Friday, May 07, 2010
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Net Neutrality
Is There Hope After-all?
Or is it an Illusion?
What a difference a day makes. Earlier this week the net neutrality troops were wringing their hands at reports that the Federal Communications Commission planned to throw in the towel on the Open Internet—abandoning any effort to reclassify ISPs as common carriers, following a Federal court's overthrow of the agency's Order against Comcast.
But now it's all smiles in response to Wall Street Journal and Washington Post stories indicating that, quite the contrary, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski plans to take something like that route.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
"Let's stop and take a look from a diffrent perspective
we're blinded by our ignorance our minds are infected
you'd think id be happy that Barack Obama was elected
but im not stupid i know the illuminati are connected
thats a statement to make so let me go through the basics
we're still mental slaves we're just not seeing the slave ships
because they do it in a way that rarley leaves questions
belive every word they say or you'll get sectioned
we're threatend by religion but creation holds a mystery
the storys of the messiah was re-written through out histrory
which ever scripture you follow the koran or the bible
its just a diffrent way for them to lock you down in a cycle
but me i set my own path out for survival
no way im handing my life over to these false idols
weather its Allah, Jehova or Jesus Christ
I'll turn cold on the subject just like a peice of ice
once i was christian, had faith in my religion
but now my eyes are open and im not told when to listen
so i'll catch fire to the scriptures and all the politicians
because im perfectly aware of their over throwing mission
so let me break it down to you simple and clear
they've got us dangling on strings surrounded by fear
and they've been doing the same things for over hundreds of years
my rap flow is so drastic it will put pain to your ears
you can doubt me all you like saying conspiracys and fiction
but if you read it yourself it dates back to the eygytians
so kids be carefull with what your learning in class
how can histroy be histroy unless you go to the past
anything can be looked on re-writ then be put in a pad
the reality of this world is that its dark and its sad
this is your choice to except but if you dont then its a shame
but for me theres still a few unanswered things in my brain
like how the crash of the pentogon left no trace of a plane
the truth of 911 is still yet to be explained
you see the unanswered questions could just go on for hours
like why were there already bombs in the twin towers?
because going to war with iraq would help them gain power
and only money, pain and blood is what they devour
im aware of the system so my mind is speed racing
i'll pay a aids infected crackhead to rape a free mason
no way will they ever break me, myself and i
subliminal messages they always try and hide
like the dollar bill covered with the all seeing eye
bin laden was put through bush's training academy
and nazi blood runs through the whole royal family
im banging on the locks wid a hammer and an allen key
it stress's me till i itch like i've got a allergy
unfortunitly this song iv'e made is far from a soulotion
away from all the dirt and grime and all of the poulotion
but to prepare yourself for the day of the reviloution
i can gurantee for sure that this day is on its way
and if we all stand strong we can make them fucking pay
there are fema consontration camps all over the states
that will be soon more worse off than guantanamo bay
they're hungry for control and they're looking desperately
for the new world order spreading just like leprosy
looking around everyday yeah it vex's me
watching the blind lead the blind right next to me
some may struggle to understand or to agree
but the heat to what i say is to the highest degree
because the fires burning in your mind burning your dreams
so be more open minded so your thoughts can be free"
Monday, May 03, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sickening
The spill has now reached the coast at the Mississippi River estuary.
[click map for daily update]
[click photo - video]
So far attempts to cap the leak have been unsuccessful and the oil slick has grown to over 600 square miles. As of this evening the oil was beginning to show up at the mouth of the Mississippi river.
Satellite view of the oil slick - 4/29/10 - 16:48 UTC.
The heaviest portion of the slick is the pinwheel looking object in the lower right.
[click photo for larger image]
From Truthout - Here’s a selection of animals at risk in the open water, along the coasts and in the wetlands. [click thumbnails]
The Great Bluefin Tuna, prized for sushi and sashimi, is one of the species most in danger of slipping into extinction. Traveling down across the Atlantic seaboard, bluefin tuna spawn in the Gulf of Mexico between mid-April and mid-June.
Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species live, migrate and breed in the Gulf region. Kemp's Ridley is the world's most endangered species of sea turtle, and one of its two primary migration routes runs south of Mississippi. Loggerhead turtles, also endangered, feed in the warmwaters in the Gulf between May and October.
Shark species worldwide are in decline. The grassbeds south of the Chandeleur Islands are very close to the oil spill. These grasses are a known nursing area for a number of shark species, which are now beginning their spawning season in the Gulf. Whale sharks, the world’s largest fish, feed on plankton at the surface of the water and could also be affected.
4. Marine Mammals — Whales, Porpoises, DolphinsOil spills pose an immediate threat to marine mammals, which need to surface and breathe. Not only does the oil pose a threat, but also the nasty toxins that the oil kicks off into the air. A resident pod of sperm whales in the spill area could be at risk along with piggy sperm whales, porpoises and dolphins.
The state bird of Louisiana, the pelican nests on barrier islands and feeds near shore. Brown pelicans only came off the endangered species list last year, but they’ve had a rough time in past seasons with storms. Their reproductive rates are low. Breeding season just started, and with eggs incubating the oil could pose a significant threat.
The coastal waters around the very tip of Louisiana’s boot-shaped coast are home to some of the most productive oyster farms in the country. Oils and hydrocarbons are toxic to oysters. Unfortunately, hydrocarbons can persist in coastal sediments for months or even years. Louisiana oyster farmers, many of whom barely scrape by with high fuel costs and global competition, could have trouble weathering the oil spill if their harvests are affected.
Coastal marshes are key to the life cycle and development of Louisiana shrimp and blue crab — both staples of the local seafood industry. Inshore shrimp season will open in mid-May, while brown shrimp are in their post-larval and juvenile development stages.
The young offspring of species such as mullet, menhaden and marsh-dwelling forage fishes are especially vulnerable at this time of year. Menhaden is a little fish you've probably never heard of, but people all over the world use it everyday. Menhaden fish oil and meat are used in everything from cosmetics to animal feed. Louisiana is one of the world’s biggest suppliers and the oil spill comes smack in the middle of menhaden spawning season.
Overdeveloped beachfronts all along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida have made life difficult for several species of plovers, sandpipers, terns and oystercatchers. Those that build their nests on the ground and feed on invertebrates are susceptible to oil on the beaches. Some migratory shore birds fly nearly the length of the Western Hemisphere and use barrier islands in the Gulf for key resting and refueling spots on their journey.
About 96 species of neotropical songbirds make a 500-mile journey without a pit stop across the Gulf of Mexico. The next two weeks mark the height of their migration as they travel north from Central and South America to breed in North America. The smoke from controlled burns to mitigate the oil spill could affect the migration, but the impacts will be difficult to monitor.
Containment booms deployed off the Louisiana coast in an attempt to contain the spill.
As that last link shows there is little consensus as to the actual amount of oil spilled and the rate at which it is spilling. Rates seem to vary from around 200,000 gallons per day as judged by the Coast Guard to over 800,000 gallons per day as calculated by a satellite data specialist. (See link at "7 million gallons")
Choppy water hampers efforts to stop the spill from passing the railroad trestle at Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Streams of oil in the open ocean head towards shore.
Attempts to harness the spill in the open ocean seem futile.
Rescue workers clean the wing of a brown pelican.
BP’s Greenwashing Masked Dangerous ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Reality
BP using toxic chemicals to ‘disperse’ spilled oil:
Right now there is a headlong rush to get this oil out of sight out of mind,” Charter said. “You can throw every resource we have at this spill. You can call out the Marine Corps and the National Guard. This is so big that it is unlikely that any amount of response is going to make much of a dent in the impacts. It’s going to be mostly watching it happen.
Sierra Club Petition
Oil spill trims U.S. offshore natural gas supply
Oil spill: The wait for news
Oil spill threatens Gulf region's ecosystem and fishing, tourism and shipping industries:
Oil spill trims U.S. offshore natural gas supply
Oil spill: The wait for news
Oil spill threatens Gulf region's ecosystem and fishing, tourism and shipping industries:
The White House is eager to avoid the mistakes made by President George W. Bush, who was seen as too detached from floundering rescue efforts after the much more dire Hurricane Katrina. And that is the problem for Obama right now: Things are not going well in the battle to contain the oil spill.Problems with big oil that won't go away
The Secretary of Defense has approved a request for two C-130 aircraft with Modular Aerial Spray Systems (MASS), which are currently en route to the affected area. The Coast Guard has requested assistance from the Department of Defense for these aircraft.Setting aside the issue of the toxicity of the chemicals being used, let's examine this.
These aircraft dispense the same dispersant chemical being used by BP and the federal responders. Each system is capable of covering up to 250 acres per flight with three flights per aircraft per day.
2 aircraft x 3 flights x 250 acres = 1,500 acres per day.
1 square mile = 640 acres.
Last figure I can find for the size of the spill: 600 square miles.
600 x 640 = 384,000 / 1,500 = 256 days.
The 600 square mile figure was after 1 week of leaking.
256 / 7 = 36.6 x 2 = 73.2 = the number of aircraft required just to keep up with the leak.
It gets worse - Interior Secretary Salazar: US Gulf Oil Spill May Be Worse Than Valdez:
Friday, industry experts said based on satellite images and standard measuring indexes, they estimate the spill rate at 20,000 barrels a day to 25,000 barrels a day. If those rates are accurate, the spill could already rival the 11-million gallon Valdez slick that economically and environmentally devastated part of Alaska.Shannyn Moore interviews Greg Palast on the oil spill:
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Salazar said that he believed BP could stop the leak, but he fears that it may take 90 days to do that. BP is placing a new rig over the leak and will soon attempt to use drilling tools to close the leak.
If the 25,000 barrel-a-day estimate is accurate and the leak lasts for 90 days, that's 2.25 million barrels, or 94.5 million gallons.
BP spends millions lobbying as it drills ever deeper and the environment pays
As Oil Comes, 'Just Trying to Protect Our Coast' - video
Best case: Another week of unabated oil geyser
BP Spill Threatens Gulf of Mexico Oil, Gas Operations (Update1)
Fishing closed in Gulf waters affected by oil spill
Cost of oil spill could exceed $14 billion
Democracy Now reports 5/3/2010
More to follow
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
sing it, grannies!
Howz this so different from the Tea Party gripes?
Not that much.
Not enough for us to keep canceling each other out.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Israeli Love Song
FREE PALESTINE!
From the Never Before Campaign for Palestine:
When the Israeli regime feels that it has to create a ministry for propaganda, you know that they are worried. This concern is shared by dedicated Zionists and other misled people all over the world. Their concern is simple: the world is beginning to realize that the Israeli regime and its policies are nothing better than any other, past or present, discriminatory/apartheid regime.
No amount of spinning tactics or communications strategies will reverse this long overdue awakening. Yet, the Zionists and their regime persist. Over the past few years we have seen initiative after initiative, document after document, and campaign after campaign, to revert to the old perceptions that the Israeli regime represents the values of freedom, liberty and equality. This regimes latest move, an initiative to turn every citizen into a PR ambassador highlights the desperation of its spin masters and PR firms.
Along these lines, many documents have been compiled to guide anyone willing to defend the Israeli regime and its policies. Most striking, and what we have been seeing for years by Israeli politicians and advocates, is the focus on the audacious claim that the Israeli regime, and its occupation army, actually cares about the Palestinian people.
It is the same old story for all oppressors eventually their image comes to fall, and soon afterwords, so do they.
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