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PBS: White House Announces Plan To Train 50,000 People, Including Veterans, To Install Solar Panels
The U.S. is planning to train veterans to become solar panel installers in the next six years. The jobs training program is among a host of initiatives the White House says will cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than 300 million tons through 2030, plus save billions of dollars on energy bills for homeowners and businesses. It will launch this fall at one or more military bases and train a total of at least 50,000, including veterans.
White House announces plan to train 50,000 people, including veterans, to install solar panels pbs.org/newshour/rundo… http://t.co/ULBw3uDNtQ
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Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) September 27, 2025The Agriculture Department will also spend nearly $70 million to fund 540 solar and renewable energy projects, focused on rural and farming areas. And the Energy Department will propose stricter efficiency standards for commercial air conditioners, a move the department said could cut emissions more than any other efficiency standard it has issued to date.
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Nerdy? You are a GEM!!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Glad to help, Chiparoo.
Thank you so much for the positive feedback. :)
Hand salute!
Thank you, sir! :)
And well deserved it is too!
Close second
TaDa!! :)
Good grief, does this never end?
I swear the country is PSYCH.
For crying out loud. Is the latest in how to get your 15 minutes? This has to stop. Now.
I’m telling ya’ll. Thanks to the actions of the SS that allowed that dude to jump the fence and make it into the White House, you betta believe that it will not be a “thing” to try to do among a certain segment of daredevil young people and any one drunk enough to be an idiot.
Canada’s Coverage of the Ottawa Shootings Put American Cable News to Shame
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/10/cbc-ottawa-shootings-cable-news
Hoping the GOP are listening. Since they own the US cable networks
Have peeked in and out today. My heart breaks for this unbelievable travesty in Canada, my beloved Canada. Am missing a lot, I’m sure, being at least 5 threads behind. Some days are like that, I suppose. Have info about the Sun and the Moon. Hang on.
I’m hanging. (Maybe you’ve posted, but I’m just getting back here! One of those days for me, too!)
So much for those efforts to add extra barriers.
Build a taller fence. And since people want to keep jumping the fence, don’t let people get near the fence, block them off.
no fence. A warning sign and if not heeded, usage of a bullet.
That is all that is needed.
Hey everyone, was away from here the last couple of hours, came back and found half of you in spam. :roll:
My efforts to stop cursing are being seriously tested.
I’m in the middle of an email exchange with Akismet (the people who look after WordPress spam) asking them to fix the madness (which has got worse!1!1), so we’ll see what happens.
They generally ask WordPress commenters who incorrectly have their comments marked as spam to contact them directly:
“We’ll have him/her fill out a particular form that will help us to identify what part of their comments may (or may not) be tripping the Akismet filtration. The easiest way for them to do this is through http://www.akismet.com/contact - if they search for “Spam,” an option will come up where they can select “I’ve been incorrectly marked as spam.”
You can do that here: http://akismet.com/contact/
What I noticed tonight was that most - not all - of the comments dumped in spam were just tweets, with no accompanying comment/text, so just as a test, when you’re posting a tweet, could you put a word or two with it - even just ‘bla bla bla’ :-) - to see if that will stop it happening?
Thanks for your patience everyone, it’s a pain in the butt.
Your hard work and handy work is appreciated. Thank you Chips..
Ah, thank you Nena, this is all so frustrating - and STUPID!!!!!
So sorry this has turned into such a chore for you, Chips. Hopefully, your suggestion will be a good solution!
Nooooo worries at all Meta, I checked the WordPress Support forum the other day and lots of others are having similar problems, which was a relief! This latest thing of dumping just about every comment with a tweet in to spam is nuts, though, they used only pick on Bob - :-) - now it seems to be everyone!
Yes, and not that we wish Bob - :) - any bad luck or to be the only one takin’ the heat, but come on, WP!
Sorry you’re having to deal with all this, Chips! Love ya!
Another problem with SS surfaced a few days ago:
Secret Service boss pulled on-duty agents from White House, sent them on personal mission; Homeland Security general calls incident ‘problematic’
The agents were asked to leave their posts and drive 50 minutes away from the White House to check in on a Secret Service assistant after her neighbor allegedly harassed her, a new investigation reported Wednesday. The bizarre five-day protective mission happened three years ago. President Obama was at the White House for at least two of those days, but the general said his safety was never in jeopardy.
A group of Secret Services agents who were supposed to be protecting the White House bailed on their posts to defend their coworker from her pesky neighbor, according to a new investigation.
On at least five days — two of which President Obama was at the White House — on-duty agents drove 50 minutes away to check in on their boss’s assistant, a Wednesday memo from Homeland Security Department’s inspector general obtained by the Associated Press reported.While the report called the incidents “problematic,” it maintained that Obama’s safety was never in jeopardy.
The memo comes as Congress is investigating the Secret Service over a string of security breaches, including September incident where a knife-wielding man scaled the White House fence and ran into the East Room.
The bizarre five-day “Operation Moonlight” occurred three years ago, the Wednesday memo reported.
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The team documented five days of visits, the longest of which lasted eight hours.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/secret-service-boss-pulled-agents-white-house-strange-personal-mission-report-article-1.1983018
Don’t even TRY to tell me this is OK!!!
But mika sez everybody hates POTUS and…
Sun enters Scorpio -> Thursday 10/23/14 7:57amEDT (4:57amPDT) Sun conjunct Moon in Scorpio -> Partial Solar Eclipse: October 23, 2014. 0.25 degrees Scorpio. This eclipse is visible in North America (except northeastern Canada), eastern Asia, and north-eastern Pacific Ocean. Greatest eclipse visibility-> 5:57pmEDT (2:57pmPDT) Then on October 24, +- 3 days, Orionids meteor showers at 25 meteors/hr. (Jim Maynard Astrological Ephemeris) And finally, Mercury moves SD (stationary direct) on 10/25, and just perhaps some of the pain of nothing working online or off, may begin to diminish. It can take a few days for all to move forward again. Hang in there everyone. <3 :bear:
I’m hanging Mighty Pamela.. so have my eye on Merc RX and if it would be gone for Election Day.. It will be, thank Goodness! <3
He’s being interrogated by the German Shepards?
I tried posting this on the previous thread, but got an IE error message when I clicked on “post comment.” :(
Mahalo Arapaho~
Aww the dog got punched? Now I am mad. 😳
Jerk kookhead fence jumper kicked the SS dog. Have a feeling he lost that battle.
As much as I loath gun shots……..these WH Fence Jumpers, should get a number of Lead in them……I would shed No Tears for these idiots.
Co-sign on that, Nina. SS needs to start blasting these fools.
Oops, I mean Nena. So sorry about that.
Nooooo worries as our Chips ;) would say.
NIH begins early human clinical trial of VSV Ebola vaccine
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Human testing of a second investigational Ebola vaccine candidate is under way at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
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“Canada has long been a world leader in Ebola research and innovation. Scientists at Canada’s National Microbiology Lab developed this Ebola vaccine, following years of hard work. We hope the clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health proves to be safe and effective, so that the Canadian Ebola vaccine can be used as a global resource to help save lives and end this complex outbreak in West Africa,” said Canada’s Minister of Health Rona Ambrose.
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http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2014/niaid-22.htm
A K-9 unit caught the jumper about 7:16 p.m. on the North Lawn, said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. The suspect kicked at one of the dogs, then another dog subdued him.
Spam-a-rama update!
Okay, now noticing that most comments that include a tweet *and* a few words are going through fine, the main problem at the moment does seem to be with comments that only contain one or more tweets.
So, again, just try adding any word or two to comments that include tweets.
Thank you people!!
Cool, moving moment before a hockey game tonight—-crowd sings Canadian national anthem—-in solidarity.
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Preventing infectious disease is important business. If humanity perishes, chances are an infectious disease will be the culprit. The issue is too important to be used as a political bean bag tossed about by knaves and fools. Americans should be demanding far more from leaders who seem too cynical, too ignorant or too disinterested to focus on policies rather than politics. Sound bites won’t keep us safe from an epidemic. Inoculating ourselves from partisan debates just might.
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good trends in wisconsin. rasmussen poll, which election after election is proven to skew substantially toward republicans, just now has mary burke with a 1% lead on the odious drop-out walker. this is after michelle’s visits and 2 debates, and burke was down by 2% last time rasmussen was there. a milwaukee polling group had her pick up 5% last week, and The President is coming on monday. trends are so important at this stage of an election. this would be a huge pick up.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2014/wisconsin/election_2014_wisconsin_governor
That’s great news. I think Dems have done a good job of getting people motivated to vote although I still don’t know why they are on the defense about ANYTHING. But I get the sense that the turnout will be much better than 2010 when the country was still in a major recession and I’m optimistic that things will work out.
Ignore those rw lies…..
My husband and I have already voted!!
Thanks NW!
President Obama makes me so proud that he’s our Leader!!!
You’re welcome, GGail.
I’m late to the party:) Has this been posted today?
http://www.ibtimes.com/susana-martinez-spying-accusation-new-mexico-governor-spokesman-responds-claims-political-1710056
New evidence suggests New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and her campaign staff used federal databases and resources to spy on Democrats during her first run for governor in 2010, according to a press release Wednesday from a New Mexico advocacy group called ProgressNowNM. Emails previously released by the group showed then-District Attorney Martinez’s top prosecutor and investigator emailing internal case files and evidence from investigations into GOP voter fraud to her campaign manager days before the election.
“First we found that prosecutors and investigators tipped off Republican operatives about an investigation into GOP voter fraud just before the election and now we learn that anyone with a Democratic bumper sticker was subject to spying and a background check,” said Patrick Davis, spokesman for ProgressNowNM, in the press release.
Don’t forget now…we’re both the same! NOT.
@JeffersonObama has full coverage of the #OttawaShooting in his Twitter timeline.
Heartbreaking to know that his pets and 6-year-old son are waiting at home for Nathan Cirillo.
And another photo:
My bad! Forgot to add text.
<3 this story.
Beautiful!
Some more news on the WH incident:
Good to know he didn’t make it to the East Room FFS. But can’t they put up a damn fence like this? http://www.aliexpress.com/item/358-Mesh-Fencing-HIgh-Density-Wire-30-Degree-Angle-On-The-Fence-Top/1496240258.html
Aw, FORUS, that looks so prison-like, and it somehow detracts from the beauty of its surroundings.
Hi vc - I don’ think it looks like that but then again I see them all over the city and on lots of sides of bridges so people don’t jump, etc. Oh well, they need to do something.
I do agree ‘they need to do something’,, FORUS and I am encouraged that this time they used the dogs as they are supposed to. I think SS need to used the resources they already have. Last time I was incensed that the snipers thought they were on the roof, or wherever, for their ‘pretty looks’! I’m not suggesting they shoot to kill in these instances, but snipers are supposed to be sharpshooters, so I didn’t understand why they hadn’t disabled the runner before he reached the WH doors. What’s the point of having trained sharpshooters if all they know how to do is shoot to kill?
no additional fence is needed. They need a sign and usage of a bullet. That is it. 99.9% chance of eliminating this latest trend.
Someone else shares my view on this…..
And my view. I realize it sounds outlandish, but I don’t care.
A bullet in the butt is an excellent idea.
I can live with that. Wonder if the Secret Service takes BennySuggs?
BennySuggs?
Beneficial Suggestions (old Navy program - guess I slipped back in time in me mind!).
Oh. Ok.
Well, that thrilled ya. Ha! My mind’s a bit dull tonight, as one can tell from my posts so far!
Never dull, just shifting gears I think. :lol:
Why thank you, kind sir. I’ll try not to push my luck with my next 400 posted comments. :)
Do that, eh!
I suspect it would only take two or three such incidents to deescalate this practice.
In_deed.
Per Count Von Knoller, today marks the 7th Fence Jumper in 2014.
That is why, I am now having this ‘outlandish’ view……..Jump the WH Fence and you get a number of Lead filled bullets in your body. Once that news gets around, those contemplating these type of devious behavior would THINK twice.
Here now, Nena! You’re implying that someone likely to try this idiocy is a thinker.
For me, I don’t want them to kill the intruder right off IF there is no immediate evidence they intend harm. I’m actually not in favour of law enforcement killing as a first option since I happen to feel that ‘dead men tell no tales’. I’m always curious as to the person’s rationale. I want them to slow down and disable the intruder. In fact if they do a good job in this area the disabled intruder will have lots of pain-filled time to practise how to THINK!
I used to feel as you do on this matter……until the last incident before this. That guy had a knife. He had tried many times before. He could have easily have harmed or killed someone.
I went to the WH for a visit in 1981. We stood in line during the Time allotted for Visitations. These people jumping the Fence are not there on a friendly term. If they were, they would have stopped by during visiting hours.
(That guy had a knife. …………These people jumping the Fence are not there on a friendly term.) x2
Yet, a well-placed bullet in the leg, or butt, would have slowed him down, maybe even stopped him in his tracks!
Put a sign up which says if you cross the fence you will be shot.
And then shoot them in a spot that will let them live to feel the pain of, and regret, their action.
exactly. Whatever body part is hanging over the WH side of the fence gets hit. period.
Sorry Chica, as soon as I clicked the post comment button I remembered that I forgot to add ‘yada,yada, yada’ before. O well, it was simply the tweet about the SS dogs being taken to the vet.
Here’s something that I don’t understand…….I would like very much to either be talked down or be educated to think differently on this topic.
Here it goes:
I don’t get why any country would stop these Converts to Islam from going to Syria. If they want to go and fight, let them…….but pass a law or say to those who go and join with ISIL/Daesh that once you are there fighting, YOUR passport is no longer allowed to travel back to say, Canada, USA, Belgium, UK, France, etc. Work with Turkey and once these Terrorists wannabees go to Syria and joins ISIL/Daesh, then render their passports useless, period. I wish that will be done with those who have left from MN to go fight in East Africa, Syria or Libya. Like that commercial once said: Roaches, they can check in, but they can’t check out. In this case, these Islamists, they can check in to Syria, East Africa or Libya, but they can NEVER check back in to their original countries.
Letting them leave is not a good idea. They may have knowledge about some of our infrastructure that is not readily available on the net……Passport forgeries are said to be topnotch now days either.
I have to agree with you, sailor. But laws criminalizing trying to join a terrorist organization may be a path to pursue.
That’s kind of tricky because a lot of politicians are already members of domestic terrorist cells.
I confess I hadn’t thought of the knowledge transfer, YA, which is a very good point. In fact, now that you mention it, that could be a really big deal (am suddenly reminded of a Snowden-type steal). Sigh, there is never an easy solution, eh?
Nope! If it were easy we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Sorry, Nena. I can’t talk you down or ‘educate’ you as I happen to have very similar views on this subject. ;) It should be made clear in ads, loud and clear - your CHOOSING to go fight as a representative of an ‘enemy’ country or group is a clear renunciation of your citizenship.
Thanks to Yardarm and VC.
I hear you both.
I call their desire to leave, self deportation. In_deed, a Clear Renunciation of one’s citizenship.
Good Idea.
Things are very close in senate races. We have the money spent….
It’s so depressing to be have the stupid and $$$ in charge of our corporate media here.
Saddens me that this beautiful soul is gone and his little boy will grow up without a dad……why? Someone who has nothing but wicked twisted ideological religious beliefs? Shame.
I forgot to add a sentence or two ;)
Pardon me :)
Okay. Found about 6 TODers in spam. You’re now freed.
You and Chips are our queens, NW. And we your loyal subjects. (Of course, I’m basically a goddess, but I’ll let you have this one.)
Hahahaha. As you wish, Ms. J’OB.
Akismet or Kismet or whatever the hell it’s called obviously changed something in its filtration algorithm. CHANGE. IT. BACK.
Finally, some justice ….
But, of course, an American Tribunal to hold GWB, Cheney, etc., accountable may never happen, though if it did, it would elevate America’s moral standing to an unprecedented level in human history.
Maybe Jeremy Scahill will be able to sleep tonight after this verdict.
I don’t think so, COS …. I certainly won’t until America develops the capacity to hold GWB, Cheney, et al., accountable for their innumerable crimes against humanity. If that day ever happens, then perhaps America will be able ‘to sleep tonight.’
Was departing, but saw your comment and wanted to respond before I did so. Thank you.
So true Bobfr.
As perhaps some of you remember, after the 1st jumper breached WH security, I sent more than 1 tweet to #USSS and others offering a specific change in protocol. Today’s breach and the resultant injuries to two dogs only highlights the need for definitive policy and appropriate signage (at the WH perimeter - jump the fence, you’re going to experience some lead poisoning.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/rick-perry-ebola-response_n_6028788.html#comments
“Had the state used its public health powers more robustly, health care workers who treated Duncan might not have been circulating in public, and much of the ensuing panic could have been stilled,” the Texas Tribune wrote on Wednesday.
Perhaps cognizant of this fact, Perry in early October announced the creation of a task force focused on improving the state’s response to potential outbreaks of infectious diseases. One of the recommendations called for legislation that would expand the state’s power to enforce quarantines. Under current law, per the Tribune, state officials could only enforce a quarantine order via law enforcement after a person explicitly violated the order by leaving the designated premises.
Perry also came under fire from Democrats for failing to cancel a scheduled trip to Europe, where he hoped to burnish his foreign policy credentials ahead of a possible presidential campaign. The governor was forced to return to Texas after Vinson became the second person to test positive for the deadly virus.
All right gentles, time for some music. http://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/22/night-owl-chat-random-music-night/
“Georgian Leader Confirms Sikorski’s Claims That Putin Wanted Poland to Divide Ukraine
20:43 (GMT)
Radek Sikorski, the Polish Foreign Minister between 2007 and this past September, made headlines this week thanks to a controversial and important interview given to Politico’s Ben Judah. In the interview Sikorski broke a lot of news. He insinuated that the Kremlin was behind 1999 apartment bombings, he said that the Kremlin has sent “death squads abroad,” and of course he criticized Moscow’s dealings in Ukraine.
But the biggest bombshell — Sikorski said that not only had Putin tried to blackmail ousted Ukrainian president Yanukovych by saying that Russia would annex Crimea if Ukraine joined the European Union, but he went further — saying that Putin tried to get Poland to divide up Ukraine:
“He wanted us to become participants in this partition of Ukraine,” says Sikorski. “Putin wants Poland to commit troops to Ukraine. These were the signals they sent us. … We have known how they think for years. We have known this is what they think for years. This was one of the first things that Putin said to my prime minister, Donald Tusk, [soon to be President of the European Council] when he visited Moscow. He went on to say Ukraine is an artificial country and that Lwow is a Polish city and why don’t we just sort it out together. Luckily Tusk didn’t answer. He knew he was being recorded.””
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-liveblog-day-247-ukraine-claims-that-it-has-evidence-of-use-of-russian-supplied-cluster-munitions/#4694
Developments in Libya ….
I’ll be back tomorrow ….