01/05/2013 Station Identification and Notice Board

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SATURDAY  JANUARY 05, 2013

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YEAR END REPORT TO READERS (CONTINUED): 

 Another change that we have made that some of you who are members or regular visitors may have noticed is the change in the way in which we post and take down the daily station identification and notice board, the section that you are reading now. We do start each day with a new station ID and Notice Board around midnight. More often than not of late we take the old station Identification and Notice Board from the day before down. Generally when we are publishing a number of somewhat related posts or posts that usually draw high interest we have been removing the Daily ID at midnight when we post the new daily ID. We have learned over the past year, our first in operation that we have "regular readers" who check in at some point every week, but not every day. We are stuck with the scrolling format. The station ID occupies the room of a fairly lengthy blog post. We try to book end the week with station IDs but by not saving each daily station ID and notice board we reduce the scrolling required to get to the interesting posts of the week. At least until we can get a format that is easier to search with than scrolling , we hope this decision is an improvement. Your suggestions and comments are most welcome.

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 TODAY'S POSTS: 

Take a tour of the HMS submarine AMBUSH, probably the highest tech submarine operational today.

Find out if the swimming dragon is finally become tired enough to curb his aggressive behavior or is the latest Chinese pronouncement smoke and mirrors

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 IN THE BLOG SPACE  THIS WEEK

NAMAZU, Former Japanese Demigod, Rock Album Cover Model, Analyst

NAMAZU EXPLAINS THE MARITIME COMMONS:

  Namazu explains the vocabulary and legal theory of the maritime "commons" a concept hated by "Thug States" and under enforced by the international community of nations. The giant catfish gives a real tour de force of the issue in yesterday's blog space. The day before yesterday we carried the article below illustrative of the problem Namazu addresses today. This catfish has got it covered, he should be a key adviser to the President and Congress.

HOW FAR WILL TH E DRAGON SWIM? CHINA'S NAVAL EXPANSION AND AGGRESSIVE MOVES ON THE TERRITORIAL SEAS OF ITS NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING NATIONS LINKED TO THE UNITED STATES LIKE THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN CONTINUES AS OUR NUMBER ONE MARITIME WAR AND PEACE ISSUE TO MONITOR IN 2013. WE MAY WELL HAVE TO FIGHT IRAN IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ FIRST, BUT A FIGHT WITH CHINA PITS US AND OUR STRONGEST PACIFIC ALLIES AGAINST OUR LARGEST CREDITOR AND MAJOR SUPPLY SOURCE. SUCH A WAR CAN'T POSSIBLY DO ANYONE ANY GOOD WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES TO REPUDIATE ITS DEBT TO CHINA WITHOUT REAL CONSEQUENCE TO ITS INTERNATIONAL CREDIT RATING. NO ONE EXPECTS A NATION AT WAR TO FUND ITS' ENEMY.  BUT THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY TROUBLESOME POTENTIAL CONTEST OF ARMS. BOTH SIDES ARE NUCLEAR POWERS, THE UNITED STATES HAS NEVER SIGNED THE NO FIRST USE AGREEMENT, AND THE WORD OF CHINA CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. THE DRAGON IS PLAYING A VERY DANGEROUS GAME. ONE FALSE STEP COULD SPELL RUIN FOR THREE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMIES, OR REDUCTION TO ASHES. THE NATIONAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO OFFER ONLY SPORADIC AND UN- ASTUTE COVERAGE OF THE RELATED INCIDENTS. WE WILL CONTINUE IN 2013 TO MAKE THIS A MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR NEWS SERVICE UNTIL THE MAJOR MEDIA WAKES UP. AS OF THE START OF 2013 THE DRAGON IS SWIMMING FROM THE HIGH ARCTIC SHORES OF ALASKA, ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND BEYOND. BUT TO ITS' NEARBY NEIGHBORS IT IS NOT A CURIOSITY BUT A REAL THREAT. WE ARE BOUND TO SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORS BY FORMAL DEFENSE TREATY AND TO THE DRAGON BY VAST TRADE AND DEBT.

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IN THE BLOG SPACE THIS WEEK:
RECORD LOW WATER IS DISRUPTING BARGE NAVIGATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI AGAIN. THERE IS MORE THAN WEATHER BEHIND THE EVENT. READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Has Environmentalism become so discredited that conservation advocates hesitate to identify with the term? What does the Environmental Movement have to do with low water on the Mississippi? Read this post and find out.
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