tremont-cleveland  - street lights out - our street brayton ave. etc. for a few minutes wed. evening - omen of disaster-earthquakes-emp - etc. - prepare

October 23, 2013 – CATALINA ISLAND, Ca.  — Could the appearance of rare “sea serpents” washing ashore beaches in Southern California portend disaster?

This is a warning in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, that kids aren't allowed - that kids are a problem - interfering with commerce or causing flash mobs or whatever.  

Plain Dealer editorial choices for council are again - a joke.  I can't wait to read their "endorsement" for Sweeney.  What creative spin will they use this time???

Sickening.

In every community our overall impression of that community is aggregated from numerous experiences.   

Google hasn't provided the public with an algorithm to process this data, so here I go....

I had an experience recently which involved delivering scrap metal (light iron) to a junk yard.   

Reuters reports that the FBI and other agencies are in the process of investigating multiple threats to Midwest Water Supply Systems. Specifically, the FBI has named Wichita, Kansas as a target, but utility facilities have also been put on alert in other Midwestern cities.

 The Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority is an abomination.   

Myers University, University Square Parking Garage -  on and on failure after failure.  Corruption - the folks are steering millions of dollars of bonds - which Cuyahoga citizen taxpayers are guaranteeing for Wall Street, to projects which are complete losers. 

If you own real estate in North East Ohio - in many, many communities - your real estate may be valueless.  In fact, your real estate may be a financial  liability.

How did this happen?    

Has our corrupt, ignorant, and inept local governments caused this massive loss in equity?

Is it Rust Belt deterioration?

Federal banking policy?

Or is it "market forces"?  Racism?

To wit: "understanding the operational issues and constraints that States face, and in the interest of preserving maximum flexibility, we are directing States to hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to State electronic benefit transfer (EBT) vendors until further notice." In other words, as Fox13News summarizes, "States across the country are being told to stop the supplemental nutrition assistance program for the month of November,

Friends: In the spirit of the fast-approaching holiday season, I have chosen to give thanks by participating in an online fundraising challenge with Tremont West Development Corporation. I hope that you’ll help me support Tremont West’s Healthy Corner Store Initiative by making a donation today. I just donated $100 from my personal account, can you match me?  You can find my donation page here.

When I visited a friend recently I asked about this painting and was told that it was a May Show entry called "Starfish" painted by Janet Moore.   A sticker on the back of the masonite board confirmed that this painting was from the 38th May Show held in 1956.   

In a YouTube search, narrowed down to today, videos uploaded bring the devastation and terror the people in the Philippines felt and experienced right into the forefront. The images and videos below are disturbing but these people uploaded them because they want the world to bear witness.

Major mag. 7.0 earthquake - Mindanao, Philippines on Tuesday, 15 October 2013

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/468704/M7.0-Tue-1...

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This is your 72 hour warning. If you don’t already have a two week supply of food and water, now might be a good day to go stock up, just in case this is the beginning of a bigger crisis.

Yesterday's solar flare was not aimed directly at Earth, but it did cause a minor geomagnetic storm yesterday. The storm has since subsided, but another wave of geomagnetic activity could follow, according to forecasters at the Space Weather Prediction Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Both wasted money on planes immediately being mothballed, to help out Ohio: pork but for Ohio,

www.absoluterights.com/why-the-tea-party-matters-the-tale-of-an-air-force-boondoggle/

More problems, no doubt more to come. Do you have tablets to take to protect your thyroid?

In just 2 days’ time, African leaders could kill off a great institution, leaving the world a more dangerous place. 

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the world’s first and only global court to adjudicate crimes against humanity. But leaders of Sudan and Kenya, who have inflicted terror and fear across their countries, are trying to drag Africa out of the ICC, allowing them the freedom to kill, rape, and inspire hatred without consequences.
 

Astrophotographer Adam Block captured this view of Comet ISON on the morning of Oct. 8 with the 0.8-meter Schulman Telescope at the University of Arizona SkyCenter atop Mount Lemmon. (Adam Block / Caelum Observatory)

http://standeyo.com/NEWS/13_Pics_of_Day/131009.pic.of.day.html