a regional conflict amid rising tensions and increased arms buying.

COVINGTON, Ky., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded TiER1 Performance Solutions a phase II contract to continue development of insider threat recognition training methods.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. company Goodrich Corp. announced plans to acquire mission-critical guidance technologies developer AIS Global Holdings.
"AIS' portfolio of inertial sensors is an excellent complement to Goodrich's guidance, control and navigation systems. Combining our engineering strengths and technology will enable us to further support United States and allied forces across the full spectrum of guidance and control systems."

LONDON, Ontario, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- General Dynamics has received an order to deliver its Light Armored Vehicles from the U.S. Army to support a foreign military sale.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. company View Systems says its U.A.E. business partner Belcom has received additional orders from undisclosed government and private sector customers in Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, India and the United Arab Emirates.

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. company Northrop Grumman says it has successfully completed the first of its MQ-8B Fire Scout deliveries. The three UAV technologies were delivered to the Navy as part of the Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle program.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has successfully completed development of the detail design phase for the Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in the Product Model virtual environment, marking a milestone for the company.

LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- AgustaWestland has completed a test flight of its next-generation military helicopter in England marking a milestone in the development of the aircraft.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Cyberlux Corp. says its new lighting system developed for the U.S. Defense Department with Sacred Power Corp. has completed an evaluation. This product also meets the Department of Defense mandate for renewable energy technologies that support the needs of the warfighter.

BINGEN, Wash., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Insitu Inc. has achieved a milestone with its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system after its successful test flight aboard a Canadian defense vessel.

LAVAL, Quebec, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The Canadian Air Transportation Security Authority has contracted Smiths Detection to deliver its X-ray technologies to support airport checkpoint security. Officials say the CATSA order is part of an effort to upgrade Canadian airport checkpoint security capabilities with Smith Detection's next-generation scanning technologies.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- An assault ship of NATO member France arrived Tuesday in St. Petersburg's harbor, but Russians need not fear: The helicopter carrier Mistral has sailed to Russia to convince the Kremlin to agree to what would be the largest arms deal ever signed with a Western country. Russia, has never purchased a foreign-made military vessel.

ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Turkey has warned Israeli defense contractors to deliver on 10 promised drone aircraft in 50 days or the deal may be canceled.

BHUBANESWAR, India, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- India has test fired a nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile, Agni II.
The Agni II is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to targets of up to a range of 1,500 miles. With a launch weight of 16 tons, the 65-foot surface-to-surface missile can carry a nuclear payload of 1 ton. It takes only 15 minutes for the missile to be readied for firing.

The specific series are considered to be India's most sophisticated missiles. They are being developed by India's Defense Research Development Organization as part of the country's deterrent strategy against neighboring nations, including China and Pakistan, armed with nuclear weapons.

India has already tested a 3,000-kilometer range Agni-III missile, the longest in the series that can knock down targets as far off as Beijing and Shanghai, analysts say.

The launch also comes on the eve of a summit between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and U.S. President Barack Obama.

India hopes the United States will stay engaged in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But India will also be looking to the U.S. president for greater clarity on nuclear technology transfer as the new administration in Washington is seen to be backpedaling on positions agreed to by the Bush administration in 2008.

The former U.S. president is highly regarded in India for bringing India back to the international fold after it tested nuclear weapons in 1998.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- British company BAE says it California, Texas and Pennsylvania facilities will support contract modifications from the Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command.



Headlines - RevolutionRadio.org


“We will pay for our folly and it will be a penalty few will survive.”

Big Government Socialist Beast and The Plague of Self-Delusion

by Tim Case LewRockwell.com


“It has been proved, by indisputable evidence, that power is not the grand principle of union among the parts of a very extensive empire; and that when this principle is pushed beyond the degree necessary for rendering justice between man and man, it debases the character of individuals, and renders them less secure in their persons and property…” ~ James Winthrop, Antifederalist No. 11



Dubai Debt Woes Raise Fear of Wider Problem

By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
NYTimes.com
November 27, 2009

Of the many economies that gorged on debt in the boom years, Dubai stood out. In the space of a few years the emirate’s investment arm, Dubai World, racked up $59 billion in debt, borrowing to build lavish developments like a giant island shaped like a palm tree to entice celebrities like Brad Pitt, and to invest in glittery properties like the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas.

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Is Britain on the brink of financial armageddon?

By James Palumbo
DailyMailUK
27th November 2009

He’s one of our top entrepreneurs who recently put all his investments into cash. The reason: He believes Britain faces bankruptcy. You may disagree with his bleak analysis but you can’t afford NOT to read it

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Tax revenue down in at least 44 states

By Stateline.org
Staff Reports

Tax collections declined in the third quarter in the 44 states for which early data are available, according to a report released today (Nov. 23) by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government.
States collected 10.7 percent less in tax revenue in the July-September period than during the same three months a year ago, according to the report, which predicted that tax collections in the final three months of the year “will continue to be weak.”

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State, local budget cuts a “time bomb” for U.S. jobs

by Tom Ryan
Reuters.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday.

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Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody — Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses

By Nick Turse
AlterNet.org

Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.

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Climategate e-mails sweep America, may scuttle Barack Obama’s Cap and Trade laws

By Gerald Warner
TelegraphUK
November 26th, 2009

Just a few considerations in addition to previous remarks about the explosion of the East Anglia Climategate e-mails in America. The reaction is growing exponentially there. Fox News, Barack Obama’s Nemesis, is now on the case, trampling all over Al Gore’s organic vegetable patch and breaking the White House windows. It has extracted some of the juiciest quotes from the e-mails and displayed them on-screen, with commentaries. Joe Public, coast-to-coast, now knows, thanks to the clowns at East Anglia’s CRU, just how royally he has been screwed.

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Week 46 Sets Record H1N1 US Pediatric Fatalities

Recombinomics Commentary
November 28, 2009

There were 35 influenza associated pediatric deaths reported week 46: NH (1), MA (1), RI (2), PA (2), MN (1), MO (1), NC (2), FL (3), TN (1), TX (2), CO (1), NM (8), WA (1), CA (1), IL (3), IN (1), KY (1), NY (1), SC (2)

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A Flashback…The Last Roundup

For decades the federal government has been developing a highly classified plan that would override the Constitution in the event of a terrorist attack. Is it also compiling a secret enemies list of citizens who could face detention under martial law?

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Swine flu epidemic escaped from lab, Australian scientists say

By Angela Kamper
The Daily Telegraph.au
November 28, 2009

THREE Australian experts are making waves in the medical community with a report suggesting swine flu may have developed because of a lab error in making vaccines.

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WHO Confirms D225G Vaccine Failure

Recombinomics Commentary
November 28, 2009

One isolate from Ukraine with the mutation had changed so that swine flu vaccine probably would not protect against it well, Britain’s national medical laboratory reported Friday.

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Recession is Over, Welcome Back to the Depression

The Life of an Economic Turkey

By Bill Bonner
TheDailyReckoning.com

Things were pretty rough there for a while…what with the recession and all. But now there’s a recovery. Business is picking up.”

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UN scientists turn on each other: UN Scientist Declares Climategate colleagues Mann, Jones and Rahmstorf ’should be barred from the IPCC process’ — They are ‘not credible any more’

UN scientists turn on each other: UN Scientist Declares Climategate colleagues Mann, Jones and Rahmstorf ’should be barred from the IPCC process’ — They are ‘not credible any more’

By Marc Morano
Climate Depot.com

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Lord Monckton: Shut Down The UN, Arrest The Warmist Criminals

Anti-climate cult crusader calls for world to rise up against communistic killers behind global warming fraud

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Saturday, November 28, 2009

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Climategate: ‘There Was Proof of Fraud All Along’

IPCC expert reviewer Gray — whose 1,898 comments critical of the 2007 report were ignored — recently found that proof of the fraud was public for years.

by Vincent Gray
PajamasMedia.com
November 27, 2009

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Inhofe Says Cap and Trade Climate Proposal is Dead

Senatus.com
November 28, 2009

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-OK) says cap-and-trade climate change legislation is dead in the Senate, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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Secession and the State Militia

by Russell D. Longcore
LewRockwell.com

Today, I’m going to tread ground upon which many fear to tread by discussing the first two phrases of the Second Amendment.

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states thus: “A Well-Regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the Right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

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When the Revolution Comes, Wear Your Dog Tags

by Michael S. Rozeff
LewRockwell.com

Wednesday morning the 25th at 9:45 a.m. meant a visit to Dr. Nick, the ophthalmologist. The office was peopled predominantly by seniors who looked near 80. Two in conversation admitted to being 78 and 79. I felt young. Still, that’s your future and not too far off. Make the most of your remaining time, I thought.

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Financial Crisis in Dubai: Towards a Nightmare Scenario?

by Mike Whitney
Global Research
November 28, 2009

The default in Dubai is not the beginning of Financial Meltdown 2. Don’t look for dominoes here. Yes, it does raise serious questions about the vast debt-overhang in emerging economies–particularly East Europe. But, this is not a “sovereign default” in the strict sense, nor is there any great risk of contagion. Oil-rich Abu Dhabi is loaded with liquid assets, possibly as much as $800 billion. They could pay off Dubai World’s measly $60 billion debt without batting an eye. But Abu Dhabi wants to send its wastrel younger brother a wake-up-call by forcing Dubai to restructure its debt. That means that banks, bondholders and contractors will have to take a haircut, which is not surprising given the abysmal condition of the commercial real estate market.

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“The Beast” Kills The Truckers…

Doomsday looming for many truckers at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports

Clean-air guidelines banning older rigs and those without diesel particulate filters take effect Jan. 1. Many drivers says the changes are just too costly.

By Patrick J. McDonnell
LATimes.com
November 27, 2009








Elin Nordegren, wife of golfer Tiger Woods, leaves the exclusive Isleworth subdivision in Windermere, Fla., with the family dogs on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)




You all behave this Saturday night!! Talk at you later ...



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Global Internet Monitor

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Akamai monitors global Internet conditions around the clock. With this
real-time data identify the global regions with the greatest attack traffic, cities with the slowest Web connections (latency), and geographic areas with the most Web traffic (traffic density). Click on "ATTACKS" on the top of the screen at the link. (You can pull the slider from Europe to the US to see number of attacks)





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Note:: If you follow this link to the main global map scroll down to find listing of various earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.


Recent Volcano Observatory Activity Reports

List of Volcanoes of Antarctica and South Sandwich Islands

VOLCANOES by REGION:

Mediterranean and W Asia | Africa and Red Sea | Middle East and Indian Ocean | New Zealand to Fiji | Melanesia and Australia | Indonesia | Philippines and SE Asia | Japan, Taiwan, Marianas | Kuril Islands | Kamchatka and Mainland Asia | Alaska | Canada and Western USA | Hawaii and Pacific Ocean | México and Central America | South America | West Indies | Iceland and Arctic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean | Antarctica


African Desert Rift Confirmed as New Ocean in the Making - Geologists Show that Seafloor Dynamics Are at Work in Splitting African Continent

Space.com | June 10, 2009 - Incoming space rocks now classified by military WHY?


Maps of Nuclear Power Reactors
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