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Michele Bachmann Would Consider Lowering Minimum Wage To Match The Cost Of Labor Overseas

I have be saying for a while that no matter how badly Obama fucks up, whomever emerges from the GOP primaries will be so fucking batshit they'll terrify the electorate into re-electing him.

Life in The Desert

~Gonna be hotter than fuck today...but no hurricanes. [jury's out on earthquakes however]

I Take Back What I Said About No Hurricanes

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...EASTERN KERN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ...THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RIDGECREST...

* UNTIL 500 PM PDT

* AT 408 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIDGECREST TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALIFORNIA CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIDGECREST TO 33 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGECREST...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...RANDSBURG BY 425 PM PDT...INYOKERN BY 445 PM PDT... RIDGECREST BY 450 PM PDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

Why are people being evicted from a desert?

by Myrddin on 8/27/2011 11:44:00 AM

Reason TV has been looking into some very strange and heavy handed tactics being used to drive people off desert land in the Antelope Valley, LA County.

For people who prefer to read, LA Weekly has an article on the situation.

Mark Frauenfelder over at Boing Boing is as puzzled by this piece as I am. Why would the local government be trying to drive people off their land when there is nobody else living in the area. More important, why won't the county supervisor, Michael Antonovich answer any questions on the matter?

The local residents being bullied think that there is some kind of development plan behind the moves. If I was in that situation I would probably come to the same conclusion.

From a political perspective, Republican Antonovich has to go. Whatever his motives, whatever his reasons, there should be no place in public office for officials who won't explain or be accountable for their actions.