Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica - washingtonpost.com

faster sea-level rise than current estimates. Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica - washingtonpost.com

Sheets Melting in an Area Once Thought to Be Unaffected by Global Warming

Part of the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica is shown after its rapid collapse in early 2002, which was attributed to global warming. Ice sheets elsewhere on the continent that were considered stable are melting, scientists have found. At right, satellite images show the Sheldon Glacier in western Antarctica in, from top, 1986, 2001 and last October.

Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates.


-"run to the hills. run for your life!"-iron maiden
the st0ckman use to drink beers to this song as a kid,
now it might be a soundtrack!

The Canadian Press: Plea deal for Prince of Pot means jail time for marijuana activist in the U.S.

The Canadian Press: Plea deal for Prince of Pot means jail time for marijuana activist in the U.S.


"I'm really pleased and proud of what I've done," Emery said of his legacy. "I wish I could have done more to piss the U.S. government off actually."

Emery, 50, said Monday that U.S. prosecutors made the offer to his lawyer for a 10-year-prison term that would mean he would have to spend at least five years in prison, most of it in Canada.

The agreement also spares his co-accused Michelle Rainey and Greg Williams from doing jail time.

Emery said that's especially important for Rainey, who smokes marijuana to control symptoms of Crohn's disease, a painful digestive-tract disorder.




-dumb ass who wanted to "piss of the u.s." now gets his jail time. at least rainey is not going to jail sick because of someones arrogance and hubris. -st0ckman






Most important, "If Ron Paul were to win," says a hopeful Emery, "he'd pardon all the pot people." That just might include Emery, whose campaign motives aren't purely political: Putting the right person in the White House, he says, might help him avoid spending life in prison.

Marc Emery Agrees to Five Years in Canadian Prison :: hightimes.com

Marc Emery Agrees to Five Years in Canadian Prison :: hightimes.com




VANCOUVER - Marc Emery, Vancouver's self-styled Prince of Pot, has tentatively agreed to a five-year prison term in a plea bargain over U.S. money laundering and marijuana seed-selling charges.

Facing an extradition hearing Jan. 21 and the all-but-certain prospect of delivery to American authorities, Emery has cut a deal with U.S. prosecutors to serve his sentence in Canada. He also hopes it will save his two co-accused - Michelle Rainey and Greg Williams, who were his lieutenants for so much of the past decade.

The three were arrested in August 2005 at the request of the United States and charged even though none had ventured south of the border. Since then, they have been awaiting the extradition hearing. With the proceedings about to begin, Emery says his lawyer brokered the best deal possible.

-the "prince of pot" seeds doing time. better than extradition to the u.s. where he would have done 20 years. -st0ckman

Wind Turbine - Rooftop

Mitt Romney's VC Firm to Buy Clear Channel

LewRockwell.com Blog: Mitt Romney's VC Firm to Buy Clear Channel


Mitt Romney's VC Firm to Buy Clear Channel
Posted by Chris Brunner at December 14, 2007 10:25 AM

What would it cost to buy the support of just about every nationally syndicated neocon talk show host in America? About $19.5 billion, which is what Mitt Romney's private equity firm, Bain Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners have agreed to pay in a leveraged buyout agreement with Clear Channel Communications, the largest radio station owner in the country. This is part of a negotiation that has been pending for over a year.



-tell us more about your mansion, illegal workers, 200 million in the bank you pretty boy cfr bum -st0ckman

U.S. Navy Face-Off with Iran Speed Boats ACTUAL VIDEO!!!!!!

The US Navy subsequently released a video of the incident, which seems to back up the view of a dangerous confrontation with provocative threats issued. The Iranians angrily called the vid a forgery, saying the threat had been dubbed in.

Here it is courtesy of YouTube, for those who didn't see it:

The Canadian National Newspaper: The U.S. neoconservative agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet - The New Pearl Harbor

The Canadian National Newspaper: The U.S. neoconservative agenda to Sacrifice the Fifth Fleet - The New Pearl Harbor


by Michael E. Salla, M.A., Ph.D.
Atomic Bomb


The Bush administration has covered up and ignored dissenting Pentagon war games analysis that suggests an attack on Iran's nuclear or military facilities will lead directly to the annihilation of the Navy's Fifth Fleet now stationed in the Persian Gulf. Lt. General Paul Van Riper led a hypothetical Persian Gulf state in the 2002 Millennium Challenge war games that resulted in the destruction of the Fifth Fleet. His experience and conclusions regarding the vulnerability of the Fifth Fleet to an asymmetrical military conflict and the implications for a war against Iran have been ignored. Neoconservatives within the Bush administration are currently aggressively promoting a range of military actions against Iran that will culminate in it attacking the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet with sophisticated cruise anti-ship missiles. They are ignoring Van Riper's experiences in the Millennium Challenge and how it applies to the current nuclear conflict with Iran.

Minnesota Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination

Minnesota Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination


Minnesota Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL
FSIS-RC-002-2008 HEALTH RISK: HIGH

Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Laura Reiser

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2008 - Rochester Meat Company, a Rochester, Minn., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

The problem was discovered through an investigation initiated by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services and the California Department of Public Health into five illnesses in Wisconsin and one illness in California. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a physician

'Iran threats' may have been work of a heckler - Telegraph

'Iran threats' may have been work of a heckler - Telegraph




Threats to US ships in the Strait of Hormuz heard at the end of a Pentagon-released recording of an incident between Iranian patrol boats and US Navy warships last week may have been the work of a local heckler known as the "Filipino Monkey", The Navy Times has reported.

Footage from Iran over incident with US navy
Watch: Footage released by Iran over US navy vessel incident | Watch: Footage released by the Pentagon

A video released on Friday showed several small Iranian boats approaching US ships in an incident that President Bush has described as "provocative", while a previously-released audio recording included a threat to destroy the ships.

The Pentagon says the threat was received during the incident.

watch video here:
Watch: Footage released by the Pentagon

Tesla Envy - Getting VERY close to huge sparks

one crazy ass scientist.