Election Day 2024: Pray for minimal shenanigans

The big day is here, folks. Time to take America back from the commies!

Pray that #thesteal will not happen again. There have already been shenanigans with ballots/voting happening in Fulton County (GA), Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Colorado. Shocker, not.

Never underestimate the crookedness of the the left to hold on to their power.

Get out and vote today! And pray that a Trump win is too big to rig.

DCG

Stop the 2024 steal: Vote in-person if you can!

Demorats are getting nervous. With November 5 coming soon and Kamala trailing, they are getting desperate. Check out what’s already happening:

In Clark County, Washington (and Oregon) drop off ballots boxes are being ignited:

In Virginia Gov. Youngkin is having to go to the SCOTUS to remove noncitizens from their voter roll:

Virginia asks US Supreme Court to block order to reverse voter purge

From the story: “A federal appeals court upheld a judge’s order for Virginia to temporarily halt its process to find registered voters suspected of being noncitizens — which recently changed under an executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) — and restore the roughly 1,600 registrations canceled since Aug. 7.”

Read the whole story here.

In Nevada:

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Mail-In Ballots without Postmarks Can Be Counted Three Days After Election

From the story: “Nevada’s Supreme Court on Monday ruled mail-in ballots without postmarks can be counted three days after Election Day. Nevada state law allows mail-in ballots with postmarks to be counted up to four days after Election Day. The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday ruled mail-in ballots with postmarks can be counted up to 4 days after the election and non-postmarked ballots can be counted up to 3 days after the election.”

Plenty of time for some un-postmarked, “mail-in” ballots to be dumped in the middle of the night.

The only way for Trump to win is to make his win “too big to rig.”

Vote in-person on November 5 if you can, especially if you live in a blue state. At this point, we cannot trust any blue state election process.

DCG

Engineering The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge

I use to work in the engineering field (marketing specialist) and have always had an interest in infrastructure/engineering. The Strait of Messina Bridge scheduled to begin construction next year, will be the world’s longest suspension bridge if they can get through several hurdles.

Located in Italy, the bridge will connect Torre Faro in Sicily with Villa San Giovanni in the Italian Peninsula. Many challenges need to be addressed including the impact of earthquakes, strong currents in the strait, concerns of disruption of bird migration routes, and even the infiltration of mafia groups!

From the YouTube video description:

“The Strait of Messina Bridge, once complete, will become the longest single-span suspension bridge. This ambitious project will take 6 years to complete and aims to connect Sicily to mainland Italy and Europe. However, this project has its own unique challenges; the bridge will be subject to high winds and earthquakes that have never been witnessed at a bridge site before. From the design to the construction process, we will uncover the fascinating details behind this ambitious project. Whether you’re a bridge enthusiast, an engineering student, or simply curious about large-scale infrastructure, this video will provide you with a captivating insight into the world of civil engineering.”

Read more about the bridge here.

This will be quite the engineering feat if they are succesful in their design and construction. Course I don’t think I’d want to drive over this bridge on a windy day!

DCG

Elephant walks free after 41 years in chains

Luvs a happy ending!

Read more about Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary here.

DCG

Later this week: Biggest supermoon of the year

This Thursday we’ll have a chance to see “Hunter’s Moon,” the biggest supermoon of the year. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the October full moon will be the “biggest and brightest” supermoon of the year.

The supermoon will happen on Thursday, October 17, reaching peak illumination at 7:26 a.m.  “It will be below the horizon, so wait until sunset to watch it rise and take its place in the sky,” the Farmer’s Almanac states.

The Farmer’s Almanac explains that the name most likely originates from the fact that the October full moon was a signal for hunters to prepare for winter by going hunting to stock up on food.

According to NASA: “The next full Moon will be Thursday morning, Oct. 17, 2024, at 7:26 a.m. EDT. This will be late Wednesday night for the International Date Line West time zone and early Friday morning from New Zealand Time eastwards to the International Date Line. The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Tuesday evening through Friday morning.”

You can read more about the supermoon on NASA’s website here.

Happy viewing!

DCG

Dear Kansas, We borrowed your tornadoes, but promise to return them ASAP

Wedge tornado hits Fort Pierce, FL

First, thank you for your prayers.

Second, now that we are back from North Carolina,  we had another hurricane to face in Florida.

In the days leading up to the arrival of “Milton,” we were in heavy downpours. Someone wanted to know what it was like, so I answered, “Think of Vietnam in rainy season.” This made it much harder to put the armor onto the house.

We finished putting shutters up, and within an hour the tornado warnings began. They went on for hours, one after another, and when I checked the links it was alarming to see how many came close to our house. Then I saw some videos and was surprised to see these were not the usual Florida tornadoes, aka glorified waterspouts. No, these were long track tornadoes, some of them wedge shaped.

There were surprisingly few casualties, thank God. But some people lost their lives. Some we need prayers for those who lost someone.

TD

Inflation hits McDonald’s suppliers: French fry supplier to close plant in WA

Inflation has hit all Americans hard during the Biden-Harris administration. It’s about to hit employees at a Lamb Weston plant in Connell, Washington, too.

From Yahoo:

A major french fry supplier is cutting jobs as customers continue to count their pennies amid inflated prices at fast-food chains.

Lamb Weston, the largest producer of french fries in North America, announced last week it was closing its plant in Connell, Washington, meaning 375 employees, or 4% of its workforce, would be laid off, according to an earnings report released last week.

“Restaurant traffic and frozen potato demand, relative to supply, continue to be soft, and we believe it will remain soft through the remainder of fiscal 2025,” Tom Werner, Lamb Weston president and CEO, said last week on an earnings call.

Fast-food chains have felt the consequences of inflation as cash-strapped customers have been more careful about patronizing many restaurants. A survey in May revealed that 80% of Americans considered fast food to be a “luxury” because of high prices.”

Read the whole story here.

Inflation has hit us hard, indeed. According to a CBS News price tracker report from last month, since 2019 to to August 2024 potatoes (by the pound) have increased by 34%, a dozen eggs by 126%, and a loaf of bread by 54%. These price increases are unsustainable for the average American.

Remember wisely as you vote next month. Because things could get much, much worse:

DCG

Thank you for your prayers

Thank you DrE for your prayers,

We were in North Carolina during the hurricane (not the hardest hit area), and on returning to Florida we find ourselves prepping for another hurricane.

All the love to our Body snd Soul family,

TD

“His faithfulness will be your shield and armor.” Psalm 91:4

Progressive policies in action: Seattle Police won’t respond to alarm calls without “supporting evidence”

Thanks to the liberals’ “Defund the Police” movement in 2020 and BLM’s campaign to disparage police, the Seattle Police Department has lost more than 700 officers in the past five years and is at its lowest staffing level since the 1990s.

The consequences of this? From Fox 13 Seattle:

Seattle Police: Officers won’t respond to burglary alarm calls without evidence

From the article:

“A triggered alarm system at a property in Seattle will soon require more information to get an officer’s attention. Seattle Police Department (SPD) announced a new policy for responding to alarm calls.

SPD’s interim police chief, Sue Rahr, announced the updated standards in a letter dated Sept. 13. She wrote that, beginning Oct. 1, “SPD will only dispatch officers to calls from alarm companies with supporting evidence, such as audio, video, panic alarms or eyewitness evidence that a person is illegally entering or attempting to enter a residence or commercial property.”

“The challenge with that is it’s only two weeks’ notice. We have to notify all of our customers, we have to change how we monitor those alarms, we have to change dispatchers on how they respond to alarms in Seattle,” said Woodman. “We’ve been told that [SPD] has been working on this for eight months, but they never reached out to the industry or the monitoring companies. So, we are asking that they now work with us and just give us some more time.” 

Woodman and others from Washington Alarm gave public comment on Tuesday during Seattle City Council’s Public Safety Committee meeting and full council meeting. They voiced their concerns, not only about the short notice from SPD, but also the impact on customers who don’t have audio or visual capabilities on their systems.

“Law enforcement and the security industry can work together to come up with a solution that benefits our customers in a way that doesn’t leave them stranded and vulnerable at the most dangerous moment,” said Ashley Barber of Washington Alarm.

“Our fear is that the business owner or building owner is going to go down to that building and see what is going on. And with no police there, we could potentially be in a dire situation if there’s actual criminal activity going on at the property and they don’t have police to back them up,” said Woodman. “Other cities that have done this [have seen] the crime has gone up. And we certainly already have an issue in the city of Seattle with crime, and we would not want to see crime go up.”

Read the whole article here.

Yeah, don’t hold your breath waiting for the police in Seattle to back you up. That isn’t how most of us roll:

Alas, in demorat-run Seattle your options are limited. They never learn, do they?

DCG

Dog Is Three Legged Goat’s Protector

Such a sweet story!

DCG