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I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news.  I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.

https://apnews.com/article/new-jersey-newark-bomb-threats-d0a59b80d460f9354f6bfe86f65475c6

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According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.

Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.

The arrested the guy the next day. 

What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there. 

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Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson, who formerly served as physician to the president for both Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, again called for Biden to take "a cognitive test."

"In yet another pathetic display of incompetence, Joe Biden not only thought my departed colleague was alive but he also had his puppet-master, Karine Jean-Pierre, deny he was confused," Jackson said in a statement.

"It doesn’t take a neurologist to realize he’s in serious cognitive decline. The American people know what’s going on here and they don’t think the Commander-in-Chief is capable of doing his job," he continued.

"It’s past time for White House staff and the liberal media to stop shielding him from questions about his mental acuity and demand he answer my call for a cognitive test," the Texas Republican added.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bidens-bizarre-wheres-jackie-episode-cause-alarm-republicans-say-diminished-capacity

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"What they're trying to do is politicize the pain and suffering of these people to promote their green agenda," Gregory Wrightstone, the executive director of the climate policy think tank CO2 Coalition, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Well, their policies and their agenda to promote renewables will do far greater economic destruction to the country and Florida."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-blaming-climate-change-hurricane-ian-odds-science-experts-say

The "think tank C02 Coalition" I think does have a right to exist and to state their "expert" thoughts on the matter.  But it should be noted that while they don't disclose their sources, they have been linked to conservative funding by the Mercer Family Foundation, The Bradley Foundation and the Koch Brothers whom I guess reveal their donations.  

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/08/greenpeace-exposes-sceptics-cast-doubt-climate-science

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3 hours ago, Tweety said:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-blaming-climate-change-hurricane-ian-odds-science-experts-say

The "think tank C02 Coalition" I think does have a right to exist and to state their "expert" thoughts on the matter.  But it should be noted that while they don't disclose their sources, they have been linked to conservative funding by the Mercer Family Foundation, The Bradley Foundation and the Koch Brothers whom I guess reveal their donations.  

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/08/greenpeace-exposes-sceptics-cast-doubt-climate-science

It's apparently not difficult to convince people that there's no certainty as to whether or not humans are affecting global climate with our carbon emissions. Similarly, it's not difficult to convince many of those same people that the 2020 election MAY have been rigged or that wearing a mask during a pandemic is a loss of personal freedom. Critical thought and deductive reasoning isn't widely employed by those folks who prefer to be told what pov "conservatives" should have about important topics. 

If people are unconvinced that humans are adversely affecting climate or severity of storms then it's easier to ignore mitigation. As we procrastinate to appease the poorly informed and manipulated, the mitigation becomes more urgent and more expensive. 

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US Army major physician charged with passing HIPAA info re Special Forces @ Fort Bragg to Russians, along with his Anesthesiologist wife to assist in the war against Ukraine..... BIG Ethics Failure. 

Baltimore Sun  9/29/22

Hopkins doctor and Army spouse federally charged with trying to pass information to Russians
 

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A Baltimore anesthesiologist and her U.S. Army major spouse were federally indicted Wednesday in an alleged conspiracy to disclose health information to the Russian government to assist its war in Ukraine....Dr. Anna Gabrielian, 36, and Maj. Jamie Lee Henry, 39 and also a medical doctor, face eight counts, including conspiracy and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. The indictment was filed in U.S. District Court....

... Records at the Maryland Board of Physicians show Gabrielian’s and Henry’s primary practices are at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The indictment, however, said at the time of the alleged conspiracy that Henry was a staff internist stationed at Fort Bragg, an Army installation in North Carolina and home of U.S. Army Special Operations Command where Henry had secret-level security clearance.

The indictment says the pair, who live in Rockville, sought to pass federally protected medical information to an undercover FBI agent who Gabrielian believed worked at the Russian Embassy about patients at Fort Bragg and others, as well as provide information about U.S. medical capabilities in war conditions....

...Gabrielian’s Hopkins online profile lists her as an instructor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine.

Two more PHYSICANS who potentially threw away their careers as will loose their license if convicted -- evidence  FBI agent received from them well documented in article.

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Light rain started 3 hrs ago, however Hurricane IAN hitting my Southeast PA area with rains through Tuesday.  Thankfully, I live at top of hill, but not able to attend nieces baby shower tomorrow:  rain with wind gusts while using rolling walker don't mix.  Since falling again this July at Summer camp position, Physical Therapist hopes to have me walker free soon.

Remnants of Ian to run closer to southeastern Pennsylvania than previously forecast.

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NY Times 9/30/22

Hurricane Ian’s Staggering Scale of Wreckage Becomes Clearer in Florida

 

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Tweety an TMB, you guys have described an old strategy going back to the sixties. Tobacco companies created the template when tobacco was proven to cause cancer: attack the science.

Always helpful to ask “cui bono”. Between tax cuts, subsidies, Wall Street shenanigans … there’s a huge swath of  our real economy that’s at risk of being wiped out. We ran out the clock on incremental change because vulnerable corporations have found the tobacco template to be highly effective protection. The delay is exacerbating the damage. Think food’s expensive now? Wait ‘til pollinators are killed off.

It’s ugly now and it’s going to get uglier. I’m sorry your cars are getting so expensive. But it’s getting to the point of adapt or die. The private gas-powered automobile needs to go. The longer you wait, the higher the bill.

If voters/taxpayers had subsidized public transportation as generously as they did the petrochemical and automotive industries over the last 30 years, we’d have a viable alternative to private car ownership. We didn’t and now we don’t. Ditto for solar technology and even electric cars.

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Ginni Thomas told the January 6th committee that she believes that the 2020 election was stolen by Biden.  Now we're supposed to believe that the guy that Anita Hill warned us about has integrity even when his failure to recuse suggests otherwise. There are so many prominent conservatives who appear to be gullible believers of lies or liars themselves. 

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Lidl is a German discount grocery chain making headway in Mid Atlantic area-- near me; Aldi is its competitor cousin.  No one should destroy bunnies but donate to a charity or  remove foil and remelt as other product.

Swiss court finds in favor of Lindt and orders Lidl to destroy its chocolate bunnies

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Strapped aboard plane wreckage hurtling uncontrollably towards Earth, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke had a fleeting thought as she glimpsed the ground 3,000 metres below her. 

The trees in the dense Peruvian rainforest looked like heads of broccoli, she thought, while falling towards them at 45 metres per second.

A wild thunderstorm had destroyed the plane she was travelling in and the row of seats Juliane was still harnessed to twirled through the air as it fell. 

She lost consciousness, assuming that odd glimpse of lush Amazon trees would be her last.

But then, Juliane woke up. 

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How teenager Juliane Koepcke survived a plane crash and solo 11-day trek out of the Amazon

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When the water slipped in, it was just a glimmer on the floor, a sign that it was time to go.

It was Wednesday, around noon, and Darcy Bishop roused her two brothers who had been resting after lunch. She pulled the wheelchair up to the oldest, Russell Rochow, 66, and heaved him into it before slipping his feet into black Velcro shoes.

Her other brother, Todd Rochow, 63, was in his room, changing out of pajamas. He could manage with a walker.

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‘I Did All I Could’: As Floodwaters Rose, She Fought to Save Her Disabled Brothers

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In a respite from Ian flood news:

Revealed: The Beatles’ first ever colour photograph, taken by Paul McCartney’s brother

The Quarrymen as they were known in 1958...

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Following Twitter stories, found Michael Warbuton Twitter feed chock full of TV and Movie clips --a walk down memory lane for those of us born in 1950's.

 

 

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