Death and disease: The oil curse
Thousands of indigenous peoples are displaced from their land, which is militarized and expropriated in an unending genocide.
Oil exploitation is carried out – causing damages that go uncompensated – without consulting the communities and with the connivance of the government of the time. Transnational companies such as Shell, Repsol, and Maxus appropriate territorial spaces under the pretext that they are of “public utility”, they contaminate bodies of water and river beds, they deforest virgin forests and generate impacts destroying the future.
In Colombia, the Guahibo indigenous peoples who inhabited the Arauca savannahs were decimated by the activities of the Occidental Petroleum Company. The Yariguis and Aripis were exterminated by the Standard Oil Company in 1915; in 1931 the Bari-Motilon people were violently attacked by the Gula, Mobil and Texas Petroleum Companies that indiscriminately murdered, set up electrified fences or gave out poisoned salt which they threw from planes as presents.
In 1960, the Inga, Siona and Cofan peoples were scattered and their rivers turned into sewers by the oil industry. In 1980, Occidental and Shell subdued the Saliva and Sicuani, Betoye, Hitnu or Macaguane, Hitanu or Iguanito and Dome Jiwi, expropriating 70-95% of their territories and leaving them in utter poverty. In 1991 243 indigenous leaders of the Zenu, Koreguajes, Pastops and Pijao peoples were murdered. In 1992, the exploration company Fronteras launched the genocide of the Nukak people and at the end of the nineties Occidental frontally attacked the U’wa people.
These are not isolated cases. In Ecuador, companies such as Texaco wiped out the Tetete people and attacked the Signa, Secoya, Cofan and Huaorani people, almost exterminating them. In Peru, Shell pushed the Nahua people to the brink of extinction.
In Nigeria, the United States oil company Chevron Texaco continues to be accused of committing atrocious violations of Human Rights against the Niger Delta communities, in three incidents perpetrated between 1998 and 1999 against the Ilaje, Opia and Ikenyan communities. The attacks included assaults on unarmed people with firearms, summary executions, torture, maltreatment, unjustified destruction of properties and razing of their environment and way of life.
Environmental degradation included the loss of fresh water sources while the company opened up numerous channels from the sea towards the coast to install their equipment. According to Bola Oyibo, leader of a group of one hundred and twenty-one young people from 42 communities advancing on the Chevron Parabe platform to protest against the continuous destruction of their environment “For years Chevron has systematically undertaken a war against our lands, forests and waters. Come to the Awoye Community and see for yourselves what they have done. All is dead, mangroves, tropical forests, fish, fresh water, wildlife. All has been killed by Chevron…”
For its part, also in Nigeria, Shell started drilling oil wells in Owukubu without consulting the Odioma community. This led to a community crisis that snowballed into a series of fatal events, leading to the death of over 1,500 people, hundreds of injured, 3,000 people arrested as hostages and a considerable part of the population fleeing to the mangrove forest and other villages (see WRM bulletin No. 92).
In Indonesia, the Province of Riau, on the Sumatran coast has long been classified as a rich zone because there are oil fields, in addition to mining, gas and thousands of hectares of oil palm plantations. However the income from these activities has not enriched the lives of the Riau community. On the contrary, the poverty rates have reached 40.2 per cent of its population of 4.5 million inhabitants. The main actor in the exploitation of oil is PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CFI), owned by Chevron Texaco.
Within this picture of poverty in Riau, the Sakai tribe is the direct and indirect victim of oil action. They live on the forest edge and along the Siak River, using its waters to bathe, eat and drink. However the waters are polluted and they continue to use them as they have no other option. Their staple food is a kind of tuber, the ubi manglo, which grows around their houses. Although it is considered to be toxic, the Sakai people continue to eat it because they have become used to its secondary effects, but more because now they have almost no other food options left in the forest.
To the genocide of entire peoples are added isolated, concealed deaths caused by oil accidents and by the terrible contamination they generate.
The contact of pollution with the organism comes by way of personal hygiene, consumption and breathing, thus generating skin diseases, diseases of the respiratory system, the digestive apparatus, eyes, nose and throat and gynaecological troubles. However, it also contributes to increase malnutrition, anaemia, tuberculosis and miscarriages. The cancer prevalence rate has increased enormously in the peoples close to the sources of contamination, and most affects children under 14 years of age.
The wells close to the crude oil ponds are polluted by the chemical products that infiltrate them, also killing domestic animals which for many members of the communities, fulfil the functions of consumption, trade and economic reserves in times of emergency. For these families, their disappearance leaves them in poverty and deprives them of their food sovereignty.
Once it starts depending on oil, the State finds it hard to diversify its economy and promote other sectors that contribute more direct benefits to underprivileged sectors. The dependence on oil becomes an obstacle to types of economic activities that favour low-income sectors of the population.
Far from being the so-called “black gold” bringing prosperity and welfare to the peoples, oil ends up creating a cursed circle of impoverishment, contamination, disease and death.
Friday, February 10, 2006
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The Anderson Blog is for juveniles. It's a 'I love Andy' blog. You should try to have someone write it for you, Anderson. It might attract the people you are hoping to attact.
DRC: Journalist Jailed for More Than a Week for "Insulting" an Official
Committee To Protect Journalists (New York)
February 7, 2006
Posted to the web February 8, 2006
Jean-Louis Ngalamulume, publisher of the private newspaper L'Eclaireur, has been jailed since January 27 in the capital, Kinshasa, on charges of publishing "public insults" against a government official, according to the press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED) and the secretary-general of the Congolese press union.
Police questioned Ngalamulume about a January 11 article that described as "incompetent" and "tribalistic" an official who maintains real estate documents, according to JED. Ngalamulume was brought before a judge on January 28, and he was transferred to the Kinshasa central prison on January 31.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602080686.html
Group protests treatment of migrants at Bahamas consulate in Miami
By LUISA YANEZ
lyanez@MiamiHerald.com
The Democracy Movement plans picketing in front of the Bahamas Consulate General in downtown Miami today at noon to protest the treatment of Cuban migrants detained in the Bahamas.
The protest comes after news that four Miami TV journalists were injured and briefly jailed while covering the detention of Cuban migrants on the island.
Mario Vallejo, a reporter with WLTV-Univisión 23, sustained a cut to the left side of his head Tuesday. He was treated at a local hospital, received seven stitches and was released. He is back in Miami today.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13821440.htm
Ex-Music Executive Jailed in Celebrity Sleuth Case
By Gina Keating
Reuters
Wednesday, February 8, 2006; 4:19 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former music industry executive indicted as part of a Hollywood wiretapping scandal was sent to jail after talking of plans to flee or kill himself to avoid standing trial, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Robert Pfeifer, who served as president of Walt Disney Co.'s Hollywood Records in the mid-1990s, was ordered detained as a flight risk at a Tuesday hearing in Los Angeles federal court.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020801709.html
Group presses US military on jailed journalists
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday called for the U.S. military to free two journalists, one held without charge in Iraq and the other, the media rights group said, detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The New York-based group also demanded an explanation from the U.S. military for holding a Reuters TV cameraman for eight months without charges until his release on Sunday.
Samir Mohammed Noor, a 30-year-old Iraqi freelancer, was freed from military custody after being held in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and then at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq.
"Samir Mohammed Noor should not have been jailed for eight months without charge, explanation, or due process," CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper said in a statement.
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=10943723
Clubs help kids to beat bigotry
Pupils from local primary and secondary schools will be taught by the clubs' staff and learn about healthy lifestyles at the sessions at Garscube sports complex.
he sessions are part of a series of events at One Glasgow "diversity week" run by Glasgow University from February 20 to 25.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5048756.html
Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay Lands Spot on Appropriations Committee
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON Feb 8, 2006 (AP)— Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, forced to step down as the No. 2 Republican in the House, scored a soft landing Wednesday as GOP leaders rewarded him with a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee.
DeLay, R-Texas, also claimed a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is currently investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealings with lawmakers. The subcommittee also has responsibility over NASA a top priority for DeLay, since the Johnson Space Center is located in his Houston-area district.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1595524
Human Rights Groups Are Not Yelling 'Yahoo!'
Feb. 9, 2006 — Business deals with oppressive regimes have gone on for centuries. But they are new for Internet companies, which supposedly traffic in freedom. Today the human rights group Reporters Without Borders accused Internet search-engine giant Yahoo of unconscionable complicity in the Chinese government's human rights violations.
"We have so many cyber-dissidents in jail that we are trying to get out of there, and knowing that some of them are in jail with the help of Western companies is really frustrating," said Lucie Morillon of Reporters Without Borders. "It's one thing to want to make money, to make profits. It's quite another one to become a weapon in the hands of the Chinese authorities."
Chinese dissident Li Zhi is in prison for exposing Chinese government corruption on a message board. Yahoo is accused of helping the government identify him. Chinese journalist Shi Tao anonymously e-mailed to pro-democracy Web sites examples of press censorship, including government instructions on how to cover the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. According to court papers, Yahoo helped the government trace that e-mail to Shi Tao's computer. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1600889&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
February 9th, 2006 6:49 pm
L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement
By Michael R. Blood / Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as "nonexistent."
"I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president — but somebody."
The mayor also suggested that some funding from the Iraq war could be redirected to homeland security, including the protection of high-risk targets in Los Angeles. He did not advocate an immediate withdrawal of troops.
"I go to work every day knowing that we are a target," the mayor said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=5809
Quote of the Day
"Everything will be measured by results. The victor is always right. History ascribes to the victor qualities that may or may not actually have been there. And similarly to the defeated." -- Karl Rove
I think this quote speaks volumes to the President's stay-the-course war policy. In the long run, winning pretty is irrelevant. Waging war under false pretences is irrelevant. It's all about getting from point A (despotic Iraq) to point B (stable-ish, democratic Iraq). The magnitude of the sacrifice and the bungling on the way? All will be forgiven if you win. And when the judgment of history is on the line, failure is not an option.
The primary reason we're fighting this war, it seems, is no longer American security. We're fighting for Bush's legacy. You can judge the nobility of that cause for yourselves.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/nataffdaily/story/9258257/quote_of_the_day?rnd=1139547382713&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1348
Environmentalists say Gov. Bush Energy Plan Not Good Enough
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TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- A group of environmentalists say Governor Jeb Bush's plan to diversify the types of fuel used to make electricity in Florida isn't good enough. They say it should better promote renewable sources like solar power.
The environmentalists also have a problem with Bush's energy plan for relying too heavily on nuclear power and coal and for not doing enough to slow global warming. They say Florida doesn't spend as much as other states on clean energy initiatives.
Bush administration officials acknowledge the plan may not have goals as lofty as those in some states but argue that promoting renewable energy sources is a central theme of Bush plan.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=51182
Pass-fail for Jeb
Bush earns top grades on funding hike, but flunks out on class-size and vouchers
Gov. Jeb Bush's education agenda for his last year in office is front-loaded with things worth cheering.
His newly proposed budget brings substantial financial help for public schools, including a 5.6 percent increase in per-pupil spending, much of which would go to help school districts keep class sizes low by hiring more teachers.
That infusion into the bottom line should boost Florida from its dismal ranking as 46th in the nation on per-pupil spending and, more importantly, contribute to greater academic achievement for all students.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060208/OPINION/602080369/1004
Have you had enough, Anderson? I'm just warming up.
The Anderson Blog is for juveniles. It's a 'I love Andy' blog. You should try to have someone write it for you, Anderson. It might attract the people you are hoping to attact.
DRC: Journalist Jailed for More Than a Week for "Insulting" an Official
Committee To Protect Journalists (New York)
February 7, 2006
Posted to the web February 8, 2006
Jean-Louis Ngalamulume, publisher of the private newspaper L'Eclaireur, has been jailed since January 27 in the capital, Kinshasa, on charges of publishing "public insults" against a government official, according to the press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED) and the secretary-general of the Congolese press union.
Police questioned Ngalamulume about a January 11 article that described as "incompetent" and "tribalistic" an official who maintains real estate documents, according to JED. Ngalamulume was brought before a judge on January 28, and he was transferred to the Kinshasa central prison on January 31.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602080686.html
Group protests treatment of migrants at Bahamas consulate in Miami
By LUISA YANEZ
lyanez@MiamiHerald.com
The Democracy Movement plans picketing in front of the Bahamas Consulate General in downtown Miami today at noon to protest the treatment of Cuban migrants detained in the Bahamas.
The protest comes after news that four Miami TV journalists were injured and briefly jailed while covering the detention of Cuban migrants on the island.
Mario Vallejo, a reporter with WLTV-Univisión 23, sustained a cut to the left side of his head Tuesday. He was treated at a local hospital, received seven stitches and was released. He is back in Miami today.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13821440.htm
Ex-Music Executive Jailed in Celebrity Sleuth Case
By Gina Keating
Reuters
Wednesday, February 8, 2006; 4:19 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former music industry executive indicted as part of a Hollywood wiretapping scandal was sent to jail after talking of plans to flee or kill himself to avoid standing trial, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Robert Pfeifer, who served as president of Walt Disney Co.'s Hollywood Records in the mid-1990s, was ordered detained as a flight risk at a Tuesday hearing in Los Angeles federal court.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/08/AR2006020801709.html
Group presses US military on jailed journalists
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday called for the U.S. military to free two journalists, one held without charge in Iraq and the other, the media rights group said, detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The New York-based group also demanded an explanation from the U.S. military for holding a Reuters TV cameraman for eight months without charges until his release on Sunday.
Samir Mohammed Noor, a 30-year-old Iraqi freelancer, was freed from military custody after being held in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and then at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq.
"Samir Mohammed Noor should not have been jailed for eight months without charge, explanation, or due process," CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper said in a statement.
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=10943723
Clubs help kids to beat bigotry
Pupils from local primary and secondary schools will be taught by the clubs' staff and learn about healthy lifestyles at the sessions at Garscube sports complex.
he sessions are part of a series of events at One Glasgow "diversity week" run by Glasgow University from February 20 to 25.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5048756.html
Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay Lands Spot on Appropriations Committee
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON Feb 8, 2006 (AP)— Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, forced to step down as the No. 2 Republican in the House, scored a soft landing Wednesday as GOP leaders rewarded him with a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee.
DeLay, R-Texas, also claimed a seat on the subcommittee overseeing the Justice Department, which is currently investigating an influence-peddling scandal involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his dealings with lawmakers. The subcommittee also has responsibility over NASA a top priority for DeLay, since the Johnson Space Center is located in his Houston-area district.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1595524
Human Rights Groups Are Not Yelling 'Yahoo!'
Feb. 9, 2006 — Business deals with oppressive regimes have gone on for centuries. But they are new for Internet companies, which supposedly traffic in freedom. Today the human rights group Reporters Without Borders accused Internet search-engine giant Yahoo of unconscionable complicity in the Chinese government's human rights violations.
"We have so many cyber-dissidents in jail that we are trying to get out of there, and knowing that some of them are in jail with the help of Western companies is really frustrating," said Lucie Morillon of Reporters Without Borders. "It's one thing to want to make money, to make profits. It's quite another one to become a weapon in the hands of the Chinese authorities."
Chinese dissident Li Zhi is in prison for exposing Chinese government corruption on a message board. Yahoo is accused of helping the government identify him. Chinese journalist Shi Tao anonymously e-mailed to pro-democracy Web sites examples of press censorship, including government instructions on how to cover the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. According to court papers, Yahoo helped the government trace that e-mail to Shi Tao's computer. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1600889&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
February 9th, 2006 6:49 pm
L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement
By Michael R. Blood / Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as "nonexistent."
"I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president — but somebody."
The mayor also suggested that some funding from the Iraq war could be redirected to homeland security, including the protection of high-risk targets in Los Angeles. He did not advocate an immediate withdrawal of troops.
"I go to work every day knowing that we are a target," the mayor said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=5809
Quote of the Day
"Everything will be measured by results. The victor is always right. History ascribes to the victor qualities that may or may not actually have been there. And similarly to the defeated." -- Karl Rove
I think this quote speaks volumes to the President's stay-the-course war policy. In the long run, winning pretty is irrelevant. Waging war under false pretences is irrelevant. It's all about getting from point A (despotic Iraq) to point B (stable-ish, democratic Iraq). The magnitude of the sacrifice and the bungling on the way? All will be forgiven if you win. And when the judgment of history is on the line, failure is not an option.
The primary reason we're fighting this war, it seems, is no longer American security. We're fighting for Bush's legacy. You can judge the nobility of that cause for yourselves.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/nataffdaily/story/9258257/quote_of_the_day?rnd=1139547382713&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1348
Environmentalists say Gov. Bush Energy Plan Not Good Enough
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TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- A group of environmentalists say Governor Jeb Bush's plan to diversify the types of fuel used to make electricity in Florida isn't good enough. They say it should better promote renewable sources like solar power.
The environmentalists also have a problem with Bush's energy plan for relying too heavily on nuclear power and coal and for not doing enough to slow global warming. They say Florida doesn't spend as much as other states on clean energy initiatives.
Bush administration officials acknowledge the plan may not have goals as lofty as those in some states but argue that promoting renewable energy sources is a central theme of Bush plan.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=51182
Pass-fail for Jeb
Bush earns top grades on funding hike, but flunks out on class-size and vouchers
Gov. Jeb Bush's education agenda for his last year in office is front-loaded with things worth cheering.
His newly proposed budget brings substantial financial help for public schools, including a 5.6 percent increase in per-pupil spending, much of which would go to help school districts keep class sizes low by hiring more teachers.
That infusion into the bottom line should boost Florida from its dismal ranking as 46th in the nation on per-pupil spending and, more importantly, contribute to greater academic achievement for all students.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060208/OPINION/602080369/1004
Have you had enough, Anderson? I'm just warming up.
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
"Redundancy 'R' Us" is not my cup of tea tonight.
We'll pick up again tomorrow.
Until then ...
... good night ...
... and good luck...
Until then ...
... good night ...
... and good luck...
Domestic Violence Headlines Anderson Cooper 360
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Anderson, what are you doing about 'preventing' spousal abuse, murder and child death within the households in America? This is scandal ridden sensationalism.
The rest of the world has other issues on their minds. Like National Security realizing the islands of the Caribbean as they become unstable with lack of policy under this administration pose a very real threat for breeding grounds of terrorists.
Confusion mars early hours of voting in Haitian elections
By JOE MOZINGO
jmozingo@miamiherald.com
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Confusion and frustration mounted during the first hours of Haiti's national election today as masses of voters set out before dawn to cast their ballots but found many polling places disorganized and unable to open on time.
Haitian electoral officials and U.N. advisors said they were scrambling to fix the problems but described them as isolated. ''We are in control of the situation,'' electoral council spokesman Stephen Lecroix told a news conference.
But at one of three polling centers that serves the volatile slum of Cité Soleil -- a place where electoral officials and U.N advisors have repeatedly assured wary voters and observers that they were prepared -- supervisors were woefully unprepared.
By 6 A.M. when the center was supposed to open, an estimated 3,000 people had lined up. They continued to arrive by the hundreds, marching excitedly and jogging. An hour later there were at least 5,000 lined up a half-mile back.
THIS is so hideous. The motive for going to Britian is because they DO NOT extradite to countries with the death sentence. But. Why should Anderson state the obvious. It would cause the case to be plainly closed and there would be no show, now would there?
Do I have to say how hideous this program has become? Do I?
Police look into family’s past in murder case
In what appeared to be a picture-perfect family at first glance, the Entwisle’s activities before the murders are raising many questions as to who the couple truly were, and how they came to live in Hopkinton less than three weeks ago.
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Anderson, what are you doing about 'preventing' spousal abuse, murder and child death within the households in America? This is scandal ridden sensationalism.
The rest of the world has other issues on their minds. Like National Security realizing the islands of the Caribbean as they become unstable with lack of policy under this administration pose a very real threat for breeding grounds of terrorists.
Confusion mars early hours of voting in Haitian elections
By JOE MOZINGO
jmozingo@miamiherald.com
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Confusion and frustration mounted during the first hours of Haiti's national election today as masses of voters set out before dawn to cast their ballots but found many polling places disorganized and unable to open on time.
Haitian electoral officials and U.N. advisors said they were scrambling to fix the problems but described them as isolated. ''We are in control of the situation,'' electoral council spokesman Stephen Lecroix told a news conference.
But at one of three polling centers that serves the volatile slum of Cité Soleil -- a place where electoral officials and U.N advisors have repeatedly assured wary voters and observers that they were prepared -- supervisors were woefully unprepared.
By 6 A.M. when the center was supposed to open, an estimated 3,000 people had lined up. They continued to arrive by the hundreds, marching excitedly and jogging. An hour later there were at least 5,000 lined up a half-mile back.
THIS is so hideous. The motive for going to Britian is because they DO NOT extradite to countries with the death sentence. But. Why should Anderson state the obvious. It would cause the case to be plainly closed and there would be no show, now would there?
Do I have to say how hideous this program has become? Do I?
Police look into family’s past in murder case
In what appeared to be a picture-perfect family at first glance, the Entwisle’s activities before the murders are raising many questions as to who the couple truly were, and how they came to live in Hopkinton less than three weeks ago.
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Tanker wreck starts leaking oil
The Ece is lying about 70m downA tanker which sank in the English Channel with its 10,000-tonne load of phosphoric acid is leaking fuel oil.
The Ece had about 80 tonnes of fuel on board when it sank on Wednesday while being towed to Le Havre.
The vessel had been badly damaged following a collision with a cargo ship off the north west coast of Guernsey early on Tuesday.
A plane crew spotted what they described as a "reasonable quantity" of fuel oil bubbling from the wreck.
Greenpeace said it feared the fuel oil could have a "long-term" and serious effect on marine life.
David Santillo, a scientist at the Greenpeace research laboratory in Exeter, said that with a slow dilution, the phosphoric acid should not pose a long-term problem.
But the fuel oil posed a serious danger to marine life on the sea floor.
He told BBC News: "It's potentially significant. The scale of the problem will depend on sea currents and how much time it takes to leak out."
Officials from France, Channel Islands and the UK are being consulted.
The Ece sank near the site of the collision, in 70m (230ft) of water, 90km (56 miles) west of Cap de La Hague.
French divers had found a 5m (16ft 4in) hole below its waterline, although there was no leak of the phosphoric acid.
French authorities have now imposed a one-mile exclusion zone with warning signs pointing out the wreckage to other vessels.
Crew rescued
The alarm had been raised at about 0220 GMT on Tuesday when the Ece collided with the freighter General Grot-Rowecki about 50km (30 miles) north-west of Guernsey.
Twenty-two crew members of the Ece were rescued unharmed.
The Maltese-registered carrier, carrying 26,000 tonnes of phosphorus, was only slightly damaged.
About 500 vessels every day pass through the Channel, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
French fishing trawler Kleine Familie sank early this month, with the loss of five crew members, after colliding with a cargo ship in the same sector of the English Channel.
The Ece had about 80 tonnes of fuel on board when it sank on Wednesday while being towed to Le Havre.
The vessel had been badly damaged following a collision with a cargo ship off the north west coast of Guernsey early on Tuesday.
A plane crew spotted what they described as a "reasonable quantity" of fuel oil bubbling from the wreck.
Greenpeace said it feared the fuel oil could have a "long-term" and serious effect on marine life.
David Santillo, a scientist at the Greenpeace research laboratory in Exeter, said that with a slow dilution, the phosphoric acid should not pose a long-term problem.
But the fuel oil posed a serious danger to marine life on the sea floor.
He told BBC News: "It's potentially significant. The scale of the problem will depend on sea currents and how much time it takes to leak out."
Officials from France, Channel Islands and the UK are being consulted.
The Ece sank near the site of the collision, in 70m (230ft) of water, 90km (56 miles) west of Cap de La Hague.
French divers had found a 5m (16ft 4in) hole below its waterline, although there was no leak of the phosphoric acid.
French authorities have now imposed a one-mile exclusion zone with warning signs pointing out the wreckage to other vessels.
Crew rescued
The alarm had been raised at about 0220 GMT on Tuesday when the Ece collided with the freighter General Grot-Rowecki about 50km (30 miles) north-west of Guernsey.
Twenty-two crew members of the Ece were rescued unharmed.
The Maltese-registered carrier, carrying 26,000 tonnes of phosphorus, was only slightly damaged.
About 500 vessels every day pass through the Channel, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
French fishing trawler Kleine Familie sank early this month, with the loss of five crew members, after colliding with a cargo ship in the same sector of the English Channel.
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The California Wildfires AGAIN.
Fierce Winds Fan Southern California Fires
Written by The Associated Press
Created:1/24/2006 9:29:20 AM
Last Updated:1/24/2006 6:02:17 PM
Fierce Santa Ana winds whipping through Southern California on Monday fanned brush and house fires, knocked out power to 77,000 utility customers and littered roads with palm fronds and trash cans.The dry wind, gusting near 70 mph in some places, roared out of the desert and down mountain passes and canyons to the coast, sending firefighters chasing outbreaks and toppling big rigs on highways.One fire destroyed a home and damaged five others in the Tujunga section, and a blaze in suburban La Canada Flintridge forced evacuation of 15 homes before it was contained.By Monday night, a wildfire pushed by 30 mph wind spread over about 100 acres of brush near Highland, in the foothills of the San Bernardino National Forest east of Los Angeles, a Forest Services spokeswoman said. The blaze did not immediately threaten any structures.Most of the power outages were in San Gabriel Valley foothills and communities farther east.The La Canada Flintridge blaze was ignited by a fallen power line. Authorities were investigating whether the Tujunga fire had the same cause.In Santa Ana, a freeway billboard blew over, broke a power pole in half and smashed a pair of RVs. A huge oak tree fell on a house in Pasadena, and winds hampered firefighters battling a blaze that burned eight cars in Garden Grove.Six tractor-trailers and one box truck were blown over on Interstate 15 and its transition roads with I-210 and I-10, the California Highway Patrol said. Another toppled rig blocked the truck lane on I-5 north of Los Angeles. No injuries were reported in the wrecks.
"Santa Ana Winds" occur every year. La Nina has nothing to do with these winds. They are annual. La Nina is not. Everytime I post the Global Warming REALITY of the planet Rob Marchiano tries to explain it away. He's an asshole.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the News Secretary gets serious. For one night. Big deal. She is actually Anderson's cheerleader. Just can't help herself I am sure.
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The Anti - Violence Denmark Cartoons. Here is something you don't have on your Blog. There is a history regarding activism. Dah. Theo van Gogh was murdered because of his film promoting RIGHTS for Islamic Women. Activism is not new to that society. The violence against the brave who dare to confront the oppression of Arabian cultures is not new either. However. It needs to stop along with the chronic violence within that culture. This literally can go on forever. It's just that there is a maniac president in Islam that wants to ignite the Middle EAst on fire. They hate intensely and they want to destroy Israel. Hamas was simply taking 'the brotherhood' to the next level. It has to stop. If it doesn't I am confident the 'cresendo' this has reached this time will find an end put to it !
Van Gogh killer jailed for life
A Dutch court has sentenced a 27-year-old radical Islamist to life in prison for the November murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh.
Mohammed Bouyeri, who has joint Dutch-Moroccan nationality, had made a courtroom confession and had vowed to do the same again if given the chance.
The murder in Amsterdam stunned the Netherlands. The court ruled that it was a terrorist act.
The judge said the murder had triggered "great fear and insecurity" in society.
"The murder of Theo van Gogh provoked a wave of revulsion and disdain in the Netherlands. Theo van Gogh was mercilessly slaughtered," said Judge Udo Willem Bentinck.
Where are the reports of Islamic Gay Rights, Anderson?
Dutch MP to make gay Islam film
A Somali-born Dutch MP who collaborated on the film that led to the murder of director Theo van Gogh has written a sequel, about Islam's attitude to gays.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali received death threats after her work on Submission, a film about Islam's treatment of women.
Van Gogh was shot and stabbed by a Muslim radical, Mohammed Bouyeri, as he cycled through Amsterdam in 2004.
The film will use anonymous actors and carry no credits in an effort to protect those involved in the project.
Ms Ali told Dutch media that she had co-written the script with Van Gogh in the summer of 2004, months before he was killed last November.
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A segment about a treated childhood genetic illness of which there is still no cure.
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The news secretary. Let's hear it Erica. Ah, no flirting tonight? Erica, what a disappointment. Aaron was never off limits.
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The King Funeral - well at least it got three minutes. There was so much to say. You could have done an entire hour on her.
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But then so do the commercials.
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Frankenstein is back ! Figures. Andy couldn't live without his boy toy.
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California Wildfires.
The Posey Murders.
The California Wildfires AGAIN.
Fierce Winds Fan Southern California Fires
Written by The Associated Press
Created:1/24/2006 9:29:20 AM
Last Updated:1/24/2006 6:02:17 PM
Fierce Santa Ana winds whipping through Southern California on Monday fanned brush and house fires, knocked out power to 77,000 utility customers and littered roads with palm fronds and trash cans.The dry wind, gusting near 70 mph in some places, roared out of the desert and down mountain passes and canyons to the coast, sending firefighters chasing outbreaks and toppling big rigs on highways.One fire destroyed a home and damaged five others in the Tujunga section, and a blaze in suburban La Canada Flintridge forced evacuation of 15 homes before it was contained.By Monday night, a wildfire pushed by 30 mph wind spread over about 100 acres of brush near Highland, in the foothills of the San Bernardino National Forest east of Los Angeles, a Forest Services spokeswoman said. The blaze did not immediately threaten any structures.Most of the power outages were in San Gabriel Valley foothills and communities farther east.The La Canada Flintridge blaze was ignited by a fallen power line. Authorities were investigating whether the Tujunga fire had the same cause.In Santa Ana, a freeway billboard blew over, broke a power pole in half and smashed a pair of RVs. A huge oak tree fell on a house in Pasadena, and winds hampered firefighters battling a blaze that burned eight cars in Garden Grove.Six tractor-trailers and one box truck were blown over on Interstate 15 and its transition roads with I-210 and I-10, the California Highway Patrol said. Another toppled rig blocked the truck lane on I-5 north of Los Angeles. No injuries were reported in the wrecks.
"Santa Ana Winds" occur every year. La Nina has nothing to do with these winds. They are annual. La Nina is not. Everytime I post the Global Warming REALITY of the planet Rob Marchiano tries to explain it away. He's an asshole.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the News Secretary gets serious. For one night. Big deal. She is actually Anderson's cheerleader. Just can't help herself I am sure.
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The Anti - Violence Denmark Cartoons. Here is something you don't have on your Blog. There is a history regarding activism. Dah. Theo van Gogh was murdered because of his film promoting RIGHTS for Islamic Women. Activism is not new to that society. The violence against the brave who dare to confront the oppression of Arabian cultures is not new either. However. It needs to stop along with the chronic violence within that culture. This literally can go on forever. It's just that there is a maniac president in Islam that wants to ignite the Middle EAst on fire. They hate intensely and they want to destroy Israel. Hamas was simply taking 'the brotherhood' to the next level. It has to stop. If it doesn't I am confident the 'cresendo' this has reached this time will find an end put to it !
Van Gogh killer jailed for life
A Dutch court has sentenced a 27-year-old radical Islamist to life in prison for the November murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh.
Mohammed Bouyeri, who has joint Dutch-Moroccan nationality, had made a courtroom confession and had vowed to do the same again if given the chance.
The murder in Amsterdam stunned the Netherlands. The court ruled that it was a terrorist act.
The judge said the murder had triggered "great fear and insecurity" in society.
"The murder of Theo van Gogh provoked a wave of revulsion and disdain in the Netherlands. Theo van Gogh was mercilessly slaughtered," said Judge Udo Willem Bentinck.
Where are the reports of Islamic Gay Rights, Anderson?
Dutch MP to make gay Islam film
A Somali-born Dutch MP who collaborated on the film that led to the murder of director Theo van Gogh has written a sequel, about Islam's attitude to gays.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali received death threats after her work on Submission, a film about Islam's treatment of women.
Van Gogh was shot and stabbed by a Muslim radical, Mohammed Bouyeri, as he cycled through Amsterdam in 2004.
The film will use anonymous actors and carry no credits in an effort to protect those involved in the project.
Ms Ali told Dutch media that she had co-written the script with Van Gogh in the summer of 2004, months before he was killed last November.
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A segment about a treated childhood genetic illness of which there is still no cure.
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The news secretary. Let's hear it Erica. Ah, no flirting tonight? Erica, what a disappointment. Aaron was never off limits.
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The King Funeral - well at least it got three minutes. There was so much to say. You could have done an entire hour on her.
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But then so do the commercials.
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Frankenstein is back ! Figures. Andy couldn't live without his boy toy.
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California Wildfires.
The Posey Murders.
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La Nina doesn't exist during Human Induced Global Warming. You have been explained this before. You could pretend you didn't but the 'crew' at CNN can't stand any of my blogs. They are jerks.
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King eulogists jab Bush at funeral
By Karen Jacobs and Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters
LITHONIA, Georgia - Speakers took a rare opportunity to criticize U.S. President George W. Bush's policies to his face at the funeral on Tuesday of Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil-rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery and former President Jimmy Carter cited Mrs. King's legacy as a leader in her own right and advocate of nonviolence as they launched barbs over the Iraq war, government social policies and Bush's domestic eavesdropping program.
Bush sat watching the long service before an audience of 10,000 including politicians, civil rights leaders and entertainers at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, and a national cable television audience.
Lowery, former head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which King helped found in 1957, gave a playful reading of a poem in eulogy of Mrs. King.
"She extended Martin's message against poverty, racism and war/She deplored the terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar," he said.
"We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there/But Coretta knew and we knew that there are weapons of misdirection right down here/Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war billions more but no more for the poor."
The mourners gave a standing ovation. Bush's reaction could not be seen on the television coverage, but after Lowery finished speaking, the president shook his hand and laughed.
Mrs. King, seen by many as the "first lady" of the American civil rights movement, died last week in a Mexican alternative health clinic at the age of 78, after complications from ovarian cancer and a recent stroke and heart attack.
Bush, speaking before his critics, said, "By going forward with a strong and forgiving heart, Coretta Scott King not only secured her husband's legacy, she built her own."
With Washington debating the legality of Bush's domestic eavesdropping on Americans suspected of al Qaeda ties, Carter also drew applause with pointed comments on federal efforts to spy on the Kings.
"It was difficult for them personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated, and they became the targets of secret government wiretapping and other surveillance," he said.
Speaking later, Bush's father, former President George Bush, broke any tension by recalling his own meetings as president with Lowery and gave a score: "Lowery 21, Bush 3, it wasn't a fair fight."
Former President Bill Clinton, a favorite among mainstream civil rights leaders, was able to offer a teasing hint of the possible presidential candidacy of his wife, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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I shouldn't have to point this out to trained/educated climatologists. I suppose the Global Droughts are all from El Nina. Right, Rob? Simpletons !
Global Drought Monitor and European Wind Damage Forecasts Launched
Links:
Global Drought Monitor
Euro Tempest
Tropical Storm Risk
Professor Mark Saunders (UCL Benfield Hazard Research Centre) has launched two new on-line weather services. The first monitors drought intensity worldwide, and the second provides real-time damage forecasts for winter storms over seven European countries.
Try and keep up Rob.
La Nina doesn't exist during Human Induced Global Warming. You have been explained this before. You could pretend you didn't but the 'crew' at CNN can't stand any of my blogs. They are jerks.
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King eulogists jab Bush at funeral
By Karen Jacobs and Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters
LITHONIA, Georgia - Speakers took a rare opportunity to criticize U.S. President George W. Bush's policies to his face at the funeral on Tuesday of Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil-rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery and former President Jimmy Carter cited Mrs. King's legacy as a leader in her own right and advocate of nonviolence as they launched barbs over the Iraq war, government social policies and Bush's domestic eavesdropping program.
Bush sat watching the long service before an audience of 10,000 including politicians, civil rights leaders and entertainers at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, and a national cable television audience.
Lowery, former head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which King helped found in 1957, gave a playful reading of a poem in eulogy of Mrs. King.
"She extended Martin's message against poverty, racism and war/She deplored the terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar," he said.
"We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there/But Coretta knew and we knew that there are weapons of misdirection right down here/Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war billions more but no more for the poor."
The mourners gave a standing ovation. Bush's reaction could not be seen on the television coverage, but after Lowery finished speaking, the president shook his hand and laughed.
Mrs. King, seen by many as the "first lady" of the American civil rights movement, died last week in a Mexican alternative health clinic at the age of 78, after complications from ovarian cancer and a recent stroke and heart attack.
Bush, speaking before his critics, said, "By going forward with a strong and forgiving heart, Coretta Scott King not only secured her husband's legacy, she built her own."
With Washington debating the legality of Bush's domestic eavesdropping on Americans suspected of al Qaeda ties, Carter also drew applause with pointed comments on federal efforts to spy on the Kings.
"It was difficult for them personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated, and they became the targets of secret government wiretapping and other surveillance," he said.
Speaking later, Bush's father, former President George Bush, broke any tension by recalling his own meetings as president with Lowery and gave a score: "Lowery 21, Bush 3, it wasn't a fair fight."
Former President Bill Clinton, a favorite among mainstream civil rights leaders, was able to offer a teasing hint of the possible presidential candidacy of his wife, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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I shouldn't have to point this out to trained/educated climatologists. I suppose the Global Droughts are all from El Nina. Right, Rob? Simpletons !
Global Drought Monitor and European Wind Damage Forecasts Launched
Links:
Global Drought Monitor
Euro Tempest
Tropical Storm Risk
Professor Mark Saunders (UCL Benfield Hazard Research Centre) has launched two new on-line weather services. The first monitors drought intensity worldwide, and the second provides real-time damage forecasts for winter storms over seven European countries.
Try and keep up Rob.
This was at Coretta's funeral service.
Look at the Puss on Laura. Who does she think she is?
Her spouse is one of the worst bigots of modern times. He has raped the Division of Civil Rights sending a 25 year employee packing. He has tried to stop Affirmative Action at the Univeristy of Michigan and that doesn't even begin to address Katrina and it's continued lack of attention.
Then, they have the 'nerve' to take seat front and center. Did they actually think they were going to come away unscaved?
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Medicating to sleep. "More than ever before." I doubt that.
The second time we heard from Sanya. This time insomnia. "Cognitive Behavior Therapy" CBT.
Yeah, has to be a 'specialized CBT' because
Lunesta is horribly expensive. Many who are looking for an alternative to Ambien can't afford to change. The best sleep medication out there is neither. The most benign medications is 'Restoril.' Restoril, the generic name is Temazepam, has dosages as small as 7.5 mg. It isn't expensive. It does need a perscription. It's been out on the market long enough to have reduced costs.
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Night Terrors
I've had enough.
Medicating to sleep. "More than ever before." I doubt that.
The second time we heard from Sanya. This time insomnia. "Cognitive Behavior Therapy" CBT.
Yeah, has to be a 'specialized CBT' because
Lunesta is horribly expensive. Many who are looking for an alternative to Ambien can't afford to change. The best sleep medication out there is neither. The most benign medications is 'Restoril.' Restoril, the generic name is Temazepam, has dosages as small as 7.5 mg. It isn't expensive. It does need a perscription. It's been out on the market long enough to have reduced costs.
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Night Terrors
I've had enough.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Google is looking after all of our fun.
As a brief note about the continued deceptive campaign of the Republicans. I found it estranging to have Senator Spector come out with statements about 'Impeachment' only to take it back demanding a decision by the courts as to the 'illegal eavesdropping' of this administration. I find it very odd the members of the Republican Party such as Orin Hatch who is due for re-election this year; won't take a stand demanding Bush's resignation.
Bush/Cheney broke the law.
We have an outed CIA agent who was conducting very valuable work to this nation's security. We have a military that cannot discern torture from imprisonment. The USA has 'kidnapped' Americans without warrants while spiriting them out of the country for torture in the Middle East only to learn they were not at all guilty. We have a disabling National Debt with a President demanding over a $2 trillion National Budget while cutting Medicare for our elderly who is supposed to feel secure on their 'fixed income.' Take about an assault on security.
All that and much, much more without retribution against the criminal in the Oval Office.
Amazing. They all need to be replaced, including Orin Hatch . I am sorry but Senator Feinstein has nothing to gain by being 'contrary' to the law or the truth, yet, alone lie to the American people. Her constituency is tried and true. They would never desire Senator Feinstein to violate her oath to the USA Consitution. Evidently, the constituents of Hatch feel completely differently.
I don't believe there is a Republican alive you can trust anymore, bar none by the simple truth that the majority is corrupt as Abramoff himself. With so much on the line in November one would expect every one of them to be crying for Bush and Cheney's resignation. Bush for authorizing illegal eavesdropping with reference completely irrelivant to Abraham Lincoln. Cheney for having an AID that has been indicted on charges in regard to an investigation to the outing of Valerie Plame.
This nation cannot afford the Republican Party.
Until tomorrow.
Bush/Cheney broke the law.
We have an outed CIA agent who was conducting very valuable work to this nation's security. We have a military that cannot discern torture from imprisonment. The USA has 'kidnapped' Americans without warrants while spiriting them out of the country for torture in the Middle East only to learn they were not at all guilty. We have a disabling National Debt with a President demanding over a $2 trillion National Budget while cutting Medicare for our elderly who is supposed to feel secure on their 'fixed income.' Take about an assault on security.
All that and much, much more without retribution against the criminal in the Oval Office.
Amazing. They all need to be replaced, including Orin Hatch . I am sorry but Senator Feinstein has nothing to gain by being 'contrary' to the law or the truth, yet, alone lie to the American people. Her constituency is tried and true. They would never desire Senator Feinstein to violate her oath to the USA Consitution. Evidently, the constituents of Hatch feel completely differently.
I don't believe there is a Republican alive you can trust anymore, bar none by the simple truth that the majority is corrupt as Abramoff himself. With so much on the line in November one would expect every one of them to be crying for Bush and Cheney's resignation. Bush for authorizing illegal eavesdropping with reference completely irrelivant to Abraham Lincoln. Cheney for having an AID that has been indicted on charges in regard to an investigation to the outing of Valerie Plame.
This nation cannot afford the Republican Party.
Until tomorrow.
Saturday, February 4, 2006
I pass on comment tonight.
Two hours last night covered enough territory to express the ravages of lies in connection with this administration and any advocacy here.
Besides, I am not much of a "Tunnel Rat"
http://www.tunnelrats.net/home.htm
You expected 'the Vietnam type,' right? Nope. Lots of definitions to tunnel rats and why a group might choose that name. The idea that the 'culture' of Mexican drug smugglers might manifest on this side of the border in a front of 'wholesomeness' is a temptation of racism and bigotry. I hope it doesn't lead to that.
Besides, I am not much of a "Tunnel Rat"
http://www.tunnelrats.net/home.htm
You expected 'the Vietnam type,' right? Nope. Lots of definitions to tunnel rats and why a group might choose that name. The idea that the 'culture' of Mexican drug smugglers might manifest on this side of the border in a front of 'wholesomeness' is a temptation of racism and bigotry. I hope it doesn't lead to that.
Friday, February 3, 2006
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Funeral held for mother, baby killed in US mystery
By Jason Szep
PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Mourners packed a 19th-century Catholic Church on Wednesday for the funeral of a 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter whose double murder mystery has captured attention on both sides of the Atlantic.
Missing from the estimated 500 people crammed into St. Peter Parish in Plymouth, Massachusetts, was a person who may be able to shed some light on the crime: Neil Entwistle, the victims' husband and father who flew to his native England around the estimated time of the murders.
Rachel Souza Entwistle was found dead on January 22 in her bedroom alongside her nine-month-old baby Lillian Rose in their home in Hopkinton, about 30 miles west of Boston. Both had been shot with a small-caliber gun which has not been found. They were discovered by police under layers of blankets.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-02-01T221125Z_01_N01312707_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-ENTWISTLE.xml
I have heard this all before.
Yikes is an Aaron Brown word. Haven't got your own vernacular yet Anderson? None that works for you at least. Try these, 'The New Normal.' It might work for you, too. I'll tell you the same thing I told Aaron EVERYTIME he said it. "There is no such thing as 'the new normal.' It's like waving the white flag to bin Laden.
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Alaskan ice floe crashes into oil-laden tanker
By Andrew Gumbel
Published: 03 February 2006
A tanker carrying almost five million gallons of oil and petrol broke free of its moorings while loading at an Alaskan refinery yesterday and began leaking into the Cook Inlet approach to Anchorage.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article342943.ece
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More about the same subject.
I don't recall CNN covering this Mother-Baby murder that closely. Granted the father didn't fly to London, but, so what?
Mother-Baby Murder Trial Begins
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=46981
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Prosecutors detailed how child support is a likely motive in the murder of a mother and her infant son.John Mosley Jr., is charged in the deaths of 40-year-old Lynda Wilkes and her 10-month-old son, Jay-Quan Mosley. If convicted, Mosley faces the death penalty.Mosley was arrested in May 2004, a month after the woman and the infant disappeared.Wilkes was last seen when she met Mosley to talk about child support payments.Bernard Griffin took the stand. He testified that he saw Mosley choke Wilkes. He also testified he saw Mosley put Jay-quan into a gaarbage bag. Griffin, who is charged as an accomplice to murder, told the jury, “He (Mosley)tied the bag up, put the baby in the back of his SUV. Could you hear baby still crying (prosecutor)? Yes."
The Lacy Peterson Murders, etc. are featured.
Hm?
Oh, there you go, OJ makes it right.
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From the people that brought you Gitmo...
The people that brought you Gitmo are at it again, and this time their camps could be located right in the mainland U.S. These camps could be activated in the event of an "emergency", such as a threat to U.S. "national security" resulting from an attack on Iran and/or the expulsion of the Palestinians from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Chances are, though, the camps may be populated not just with illegal immigrants but with Moslems and others whose religious beliefs are "incompatible with a democratic society".
... At about the same time Savage began his latest diatribe, word came that a conditional $385-million contract has been issued to the Kellogg Brown Root (KBR) subsidiary of Halliburton to construct temporary detention and processing camps--concentration camps--for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE could use such camps as part of its so-called "removal program". Halliburton was apparently selected, in part, due to its previous and highly successful installation at the Gitmo facility in Cuba.
The U.S. is currently swamped with nearly 20-million illegal immigrants, mostly from Mexico. These are creating an intolerable social-welfare burden on many local governments and depressing overall U.S. wages. However, President Bush, in his recent State of the Union message, proposed legalizing such individuals through a "guest worker" proposal. So it's unlikely ICE would be targeting any such documented aliens in a future program of removal.
Other Neoconservative talk-show hosts have decried the presence of "Arabs" in South and Central America, citing countries such as Paraguay as particularly egregious examples.
The latest in immigrant policy. I doubt this is about immigrants exclusively. Can Americans be among those relocated?
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More about the Massachusetts murder.
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This is the type of rhetoric that surfaces whenever Bush says "... we are addicted to foreign oil." who is the defeatist now?
Offshore U.S. Gas Potential
The Interior Department estimates the United States has enormous gas resources off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Alaska and eastern Gulf of Mexico -- three times the natural gas supplies of Canada and Mexico.
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Ah, oh. Sexual secrets of the NFL. So what. Are they good stories? Who paid who? Is the commissioner going to suspend him? What about his sex partners, will they be suspended, too? It was never the sex that was the real issue. It was the drug addition.
Back in the day, the 'openness' of homosexuality wasn't a venue.
Roy Simmons. "Out of Bonds" - click on link.
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Carlyle is going into media? Why not. It's so nice to be in control of the propaganda.
Carlyle Group considers investing in SEE
10:38 - 02 February 2006 - According to sources close to investment matters the Carlyle Group is serioulsy considering to invest in SEE, preferably in Media. Same sources say that approaches have been already made in most of the area countries. The Carlyle Group is a private investment bank which doesn't come to the publics attention very often but it is one of the biggest American (ed: USA) investors of the defense industry, telecom, property and financial services.
On their payroll are people like : George Bush (Sr.), James Baker III and old premier John Major.
The offices of the Carlyle Group are on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, midway between the White House and the Capitol building.
The address reflects Carlyle's position at the very centre of the Washington establishment, analysts say
One of the Groups ex chairmen was Frank Carlucci - Ronald Reagan's defence secretary and a former deputy director of the CIA.
When Carlucci arrived there in 1989, he brought with him a phalanx of former subordinates from the CIA and the Pentagon, and an awareness of the scale of business a company like Carlyle could do.
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Here it comes. Your microscopic bedroom ecosystem.
PETS.
This is a serious issue for people with allergies. It can be helpful.
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The Carlyle Group - kindly click on.
add to that
Now everyone keep up with the competition, okay? And then wonder why there is Howard. There is a lot of reason why there is Howard (click on).
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Image issues. 'Gay Neo Nazi?' Sounds like sincere rejection of his own identity. That is what happens in a society misguided in 'hatred' of difference. It's "W"rong.
The Gay Bar Attack (kinsly click on)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Feb 2, 2006 — A young man dressed all in black went on a rampage at a gay bar with a hatchet and a gun Thursday, wounding three patrons in what police said appeared to be a hate crime.
One victim was in critical condition with head wounds. Police searched for 18-year-old Jacob D. Robida, who was wanted on charges of attempted murder, assault and civil-rights violations.
According to court papers, Robida's mother told police that he briefly stopped by the house less than an hour after the brawl and was bleeding from the head. In Robida's bedroom, officers found Nazi regalia and anti-Semitic writings on the wall.
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David Woodruff, Bob's brother. Optimistic. It should not have happened. There isn't anything to say. The USA government is underfunding the equipment the Iraqis are issued and Bob and his cameraman walked right into without realizing what they were facing. I wish him a complete and speedy recovery.
Five U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
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Five U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq on Wednesday in separate attacks, U.S. military said on Thursday.
One soldier was killed after he received gunshots when his unit came under attack by small arms fire southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
Another U.S. marine was announced dead after he was fatally wounded on Wednesday in combat near the western city of Fallujah, the military said in a separate statement.
Earlier, a third statement said three U.S. soldiers, assigned to the Multi-National Division-Baghdad, were killed on Wednesday when a roadside bomb hit their patrol south of Baghdad.
The latest deaths brought the death toll of U.S. military personnel in Iraq to more than 2,245 since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.
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I don't really approve of the military promotion
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Carlyle is a joke. It can't possibly be a tangible company so much as a chronic ghost organization. Headquarters or not. They have to be intertwined with the intelligent agencies for the global scope and the chronic turn over of captial to maintain a large cash flow. It's more than just a 'futures' investor. Has to be. This companies holdings is far too dynamic to be a legitmate company so much as one that is chronically 'on the run.' Just simply intuition. No 'real' company has these type of dynamics. Too odd.
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About darn time to indict the spouses.
Prosecutor Seeks DeLay-Abramoff Trip Info
By SUZANNE GAMBOAThe Associated PressWednesday, February 1, 2006; 7:22 PM
WASHINGTON -- A European trip former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay took six years ago with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff is the new focus of a money laundering investigation in Texas, court documents filed Wednesday in Austin, Texas, show.
Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle wants DeLay's wife and several associates who joined him on the trip to turn over travel itineraries, expense reimbursement requests and other documents.
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Waveland, Mississippi
Waveland is ground zero. It is where the 'eye wall' fell on land. There is a trend here Anderson. One that 'anger' will never shake loose. Bush does not want to rebuild the Gulf Coast. He wants oil/gas access without burden of regulation or human impact. I know there are thousands of people buried in the mud of the Lower Ninth Ward and others areas Bush wants to bulldoze. I know they are there. Looking in houses just isn't enough. We need our Gulf Coast Back.
3 tornadoes rip swath from airport to Lakeview
By Bob Ross
East Jefferson bureau A trio of tornadoes spawned from severe thunderstorms damaged one of the four concourses at Armstrong International Airport and tore apart dozens of homes and businesses from Kenner to Lakeview, knocking out power to more than 30,000 customers and dealing even more misery to some of Katrina’s hardest-hit victims. Despite severe damage to some structures in Lakeview, Kenner and the old Jefferson area, only a few minor injuries were reported in the violent weather that struck in the pre-dawn hours Thursday, authorities said. “Going out and seeing some of the damage — trailers turned over, power lines and transformers down — you would think someone could have gotten hurt pretty bad,” said Kenner Councilman Marc Johnson. “We are truly blessed.” All three tornadoes were at least 150 yards wide with winds in excess of 72 mph. The strongest one reached wind speeds exceeding 113 mph and cut a 2.5-mile swath from the eastern edge of Metairie through Lakeview to the lakefront. The first tornado began at River Road, southeast of the airport near the St. Charles Parish line, at about 2:34 a.m. It traveled northeast across the airfield to Williams Boulevard at 22nd Avenue, according to meterologist Mike Koziara. Its path was approximately 2 miles long. Koziara, a science and operations officer for the National Weather Service, was part of a survey team that visited the affected areas Thursday. They observed roofs peeled from warehouses, damaged frame homes and mobile homes in Kenner, as well as several trucks overturned and plate glass blown out. One minor injury was reported from flying debris. A second tornado reportedly touched down near Ochsner Clinic Foundation on Jefferson Highway at 2:39 a.m., according to the weather service. It traveled northeast about three-quarters of a mile from River Road at Iris Avenue, damaging several buildings and downing power lines. The weather service classified the first two tornadoes F-1 on the Fujita scale, used to measure the twisters’ strength, meaning their speed was between 73 mph and 113 mph. The third tornado was classified as F-2, meaning its speed was between 113 mph and 158 mph. “It was pretty substantial,” Koziara said. That one originated at 2:43 a.m. near Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Fleur de Lis Drive, where it blew down a radio tower at the State Police Troop B building. It traveled northeast about 2.5 miles to the lakefront, according to Koziara, causing substantial damage in the area of Canal Boulevard and Fillmore Avenue, Mouton, Walker and Conrad streets. The visit by the F-2 twister, accompanied by heavy rain and frequent, intense lightning, was a rarity, officials said. New Orleans was last struck by an F-2 tornado 24 years ago, according to meterologist Robert Ricks. He said an F-2 twister struck the Bywater area at 1:45 p.m. on June 22, 1981. It was 2 miles long, 20 yards wide and caused about $25,000 worth of damage. Before that, the last F-2 storm to hit the city struck March 10, 1971, and caused $2.5 million worth of damage. The city has had 13 tornado strikes since 1951, Ricks said. The last one was June 30, 2003, in the Lake Catherine area, but it was an F-0 and caused little damage. The weather knocked our power to thousands of customers throughout the area. As of 6:30 p.m. Thursday, officials said 800 Entergy customers remained without power - about 700 in East Jefferson and 100 in Orleans. The fallout from the storms affected hundreds of travelers who stood in long lines or slumped against luggage in the stuffy, darkened Armstrong International terminal Thursday, after the violent overnight storms knocked out power for more than eight hours and grounded flights The loss of both electrical feeds occurred about 3 a.m. shortly after a funnel cloud was spotted northwest of the airport. The winds peeled away the protective covering on a section of roof previously damaged during Hurricane Katrina, blew out some windows, seriously damaged several jet ways and toppled a few more of the high mast lights that Katrina didn’t blow down – all on Concourse C, airport spokeswoman Michelle Dufourc said. The storm came as a horrible blow to residents of Lakeview and Lakeshore, a virtual ghostown since homes were flooded after Katrina. “If we had been living here we would be gone,” said Mari Rodriguez, staring at the half-gone roof on her 4,000 square-foot home at 741 Robert E. Lee Boulevard. “I was here yesterday,” her husband Dr. Ed Rodriguez said. “I had just finished gutting the house and treating the studs.” The Rodriguezes have been renting in Mandeville since Katrina. They said they were looking forward to returning to the Lakeshore area. “We’ve lived here 33 years and raised all five of our kids here,” Dr. Rodriguez said. “This is our neighborhood. I just cant believe this is happening. Our hope was to rebuild our house. Now, all we’ll have is an empty lot.” Talking over the sound of heavy equipment as it picked up debris along the avenue and from sidewalks, Dr. Rodriguez said he hopes to hear from his insurance company about tearing down his blond brick house. “Its got to go quick or it will be a hazard to the neighborhood,” he said. The wind caused major damage to homes for a few blocks along Canal Boulevard near Robert E. Lee Boulevard, uprooted fences, peeled off one home’s roof next to Harrison Avenue and scattered tree branches around Lakeview. At the corner of Porteous and Louix XIV streets, the high wind caused significant damage to a FEMA trailer, still unoccupied because electric power had not yet been connected. In many areas, it was tough to distinguish between Katrina and new damage. The high winds felled a state Department of Transportation and Development communications tower, standing roughly 200 feet tall, next to Veterans Boulevard in Orleans near the 17th Street Canal. State workers scrambled early Thursday to sever pieces of the tower that were protruding into the busy roadway. Dick Thevenet, a state facilities official visiting the site late Thursday morning, said loss of the communications tower could disrupt certain DOTD communications. He said it had not yet been determined if the tower was knocked down solely by the overnight storm, or if the wind exploited structural weaknesses caused by Katrina. “We see a lot of rust — it couldn’t have happened this morning,” he said. “So it may have had some pre-damage.” The new damage will likely result in new homeowner insurance claims. One man driving down Louis XIV St., observing fresh damage, said, “I’m a claims adjuster, I’m on my way to three losses — three new losses.” And Ellen Verges, 47, a Lakeview homeowner now living Uptown, said the latest wind storm blew out windows in her Catina Street double that had been left intact by Katrina. She took new pictures Thursday in preparation for talking with her insurance agent, but wasn’t happy to be making yet another claim. “I want to get back to normal. I don’t want to see any more damage,” she said. At Pollock Place near Third Street in south Kenner, where one of the tornadoes was first reported, Earline Guillard, her fiance and son and niece were sleeping when they were awakened by heavy rain and then a roaring noise. “The wind shifted the house and we fell out of the bed,” she said. “We crawled to the hallway until it was over.” As the winds were literally twisting the two-story house slightly off its foundation, Guillard called her 21-year-old daughter Latonya. “I really thought I was not going to make it,” she said. “I just wanted to hear her voice.” A companion tornado that moved generally northeast to the airport and then near 22nd Street and Williams Boulveard dealt two of three warehouse businesses at Kenner Avenue and Farrar Street a heavy blow. Alpine Plastics, the second largest plastic bag manufacturer in the country servicing businesses like Wal-Mart and Safeway grocery stores, had a huge delivery truck hurled into its building and sustained “significant” damage, Chief Financial Officer Janak K. Sheth said. None of the 80 employees were injured, he said. Nearby, Economic and Janitorial, an institutional janitorial supply company with clients that include Starbucks, Baskin-Robbins and the Orleans Parish school system, was heavily damaged. Parts of the side and rear of the building were peeled away by the winds and supplies were scattered throughout the parking lot. Owner Suzie Migliore worked during the morning to clean up the facility and find a temporary location. “We should be relocated to another location in Kenner and be up and running by Monday,” company controller Eric Brauner said. The outlook was gloomier for Mike Ippolito, a Lakeview resident who owned four laundromats before Hurricane Katrina. The location at Paris and Mirabeau Avenue took on five feet of water. Winds and 10 feet of water destroyed his shop at Crowder and Lake Forest Boulevard and four feet of water did in his Reed and Morrison Road business. His home on Pressburg Street had 10 feet of water. Until early Thursday, he and his mother, Cathy, still had the Laundry Basket at Williams Boulevard and 22nd Street. Until the tornado torn the roof off the building. “I lost my house and all four of my businesses,’’ he said. “I don’t know what to think.” Less than a block away, Joe Ricca and his family were feeling some of the same pain. The family’s Ice House business lost a metal canopy and sustained significant roof damage in the tornado, which hurled pine cones with such force that they punched holes into the siding of a home a block away. Ricca, a St. Bernard resident, lost his house to Katrina and the family’s Ice House location in St. Bernard was totaled. But Ricca and his brother-in-law Donald Arcenaux and other family members did their best to remain upbeat. “They say bad news comes in threes,” Arcenaux said, before rattling off Katrina, Rita and the tornado. “Hopefully this is my third and this is all over.” The storm briefly knocked out electricity at Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s headquarters at 1514 Jefferson Highway, forcing it to use generators, spokeswoman Amiee Goforth said. However, the disruption, which happened when trees along Jefferson Highway took down power lines when they were blown down, lasted only a few minutes, she said. Nearby, the storm badly damaged most buildings on the eastern side of Iris Avenue in Jefferson, blowing off roofs and destroying some units at a mini-storage on the corner of Jefferson Highway and Iris. “It ran through us like a bowling ball through an alley,” said Greg Luke, property manager at Dependable Storage on Jefferson Highway. He said some of the facility’s hundreds of units are unharmed, but a count was not yet available. Across Jefferson Highway, Robert DeFraites, owner of Reliable Disposal, pointed out debris blown hundreds of yards by Thursdays storm. “I had it all cleaned up from Katrina,” he said, nodding to sheet metal from the roof Katrina blew off, now scattered two football fields away. “I had that all cleaned up.” Thursday’s tornadoes, coming in some areas still recovering from Katrina, was almost too much for some to bear. Pam Roach, who was inside her Farrar Street home with her mother and sister, remained jittery hours after a tornado damaged her awnings and roof and destroyed her storage shed. “You could feel the vibrations of the house,” she said. “There were lights flashing and glass cracking and it was like hell opening up.Every imaginable noise was happening all at the same time.” She described it as a blessing that no one was hurt, but couldn’t help but shake her head as she thought about the likelihood and getting hit first by a storm like Katrina, and then by a tornado. “We’re in a perpetual state of recovery,” she said. “Next month, what will it be?” Sheila Grissett, Bruce Hamilton, Lynne Jensen, Mary Swerczek, Coleman Warner, John Pope and Leslie Williams contributed to this story.Bob Ross may be reached at rross@timespicayune.com or (504) 883-7053.
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More of the murders in Massachusetts
Bush to request $439.3B defense budget
2/2/2006, 10:12 p.m. CT
By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush next week will request a $439.3 billion Defense Department budget for 2007, a nearly 5 percent increase over this year, according to senior Pentagon officials and documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Two bombings in Baghdad kill 11 Iraqis
2/2/2006, 10:10 p.m. CT
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Two bombings 20 minutes apart killed at least 11 Iraqis on Thursday, and the U.S. military announced five more American battle deaths. A U.S. rocket attack on the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City killed a woman and enraged Shiites across Iraq.
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There is no such thing as 'La Nina' alone. That is 'old world' perspective. There was a study too by Duke about trees recently. All the 'conclusions' were based on 'perfect world' perspective. There was no current global warming dynamics entered into the study or any predictions. Duke's study isn't "W"rong, quite the contrary, the study fits perfectly into the Bush rhetoric of denial of Global Warming. The Explaining Away of Global Warming by focusing on 'single' issues of climate is detrimental to the nation. It's distractional and irresponsible.
That ain't La Nina, jerks. Stop lying. The 'Eddy Season' should prove to be highly dynamic and dangerous. But, not because of La Nina. It's because of the Global Warming vortices just like last season.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_enh_hem.html
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CNN must be hurting for new tape. This story is old and so is the tape. William Strier Unplugged.
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Thursday, February 2, 2006
I am a non-participant tonight
I thought Retired President Jimmy Carter was wonderful on Larry King tonight. He was a man before his time. So many years later and he has yet to be proven wrong. "The Carter Center" is a legacy unmatched. Incredible man and former First Lady.
On to my absence from comment tonight.
Last night when the Nation should have recieved a full accounting of the state of this nation, we got a spin for the eletions of 2006.
Don't talk to me about 'my ideas' of environmental conscience when the statements begin wtih, "Coal fired plants..." Carbon Dioxide reduction by the USA is a top priority. It has the potential of 'righting' a planet completely out of balance. Don't tell me that I am supposed to believe otherwise. The USA contributes more than 25% of the carbon dioxide emissions globally. That is more than any volcano in USA history. It is more than any volcano globally.
Today, Joe Manchin, the embattled governor of West Virginia was a hero. He announced there would be a moratorium on all mining until full inspections were complete to insure the safety of workers. What Governor Manchin needs to do is promote an expanded version of any West Vriginia training program that will remove miners from mines and place them in safe jobs. We don't want those communities isolated. We don't need coal.
God's energy is the cleanest of all energy. It is renewable. It is always available. It's safe and terrorists are interested in them.
Wind.
Solar.
Geothermal.
Hydroelectric.
They are forever sources of energy and we can count on them. We just need to move in that direction. I don't see it any other way. I made a commitment to my children when they were born that I would never abandon them or the priority of making their lives worth living in a society that was kind and beneficial. I will never abandon that committment and haven't. I have been loyal to them and it shows all over them.
Tonight no matter the subject on AC360 it will be nothing but rhetorical 'raise the polls' baloney. I won't participate. When the Republican/Rove Spin Machine runs out of steam, reasonable minds will prevail.
To quote "The New Republic" :
David Kusnet, "Speech Impediment
"The first President Bush loved to quote Woody Allen's saying that half of life is just showing up. Last night, the current President Bush demonstrated the wisdom in those words. He delivered a pedestrian State of the Union speech, and he'll likely get a brief bounce in the polls just for showing up at an annual ritual designed to make any president look presidential. But by next week, nobody will remember what he said.
Tonight the world is in crisis. Israel is fighting on all fronts including an escalation of conflict with the government and settlers. Europe is receiving hate mongering from Hamas for a statement made A YEAR AGO regarding a cartoon in a neutral country paper. It isn't as though the cartoon was even disrespectful to the extent the 'hate' illustrates. The facts are that according to Islam tradition the image of Mohammad is not to be used. At all. I suppose that was made clear also by the Pentagon today when it took up arms against "The Washington Post" for a cartoon of Don Rumsfeld dismissing legitimate issues of concern expressed in that political cartoon.
Political 'art' is used to bring attention to subject in stark ways. I hope there is no apologizing by "The Washington Post" and the Joint Chiefs should know better than to treat a democracy as an Islamic religion when their Cabinet Level official falls under criticism. That cartoon can't hold a candle to the pictures of Abu Ghraib. The Joint Chiefs need to put it into perspective and move on. Otherwise, they might want to promote to higher office still a general who sees faces in clouds while flying a USA military aircraft.
What was that bigot's name?
Well, like the "New Republic" said: "Gone in a week." The Republican and their spin machines are making the best they can of this including Rumsfeld, evidently.
The best news is that the Oscars are finally making nominations I can live with.
Small Films With Potent Themes Lead Oscar Nominations
I guess 'The Academy" learned from their mistakes last year when "Fahrenheit 911" should have won, just as Cindy Sheehan should have kept her T-shirt and seat last night.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have other things to do, including turning off my television for the night.
Good Night and Good Luck.
On to my absence from comment tonight.
Last night when the Nation should have recieved a full accounting of the state of this nation, we got a spin for the eletions of 2006.
Don't talk to me about 'my ideas' of environmental conscience when the statements begin wtih, "Coal fired plants..." Carbon Dioxide reduction by the USA is a top priority. It has the potential of 'righting' a planet completely out of balance. Don't tell me that I am supposed to believe otherwise. The USA contributes more than 25% of the carbon dioxide emissions globally. That is more than any volcano in USA history. It is more than any volcano globally.
Today, Joe Manchin, the embattled governor of West Virginia was a hero. He announced there would be a moratorium on all mining until full inspections were complete to insure the safety of workers. What Governor Manchin needs to do is promote an expanded version of any West Vriginia training program that will remove miners from mines and place them in safe jobs. We don't want those communities isolated. We don't need coal.
God's energy is the cleanest of all energy. It is renewable. It is always available. It's safe and terrorists are interested in them.
Wind.
Solar.
Geothermal.
Hydroelectric.
They are forever sources of energy and we can count on them. We just need to move in that direction. I don't see it any other way. I made a commitment to my children when they were born that I would never abandon them or the priority of making their lives worth living in a society that was kind and beneficial. I will never abandon that committment and haven't. I have been loyal to them and it shows all over them.
Tonight no matter the subject on AC360 it will be nothing but rhetorical 'raise the polls' baloney. I won't participate. When the Republican/Rove Spin Machine runs out of steam, reasonable minds will prevail.
To quote "The New Republic" :
David Kusnet, "Speech Impediment
"The first President Bush loved to quote Woody Allen's saying that half of life is just showing up. Last night, the current President Bush demonstrated the wisdom in those words. He delivered a pedestrian State of the Union speech, and he'll likely get a brief bounce in the polls just for showing up at an annual ritual designed to make any president look presidential. But by next week, nobody will remember what he said.
Tonight the world is in crisis. Israel is fighting on all fronts including an escalation of conflict with the government and settlers. Europe is receiving hate mongering from Hamas for a statement made A YEAR AGO regarding a cartoon in a neutral country paper. It isn't as though the cartoon was even disrespectful to the extent the 'hate' illustrates. The facts are that according to Islam tradition the image of Mohammad is not to be used. At all. I suppose that was made clear also by the Pentagon today when it took up arms against "The Washington Post" for a cartoon of Don Rumsfeld dismissing legitimate issues of concern expressed in that political cartoon.
Political 'art' is used to bring attention to subject in stark ways. I hope there is no apologizing by "The Washington Post" and the Joint Chiefs should know better than to treat a democracy as an Islamic religion when their Cabinet Level official falls under criticism. That cartoon can't hold a candle to the pictures of Abu Ghraib. The Joint Chiefs need to put it into perspective and move on. Otherwise, they might want to promote to higher office still a general who sees faces in clouds while flying a USA military aircraft.
What was that bigot's name?
Well, like the "New Republic" said: "Gone in a week." The Republican and their spin machines are making the best they can of this including Rumsfeld, evidently.
The best news is that the Oscars are finally making nominations I can live with.
Small Films With Potent Themes Lead Oscar Nominations
I guess 'The Academy" learned from their mistakes last year when "Fahrenheit 911" should have won, just as Cindy Sheehan should have kept her T-shirt and seat last night.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have other things to do, including turning off my television for the night.
Good Night and Good Luck.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Goal: To harness the 'emoting' is to control the public
Christian Conservative News, "The Agape Press" feels Aaron's pain. Does not approve of 'emoting' as a reason to avoid reality and deal with the issues of a nation. With articles like this will people realize they are being manipulated for millions if not billions of dollars right into the danger zones of public policy?
Truth Isn't Enough ... You Must Weep
By Matt Friedeman
January 30, 2006
(AgapePress) - A new study from Emory University informs us that emotions are what count the most in the matter of forming political opinions, with reasoning and truth trailing significantly in importance. Magnetic resonance imaging reveals that the emotional centers in the brains of strong partisans "light up" when confronted with ideological messages.
So?
... Word is that even the pro-lifers on the committee were moved to defeat legislation to ban cloning and the like. Remember -- this is Mississippi, one of the reddest of the red states and the buckle of the Bible belt. But the testimony of an expert was no match for emotion, and even stalwart pro-life committee members failed to remain absolutely firm on a position on which the United Nations has already taken action (banning cloning).
We are suckers -- for tears, for emotion, for the stuff that tugs at the heart.
Cultural conservatives are not the only ones frustrated with the situation. Imagine if you were concerned with rationality on the "idiot box," otherwise known as TV. "Television is the most perfect democracy," frustrated TV news anchor Aaron Brown said in a recent speech. "You sit there with your remote control and vote." The remotes of the living rooms of the nation move from channel to channel when serious news plays, but when the coverage turns to scandals surrounding the runaway bride or Michael Jackson, "there are no clicks then," Brown said.
Feel Mr. Brown's pain....
Truth Isn't Enough ... You Must Weep
By Matt Friedeman
January 30, 2006
(AgapePress) - A new study from Emory University informs us that emotions are what count the most in the matter of forming political opinions, with reasoning and truth trailing significantly in importance. Magnetic resonance imaging reveals that the emotional centers in the brains of strong partisans "light up" when confronted with ideological messages.
So?
... Word is that even the pro-lifers on the committee were moved to defeat legislation to ban cloning and the like. Remember -- this is Mississippi, one of the reddest of the red states and the buckle of the Bible belt. But the testimony of an expert was no match for emotion, and even stalwart pro-life committee members failed to remain absolutely firm on a position on which the United Nations has already taken action (banning cloning).
We are suckers -- for tears, for emotion, for the stuff that tugs at the heart.
Cultural conservatives are not the only ones frustrated with the situation. Imagine if you were concerned with rationality on the "idiot box," otherwise known as TV. "Television is the most perfect democracy," frustrated TV news anchor Aaron Brown said in a recent speech. "You sit there with your remote control and vote." The remotes of the living rooms of the nation move from channel to channel when serious news plays, but when the coverage turns to scandals surrounding the runaway bride or Michael Jackson, "there are no clicks then," Brown said.
Feel Mr. Brown's pain....
The Rhetoric Continues...
908 - enters chamber
912 - starts speech, calling on the memory of the late Coretta Scott King while calling on the after life with her spouse. It would have been nice to hear commentary on her life. "The Afterlife" is up to the ministers, not Bush.
914 - alludes 'civil debate.' Lesson time.
"enemies of freedom' of which he is not one, of course. "Isolationism and protectionism." That is what Bush practices. I don't hold much hope for this speech. We are off to deception already.
"Misguided Idealism." He's an ideologue. He listens to no sound advice on any front. We won't be in Iraq if he did.
"A new chapter" - It isn't George. Colors of voting doesn't make it a democracy. Zimbabwee is currently experiencing Super Inflation. Their currency is currently worthless due to high debt.
Zimbabwean crisis heightensby STAFF EDITORS (1/25/2006)
The latest phrase being coined in Zimbabwe is about vehicles breaking down due to "shock" after being refilled with cheap fuel from registered gas stations.While the joke reveals the cynical nature of how Zimbabweans are coping with an over five years crisis, the symbol of the country's economic decay - the long snaking queues from gas stations have long since disappeared.
The United States dollar, which fetched Z$6,000 in January last year, is now worth Z$79,000 with inflation having reached 585 percent at the end of the year
...There are however no visible signs that Zimbabweans might revolt against Mugabe's government.
"The government has failed to anger us," said Tambudzai Makosi, a 52-year-old primary school teacher. "Look at the poor salaries we are earning, and more still someone destroying the house you have build and you do nothing about it."
The government is however well placed to crash any signs of dissent. In 2005 it passed a law that allows authorities to confiscate the travel documents of anyone deemed to be anti-government with the first victims having been an independent newspaper publisher, a senior MDC official and the leader of the country's trade union movement.
Chiefs of the army, police and Central Intelligence Organisation have been organised into a Joint
Operation Command to stamp out any signs of dissent, in a move analysts say is meant at ensuring that President Mugabe retains power until 2008 when he is expected to step down.
Bush has no intention of intervening with Zimbabwe or any other country in a way that offers hope or relief to the people.
The USA has already retreated from the world. There is no common goal between the international community and the USA. We are isolated. Very isolated. There is no clear victory on the horizon. No more today than May 1, 2003. "Mission Accomplished."
You are not winning, George. Where is Osama bin Laden?
Where are you getting the money for the war, George? Halliburton?
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Typical Bush. Chronically living in denial. Hamas will never embrace Israel. They have said it for decades. Wow. George and his money must be powerful.
912 - starts speech, calling on the memory of the late Coretta Scott King while calling on the after life with her spouse. It would have been nice to hear commentary on her life. "The Afterlife" is up to the ministers, not Bush.
914 - alludes 'civil debate.' Lesson time.
"enemies of freedom' of which he is not one, of course. "Isolationism and protectionism." That is what Bush practices. I don't hold much hope for this speech. We are off to deception already.
"Misguided Idealism." He's an ideologue. He listens to no sound advice on any front. We won't be in Iraq if he did.
"A new chapter" - It isn't George. Colors of voting doesn't make it a democracy. Zimbabwee is currently experiencing Super Inflation. Their currency is currently worthless due to high debt.
Zimbabwean crisis heightensby STAFF EDITORS (1/25/2006)
The latest phrase being coined in Zimbabwe is about vehicles breaking down due to "shock" after being refilled with cheap fuel from registered gas stations.While the joke reveals the cynical nature of how Zimbabweans are coping with an over five years crisis, the symbol of the country's economic decay - the long snaking queues from gas stations have long since disappeared.
The United States dollar, which fetched Z$6,000 in January last year, is now worth Z$79,000 with inflation having reached 585 percent at the end of the year
...There are however no visible signs that Zimbabweans might revolt against Mugabe's government.
"The government has failed to anger us," said Tambudzai Makosi, a 52-year-old primary school teacher. "Look at the poor salaries we are earning, and more still someone destroying the house you have build and you do nothing about it."
The government is however well placed to crash any signs of dissent. In 2005 it passed a law that allows authorities to confiscate the travel documents of anyone deemed to be anti-government with the first victims having been an independent newspaper publisher, a senior MDC official and the leader of the country's trade union movement.
Chiefs of the army, police and Central Intelligence Organisation have been organised into a Joint
Operation Command to stamp out any signs of dissent, in a move analysts say is meant at ensuring that President Mugabe retains power until 2008 when he is expected to step down.
Bush has no intention of intervening with Zimbabwe or any other country in a way that offers hope or relief to the people.
The USA has already retreated from the world. There is no common goal between the international community and the USA. We are isolated. Very isolated. There is no clear victory on the horizon. No more today than May 1, 2003. "Mission Accomplished."
You are not winning, George. Where is Osama bin Laden?
Where are you getting the money for the war, George? Halliburton?
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Typical Bush. Chronically living in denial. Hamas will never embrace Israel. They have said it for decades. Wow. George and his money must be powerful.
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Iran has a mentor on this issue. He is addressing dissidents. He did the same thing before he invaded Iraq.
Nuclear file referral to Security Council ends diplomacy - Iran
TEHRAN, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Iran ratcheted up the tension around its nuclear programs further Tuesday, when the country's top negotiator said the referral of the country's "nuclear file" to the UN Security Council would mark the final chapter in diplomatic efforts to end the escalating crisis.
"We regard any mention or report on Iran in the UN Security Council as the end to diplomacy," said Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council. "For Europeans and the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, it will mean an unsuccessful and bad solution to the issue."
The IAEA, the UN's nuclear watchdog, is due to discuss the Islamic Republic's nuclear research during an emergency session on February 2-3.
However, Larijani said Iran was not giving up talks with the trio of European nations handling the issue - Britain, France and Germany - and saw the negotiations with them as the only way out of the current crisis.
Representatives of three countries, as well as China, the United States and Germany met in London Monday to discuss Iran's nuclear programs. They decided that the UN Security Council would be kept informed about Iran's "nuclear file," but no action would be taken until March after a regular session of the IAEA, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Tensions around Iran escalated after it abandoned a two-year moratorium on research into uranium enrichment January 10. Some members of the international community, led by the U.S., fear that Tehran could use the technology to produce weapons-grade material, as well as nuclear reactor fuel.
Iraq was never a threat to this country before the incompetency of this president. Bush believes his own lies.
The Patriot Act is an attack against the very lengthy suppression of American Civil Rights. The Patriot Act was supposed to be a temporary measure as is realized by the 'sundown' provision. It was only to be necessary UNTIL the enemies of the USA in Afghanistan were defeated. Bush is incompetent and can't stop the murderers. Now, realizing his incompetency he is calling on a 'renewed war' on the all feared impending attacks. If Bush was competent he should be reaping applause because the networks were defeated and hideous laws like The Patriot Act is no longer needed as our Homeland is SAFE. Bush is not capable of making peace for this country. He is only able to declare war at the price of the citizens of this country while his 'multinationals' reap exploitive profits.
Halliburton to spin off its KBR unit
Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:32:00 AM ETnewratings.comNEW YORK, January 28 (newratings.com) – Halliburton Co (HAL.NYS), the world's largest diversified energy services, engineering and construction company, Friday announced its plans to file an IPO (Initial Public Offering) for its engineering and construction unit, Kellogg Brown & Root Inc (KBR).The company said its 20% minority stake in KBR would be sold through an IPO soon after Halliburton delivers its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Houston Chronicle quoted analyst Roger Read of Natexis Bleichroeder as saying that Halliburton is likely to spin off KBR entirely. While KBR accounted for 52% of Halliburton's 2005 sales, it accounted for only 19% of the company’s profits. Halliburton's share price rose nearly 8% to a record high of $81 in Friday afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
There is no such thing as permanent ANYTHING ! Bush is such a jerk. He uses the word permanent to harness his base.
Let's just veto Bush and impeach he and Cheney in 2006-07.
Social Security Tampering is political suicide, especially in 2006. They applaude ANYWAY. This is a show for Bush's base.
There is nothing new about Bush's Border Security Plan. It goes nowhere with his House or Senate.
President Discusses Border Security and Immigration Reform in Arizona
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051128-7.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 28, 2005
"Medical Reform Liability" - Look this entire speech is equivalent to "Terry's Law." His entire administration has nothing but spin for his base.
Power home and offices. There is no such thing as zero emission coal fired plants. That is completely dependant on injecting CO2 into the ground. The ground is saturated with CO2 from global warming. That is why there are vortices and super storms that heat the gulf. Bush is a liar. He is counting on us to be fools. He has written no legislation or promoted any new measure in any of his spending bills. If a president was sincere about any of this words the 'ideas' of the State of the Union Address would be to move the nation forward on 'ideas' already in process. 'The State of the Union' is not supposed to be a political speech. It is supposed to lay the ground work of understanding of where we have been through ACCOMPLISHMENTS and THEN where those accomplishments are leading us. This is all pie in the sky stuff. There is no reason to believe a word of it. Sorry. Bush has no 'track record' for any of these statements.
He has yet to mention debt reduction. Quite the contrary. He has stated he wants to make tax cuts, which were pre-September 11th, made permanent. Whatever that means. He is just as irresponsible today as the day he took office.
For Texas town, mining is worth its weight in coal
By CHRISTINE S. DIAMOND, Cox East Texas
Monday, January 30, 2006
FAIRFIELD — From welders to electricians to engineers, the energy industry has played a significant role in Fairfield's economy for more than 35 years.
Which is why economic developers in Angelina County are working hard to promote Lufkin as one of nine competing sites in Texas to host the Department of Energy's $1 billion coal-fire research power plant — FutureGen. FutureGen is touted to be the world's first "near-zero emissions" coal-fired power plant.
Stennett introduces bills to control power plants
15-month moratorium on applications for coal-fired plants proposed
In reaction to the prospect of a merchant power plant being constructed in Jerome County, Sen. Clint Stennett, D-Ketchum, is introducing this week multiple bills to the Idaho Legislature.
Two of the bills were assigned numbers Thursday; the other three will be introduced today, Stennett said.
Sempra Generation announced last April that it intends to build a $1.4 billion, 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant 9 miles northeast of Jerome in Jerome County.
Stennett maintains that the state is being targeted because of its lack of laws regulating power plant siting, emissions and other aspects related to such a project.
... "I sent a letter to everyone in the Senate asking if they wanted to co-sponsor this," Stennett said Tuesday. "This is a non-partisan issue and I'm looking for bi-partisan support."
Any body politic within a 50-mile radius of a proposed coal-fired power plant would be invited to join the discussion, he said, as would members of the Idaho Department of Water Resources, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, and others...
Squabbles hindered rescue efforts
FEMA denied request for rubber boats
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
By Bill WalshWashington bureau
WASHINGTON -- A day before Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries fired off an urgent request for 300 rubber rafts to rescue people from what was expected to be high water in New Orleans.
Marked "Red-High" priority, the plea went to the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Denton, Texas, where a team of disaster experts considered it. As Katrina lashed southeast Louisiana and ruptured New Orleans' levees Aug. 29, FEMA gave its answer: "Request denied."
The episode, which came to light Monday at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is just the latest in a growing collection of planning miscues that, despite years of warnings, left the region woefully unprepared for the storm.
The hearing also laid bare evidence of infighting and back-biting among state, local and federal emergency responders once the levees broke and plunged 80 percent of New Orleans underwater. Countless acts of bravery were intermingled with squabbling over scarce rescue equipment as first responders operated in a virtual communications blackout.
"What strikes me is the utter lack of coordination in the search and rescue," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told a panel of four front-line officials involved in the Katrina response. "Don't you all talk to one another?"
The hearing was the 12th the committee has held looking at the government's actions before, during and after Katrina. Several more are scheduled this week and next week as the committee prepares to wrap up its work and issue a report in mid-March. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is slated to testify Wednesday and Gov. Blanco is expected Thursday.
'We were not prepared'
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Ending of nothing but a speech that continues to divide the nation without uniting it.
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