2022
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Post #53 – Winds of Change Moving
Barges are Beached on the Mississippi RiverThe Mississippi River is at the lowest it’s been in decades. Barges are backing up because of it, running aground and wreaking havoc on the regional supply chain. No one knows when the weather will change to bring rain. Some 2,000 barges are reportedly clogged in the channels along… Continue reading
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Post #52 – It’s the Season for Elections
2.7 MILLIONMore than 2.7 million people have already voted in more than a dozen states that include early voting options, according to data from the University of Florida. 30,000 NONCITIZENS in Colorado received voter registration notices in September 2022. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”… Continue reading
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Post #51 – Fall Rain Finally
Our area of the country has gone 21 days without rainfall. The weather has been beautiful and mild. It has been good to be outdoors. But rain has moved in and we need it. However, it doesn’t appear to be hanging around too long. HEADLINE:Hundreds of Florida Dairy Cows Perish in Ian’s Savage Wake. Volunteers… Continue reading
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Post #50 – Fall Colors Change
$86 MILLIONThe FBI misled a U.S. magistrate judge in its request for a warrant to seize $86 million in assets from safe deposit boxes at a privately owned business in Beverly Hills, California, court documents show. $119 MILLIONAT&T has won a task order, worth $119 million to modernize U.S. customs and Border Protection’s voice and… Continue reading
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Post #49 – More Leaves in the Pile
At Least 21 Dead in Florida After Hurricane Ian as Toll Is Expected to Rise The powerful Category 4 system made landfall near Sanibel Island and Fort Meyers with winds in excess of 150 mph. More than 10 feet of storm surge inundated those areas, leveling entire neighborhoods and even destroying a large causeway bridge… Continue reading
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Post #48 – What Else Falls in Fall?
REMINDER:Don’t wait until the temperatures fall sharply to winterize your home. You may be doing this regularly throughout the year. If not, check windows and exterior doors for damaged or missing caulk or weather-stripping. Now is a good time to have your HVAC unit checked. I need to have my rain gutters cleaned soon. QUOTE… Continue reading
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Post #47 – More Fall Leaves Fell
QUOTE:“Hannah Arendt, the great political philosopher of the 20th century, said that when a society loses the desire to know the truth, that is a precursor to totalitarianism. And I think that has happened on both the left and the right.”—- Rod Dreher, author of “Live Not By Lies” and a senior editor at The… Continue reading
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Post #46 – Mild Temps of Fall
QUOTE:“The average man doing average things, thinking great thoughts, and doing it all with an attitude of humility will have a far greater impact on this world for good than any arrogant politician, academic, or journalist can ever hope to have. And it’s those Average Joes that America needs.”—- Annie Holmquist, Intellectual Takeout QUOTE:”It is… Continue reading
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Post #45 – Late Summer Breezes
HISTORYSam Houston was elected as president of Texas on September 6, 1836 HISTORYMichelangelo’s statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy, on September 08, 1504. Randy Smith on FacebookSeptember 2 at 3:59 PMSome days are just better than others. Today at our mine off Corridor H, an electric car from DC ran… Continue reading
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Post #44 – The Season is a Changing!!!
Did you know that the Bible (Proverbs 22:26-27) warns us against pledging to pay someone else’s debt, especially if you cannot pay that debt when in default. Everyone ought to be responsible for themselves and their family. A man pledging to be a surety for another’s debt has a weakness. He already knows that he… Continue reading
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