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Study: 100,000 Hispanics left Arizona after SB10....<br /><b>Study: 100,000 Hispanics left Arizona after SB1070</b><br /><br /><i>A new study suggests there may be 100,000 fewer Hispanics in Arizona than there were before the debate over the state's tough new immigration law earlier this year.<br /><br />BBVA Bancomer Research, which did the study, worked with figures from the U.S. Current Population Survey. The study says the decline could be due to the law known as SB1070, which partly entered into effect in July, or to Arizona's difficult economic situation.<br /><br />The study released Wednesday also cites Mexican government figures as saying that 23,380 Mexicans returned from Arizona to Mexico between June and September...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.realclearworld.com/news/ap/international/2010/Nov/11/study__100_000_hispanics_left_arizona_after_sb1070.html" rel="nofollow">The SB1070 Effect?</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17966654518779448222010-11-12T00:30:03.692-05:002010-11-12T00:30:03.692-05:00.
The 10 biggest US cities that are expected to ha....<br />The 10 biggest US cities that are expected to have severe water shortages in the next few years.<br /><br />1. LA<br />2. Houston<br />3. Phoenix<br />4. San Antonio<br />5. San Francisco Bay Area<br />6. Ft. Worth<br />7. Las Vegas<br />8. Tuscon<br />9. Atlanta<br />10. Orlando<br /><br /><a href="http://247wallst.com/2010/10/29/the-ten-great-american-cities-that-are-dying-of-thirst/2/" rel="nofollow">Ten Great American Cities That are Dying of Thirst</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27974075546266278882010-11-12T00:12:27.055-05:002010-11-12T00:12:27.055-05:00Cleaning Lady----
Here is a passage from an appr...Cleaning Lady----<br /><br /><br />Here is a passage from an appraisal I had done on some land recently---<br /><br /><i>The precise origin of the name Moscow has been disputed, but there is no proof that it was named by a Russian or for the Russian city. It is reported by early settlers that five men in the area met to choose a proper name for the town, but could not come to consensus on a name. The postmaster Samuel Neff then completed the official papers for the town and selected the name Moscow. Interestingly, Neff was born in Moscow, Pennsylvania and later moved to Moscow, Iowa.</i><br /><br /><br />That is the best answer I have as to how my fair town got it's name.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47627429151523733352010-11-12T00:04:15.578-05:002010-11-12T00:04:15.578-05:00Also, in June, ground was broken for a $700 millio...<i>Also, in June, ground was broken for a $700 million plant to produce the non-nuclear components of nuclear warheads. In addition, $225 million is requested for a new facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the production of fissionable cores, called "pits," for nuclear weapons.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Clearly, any opportunity to reduce the number of nuclear weapons must not be wasted. Even though the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970 requires the five nuclear armed signatories of England, France, Russia, China and the United States "Š to halt the development of all nuclear weapons ..." national and international politics have, so far, not allowed that to happen.<br /><br />It’s a START but what the world needs now is an END to nuclear weapons.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.benningtonbanner.com/columnists/ci_16590407?source=rss" rel="nofollow">Nuclear Era</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73553538800328735462010-11-11T22:40:14.122-05:002010-11-11T22:40:14.122-05:00Pretoria in September mothballed a projected cutti...<i>Pretoria in September mothballed a projected cutting-edge nuclear reactor, after pouring more than one billion dollars into the development of a new type of small plant touted as a safer source of nuclear power.</i><br /><br />Don't know what the deal is there but Los Alamos has half a century of research invested in the Hyperion design (40+ years). It WILL fly and then some but as I told Bob, timing is a crucial variable (investment success is 98% timing and 2% inside information:) and the world is spinning very fast right now. One of my suspicions is that the oil companies are scrambling for time to diversify their investment portfolios before making any significant switch to alternatives, just as the tobacco companies stalled until they could get their capital diversified.The Cleaning Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885132374422274213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76184369536265677742010-11-11T22:35:12.482-05:002010-11-11T22:35:12.482-05:00As all of you have noticed, I'm a peak oiler, ...As all of you have noticed, I'm a peak oiler, but not a <i>doomer.</i><br /><br />I may, over the course of the night, make a few comments on why I am the former, but not one of the latter.<br /><br />Then again, I may not (I'm getting tired.) :)<br /><br />But, the encapsulated version would be:<br /><br />1) CAFE Standards for 35 mpg (an almost doubling of present mileage) are already in place (it's not negotiable; it's the law.)<br /><br />2) RFS2 (Renewable Fuels Standard) Requires 36 Billion Gallons/Yr of Ethanol by IIRC 2022. Again, it's the Law.<br /><br />So, if you cut gasoline usage by 50% (from 130 Billion Gallons/Yr to 65 Billion gpy,) and you replace 36 Billion gpy with ethanol you are down to a need (at the most) for 29 Billion gpy of gasoine. <br /><br />We can supply 29 bgpy of gasoline from about 1/2 of our present oil production.<br /><br />The "Bad" news is, all of this is going to take, at least, a decade, and probably more. That's why I always say we're in for a rough ten years, not a tough 20 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73655934763980709652010-11-11T22:34:33.162-05:002010-11-11T22:34:33.162-05:00George Soros, Nazi
g'nite<a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/11/adl-leftwing-jewish-group-attacks-beck-defends-notorious-jew-hater-anti-israel-crusader-george-soros.html" rel="nofollow">George Soros, Nazi</a><br /><br /><br />g'niteBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28780539900392542382010-11-11T21:53:23.271-05:002010-11-11T21:53:23.271-05:00Most of the world's moly is produced at nuclea...<i>Most of the world's moly is produced at nuclear reactors in only five countries: Belgium, Canada, France, the Netherlands and South Africa.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Pretoria in September mothballed a projected cutting-edge nuclear reactor, after pouring more than one billion dollars into the development of a new type of small plant touted as a safer source of nuclear power.<br /><br />South Africa is now looking overseas for expertise in building new nuclear plants to expand its electricity supply, which created worries about the future of the local industry.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/SAfrica_turns_apartheid-era_nukes_into_medicine_999.html" rel="nofollow">Nukes Into Medicine</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37101781551848386562010-11-11T21:43:56.166-05:002010-11-11T21:43:56.166-05:00Happy Veterans Day!Happy Veterans Day!samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8721171440485142902010-11-11T21:41:10.283-05:002010-11-11T21:41:10.283-05:00You are thinking a little bigger than I was...
Th...You are thinking a little bigger than I was...<br /><br />This proposed nuke plant is supposed to turn out some ethanol, too.<br /><br />Out here, most of the homes are heated by electricity already, from the dams. It's cheaper than natural gas.<br /><br />We should convert our trucking away from diesel.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63976041075751499162010-11-11T21:40:04.211-05:002010-11-11T21:40:04.211-05:00n an interview with The Times, Professor Poll said...<i>n an interview with The Times, Professor Poll said: “We need to be looking for a solution to aviation emissions which will allow flying to continue in perpetuity with zero impact on the environment.<br /><br />“We need a design which is not kerosene-powered, and I think nuclear-powered aeroplanes are the answer beyond 2050. The idea was proved 50 years ago, but I accept it would take about 30 years to persuade the public of the need to fly on them.”<br /><br />Professor Poll said the big challenge would be to demonstrate that passengers and crew could be safely shielded from the reactors.<br /><br />“It's done on nuclear submarines and could be achieved on aircraft by locating the reactors with the engines out on the wings,” he said.<br /><br />“The risk of reactors cracking open in a crash could be reduced by jettisoning them before impact and bringing them down with parachutes.”<br /><br />He said that, in the worst-case scenario, if the armour plating around the reactor was pierced there would be a risk of radioactive contamination over a few square miles.<br /><br />“If we want to continue to enjoy the benefits of air travel without hindrance from environmental concerns, we need to explore nuclear power. If aviation remains wedded to fossil fuels, it will run into serious trouble,” he said.<br /><br />“Unfortunately, nuclear power has been demonised but it has the potential to be very beneficial to mankind.”<br /><br />Professor Poll said an alternative to carrying nuclear reactors on aircraft would be to develop aircraft fuelled by hydrogen extracted from sea water by nuclear power stations.<br /><br />However, he said that while hydrogen could be suitable for ground-based transport, its energy density was much lower than kerosene and it would be very difficult to design a long-range passenger aircraft capable of carrying enough of the fuel.<br /><br />Rob Coppinger, technical editor of Flight International magazine, said it was more likely that nuclear reactors would be installed on unmanned air vehicles, used for reconnaissance or in combat, because there would be less need for heavy shielding than on a passenger plane.<br /><br />Professor Poll will also present research tonight into measures to improve the efficiency over the next decade of short-haul aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. He will say that the replacements for these aircraft are likely to fly more slowly, adding about 10 minutes to a typical flight within Europe.<br /><br />They are also likely to have open-rotor engines, which would use 20 per cent less fuel but could be much noisier than existing jet engines.<br /></i>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5543142499956085572010-11-11T21:37:40.131-05:002010-11-11T21:37:40.131-05:00Import replacement would dictate the type of manuf...Import replacement would dictate the type of manufacturing. IMO Rufus and WIO rightly claim the best import to replace should be petroleum. <br /><br />The best way to become independent of imported oil is to stop burning it. Home heating and generation of electricity would be the easiest first step in weaning the economy off of oil burning.<br /><br />Manufacturing could be electric based. <br /><br />Public transportation and long haul trucking could be based on ethanol or LNG. <br /><br />Any of these changes should be based on domestic manufacturing, <br /><br />Air transport could be nuclear based:<br /><br /><i>Nuclear-powered aircraft may sound like a concept from Thunderbirds, but they will be transporting millions of passengers around the world later this century, the leader of a Government-funded project to reduce environmental damage from aviation believes.<br /><br />The consolation of sitting a few yards from a nuclear reactor will be non-stop flights from London to Australia or New Zealand, because the aircraft will no longer need to land to refuel. The flights will also produce no carbon emissions and therefore make no contribution to global warming.<br /><br />Ian Poll, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Cranfield university, and head of technology for the Government-funded Omega project, is calling for a big research programme to help the aviation industry convert from fossil fuels to nuclear energy.<br /><br />In a lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society tonight, Professor Poll will say that experiments conducted during the Cold War have already demonstrated that there are no insurmountable obstacles to developing a nuclear-powered aircraft.<br /><br />The United States and the Soviet Union both began developing nuclear-powered bombers in the 1950s. The idea was that these bombers would remain airborne, within striking distance of their targets, for very long periods.<br /><br />The United States tested a nuclear-powered jet engine on the ground and also carried out flight tests with a nuclear reactor on board a B-36 jet with a lead-lined cockpit over West Texas and Southern New Mexico. The reactor “ran hot” during the flights but the engines were powered by kerosene. The purpose of the flights was to prove that the crew could be safely shielded from the reactor.<br /><br />Each flight was accompanied by an aircraft packed with marines ready to respond to a crash by parachuting down and securing the area.<br /><br />The test programmes were abandoned in the early 1960s when the superpowers decided that intercontinental ballistic missiles made nuclear-powered planes redundant.</i>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50890877281186970912010-11-11T21:29:54.882-05:002010-11-11T21:29:54.882-05:00We have a type of clay here that is rare that can ...We have a type of clay here that is rare that can be used as the inner lining of a super high heat kiln of some kind, but not sure exactly what they are used for. I know that is coming down the pike. Persumeably we could build them here.<br /><br />We already build really good jet boats.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29591720193511610862010-11-11T21:25:11.247-05:002010-11-11T21:25:11.247-05:00Import export business to retail portable nukes at...Import export business to retail portable nukes at the commercial and residential level (google Hyperion).The Cleaning Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885132374422274213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61904462111639096142010-11-11T21:04:51.171-05:002010-11-11T21:04:51.171-05:00My cousin runs a welding fabrication shop. Makes a...My cousin runs a welding fabrication shop. Makes all kinds of stuff. The trouble is, there isn't much volume to any of it. For awhile they were making wood burning stoves, very nice ones, but even that didn't have a lot of volume. They were making header carts for combine headers, that too wasn't a big volume deal. It's hard to come up with good ideas on what to manufacture around here with any volume to it.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43018155516926136172010-11-11T20:57:44.181-05:002010-11-11T20:57:44.181-05:00Good ideas.
We'll build the nuke plant at Pay...Good ideas.<br /><br />We'll build the nuke plant at Payette and then go into the business of....... I don't know.<br /><br />I was thinking ag equipment but that's not import replacement, most is made here now.<br /><br />It's tough thinking of something here that would be import replacement, except the stuff at Wal-Mart. We already make ammo here. Tools maybe, high quality reasonably priced tools of all kinds.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16960871451345161292010-11-11T20:56:44.917-05:002010-11-11T20:56:44.917-05:00I have a feeling we are going to get more of the s...I have a feeling we are going to get more of the same.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65839518055315721772010-11-11T20:48:04.236-05:002010-11-11T20:48:04.236-05:00I want specifics from any of these ideas about the...I want specifics from any of these ideas about the budget.<br /><br />I am a firm believer in developing a whole new entrepreneurial class in the US.<br /><br />It should be done at the state level. It should be geared to manufacturing.<br /><br />It should be focused on import replacement.<br /><br />Contemporaneously we should be moving to the only truly sustainable energy technology which is nuclear. <br /><br />We need to develop transportation, heating and manufacturing that is electrically/nuclear based.<br /><br />That would be a winner.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16238079038634449562010-11-11T20:29:02.490-05:002010-11-11T20:29:02.490-05:00Oh, I forgot; Best of luck to your wife, Doug. I...Oh, I forgot; Best of luck to your wife, Doug. If the Doctors don't seem worried, it'll probably be alright. Here's hoping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63585034339520983462010-11-11T20:25:26.495-05:002010-11-11T20:25:26.495-05:00Since my daughter is coming this weekend I got mov...Since my daughter is coming this weekend I got moved back downstairs to the bed that kills my back. Last time I was down here I had a running battle for a week with a spider I have named Oscar the Spider, a big fellow. I had given him some whacks before, but he has the recuperative power of a cat. This time, he just met his match. I am sorry for this, PETA, usually I am as kind to insects as a Jain with a broom, unless they fuck with me, which Oscar made the mistake of doing.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50067017608335034112010-11-11T20:04:19.468-05:002010-11-11T20:04:19.468-05:00.
US Troops out of Afghanistan by 2014?
Message t....<br /><b>US Troops out of Afghanistan by 2014?</b><br /><br /><i>Message to the Taliban: Forget July 2011, the date that President Barack Obama set to begin withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The more important date is 2014 when the international coalition hopes Afghan soldiers and policemen will be ready to take the lead in securing the nation.<br /><br />That date will be the focus of discussions later this month at a NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, the third and largest international meeting on Afghanistan this year.<br /><br />Heads of state and other officials there will talk about how to assess security and other conditions so that government security forces can begin to take control of some of Afghanistan's 34 provinces next spring, allowing international forces to go home or move to other parts of the country.<br /><br />"NATO emissaries are still bargaining over exactly how many troops will remain after departure day and for what purposes," says Leslie H. Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. "Details aside, the devastating truth is that U.S. forces will be fighting in Afghanistan for at least four more years."</i><br /><br /><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow">The 2014 Date Isn't New</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5744514985852088282010-11-11T19:50:10.415-05:002010-11-11T19:50:10.415-05:00.
Report: Egypt aided Israel's assassination o....<br /><b>Report: Egypt aided Israel's assassination of top Gaza militant</b><br /><br />Time Magazine claims Egyptian intelligence tipped Israel off ahead of the arrival of a senior Army of Islam militant as part of its attempts to thwart terror activity in Sinai.<br /><br /><i>Egypt assisted in the recent assassination of a high-ranking Gaza militant, Time Magazine reported on Thursday, saying Cairo was prompted to aid Israel as a result of its desire to damage Hezbollah's efforts in the Sinai Peninsula.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-egypt-aided-israel-s-assassination-of-top-gaza-militant-1.324151" rel="nofollow">Egypt Aids Israeli Intelligence Operation</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49189234431178134752010-11-11T19:42:18.849-05:002010-11-11T19:42:18.849-05:00.
Iraqi Christians welcome in north, Kurdish leade....<br /><b>Iraqi Christians welcome in north, Kurdish leader says</b><br /><br /><i>Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi Christians under siege by Islamic militants are welcome in the country's north, a Kurdish leader said Thursday, after a string of attacks that have killed dozens of the faith.<br /><br />"I want to let them know that the Kurdistan Region is open to them. If they want to come, we will protect them and provide them with all services," said Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan regional government. "We are extremely sorry for the crimes they have been subjected to and we condemn these criminal acts, they are innocent people and a precious part of this nation."<br /><br />In the past, the regional government has opened its doors to other persecuted minorities.<br />Many Christian families that CNN spoke to Wednesday said they feared for their own safety and wanted to leave Iraq, but didn't have the means to do so. Some Iraqi church leaders and politicians such as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have been discouraging Iraqi Christians, one of the oldest Christian civilizations in the world, from leaving...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/11/11/iraq.christian.attacks/" rel="nofollow">Iraqi Christians Welcomed by Kurds</a><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51332947081502517472010-11-11T19:39:43.262-05:002010-11-11T19:39:43.262-05:00A $Trillion Budget Deficit, A Half a Trillion Trad...A $Trillion Budget Deficit, A Half a Trillion Trade Deficit, and <br /><br />a 9.6% Unemployment Rate, <br /><br />and Reid and Pelosi want to spend the rest of the year dicking around with the "DREAM" Act (jobs for illegals.)<br /><br /><br />You've gotta be shitting me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32593838469917831722010-11-11T19:27:21.002-05:002010-11-11T19:27:21.002-05:00SEOUL, South Korea – The world's economies sta...<b>SEOUL, South Korea – The world's economies stand on the brink of a trade war as leaders of rich and emerging nations gather in Seoul.<br />A dispute over whether China and the United States are manipulating their currencies is threatening to resurrect destructive protectionist policies like those that worsened the Great Depression. The biggest fear is that trade barriers will send the global economy back into recession.</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com