[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] One person has been killed and five injured, including children, in a shooting in Washington, D.C., just minutes away from the White House.
At around 6:15 pm, the suspects drove up and fired into a crowd in the Carver Langston neighborhood on Wednesday evening, according to Police Chief Pamela Smith.
Investigators believe the suspects left the car and began shooting at people on the street.
They peeled away in a light blue Toyota sedan with no front tags, dark tints and black rims, police say. The vehicle is 'possibly occupied with two shooters inside.'
Gang killing?
One man was declared dead at the scene, while two men, a woman and a 9-year-old boy were rushed by ambulance to local hospitals.
A 12-year-old boy later arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound and is also believed to be a victim, Smith said.
Their conditions were unknown as of Wednesday evening.
Police roped off the crime scene in the 1100 block of 21st Street NE.
The gunfire erupted roughly four miles away from the White House, where President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were hosting a state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife.
[EDITION.CHANNEL5BELIZE] An American woman died following a brawl she was involved in on La Isla Bonita over the weekend. A postmortem examination is expected to determine whether she died from injuries received during the fight or the accident that led to the brawl.
The victim, forty-six-year-old Jennifer Lynn Griffith, was in the passenger seat of the golf cart that her husband, forty-one-year-old Maynor Rene Ancona, was driving when they crashed into El Norte Bar on Saturday night. That accident led to an altercation between the couple and the bar’s employees. It was during that fight that one of the employees threw a conch shell at Griffith, hitting her on the head. She was taken to the hospital but refused medical care, discharging herself. The pain in her head returned a day later, when she was rushed to the hospital, where she succumbed. Police Commissioner Chester Williams briefed the media this morning.
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[ABC] O.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted of the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, has died, according to his family. He was 76. Search for the "real killer" finally ends.
"On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace," a statement from his family said. Justice 20 years delayed.
#6
In a movie (which couldn't be made today) full of great scenes, in Shrek 2 during the episode of 'Knights' (parody of the TV show Cops for you Tiktokrs) there is a quick quip about Shrek and Donkey (they had taken the Happily Ever After potion) 'in pursuit of a white bronco'.
If you kids want to get really brave, check out the movie The Naked Gun.
#7
Don't forget 'Blazing Saddles' which included the groundbreaking scene of Cleavon Little taking himself hostage...and the moronic white people who took him seriously. No idea why that came to mind.
#8
I remember well the day that picture was taken of the Ford Bronco being followed by all those cop cars. Before the cops located the Bronco they used helicopters to search all over southern California. On my way home northbound on Interstate 5 after work, the traffic was seriously jammed because a police helicopter was hovering over the freeway and frequently dipping low over the freeway to get a closer look. I saw on the television when I finally got home that they were looking for OJ as far south as northern San Diego County. The TV people went bonkers and stayed that way until OJ's trial was over. I don't remember how long that took but it seems like it must have been a total media circus for over a year.
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My number hasn't changed. Ring me up when you get here.
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The TV people went bonkers and stayed that way until OJ's trial was over.
Not just here at home. We were living in Germany at the time, and both the German and the British news media covered the trial in exhaustive detail. A number of my acquaintances demanded I explain the whys and wherefores to them, accustomed as they were to the presumption of guilt that is standard in so much of the world.
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GT, I have the three step modern entertainment recovery program at, in order to prevent shock:
The Naked Gun
Airplane!
Blazing Saddles
After knowing the joke behind every scene, they will be able to:
Understand Satire
Know how boring modern corporate media entertainment companies are
That Spaceballs is not a Disney Star War origin movie
#8
there is a Superfund site adjacent to the town of Moab and its already full of Uranium waste! the dust that blows off the top adds a certain charm to the area.
[NY Post] The 20-year-old passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise last week after an argument with his dad has been identified as a former high school football player and avid hunter living in Florida. "I'm gonna jump off this boat and kill myself and then you'll be sorry!"
Levion Parker, of North Port, Florida, has been missing since he jumped overboard April 4 in front of his brother and father on the cruise to Cuba and the Bahamas’ Grand Inagua Island, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
The release of his identity comes shortly after the Coast Guard called off its search for Parker.
Social media posts show Parker often went on hunting and fishing trips. He also played football for North Port High School before he graduated in 2022, according to the Daily Mail.
Parker jumped off the 18-story Liberty of the Seas after reportedly getting into an argument with his father.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Child sexual assault charges have been dropped against Camp Pendleton Marine Avery L. Rosario.
Private First Class Rosario was charged by military prosecutors last year after the teenage girl, who had been missing for 18 days, was found at Camp Pendleton.
The unnamed girl went missing on June 10 and her family has claimed she was sold to a Marine stationed at the base as a sex slave.
But Rosario's defense said he met the girl on Tinder and her profile said she was 21 years old.
The charges against Rosario have now been dropped, just one week before his general court-martial was expected to start, NBC San Diego reports.
He entered a plea agreement, which saw military prosecutors re-refer him to a special court martial for a charge of 'breach of restriction' for leaving the base without permission on June 27 to meet the teenager using a privately owned vehicle.
At the time, Rosario had been 'placed on restriction' after being tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, his attorney confirmed.
He has now been released from confinement after serving more than twice the maximum sentence for breach of restriction, which would only be one month.
Rosario was sentenced to a reduction of rank forfeiture of two-thirds of pay for one month - in line with the punishment for breach of restriction.
As part of the plea agreement, Rosario will be discharged from the Corps, which could take up to 120 days.
Rosario matched with the girl on Tinder on June 26 after she created a profile under the pseudonym 'Kayla', his lawyers told an Article 32 hearing, which is the military equivalent of a civilian preliminary court hearing.
Rosario's lawyers emphasized Tinder is for casual sex. They said Rosario and the girl began messaging and the teen suggested they move their conversation to Instagram and even proposed they get a hotel room.
Rosario claimed he drove to pick up the girl on June 27 and the two had consensual sex at the barracks.
[NPR] The Justice Department announced a new rule Thursday that will require anyone who sells guns to run federal background checks — a process that would cut down on what's been known as the 'gun show loophole.'
The rule expands the definition of what it means to be "engaged in the business" of selling firearms. The clarification means that background checks are required for the sale of guns not just at gun stores, but also for guns sold at flea markets, on social media and at gun shows. [what about the back of taxis, playgrounds or National Parks?]
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the new move will save lives.
"Under this regulation, it will not matter if guns are sold on the internet, at a gun show, or at a brick-and-mortar store: if you sell guns predominantly to earn a profit, you must be licensed, and you must conduct background checks," Garland told reporters. "predominantly to earn a profit"
The Justice Department said the new rule, which goes into effect 30 days after it is submitted, would affect roughly 23,000 unlicensed dealers. It has the potential to impact tens of thousands of gun sales each year. It also allows for better tracing of guns that are found at crime scenes, including mass shootings.
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/\ More ATF and FBI personnel will likely be needed to handle the increased levels of background checks. I recommend at least 80,000 for each agency.
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#4 in New Mexico any transfer of guns has to be reported, to 'friend', family member, inheritance.... Just another technicality to steal from law abiding cause they don't apply the law to so many criminals already doing it.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Saudi Arabia has been forced to scale back its $1.5trillion plans for a 106-mile linear desert city, according to reports, in a humiliating decision for the kingdom. The Line - part of the country's audacious and futuristic NEOM project - was meant to be home to around 1.5 million residents by the end of the decade.
Now, according to people familiar with the project, the development will only stretch 1.5 miles and house fewer than 300,000 residents by 2030. As a result of the reduction to the construction of The Line, at least one contractor has started dismissing workers it employs on the site, Bloomberg reports. Stunning concept images released by the kingdom in 2022 showed a vast, mirrored structure cutting through the desert near crystal blue ocean waters.
It is one of several developments that form the country's NEOM project - which also includes an industrial city, ports and tourism developments. But The Line was the jewel in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 project, which was set in motion to diversify his country's oil dependent economy, as well as its society and culture, and improve the image on the world stage. The Kingdom said the project, which is expected to cost $1.5 trillion, would be an 'unprecedented living experience' that preserves 'surrounding nature'.
The megacity was to feature two parallel skyscrapers extending across a swathe of desert and mountain terrain, with mirrored facades on the outside. Saudi officials said it would be built in stages, and would eventually cover a 106-mile stretch of desert along the coast of the Red Sea in the western Tabuk province. However, Bloomberg reports that these plans have now been dramatically scaled back - with the 106 mile structure being reduced to just 1.5 miles. It is not clear whether it will still feature its twin skyscrapers seen in the concept imagery, or if the whole project will have to be reconsidered.
Citing its sources, the publication reports that Saudi Arabia has not yet approved NEOM's 2024 budget, and that its vast expenditure is beginning to concern officials. Some projects outlined in the Vision 2030 are already expected to be delayed past the end of the decade, with Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan saying in December that longer is needed to 'build factories' and 'sufficient human resources.' 'The delay or rather the extension of some projects will serve the economy,' he said. NEOM was first announced in 2017, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivering a presentation on The Line in July 2022.
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The area west of Tabuk military airfield has some of the most spectacular geology found anywhere. The Red sea area is fantastic for snorkeling. Finally, Jabal Lawz, located nearby is considered the true Mt. Sinai, and will have lots of Mormon visitors. The $1.5 trillion plan should have been scaled back long ago.
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[Regnum] Washington intends to deploy medium-range missile systems in the Asia-Pacific region by 2024.A representative of the US Pacific Command told RIA Novosti about this
The source assured that “everything is going according to plan” to achieve the set goals - to mark the missiles by the end of the year. Such a step, according to experts, will be aimed at containing China.
The US is believed to be considering deploying the Typhon ground-launched medium-range missile system, which is being developed by the US Army and could be equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of more than 1,600 km and the new SM6 interceptor missile. They were successfully tested in 2023.
The installation of missiles in the region will be the first since the US and Russia signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) in 1987. The INF Treaty previously prohibited the two countries from possessing ground-launched medium-range ballistic and cruise missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 km.
As Regnum reported, the American authorities intend to strengthen their containment of China. To this end, they plan to deploy intermediate-range missiles to the Indo-Pacific region in 2024, US Army Pacific Command spokesman Rob Phillips said in December 2023.
Experts suggested that the missiles would be deployed primarily at American bases on the island of Guam. The media wrote that Japan and the Philippines, with which the United States is developing security cooperation, are reluctant to accept new American military capabilities on their territory for fear of becoming a target for China in the event of an armed conflict in the region.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the United States has begun testing actions to transfer missile systems to European countries that were previously prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. According to her, the US Navy demonstratively moved to use the MK-70 launcher complex as part of maneuvers that were carried out in the EU countries with the participation of Washington’s NATO allies.
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Geezers of a certain age might remember the US installing Jupiter medium-range nuclear armed ballistic missiles in Turkey as a precursor to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
#6
Yeah, those STARTED the Cuban Missile Crisis, which nearly killed us all.
Thank God JFK knew when to back down and did it. Our warmongers in DC won't back down this time. They'll go to DEFCON 1 before they ever back down and we will not be talking about it 80 years later on the internet because America will be DEAD
#8
Excuse me, B, but America's total debt is now in the neighborhood of $35 trillion. Not that I'm any fan of Gavin Newsom, but I'm pretty sure California's debt is minuscule compared to that. Nuclear war might be the only way we'll ever get out of it.
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Probably take care of the homeless problem too.
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If its not inside the school you have no legal basis to get involved. If its happening outside the school, report it to the local authorities. Inform the parents of the activity and point out their culpability in providing junior or missy the means of owning or distributing kiddie p0rn.
#5
Confiscate any cell phones found on campus. Then, what the students do on their own time is their business.
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Get rid of all the electronics, go back to paper.
Exceptions for classes requiring calculators, to be supplied by school and returned after class.
So even if they go home and have the computer do their homework, they at least get the rote memorization and penmanship, like the old copybook lessons, when hand writing the printout.
[Bazinga] During an April 8 call on the "Dave Ramsey Show," Trisha from Jersey Shore, a divorced mother of two, asked how to generate a $200,000 annual income by leveraging her assets, including a fully paid-off home valued between $3.6 million and $4.1 million.
With $760,000 in savings and a background in profitable house flipping, albeit challenged by recent economic conditions, Trisha inquired whether selling her home was the most advantageous path or if alternative strategies existed.
Ramsey questioned the impact of adjusting to an annual income of $200,000, given her high-value assets and lifestyle. Trisha revealed her annual expenses range between $170,000 and $185,000, indicating careful consideration of her target income.
Trisha suggested downsizing to a $1 million home and investing the rest of her money. Ramsey raised a concern about the potential disruption for her son, who might need to change school districts if they moved to a less expensive home. Trisha insisted it is possible to find a home in the district in that price range.
When asked what she did for work, Trisha said she used to flip properties but the market hasn't been ideal for that. Ramsey suggested that selling the home and downsizing could generate significantly more than the desired $200,000 yearly income.
Highlighting her success in flipping 17 properties without a loss, Ramsey probed the level of risk Trisha had encountered and discussed the financial prospects of continuing in the flipping business with a $2 million budget. Trisha estimated a profit range of $200,000 to $300,000 per flip, to which Ramsey emphasized the necessity of higher margins, cautioning that anything less than a consistent 20% profit margin may not justify the risks involved.
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Regardless of income or assets, 'downsizing' or smartsizing in today's housing market can produce handsome results. Lifestyle changes can also be of great benefit. Also consider home location.
As mentioned, when considering "High-Yield savings" being mindful of the FDIC insurance limits is essential. Multiple institutional deposits should be considered, as well as kid's accounts and trusts.
Anyone with those kinds of assets should seriously consider a Swiss vacation. As Ramsey recommends, APY's are the place to start.
#3
So, let me see, a so-called expert at flipping houses is asking for advice if she should sell her ca. $4 million house. O.k., got it, just making sure.
#5
All the privately held wealth in the US would not fill the bottomless pit of the national debt and unfunded entitlements. If every last dime were expropriated the economy would implode faster than a supernova and there would still be debt and unfunded liabilities.
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[BLS.gov] The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the same increase as in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.5 percent before seasonal adjustment.
The index for shelter rose in March, as did the index for gasoline. Combined, these two indexes contributed over half of the monthly increase in the index for all items. The energy index rose 1.1 percent over the month. The food index rose 0.1 percent in March. The food at home index was unchanged, while the food away from home index rose 0.3 percent over the month.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent in March, as it did in each of the 2 preceding months. Indexes which increased in March include shelter, motor vehicle insurance, medical care, apparel, and personal care. The indexes for used cars and trucks, recreation, and new vehicles were among those that decreased over the month.
BREAKING, INSIDE THE FEDERAL RESERVE: Hidden Camera captures Principal Economist @federalreserve talking about Jerome Powell’s legacy as “somebody who held the line against like, Trump.” The influential agency responsible for maintaining a stable monetary system appears to not… pic.twitter.com/5CqZX2LhwT
… appears to not just be establishing interest rates, but to be setting policies for desired social outcomes.
“Under Powell, the Fed has changed to think about equity issues, like racial issues, think about wealth inequality as part of the mandate, as part of the things we are following. Think about climate change.” Aurel Hizmo, Principal Economist at the Federal Reserve, who prior to working at the Fed was an Assistant Professor
@NYUStern
and received his PhD in Economics from
@DukeU
, helps write speeches for Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell for the Federal Open Market Committee.
Hizmo says “Trump is just a crazy person” and conservatives are “dumb” as he describes to OMG’s American Swiper Citizen Journalist a politicized Federal Reserve Board where Powell has promoted ESG issues like climate change and “wants to be remembered in history” “as a savior.” But shhh…don’t tell anyone because Hizmo says: “I’m just really worried that I’m saying stuff that’s classified…It’s all classified.”
@RonPaul @RandPaul
[GEO.TV] At least 13 people were killed and 20 others injured when a truck carrying pilgrims to the Shah Noorani shrine fell into a ditch in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Hub district, a spokesperson of the Balochistan government told Geo News on Wednesday.
The truck carrying the pilgrims from Thatta had fallen in Hub district while en route to Shah Noorani shrine in Balochistan's Khuzdar district.
The front man shared that the pilgrims were travelling to the Shah Noorani shrine from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... the police told Geo News that the pilgrims that were involved in the accident belonged to Thatta district in Sindh.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti taking notice of the incident directed the district administration to transfer the injured to the hospitals immediately. I knew there'd be a Bugti in this somehow
The spokesperson of the provincial government shared that an emergency has been imposed in the Jam Ghulam Qadir Hospital Hub. He added that emergency instructions have been sent to the commissioners of Kalat and Hub.
The spokesperson also shared that the CM has asked the administration to contact the Sindh government to shift the critically injured to Karachi.
According to Balochistan Health Secretary Abdullah Khan the bodies of the five people killed and 16 of the injured have been shifted to the Jam Ghulam Qadir Hospital in Hub.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi taking note of the incident expressed his sympathy and condolences with the families affected by the incident. He also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
The Shah Noorani shrine is located in a remote mountainous region about 200km away from Karachi.
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A good thing that the spoilt, arrogant lads finally experience some consequences.
The men - who are between the ages of 18 and 21 - plead not guilty to charges ranging from criminal mischief to obstructing governmental administration
Four defendants are currently in Israel - where he said all but one of them come from - and were not present at the hearing
The young men have been ordered to give up their passports but did not agree to prosecutors' demands to ban them from the Crown Heights synagogue
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I have the NYC hookup. If you need entry to the NYC Dirty Jew Rape Tunnels, I gotcha covered. The catch is you have to get the rapee into the tunnels first. How do you do just that? Tricky stuff. You can inconspicuously escort your rape victim through the temple front doors and into the backroom and down into the rape tunnels, just dont forget to reserve your room. Or your can bound and gang your victim, carry them down the Manhattan Block, of course no one will bat an eye - its NYC, you can carry your victim down the block and toss them through the manhole cover down into the secret dirty jew raping tunnels. Dont mind the queue.
[Epoch Times] When recalling past temperatures to make comparisons to the present, and inform future climate policy, rely in part on temperature readings from the United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN). The network was established to provide an "accurate, unbiased, up-to-date historical climate record for the United States," NOAA states, and it has recorded more than 100 years of daily maximum and minimum temperatures from stations across the United States.
The problem, say experts, is that an increasing number of USHCN’s stations don’t exist anymore.
"They are physically gone—but still report data—like magic," said Lt. Col. John Shewchuk, a certified consulting meteorologist. Mr. Shewchuck said USHCN stations reached a maximum of 1,218 stations in 1957, but after 1990 the number of active stations began declining due to aging equipment and personnel retirements.
NOAA still records data from these ghost stations by taking the temperature readings from surrounding stations, and recording their average for the ghost station, followed by an "E," for estimate.
The addition of the ghost station data means NOAA’s "monthly and yearly reports are not representative of reality," said Anthony Watts, a meteorologist and senior fellow for environment and climate at the Heartland Institute.
"If this kind of process were used in a court of law, then the evidence would be thrown out as being polluted."
NOAA’s use of ghost temperature stations isn’t a recent phenomenon. In 2014, Mr. Watts raised the issue of ghost stations and bad data with NOAA’s chief scientist at the National Climatic Data Center, Tom Peterson, and Texas’ state climatologist, John Nielsen-Gammon, who confirmed there was an issue.
"Anthony — I just did a check of all Texas USHCN stations. Thirteen had estimates in place of apparently good data," Mr. Nielsen-Gammon wrote in an email to Mr. Watts, according to a report on the latter’s website.
"It’s a bug, a big one. And as Zeke [Hausfather] did a cursory analysis Thursday night, he discovered it was systemic to the entire record, and up to 10 percent of stations have ’estimated’ data spanning over a century."
According to Mr. Watts, ghost stations are problematic but are only part of a much bigger problem.
He explained that several different entities—such as the European Commission’s Copernicus, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Berkeley’s Earth Surface Temperatures (BEST), and NOAA—publish monthly and yearly climate data and advertise themselves as having "independent data."
"That is a lie," Mr. Watts said about the independent data claim.
"The USHCN data set and the [new] nClimDiv climate division data set [which uses the same stations and has the same problems] comes from the Cooperative Observer [Program] in the United States.
"Similarly, in the rest of the world, there is a Cooperative Observer [Program] that suffers from the same problems of attrition and incompetence. And it’s called the GHCN; the Global Historical Climatology Network.
"All these different entities out there, like NOAA, GISS, BEST, all the entities I listed, use the same data from GHCN. And they all apply their own set of ’special sauce' adjustments to create what they believe is true.
"It’s almost like each of these entities is creating their version of the real, true God. You know, it’s like a religion. They’re using different mathematical and statistical techniques to produce their version of climate reality.
"And it all goes back to the same original, badly-sited, badly-maintained ghost station dataset around the world. USHCN and GHCN are the same stuff. So, there is no independent temperature dataset. It’s bogus that anyone claims this."
Mr. Shewchuk said the warming the earth has experienced since the 1800s is much less than has been reported, but even if it weren’t, warmer temperatures are natural—not manmade—and not a cause for concern.
"We are still thawing out from the Little Ice Age because the Bray and Eddy solar cycles are still in their warming phases," he said. "[Carbon dioxide] is a greenhouse gas, but its contribution to today’s warming is trivial. "There is no climate emergency. In fact, all measures of severe weather are decreasing—even tornadoes and hurricanes.
Furthermore, global warming (at least the little that there is) and increasing CO2 are good for life on Earth. History clearly shows us that life thrives during warm periods (like the Medieval Warm Period) and suffers during cool periods (like the Little Ice Age).
He pointed out that even NOAA and NASA report that increased CO2 has "greened the planet" and increased plant growth, which has benefited food production.
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In the November 16, 1968 issue of Nature, James R. Bray first proposed the idea of a 2600-year solar-driven climate cycle based primarily upon evidence of Holocene global glacier advances and retreats. We prefer the Bray Cycle after him, but the same cycle is often called the Hallstatt Cycle. ... We use both names interchangeably to refer both to the climate cycle and the solar cycle. Bray only considered the maximum advance of a glacier field or a major re-advance that reached the near vicinity of the maximum. He used glacier fields in North America, Greenland, Eurasia, New Zealand and South America in the study.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
The victim, forty-six-year-old Jennifer Lynn Griffith, was in the passenger seat of the golf cart that her husband, forty-one-year-old Maynor Rene Ancona, was driving when they crashed into El Norte Bar on Saturday night. That accident led to an altercation between the couple and the bar’s employees. It was during that fight that one of the employees threw a conch shell at Griffith, hitting her on the head. She was taken to the hospital but refused medical care, discharging herself. The pain in her head returned a day later, when she was rushed to the hospital, where she succumbed. Police Commissioner Chester Williams briefed the media this morning.
[NY Post] The 20-year-old passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise last week after an argument with his dad has been identified as a former high school football player and avid hunter living in Florida.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Child sexual assault charges have been dropped against Camp Pendleton Marine 
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Saudi Arabia has been forced to scale back its $1.5trillion plans for a 106-mile linear desert city, according to reports, in a humiliating decision for the kingdom. The Line - part of the country's audacious and futuristic NEOM project - was meant to be home to around 1.5 million residents by the end of the decade.
"They are physically gone—but still report data—like magic," said Lt. Col. John Shewchuk, a certified consulting meteorologist. Mr. Shewchuck said USHCN stations reached a maximum of 1,218 stations in 1957, but after 1990 the number of active stations began declining due to aging equipment and personnel retirements.
Mr. Shewchuk said the warming the earth has experienced since the 1800s is much less than has been reported, but even if it weren’t, warmer temperatures are natural—not manmade—and not a cause for concern.
