WEATHER: Heavy Rain- Flooding- Snow Possible??

It's going to be an active coming 5-day period weather-wise.

As shown by the accompanying graphic from the National Weather Service (NWS)- flood watches are in effect for southern portions of the Kansas City MetroRegion beginning Thursday.

A strong storm system with a strong cold front will sweep over the Central States over the next few days.

This will bring a good chance for rain here in the Metro- as well as a frost/freeze over much of the MetroRegion.

We'll have to watch Sunday- as there COULD be a chance of snow somewhere in the Kansas City MetroRegion!

More on this developing weather situation as it unfolds....

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Student Suing Blue Springs School District

The Independence-Blue Springs-Grain Valley EXAMINER reports that a Blue Springs student is suing the school district over injuries the student suffered during an informal kick-boxing session after a cancelled wrestling team practice.

The student- named by The EXAMINER as "Samuel Gomez"- suffered oral injuries.

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Addendum on S.C. Nuke Waste Transport Route

As noted on our previous post regarding South Carolina's planned December (through spring 2010) transport of it's 15000 (55-gallon-drum?) barrels of depleted uranium waste to a site in Utah- here's a map graphic (click-on to enlarge) showing proposed routings of UCSA's uranium wastes.



These routes were proposed in 2006 (as shown on the graphic) for the also proposed Yucca Mountain radioactive storage facility.





Note how most of this lethal crap from the eastern 2/3 of the country winds up going through Chicago-Omaha/Council Bluffs-Cheyenne-WY and west.



But also note the busy secondary feeder to the Omaha route west: right through Kansas City.

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South Carolina's Nuclear Waste May Come Through Kansas City In December

One only has to know facts and look at a map to figure out how South Carolina's "15,000 drums of depleted uranium" is going to get routed to it's Utah "disposal" site.

Without the Associated Press's story even mentioning Kansas City- we know K.C. is the No. 1 rail hub and we're on a direct route between South Carolina and Utah.


So come December- if rail cars seem to be glowing as bright as Plaza Christmas lights- at least you'll know why.


And IF that train derails in Kansas City- we'll ALL look like the Plaza....

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Afghanistan War = FAIL

Even the USSR couldn't win in Afghanistan so naturally- America's "leaders" are entertaining notions of increasing troop strength to that stagnant war of more than 6 years running.


All the war in Afghanistan is doing is increasing the UCSA debt and killing our youth and all we're doing is continuing Herr Bush's failed policies.


America can no more "stop" terrorism with bullets and bombs than our nation can stop this "recession (Depression)" with more taxpayer dollars poured into criminal banking and financial institutions.

If you REALLY want to stop terrorism and "recessions (Depressions)"- pour that money directly TO THE PEOPLE.


Remember- folks with little to nothing to start with have little to nothing to lose....

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WEATHER: Frost- Freeze Possible This Weekend

A strong cold front will surge through MetroRegion Kansas City later this week- bringing lots of rain as well as a chance for the area's first frost and/or freeze this weekend.


At this time- it's looking like the precipitation will end before it gets cold enough for snow- but will be watching that situation as we get closer to the weekend.


Nonetheless- be prepared for at least frost in Metro Kansas City with a freeze possible in low-lying and northern areas of the MetroRegion.

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Maybe The Shawnee-Mission Deer Ate Floyd's Apples?

The Lawrence (KS) JOURNAL-WORLD reports a farmer near Eudora had thieves clean out a crop of apples.

Floyd Ott says someone came into his orchard and picked a couple of hundred of bushels of apples.

No word if this is the vanguard of the UCSA's (United Corporate States of America) new "Apples for Assholes" program- and Mr. Ott has no suspects (maybe it's the Shawnee-Mission Park's overgrown deer population).

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What Kool-Aid Is The Kansas City Star Execs Drinking?

Commercialism is overrunning virtually ALL forms of content today.

When you watch a movie on TV- the commercials increase in number and length toward the end of that movie- so bad the original program becomes unwatchable.

It's much the same for today's newspapers- you try to read news stories through full-page advertisements of shiny material crap.


What I read this morning trumps ALL the above.


The KANSAS CITY STAR in it's infinite corporate stupidity is actually INCREASING THE PRICE of it's advertising-fat Thanksgiving Day edition- from the "normal" 75-cents to a whopping TWO DOLLARS!


Imagine- the STAR's subscribers are CHARGED MORE FOR FOR A PAPER FILLED WITH COMMERCIALS!!!!!!!!!!!

How f-ing stupid is this???


I hope The KANSAS CITY STAR continues losing subscribers based on this boneheaded move- it'll absolutely serve them right and thank McClatchy for a whole-lot-of NOTHING....

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Oklahoma State Trooper Martin Is At It Again

You may remember the highway patrolman from Oklahoma- Trooper Daniel Martin- who got in an altercation with an EMS crew last spring- reported HERE and HERE.

Well- Trooper Martin has become involved in another altercation- this time with a civilian who wasn't related to a car stop Trooper was on at the time- according to STATter 911.


Are the same people in charge of the Oklahoma State Patrol who are in charge of University of Kansas athletics?

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Car Crashes Near Main Gate of Lake City Munitions Plant

In today's Age of Terrorism- imagine being a guard at the entrance to the Lake City/U.S. Army ammunition plant at Missouri 7 and 78 highways around 6:10 am Sunday morning.

Here was a car- careening down the roadway toward the front gate of one of the US military's biggest munitions manufacturing plants and that car wasn't going to stop.

The car- containing 2 occupants- rolled-over and came to rest near the main gate of Lake City- it's 2 male occupants injured.

A medical helicopter was sent for one of the car's occupants: "a male in his 20's who (appeared) uninjured but highly" intoxicated.

The 2nd occupant- also a younger male- was transported by AMR-EMS to an eastern Metro medical trauma center.

You have to think the guards at Lake City's main gate were relieved it was JUST a crash by a possibly intoxicated driver and not a terrorist attempt.

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Fatality Wreck In Kansas City-KS

Just after 2:45 am this morning- a Ford Explorer ran a traffic signal at Southwest Boulevard and Rainbow and slammed into 2 other vehicles.


One of the vehicles struck had 5 people in it- one of the 3 reported in the backseat of this vehicle died at the scene.

At least two others in that car had critical injuries and all the about 5 transported injured ages ranged from the late teens to around 30.

Police were investigating and yet no word on any tickets issued.

The driver of the vehicle that caused the crash ran from the scene.


Please watch KSHB-41 NBC Action News at 8 am- 5 & 10 pm for video and more information.

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