Hurricane Milton rips off roof of Tampa
Bay Rays’ Tropicana Field which was
turned into shelter for first responders
Posted By: 4250Luis, 10/10/2024 6:29:00 AM
Hurricane Milton ripped the roof off Tropicana Field which was transformed into a camp for thousands of first responders as the Category 3 storm ripped through Florida Wednesday night. The destruction of the Tampa Bay Rays ballpark in St. Petersburg could be seen from the outside and all that remained were the stadium’s lights cables, bars and catwalks with roof fabric dangling from above. The storm had initially torn open a significant hole above the third base dugout before every other section around the domed roof fell apart, leaving roofing material covering various portions of the infield and stadium seating, according to social media video from inside the stadium.
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Hurricane Milton ripped the roof off Tropicana Field which was transformed into a camp for thousands of first responders as the Category 3 storm ripped through Florida Wednesday night.
The destruction of the Tampa Bay Rays ballpark in St. Petersburg could be seen from the outside and all that remained were the stadium’s lights cables, bars and catwalks with roof fabric dangling from above.
The storm had initially torn open a significant hole above the third base dugout before every other section around the domed roof fell apart, leaving roofing material covering various portions of the infield and stadium seating, according to social media video from inside the stadium.
"[Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar wants everyone to be a martyr—except for him." Now he appears to want to have discussions again on the condition that the Israelis will not try to kill him during the negotiations on a deal. — David Greenfield, CEO and executive director of Met Council, August 28, 2024.
When Israelis clamor for the release of their hostages, they are, unfortunately, just letting Hamas know what a valuable bargaining chip it has – so the price goes up. For Hamas, if the families of the hostages succeed in getting Netanyahu pushed out of office, so much the better:
Harris-Biden Admin Turned FEMA Into a
DEI Experiment – and Hurricane Victims
Are Suffering for It 11 replies
DEI Experiment – and Hurricane Victims
Are Suffering for It 11 replies
If ever there was an ironclad example of the failures of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices in Kamala Harris’ America, the devastating government response to Hurricane Helene should leave no doubt. And it’s about to grow ever more apparent.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) focus has shifted towards emphasizing DEI over immediate disaster response efficiency under the Harris-Biden administration.
Hurricane Helene victims are suffering because of it. Hurricane Milton victims are about to as well.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a whole has endured stunning ineptitude through the DEI-fueled hiring of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Furious Joe Biden regrets choosing Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the Justice Department after the agency prosecuted his son Hunter, a new book by Bob Woodward claims.
The allegation is just one of a number of bombshell insights into the Biden White House in “War,” out October 15. The book reveals a president desperately trying to stave off war in the Middle East, fearful of Russia unleashing nuclear warfare, and worn down by his wayward son.
Biden also lashes out about everyone from Garland to Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netnyahu and even Barack Obama — who Biden blames for not stopping Putin’s 2014 invasion of Crimea,
At the Economic Club of Pittsburgh, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris recently said she would “engage in what Franklin Roosevelt called ‘bold, persistent experimentation,’” as he had told the 1932 graduating class at Oglethorpe University. But she did not mention FDR’s vision of “remaking the world,” which included fundamentally changing “our popular economic thought” to see to “a wiser, more equitable distribution of the national income.”
Instead, she said she would seek “practical solutions” and even declared, “I am a capitalist.” She said she’s “been working with entrepreneurs and business owners” for her “whole career.” (No one has yet even been able to verify Harris’ job at McDonald’s.)
On Tuesday, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment against an Afghan national living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for "conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO)."According to a Justice Department press release, "Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, conspired and attempted to provide material support to ISIS and obtained firearms and ammunition to conduct a violent attack on U.S. soil in the name of ISIS."
Both Tawhedi and his juvenile co-conspirator were in the U.S. on Special Immigrant Visas. Tawhedi is married to the juvenile's sister.
After the news Tuesday, the disastrous George Gascón experiment in Los Angeles is almost certainly coming to an end on November 5.
A shocking poll showing a 30-point lead for challenger Nathan Hochman came out Tuesday morning, and a debate between the candidates Tuesday evening showed an incumbent playing defense. Rampant burglaries, repeat offending murderers, reconsidering a lighter sentence for the Menendez brothers – none of the topics discussed were good for an elected District Attorney who has presided over a tumultuous period at the largest local prosecutor agency in the country.
Vice President Kamala Harris got grilled in a tense “60 Minutes” interview Monday night for alienating “millions and millions” of US voters by calling former President Donald Trump a “racist.”
CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker took Harris to task for portraying Trump as “racist and divisive.” “You have accused Donald Trump of using racist tropes when it comes to Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, when it comes to birtherism, when it comes to Charlottesville. In fact, you have called him a racist and divisive,” Whitaker said.
“Yet Donald Trump has the support of millions and millions of Americans. How do you explain that?”
NEW: More Kamala '60 Minutes' Clips Show
Why Her Campaign Is Doomed After Border
and Gun Comments 15 replies
Why Her Campaign Is Doomed After Border
and Gun Comments 15 replies
There's a reason that they haven't been putting Kamala Harris out there to do interviews. But I think they're so desperate to move the numbers that they've had to put her and Trim Walz out there. But as we've seen in her 60 minutes in the clips we've seen already, it didn't go well. The first clips they released were about Israel and the Gaza war. Kamala gave a ridiculous word salad answer and she also managed to throw Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the bus. She wouldn't even say that Bibi or the state of Israel was an ally.
Kamala Harris’ interview on CBS News was a total disaster. That’s an evergreen statement, but you knew it would end poorly. Folks, her spot on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the most effortless media hit of all time, was a tangled mess. Now, sitting across from Bill Whitaker, the seasoned journalist asked run-of-the-mill questions, and this woman imploded (again). It’s not like Democrats didn’t know this about Kamala, who has been a five-alarm fire every time she tried to do a solo interview before Joe Biden’s mind melted on national television last June.
On the heels of fresh polling showing Donald Trump pulling ahead of Kamala Harris in key Pennsylvania counties, new voter data information released shows that the number of voters registering as Republican surged in September. The numbers are impressive, with the GOP gaining nearly twice as many new voters as the Democrats. This is obviously good news for Trump, who is coming off his triumphant return to Butler, PA, and for Senate hopeful Dave McCormick, who is closing the gap in his race to defeat Democrat incumbent Bob Casey. Data geeks can find the county-by-county breakdown of voter registration numbers here.
"Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations." — United Nations Charter, Article 51.
On October 1, 2024, Iran directly attacked Israel for the second time in six months, launching at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israeli towns cities and towns and sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters. Iran simply did what it has been doing for decades: trying to obliterate Israel.
Iran, both alone and through its proxies, has attacked Israel -- a country smaller than New Jersey – for the past year, non-stop, on seven fronts:
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In the lead-up to and during Barack Obama’s presidency, we were relentlessly told that Barack Obama was a racial healer and a man of unusual, almost James Bondian suave sophistication. Both were lies. Barack Obama has always been a race hustler and a crude, low-thinking person. Both traits appeared during campaign appearances he made yesterday on Kamala’s behalf, where he made a vulgar crack about Donald Trump and shamed young black men for voting for their interests rather than their skin color.
All of the talk about how sacred ‘our democracy’ is from Democrats in recent years might go right out the window in November.
Rep. Jamie Raskin of California and other members of his party are already signaling that they may not vote to certify the 2024 election if Trump wins.
This would not be a big change for Raskin. He objected to certifying the 2016 election when Trump won. It’s almost like they don’t really care about ‘our democracy’ at all. Almost.
Breitbart News reports:
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest book is a flop, selling only 27,000 copies in its first week, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
That’s significantly less than the 167,000 copies of her previous book, “What Happened,” that were sold in the first week after its release in 2017. [Tweets]
Speaking of “what happened,” what exactly happened here with her book’s latest sales?
Critics like the Beacon’s Andrew Stiles say this latest book is just “another memoir about how unfair it was that she lost to Donald Trump and why you still owe her an apology for being right about everything.”
The father of an allegedly kidnapped 14-year-old girl is in jail in Lonoke County, Arkansas, after a shooting that left the reported kidnapper dead. The father said he found the man with his daughter, and a confrontation broke out as he tried to rescue her.
Lonoke County Sheriff John Staley said in a Facebook post that his deputies received a call on October 8 about a missing 14-year-old girl. As the deputies were en route to the home of the missing girl, they received a call regarding a shooting.
Trump, Harris locked in dead heat in 7
battleground states, poll finds: 'Could
not be closer' 21 replies
battleground states, poll finds: 'Could
not be closer' 21 replies
A new Wall Street Journal poll has found little separation between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in seven battleground states, prompting a Democratic pollster to say that the 2024 election "really could not be closer."
The survey of 600 registered voters in each of the states, which was conducted Sept. 28-Oct. 8 with a margin of error of +/-4 percentage points, found that in a head-to-head contest, Trump and Harris are tied in North Carolina and Wisconsin.//snip//They preferred Harris when it comes to housing affordability, abortion, health care and having someone in the Oval Office who cares about you.
During a town hall with Univision on Thursday, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris responded to a question on what she’d do differently on the border than President Joe Biden by stating she “was the top law enforcement officer of the biggest state in this country, California.” And “will put my record up against anyone in terms of the work I have always done and will always do to ensure we have a secure border” and saying that she has done work on trafficking. Harris also stated that she’ll “do the work of focusing on what we must do to have an orderly and humane pathway to earn
How do you do, fellow dudes?
A 90-second video of “typical” men expressing their support for Kamala Harris was widely mocked online Friday — with critics trashing the awkward spot as the “cringiest political ad ever” and an “absurd piece of rubbish.”
The clip features a slew of apparent farmers, car enthusiasts and gym junkies boasting about their masculinity as they repeatedly insist, “I’m a man” and “I’m man enough.”
The script then takes a hard feminist turn as the presumed actors — most of whom were filmed doing outdoor activities or perched on trucks — start rattling off ways they aren’t afraid to support women.
“You think I’m afraid to rebuild a carburetor?
Meghan Markle surprised a group of children and teenagers last week as she joined them for an afternoon of games and crafts. [Snip] 'We did an activity where we talked through a bunch of scenarios, and Meghan talked about being one of the most bullied people in the world,' [Snip] Meghan talked about social media use and claimed most of the online hate she experienced happened while she was pregnant with her two young children. [Snip] A description of the network on the Sussexes' Archewell Foundation website says: ... and our mission is to prevent anyone else from suffering the way we have.
A video showing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D., feeding a kneeling "feminist" podcast host a Doritos chip while wearing a Harris/Walz cameo campaign hat, prompted questions and criticisms on Thursday.
Author and filmmaker Liz Plank shared the video on her Instagram account "feministabulous" showing Whitmer feeding her a Doritos chip while she is kneeling.
"If he won’t, Gretchen Whitmer will," a caption under the Instagram video post reads. "Chips aren’t just delicious, the CHIPS Act is a game-changer for U.S. tech and manufacturing, boosting domestic production of semiconductors to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers! Donald Trump would put that at risk."
Is Kamala's Glock Her Dukakis Tank Moment?
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Many of us are old enough to remember Mike Dukakis's disastrous outing in a tank during the 1988 campaign, which is still to this day generally regarded as the big turning point that led to Dukakis losing the election. He looked ridiculous, it was patently a campaign stunt, and he paid the price for it.Over at RealClearPolitics, scribe Shane Harris has made the interesting speculation that Kamala Harris' "Glock moment" may well be the same kind of misstep. But there's one big difference.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ comments about owning a “Glock” are proving to be,
The Israel Land Authority on Thursday announced the takeover of the headquarters in Jerusalem of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which will be replaced with 1,440 housing units.
The 8.89-acre UNRWA compound in the Ma’alot Dafna neighborhood of Jerusalem has been declared illegal following an inquiry by Minister of Construction and Housing Yitzhak Goldknopf to the CEO of the land authority and the prime minister’s office. It turns out the UN agency owes more than $7 million in rent for the space.
Former President Donald Trump won’t appear on a voters’ pamphlet mailed across Oregon because the 2024 GOP nominee missed the deadline to submit a statement in the informational guide, officials said.
Trump, along with his running mate Ohio Sen. JD Vance, will still be on the state’s ballot in his quest to retake the White House this November, but will be one of three presidential candidates that won’t show up in the booklet recently sent out to 3 million voters, according to reports.
Along with not submitting a candidate statement, his campaign did not fork over a fee of $3,500, the Oregon Capitol Chronicle reported last month.