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Experts say there are no clear answers to what comes next for Stockton or how its fall will affect the rest of the state. Other cities hit hard by the housing bust and state budget crisis are negotiating with employee unions for concessions and are watching to see if municipal bankruptcy proves medicine or poison.
See Greece and the EZ for details.
First one squeezing thru the door wins.
Expect everyone to look to get the SAME BEST DEAL.
The USSA disintegrates....
mcgowanjm posted on 2012-06-29 9:32:55 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #2. To: All (#1)
Went to my Wal MArt last night about 7.
IT was a ghost town.
Now this Wal Mart is one of Wal Marts Flagship stores.
A Model for it's system.
MY wife asked where were the Greeters.
The guy at the register said they'd been let go.
So how were we to mark Returns? (Formerly the Greeters' job.)
'Just go strait to Customer Service.'
A wizened Lady at a cash register next to, overhearing, stated (Like I said, They were DEFINITELY not busy;}
Next, Begging the Question:
'So what happens if the beeper goes off'.
And Everyone understood immediately what my wife meant by that....LMAO...8D
Wizened Lady:
'O it happens regularly, especially if I'm checking people out. They wave over their shoulder to me and I wave back.....'
The chart on the right shows U.S oil consumption. Take a look at the past few years: oil consumption has dropped nearly 2 million barrels per day since 2007. Over the same period, U.S. imports of oil have dropped 2.1 million barrels per day.
That's 4 MMBD and what the author does not realize is that,
Yes, we can and WILL stop oil imports.
The problem is the reason we're stopping.
There's No Return on Consumption.
No burning/wasting oil, no economic growth.
Which is why that Stat above also tells us how bad the Depression now is....;}
And speaking of debt...
How does the Lender get his collateral back on a loan for oil when the oil has been burned up....;}
Red, Miss Jimmie considers the USA "Fundie HQ". Ain't that funny?? What with all the drag queens, Gay Canaries, La Razas, Sharptons, Mexicans, Fascist-Atheists, Marxists, Tree-Huggers, mutant punks, and Union Thugs marching and parading around on CNN and MSNBC, WHO KNEW??
Yeah, some folk need to push away from the computer a bit and take a stroll down main street USA to get a reality check.
As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. -Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV)
Wanted to give you a head's up that I mentioned you on another board...
Political / Re: Nuns vs. Romney: The Sisters Hit the Battleground State of Ohio « on: Today at 11:34:11 AM »
Quote from: brownsfan on Today at 11:14:33 AM
I know you *lie* with regularity,
Offering information that stands in direct opposition to your separate reality does not obviate that information and render it into one or several falsehoods.
In other words, your *arguments* are regularly decimated by me to the point of humiliation. This results in your melting down, calling me a lair and then attacking me personally.
That is a pattern that both you and MusicLady repeat ad infinitum. The host at LP, also an Ohioan, routinely suffers a similar fate at my hand and responds in like fashion to yours.
My conclusion? You Ohioans are pretty eff en stupid.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
The chart on the right shows U.S oil consumption. Take a look at the past few years: oil consumption has dropped nearly 2 million barrels per day since 2007. Over the same period, U.S. imports of oil have dropped 2.1 million barrels per day.
That's 4 MMBD and what the author does not realize is that,
Yes, we can and WILL stop oil imports.
The problem is the reason we're stopping.
There's No Return on Consumption.
No burning/wasting oil, no economic growth.
Which is why that Stat above also tells us how bad the Depression now is....;}
And speaking of debt...
How does the Lender get his collateral back on a loan for oil when the oil has been burned up....;}
mcgowanjm posted on 2012-06-29 10:14:53 ET Reply Trace Private Reply #2. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
Which is why that Stat above also tells us how bad the Depression now is....;}
That could be part of it. However, the freeways and toll roads are still full of cars. Traffic is as bad as ever here in SoCal.
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist. Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, also known as the Bishop of Corum
Robin posted on 2012-06-29 10:20:58 ET Reply Trace Private Reply #3. To: Robin (#2) (Edited)
That could be part of it. However, the freeways and toll roads are still full of cars. Traffic is as bad as ever here in SoCal.
4 MMBD from 22 MMBD = 18 MMBD.
www.ceridianindex.com/index.php
The UCLA pulse of Commerce Index.
It's rolling over now.
To match this.
And Wonder how each and every one of those vehicles is paying for the fuel/car they're driving....;}
mcgowanjm posted on 2012-06-29 13:10:25 ET (1 image) Reply Trace Private Reply
Looking forward to nothing but crickets here from all the totally diverse knowledgeable not Homosexual But not liking uppity women either all white men....LMFAO
As a cavalry scout, it is my job to stay hidden. Wearing a uniform that stands out this badly makes it hard to do our job effectively, he said. If we can see our own guys across a distance because of it, then so can our enemy.
The fact that the government spent $5 billion on a camouflage design that actually made its soldiers more visible and then took eight years to correct the problem has also left people in the camouflage industry incensed. The total cost comes from the Army itself and includes the price of developing the pattern and producing it for the entire service branch.
So, pray tell, how exactly did this particular clusterfuck happen, anyway?
The problem, the researchers said, was an oddly named branch of the Army in charge of equipping soldiers with gear Program Executive Office Soldier had suddenly ordered Naticks camouflage team to pick a pattern long before trials were finished.
They jumped the gun, said James Fairneny, an electrical engineer on Naticks camouflage team.
Researchers said they received a puzzling order: Take the winning colors and create a pixilated pattern. Researchers were ordered to basically put it in the Marine Corps pattern, Fairneny said.
For a decision that could ultimately affect more than a million soldiers in the Army, reserves and National Guard, the sudden shift from Program Executive Office Soldier was a head-scratcher.
LMFAO...even now this ARMY guy has ZERO idea of how ....
revealing.....;}....
his statement is:
" Its worth noting that, flawed as it was, the universal pattern did solve the problem of mismatched gear, said Eric Graves, editor of the military gear publication Soldier Systems Daily, adding that the pattern also gave soldiers a new-looking uniform that clearly identified the Army brand."
Yep...A CLEARLY IDed Army Guy...and that's EXACTLY what the Army was looking for....LMFAO...you can't make this up.
Roberts voted how he did because health insurance companies are absolutely desperate for the money they will get from the mandate. All of the legitimacy arguments are bullshit, about 70% of Americans opposed the mandate.(pdf) This is more similar to TARP than anything else: it is a massive corporate giveaway, opposed by the majority of the population, and passed over their dissent.
In the U.S. military, fragging (from fragmentation grenade) refers to the act of deliberately assassinating another member, or members of the military, particularly (a) member(s) of ones own command or fighting squad. Additionally, the term can be applied to manipulating the chain of command in order to have an individual, or unit, deliberately killed, by placing them into harm's way with the intended result being their demise. An example would be to order a single soldier to perform a particularly hazardous task, and repeat the said task until they meet their demise. The term originated during the Vietnam War and was most commonly used to mean the assassination of an unpopular officer of one's own fighting unit.
The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade is a unit of the United States Army .... was relocated from Fort Bragg to Fort Huachuca, where it was re-designated the ...
Sep 1, 1997 TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5, Force XXI, outlines the Armyís future warfighting requirements; .... Conduct human reconnaissance and surveillance.
Back in the pre Desert Storm years we had a Battalion Commander sent to our Battalion just as we were closing up the 2nd A.D. This LTC's first meeting with his NCO's began wih "It is my job to put as many of you as possible out of the Army as we downsize." It was pretty much down hill fast from there. So the Senior NCO's 7's and 8's all made an exit with a retirement in hand.......
Then we get informed we are going to Saudi Arabia in three weeks and to get the Tanks ready to go. Never have I seen a greater failure in Leadership. He was so hated he had to have an armed guard at his tent every night. He had his "special" boots stolen.He had one leg shorter than the other and foreverafter was known as Col. Halftrack.
Someone left a bullet on his pillow. He lost his weapon. Comming out of the minefield breech we leaned even with a GPS he couldn't read a map or keep a Battalion formation. He had so little respect at Division level (where he left) we couldn't get chow, fuel or supplies when we needed it.
He was so adept at implementing trumped up UCMJ charges and those who made it through his "Command" often had their careers damaged beyond repair. So cry all you like about the death of a "Hero", you never know the whole story unless you were there.
# J.M. Says: June 29th, 2012 at 7:14 am Ft Bragg ..
The 525 has had alot of criminal problems the past few years.
My SLC class had the current (at the time) BDE CDR as a guest speaker at Huachuca. He showed up late and smelling of booze, and spent more time talking about the leadership challenges (prostitution and drug rings run out of his barracks) then he did about MI.
# 8 Beretverde Says: June 29th, 2012 at 8:11 am Workplace violence? # 9 ROS Says: June 29th, 2012 at 8:42 am Dear God .
However, Obama could not have gotten that through Congress.
He had a Super Mandate which he IMMEDIATELY negated by saying he wanted to....
wait for it....
'Reach across the aisle for support'
You know what the 'repukes' (Head's up to google-I'm actually using that word now...Lulzz.) would be doing with a Super Mandate....LMFAO
This is the USSA...and we're an Empire....and as we grab it, it slips from our hands....;}
"They work for the good of the greatest number, and the greatest number is number one. "
Bull SHite...
So why are the Top .1% Richer than God, with the Greatest Concentration of Wealth ever known after and as continuing the Greatest Wealth Transfer in Human History is continuing..
" they've given up everything that matters -- is there anything at all you won't give up? This is the inevitable result of engaging in this manner with a fundamentally corrupt system:
Thus, the lesson: when you choose to be a critical part of a system that has become this corrupt -- and the endless corruptions of our corporatist-authoritarian-militarist system have been documented at great length here and in other places -- you will not ameliorate or "save" it. The system will necessarily and inevitably corrupt you.
That last point is absolutely critical, and it must never be forgotten......;}
-Arthur Silber
mcgowanjm posted on 2012-07-01 7:51:26 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #10. To: nolu chan (#6)
The vote in November may well turn into a referendum on whether to keep the Obama TAX
But Obama STILL calls it a MANDATE....;}
"The Democrats don't actually favor a repressive, authoritarian state. The Democrats are good, and they want liberty and peace for everyone, everywhere, for eternity, hallelujah and amen.
People who continue to believe this have evicted themselves from serious political debate, and they have willingly made themselves slaves to their enthusiastically embraced self-delusions. They confess a comprehensive ignorance of history, a stunning inability to understand the political developments of the last century, and a desire to place the story they have chosen, primarily because it flatters their own false sense of vanity and self-worth, above every relevant fact.
Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:11 am by mcgowanjm Re: Hot by Linda the Ozarker As FOX per this AM is now lying about the weather.
Yesterday and today:
104/05/07's from Colorado to DC.
That per CNN.
Fox weather Map for tomorrow.
Not one 100 degree temp (98 the highest :lol: ) on the map from OKC to DC.... :twisted:
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Post Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:21 am by mcgowanjm Re: Hot by Linda the Ozarker
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pamela wrote:here's a really timely article posted today by Linda the Ozarker! http://conflicteddoomer.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/hot/
When asked, in the Q/A session, about the buildup of CO2 from burning fossil fuels and resulting problems from climate change, Mr. Tillerson reckoned that while climate change from increased CO2 is real and causing problems, he was not so sure science was able to predict with any accuracy the coming effects with current models. He implied that, those interested persons with their fear mongering were exaggerating the effects, that problems such as sea level rise and the movement of food production areas due to drought,.....
And thank you, Pamela.
I had that article cued up to read and just deleted it.
bullshit.
Note to PM.
Climate change ...Peak Oil.....Market Manipulation....and we're Not EVEN talking about the synergistic interacting Positive Feedback Loops from same is not Only News...
it's the Truth that's being replaced by Silence...evil.... :twisted:
Because this Post is the Cutting Edge...and look at that quote again:
When asked, in the Q/A session, about the buildup of CO2 from burning fossil fuels and resulting problems from climate change, Mr. Tillerson reckoned that while climate change from increased CO2 is real and causing problems, he was not so sure science was able to predict with any accuracy the coming effects with current models. He implied that, those interested persons with their fear mongering were exaggerating the effects, that problems such as sea level rise and the movement of food production areas due to drought,....
Im often asked why people living in industrialized nations shouldnt relent to hopelessness and party like hedonists as the world burns. My typical response is to ask how our lives would be different if we suddenly starting acting like hedonists.
So I'm going to experiment on just dumping raw data here, like, once a day or so....;}
" It's also instructive to look at how much more global temperature would rise if solar, wind and hydro were not available at the levels estimated by EIA between 2008 and 2035 and coal were used instead.[7] The additional rise would be about 0.0016 C in the case of solar, 0.0126 C for wind, 0.0565 C for hydro, and 0.0706 C for all three of these alternatives combined.[8] These avoided temperature increases are significant and renewable energy installations will keep on giving beyond 2035, but they are a small component of the overall temperature equation, which by the same assumptions is predicted to rise 0.49 C from carbon added to the atmosphere over this period.
These limits to mitigation deliver a clear message: It's past time to begin adapting to climate change with the same effort and specificity that communities invest in preparing for a coming hurricane or flood. Many involved in climate policy see this, but many other policymakers do not. We need to be ready for melting ice, rising sea level, floods, droughts, weather extremes, and changing, stressed ecology. We need zoning and other policies to stop people from moving into low-lying coastal cities and areas that will be more prone to flooding and drought. We need to breed and genetically engineer crops that will handle extremes. We need to anticipate where water shortages will arise and build needed infrastructure or shift how the land is used. We need to protect and manage ecosystems with a view to how they will change and move, preserving corridors for migration and dispersion. We need to establish and maintain a global bank for the DNA and viable tissue of all known species and new species as they are described, as a safety net against extinction. Most of all, we need to fasten our political will to action now. Who knows? If we accept the realities of adaptation, maybe the picture will be so vivid, ugly, and expensive that we'll address mitigation too.
5C and above Highly unlikely nightmare scenario With a 5C rise, global average temperatures would be hotter than for 50m years. The Arctic region sees temperatures rise much higher than average up to 20C meaning the entire Arctic is now ice-free all year round. Most of the tropics, sub-tropics and even lower mid-latitudes are too hot to be inhabitable. The sea level rise is now sufficiently rapid that coastal cities across the world are largely abandoned. Above 6C, there would be a danger of "runaway warming", perhaps spurred by release of oceanic methane hydrates.
Since record amounts of water vapor can evaporate into air heated to record warm levels, it is not a surprise that incredible rains and unprecedented floods are resulting from this months near-record warm SSTs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Four days into the crisis, survivors were packed into the citys Superdome, living next to overflowing toilets and rotting bodies as gangs of young men with guns seized the only food and water available. Perhaps the most memorable scene was a single military helicopter landing for just a few minutes, its crew flinging food parcels and water bottles out onto the ground before hurriedly taking off again as if from a war zone. In scenes more like a Third World refugee camp than an American urban centre, young men fought for the water as pregnant women and the elderly looked on with nothing. Dont blame them for behaving like this, I thought. Its what happens when people are desperate.
Chance of avoiding one degree of global warming: zero.
Nashville has reached its hottest temperature on record 109 degrees at 314 pm. The previous all time record was 107 from July 27th and 28th of 1952.
UPDATE: Meteorologist Dr. Jeff Masters has more all-time heat records:
109° Columbia, SC (old record 107° on two previous occasions) 109° Cairo, IL (old record 106° on 8/9/1930) 108° Paducah, KY (ties same on 7/17/1942 106° Chattanooga, TN (ties same on 7/28/1952) 105° Raleigh, NC (ties same on 8/21/2007 and 8/18/1988) 105° Greenville, SC (old record 104° 8/10/2007 although 106° was recorded by the Signal Service in July 1887) 104° Charlotte, NC (ties same on 8/9 and 10/2007 and 9/6/1954) 102° Bristol, TN (ties same on 7/28/1952-this site now known as `Tri-State Airport) 109° Athens, GA. This is just 1° shy of the Georgia state record for June of 110° set at Warrenton in 1959.
Here is a great graphic via Capital Climate:
The U.S. surface temperature map from Unisys at 4 pm, June 29,2012, shows 100° temperatures stretching almost continuously from California eastward to the Carolinas.
NBC Meteorologist Bill Karins said on Friday , Weve never really seen a heat wave like this in the month of June. Sadly, in a few decades this will just be considered a normal June (see below).
All-time records set Thursday included several in Kansas, where Norton Dam recorded a high of 118°F, beating the old record of 113°F set just a few days earlier. Dodge City, Kan., set a daily high temperature record with a mark of 108°F. That came one day after that town recorded its all-time highest temperature of 112°F, breaking the old record of 110°F, which had been recorded just two days earlier, on June 26.