http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Alaska Sat, 18 May 2013 21:39:17 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Alaska Fri, 17 May 2013 12:59:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5a6_1368809412 th1sf8te President Obama humiliated the marine who he asked to hold his umbrella by making him 'look like a butler', a respected military general claimed today. Thomas McInerney, a former United States Air Force Lieutenant General, said that the President showed a 'lack of respect' by making the soldier shelter him from a shower. He also said that the President has plenty of aides so did not understand why one of them could not have held the umbrella. The President caused a stir when he summoned over two marines to keep him dry at a press conference in the Rose Garden. The marines held an umbrella over the President and the Turkish Prime Minister individually as Obama made jokes about the weather. However, for some the move was not a laughing matter particularly as it is a breach of protocol for marines to hold umbrellas while in uniform. Lt Gen McInerney told MailOnline that he found it particularly insulting how the President at one point his his hand under the marine's arm 'like he wasn't doing a good job or something'. He said: 'The President has stood in the rain before without an umbrella and a marine would generally stand there without holding an umbrella.' 'He isn't some kind of butler or something. 'It makes the other guy (the other marine) look like a butler too.' 'I think it's a lack of respect for the marine, that's what I think.' 'I don't understand why one of his aides could not have held the umbrella. The marine is a warrior but the aides are not.' Lt Gen McInerney, 76, served in Vietnam and fought with NATO and was commander of the 11th Air Force in Alaska before retiring. He said: 'If I was his (the marine's) commander...I'd say good job, you did what he wanted you to do but you can't, really he has to keep his comments to himself because if you say anything you're going to get in trouble.' 'Any time a marine has said something...one general who spoke out, he got fired, he got canned from his job.' Lt Gen McInerney also lashed out at the President for not doing enough to support soldiers when they return home from combat.' He said: 'The President talks a good line but he doesn't follow a good line. These guys are coming home and they're not getting what they are supposed to get.' 'The guy's (Obama) got to get real and he's got to start doing stuff the right way and answering questions in the right manner, not changing subject in the middle of the interview.' According to Marine Corps regulations, not even the President of the United States can request a Marine to carry an umbrella without the express permission of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Marine Corp Manual, which is the bible for all soldiers serving, specifically states that a soldier's uniform dress code does not allow the carrying of an umbrella and 'no officer or official shall issue instructions which conflict with, alter, or amend any provision without the approval of the Commandant of the Marine Corps.' Indeed, male Marines are informed never to carry an umbrella from the earliest phases of training. Regulation MCO P1020.34F of the Marine Corps Uniform Regulations chapter 3, rules out any use or carrying of an umbrella while a Marine is in uniform. However, female Marines 'may carry an all-black, plain standard or collapsible umbrella at their option during inclement weather with the service and dress uniforms. It will be carried in the left hand so that the hand salute can be properly rendered.' Many commentators found the use of the marines to be particularly insensitive, given the President was answering questions on Benghazi. The lack of marines protecting Ambassador Chris Stevens at the Libyan consulate and the failure to deploy marines to protect him amid the outbreak of violence has come under fire ever since last year's attack on September 11. Usually a marine guard would be in force at an overseas diplomatic compound but in Benghazi the government opted to use a private Libyan security team. Stevens had made repeated appeals for improved security at the Libyan base but to no avail. Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty were part of a CIA security team stationed a mile away who heard gunshots and intervened to try and help Stevens. They were also killed in an attack on their compound. When violence broke out there were also delays sending in marines to assist. A rapid response team were twice told to stand down amid the chaos while reports at the time said the Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team was delayed because the state department ordered them to deplane and change into civilian clothing. Answering questions on Benghazi, President Obama said the government was ' continuing to review our security at high-threat diplomatic posts' in light of the attack. At the press conference originally intended to be a victory lap for the United States' relationship with Turkey, Obama stood alongside Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan and fielded questions which quickly shifted to the trio of scandals that are engulfing his administration. He also dodged questions about the IRS's targeting of conservative groups, and said 'I offer no apologies' for the Department of Justice's secret seizure of reporter's phone records in search of a classified intelligence leak. He has been under growing pressure over these issues and Benghazi in recent weeks. It has emerged that his State Department political appointees intervened in the aftermath of the 2012 terror attack, in a process that resulted in a misleading set of talking points which ignored terrorism in favor of a more muted explanation, in the midst of a re-election campaign. Addressing the Benghazi fallout pre-emptively before Erdogan spoke, Obama said that 'at my direction, we've been taking a series of steps that were recommended by the review board.' He spoke of various measures he was recommending, to 'learn the lessons of Benghazi.' But he referred to the murders of four Americans there as an 'incident,' not a terror attack. He said: 'That's why, at my direction, we've been taking a series of steps that were recommended by the review board after the incident. We're continuing to review our security at high-threat diplomatic posts, including the size and nature of our presence; improving training for those headed to dangerous posts; increasing intelligence and warning capabilities.' 'And I've directed the Defense Department to ensure that our military can respond lightning quick in times of crisis.' And his remarks focused on 'properly funding' the State Department and Pentagon-run security at diplomatic posts, shifting the burden to Congress to 'provide resources and new authorities so that we can implement all the recommendations of the Accountability Review Board which issued a report last month'. He said: 'We're going to need Congress's help in terms of increasing the number of our Marine Corps Guard who protect our embassies. 'We're not going to be able to do this alone,' Obama said. 'We need Congress.' The review board is under fire for failing to interview high-level Obama administration figures, including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Interviewing Clinton, Republicans on Capitol Hill have said, would have provided insights into who was accountable for lapses in security that left the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya vulnerable to attack. But despite Obama's plea for more funding, money was not an issue in the months before the Benghazi attack when consular officials in Libya asked the State Department for more security forces. Those requests were repeatedly denied, and neither Hillary Clinton nor other State Department officials have raised a lack of funding as the reason more special forces were not on the scene. On the night of the Benghazi attack, the State Department refused to authorize an existing special forces team in the Libyan capital city of Tripoli to board a military C-130 plane headed to Benghazi, despite their readiness to intervene. The Obama administration said later that the decision was made because the forces would not have arrived at the consulate, which was under attack, in time to make a difference. The State Department has been silent on the question of how it knew how long the armed, military-style assault from Islamist terror groups would last. Obama addressed the need to for ''increasing intelligence and warning capabilities' at 'diplomatic posts around the world,' and asked Congress for money to 'increase the Marine Corps contingents' at State Department facilities. On the IRS scandal, Obama said he knew nothing of what was going on. 'My main concern is fixing a problem,' Obama said. 'It is just simply unacceptable for there to be even a hint of partisanship' in the IRS Obuma needs a slap Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325893/President-Obama-makes-U-S-Marine-break-rules-does-look-happy-it.html#ixzz2TZNFD7F1 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter DailyMail on Facebook Video from CNN http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5a6_1368809412 th1sf8te 'It made him look like a butler': Retired general blasts President Obama for ordering U.S. Marine to break military rules by holding an umbrella Retired general blasts President Obama for ordering U.S. Marine to break military rules by holding an umbrella Tue, 14 May 2013 02:48:22 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=08a_1368513813 JustinTime Earth Time Lapse View from Space 1984-2012 Google has released these astonishing images showing data collected from the Landsat satellite from 1982 until 2012. They reveal everything from man's impact on the desert as Las Vegas expands to the retreat of glaciers in Columbia. Google worked with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Nasa and Time to develop the site. 'Today, we're making it possible for you to go back in time and get a stunning historical perspective on the changes to the Earth's surface over time,' said Rebecca Moore, an Engineering Manager at Google. 'Working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME, we're releasing more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space, compiled for the first time into an interactive time-lapse experience. 'We believe this is the most comprehensive picture of our changing planet ever made available to the public.' Google selected a range of images for the project, from the sprouting of Dubai's artificial Palm Islands, the retreat of Alaska's Columbia Glacier, the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon to urban growth in Las Vegas from 1984 to 2012: The images were collected as part of an ongoing joint mission between the USGS and NASA called Landsat. Their satellites have been observing earth from space since the 1970s - with all of the images sent back to Earth and archived on USGS tape drives. 'We started working with the USGS in 2009 to make this historic archive of earth imagery available online,' said Miss Moore. 'Using Google Earth Engine technology, we sifted through 2,068,467 images-a total of 909 terabytes of data-to find the highest-quality pixels (e.g., those without clouds), for every year since 1984 and for every spot on Earth. 'We then compiled these into enormous planetary images, 1.78 terapixels each, one for each year. 'As the final step, we worked with the Create Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, recipients of a Google Focused Research Award, to convert these annual Earth images into a seamless, browsable HTML5 animation.' Google says the maps are 'profound images'. 'Much like the iconic image of Earth from the Apollo 17 mission - which had a profound effect on many of us - his time-lapse map is not only fascinating to explore, but we also hope it can inform the global community's thinking about how we live on our planet and the policies that will guide us in the future. The maps use Google's Earth Engine, which brings together the world's satellite imagery, with trillions of scientific measurements dating back almost 40 years. Google has made it available online with tools for scientists, independent researchers, and nations. the search giant says it hopes the resource will allow people to 'mine this massive warehouse of data to detect changes, map trends and quantify differences on the Earth's surface.' http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=08a_1368513813 JustinTime Earth Time Lapse View from Space 1984-2012 Earth, Time, Lapse, View, From, Space, 1984, 2012 Sun, 12 May 2013 12:39:12 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=da8_1368376406 Detroit Iron The HAARP antenna array. BY NOAH SHACHTMAN 05.10.13 2:02 PM In the history of U.S. military research, there's never been a project with such a combination of big science, high sleaze, and pure conspiratorial strangeness. Yet somehow, some way, the story of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, just got sleazier and stranger - all thanks to an elderly physicist named Alfred Wong. Wong was an early proponent of HAARP, who used the facility in his studies of the ionosphere, the electrically-charged portion of the atmosphere. He also was something of a serial con man, according to a federal plea agreement provided to Danger Room. (.pdf) On Thursday, Wong agreed to pay nearly $1.7 million in damages for falsely billing Darpa and the Interior Department. He also plead guilty to a host of fraud charges. HAARP was originally pitched back in the Cold War as a way for plasma physicists to study the ionosphere by blasting it with radio frequency emissions. If you build this series of RF antennas in remote Alaska, the scientists told the Pentagon, HAARP wound not only advance our understanding of this crucial field. It could also be used to fry incoming Soviet missiles and spy on underground bunkers. One physicist working for the Arco oil-and-gas conglomerate even suggested that HAARP could be used to weaponize hurricanes - that is, if Arco's natural gas fields were used to power the thing. But the Pentagon was only partially interested. So instead the scientists - including a UCLA physics professor Alfred Wong - sought out Ted Stevens, an Alaska senator with a legendary soft spot for pet projects. "He provided some congressional money, some pork money," one of the scientists later told me for a 2009 WIRED magazine story . "It was much less than the bridge to nowhere." With Stevens' help, HAARP was eventually built, and physicists began doing some rather fascinating research there. But when those early ideas about HAARP's potential military uses came out - hoo boy, the tinfoil hat crowd went berserk, and stayed that way for a very long time. Everything from the Haiti earthquake to Hurricane Katrina was blamed on HAARP's dark weather-manipulated powers. People swore that the Alaskan antenna array was controlling their minds. A Russian military journal warned that blasting the ionosphere would cause the planet to " capsize ." Leading the charge was a one-time gemologist, miner, school supervisor, Chickaloon tribal administrator, and mind-control lecturer named Nick Begich, who just happened to be the brother of Stevens' eventual successor, Sen. Mark Begich. Through it all, Wong continued to do research at HAARP and at a neighboring facility called the High Power Auroral Stimulation Observatory, or HIPAS. And over the years, he claimed that he had no idea where people got those crazy notions about HAARP. (Although he occasionally floated ideas himself about hacking the planet and controlling the climate.) Wong swore he had no idea why Sen. Stevens, after their meeting together, kept insisting that HAARP would be able to harness the aurora borealis to bring a new, unlimited source of power to the planet. "There's a current flowing up there that you can modulate, and make some waves," Wong told theWashington Post in 1991. " have never claimed it was a way of taking energy to the ground." Perhaps Wong was telling the truth then. But it appears he has been less than forthright in his dealings with the government more recently. On Thursday, Wong plead guilty to federal fraud charges for submitting bogus invoices to U.S. government agencies. The now-retired professor used a number of different companies - including Van Nuys-based Non-linear Ion Dynamics (NID) and Beverly Hills' Alfred Wong Technologies - to score millions in government research contracts over the last decade. But what Wong did after scoring those contracts was somewhat less than ethical, according to his plea agreement . Darpa paid Wong's Non-linear Ion Dynamics, or NID, less than a million dollars to conduct "basic research into the feasibility of a nano technology battery based upon radiation emitted from a radioactive isotope," the plea agreement notes. In 2005, Wong claimed that Alfred Wong Technologies had sold some equipment related to this research to NID. He then billed the Pentagon for $160,000 in reimbursement. The problem was, "none of the items listed in the two invoices were manufactured by AWT," according to the plea deal. "AWT had no employees other than defendant, no manufacturing facilities, and expended no funds in the fabrication of these items." Oops. Wong wasn't done. Through a third front company, the International Foundation for Science, Health, and the Environment ("IFSHE"), he received a $25 million dollar Department of Interior contract to manage HIPAS, the ionospheric research facility neighboring HAARP in Alaska. Again, Wong claimed that one of his companies had sold equipment to another. Again, it was bogus. "In fact, expenditure was for furniture at IFSHE/NID headquarters in Van Nuys, California," the plea agreement notes. He also used the contract money to fund personal trips to Paris. Perhaps Wong's guilty plea will be the final spasm of HAARP-related weirdness. Perhaps now the facility will cease being Alaska's equivalent of Area 51 , and just be another unassuming government funded research effort. Then, again, the facility has recently been blamed for Hurricane Sandy and pegged as an earthquake weapon to be used in a " false flag " attack on North Korea. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/haarp-fraud/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=da8_1368376406 Detroit Iron HAARP: OK, He Didn't Cause Hurricane Katrina. But He Is Guilty of Fraud. Alfred Wong, HAARP, International Foundation for Science, Health, and the Environment ("IFSHE"), Tue, 07 May 2013 14:33:29 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=972_1367951536 JustinTime Biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are getting a peek into what city bears do all day. Six bears were equipped with rugged video cameras attached to collars around their necks. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=972_1367951536 JustinTime Bears Eyeview Of <span class="highlight">Alaska</span> Bears, Eyeview, Alaska, Camera, Neck Tue, 07 May 2013 01:19:25 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8b5_1367903259 leez27 This girl is just waking up from three months of sleep. Her and her cub, who is three this year, hibernate just behind our heavy equipment shop in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. I work three weeks on three off, year around. It is warming up to -20 f this month. Sorry about the light, this is work and screwing with a bear is not a real popular thing to do while on the slope.. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8b5_1367903259 leez27 Working in Prudhoe Bay <span class="highlight">Alaska</span> with another Bear Alaska, bear, North Slope, Prudhoe Bay, OIL Drilling Thu, 02 May 2013 16:04:40 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a0_1367524519 Kodiak This is my friends daughter who was having a reasonable argument with an Alaska State Trooper. I guess he didn't like that she was right and he was wrong so he decided to slam her to the ground and arrest her. Their call had ended and the Trooper was leaving after insulting and degrading her in her own home. She went to close the door behind him, and the cop turns and violently attacks her. I hope this guy loses his job over this. Normally when i see these videos, i see some drunk a-hole resisting arrest. This girl did nothing to deserve this. The second Trooper, the one who left first and is trying to calm her at end of video. I was arrested by him couple years ago for failure to appear for jury duty. He was a very courteous and respectful officer. He does help slam her to ground, but only after first guy who's the prick initiated the whole scene. Alaska State Troopers are investigating the incident Trooper Mitchell has filed this affadavit He entered the home to look for someone in need of emergency services, explained why he was there and had to push past Waite to continue the search of the home. &quot;I had to push my way past her which i interpreted as her attempt to instigate a confrontation&quot; Mitchell wrote. Mitchell then asked about Marijuana because another person in the home was on felony probation, and possessing marijuana would be in violation of probabtion terms. &quot;while in mid conversation with Waite, she pressed her hand against my upper left arm as if to usher me to the door&quot;Mitchell wrote. &quot;Again i interpreted this as her attempt to instigate a confrontation. I warned Waite not to touch me and we continued to talk&quot; As Mitchell prepared to leave he stepped toward the door and said Waite attempted to move behind him, which made him concerned for his safety. &quot;out of the corner of my eye I saw her reaching her left arm around me which i considered a prelude to a physical assault,&quot; he wrote &quot;I immediately shoved her away to create distance. Waite was arraigned in Kodiak district court on Tuesday and is facing four misdemeanor charges of fourth degree fear of injury assault,fourth degree-degree reckless injury assault,resisting arrest by force and disorderly conduct. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a0_1367524519 Kodiak My friends daughter being slammed and illegally arrested by <span class="highlight">Alaska</span> State Trooper police brutallity,alaska state trooper,alaska ,Kodiak,arrest,wrongful arrest Fri, 10 May 2013 14:36:33 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=425_1368210859 FB-RAMBO What Happens When You Leave A Box Of Fish In The Back Of Your Truck In Dutch Harbor, Alaska! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=425_1368210859 FB-RAMBO Eagles searching for a meal - New Footage alaska eagles eagle eating truck animal fish Tue, 07 May 2013 01:57:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=28c_1367905462 leez27 Just some of the equipment I keep running in the Oil fields of North Slope Alaska, This one is tiny but hungry. CAT N16 420HP hooked to a Volvo 150G. More bigger and better things coming up.. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=28c_1367905462 leez27 more Prudhoe bay equipment Oil, North Slope, Alaska, Prudhoe Bay. Sat, 11 May 2013 11:34:30 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9eb_1368285711 PornToBeWild I almost died of envy watching this so... since I wouldn't like to die alone I decided to upload it here. There are also some falls, they're not quite espectacular though but you might enjoy the whole thing anyway. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9eb_1368285711 PornToBeWild The Modern Motorcycle Diaries: From <span class="highlight">Alaska</span> to Argentina. travel, entertainment, bikes Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:24:20 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=057_1366899702 livelurked Couch vs 10 Lbs of Tannerite. All part of how they shake off cabin fever I guess. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=057_1366899702 livelurked Blowing up a couch in <span class="highlight">Alaska</span> Couch vs 10 Lbs of Tannerite Thu, 09 May 2013 22:08:18 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=652_1368151606 livelurked Dont you dare tread on me... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=652_1368151606 livelurked <span class="highlight">Alaska</span>ns being <span class="highlight">Alaska</span>ns alaska, shootout Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:29:18 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=957_1366396157 livelurked A school of halibut attack a GoPro dropped on a fishing rod. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=957_1366396157 livelurked Halibut school attack GoPro Halibut, school, attack, GoPro fish, alaska