#3
The Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) coincided with lower than average temperatures - the Little Ice Age. We may be seeing the beginning of another minimum.
Maybe we should call this one the Gore Minimum.
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#4
AlGore will save the Earth from the Ice Age by eating burritos and adding gigatons of methane to the atmosphere.
Needless to say the casualties in his vicinity will be immense.
#8
We missed the JURASSIC WORLD Movie trailer, the scene where a young boy in hiding sees a horrific Hybrid Dino Franken-Beast = LUCIFER/SATAN approach + walk past him, didn't we???
Overdosed on Heineken + Escargots at Berkeley again???
[AnNahar] Thousands of illegal migrants who have tried to reach Europe from conflict-plagued Libya are being held in detention centers in the North African country, an official said on Monday.
Most are Africans intercepted off Libyan shores or inside the country as they prepared to board boats for Europe, Mohammed Abdelsalam al-Kuwiri said.
He said between 5,000 and 7,000 migrants have been held for months in 16 detention centers as Libya struggles to find planes to deport them.
The centers are mainly in the Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... region and in Misrata east of the capital, areas controlled by the powerful Fajr Libya militia alliance.
Kuwiri is in charge of combating illegal migration for the Tripoli-based government set up by Fajr Libya last August amid a power struggle with the internationally recognized administration based in the east.
"Up to 7,000 migrants are held in these detention centers. They are given food, mattresses and medical care," he said.
Last year, before Libya plunged further into chaos with two governments vying for power, authorities were able to deport illegal migrants on flights to their native countries.
But this is no longer the case, added Kuwiri, saying his government lacks the aircraft and does not have the means to deport them.
In 2014, more than 25,000 illegal migrants were repatriated, compared with just 1,651 this year, he said.
"European countries must help us with this burden and cooperate with us to return these migrants to their homes using European planes," Kuwiri said.
The United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... says that more than 110,000 migrants transited Libya in 2014 en route to Europe.
Libya, with a coastline of 1,770 kilometers (more than 1,000 miles), has always been a stepping stone for Africans seeking a better life in Europe, with most heading for Italia.
People smugglers have exploited the chaos gripping Libya since the 2011 uprising toppled strongman Muammar Qadaffy ...whose instability was an inspiration to dictators everywhere, but whose end couldn't possibly happen to them... to step up their lucrative smuggling business.
On Sunday alone, Libya's coastguard intercepted five boats carrying around 500 mostly African migrants trying to reach Europe, brought them back to shore and bussed them to detention centers around Misrata.
The Italian coastguard said on Sunday that 5,800 migrants were rescued at the weekend as they tried to cross the Mediterranean aboard rickety boats.
On Monday, the German defense ministry said it had deployed two ships to assist a European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... migrant rescue mission beefed up last month with the aim of preventing deadly disasters at sea.
In April, more than 750 people drowned in the Mediterranean's worst maritime disaster in decades. Just 26 men and two crew survived when their boat capsized.
[ArabNews] Seventy-five percent of Saudi population will be obese by 2020 if no preventive steps are taken, a study has warned.
The research, conducted by Nasser Al-Salem Al-Qahtani, as a Ph.D. thesis at an Australian university, has focused on causes of obesity among intermediate and secondary school students in Riyadh.
According to the findings, obesity has increased by 50.6 percent among teenagers in both rural and urban areas, with urban areas accounting for 59.4 percent and rural 36.9 percent.
The researcher cited a number of factors linked to obesity and over-weight, including the presence of a driver with family, daily consumption of soft drinks, watching TV and using computers and other electronic devices.
The study shows that obesity among children is growing at an alarming rate in the Kingdom, with the figure reaching over 50 percent in 2010 as against 11 percent in 1988.
Nagwa Mousa, a medical expert, warned against the rise in obesity among new generations. Intensive awareness campaigns on risks and side-effects of obesity need to be launched, she said.
She strongly advised that strict control should be observed on the type of food and that daily physical exercises be encouraged among women and kiddies in order to fight obesity.
Obesity problem is plaguing the world, especially developed countries, and experts have advised against limited use of junk food such as burgers and wafers, besides aeriated drinks. Lifestyle is one of the main reasons for obesity
#4
San Franciscan are finding out the same thing. One comic book store owner will have to close. His patrons all told him, "I voted for this but I didn't think it would affect you". Clueless people.
Posted by: Deacon Blues ||
05/05/2015 10:29 Comments ||
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#5
Easy fix. Raise tuition or get the state (aka taxpayers aka suckers) to make up the difference.
Ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until those union wages which are based on the minimum wage (plus so much) kick in.
I'm waiting for the reimposition of many tax brackets. Remember the "good" old days when inflation kept pushing the middle-class into higher and higher brackets?
I do.
Someone labeled it the inflation tax and pointed to all the incentives for the Fed and gov't to feed the inflation beast.
#8
You're doing it wrong. You need wage AND price controls. I suggest Seattle hire some Venezuelan economists to help them sort this all out. Maybe it will finally work this time.
#11
"Your staffing levels may not be decreased without prior approval from the State Dept. of Labor. Your appropriate number of employees and their rate of pay will also be determined for you by the State. If your business doesn't meet the decreed levels, or in fact, closes, you will be subject to a fine of $250,000 or 3 years imprisonment. Thank you, and remember, 'you didn't build that' "
Posted by: Frank G ||
05/05/2015 18:38 Comments ||
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#12
And for you Serfs Citizens - you may not quit your employment or seek other employment without State Department of Labor approval.
#13
Please correct me iff I'm wrong, but AFAIC the US$15.00 SEIU-supported minimum wage is mainly for non-Supervisory or Non-Management Employees, wid Supervisory or Management-level Employees earning higher still than the US$15.00 scale???
* See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS + CYBERCAST NEWS SERVICE [CNS] > OBAMA'S "NO GROWTH, NO JOBS, NO RECOVERY" ECONOMY GIVES UP THE GHOST.
To once again paraph ANDY GRFFITH's GREAT "NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS" MOVIE CLASSIC > WILY USAF GENERAL BUSH = "THATS RIDICULOUS ... ... ITS GOOD US-LED ANTI-US OWG GLOBALISM + GLOBAL FED UNION-ISM, + AS A GLOBALIST POTUS OBAMA IS DOING IT INTENTIONALLY"!
The good news is that Ex-UN GenSec KOFI ANNAN says OWG Globalist Amerika should eat bugs ...
* DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND > [Daily Caller] KOFI ANNAN: EAT BUGS TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING.
This is good because iff my old or childhood dreams-visions about GWCC prove true, + usually does, DE SMALL/TINY BUGS NOW = DEVOL INTO BIG B-I-G OR GIANT BUGS/BUG-ZILLAS LATER.
THE ABOVE IS WID SO-CALLED "MINI-ICE AGE",OR WIDOUT = NO "MINI-ICE AGE".
As a general rule, "Better to Eat Them Before They Eat You".
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Monday the price of Brent crude has risen to almost $ 67 a barrel, recouping early losses after the Chinese data had set expectations about taking measures to stimulate the second largest economy in the world.
According to “Reuters”, “Brent crude rose 39 cents to $ 66.85 a barrel at 08:48 GMT.
The world oil prices have seen a significant decline over the past few months, resulting in damage to several countries including Iraq.
#1
The oil industry, with no help (or put more succinctly, with hindrance) from the Obama administration, has built in a tripwire to prevent oil from going as high as it did ever again.
Fracking wells can be restarted in as little as two weeks, inexpensively. As soon as the price gets to about $70.00, the wells can simply be switched on again and any rise in prices will be stopped cold. The oil industry did themselves (and all of us) a favor by defying the alt-energy and environmental extremist supported administration and did the right thing for themselves and for all Americans.
Markets really do work.
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The markets do indeed work nmu. Excellent analysis.
[Jerusalem Post] Almost of half of Israelis polled have expressed support for making, May 9, Victory Day, the Soviet commemoration marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, an Israeli holiday.
Given the high number of Israelis of Russian and Ukrainian origin, the holiday is widely celebrated in Israel on an unofficial level though many Israelis are unaware "that the Jewish warriors' contributions to the war efforts were a big part of the victory against Nazi Germany. There is a need for a call of action in order that this legacy will not be forgotten," Victory Day Headquarters, an advocacy group founded by Russian businessman German Zakharyayev, said in a statement. Nostrovia back at you g(r)om!
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.
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Monday the price of Brent crude has risen to almost $ 67 a barrel, recouping early losses after the Chinese data had set expectations about taking measures to stimulate the second largest economy in the world.
[USSA Today] 
