[FoxNews] Maybe the Suspect Identified as an FBI Agent? 😉
Either way they think he is Mentally unstable and took him the Grady for an Mental Eval.
On a more serious note:
Given the numerous official internal & Public threat warnings that Atlanta and other Metros have issued. Regarding the planned upcoming weekend Peaceful Protests Riots and threats. Could this have been a test to determine response times and response strategies.
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Atlanta in the news today. Seems Alabama has built four ships post haste. Admiral indicated we are in second place to China but their ships are poor quality. 24/7 construction. Group reviewed ships which included Marines. They had to sign off on inspection. Rush job showed poor lumpy welding.
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Is Grady still a crappy hospital? Was in the 80's.
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#3^
A 1st responder family member works the area and said its very interesting on Friday night to Sunday early mornings to drop off injured persons.
its very interesting on Friday night to Sunday early mornings to drop off injured persons
Particularly when 2 diametrically opposed parties happen to meet each other just outside the door while attempting to "drop off" victims of the other side.
[NYP] Eight Norwegian Cruise passengers, including a pregnant woman and an elderly man with a heart condition, claim they have been stranded on an African island without money and vital medications after the vessel left port without them.
Jill and Jay Campbell, from South Carolina, said they are stuck on the Central African island of São Tomé with four other American and two Australian passengers after the captain of the ship allegedly refused to let them reboard, according to WMBF.
But a spokesperson for the cruise line claimed the passengers were left on the island "on their own or with a private tour" and missed the "all-aboard time."
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I can understand leaving the Australians but the yanks too?
Snark O'The Day
Whahahaha gasp, whahahahahaha
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The American Express Card (and your cell phone and your passport) - don't leave home without it!
These guys were taking a risk with the private tour but the article also points out the captain of the ship could've taken them back on but refused. If that's true we'll be reading about a former captain of Norwegian Cruise Lines in a few weeks.
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^ I dunno. "Refused to allow them to reboard" sounds like they had either been a problem already on board or some sort of red flag went up when they came back from their "private tour."
The captain may not be in any trouble with his employer at all.
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^ happens to drunken me at airports all the time.
"show up late, set a new date."
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#8 ^ I dunno. "Refused to allow them to reboard" sounds like they had either been a problem already on board or some sort of red flag went up when they came back from their "private tour."
The captain may not be in any trouble with his employer at all.
Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-04-02 10:03
MM,
I'm thinking that they got there just in time to see the gangways going up, and their cries came to naught.
My wife has been on several cruises, and she noted that they make it VERY clear that if you miss sailing time, yer on your own.
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Several Smithsonian Channel 'Mighty Cruise Ship' shows have pointed out the schedules are really tight, including port docking windows, and putting the pedal to the metal to catch up can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
But the ships featured managed to wait 15-20 minutes for late tours. But if you make your own arrangements, you own the risks. You can always sue the local tour operator.... [snicker]
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^ FWIW, there's a bunch of those episodes coming up at 4 PM today on that channel. I watch these and kinda sorta want to go on one, but not one of those monster 4,000 person floating keg party cruises. I think I'd be more inclined to go on an expedition type cruise - fewer frills, smaller boats going to Greenland / South Pole, etc.
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I always made it clear to every woman I was ever involved with - including my wife - that the first time we missed a flight because she was "running late" was the last time the plane tickets were bought on my dime.
Never missed a flight ever.
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[YouTube] A Eugene man had a major scare after a large (4’), runaway saw blade slammed into a convenience store, seconds after he went through the front door.
From the transcript:
… a traffic contractor
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who witnessed the incident says a loose
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bolt and possible operator error may
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have caused the giant soate to come
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A patient of mine long long ago narrowly escaped being sliced vertically by a huge rapidly spinning "buzz saw" that came off its axle at a local lumber processing operation. He just happened to see the thing wheeling towards him, he ducked to one side & had the blade slice right through one of his deltoid muscles. He got some very good first aid & was then dropped off at my ER. He was the only Amish man I ever met that I could call "excited". After I found out what happened, I sent him for a "scout" xray. Sure enough the xray showed the kerf the saw made in the upper end of his humerus, leaving only the slightest strip of bone bridging the two pieces. Without that bridge the only thing holding his arm on was nerves, arteries, veins, easily torn stuff like that. I called the orthopedic surgeon, who met the patient shortly afterward in the OR. That first aid bandage wasn't touched until absolutely everything else was ready in the OR. Patient did OK except he couldn't use the deltoid muscle any more.
[Garowe] Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... has withdrawn from the federal arrangement in Somalia, the Council of Ministers announced on Saturday, in a move that comes hours after the federal parliament passed four chapters of the proposed constitution in a disputed vote.
The federal parliament on Saturday unanimously endorsed four chapters of the new constitution, effectively making the life of the federal government five years and introducing a universal suffrage model of elections. The move also gives more power to the sitting leader.
But Puntland accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of breaching the provisional constitution. Additionally, the council of ministers during an emergency session in Garowe last night has made another decision referencing Article 4 of the Puntland State Constitution.
In a statement read by Puntland Information Minister Mohamud Aydid Dirir, Puntland said it will no longer recognize federal government institutions until the completion of a constitution agreed by all stakeholders including Puntland.
Puntland insists it will run a government with the "full powers of an independent state" until there is an inclusive federal government and a constitution agreed by all including Puntland, and approved through referendum. The state did not participate in the drafting of the proposals.
The Federal State said the changes are a threat to Somali unity and federalism. The region asserts full governance autonomy, inviting cooperation with entities respecting the original 2012 constitution.
The resolution, pending Puntland Parliament’s approval, signifies a major stance on national unity and governance autonomy, urging dialogue with the international community and global organizations to safeguard its interests and future.
Puntland has been questioning the cooperation of Mogadishu in important issues regarding the management of the federal system. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is under scrutiny and the latest protest could be injurious to his leadership.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Energy giants have pocketed £420billion in profits in just four years as millions of Britons struggle with soaring bills and the cost-of-living crisis - and fat-cat bosses cash in with seven-figure pay-packets.
New figures reveal the staggering amounts made by 20 utility firms since 2020, amid rising inflation as well as Russia's invasion of Ukraine helping to hike prices.
British Gas, Shell and BP are among the British-based companies who have been making the most, while campaigners say many hard-pressed families are struggling to afford to keep the heating on.
NOTE:
There has been some recent increases in Electrical power grid emission captures in urban and Rural areas. What I have seen, powered a large TV and a few basic house lights.
BTW: Power companies are now switching out older power meters for meters that allow them & Gov. to remotely or monitor control of your homes power usage.
Interesting that the older meters ""can be acquired" at flea markets for $50+/-
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Leaving aside that the cost-of-living crisis is from governments effing up the economy, it is a Great Injustice(tm) that someone is poor while someone else is making money. In the name of Decolonization, Ignorance and Equity (DIE), we must dismantle the oil companies and ban the use of fuel so everyone can be poor, cold and equal together.
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Before or after taxes? Next year's capital improvements?
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Ref # 3
Generac 22kw installed in 2020, can run the entire house including A/C, washer and dryer, well pump and diswasher simultaneously. $9k fully installed with 7 yr warranty. Peace of Mind has no price!
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A relative had a whole house nat gas powered generator hooked up a few years ago. It can run the house indefinitely as long as there's natural gas coming through the line. It cost her $22,000. Most of that expense was the electric switch and site preparation, gas line extension, etc. The actual generator was a small portion of the total.
#7
Years ago stripper wells in the Midwest that had a steady flow of natural gas (flares) could be piped and regulated to provide energy for rural homes. Don't know if that is still being done or not.
Oil lease pumping engines were also run by gas from a well flare. Again, don't know if that is still done or not either.
#8
I had a couple friends back in PeeAye who got free gas as a result of allowing an easement for the gas company to cross their properties to get to wells.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kamran Hasanov
More on this story from yesterday. The odds are high his legacy will not last beyond his lifetime, if that long.
[REGNUM] There have been many crises during Erdogan's administration. They tried to overthrow him twice. Once he lost in the city of which he was mayor. Nevertheless, the fourth and, probably, one of the most unpleasant blows could not be avoided.
The first time they tried to throw Erdogan over the Maidan was in 2013 due to the cutting down of trees in Gezi Park. The second time was in 2016 through a military coup. Everyone remembers his phrase: “Whoever controls Istanbul controls Turkey,” but in 2019 Erdogan lost in Istanbul - opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu was not stopped even by the second round, where he gained even more votes. However, having lost Istanbul in 2023, Erdogan still managed to win the presidential election.
On March 31, for the first time since 2002, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party lost regional elections. The opposition Republican People's Party not only received more votes throughout the country - 37% versus 35% for the AKP, but also won in key cities - Istanbul (accounting for a third of the country's GDP), Ankara (the capital), Izmir (the industrial center), Bursa (former capital of the Ottoman Empire) and Antalya (resort center).
They beat the margin of cheating in so many cities? Wow.
The defeat of Erdogan's party, on the one hand, is surprising.
After all, about a year ago, in the parliamentary elections, the government “People's Alliance”, the backbone of which is the AKP-MHP alliance, won a landslide victory, receiving 336 seats out of 600 mandates. Erdogan himself, albeit in the second round, defeated the opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu .
Why is it that, a year later, the results of the party in power are so different, and why is the opposition gaining the upper hand?
There are two explanations here.
The first factor is subjective. As we remember, last year the power-hungry Kılıçdaroğlu prevented the popular mayor of Istanbul Imamoglu from running as the main opposition candidate in the presidential elections. He also interfered with the no less popular mayor of Ankara, Mansur Yavas .
Each of the two candidates was toxic in their own way. Legal proceedings began against Imamoglu for insulting the Central Election Commission; Yavaş is a nationalist. Nevertheless, due to the absence of a bright candidate, Erdogan easily beat the opposition.
The same personal factor affected the results of the parliamentary elections.
Kılıçdaroğlu, as the head of the CHP party and the opposition National Alliance coalition, dragged his own people to the bottom in parliament.
In addition, the reputation of the opposition was affected by scandals. Three days before the elections, due to discrediting photos and videos on social networks, the chairman of the Fatherland Party, Muharrem Ince, withdrew his candidacy . In addition, a scandal broke out in the National Alliance due to the fact that the head of the Good Party, Meral Akşener, refused to support Kılıçdaroğlu, considering the candidacies of Imamoglu and Yavaş more successful.
On the other hand, the parallel holding of presidential elections helped Erdogan get additional votes for his coalition.
The objective factor in the defeat of the AKP is the economy.
Immediately after his victory last year, Erdogan began to move closer to the West and implement the IMF's recommendations to raise the key rate. For the first time since 2021, inflation in Turkey has slowed, but remains at a very high level of 85%. Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati stated that the peak of inflation has passed and the country is moving downward. GDP also looks decent, growing by 4.5% in 2023. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level (9.4%) over the past 10 years.
Yet, despite relative progress, the economic crisis dealt a serious blow to the well-being of citizens.
Everything is becoming more expensive: food, cars and apartments. Many Turks go abroad not because there is no work, but because they can earn much more abroad.
If the economy is the main problem, then a number of other minor issues could also play against the authorities. The fate of almost 5 million refugees, mainly from Syria, has not been decided. Migrants dump and create social conflicts. Neutral voters may also be annoyed by the strengthening of the vertical power structure, the arrests of opposition politicians and journalists, as well as the 20-year tenure of the same person in power.
If last year's elections, in which Erdogan barely retained his post in the second round, and the municipal elections of 2019, when he lost Istanbul, were a wake-up call, then yesterday's vote is a ringing alarm bell.
This time the bell is ringing for both Erdogan and his party.
There is still a lot of time until 2028. But if nothing changes, the president's heir could miserably lose the next presidential election, and the AKP-led alliance could lose parliament. Inspired by the victory, the opposition already wants early presidential elections, but presidential adviser Mehmet Uçum rejected such an idea.
Erdogan will not participate in the next elections. He has already announced that the current elections will be his last.
However, as a leader who built not only a new system, but also a new country, he must take care to preserve his legacy. After admitting defeat, Erdogan promised to “objectively and self-critically” analyze the message conveyed by citizens who cast ballots in the ballot boxes. The president committed himself and his administration to “work tirelessly” to improve the welfare and safety of the population and rebuild the earthquake-damaged regions. Presidential aide Uchum made it clear that the authorities will spend the next four years implementing reforms.
Erdogan has not yet decided on a successor.
How can he? The minute he makes his choice known, even privately, that man will start plotting against him, or he will fear that the man plots. It’s the Byzantine and the Ottoman way,
They call different names. Some talk about the experienced Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan , others about the successful businessman and UAV manufacturer Seljuk Bayraktar . The role of the individual will be of fundamental importance. But charisma alone won't get you far.
In 2028, Turks will judge the AKP candidate and the party itself by deeds. Time will tell whether the Turkish authorities will cope with the economy and migrants.
In principle, municipal elections should not affect foreign policy.
In 2019, Republicans became mayors of Istanbul and Ankara, but international policy was strictly subject to the will of the president. Erdogan carried out Operation Peace Spring in Syria, fought against Assad’s troops in Idlib in 2020, and at the same time helped the al-Sarraj government in Libya fight off General Haftar. At the same time, as we remember, against the backdrop of the peak of the economic crisis, aggravated by the earthquake, Erdogan softened towards the EU and the United States and approved Sweden’s membership in NATO.
To further improve the investment climate, Erdogan will have to continue to take measures to improve relations with the West. At the same time, he will take active steps to diversify trade and financial ties in favor of the east.
It is not for nothing that Turkey and the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf recently began negotiations on a free trade zone. Russia remains a key and energy partner for Turkey, so rapprochement with the West will not come at the expense of joint projects with Moscow, even if the risk of tertiary sanctions becomes real.
The ideal geopolitical scenario for Erdogan is normal relations with both Russia and the West. To skillfully play on both boards, Turkey needs to reduce the degree of confrontation between Moscow and Washington.
Therefore, in the coming years, Erdogan will continue efforts to resolve or at least freeze the conflict in Ukraine. A possible change of administration in the White House this fall could become a “tailwind” for him.
With more than 90% of ballot boxes counted, incumbent Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, was leading by a wide margin in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... ’s largest city and economic hub, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. Mansur Yavas, the mayor of the capital, Ankara, retained his seat with a stunning 25-point difference over his challenger, the results indicated.
In all, the CHP won the municipalities of 36 of Turkey’s 81 provinces, according to Anadolu, making inroads into many strongholds of Erdogan’s party. It gained 37% of the votes nationwide, compared to 36% for the president’s party, marking the CHP’s greatest electoral victory since Erdogan came to power two decades ago.
Sinan Ulgen, director of the Istanbul-based Edam think tank, said "the surprising outcome" was due to voters wanting to punish the ruling party over the "depth of an economic malaise." Skyrocketing inflation has left many Ottoman Turkish households struggling to afford basic goods.
AKP supporters opted to stay away from the ballot stations or voted for other parties, Ulgen said.
"Turnout was relatively low compared to past elections," he said. "There were cross-party shifts in the vote, which did not happen in the nationals elections because of stronger ideological attachments. This time around the economy prevailed over identity."
Some 61 million people, including more than a million first-time voters, were eligible to cast ballots for all metropolitan municipalities, town and district mayorships as well as neighborhood administrations.
Turnout was around 76%, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency, compared to 87% last year.
Some 594,000 security personnel were on duty across the country to ensure the vote goes smoothly. Nevertheless, one person was killed and 11 others hurt in the city of Diyarbakir where a dispute over the election of a neighborhood administrator turned violent mostly peaceful, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. At least six people were also injured in fighting that erupted in the nearby province of Sanliurfa.
Analysts said a strong showing for Erdogan’s party would have hardened his resolve to usher in a new constitution — one that would reflect his conservative values and allow him to rule beyond 2028 when his current term ends.
Erdogan, who has presided over Turkey for more than two decades — as prime minister since 2003 and president since 2014 — has been advocating for a new constitution that would put family values at the forefront.
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For the first time since 2021, inflation in Turkey has slowed, but remains at a very high level of 85%
Islamist Bidenomics
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…for political reasons: Turkey looking to improve relations with Israel
That’s the third time — or is it the fourth? — since 2015 or so. At this point they’ve moved well beyond trust but verify. Verification has demonstrated that he is not trustworthy. Perhaps that will change after the Kurds have inherited from the moribund Turks in another generation or two.
[Gateway] Earlier this year, BBC broadcaster Gordon Smart recalled a creepy and frightening incident involving his friend, actor Jamie Dornan.
On the Jan. 12 episode of BBC Radio Scotland’s "The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected" podcast, Smart revealed that on a March 2023 golfing trip to Portugal, he began to feel heart attack symptoms, which he attributed to too many espresso martinis, according to People magazine.
Oddly, however, when he returned from the hospital, the 43-year-old broadcaster learned that Dornan, 41, had experienced the same symptoms.
A native of Northern Ireland, Dornan starred in the "Fifty Shades" trilogy of erotic romance films.
Smart, meanwhile, described himself as having kept in decent physical shape.
"Now, I’m a fairly healthy guy but once you start thinking, you’re having a heart attack, you’re pretty sure that you’re convincing yourself that you are having one," the broadcaster said according to Page Six.
[BBC, hat tip Red State] Nuclear energy currently provides about 10% of the world's electricity. Being low-carbon, it's seen by many as an important player in the fight against climate change.
But it has also remained controversial in many countries due to its high cost and long build times, as well as concerns over the safety of nuclear reactors and the unresolved issue of what to do with nuclear waste.
"Onkalo" is a Finnish word for a cave or a hollow. It's a fitting name for a huge grave made in Finland over the last 20 years. Onkalo, which lies 450m (1,500ft) deep inside the bedrock of Olkiluoto island in the southwest of the country, is the world's first permanent storage site for spent nuclear.
Onkalo has cost €1bn (£860m/$1.07bn) to build and is expected to begin operations in about two years. Its arrival has been hailed as a game changer by many, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "Everybody knew of the idea of a geological repository for high-level radioactive nuclear waste, but Finland did it," commented Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA director general, on a visit to the site in 2020.
The Onkalo repository is based on the KBS-3 concept developed by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, in cooperation with Posiva. The idea is to create three barriers around nuclear waste: first, put it in copper canisters, then wrap the canisters in bentonite — a water-absorbing clay — and finally, bury them in tunnels deep in the bedrock.
"We've all benefited from nuclear energy for over 60 years," says Lewis Blackburn, a lecturer in nuclear materials at the University of Sheffield in the UK. "It's our generation of scientists' and engineers' responsibility to undertake the challenge to dispose of the waste, instead of leaving it to future generations.
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Yucca Mountain remains in limbo for reasons that defy logic, but not EPA concerns about the 10,000 year radiation dosage levels...
"One point of concern has been the standard of radiation emission in 10,000 to 1,000,000 years. On August 9, 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a limit of 350 millirem per year for that period.[49] In October 2007, the DOE issued a draft of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement showing that for the first 10,000 years mean public dose would be 0.24 mrem/year and that thereafter the median public dose would be 0.98 mrem/year, both of which are substantially below the proposed EPA limit. For comparison, a hip X-ray results in a dose around 83 mrem and a CT head or chest scan results in around 1,110 mrem.[50] Annually, in the United States, an individual's dose from background radiation is about 350 mrem, though some places get more than twice that.[51][52]"
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As I recall from my time in NV [82-95], the trains that would haul the East Coast waste go through a number of political cities: St. Louis, KC, Vegas, etc. Apparently some hesitancy for rail transport and then offloading mobile containers for rough road transport. For some reason using the test cavities at the National Test Site in Mercury NV was/is also a nono.
* Homosexual as a character or themes in supporting role
* The F Word use at least 5 times per episode
* GOD's or Jesus' name used as profanity
* Promotion of radical themes
* Promotes Social Drug use
* Constant promotion of alternative & Bi-lifestyles
* Open Sex scenes, relationships and hook-ups
* Promote and/or include Anti-Religious dialogs
and more.
That was 3+ years ago.
Now Main Stream TV has jumped on the Netflix Train.
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.
[Garowe] 
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But it has also remained controversial in many countries due to its high cost and long build times, as well as concerns over the safety of nuclear reactors and the unresolved issue of what to do with nuclear waste.
