October 19, 2016

Meanwhile super-cyclone Haima Slams into Northern Philippines

https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3485
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Still raging at Category 4 strength, Typhoon Haima (dubbed Lawin in the Philippines) was moving into the northern Philippines on Wednesday night local time. As of 9:00 am EDT Wednesday (9:00 pm local time), Haima was located about 235 miles northeast of Manila, moving west-northwest at about 19 mph. Haima became Earth’s seventh Category 5 storm of the year on Tuesday, with top sustained winds peaking at 165 mph and a minimum central pressure estimated at 900 mb by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Interactions with the mountainous island of Luzon have since chipped away at at Haima’s strength. Top sustained winds were down to 120 knots (140 mph) as of 9 am EDT Wednesday. As noted by Jonathan Erdman (weather.com), if Haima makes landfall with sustained winds of at least 113 knots (130 mph), it will be the first Category 4 storm to strike northeast Luzon since Naigae in September 2011.

Haima remained a gigantic and powerful typhoon as it approached Luzon, with hurricane-force winds extending out up to 75 miles from its center and tropical-storm force winds extending up to 235 miles. Fortunately, the winds on the stronger right-hand side of Haima, north of its center, will deliver their greatest punch to a fairly sparsely populated stretch of coastline in far northeast Luzon. A storm surge of up to 10 feet is possible within bays in this region, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration. There are no cities along this coast the size of Tacloban City, where the storm surge associated with Super Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 5000 people in 2013. The largest population center of far northeast Luzon is Tuguegarao City, located in the Cagayan Valley about 25 miles inland and shielded by a coastal range of mountains.

Given the size and strength of Haima, massive amounts of rain (10” - 20”, with higher amounts locally) can be expected over most of the northern half of the island of Luzon. These rains will fall atop ground saturated by the passage of former Category 4 Typhoon Sariki, which makes inland flooding the biggest concern from Haima. After exiting the Philippines, a weakened Haimi will continue northwestward, making landfall on the China coast east of Hong Kong as a tropical storm or perhaps a Category 1 typhoon around Saturday night local time.
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Spare a thought for the folks in the Luzon and give thanks that island is scarcely populated

October 19, 2016

Think about this - Groper Don the Con

was so smart that he forced everyone into signing non-disclosure contracts and his own arrogance and hubris has done him in - not clever. This is so much fun to watch!! Can't wait for tonight.

October 19, 2016

The worst October for any Presidential candidate in memory

October 19, 2016

Colbert on Melania's interviews

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Now I know why they're on a bus - it's easier to throw Billy under it

October 19, 2016

So have any DUers seen Michael Moore's new documentary

I really want to hear what's new

October 19, 2016

Believe me folks we're doing great

That statement with the tiny hands waving will be played for eons starting on election night after Groper Don the Con loses.

October 18, 2016

There was a serious shoot out in LA on the weekend

involving Jamaicans at a party. Word here is that one of the dead was linked to a notorious drug gang here.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-west-adams-shooting-jamaican-restaurant-20161017-snap-story.html
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A fourth person has died from gunshot wounds following a bloody gun battle at a popular Jamaican restaurant over the weekend, officials said.

Details about the fourth victim were not immediately available, said Officer Liliana Preciado, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Los Angeles police detectives are still working to identify witnesses to Saturday’s chaotic scene during a birthday party at a house in the 2900 block of Rimpau Boulevard, which also serves as an underground Jamaican eatery, she said.

Eleven others were injured in the shooting.

Those killed remained unidentified Monday as coroner’s officials worked to notify their families. All of the dead were male.

October 18, 2016

Florida Man silences the haterz- lovely story - one in 11 worldwide

http://www.local10.com/education/south-florida-teen-1-of-11-students-in-world-to-get-perfect-score-on-ap-calculus-bc-exam
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MIAMI - A student at Ransom Everglades in Miami is just one of 11 students in the world who got a perfect score this year on the AP Calculus BC exam.

"I was very excited. I was very proud. My parents were also very excited," John Mistele said. "I was super excited to sort of have accomplished this not just for myself, but also for my friends and math teachers I’ve had at Ransom."

Ransom Everglades spokeswoman Amy Shipley said Mistele, who is a senior at the school, answered every question correctly on the 3-hour, 15-minute exam, which includes 45 multiple-choice questions and six free-response questions.

"I've worked in independent schools for 36 years, and I've never seen an achievement like this," head of school Penny Townsend said. "We are so proud of John, who works very hard to make the most of his exceptional gifts, and we are also grateful to our outstanding teachers. All of us share in his joy today."

Mistele ranked No. 1 in Florida last year in statistics and earned a perfect score at the Mu Alpha Theta State Championship Conference in Orlando in April.

"Every year, I tell my students that I've heard of these letters that go out to different people when they get a perfect score, but I've never received one," Mistele's math teacher, Dr. Henry Stavisky, said. "That accomplishment was one of my dreams, and he did it."

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:applause

October 18, 2016

Breaking on GEM$NBComcast - Six witnesses confirm People magazine's writers claims about

Groper Don the Con's Sexual Assault

Fuck you scumbag!!

October 18, 2016

Hillary must call him out on his lies tomorrow night

Fact checkers have proven that 91% of what he spews are lies.
believe a word you say.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/31/ninety-one-percent-donald-trump-false.html
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Politicians running for president are graded by Politfact and the order runs in the way you would expect it to if you find yourself annoyed when Donald Trump is speaking. Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, is at the bottom of the list with a sad 9% of true or mostly true statements. Just 9% of the things Donald Trump says are mostly related to the truth.

Trump lies so much that in 2015, Politifact awarded him the Lie of the Year for numerous statements he made, because the team couldn’t pick the most egregious lie. Out of 77 statements checked, 76 of them were found to be mostly false to false to pants on fire lies.

The Trump truth chart via Politifact:

Chart from Politifact Personalities