In they-deserve-each-other news, a Republican candidate for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) informed a conservative activist in a private phone call he is going to have his GOP primary rival killed, Politico reported on Thursday, June 17, 2021 (see story here), and she prom[...]
Archive for June 17th, 2021
GOP hopeful threatens to kill rival in Florida congressional race
St. Louis gun wavers plead guilty
Update: Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis attorney couple who brandished guns at Black Lives Matter protesters peacefully walking past their home, pleaded guilty to misdemeanors and will pay fines, CNN reported on Thursday, June 17, 2021. They also will surrender the guns they used to threa[...]
Trump confesses: “We didn’t win”
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Top U.S. general doesn’t think China could seize Taiwan now
America’s top general believes China’s military “does not currently have the capability to take Taiwan by force and is not likely to try” anytime soon, The Hill reported on Thursday, June 17, 2021 (read story here). Gen. Mark Milley (photo), chairman of the Pentagon’s j[...]
Is Hoover dam becoming obsolete?
Sure looks like it. It’s simple math. Lake Mead’s surface elevation is 1,071 feet, and is dropping by 20 feet a year; when it reaches 895 feet, no water comes out at the bottom of the dam. That means the Colorado River dries up and Hoover Dam stops generating electricity 9 years from no[...]