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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (580929)	8/14/2010 11:27:32 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571405

I hope this is not symptomatic of global warming. Peat fires smog leaves Moscow, blankets Russia's Urals Smog haze from the peat bog and forest fires left Central Russia heading for Russia's Urals and Kazakhstan, NASA press service said on Saturday. The Terra NASA satellite, equipped with a thermal emission and reflection radiometer, registered two hotspots from fires, one of them is southeasterly off Moscow, the second one is in the Urals region. Last week Moscow was covered by the acrid dense smog, but the northern and northern easterly winds blew the smog off the city. A scorching heat wave has gripped much of European Russia since mid-June, which coupled with the worst drought since the 1970s has made the countryside particularly susceptible to wildfires. Thousands of emergency workers and military personnel have been working round the clock for almost three weeks to fight the fires in 22 regions, which have so far killed more than 50 people and left over 3,500 homeless. The immediate economic cost of the fires has been estimated at $15 billion. en.rian.ru

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (580929)	8/14/2010 11:30:18 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571405

Re: The white racists that used to be major members of the Democratic party while openly racist, are numerous... That was 50 years ago. Indeed: When [President Lyndon B.] Johnson signed the 1965 Civil Rights Act he made a prophecy that he was “signing away the south for 50 years”. This proved accurate. In fact, the Democrats have never recovered the vote of the white racists in the Deep South. You have to understand. The GOP is getting a bit desperate. They keep saying they are not racist but there is one racist incident afer another involving them. They are a party more suited for the 19th century instead of the 21at.