May 2, 2013

Sea surface temps highest in 150 years.

Seems things are heating up. Recent record was in 1951, a couple of years before hurricane Carol.

Fish are confused...Fishermen don't care...want permission to fish til the fish are gone.

http://www.mvtimes.com/2013/05/01/sea-surface-temps-reach-highest-levels-150-years-15330/

http://news.providencejournal.com/business/2013/04/fishermen-protest-cuts-in-catch-limits.html/

April 25, 2013

OK! Time to review the Boston Bombing story.

There's been a lot of reporting but not so much on what of what was reported still stands.
DU; Help me out. Back it up with a link if possible.

1. Who did what at the 7-11 store? Any video to back it up?

2. Was MIT cop responding to a call, or just sitting in the car? Have we witnesses to that shooting?

3. Was a gun found on either suspect?

4. Did the younger brother show up at car repair place wanting his Mercedes "Right now" on Tuesday? Was it his Mercedes?

5. Were the two suspects in different cars when they stopped to throw bombs in Watertown?
Where were they coming from? What kind of cars? Honda and ????

6. Did they have guns and shoot at the police in Watertown? How many Police were there at that point.

7. Did the suspect climb out of boat by himself, or was he down and out at that point?

8. Were there really bombs strapped to either suspect? Pictures?

Thanks for the help on this.

April 17, 2013

Business control of the image?: Plenty of pictures of carnage for bombing....

Not one picture of classrooms in Newtown.

Gun control ready for defeat this week.

April 6, 2013

What would you do if you were 28 and inherited a wacko country?

First thing would be to get rid of crazed Military industrial complex. How do you do that?

Send them off to a war they can't possibly win and let the chip fall where they may. I know, shoot missiles at the ole USA!

This guy may not be as dumb as first appears.

He needs to show his has the balls, and he can't counter what the military wants or he risks assassination.

March 31, 2013

US sabre rattling leading to War?

The war danger in Korea:
Pentagon’s false propaganda conceals truth about crisis

By Brian Becker, ANSWER Coalition national coordinator

http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/the-war-danger-in-korea.html



The American war propaganda machine does a thorough job in misleading the public about the high-stakes struggle the Pentagon is waging against North Korea. On March 28, the Obama administration ordered and the Pentagon executed a mock bombing attack on North Korea by U.S. B-2 stealth bombers equipped to drop nuclear bombs—the most advanced nuclear-capable plane in the U.S. Air Force. In recent months, the U.S. has also used nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to simulate the bombing of North Korea.

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It is not necessary to speculate how the United States would react if North Korea sent nuclear-capable bombers close to U.S. territory and dropped inert bombs as part of a “war game.” By itself, this B-2 mock bombing of North Korea cost approximately $5.5 million, according to Foreign Policy magazine. The B-2 flights by some estimates cost $135,000 per hour—almost double that of any other military airplane, according to a report from the Center for Public Integrity.

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In 1961, General Park Chung-hee, formerly an officer in the Japanese Manchuko Imperial Army during the time of Japan’s brutal colonial occupation of Korea, seized power and held it until his assassination by other military officers in 1979. Any South Korean person who said anything sympathetic about communism, socialism or North Korea was sentenced to decades-long prison terms where torture was a given. The role of the Pentagon and its continuing occupation has been decisive in Korean politics. After the assassination of Park Chung-hee, massive protests were staged in May 1980 against the military dictatorship in the South Korean city of Kwangju. The pro-democracy movement in Kwangju was labeled “communist-inspired” and the rebellion was crushed in blood. More than 2,000 people were killed May 18 to 27, 1980. Later released secret documents revealed that it was the top brass of the U.S. occupation force that authorized soldiers of the Korean Army's 20th Division to be sent to Kwangju to suppress the protesting students.

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The propaganda campaign is in full swing now as the Pentagon climbs the escalation ladder in the most militarized part of the planet. North Korea is depicted as the provocateur and aggressor whenever they assert that they have the right and capability to defend their country. Even as the Pentagon simulates the nuclear destruction of a country that it had already tried to bomb into the stone-age, the corporate-owned media characterizes this extremely provocative act as a sign of “resolve” and a measure of “self-defense.”

February 14, 2013

So the results are in about the water sipping Rubio in English....

But could we have a report from some of our spanish speakers about his spanish performance?

Anyone?

January 21, 2013

Bad TV Reception? There's always C-Span on the Computer.

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/

Gotta love it....no hype, no ads.

January 19, 2013

Poll: Home invasions and the fear thereof.

The recent gun talk on DU has led me to come to the realization that there are a lot of people fearful of their home being invaded while they are in the home enjoying their freedoms.

At one time, I lived in a lousy neighborhood. Neighbors and I suffered break-ins and burglaries. But I never remember fearing a house invasion and wouldn't dream of keeping loaded weaponry handy so as to kill intruders. Now I live in a peaceful, heavenly place and of course a home invasion is not within the realm of possibility.

How about you?

January 19, 2013

All across America, Guns Shows are more fun than Nascar racing.

Why bother with waiting for the few car crash deaths that occur at the usual Nascar event, when you can increase your own chances of injury for half the cost at a neighborhood Gun Show? Don't miss this easy chance to get your adrenaline flowing during these cold winter weekends.

This Saturday turned out differently for several attendees as "good guys with guns" showed off just how well they work.

As soon as the NRA lets the FBI and the CDC start collecting some real statistics I think Americans will be amazed at the number of really stupid things people are doing with guns out there.

Ohio and Virginia today, so far.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022220542

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2219588

Word just in N.C. 3 more wounded: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/19/us/north-carolina-gun-show-shooting/

January 12, 2013

Let's show true fidelity to the Second Amendment

http://www.commonwealthmagazine.org/Voices/Perspective/Online-Exclusives-2012/Fall/007-Muster-the-militia.aspx



BY: Eugenie Beal

January 09, 2013

“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of the State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” --Second Amendment to the US Constitution


SOMEHOW, THE OPENING WORDS of that brief dictum have been lost. Where is the well-regulated militia which our forefathers presumably saw as the rationale for permitting – even encouraging -- individual citizens to own guns?

The National Rifle Association, the Gun Owners Action League, gun manufacturers, and individual owners have conducted a spectacularly successful public relations and lobbying campaign on behalf of individuals wishing to keep and bear arms. The result has been one or more guns in half the households in the US.

Guns and gun owners are not evenly distributed across the nation. Although we read of a shooting almost daily, Massachusetts can be proud of having the lowest per capita gun death rate in the nation. This comes about because we have (relatively) strong gun laws and low gun ownership. (Louisiana takes the booby prize on both measures.)

So what to do to stem the violence and save lives? It’s late in the day to reduce the reported 300 million guns in American households to a much smaller number in the hands of legitimate hunters and those who enjoy target practice. The Supreme Court has invoked the Second Amendment, and cast the issue in terms of the rights of individuals without mentioning the necessity for a militia.

I am proposing that Massachusetts take the lead by creating and regulating a militia to which every gun-owner in the state would be obliged to belong. Our governor could call out the Massachusetts Militia in times of emergency such as fire and flood, loss of electric power, and similar kinds of civil disaster. Members would drill, be trained in relevant skills, and lead local parades on patriotic holidays. With mandatory enrollment, registration and tracking of gun owners might be more feasible. Regulations would spell out meaningfully stern penalties for gun owners who did not enroll in the Massachusetts Militia. I’d like to see mandatory fees from members as well, but that would entail lengthy public debate and perhaps kill the idea.

The Triangle Fire in a New York garment factory led to new workplace safety laws. Thalidomide tragedies led to deeper investigation of drug side effects. Maybe the Newtown disaster could lead to a well-regulated Massachusetts Militia with a community-service purpose. It might even lead to fewer shootings.

Eugenie Beal lives in Boston.