drama-free ans and other court case discussion. no drama allowed.

Well that didnt last long :-/

More pics of Arnold's good looking mistress if anyone is interested, lol!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-...

Dallas wrote:

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Yes! I cannot wait for this trial to get going. I feel really sorry for this man's children, especially the younger ones and having to deal with all this. I still feel bad for Stacy Peterson's family as her whereabouts are still unknown.
Hey I watched WGN this morning and they were talking about this letter that they wrote to Drew Peterson in jail and how he responded to him and of course his answers are (of course most of it seems all about him, you know what an inflated head this man has, lol.) A text of his answer to them is below:
http://media.trb.com/media/acrobat/2011-05/26...

That is where I got the info about what he said about his son....from the WGN news this morning...and the letter....what a disgusting excuse for a human being he is

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Yes, I was hoping that person would stay over there and not stalk over here because she acts like she owns that thread with the slaters and "Charming". GMAB!

Well, that is a very angry person...I almost feel bad for her. I have no idea who "Charming" is and don't care.

Hoping Peterson trial gets under way also---but I am just VERY gald this man is behind bars while he waits...I could see him being a HUGE flight risk..imo

Dink for 4yrs wrote:

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Well, that is a very angry person...I almost feel bad for her. I have no idea who "Charming" is and don't care.
Hoping Peterson trial gets under way also---but I am just VERY gald this man is behind bars while he waits...I could see him being a HUGE flight risk..imo

Me too. Just wondering why this thing is taking so long to get to trial.
Hey, did you see this play that is coming out regarding Drew Peterson?
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story...

Vertias wrote:

Well that didnt last long :-/

Yes, it was drama free until Justice for Azzholes came here to stir up chit like she usually does.

Dallas wrote:

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Me too. Just wondering why this thing is taking so long to get to trial.
Hey, did you see this play that is coming out regarding Drew Peterson?
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story...

Sheesh...no, never saw that!

God bless the people of Joplin Missouri. I used to know people who lived there. That's devestating news.

Joplin is under the gun tonight again with severe weather. Those poor people. Been reading a lot the last few days about the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns. Some interesting facts:

Overview

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Severe storms produced tornadoes across the Southern United States during the Spring of 2011, killing hundreds of people. This site provides an assessment of the climatic factors that may influence extreme tornado outbreaks.

The Climate Change page discusses the impact of anthroprogenic climate change on tornado events
Summary: We conducted a rapid, preliminary investigation to determine if climate change contributed to the unusually large number of tornadoes experienced in the United States during April 2011. A change in the mean climate properties that are believed to be particularly relevant to major destructive tornado events could not be detected for April, at least during the last 30 years.
The El Niño/La Niña page discusses the impact of ocean temperatures on tornado events
Summary: We conducted a preliminary investigation of the co-variability of 20 severe spring (March-May) tornado outbreaks over the contiguous US and phases of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) during the past 100 years. Our assessment reveals that the relation of ENSO with major destructive tornado events appears to vary with time.
Given the importance of these questions, additional -- more rigorous -- research must now be conducted to verify or alter our conclusions.

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/csi/events/2011/...

Dallas wrote:

Joplin is under the gun tonight again with severe weather. Those poor people. Been reading a lot the last few days about the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns. Some interesting facts:
Overview
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Severe storms produced tornadoes across the Southern United States during the Spring of 2011, killing hundreds of people. This site provides an assessment of the climatic factors that may influence extreme tornado outbreaks.
The Climate Change page discusses the impact of anthroprogenic climate change on tornado events
Summary: We conducted a rapid, preliminary investigation to determine if climate change contributed to the unusually large number of tornadoes experienced in the United States during April 2011. A change in the mean climate properties that are believed to be particularly relevant to major destructive tornado events could not be detected for April, at least during the last 30 years.
The El Niño/La Niña page discusses the impact of ocean temperatures on tornado events
Summary: We conducted a preliminary investigation of the co-variability of 20 severe spring (March-May) tornado outbreaks over the contiguous US and phases of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) during the past 100 years. Our assessment reveals that the relation of ENSO with major destructive tornado events appears to vary with time.
Given the importance of these questions, additional -- more rigorous -- research must now be conducted to verify or alter our conclusions.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/csi/events/2011/...

Oh GOD BLESS all the victims in Joplin!

Hey, Clues, are you cycling up there? Or do you ice skate still?

If you're cycling, you might want to wear one or more shields to protect yourself. You know, from the rain, snow and mud.

If you're skating still, get some shields for your blades. Tanya Harding and Cathy Rigby recommend it to keep them sharp.

El Niño/La Niña-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, is a quasiperiodic climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five years. It is characterized by variations in the temperature of the surface of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean—warming or cooling known as El Niño and La Niña respectively—and air surface pressure in the tropical western Pacific—the Southern Oscillation. The two variations are coupled: the warm oceanic phase, El Niño, accompanies high air surface pressure in the western Pacific, while the cold phase, La Niña, accompanies low air surface pressure in the western Pacific.[2][3] Mechanisms that cause the oscillation remain under study.

ENSO causes extreme weather (such as floods and droughts) in many regions of the world. Developing countries dependent upon agriculture and fishing, particularly those bordering the Pacific Ocean, are the most affected. In popular usage, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation is often called just "El Niño". El Niño is Spanish for "the boy" and refers to the Christ child, because periodic warming in the Pacific near South America is usually noticed around Christmas.[4] The expression of ENSO is potentially subject to dramatic changes as a result of global warming, and is a target for research in this regard[citation needed].

North America


Regional impacts of warm ENSO episodes (El Niño).
See also: Effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in the United States

Winters, during the El Niño effect, are warmer and drier than average in the Northwest, Northmidwest, and Northmideast United States, and therefore those regions experience reduced snowfalls. Meanwhile, significantly wetter winters are present in northwest Mexico and the southwest United States including central and southern California, while both cooler and wetter than average winters in northeast Mexico and the southeast United States (including the Tidewater region of Virginia) occur during the El Niño phase of the oscillation.[24][25]

In Canada, both warmer and drier winters (due to forcing of the Polar Jet further north) over much of the country occur, although less variation from normal is seen in the Maritime Provinces. The following summer is warmer and sometimes drier creating a more active than average forest fire season over Central/Eastern Canada.[citation needed] Some believed that the ice-storm in January 1998, which devastated parts of Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec, was caused or accentuated by El Niño's warming effects.[26] El Niño warmed Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, such that the area experienced a subtropical-like winter during the games.[27]

Summers, during the El Niño effect, are wetter than average in the Northwest, Northmidwest, Northmideast, and mountain regions of the United States.[citation needed]

El Niño is credited with suppressing hurricanes and made the 2009 hurricane season the least active in twelve years.[28] El Niño is also associated with increased wave-caused coastal erosion along the United States Pacific Coast.[citation needed]

There is some evidence that El Niño activity is correlated with incidence of red tides off the Pacific coast of California[citation needed].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o-Sou...

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