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California Flood Threat From "Atmospheric River"
Post Date: 2012-11-28 11:20:12 by Brian S
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Meteorologists use the term "atmospheric river" to describe a long, narrow plume piping deep moisture from the tropics into the mid-latitudes. One type of atmospheric river (hereafter, AR) you may have heard of is the "Pineapple Express", a pronounced plume tapping moisture from the Hawaiian Islands to the U.S. West Coast. Amazingly, according to NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), a strong AR can transport as water vapor up to 15 times the average flow of liquid water at the mouth of the Mississippi River! Suffice to say, if an AR stalls over a particular area, significant flooding can be the result. In fact, a study by Ralph et al. (2006) found ARs ...
Florida Man Cites ‘Stand Your Ground’ After Killing Of Black Teen Amid Loud Music Dispute
Post Date: 2012-11-28 10:59:07 by Brian S
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A Florida man who allegedly shot and killed an African-American teen on Black Friday during a parking lot argument over loud music is citing the state’s so-called “stand your ground” law as his defense. Michael David Dunn, 45, claims he was threatened with a shotgun and feared for his life during a Friday night confrontation with 17-year-old Jordan Davis over his car stereo’s volume. Jacksonville police, however, said they did not find any weapons at the scene. Police say Dunn fired at Davis’s car eight or nine times, according to The Orlando Sentinel, striking Davis twice. Several other teens were also in the car at the time. Dunn reportedly fled the scene and ...
Sixth-grader's turns tables on bullying
Post Date: 2012-11-27 20:03:22 by A K A Stone
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PALM BAY, Fla. — For most of Acacia Woodley's 10 years, she has noticed people staring at her and, at times, whispering about her. The sixth-grader at Palm Bay Elementary School has learned to stand up for herself. Born without a right hand and a deformed left one, she has embraced what she calls her "difference." It's part of what makes Acacia, Acacia. "Some people say they feel sorry for me. I tell them not to be," she said. "I don't care that I'm different. I like that I'm different." Moving from the Caribbean to South Carolina, then to Arizona, and finally Florida, Acacia realized there were bullies everywhere. After arriving ...
Hurricane Sandy Victim Upset After Being Played By Obama
Post Date: 2012-11-27 19:52:29 by no gnu taxes
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Obama used her as a photo-op and promised to get her assistance after her business was wiped out by Hurricane Sandy. But it was all a show. From the White House website: President Barack Obama hugs Donna Vanzant, the owner of North Point Marina, as he tours damage from Hurricane Sandy in Brigantine, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Donna Vanzant still hasn’t received any help and she’s upset. I was very excited and felt warm by the embrace thinking this is really going to happen. I’m going to get the help I need because he promised that. I’ve gotten no help. I’ve gotten nothing but ‘No, you’re not covered for this. ...
Parting Company
Post Date: 2012-11-27 17:40:46 by Capitalist Eric
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For decades, it has been obvious that there are irreconcilable differences between Americans who want to control the lives of others and those who wish to be left alone. Which is the more peaceful solution: Americans using the brute force of government to beat liberty-minded people into submission or simply parting company? In a marriage, where vows are ignored and broken, divorce is the most peaceful solution. Similarly, our constitutional and human rights have been increasingly violated by a government instituted to protect them. Americans who support constitutional abrogation have no intention of mending their ways. Since Barack Obama's re-election, hundreds of thousands of ...
Powerball Ticket-Buying Frenzy Fuels $500-Million Jackpot
Post Date: 2012-11-27 16:04:44 by Brian S
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Fueled by a frenzy of ticket-buying, the jackpot in Wednesday’s Powerball lottery has been increased to $500 million. News of the increased pot, posted on the lottery’s website, is likely to set up even more buying as players head to the drawing at 10:59 (Eastern) on Wednesday. Traditionally, ticket-buying volume increases as the drawing approaches, with as much as 60% of all sales coming on the last day in a final mad rush. Before the increase, the jackpot stood at $425 million, not exactly chump change. Over the weekend, the jackpot was $325 million, which appears to have been relatively small potatoes compared with the new payout. Tickets for the lottery can be purchased in ...
29 Tennessee Courthouses Receive Bomb Threats
Post Date: 2012-11-27 15:56:36 by Brian S
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MEMPHIS (AP) — Authorities say the number of Tennessee courthouses involved in a rash of false bomb threats has risen to 29. Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security spokeswoman Dalya Qualls said Tuesday that nine threats were reported in west Tennessee counties, including the federal building in Memphis. Qualls said there were six bomb threats in central Tennessee and 14 in east Tennessee. Many buildings had to be evacuated after the threats. Qualls said no bombs were found. Tennessee is at least the fourth state this month to deal with phony bomb threats at courthouses. In Oregon, 28 courthouses were threatened last week, and similar threats were reported in Nebraska ...
As Great Lakes Plummet, Towns Try To Save Harbors
Post Date: 2012-11-27 15:54:34 by Brian S
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ONEKAMA, Mich. (AP) — For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself needs a rescue, from slumping lake levels that threaten its precious link to open water.The Great Lakes, the world's biggest freshwater system, are shrinking because of drought and rising temperatures, a trend that accelerated with this year's almost snowless winter and scorching summer. Water levels have fallen to near-record lows on Lakes Michigan and Huron, while Erie, Ontario and Superior are below their historical averages. The decline is causing heavy economic losses, ...
GOP Senators More Troubled After Rice Meeting
Post Date: 2012-11-27 12:00:50 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three Republican senators who met Tuesday with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice say they are more troubled now over her initial explanations about the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya. Rice met behind closed doors Tuesday with Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte - three of her harshest critics. Ayotte said Rice told them that her national television description that a spontaneous demonstration triggered the attack on the U.S. consulate was wrong. She had made the comments five days after the raid based on intelligence information. The lawmakers said the Obama administration still must answer questions about the attack. Obama is considering Rice as a successor to ...
John McCain And Republicans Soften Attacks On Susan Rice Over Benghazi
Post Date: 2012-11-25 16:21:34 by Brian S
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Senior Republicans opposed to Susan Rice becoming the next secretary of state softened their tone on Sunday, with one suggesting that he could change his mind if the UN ambassador explained her much-discussed comments on the Benghazi attack of 11 September. Senator John McCain had been among those gearing up for a showdown in Washington over the issue, with a series of opponents to President Barack Obama suggesting they would block Rice's nomination as Hillary Clinton's successor in the state department, should it be made. Republicans have claimed that Rice misled the public in the aftermath of a deadly assault on the US consulate in Benghazi, in which four Americans, including ...
Ex-boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies after shot
Post Date: 2012-11-24 09:25:17 by A K A Stone
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hector "Macho" Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police, was declared dead on Saturday, four days after being shot in the face. He was 50. Shot while sitting in a parked car outside a bar Tuesday with a friend in the city of Bayamon, he was declared dead at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan. The friend, 49-year-old Adrian Mojica Moreno, died at the scene of the shooting. Police said Mojica had nine small bags of cocaine in his pocket and a 10th bag was found open in the car. Originally from Bayamon, just outside San Juan, Camacho was long ...
Negro: Shauna Shipman Attacks White Woman Because She Had Coupons
Post Date: 2012-11-24 08:03:17 by A K A Stone
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News Man found dead under I-55 bridge identified Updated: Nov 22, 2012 1:10 PM PST (WMC-TV) – The man found dead under an I-55 overpass has been identified by police. Police say Randy Lambert, 56, was found dead under the Shelby Drive overpass early Wednesday morning. According toMore >> Body found under bridge on I-55 Updated: Nov 21, 2012 8:35 AM PST Breaking this morning, Memphis police have discovered a body under the overpass on I-55 at Shelby Drive More >> Serial rape suspect in custody Updated: Nov 20, 2012 7:04 PM PST (WMC-TV) - Breaking News from the Action news 5 newsroom... The Shelby County Sheriff's office confirms a serial rape suspect is in custody tonight. 34 ...
Actor Larry Hagman, TV's J.R. Ewing of 'Dallas,' dies
Post Date: 2012-11-24 07:32:20 by A K A Stone
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Actor Larry Hagman played the iconic role of J.R. Ewing in television's "Dallas," which had been revived by the TNT network. He died Friday at 81. Larry Hagman, who created one of American television's most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," died on Friday, according to a co-star. He was 81. Hagman died at a Dallas hospital of complications from his battle with throat cancer, the Dallas Morning News reported, quoting a statement from his family. He had suffered from liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver in the 1990s after decades of drinking. Linda Gray, who played J.R.'s long-suffering wife, Sue Ellen, was with ...
Dem operative suspected in serial rapes
Post Date: 2012-11-22 20:31:08 by Abcdefg
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An attack by a Colorado man with close ties to the Democratic Party on an elderly petition gatherer for Personhood USA has led to the identification of a suspect in a series of unsolved sexual assault cases, officials have confirmed to WND. William Costello, a real estate broker with ties to some of the state’s top political figures in the Democratic Party, was charged after his DNA was tied to unsolved sexual assault cases from 2008, 2010 and 2011. The Denver Post reported Costello was driving the SUV of Democratic political strategist Mike Stratton when he was pulled over and arrested by authorities. Costello was using the SUV to deliver Democrat campaign signs in Durango, Colo. ...
Hector 'Macho' Camacho brain dead
Post Date: 2012-11-22 10:27:17 by A K A Stone
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Doctors say famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically "brain dead" after being shot in the face. Dr. Ernesto Torres said at a news conference Thursday that doctors are still performing tests on Camacho before meeting with his family. Torres had said late Wednesday that Camacho was showing irregular and intermittent brain activity. The 50-year-old Camacho was shot as he and a friend sat in a Ford Mustang parked outside a bar Tuesday night. Police spokesman Alex Diaz has said officers found nine small bags of cocaine in the friend's pocket, and a 10th bag open inside the car. Camacho was considered a volatile but popular ...
Obama Begins Push for New National Retirement System
Post Date: 2012-11-22 07:19:13 by A K A Stone
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A recent hearing sponsored by the Treasury and Labor Departments marked the beginning of the Obama Administration’s effort to nationalize the nation’s pension system and to eliminate private retirement accounts including IRA’s and 401k plans, NSC is warning. The hearing, held in the Labor Department’s main auditorium, was monitored by NSC staff and featured a line up of left-wing activists including one representative of the AFL-CIO who advocated for more government regulation over private retirement accounts and even the establishment of government-sponsored annuities that would take the place of 401k plans. “This hearing was set up to explore why Americans are ...
Hector 'Macho' Camacho shot
Post Date: 2012-11-21 15:18:01 by A K A Stone
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hector "Macho" Camacho was clinging to life Wednesday after being shot in the face while in a car, with doctors and his family expected to decide whether to remove the former boxing champion from life support. Doctors initially had said the 50-year-old Camacho was in critical but stable condition and expected to survive after he was shot Tuesday night in his hometown of Bayamon. His condition worsened overnight, however, and his heart stopped at one point, said Dr. Ernesto Torres, director of the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan. "The situation with Macho is very delicate," Torres told reporters during a media briefing on Wednesday. ...
Ron Paul Is Gone ? Good Riddance! Now Paultards, Go With Him
Post Date: 2012-11-21 12:28:31 by no gnu taxes
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An error ended. Jew hater Ron Paul gave his farewell address to CONgress. To Ron Paul, the patron saint of malcontents, druggies, and weirdos, I say this: good riddance and thanks for a whole lotta nuthin'. Now I know that sounds harsh, but let's face it gang, one of the reasons why we have another four years of of the Hope and Che Guy is Ron Paul. Yeah, I'm going to come right out and say it and I don't give a hoot who calls me a "neocon" for saying so. The truth must be told, consequences be damned. Now, before you call me nuts, really sit and think about it: Did RuPaul (H/T Mark Levin) or his Stormfront troopers attack Mitt Romney and his RINO-riffic ...
Sen. Rand Paul: States Should Be Allowed To Legalize Marijuana
Post Date: 2012-11-20 20:40:35 by A K A Stone
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Since two states passed ballot initiatives legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, the logistical question remains of exactly how federal officials will respond, when it is still illegal federally. Republican and Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), have urged the Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Agency to back down from enforcement in Washington and Colorado. In an interview with ABC, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he does not favor federal legalization of marijuana, but finds its legal penalties too harsh: “States should be allowed to make a lot of these decisions,” Paul says. “I want things to be decided more at a local basis, with more ...
GOP Sen. Rand Paul hints at 2016 presidential run
Post Date: 2012-11-20 20:36:10 by A K A Stone
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he is interested in running for president in 2016. "I'm not going to deny that I'm interested," Paul told ABC's Jonathan Karl in a segment called "Spinners and Winners." Paul, who was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and has been frequently mentioned as a possible presidential candidate, said he hasn't made a final decision yet on whether to run in 2016. "I think it's a little too early," he said. "We'll see what happens." After a bruising Nov. 6 election, Paul told ABC the Republican Party needs to change some of its stances, although not what he ...
Record-Setting Storm Pounds Pacific Northwest
Post Date: 2012-11-20 11:04:49 by Brian S
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A storm carrying hurricane-level winds and heavy rain tore through parts of the Pacific Northwest on Monday, leaving residents in both Washington and Oregon fighting both flooding and widespread power loss. In Seattle, 2.14 inches of rain fell on the city throughout the day, nearly doubling the previous record high for the area, and causing dozens of accidents, The Seattle Press- Intelligencer reported. And another 13 inches of rain were recorded in the western part of the state, according to The Seattle Times. KOMO-TV reported that authorities in King County, where Seattle is located, had tallied 66 accidents related to the weather by 4 p.m., while mudslides in the northern part of the ...
Allen West and the Big Fix
Post Date: 2012-11-19 10:36:53 by A K A Stone
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The legitimacy the electoral process in St. Lucie County, Florida is now in question, as Rep. Allen West seeks judicial intervention to prevent certification of as vote count that is indisputably incompetent, and very possibly corrupt. John Fund, the go-to expert on electoral fraud, writes in National Review Online: Democrat Patrick Murphy, who leads West by some 2,000 votes, is trying to stop a full recount of controversial early ballots cast in St. Lucie County. His current victory margin is just large enough to avoid triggering an automatic recall of all precincts and all votes. ...Gertrude Walker, the 32-year-veteran election supervisor of St. Lucie County...has spent much of the last ...
Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan
Post Date: 2012-11-17 00:49:58 by mininggold
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Attention Arizona Secessionists: Some Considerations for Your Brilliant Plan By Matthew Hendley Wed., Nov. 14 2012 at 11:13 AM chronicleoftheoldwest.com With President Obama's re-election, the empty threat from the people who just loathe the Leader of the Free World has changed from "I'M MOVING TO CANADA" to "WE'RE SECEDING." By "we're seceding," we're referring to the roughly 18,500 people who signed a petition on the Internet, asking the White House to let Arizona secede and start its own government. To those 18,500-plus, allow us to point out some things you may have overlooked in the planning process. See also: -Obama Haters Are ...
Train Slams Into Parade Float, Killing 4 Veterans And Injuring 16 In West Texas
Post Date: 2012-11-16 10:16:56 by Brian S
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MIDLAND, Texas — Four veterans were killed and 16 other people were injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying the returning heroes to a banquet to honor them in West Texas, officials said Friday. The float carrying wounded veterans and their spouses to a banquet in West Texas took the full force of the train at a railroad crossing Thursday. Some people managed to jump clear as the train, with its horn blasting, bore down on the float decorated with American flags. Horrified spectators at the parade could only watch as the carnage unfolded. “The train honked its horn, but the 18-wheeler could not go anywhere because of the other one (truck) being right in front of ...
Report: US Power Grid ‘Inherently Vulnerable’ to Terror Attacks
Post Date: 2012-11-14 15:58:24 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON, November 15 (By Sasha Horne for RIA Novosti) - The electrical power grid in the United States is vulnerable to terror attacks that could cause more damage to the system than natural disasters, costing hundreds of billions of dollars and blacking out large regions of the country, according to a report made public Wednesday by the National Research Council (NRC), an independent think-tank on public policy. "Power system disruptions experienced to date in the United States, be they from natural disasters or malfunctions, have had immense economic impacts," said M. Granger Morgan, head of the department of engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University and ...
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