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[RockOn]

Seems PersonHood has gained Mississippi's support. This christian non-profit org based in Colorado believes conception is the point in the process where we declare a new PERSON on the block. A step backwards for women's rights. If interested, google PERSONHOOD MISSISSIPPI.

[J. Mason]

Originally Posted by claybaby

Sorry I misspelled name of town..it is SPARKS not Starkes...
SPARKS, Oklahoma (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes in state history rocked central Oklahoma late Saturday after a day of smaller quakes, a 5.6 magnitude temblor that rattled a college football stadium 50 miles (80 kilometers) away, shook buildings, caused cracks and was felt as far away as Tennessee, authorities said.

Emergency authorities had no immediate reports of injuries or major damages. But one county's sheriff's office in the region said it was responding to calls and damages. The reports in the late-night hours were sketchy and the extent of damages remained uncertain early Sunday. The quake was one of several to rattle the state Saturday, including a magnitude 4.7 earthquake that shook the same area early Saturday.

The quake could prove the most powerful on state record if the 5.6 reading reported by the U.S. Geological Survey stands. The seismic monitoring agency said the quake struck at 10:53 p.m. local time Saturday (0353 GMT) and was centered about 44 miles (71 kilometers) east-northeast of Oklahoma City. It had initially reported the temblor as a 5.2 magnitude quake.

It said the quake struck near the community of Sparks — in eastern Oklahoma between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The temblor shook the stadium at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater just at the end of the school's football game with Kansas State. No. 3 Oklahoma State's players were gathered in the locker room under the Boone Pickens Stadium stands just after a 52-45 win against No. 17 Kansas State when the ground began to shake.

"Coach (Mike) Gundy was talking to me, everybody was looking around and no one had any idea," quarterback Brandon Weeden said. "We thought the people above us were doing something. I've never felt one, so that was a first."

The stands were already clearing out when the quake happened, just a few minutes after the down-to-the-wire game had ended.

If the intensity of the Saturday night quake is confirmed, it would be the state's strongest on record. USGS records show that a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck El Reno, just west of Oklahoma City, in 1952 and, before Oklahoma became a state in 1907, a quake of similar magnitude 5.5 struck in northeastern Indian Territory in 1882.

The Saturday night quake was felt as far away as Tennessee and Wisconsin, according to reports received by the USGS.

Some in Oklahoma reported cracks appeared after the latest quake.

"There's a crack going from the closet to the ceiling. I've never seen that before. I was in my bedroom grabbing my phone and I happened to notice it," said Todd McKinsey, in the community of Moore, speaking with The Oklahoman.

I sooo wanted to be in Oklahoma when this happened, I know it sounds bad but I have never felt an earthquake before but my Okie friends let me know all about it. Thank You for putting this as news!

[betenoire]

Originally Posted by Brock

Seems PersonHood has gained Mississippi's support. This christian non-profit org based in Colorado believes conception is the point in the process where we declare a new PERSON on the block. A step backwards for women's rights. If interested, google PERSONHOOD MISSISSIPPI.

The Personhood movement bugs me more than any of the other anti-choice movements. They emotionally manipulate by invoking groups of ACTUAL people who were once not considered people by the government. All of the posters of theirs that I've seen have mentioned "women used to not be considered people!" and/or "black people used to not be considered people!" and try to tell us that people being allowed to have abortions is the exact same thing.

Nevermind the fact that if they get their way that WOMEN will no longer be people, but incubators. Stupidness.

[WolfyOne]

Sadly, I must say, I didn't feel the earthquake or I just didn't realize it was happening. I was up at the time because I had to get in the shower for work. Perhaps that is the reason my kitties were all over me in the bed. I'm disappointed that I didn't know it was happening, so I couldn't feel it, but glad that no one in my mobile home park or surrounding area was hurt from it. Makes me wonder how a storm shelter would fare in this kind of a situation since we're prepared for tornadoes but not the quakes. And yes, I know the shelter would probably crumble before houses since it's under the ground. OK, is so not earthquake proof

[Inuus]

I was awake too Wolfy and I didnt notice anything except my dog was actually unusual

[macele]

Originally Posted by Brock

Seems PersonHood has gained Mississippi's support. This christian non-profit org based in Colorado believes conception is the point in the process where we declare a new PERSON on the block. A step backwards for women's rights. If interested, google PERSONHOOD MISSISSIPPI.

i'm from mississippi. i'm voting no, but i will say that i've struggled with this amendment, ...
its unclear, on purpose. manipulative. they do not want to allow any room for common sense. simply stop all abortions. no matter the case. and all cases are not the same. they don't care if it's rape or incest.

the folks who are voting yes are allowing a set group of people to make them feel guilty. i believe that life begins at conception. but i also know there's more to abortion, birth control, vitro fertilization, and so on. there are exceptions. mental and physical.

i want an amendment called common sense.

[DapperButch]

http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/st..._lnk2%7C110342

[AtLast]

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...new-accuser-/1

[SoNotHer]

From - http://www.wunderground.com/blog/Jef...?entrynum=1981

It's time to add another billion-dollar weather disaster to the growing 2011 total of these costly disasters: the extraordinary early-season Northeast U.S. snowstorm of October 29, which dumped up to 32 inches of snow, brought winds gusts of 70 mph to the coast, and killed at least 22 people. Not since the infamous snow hurricane of 1804 have such prodigious amounts of October snow been recorded in New England and, to a lesser extent, in the mid-Atlantic states. Trees that had not yet lost their leaves suffered tremendous damage from the wet, heavy snow. Snapped branches and falling trees brought down numerous power lines, leaving at least 3 million people without electricity. The damage estimate in Connecticut alone is $3 billion, far more than the damage Hurricane Irene did to the state. Hundreds of thousands still remain without power a week after the storm, with full electricity not expected to be restored until Monday.

Figure 1. Wet, heavy snow from the October 29, 2011 snowstorm weighing down trees still sporting their fall leaves in Winchester, VA. Image credit: wunderphotographer MaddScientist98.

The October 29 snow storm brings the 2011 tally of U.S. billion-dollar weather disasters to fourteen, thoroughly smashing the previous record of nine such disasters, set in 2008. Between 1980 - 2010, the U.S. averaged 3.5 of these weather disasters per year. Through August, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) estimated that ten weather disasters costing at least $1 billion had hit the U.S., at total cost of up to $45 billion. However, the October 29 snow storm brings us up to eleven billion-dollar disasters, and a new disaster analysis done by global reinsurance company AON Benfield adds three more. Flood damage from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee in the Northeast on September 8 is now estimated at more than $1 billion, and two outbreaks of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes--one in April and one in June--now have damage estimates exceeding $1 billion. A remarkable seven severe thunderstorm/tornado outbreaks did more than $1 billion each in damage in 2011, and an eighth outbreak July 10 - 14 came close, with damages of $900 million. In total, the fourteen billion-dollar disasters killed 675 people. Tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods in these fourteen disasters killed over 600 people, putting 2011 into fourth place since 1940 for most deaths by severe storms. Only 2005, with over 1,000 deaths caused by Katrina, 1969, with over 700 hurricane and flood-related deaths, and 1972, with 676 hurricane and flood-related deaths, were deadlier years for storms, according to NOAA.



The fourteen billion-dollar weather disasters of 2011 caused $53 billion in damage, putting 2011 in fifth place for most damages from billion-dollar weather disasters. The top damage years, according to NCDC in adjusted 2011 dollars, were 2005 (the year of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma), 2008 (Hurricane Ike), 1988 (Midwest drought), and 1980 (Midwest drought). With nearly two months remaining in 2011, the potential exists for more billion-dollar weather disasters this year. Our first opportunity comes Tuesday, when the NOAA Storm Prediction Center is forecasting the possibility of a severe weather outbreak centered over Arkansas and Missouri.

Video 1. Remarkable video of the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama during the April 25 - 30, 2011 Super Outbreak. This tornado outbreak was the most expensive U.S. weather-related disaster of 2011, with damages estimated at $9 billion. Fast forward to minute four to see the worst of the storm.

Here are AON Benfield's estimates of the damages and NCDC's estimates of the death tolls from 2011's fourteen billion-dollar weather disasters (a clickable version of this table with information on each disaster is available on our severe weather resource page).

Jeff Masters

[UofMfan]

Buddy And Pedro, 'Gay' Penguin Couple, To Be Separated By Toronto Zoo, HuffPo

[J. Mason]

Oklahoma had another earthquake about 8:56 pm, a 4.7 mag and it was located south south east of Stillwater.

[Starbuck]

Originally Posted by J. Mason

Oklahoma had another earthquake about 8:56 pm, a 4.7 mag and it was located south south east of Stillwater.

That's 3 earthquakes in 4 days!

[J. Mason]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

That's 3 earthquakes in 4 days!

Yes, my cousin was on facebook and told me when it happened.

[AtLast]

http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/stor...?ocid=ansfox11

[MissItalianDiva]

Hardly Breaking News but....

Surprise surprise...can't say I am shocked but the Duggars are having another child. Really I think this woman might need her head checked.

http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_new...pregnant-again

[MsTinkerbelly]

Appeals Court Upholds "Obamacare"

In a case doubtlessly bound for SCOTUS, today the DC Circuit Court Of Appeals ruled that the Affordable Care Act, AKA "Obamacare," is constitutional. The very long list of losing plaintiffs includes dozens of Republican state Attorneys General. At issue, primarily, was the government's right to impose a fine for failing to purchase health insurance. The Court writes:

“We acknowledge some discomfort with the Government’s failure to advance any clear doctrinal principles limiting congressional mandates that any American purchase any product or service in interstate commerce,” the opinion reads. “But to tell the truth, those limits are not apparent to us, either because the power to require the entry into commerce is symmetrical with the power to prohibit or condition commercial behavior, or because we have not yet perceived a qualitative limitation. That difficulty is troubling, but not fatal, not least because we are interpreting the scope of a long-established constitutional power, not recognizing a new constitutional right."

[ruffryder]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

That's 3 earthquakes in 4 days!

There's actually been about 10 earthquakes since the day of the big one. . There is one today at 14:05 est a 3.6. I hope this doesn't continue for OK. Be safe everyone in that area.

[ruffryder]

earthquakes and tornadoes all in then same day and place.. eeeek!

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by UofMfan

Buddy And Pedro, 'Gay' Penguin Couple, To Be Separated By Toronto Zoo, HuffPo

Well, I am glad that the update is that the guys will be placed back together after they inseminate females.

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Well, I am glad that the update is that the guys will be placed back together after they inseminate females.

I dunno. I think this is where politics and ideology make themselves present in science. Have they explained why they've ruled out artificial insemination? Why do they need these two specific penguins to procreate? From what I've read about penguins and seabirds, long lasting relationships are very important to their social structure and its not uncommon for those relationships to be same-sex. It at least suggests a very close bond that I think is unnecessary to break up. The excuse that they're needed to impregnate females seems odd. Is artificial insemination not practiced on penguins or something? Are there no other male penguins about?