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“Trump first ran for President warning about rapists coming in from Mexico. I’m worried about keeping the rapist out of the White House.” Linda Ronstadt

Old Hippie knows all about islands 🔥

Couple of points here. Firstly after the first debate against Biden Trump immediately wanted a second debate. Secondly winners don't usually hang around but Trump headed straight to the "Spin Room". Harris went straight to a Democrat celebration. Harris has requested a second debate. Trump is reluctant unless it's on Fox with moderators of his choice. One thing I did learn which I had never heard before was Trump had Taliban leaders as guests at Camp David.

Such a classic. Thought A Time To Kill had many similarities.

James Earl Jones, revered actor and voice of Star Wars’ Darth Vader, dies aged 93

It's kind of like he makes up "his" version as he goes along.

Washington Post has research stats and it's true Trump supporters prefer Biden's policies. Go figure https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/02/biden-trump-policies-popularity-2024/

Super Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday, the meteorological agency said, uprooting thousands of trees, sweeping ships and boats out to sea and killing at least one person in the country. Before hitting the mainland, the typhoon hit the island Đảo Cô Tô, about 80 kilometres from mainland province Quảng Ninh. Local authorities said the typhoon was the most severe to hit the island in decades. It has been named 2024's second-most powerful tropical cyclone in the world and most powerful storm in Asia, categorised by Vietnam's meteorological agency as a level 14 typhoon. It then landed on Vietnam's Haiphong and Quảng Ninh provinces at 1pm local time, packing winds exceeding 149 kilometres per hour, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said. Vietnam's northern provinces hit with 'unbelievable' winds The coastal city of Haiphong, with a population of two million, is so far among the hardest hit by the winds. Parts of the city experienced power outages on Saturday, authorities said. Hundreds of cruises were cancelled in Quảng Ninh — which is home to UNESCO World Heritage site Hạ Long Bay — ahead of the storm, state media reported. Further inland in Hải Dương province, a man was killed in the street after heavy winds brought down a tree as the storm approached landfall, according to state media. "It has been years since I witnessed a typhoon this big," Tran Thi Hoa, a 48-year-old woman from Haiphong, said. "It was scary. I stayed indoors, after locking all my windows. However, the sound of the wind and the rain was unbelievable." Debris was seen flying in the air in Haiphong Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on local authorities to evacuate residents from dangerous areas before the storm hit. He urged those who did not evacuate to stay indoors. Around 20,000 people have been evacuated and moved to higher ground in the north of Haiphong, Thái Binh and capital Hanoi, local authorities reported. Vietnam has evacuated nearly 50,000 people from coastal towns and deployed 450,000 military personnel in total, the government said. More than 457,000 were mobilised by the Ministry of Defence's rescue and relief department to deal with the fallout from the typhoon. Some 2,000 vehicles and six planes have been sent to deal with the situation. Northern Vietnam has been experiencing heavy rains and strong winds since Friday evening, including in Hanoi. Parts of Haiphong experienced power outages, while some residents were evacuated. Authorities had pruned trees in Hanoi to make them less susceptible to falling, but wind and rain knocked over several along with billboards in northern cities ahead of the typhoon landing. Local media also reported that many moored boats were swept out to sea. A woman was killed in the capital on Friday afternoon when a tree fell in the street after heavy rains. Four airports in northern Vietnam — including Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport — have been closed at the cost of more than 300 flights, while sailing has been banned since Friday. High schools were also closed in 12 northern provinces, including in the capital Hanoi.

It's a growing list.I heard someone else offered to do the same. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/all-the-artists-who-dont-want-donald-trump-using-their-music-1235080043/beyonce-46-1235085012/

Triple-Grammy winning Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes has died aged 83 after battling long COVID.

We already have that. It's called family 😃

I also read Trump has announced a plan for an Elon Musk-led ‘government efficiency commission’ This could play out as quiet an interesting arrangement considering Musk once backed the idea of taxing carbon emissions to force down global warming and Trump claims "the ocean’s going to rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years" And today we hear..... Temperatures in the northern hemisphere from June to August became the highest on average in 84 years, extending what were already six consecutive record-setting months in the first half of 2024. Data published in a monthly bulletin by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Friday also showed that the global average temperature for the year from September 2023 to August 2024 was the highest on record for any 12-month period, at 0.76 degrees Celsius above the 1991–2020 average and 1.64C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial average.

And there lies the problem. And the fact most of what comes out of his mouth is complete rubbish you can understand why they support him. I watched an interview with a Trump supporter complaining about how most Democrats are educated. But I remember seeing Amerikans interviewed about countries to attack and most had absolutely no idea about the rest of the world. I am guessing most would be Trump supporters.

For the life of me cannot understand how so many still fall for all his crap. It's actually quiet fascinating. When he is proven to be factually incorrect on so many of his claims people just still believe every word that comes out of his mouth. And some of his statements are just bizarre like teachers performing gender reassignments in schools. One of interesting things I read today was in an interview where he claimed he had the right to interfere with a Presidential Election. What an idiot.

Not sure about Middle Earth but here you don't even need a card to use an ATM. I haven't carried a wallet for years. All on my phone. Note to self "Don't Lose Your Phone" One thing they are trying to push forward with here also is cashless gambling. The money launderers are outraged.

His running mate appears to be a complete imbecile 😳

I had no clue either however I was inspired by one Donald Trump after seeing this...then asked Alexa 😉

Did you and Glenn M. Hughes compare mustache grooming techniques?

Here ya go...

Casanova? Never heard of the place. That in San Francisco? I don't know how you find the time with your ever expanding list of hobbies. You mean you've added those to leather working, weaving, recreating scrolls through calligraphy and historical recreation with your "friends"

As bizarre as it seems, not such a bad idea in certain cases. I didn't catch chickenpox as a kid, but got it at 40 years old. Horrible experience. Developed into Viral Pneumonia. 5 days ICU. Doctors told the family if they could get me through the first night I was a chance of surviving. Off work for 4 months. Destroyed the lining of my esophagus so could eat properly for months. Lost about 40% of my body weight. Touch wood haven't had Covid to date.

Did you learn that on Fire Island?