Ephrata Middle School would like to take a few moments today to honor and recognize a nutter very unique individual who is among us on a daily basis.
On September 11th 2001, Gary Weddle came to school and told his science students that in support of the United States Military and for the freedoms that America stands for, he would not shave until Osama Bin Laden was captured or killed. Hey, Janet! If Mr. Weddle can shave, so can you.
Yvette Vickers, an early Playboy playmate whose credits as a B-movie actress included such cult films as "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches," was found dead last week at her Benedict Canyon home. Her body appears to have gone undiscovered for months, police said. Looks like that's a wrap for Yvette.
Yvette Vickers aka JULY 1959 Playmate of the Month aka floozy in "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" aka Liz Walker in "Attack of the Giant Leeches" (Died in 2010/2011 at age 81/82?)
[Straits Times] SHIRLEY, an orang utan in a Johor zoo, is a smoker.
She begs for cigarettes in her solitary confinement, then puffs away when she obtains one.
The Star found cigarette stubs on the ledge between the grilles of her cage.
Some visitors tried to give her another stick when she finished her smoke but she seemed picky about her cigarettes because she rejected certain brands.
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US meteorologists warned Thursday it would be a mistake to blame climate change for a seeming increase in tornadoes in the wake of deadly storms that have ripped through the US south. The progressive Left only listens to experts they agree with. And they try to fire the ones they don't agree with.
Grady Dixon, assistant professor of meteorology and climatology at Mississippi State University, says "If you look at the past 60 years of data, the number of tornadoes is increasing significantly, but it's agreed upon by the tornado community that it's not a real increase. It's having to do with better technology, more population, the fact that the population is better educated and more aware. So we're seeing them more often." Plus, the Media ia more sensationalized these days.
Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), also dismissed Thursday climate change as a factor in the deadly tornadoes: "Actually what we're seeing is springtime," he said. And you thought all FEMA drones were useless tools!
Wednesday's deadly tornadoes, according to Imy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were unusual for being "long track," meaning they were on the ground for a longer period of time than usual - in this case, 30 miles or more. An average track would be less than five miles, said Imy.
"However, the stronger-than-usual tornadoes affecting the southern states were actually predicted from examining the planet's climatological patterns, specifically those related to the La Nina phenomenon. Amazing! How can they do that - forecast one whole year ahead!
We knew it was going to be a big tornado year," he said. But the key to that tip-off was unrelated to climate change: "It is related to the natural fluctuations of the planet." Wait! Was Al Gore interviewed? What about Doc Hansen? The East Anglia dudes? Do I sense some bias here?
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But my friends at the American Scoiety of Civil Engineers (with strong links to acamdemia) titled their link to this story as - Tornadoes intensify debate over storms' link to global warming. Their posting did include another link, more slanted to the Goracle - Revive Debate. But that group seems to be DC-inclined.
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Nevermind the fact that this is an 80 year cycle. This same thing happened back in the 20s and 30s, then back in 1880, and etc., etc.
These pinheads need to go back farther than 50-60 years. Oh wait, that would fuck up their narrative.
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Now, a deadly tornado has some to do with strength, much more to do with location. Despite being a monster, the Greensburg tornado had a death count of (only) 10. Take that same tornado and run it through, say, Oklahoma City (saw that proposed track as response training assignment for higher ups so that when the next big hit, this one, happens they at least sand boxed a situation). Take an EF2 through a trailor court and it will be horrible.
OK, that is out of the way. Looking at numbers. Notice they don't say worst single-day ever. A tornado is technically a rotating volume of air which must come into contact with the ground. Many times our advanced modern radar systems will see a rotation but without a spotter confirming that rotation reaches the ground it is not (supposed to be) a tornado. That means that even with in-their day technology, not our neat-o vehicle portable doppler and cell phones communications, there have been greater number single day outbreaks. As far as tracks, that is easier today on account of roads and communications and technology. What we have become is more efficient at spotting, at low/no light or high precipitation where the tail may not be visible through rain, or the location so far away from people it is not seen.
Now, the parenthesis above is there because some wonder if some statisticians are using doppler indicated tornados as a tornado, even if not confirmed by a spotter. This is to bump up the numbers for doom shakers.
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Essentially, tornado intensity is a function of the temperature difference between warm air to the south and cold air to the north (and the speed at which the cold air is moving south).
So in theory, more intense tornados could result from the warm air getting warmer, or the cold air getting colder (or a combination of course).
Doubtless any evidence the cause is cold air getting colder will be studiously ignored or spun to 'prove' GW is happening..
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heat islands do occur due to urban development. To say they play a part in global climate change is ridiculous - see the % area of urban development vs undeveloped land/oceans/arctic and antarctic. The determination of global historic temps have been tainted by the fraud and misuse of temp data and their recording station locations. Ima call bullshit
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[The Nation (Nairobi)] Trade unions and civil society groups in Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and may be in the process of being chased out now... called off a May Day march here today to avoid violence amid a wave of popular anger against President Blaise Compaore's regime.
"Unfortunately comrades, the information we have is that the route is not secure. If we hold the march now we run the risk of bringing back maimed or dead people," said union front man El Hadj Mamadou Nama.
He said, without elaborating, that individuals were planning to infiltrate the march "to sow chaos" and said the rally would be held at a later date.
An AFP correspondent said forces from the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) had been deployed in some Ouagadougou streets.
A message from the unions read by Nama urged supporters to close ranks and and show "courage and optimism" to continue the struggle for better living and work conditions as well as for democracy in Burkina Faso.
This west African nation has been hit by often violent protests over the past two months amid mounting popular anger against Compaore's regime as well as the high cost of living.
An army mutiny broke out from within his own presidential guard in March and this week police staged heir own revolt to press for higher pay.
On Saturday hundreds demonstrated to demand Compaore's departure.
Protesters brandished placards reading: "Blaise out!", "Blaise resign!" and "United for Blaise Compaore's departure".
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"Trade unions . . .called off a May Day march here today to avoid violence"
Obviously they aren't affiliated with the SEIU or the Teamsters.
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They didn't just win, they won big. And they are the conservatives. They needed 155 for a majority, and they won 167. All the other parties combined have less than that.
Importantly, the conservatives have never had a majority, so when they ruled, it was always as a minority coalition government, so the conservatives could never push through their agenda without deep compromise.
The Liberal-socialists ruled Canada for many years, and were just massacred in this election, ending up with only 34 seats.
The New Democrats, who are Social Democrats, split the left wing vote, and ended up second, with over 100 seats.
But the bottom line is that hopefully the conservatives will just gut the welfare state, be business friendly, throw out the Kyoto treaty, sell copious amounts of crude oil to the US, rebuild the Canadian military, get rid of their onerous gun control laws, etc., etc.
And they may even privatize most or all of their socialized medicine system!
The liberal socialist "paradise" of Canada may be effectively over. Especially with their economy doing well right now, and hopefully doing a lot better with intelligent government for a change.
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O Canada
Glorious and free
We stand on guard
We stand on guard for thee
Thank you, Anonymoose. (Growing up in Buffalo one learns two things: basic Catholic prayers ("Hail, Mary, full of grace...") and the Canadian national anthem.)
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Big day/night for Canada. Much celebration, much recrimination. One very major political party, the Liberals, pretty much destroyed, one smaller party destroyed in detail. Both of those party leaders are gone - resigned.
As Moose says, the conservatives won big. They won big everywhere except in Quebec where they only won a few seats. Nevertheless they won in all areas of the country.
With a Conservative majority there will be no further threats of a coalition overturning the election results. Next election will be in 2015.
We will have a stable, conservative majority government to bring some sanity back to Canadian politics.
Thanks for the National Anthem segment, tw. Means a lot.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Ephrata Middle School would like to take a few moments today to honor and recognize a 
Yvette Vickers, an early Playboy playmate whose credits as a B-movie actress included such cult films as "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman" and "Attack of the Giant Leeches," was found dead last week at her Benedict Canyon home. Her body appears to have gone undiscovered for months, police said.
US meteorologists warned Thursday it would be a mistake to blame climate change for a seeming increase in tornadoes in the wake of deadly storms that have ripped through the US south.
