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To repeat the immortal words of another famous pilot...I could tell you but then I'd hafta kill you.
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Drove 300 miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway’s 450 miles and it was grand. No intersections, no lights or stop signs, no stores, no gas stations, no 18 wheelers, just mile after mile of the most well maintained and manicured parkway you’ve ever seen. Looks like it was vacuumed….😊
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Whatever Caper wants to hear...no telling what he might be interested in hearing.
I thought Toyota was a wait, for a couple hours. Haha
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I was told it was "delight"...pie filling mixed with cinnamon roll dough topped with low fat Cool Whip and sprinkled with those wild Canadian blue berries.
Yeah it was wonderful but our minds were changed to grilled talapia and asperigus with cheese.
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I look forward to saying "I can neither confirm nor deny"...please consult with the Public Affairs Office regarding press releases if any occur. I had that sign in large letters outside my office so the folks didn't need to think about what to say. Just wish we had "call blocking" back then.
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A little rain falling this afternoon. A little more overnight.
Should be nice tomorrow, and around 60.
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Should be nice tomorrow, and around 60.
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Well...that was a good thought. This morning I pulled out the Cool Whip for my waffles and learned it was full strength...wondered why it tasted better.
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Yes, rain and sun and clouds all waiting for the 2nd most powerful storm (equal to a Cat 3 hurricane they say) to hit the Pacific North West on Sunday evening...glad we're in the Inland North West hiding behind the Cascades and several hundred miles of surface friction. We're forecast to 20 mph and a 1/2 inch of rain. A ship in the Pacific lost several containers overboard passing thru the storm...no big deal...no one to unload them anyway...where are all those illegals that sneaked over the border when we need them? I guess that's more complex work that picking tomatoes.
Forecast saying that it could get nasty tonight. Especially in northern half of Arkansas an into Missouri.
Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this Sunday evening and into the overnight hours early Monday morning. All modes of severe weather will be possible, with damaging winds the main threat expected. Some large hail will also be possible. The tornado threat will exist, with the greatest threat across northwest Arkansas during the evening hours.
Here's a snapshot of simulated radar from model data depicting the timing of storms this evening into the early overnight hours. Expect Storms to develop just northwest of Arkansas before sunset, then drop southeast into the northwest sections of the state around 7 PM. Expect the line of storms to be stretching from the MO Bootheel through central Arkansas and towards Texarkana by around or just after midnight.
Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this Sunday evening and into the overnight hours early Monday morning. All modes of severe weather will be possible, with damaging winds the main threat expected. Some large hail will also be possible. The tornado threat will exist, with the greatest threat across northwest Arkansas during the evening hours.
Here's a snapshot of simulated radar from model data depicting the timing of storms this evening into the early overnight hours. Expect Storms to develop just northwest of Arkansas before sunset, then drop southeast into the northwest sections of the state around 7 PM. Expect the line of storms to be stretching from the MO Bootheel through central Arkansas and towards Texarkana by around or just after midnight.
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Hopefully the silver lining to this storm is extinguishment of any remaining PNW fires….🤔
The shipping backlog is due to a number of factors, none of which is a shortage of “illegal” laborers.
More non US citizens have been apprehended at the southern border this year than ever before. Both Obama and Trump administrations struggled to process the growing numbers of people clamoring to our border and the numbers are higher now.
Do you happen to have evidence on the numbers of “illegals” that have evaded apprehension at the border? At any rate, it’s unlikely that any of them posses the skills required to operate US shipping, storage and distribution ports…?
Cargo ships are piled higher with containers than they’ve ever been, according to data from analyst firm IHS Markit. And the crowding is worst onboard ships sailing into US west coast ports. At the Port of Long Beach, which has been mired in record backlogs for months, the average ship now brings in 7,000 containers—up 70% from the pre-pandemic average of roughly 4,000 containers.
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My point exactly...they are not skilled or educated to assist our economy. They are capable of putting tremendous burdens on the US and local governments and will spread disease through out our country since they are not being jabbed or even test on who is C19 positive. However, lets force our citizens to take shots and wear masks. The number of "got aways" I last heard from from DHS is 400K but others estimate this is over a million. Can't have an accurate count without the fence being completed. This is a major threat to US national security which is why we need common sense in our Federal government NOW...drain the swamp!!
Forgot to mention the Chinese drugs being pushed into the US by Mexican cartels. The fentynal deaths rising dramatically...guess they haven't killed enough with their C19 virus.
39F and dry at the moment, rain due later in the day. Doesn't look like we will get the brunt of the storm in the Pacific, rather it's headed further South into OR and CA. CA will likely get lots of floods
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They work in construction, agriculture, food service and hospitality to name a few, that’s largely unskilled labor is exactly the point. They pay all the various taxes that citizens pay most often without qualifying for many of the benefits those taxes provide…
I spent my career in contracting and that’s a big industry that benefits from the cheap labor of the undocumented and they are an industrious people, hard working and family oriented often putting Americans to shame in those regards.
I agree with you that any migrants coming in should be tested but unfortunately and oddly enough they aren’t and never have been, at least not by CBP who relies on local resources and agencies for that. The office of the inspector general was asked to investigate this in October of 2020….
In October 2020, in conjunction with the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States began experiencing a surge of migrants at the southwest border, adding increased risk to an unprecedented public health emergency. DHS, in addition to its broad mission, is responsible for helping detect and slow the spread of COVID- 19. During this inspection, we received a referral from the Office of Special Counsel concerning the lack of COVID- 19 testing at one CBP location. We conducted a limited review to determine to what extent DHS has implemented measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in migrants at the southwest border.
What We Found
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) does not conduct COVID-19 testing for migrants who enter CBP custody and is not required to do so. Instead, CBP relies on local public health systems to test symptomatic individuals. According to CBP officials, as a frontline law enforcement agency, it does not have the necessary resources to conduct such testing. For migrants who are transferred or released from CBP custody into the United States, CBP coordinates with Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and other Federal, state, and local partners for COVID-19 testing of migrants.
The Trump administration did not test immigrants at the border and the Biden administration hasn’t done so either. My opinion is that they should all be tested and I’ll go further, I’d support that any who are allowed to remain be vaccinated….
As for drugs, there has always been a profitable demand for them in America and always will. Americans want their drugs. It’s about freedom, more controlled societies have far stricter drug policies…
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