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October 25, 2021
Shipping is a linear system, bottlenecks bring it to a halt, then the halt radiates up and down the line.
this twitter thread by a shipping guy lays out the specific problems in a neat way, and details a system most of us don't see.
very glad I read it.
https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543776992845834
Found a good thread re: how/why we are seeing so many shortages
Shipping is a linear system, bottlenecks bring it to a halt, then the halt radiates up and down the line.
this twitter thread by a shipping guy lays out the specific problems in a neat way, and details a system most of us don't see.
very glad I read it.
https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543776992845834
October 22, 2021
https://www.latintimes.com/congress-staffer-charged-10-felonies-related-possession-child-pornography-490762
Congress Staffer Charged With 10 Felonies Related To Possession Of Child Pornography
A staffer at the US House of Representatives was arrested Wednesday and charged with possession of child pornography. Fairfax Country police said, Stefan Bieret, 41, who works as an assistant to the US House of Representative Sergeant-at-Arms, is facing 10 felonies and allegedly owns a DropBox account containing images of child sexual abuse material.
According to Fox News, Bieret, who lives in Burke, Virginia, became the subject of an investigation when the National Center for the Missing and Exploited Children was alerted about a potentially illicit image that was uploaded to the alleged DropBox account. Authorities from the task force on internet crimes against children took action on the report and tracked the owner of the account to a resident in Fairfax County.
According to Fox News, Bieret, who lives in Burke, Virginia, became the subject of an investigation when the National Center for the Missing and Exploited Children was alerted about a potentially illicit image that was uploaded to the alleged DropBox account. Authorities from the task force on internet crimes against children took action on the report and tracked the owner of the account to a resident in Fairfax County.
https://www.latintimes.com/congress-staffer-charged-10-felonies-related-possession-child-pornography-490762
October 3, 2021
easy peasy...the creators of the Pandora Papers ( same ones who put out the Panama and the Paradise papers, have all the names and all the money stashes on their website, here:
https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/power-players/
Sure explains why nothing never gets better........
Wanna know who the people are in the Pandora Papers?
easy peasy...the creators of the Pandora Papers ( same ones who put out the Panama and the Paradise papers, have all the names and all the money stashes on their website, here:
https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/power-players/
Sure explains why nothing never gets better........
September 17, 2021
Their motivation, actually.
Do they mask when coming into the airport, checking luggage, sitting in waiting area, getting the boarding pass, and, most importantly, entering and sitting on the plane?
Surely they know they have to mask for some, if not all, the preflight stuff. And they know if the flight requires them.
So what is the point of starting a fight in the seating area? Haven't they watched the news and seen the consequences of previous rule breaking passengers??
I don't get it.
Burning question about airplane passengers who create a brouhaha over not masking:
Their motivation, actually.
Do they mask when coming into the airport, checking luggage, sitting in waiting area, getting the boarding pass, and, most importantly, entering and sitting on the plane?
Surely they know they have to mask for some, if not all, the preflight stuff. And they know if the flight requires them.
So what is the point of starting a fight in the seating area? Haven't they watched the news and seen the consequences of previous rule breaking passengers??
I don't get it.
September 5, 2021
New cases have 7 day average of over 5,000 now. Been climbing daily since Aug. 25th.
deaths are still relatively low, but we know now that some cases become terminal weeks after infection.
Alabama population is 4.9 million as of 2019 count.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/alabama-covid-cases.html
and the season for Alabama's 2nd major religion, football, is upon us.
2 weeks ago trump's super spreader event was here in Ala.
New cases have 7 day average of over 5,000 now. Been climbing daily since Aug. 25th.
deaths are still relatively low, but we know now that some cases become terminal weeks after infection.
Alabama population is 4.9 million as of 2019 count.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/alabama-covid-cases.html
and the season for Alabama's 2nd major religion, football, is upon us.
September 2, 2021
I hope they call it the Abbott Law.He just shot himself and all Pres. ambitions in the leg.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-abortion-rights_n_6130eeeae4b05f53eda4b24b?qgc
Pelosi just announced making abortion rights a Federal Law!!!!!
I hope they call it the Abbott Law.He just shot himself and all Pres. ambitions in the leg.
Nancy Pelosi Announces Vote On Bill To Codify Roe v. Wade
The House speaker said shes responding to the Supreme Courts cowardly, dark-of-night decision decision to greenlight Texas extreme anti-abortion law.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that she plans to bring up legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that protects the right to choose to have an abortion, as soon as the House returns from recess this month.
Upon our return, the House will bring up Congresswoman Judy Chus Womens Health Protection Act to enshrine into law reproductive health care for all women across America, Pelosi said in a statement.
Her announcement comes a day after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed an extreme Texas law to go into effect that criminalizes abortion at six weeks and deputizes citizens to enforce the ban.
The House speaker railed against the Supreme Courts decision, saying its cowardly, dark-of-night decision to let the Texas law take effect delivers catastrophe to women in Texas, particularly women of color and women from low-income communities.
The House speaker said shes responding to the Supreme Courts cowardly, dark-of-night decision decision to greenlight Texas extreme anti-abortion law.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that she plans to bring up legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that protects the right to choose to have an abortion, as soon as the House returns from recess this month.
Upon our return, the House will bring up Congresswoman Judy Chus Womens Health Protection Act to enshrine into law reproductive health care for all women across America, Pelosi said in a statement.
Her announcement comes a day after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed an extreme Texas law to go into effect that criminalizes abortion at six weeks and deputizes citizens to enforce the ban.
The House speaker railed against the Supreme Courts decision, saying its cowardly, dark-of-night decision to let the Texas law take effect delivers catastrophe to women in Texas, particularly women of color and women from low-income communities.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-abortion-rights_n_6130eeeae4b05f53eda4b24b?qgc
August 22, 2021
As most parents know, when you read bedtime stories to the lil kids, they go thru a phase when they want the same book read to them over and over and over. They know it by heart and if you leave anything out, they are quick to call you on it. The story is very real to them, knowing it by heart is soothing..
I was reminded of this while watching the pasture rally in Cullman. Both trump and Mo Brooks got loudly booed when they changed part of the familiar story.
Trump actually said people should get vaccinated. Immediately boos and shouts of NO No.
He finally had to say, with some snark..." Ok..get vaccinated or don't, it's up to you," then he added " You'll find out soon enough"...The crowd relaxed.
Mo Brooks, who came on before trump, urged the crowd to "leave 2020 election behind us" and was interrupted by loud boos. He tried again, got booed again.
Brooks was visibly taken aback by this.
3rd time he was able finish his thought, awkwardly, by saying something like "ok.ok..remember the past election, but focus all your efforts on 2022 and 2024"...words to that effect.
thoughts?
Trump may be losing control of his followers
As most parents know, when you read bedtime stories to the lil kids, they go thru a phase when they want the same book read to them over and over and over. They know it by heart and if you leave anything out, they are quick to call you on it. The story is very real to them, knowing it by heart is soothing..
I was reminded of this while watching the pasture rally in Cullman. Both trump and Mo Brooks got loudly booed when they changed part of the familiar story.
Trump actually said people should get vaccinated. Immediately boos and shouts of NO No.
He finally had to say, with some snark..." Ok..get vaccinated or don't, it's up to you," then he added " You'll find out soon enough"...The crowd relaxed.
Mo Brooks, who came on before trump, urged the crowd to "leave 2020 election behind us" and was interrupted by loud boos. He tried again, got booed again.
Brooks was visibly taken aback by this.
3rd time he was able finish his thought, awkwardly, by saying something like "ok.ok..remember the past election, but focus all your efforts on 2022 and 2024"...words to that effect.
thoughts?
August 22, 2021
big news when it happened, haven't seen anything since.
UPDATE.....
thank you for the answers....
Anyone know what happened about National Guard being sent to border wall?
big news when it happened, haven't seen anything since.
UPDATE.....
thank you for the answers....
June 15, 2021
"A new online tool for #SeditionHunters! A searchable photoboard of all perps.
Click on each perp and you get a page of photos and information."
https://jan6attack.com/individuals.htm
big news today is photos of former U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA 42) in the mob.
Here's an excellent searchable database of the Jan. 6 seditionists.
"A new online tool for #SeditionHunters! A searchable photoboard of all perps.
Click on each perp and you get a page of photos and information."
https://jan6attack.com/individuals.htm
big news today is photos of former U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA 42) in the mob.
June 6, 2021
That's the maximum allowable seating at the Greenville Convention Center.
Haven't found out if it was fully occupied.
So when you hear the trump camp bragging about a huge crowd size.......
Trump's audience yesterday could not have been over 1,250
That's the maximum allowable seating at the Greenville Convention Center.
Haven't found out if it was fully occupied.
So when you hear the trump camp bragging about a huge crowd size.......
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