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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Are you watching, FEMA? 
| | AURORA ALERT! A coronal mass ejection (CME) is racing toward Earth and it could spark a severe geomagnetic storm when it arrives--perhaps tonight (Sept. 14th and 15th). People everywhere should be alert for auroras... |
| | If this incoming CME does hit Earth's magnetic field as hard as forecasters expect, auroras could appear in places where they are seldom seen: California, Arizona, Texas and elsewhere. |
| | Hey, does anybody know how to find a permalink to a given Spaceweather post? I know it's there. Just not...where. |
| | [Later...] The CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) hasn't hit yet. However, The latest USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity, isued at 2200GMT (11pm London, 6pm New York), reported here, says |
| | The geomagnetic field is expected to reach major to severe storm levels on 15 September following the anticipated arrival of the CME associated with the 13 September X1 flares. Minor storm to major storm periods are possible on 16 September decreasing to mostly unsettled by 17 September. The greater than 10 MeV proton event may increase temporarily with the shock arrival. |
| | In other words, don't assume the calm surf means the tsunami won't come. |
Applied Gonzology
| | Naturally, the problems are what they've always been. For example, Marketers are largely wedded to ideas that are intrinsic to the broadcast paradigm. They¹ve never known anything else. |
| | And, The community that you volitionally participate in is always more true than a segment a marketer places you in. |
| | Opportunities are there too. Such as, At some point, people say, "Hey, I need help with this or that," and a conversation starts that can end in a big sale. Along the way, you'll probably earn the kind of brand equity you¹ve always wanted, in a way you never expected. |
Findings
Not used, fortunately
| | I just opened a box of Kleenex®. Wadded up at the top was... a long length of toilet paper. |
So... it's the new pay phone?
Two roads
| | The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now -- with somebody -- and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives. |
| | It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy... |
| | We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows? Not even the Generals in what remains of the Pentagon or the New York papers calling for WAR seem to know who did it or where to look for them. |
| | This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed -- for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won't hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force. |
| | Good luck. He is in for a profoundly difficult job -- armed as he is with no credible Military Intelligence, no witnesses and only the ghost of Bin Laden to blame for the tragedy. |
| | Explaining the road least taken, I added, |
| | I believe there is nothing odd about Pacifism. Peace is where we came from before we were born, and where we wish to go to after we die. It's what we want every day when we sleep or merely seek a little time alone. It's the sacred state we know, standing proxy for the sacred states we don't. |
| | Peace is love. Pacifism does nothing more than advocate love. Jesus says "Love your enemies." (Matthew 5:44.) It's hard to follow, but it's a path to peace. The retributive mathematics of war lead only to more war. |
A toast
| | We changed the whole notion of what the Public Advocate¹s office could be... It doesn't matter what the percentages are, we created a real debate about what the Public Advocate's office could be and we raised a lot of important ideas... In case you didn't hear, today the New York Parks Department announced that they will be giving free Wi-Fi in most of the city¹s parks today. |
| | I don't believe that one politician can solve the problems of 8 million people, but I can certainly buy everyone here a drink... |
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