(H/T to RK for the gif)
A fan of the blog sent this note earlier :
Hi Irish,
I shot photos of the comet on M,Tu,Wed evenings..... It was barely visible to the naked eye and faded away in less than an hour. Having a nearly full super moon shining brightly didn't help either.
This particular photo was shot at 6:44 pm PDT 10/15/24 at 1.3 sec exposure, ISO 5000 at F/4 using a Nikon 600mm F/4E lens and a Nikon Z9 camera.
I am located in the California foothills at about 2100' elevation. CW
via Bear Claw as shared from Newsweek
A new EPA rule passed under President Joe Biden is likely to cost 317,000 Americans their jobs, trade groups are warning. Experts spoke with Newsweek about the pros and cons of the regulations.
Starting next year, the new EPA rules governing wastewater limits for meat and poultry processors go into effect. That means there will be more limited amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus released into the environment by the meat processing plants.
The new rules for August 2025 mean tougher regulations for meat processors, but many companies could go out of business due to the change in requirements.
The EPA originally passed the new regulations after 13 environmental organizations filed lawsuits and argued water pollution control standards needed to be updated for the meat processing industry under the Clean Water Act.
Meat prices have surged in recent years since the pandemic due to supply chain issues and inflation, and it's likely the prices could go even higher as the meat processing plants adapt to the new rules.
The EPA said through the new rules, the facilities will lower their wastewater by around 100 million pounds per year.
The regulations apply to processing plants that discharge wastewater into bodies of water as well as through water treatment plants.
The new rules also stipulated pretreatment standards for oil and grease for the first time, as well as for total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand.
At least 16 facilities are anticipated to close due to the new standards. At the minimum, 17,000 jobs would be lost, but the EPA said up to 53 plants could close.
Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor for the University of Tennessee at Martin, said while the EPA is not purposefully eliminating jobs and closing facilities, there will be severe impacts.
I was surfing the twitter and this showed up in my feed:
I'm here in Hanson where the Town has just turned on the generators and four giant spot lights to prevent you from seeing the Trump 2024 logo on the Hanson water tower. #mapoli #Trump #hansonwatertower pic.twitter.com/LhOeWr3xhX
— JohnFGately (@johnfgately) October 13, 2024
After a little digging, here's the story:
HANSON, Mass. —
Town officials brought in a flood light to reduce the visibility of a Trump campaign logo being projected onto a Massachusetts water tower. However, it could still be seen on Friday night.
NewsCenter 5 saw the competing lights on Friday night in the area of High Street in Hanson. The projector displaying the Trump 2024 campaign logo appeared to be set up in a nearby backyard.
“This misleads the public into believing that this activity is sanctioned by or condoned by the Town," Hanson Town Administrator Lisa Green said in a statement.
“The Hanson Police Department is aware of a political image that is being projected onto a town water tower and is looking into the matter," a police spokesperson said. "The Hanson Police Department does not endorse any political candidate or party or any such imagery being projected onto town property."
Town officials said Saturday that they planned to "issue the maximum fine of $100 per day" to the perpetrator who is in violation of Hanson's sign regulations. Additionally, they said that the fee is not sufficient to offset the taxpayer dollars that will be required for things like attorney fees and Highway Department staff overtime to activate the spotlight each night.
"As a governmental entity, the Town of Hanson does not endorse candidates for any office from any political party, nor does the Town allow political signs to be displayed on municipal property," officials said in a statement.
"I mean there’s a lot of other issues to be concerned with. Patrolling to make sure there’s not a projection on the tank. I mean, that’s foolish. It’s not money well spent at all," said Mike Smith, who lives nearby
Watch the video at WCVB if you Like <<<<
Sky New has a laugh at the democratic clown show.
Over at VOX POPOLI there is THIS POST regarding the Ad that most thought was from the
Babylon Bee. ( HT to Bear Claw )
Whilst I was perusing the twitter earlier I found this clip taking obambi to the woodshed.
She holds no punches and doesn't mince her words, that's for damn sure.
Barry done piss off lots of people.
Caution for lots of cussin' and the use of words that we aren't allowed to say.
“You ain’t did fvck a*s thing for us in 8 years that you were in the White House.” pic.twitter.com/41qmd5sum0
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) October 12, 2024
This person should be detained and put on a no-fly list as soon as the flight lands.
Why should the other passengers have to be subjected to or have to tolerate this behavior?
Rhetorical question, I know.
Then, if it escalated and good citizens get involved, they are the ones that are punished.
/spit
( Before you comment, I would like to keep this blog on line, for now. Comments that could get
us flagged will be moderated. YKWIM by that. )
Let’s check in on a random flight….. pic.twitter.com/2jJ9Hgru4G
— Washingtons ghost (@hartgoat) October 13, 2024
Time to escape into a long Indigenous Peoples' Columbus Day weekend.
Make sure to take a deep breathe if you get aggravated with traffic.
Road rage ain't worth it.
Be back later, off to the salt mine.
AnonymousOctober 9, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Here in WV, right in the geographic center, 7 years ago we had a biblical toad strangler come down on us, 12 inches of rain in 10 hours, biblical shit, shit i and other saw you would call me a psychopath making shit up. I can not even describe what that amount of water does, bet you hardly heard a peep about either. Know what though, it was two weeks in most places up in these ridges and hollows before we saw a single government official, and by then everyone living here and outside the rain path pulled together and helped eachother, by the time the first fema assholes showed their faces everyone just about had got thru it and was doing good. They and others came in like stink on shit ordering everyone around, they condemned houses right out under people fast as they could drive around, they hired 30 yard dumpsters filled them with mountains if donations, telling us it was not approved disaster supplies, farmers killed hogs and cows, paid for butchering at local meat shops and donated it at volunteer fire stations, that what the fuckers could get threw it out too. Wasn't approved they said. Unbelievable words can not convey what fucking assholes these fucks are. We where this enemy not worthy of consideration in any shape or form. Regardless us good folks in these mountains we all stuck together, we, chain sawed our way out miles of road, we went around checking in eachother, we brought foid heaters fuel generatirs whatever was needed, we spent our money and labor and time to rescue ourselves, while a couple humvees with soldiers sat under awnings and passed out bottles of water and MRE's, just sat at a couple gas stations, that is all the aid i witnessed in 2 weeks, thats all anyone i know seen, except fema fucks at the fire stations filling dumpsters throwing out mountains of supplies, i saw three 30 yard dumpsters filled 6 ft over the rim, i had to go see it myself, all good stuff, new in box gen sets, to baby diapers in the bag, and replaced it with fucking shit. Nothing. I helped butcher 14 hogs and 4 1200 lb cows, people donated, they even paid for butchering supplies, i worked for free, 1 week solid 12 hours straight with a dozen others so folks could have good wholesome ready food, made hamburger and sausage so it was easy to deliver and hand out. Know how much meat that is? dozens of pock ups came by and delivered it soon as it was flash froze.
It was all like we lived on a planet where no others but us existed for two weeks. it was actually pretty sweet, the sense we all could do anything and get it done no matter what like GOD himself was behind us all the way, no shit on that. Not one bit. You got to see it yourself to understand. The 14 mile one lane goat path we live on, every body just grabbed chain saws and tractors and cut out way out, and we where one road out of hundreds in just our county of 2000 living souls, the size of the state of RhodeIsland. It felt like the outside world simply disappeared. Seriously. We fixed the washed out roads. We clawed our ways up totally choked up hollows to get older folks and bring them to some others homes to dry out and get a meal and a warm bed. By the time the "authorities" appeared" we simply had zero fucking use for any of them. What where they doing for two entire weeks? None if us knew or know now but they where not around here. Shit bakes your fucking noodle, because you realize, that absolute feeling where you know the truth cold and hard, it was an organized criminal conspiracy in no uncertain terms. And its this dark secret element which hates us all and is constantly, day by day hour by hour in every way their illigetimate powers give them, killing us, every day, without stop. And hardly a soul among us grok this shit. Just stop, give it a good think, you will see it all of a sudden. That thing we call government, it is the enemy balls to bones. Just look around you, its a pattern IN detail, it shows a pattern OF detail, that shows you what is going on all around us. Right this fucking second. 24/7/365. We are nothing to IT.
This is how people in Appalachia roll! She’s a tough cookie! God bless her! 🙏♥️ pic.twitter.com/R3iqVpvbRR
— Kathleen Winchell ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@KathleenWinche3) October 8, 2024
FEMA Disaster Preparedness Meeting:
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 7, 2024
"We should focus our efforts on LGBTQIA people… they struggled before the storm"
"FEMA relief is no longer about getting the greatest good for the greatest amount of people…. It's about disaster equity." pic.twitter.com/IqXeKI8OTT
Here is a great follow up, where the journalist actually does his job interviewing the town manager.
This is inaccurate information! It was the Assistant Chief who did it! pic.twitter.com/nNWDikzN2W
— Samantha 😎 SamsTwitch.com (@Samstwitch_Sam) October 4, 2024
I've done this 1000s of times. Using Firefox, I log into the blog to put up a post.
A little while ago, I loaded TFI, and hit sign in, then got this message.
You can view this procedure much better on full screen.
Electric Vehicles that have been flooded in saltwater can catch fire. If you evacuated and left an electric vehicle or golf cart in your garage or under a building and you are not able to get to it or move it, we want you to let us know. /1 pic.twitter.com/dpfiXRAGuR
— Pinellas County (@PinellasGov) September 28, 2024
Harris / Walz Campaign BUSTED for using 2 paid actors to pretend they were former Pennsylvania Farmers & Trump Voters who switched to Kamala.
— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) September 28, 2024
Turns out the 2 were not only actors but democrat donors for years. pic.twitter.com/2LSSaYonUE
Idiocracy, the movie, is starting to look like a documentary. Irish
Some people got it, some people don’t 💀 pic.twitter.com/cDimNrEf27
— Wild content (@NoCapFights) November 29, 2023
5 minutes of ass kicking. pic.twitter.com/SUHOnznp0a
— The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe) September 26, 2024
VIA HERE<<
A fourth individual who was taken into custody by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents earlier this month on Nantucket was identified Tuesday afternoon as Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez, a 44-year-old Guatemalan man.
Gomez had previously been arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over in Nantucket District Court on Aug. 19. After pleading not guilty, Perez-Gomez was released from custody on personal recognizance.
Just three weeks later on Sept. 11, Gomez was arrested by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston team and remains in ERO custody.
“Perez unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location and without being inspected, admitted, or paroled by a U.S. immigration official,” ICE's ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons said in a press release.
This isn’t Perez’s first encounter with law enforcement either in the United States, according to ERO Boston.
ERO previously arrested Perez on June 8, 2011, following his arrest for reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person in Pennsylvania. ERO served Perez with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. The Upper Makefield District Court convicted Perez on July 11, 2011, of reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person and sentenced him to one year of probation.
On July 29, 2011, a Department of Justice immigration judge ordered Perez removed from the United States to Guatemala, and he was deported just weeks later on Aug. 11, 2011
Since his deportation, Perez unlawfully reentered the United States at an unknown location on an unknown date, according to ICE.
The details of the alleged incident that led to his arrest on the island were outlined in a police report filed with the Nantucket District Court, which stated a female reported being sexually assaulted in the area of Miacomet Road and Ellens Way. The alleged victim told a female friend at The Chicken Box about the incident, who then told a Massachusetts State Trooper in the area. When NPD officer Derek Witherell arrived on the scene he saw a female who was visibly upset and told him the suspect was in his 30s with slick black hair, and that the incident occurred after he picked her up at the end of Polliwog Road.
The alleged victim told police the man locked the doors and pulled the car over before sexually assaulting her. While Witherell was speaking to the alleged victim, a vehicle drove by and when Witherell asked if it was the vehicle in question, the woman replied that it was.
The vehicle was stopped approximately 200 feet from where Witherell and the female were standing, and the operator was identified as Perez. The suspect said he was new to the area and going for a drive in his friend’s vehicle. He denied ever picking anyone up.
A "show up ID" was conducted with the female victim and Perez, and the woman was “100 percent” certain Perez was the one who picked her up and sexually assaulted her according to police.
Three other men arrested during ICE's multi-day operation on Nantucket earlier this month have been identified including Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo, Gean Do Amaral Belafronte, and Elmer Sola.
NEW: In a multi day operation on Nantucket Island, ICE’s Boston office announces they arrested four illegal aliens who are charged with raping or sexually assaulting Nantucket children or residents - all of whom were released from local custody despite the serious charges. pic.twitter.com/ulKi7KII5d
— Bostonians Against Mayor Wu (@AntiWuCoalition) September 25, 2024
This Liberal Karen has an argument with an immigrant Trump supporter for having Trump flags on his own property then cries about it and calls the police and the mayor. pic.twitter.com/vPaSUUMyJF
— TheLizVariant (@TheLizVariant) September 24, 2024
This is the store in VIRGINIA <<
Why? Why do we as a community tolerate such things? This could be stopped via speedy trials and swift justice using public execution (hanging) as a deterrent.
There is zero chance this is just a coincidence. Zero.
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) September 17, 2024
One man who is pictured with Zelensky, the shooter, Biden and Harris. pic.twitter.com/m4xe3lv6Uq
Kamala Harris and Biden's Gestapo police, aka the FBI, showed up at Jeremy Kauffman's house to question him about posts he made on 𝕏 and he immediately made them regret it
— George (@BehizyTweets) September 16, 2024
The Walk of Shame back to their car was glorious 😂
SHUTDOWN THE FBI NOW!
pic.twitter.com/1cbOlEHO9h
This marks the first time a National Special Security Event designation has been granted for a Certification of Electoral Votes and follows a request made by the DC Mayor to designate this event a National Special Security Event. Various reports including from the House Select January 6 Committee and the Government Accountability Office also called for the DHS Secretary to consider a National Special Security Event designation for future Certification of Electoral Votes.
“National Special Security Events are events of the highest national significance,” said Eric Ranaghan, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service’s Dignitary Protective Division. “The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with our federal, state, and local partners are committed to developing and implementing a comprehensive and integrated security plan to ensure the safety and security of this event and its participants.”
The formal planning process is underway with the formation of an Executive Steering Committee. The Executive Steering Committee is made up of senior representatives from federal, state and local law enforcement and public safety partners and will begin convening in the coming weeks.
In addition to the 2025 Counting and Certification of Electoral Votes on Jan. 6, the 2025 Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20 was previously designated a National Special Security Event and planning has been ongoing for several months.
This designation allows for significant resources from the federal government, as well as from state and local partners, to be utilized in a comprehensive security plan. When an event is designated a National Special Security Event, the U.S. Secret Service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan.
H/T to reader Bob in E-town