Scientists dismiss claims that Yellowstone volcano about to erupt

Yellowstone.old.eruptionFrom YahooNews.com:

(Reuters) – Yellowstone National Park assured guests and the public on Thursday that a super-volcano under the park was not expected to erupt anytime soon, despite an alarmist video that claimed bison had been seen fleeing to avoid such a calamity.

Yellowstone officials, who fielded dozens of calls and emails since the video went viral this week following an earthquake in the park, said the video actually shows bison galloping down a paved road that leads deeper into the park.

There was a 4.8 earthquake in Yellowstone this past Sunday (March 30th), given that such a scale hasn’t been seen in the park since 1980.

What would occur if the volcano below Yellowstone were to erupt?

You wouldn’t want to know.

BZ

 

Ebola outbreak spreads panic in West Afric

From USAToday.com:

DAKAR, Senegal — The rising death toll in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has sparked fear across the region with at least 80 already having died from the nearly always fatal virus.

“Every day we’re reading about it in the newspaper, hearing about it on the radio, and wondering when it’s going to come here,” said 32-year-old Mossa Bau, who lives in Dakar, Senegal. “Everyone is very scared because, really, it’s a dangerous disease and no one has the means to stop it.”

The World Health Organization says that as many as 125 people across three countries are now believed to have contracted the highly contagious disease. Senegal shut its border with Guinea, where the outbreak is believed to have originated, in the hopes of keeping the disease from spreading its way.

Guinea and LiberiaGuinea shares borders, as you can see, with Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone.  These borders should likely be shut, I would suggest.

This is the first time an Ebola outbreak has occurred in West Africa. Countries in central Africa, such as Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus is endemic, typically see outbreaks every two to three years.

The WHO needs to ensure that the virus is not transported to another continent.

BZ

 

The second Ft Hood shooting:

Ft HoodThe DEM/AMM went crazy over the Wednesday shootings that occurred at Ft Hood in Texas, where (as of this writing) four persons have been confirmed dead, including the shooter — initially identified as 34-year-old Specialist Ivan Lopez.

In an effort to “outdo” each other, the multiple and various news agencies and networks provided drooling and infantile “non-updates” for hours and hours because — in 2009 — Major Nidal Hassan conducted his Muslim Evil there.  The Evil that the US Army KNEW about but purposely chose to IGNORE.  Because those in the upper echelons of US Army power were clear and obvious COWARDS.

Let me go out on a limb here: the shootings by Ivan Lopez were not involved with terrorism.  They were the acts of an actual criminal.  Criminals that people think don’t exist on military bases.  These two incidents are, in my opinion, completely UNrelated.  Lopez died by his own hand, because he was, at his base, a coward.

Ignorant people believe that military bases are inviolate.  They, like school campuses, somehow acquire an industrial KINGS-X that places them outside the sphere of violent reality.

And so BZ steps in, early, to shatter your kind thoughts of my writings.

The persons who died at the hands of a gutter criminal at Ft Hood are no more sanctified or hallowed than the four persons who died on Wednesday, in my county, at the hands of so-called “common criminals” who were seeking to exploit and overthrow their victims.

Death is death and crime is crime and, in truth, one death is not “more important” than another — unless you are a politically-motivated Leftist with some type of political agenda.

Let me be blunt: the US military is absolutely perfidious with a massive host of gangbangers from geographical ranges across the nation.  Each military service hosts a minimum of one to multiple units whose job is to identify and then nullify the effect of gangs upon various military sections.

Cops and soldiers, you would think, are somehow held above and aside from base forms of emotional motivations except that — yes — there is only one gene pool from which to dip.

The gene pool of Humans.  Who are flawed and emotional and violent and influenced but upon any number of negative or positive factors in their lives.

So school campuses are somehow inviolate because “students” walk there?  And military bases are somehow inviolate because “soldiers” walk there?  Many schools, these days, have greater security than the bulk of our military bases.

And so, with that, I am done with “categorizing” the “priority” of “important deaths” in our nation.  I am sure that those killed at the hand of Ivan Lopez were good and true Americans.  But they are no more worthy of deification than those persons who were killed in my county or your county or your city or your state the same day.

I’ve been involved in crime for 40+ years.  Lopez didn’t exhibit signs of “terrorism.”  He was nothing more than an abject criminal.

And criminal activity occurs on military bases and in schools and in churches and in apartments and in government buildings and — of course — at the White House and in the US Capitol building.

BZ

 

Driving day

Yes, leaving Monterey today and high-tailing it back to the Salt Mines.  Ten full days and nights in a beautiful setting, and with many photographs yet to post.  I see the Celebrity Century is back in port, once again shuttling passengers to and from the ship and the Old Fisherman’s Wharf.  A good time to stay away from the wharf today.

I’m packing right now, folks; this laptop is the last item.  Back to work tomorrow.  Driving now, politics later.

BZ

 

To all US and State Government officials: you need to read this article

American TaxpayerFrom an article in ZeroHedge.com:

Go here.

Alas, I fear you are not paying attention, governments and officials of all shapes and sizes.

The threshold of taxation, regulation, monitoring, micro-managing and outright ruling the lives of taxpayers is drawing to a close.

So here, ladies and gentlemen, is the real April’s Fool: The American Taxpayer.

For it is he and she that are funding, literally, the entire planet.

And their patience is coming to an end.

BZ