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We have Tropical Storm Helene.

It is now forecast to come ashore on the Florida panhandle as a major hurricane on Thursday.

Humans colonizing Venus?

They should check a Venusian weather report first.

I think so. The video is standard definition. Unable to confirm on my phone because there are so many other Met Wagner performances that flood my searches.

Good news! There is a 4th complete Ring Cycle on YouTube. This one is by the Metropolitan Opera. This might be the one to watch if you are only watching one. The staging and costumes are very traditional. No modern dress. No mostly empty stages. Most of Wagner's directions are followed. Siegfried ...

Having time on my hands with Mrs. V in Italy I have been wandering around YouTube. There I found not one, not two, but three complete video performances of Wagner's massive four opera Ring Cycle. Wow! :o :shock: These are by the Vienna State Opera, Opera North in Leeds England and the Bayreuth ...

Russia's test launch of ICBM known as Satan II appears to have failed https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-icbm-test-launch-failed/ New satellite imagery indicates Russia may have conducted a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test in recent days involving its Sarmat ICBM, also known as the ...

Flanders Deli Robbed https://patch.com/new-york/northfork/s/izhao/flanders-deli-robbed-police-seeking-information?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert&user_email=68d0d95d04b1943d6df2a50a18778a5d4c0db329e9bce010a35ce027b23925a1&user_email_md5 ...

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Pressure grows on Trump to accept second Harris debate https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4894831-trump-pressure-second-harris-debate/?utm_source=press.coop Republicans argue that Trump can have a better, more disciplined performance a second time around after Harris was widely seen by voters as ...

Republican bid to change Nebraska voting rules to help Trump fails https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/23/republican-bid-change-nebraskas-electoral-system-trump-fails Mike McDonnell, a former Democrat who crossed to the Republican party this year, said he would not vote to change the ...

Yep!

Meanwhile on the South Fork- A Case Pertussis Confirmed at Sag Harbor Elementary https://www.easthamptonstar.com/education/2024920/case-pertussis-confirmed-sag-harbor-elementary A case of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has been confirmed at Sag Harbor Elementary School. The case was ...

I hope that California farmers are smart enough not to believe Trump's water lies.

Autumn weather has arrived right on time. :biggrin: Our quiet two weeks after Labor Day are over. The dreaded pumpkin traffic begins. The Modern Snack Bar has added on premises baked pumpkin pies to its dessert list. The breweries all have pumpkin ales. Local apples and fresh cider are for sale ...

I discovered German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler from records in the Music Library at college. For many years I collected his recordings which could be a challenge since many of the studio recordings were out of print and most of his recordings were live recordings that often where never published ...

Where did this Haitian cannibal nonsense come from?

Dave from down under wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2024 7:59 pm https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-10/ ... /104104898

In Georgia, Democrats fear a Republican-controlled board could try to 'rig' the 2024 US election

Yep. Georgia elections officials have voted to hand count ballots.

Autumn has arrived. We know because the Canadian geese are honking overhead on their way south.

Happily the geese don't pause here in the Circle. They do stop along some of the rivers and marinas.

Kentucky highway shooting suspect believed to have been found dead https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05gpz2jzpqo Police say they believe they have found the body of a suspected gunman who went on a highway shooting spree that wounded five people in Kentucky almost two weeks ago. The body was found ...

Very interesting. So Norway is torn between reducing the crab population to maintain biodiversity and maintaining the crab population for economic exploitation. Difficult balancing act.

This appears to be the same bill that he canceled the vote on last Wednesday. Government Shutdown: Mike Johnson Faces Growing Pressure https://www.newsweek.com/government-shutdown-mike-johnson-faces-growing-pressure-1955836 Johnson's plan, a six-month stopgap funding measure combined with the ...

The Nassau Coliseum is not remotely located. When built it was squeezed in among residential neighborhoods, Hofstra University, several business parks and major highways. Today Hofstra's afternoon classes are either cancelled or online. Local schools are dismissing early. I imagine many businesses ...

Claims of explosives at Trump’s Long Island rally are ‘unfounded’: NCPD https://pix11.com/news/local-news/claims-of-explosives-at-trumps-long-island-rally-are-unfounded-ncpd/ A person with a self-trained bomb-detecting dog near the Nassau Coliseum falsely reported the threat, according to the depar ...

2 Protests Planned Outside Donald Trump Rally On Long Island https://patch.com/new-york/northfork/s/izd8d/2-protests-planned-outside-donald-trump-rally-on-long-island?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert&user_email ...