tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post5350504264201848341..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Open ThreadAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-78086623288504645482016-01-29T20:05:55.096-06:002016-01-29T20:05:55.096-06:00Skynet is a reality in our time. Constant death by...Skynet is a reality in our time. Constant death by big pharma, planned parenthood, vaccine poisons, a decrepit infrastructure causing methane and lead poisoning, geoengineering destroying the planet with 75% of ocean life dead! insane invasions by western enemies by invitation of our governments who act on the elites orders. When will we the people of this planet put an end to this madness? When will the people who value life and love over money and power bind together to stop this? Shed the shackles of technology and it's propaganda machine and think for yourself. Ask yourself what is important. Judge yourself honestly and follow your deep convictions. Let us look to one another for support and boycott what continues to give Skynet it's power. If we do not make the move to stop this as a united front, we voluntarily give up and fold.AnthonyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650567194418485122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52063635889251646332016-01-25T11:15:39.111-06:002016-01-25T11:15:39.111-06:00Dave,
Wha I MEAN is that the coverage of the Port...Dave, <br />Wha I MEAN is that the coverage of the Porter Ranch situation hasn't been extensive as compared to the situation in Flint. Because Michael Moore isn't at Porter Ranch?<br /><br />For your information, I do not restrict my information garhering to the conservative media. In fact, I subscribe to the WaPo and Time Mqgwzine home delivery, I also have a digital subscription to the NYT. <br /><br />Not that I pay much attention to those publications during a d just after a blizzard. And I work long hours, too.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-1702104750311676152016-01-25T10:26:25.840-06:002016-01-25T10:26:25.840-06:00AOW... I am not sure how you would define "al...AOW... I am not sure how you would define "all that extensive." Literally, there are millions of stories about this, on both local and national news outlets, conservative and liberal.<br /><br />Granted it hasn't risen to the level of the Flint crisis, but that has as a booster, kids directly poisoned by the debacle.<br /><br />No doubt there is great focus on the primary season, but since you guys are speculating on reasons for non coverage, maybe I can too.<br /><br />Perhaps you guys have not seen much on the story because you watch, read and listen to more of the conservative media.<br /><br />Those outlets might not want to cover an environmental story because it is not a big interest to their audience. <br /><br />Z... I am not suggesting anything. I will say that if you do not watch local news, or read the local paper of record, yes, with their biases, it might be tough to know what is going on locally.<br />Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38509144630956962952016-01-25T05:01:16.393-06:002016-01-25T05:01:16.393-06:00Baysider,
Spot on! I will be including this video...Baysider,<br />Spot on! I will be including this video in my blog post on Thursday.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38635395902715327962016-01-24T18:00:25.303-06:002016-01-24T18:00:25.303-06:00Thanks, Baysider. Will watch the video tomorrow. ...Thanks, Baysider. Will watch the video tomorrow. I'm off to bed now to rest my aching back. Snow shoveling takes its toll!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-75950744506941707762016-01-24T17:38:13.629-06:002016-01-24T17:38:13.629-06:00Pat Condell nails it again, on Europe's betray...Pat Condell nails it again, on Europe's betrayal of women:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfMAP4Q1yk&feature=youtu.be<br />Baysiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562129788572031587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-22668254225300901042016-01-24T11:04:08.057-06:002016-01-24T11:04:08.057-06:00I can't believe that the Baggers have already...I can't believe that the Baggers have already deserted Teddy boy Cruz. He seemed like thier ideal candidate. A jackass just like Trunp is.<br /><br />I would still like to know what kind of a deal Trump worked out with the Moose Girl, with the voice like a Cat in heat!<br />She did add some fun to the already hilarious campaingn, but not anything of any substance.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-67548602975118320142016-01-24T04:52:37.727-06:002016-01-24T04:52:37.727-06:00From the WaPo article: Flint’s water crisis reveal...From the WaPo article: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/flints-water-crisis-reveals-government-failures-at-every-level/2016/01/23/03705f0c-c11e-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html" rel="nofollow">Flint’s water crisis reveals government failures at every level</a>:<br /><br /><i>Local, state and federal officials — <b>including the top Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Midwest</b> and Michigan’s Republican governor, Rick Snyder — are accused of ignoring, denying or covering up problems that left thousands of children exposed to toxic lead in their drinking water for about 18 months.<br /><br />“Nobody was owning the problem, not the [state Department of Environmental Quality], not the EPA, not the governor’s office,” said Kary L. Moss, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, which revealed that damning passages had been removed from a government specialist’s report on Flint’s water contamination.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />“People have realized they’ve been lied to, and EPA knew about this, and the state knew about this,” said Virginia Tech engineering professor Marc Edwards, a national authority on municipal water quality whose tests exposed the extent of Flint’s lead contamination....<br /><br />[...]<br /><br /> The agency [the EPA] chose instead to quietly try to persuade the state to take action. <b>Hedman, the EPA’s regional leader, later conceded that the agency had been aware of the corrosion problem in the spring, but said her hands were tied by interagency rules</b>, according to the Detroit News....</i><br /><br />The travesties are not limited to one political Party.<br /><br />The blame, in my view, can be laid at the bureaucracy's feet. Cumbersome leviathan.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-59297820224445086642016-01-24T03:07:33.979-06:002016-01-24T03:07:33.979-06:00Z,
I'm not sure how or where I first heard abo...Z,<br />I'm not sure how or where I first heard about the situation in Porter Ranch.<br /><br />Dave,<br />The coverage of the situation in Porter Ranch hasn't been all that extensive. One reason? Primary season!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-24352574035689273922016-01-24T03:06:39.493-06:002016-01-24T03:06:39.493-06:00Dave,
Part of the delay for the emergency status w...Dave,<br /><i>Part of the delay for the emergency status was that So Cal Gas was downplaying the seriousness of the leak for months.</i><br /><br />You're letting Gov. Brown off the hook too easily. The plethora of agencies in California should have been on top of the situation much earlier.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-29083661808416209032016-01-23T19:49:55.235-06:002016-01-23T19:49:55.235-06:00Dave, I PROMISE you, I don't read the L.A. Tim...Dave, I PROMISE you, I don't read the L.A. Times and I rarely listen to or watch local news.<br />I only came back here now to tell AOW I did actually hear a very slight mention of it today on the radio...first time.<br /><br />what are you suggesting? I haven't seen it. Believe me. And there aren't too many people as up on national/international news as I am. <br />I've always admitted I'm not big on local news. that's all...but, gee, thanks for having Googled the amount of times in the newspaper, etc...geeezZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-23282488243617843212016-01-23T18:53:10.220-06:002016-01-23T18:53:10.220-06:00Z... not sure how you could not be aware of what i...Z... not sure how you could not be aware of what is happening... Since October there has been a massive natural gas leak in the Porter Ranch Hills... On the LA Times alone, there have been almost 300 stories.<br /><br />Additionally, the story has been featured on national news sites fairly prominently. <br /><br />AOW... the coverage is hardly limited and Jerry Brown, being a strong environmentalist, would always be pushing for more coverage, if he was to be involved. Part of the delay for the emergency status was that So Cal Gas was downplaying the seriousness of the leak for months. It wasn't until the residents had had enough that news reached a critical mass, forced LA city into action and then the state.<br /><br />Even as people are being relocated, the So Cal Gas, a private entity, is still trying to avoid relocating people because it "very expensive."Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-6323738156660789752016-01-23T16:57:00.294-06:002016-01-23T16:57:00.294-06:00Z,
I saw some coverage in Time Magazine last week...Z, <br />I saw some coverage in Time Magazine last week and some in the LA Times -- abandoned some elsewhere a few weeks ago, but I don't recall the source. <br /><br />Could it be that the coverage is limited because Jerry Brown is governor?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-74391765718949114422016-01-23T16:33:01.134-06:002016-01-23T16:33:01.134-06:00I live 20 minutes from Porter Ranch and I haven...I live 20 minutes from Porter Ranch and I haven't heard a thing about what's going on there, AOW.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-39946866623254493242016-01-23T16:02:58.391-06:002016-01-23T16:02:58.391-06:00@Dr. Drayneau Dinwiddie,
"....the water sit...@Dr. Drayneau Dinwiddie,<br /><br /><br />"....the water situation in Flint is the direct result of racist policies in the part of Michiganders who'd love to make impossible for unwelcome Muslim population that now saturates the formerly American area to survive."<br /><br />"....do you think it's a good or a bad idea?"<br /><br />If that was a "good idea" it should also be tried in Dearborn but it's NOT. Like cock roaches they would only move somewhere else, disrupting the neighborhood(s) and forcing the long time residents to flee for their safety and wellbeing! JonBerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718776762194333398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-28999474327739564452016-01-23T14:23:50.021-06:002016-01-23T14:23:50.021-06:00Cruz is a liar. The Gop have two great choices. NO...Cruz is a liar. The Gop have two great choices. NOT!Okie from Miskoienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-45071961799377087392016-01-23T12:59:23.010-06:002016-01-23T12:59:23.010-06:00____ Why Be A Democrat? ____
Willfulness is part ...<b> ____ Why Be A Democrat? ____<br /><br /><i>Willfulness is part of what it takes;<br />Haughtiness makes a component too.<br />Yearning for a better life’s heartaches<br />Beset by Self-Deception’s shuttered view<br /><br />Earns suicidal urges ‘mongst the Rich,<br />And fosters dreams of Vengeance in the Poor<br />Deny this truth? You’re apt to lose your niche<br />Ending up locked outside your own door.<br /><br />Money too diffused loses its power.<br />Our hope to see Equality for All<br />Creates a fractious mental climate sour<br />Resulting in Revolt bound to appall.<br /><br />A misperception of our truest needs<br />Traps us where upon ourselves we feed.</i></b><br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62619661781517199802016-01-23T12:57:30.262-06:002016-01-23T12:57:30.262-06:00Duck,
It's snow-mageddon. No hyperbole.
For ...Duck,<br />It's snow-mageddon. No hyperbole.<br /><br />For example, I-270 northbound is closed.<br /><br />Even the main roads are impassable. <br /><br />And way too many gawkers are out and about -- and trying to drive around. Sheesh.<br /><br />6-12 more inches expected this afternoon. The low pressure system is stalled.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-41551151283898608092016-01-23T12:41:03.924-06:002016-01-23T12:41:03.924-06:00Glad you're doing as well as can be expected, ...Glad you're doing as well as can be expected, AOW. Take it slow.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-70119327167796438842016-01-23T12:39:56.053-06:002016-01-23T12:39:56.053-06:00SF,
Wow! What comprehensive information at your b...SF,<br />Wow! What comprehensive information at your blog!<br /><br />Now, if only all this information would gain some traction in all the media.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-7233512332384741772016-01-23T12:32:44.151-06:002016-01-23T12:32:44.151-06:00Big Thanks to Ed Bonderenka. I was researching to...Big Thanks to Ed Bonderenka. I was researching to draft a post on Flint to include the timeline, who made what decisions and the technical details of what happened, but Ed e-mailed me a link to a most excellent blog post that covers it all.<br /><br />I made a rare Saturday blog post at Western Hero:<br /><br />Another Day <a href="http://westernhero.blogspot.com/2016/01/another-day-another-humanitarian-crisis.html" rel="nofollow">Another Day, Another Humanitarian crisis in the Good 'ol US of A</a><br /><br />Here is the original article: <a href="http://gregbranchwords.com/2016/01/17/the-real-tragedy-in-flint/" rel="nofollow">The Real Tragedy in Flint</a>Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-9821736056967110652016-01-23T12:26:50.369-06:002016-01-23T12:26:50.369-06:00_ IDIOCY REIGNS SUPREME _
Or What’s So Especially...<br /><b>_ IDIOCY REIGNS SUPREME _<br /><br />Or What’s So Especially Bad <br />About Chemical Weapons?<br /><br /><i>Apparently, it’s AOK <br />To mow ‘em down with bullets,<br />But don’t dare try to kill ‘em off <br />By poisoning their pullets.<br /><br />It’s all right too when bombs <br />Rain from aloft or on the level,<br />But when you kill with poison gas, <br />You’re in league with the Devil.<br /><br />Lock ‘em in a building,<br />Then burn it to the ground.<br />By judges at The Hague<br />You’ll not be guilty found.<br /><br />Go drag them from their cells<br />Into a courtyard to be shot.<br />The World Court will not chide you,<br />Nor tell you “Thou shalt not.”<br /><br />Take mothers, babies, toddlers ––<br />Grandmas –– anyone who thrives,<br />Then hack them with machetes <br />And bayonets to end their lives.<br /><br />Rape and loot and strangle,<br />Garrote or stab at will ––<br />Of you The World Community, <br />I promise, won’t think ill.<br /><br />Set ‘em loose in wood or field,<br />Then hunt ‘em down like game;<br />Let half-dead bodies lie unhealed.<br />You won’t lose your good name.<br /><br />Rob and cripple, maim at will ––<br />Dislocate their joints.<br />Multiculturalists will know<br />You must have your good points.<br /><br />Gouge their eyes out, slit each tongue.<br />Sodomize, impale their young.<br />Club ‘em down, then crush with tractors.<br />Brussels won’t call you bad actors.<br /><br />BUT, urinate upon the corpse<br />Who tortured your best buddy,<br />And you’ll be tossed in the stockade<br />With nose broken and bloody.<br /><br />And should you dare to wipe yourself<br />With leaves from the the Koran,<br />‘Tis YOU The World Community<br />Will call BARBARIAN!</i></b><br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34404701740294377402016-01-23T12:22:08.443-06:002016-01-23T12:22:08.443-06:00Ed,
You are in Michigan, so I trust that you have ...Ed,<br />You are in Michigan, so I trust that you have several insights which the rest of us do not have.<br /><br />Feel free to weigh in. Thanks.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-5902897063679137382016-01-23T12:20:18.235-06:002016-01-23T12:20:18.235-06:00Dave,
It took three months for Governor Brown to i...Dave,<br />It took three months for Governor Brown to issue an emergency status.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-76712914441431489852016-01-23T11:44:06.150-06:002016-01-23T11:44:06.150-06:00I think MOST democrats will plug their nose and vo...I think MOST democrats will plug their nose and vote for Hillary in the general election. However, I have no intent on voting for her in the primary. You're right, there isn't much selection - who's fault is that though? Surely our own as we delusionally think the runner up of the 2008 primary is our BEST shot in 2016...we're doomed folks, let that sink in. If we couldn't manage to elevate someone better in the 8 years since Clinton lost the primary, we've got no real shot in 2016 unless the republicans suck worse and put up a tea bagger and even then I don't think we're going to win. History has shown that the pendululm will swing back to the conservatives - either because that's the ebb and flow, or because our elections are far more rigged than we'll ever know. Last note - I haven't forgotten her blatant pandering to the racist segment of the democratic party in a last ditch effort to beat Obama in the primaries...honestly, that was the moment she lost every ounce of my respect and will never get it back again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com