On a sunny morning in December, an 18-wheeler will pull into a truck depot in Palmer, Texas, just south of Dallas. The driver will step out of the cab and help transfer his trailer to a second rig outfitted with powerful sensors. read more
It sounds like the start of a bad joke: Digital trespassers from China, Russia, and Iran break into US water systems. But as White House cybersecurity chief Anne Neuberger reminded Billington Cybersecurity Summit attendees on Tuesday, it's not a joke. read more
AP Analysis: Tyre Nichols screamed for his mother while Memphis police beat him after a traffic stop on Jan. 7, 2023, about a block from where he lived with his parents. The 29-year-old died in the hospital three days afterward. read more
The first submarine fully integrated for mixed gender crews will join the Navy fleet next week during a commissioning ceremony in its namesake state of New Jersey. read more
Vice President Kamala Harris has shifted her positions on several key issues in a bid to win over moderate voters in November, as former President Donald Trump's campaign attacks her for "flip-flopping" and trying to run from what they call her far-left record.
'Disaster': Lindsey Graham Leads Right-Wing Freak-Out Over Trump's Debate
www.thedailybeast.com
... For Lindsey Graham, there was only one word for Donald Trump's Tuesday night debate performance against Kamala Harris: "Disaster."
Trump was unprepared, and his debate team should be fired, Graham told Tim Miller, host of The Bulwark Podcast. ...
@#27 ... I would say trump looked like he was getting beaten by Mike Tyson... ...
Debate Desperation Time For Democrats
drudge.com
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I watched the Harris and Daddy Walz interview. She is ------- toast for the debate. The Democrats would probably have been better served just keeping Biden in the race. If the interview is any indication, Trump will most likely destroy her in the Debate. ...
#14 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2024-09-02 03:37 PM
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@#6 ... And in the mid-west, aquifers are drying up. ...
The Ogallala Aquifer: Saving a Vital U.S. Water Source (2009)
www.scientificamerican.com
... On America's high plains, crops in early summer stretch to the horizon: field after verdant field of corn, sorghum, soybeans, wheat and cotton.
Framed by immense skies now blue, now scarlet-streaked, this 800-mile expanse of agriculture looks like it could go on forever.
It can't.
The Ogallala Aquifer, the vast underground reservoir that gives life to these fields, is disappearing. In some places, the groundwater is already gone. This is the breadbasket of America"the region that supplies at least one fifth of the total annual U.S. agricultural harvest. If the aquifer goes dry, more than $20 billion worth of food and fiber will vanish from the world's markets. And scientists say it will take natural processes 6,000 years to refill the reservoir. ...
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... What Is Vance Actually Talking About?
The Trump campaign did not respond to HuffPost's questions. But it appears Vance was responding to a collection of rumors and baseless internet posts related to immigrants living in Ohio -- all breathlessly amplified by Trump-aligned social media accounts.
In one instance, a social media post purportedly from Springfield, Ohio, that's been making the rounds includes the claim that the unnamed poster's neighbor's daughter's friend -- say that five times fast -- lost her cat, then later found the cat hanging from a tree outside her Haitian neighbor's house. It's impossible to verify such a fourth-hand claim, but no news stories indicate anything similar happening recently. And Springfield police told the News-Sun Monday that while they were aware of the rumor on social media, they hadn't actually received any reports related to pets being stolen and eaten. ...
Ohio police have 'no credible reports' of Haitian immigrants harming pets, contradicting JD Vance's claim
www.nbcnews.com
... Police in Springfield, Ohio, said Monday they had received no credible reports of immigrants harming pets, contradicting a claim by Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance.
The senator from Ohio, as well as other Republican lawmakers and several conservative commentators, have in recent days asserted without evidence that the arrival of thousands of immigrants from Haiti had created chaos in Springfield.
In a post on X, Vance wrote Monday that "people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn't be in this country."
The Springfield Police Division said in a statement that they were aware of the "rumors" and had no information to support them.
"In response to recent rumors alleging criminal activity by the immigrant population in our city, we wish to clarify that there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community," the police said in a statement emailed to NBC News.
They added that they had no information to support similar assertions about immigrants squatting or disrupting traffic.
"Additionally, there have been no verified instances of immigrants engaging in illegal activities such as squatting or littering in front of residents' homes. Furthermore, no reports have been made regarding members of the immigrant community deliberately disrupting traffic," the police said. ...
@#5 ... On March 01 Lake Mead was 30 feet higher than it was in March of 2023. Today it is 3 feet lower. ...
Lake Mead Water Levels -- Historical and Current
arachnoid.com
Good chart showing a trend.
... Lake Powell was 40 feet higher than 2023 in March, now it's 6 feet higher. ...
Lake Powell Water Database
lakepowell.water-data.com
But aquifers are not lakes.
Aquifers are ground water.
When a farm uses a pump to pull water up from the ground, that is using the aquifer.
And in the mid-west, aquifers are drying up.
And another...
Draining Aquifers to Extinction (May 2024)
mrgwateradvocates.org
... Measurement data has shown regularly increasing drawdowns of aquifers in many, perhaps most, areas of the state, This is visible particularly in "closed" basins that don't have regularly flowing rivers to provide recharge. The State Engineer's rules do not currently provide a plan or mechanism to prevent (or delay) the aquifers' becoming dry or impractical to pump. ...
@#2 ... Red state cesspool is running out of water. ...
Yeah. I've posted articles along those lines for years here on this most august site.
Here's another...
America is using up its groundwater like there's no tomorrow (September 2023)
www.sltrib.com
... Global warming has focused concern on land and sky as soaring temperatures intensify hurricanes, droughts and wildfires. But another climate crisis is unfolding, underfoot and out of view.
Many of the aquifers that supply 90% of the nation's water systems, and which have transformed vast stretches of America into some of the world's most bountiful farmland, are being severely depleted. These declines are threatening irreversible harm to the American economy and society as a whole.
The New York Times conducted one of the most comprehensive examinations of groundwater depletion nationwide and found that America's life-giving resource is being exhausted in much of the country, and in many cases it won't come back. Huge industrial farms and sprawling cities are draining aquifers that could take centuries or millenniums to replenish themselves " if they recover at all.
States and communities are already paying the price.
Groundwater loss is hurting breadbasket states like Kansas, where the major aquifer beneath 2.6 million acres of land can no longer support industrial-scale agriculture. Corn yields have plummeted. If that decline were to spread, it could threaten America's status as a food superpower. ...
@#2
To wit...
Election outcome may depend on whether Harris or Trump can rebrand themselves as new'
www.theguardian.com
... Both candidates are quasi-incumbents, but both are aiming to present themselves as a major change for a divided US ...
When Kamala Harris sat down for her first interview as the Democratic presidential nominee, she praised Joe Biden for his intelligence, commitment, judgment and disposition. But twice she used the phrase "turn the page". And twice she used the phrase "a new way forward".
This was no accident. US voters are yearning for a shift in direction, with two in three saying the next president should represent a major change from Joe Biden, according to a national poll conducted by the New York Times and Siena College. Yet in November they face a choice between two known quantities: Harris, the sitting vice-president, and Donald Trump, a former president with an inescapable four-year record.
Just 25% of voters think Harris signifies a major change, the poll found, while 56% believe she represents "more of the same". When it comes to Trump, 51% think he would offer major change, whereas 35% consider him more of the same. Victory in the race for the White House might be decided by which of these quasi-incumbents can rebrand themselves as a breath of fresh air for a weary, divided nation. ...
@#23 ... acting indifferently to signs of their son's deteriorating mental health ...
When is that a crime?
Along those lines, this new rule may be a good thing: drudge.com
Related?
Justice Alito's Stock Portfolio Stands Apart on US Supreme Court
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
... Justice Samuel Alito is the only US Supreme Court member with a stake in more than two dozen individual companies, a distinction that threatens to sideline him from major business cases. ...
Yeah, as if he may even give a modicum thought about recusing himself from cases he may have an interest in.
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