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and another ship has a problem in the same bay, just after it got past the remains of the key bridge BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and local partners are responding to reports of an explosion aboard the 751-foot merchant vessel W-Sapphire in Baltimore Harbor, Monday 18th Aug 2025. Responders from Coast Guard Sector Maryland – National Capital Region were dispatched to the area to assist. No injuries have been reported at this time and the cause of the explosion is under investigation. The Coast Guard has established a 2,000-yard safety zone around the incident location, spanning from the Key Bridge to Brewerton Angle Channel LB “14”. Reports state the fire has been extinguished and plans for the vessel are being formulated. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Sector Maryland – National Capital Region watchstanders received a call over VHF channel 16 from the W-Sapphire sating their had been an explosion aboard the vessel. The W-Sapphire was outbound from Baltimore Harbor with 23 crewmembers and 2 pilots aboard and was south of Fort Carroll at the time of the explosion. The report stated the vessel was transporting coal. more at https://maritimesutra.com/2025/08/19/bulk-carrier-w-sapphire-explodes-off-baltimore-uscg-responds/

texas democrats can be invited to gerrymander the borders if necessary

and it turns out........this was not the first time he has been in the news. i just saw this on facebook - people are connecting the dots. Published: January 20, 2021 The state of Arkansas has filed suit against a California trucking company and its driver after a major bridge collapse in 2019. Earlier this month, the state of Arkansas along with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission filed a lawsuit against truck driver Harjinder Singh and Bakersfield, California-based trucking company US Citylink Corp. in the Yell County Circuit Court. The bridge collapse occurred on January 30, 2019, in the Yell County town of Ola, Arkansas. pics and more at https://cdllife.com/2021/trucking-company-and-driver-sued-after-following-gps-onto-6-ton-bridge-causing-collapse/

A daycare worker is facing charges of first-degree aggravated battery and three counts of first-degree child abuse following an incident allegedly involving a one-year-old boy. Yvette Thurston, 54, was arrested last Monday, according to police in Bainbridge, Georgia, KCRG reported. Thurston was identified as an employee at the Little Blessings Child Care, located inside the Bainbridge Church of God. The father of two boys, aged one and three, slammed the daycare in a Facebook post and alleged that the charges related to his one-year-old son. He shared pictures of one child with a large, deep purple bruise over one of his swollen eyes, and several cuts across his face. “This was his FIRST DAY!!! This is every parent’s worst nightmare and WE had to live it and are still living it,” Cory Weeks wrote. more at https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/georgia-daycare-worker-child-abuse-battery-b2809263.html

and removes much of the power that the dc elite have over that tiny section of america.

Terrifying video shows the moment a minivan ploughed into a tractor-trailer making an outrageous rogue U-turn on a Florida highway last week — with all three people in the van killed and the truck’s illegal-migrant driver now charged with homicide. The roadway horror happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday on the Florida Turnpike near Fort Pierce when the tractor-trailer driven by suspect Harjinder Singh made a hard left turn across the highway and attempted to cross the median through an “official use only” pass, authorities said. The truck’s trailer blocked all of oncoming traffic’s lanes as it nosed over the median — with footage from inside its cab showing a black minivan driving toward it with no time to stop and nowhere to turn to avoid a collision. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer also was put out for him after it was determined that he’d been in the US illegally since 2018, when he crossed into the country over the Mexican border, CBS12 reported. He had been driving with a California commercial driver’s license. more at https://nypost.com/2025/08/17/us-news/illegal-migrant-driver-in-florida-make-rogue-u-turn-kills-3-officials/

this reminds me of that famous saying from the vietnam war, but modified for this craziness. "we had to kill the animal to save it."

When a Louisiana family agreed to nurse a blind deer back to health, they were looking to do the right thing and didn't want any trouble. But that's exactly what they got last December. In 2018, a woman in Baton Rouge found a blind fawn that had been abandoned by its mother. The woman contacted Jen Sibley, who agreed to take care of the deer at her expansive property in Livingston Parish, reports WAFB, a local CBS affiliate. After finding the deer on the property, agents "seized the animal and euthanized it," according to WAFB. "My son's in tears," Sibley told WAFB. "I got him off the couch watching cartoons right before our family Christmas party to come tell his deer goodbye. They came and darted him. He was laying in his bedding area for 20 minutes. They shot him with a dart and then had to shoot him again." When a Louisiana family agreed to nurse a blind deer back to health, they were looking to do the right thing and didn't want any trouble. But that's exactly what they got last December. In 2018, a woman in Baton Rouge found a blind fawn that had been abandoned by its mother. The woman contacted Jen Sibley, who agreed to take care of the deer at her expansive property in Livingston Parish, reports WAFB, a local CBS affiliate. The deer, which the family affectionately named "Little Buck," eventually regained its health and lived with the Sibleys for seven years. Although Little Buck had a pen on the property, he was free to leave at any point but never did. On December 22, 2024, officials from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries showed up at the Sibleys' door after receiving an anonymous tip that Little Buck was living on the property. Louisiana law only allows individuals to possess in captivity "certain sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife"—which does not include deer—for up to 90 days. After finding the deer on the property, agents "seized the animal and euthanized it," according to WAFB. "My son's in tears," Sibley told WAFB. "I got him off the couch watching cartoons right before our family Christmas party to come tell his deer goodbye. They came and darted him. He was laying in his bedding area for 20 minutes. They shot him with a dart and then had to shoot him again." The family was then fined over $1,600. Trevor, Jaci's husband, was criminally charged with possessing the deer. Prosecutors ultimately declined to move the case forward and dropped the fine and criminal charge. The incident has outraged many, including Louisiana state Rep. Lauren Ventrella (R–Greenwell Spring). Ventrella tells Reason she can list countless reports of animals being confiscated in the area, including one case last week where a fawn was killed after being seized by a good Samaritan. more at https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/louisiana-wildlife-officials-killed-blind-210521669.html

denial by the left reminds me of this guy

they are what they fling?

well you can, but they will get fined........

but it's ok to go set fires in canada..

so the rubias have a safe time to shop it seems.........

Two Hamtramck councilmen have been charged by a county prosecutor with election and absentee ballot fraud in 2023. Councilmen Mohammed Kamrul Hassan, 57, and Muhtasin Rahman Sadman, 26, each face several felony and misdemeanor charges for alleged criminal activity from July 7 to Nov. 7, 2023, a time period that includes both the August primary and November general elections in Hamtramck, in which Hassan and Sadman were running. The charges don't specify which of the two elections the alleged fraud involves. The charges were filed Friday, Aug. 8, in 31st District Court in Hamtramck by Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Yorkey, who was assigned to the case after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recused herself over perceptions of bias against Muslims. more about "it never happens" at https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2025/08/11/election-voter-fraud-charges-hamtramck-councilmen-mohammed-kamrul-hassan-muhtasin-rahman-safman/85608893007/

all - note there is a difference between "report" and quoting an existing post. one posts a reply in the thread. the other gets moderator attention in this thread. charles vj moderation

A former volunteer firefighter who pleaded guilty to setting hay bales on fire in western Saskatchewan last summer has been sentenced to probation and community service. Logan Sieben was a member of the Macklin & District Fire Department, which last year responded to 20 hay bale fires from July 28 to Aug. 25. Macklin is about 250 kilometres west of Saskatoon. Sieben ultimately pleaded guilty to one charge of arson causing property damage. Sieben will serve 18 months of probation, complete 200 hours of community service in 15 months and cannot possess any fire-starting tools. more at https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/logan-sieben-sentencing-1.7590359

have you considered a TSA checkpoint as an alternative?

hopefully it is not "Veni, vidi, vici"

guess they won't fling poo anymore.........

and more zoo news............ Zoo staff receive death threats after baboons culled and fed to lions Staff at a German zoo who culled a dozen healthy baboons and fed their remains to lions have received death threats. The Tiergarten Nuremberg zoo said it euthanised 12 Guinea baboons on 29 July because their enclosure had become too overcrowded, despite growing protests from activists and animal rights groups. Some of the baboons’ carcasses were used for scientific research, while others were fed to carnivores at the zoo, Tiergarten said. Zoo director Dr Dag Encke told Sky News that police were investigating after staff received threats. more at https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tiergarten-nuremberg-zoo-germany-baboons-killed-b2803544.html

MINNEAPOLIS – Today, United States District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, age 36, to 28 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a $300 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Farah was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514. Farah played a leading and role in the Feeding Our Future case, the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the United States. According to public documents, Farah and his co-defendants stole more than $47 million in program funds by claiming to serve 18 million meals to kids at more than 30 food distribution sites. In June 2024, after a seven-week trial before Judge Brasel, a federal jury convicted Farah of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, false statements in a passport application, conspiracy to commit money laundering, two counts of federal programs bribery, six counts of wire fraud, and 11 counts of money laundering. Farah was the co-owner of Empire Cuisine & Market, an entity that he enrolled in the Federal Child Nutrition Program in April 2020, during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Farah was among the very first defendants to see an opportunity for fraud and exploit it. Farah immediately opened a number of fraudulent program sites and began falsely claiming to serve meals to thousands of children per day. Many of the purported “sites” served no meals at all and were nothing more than parking lots or vacant commercial spaces. more at https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/landmark-sentence-feeding-our-future-scheme-leader-sentenced-28-years-prison

posting that should be against the tos..........

another outburst like that above will result in moderator attention you do not want. charles vj moderation

or just eat taco bell

A woke school superintendent earning more than $424,000 per year is now using taxpayer funds to hire a personal bodyguard, it has emerged. She has come under fire for allegedly covering up a football recruitment scandal, withholding National Merit awards from students, and defying Title IX protections in girls sports, Fox News reports. The school board opted to renew her four-year contract last November and raised her salary $380,000 by nearly 12 percent. She was also awarded a $12,000 annual car allowance. more at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woke-school-superintendent-paid-424k-a-year-is-now-hiring-taxpayer-funded-bodyguard-on-143k-salary/ar-AA1JTHzI