After 54 years of production, Boeing rolled out its last 747 this week. The 747 was so big they called it “jumbo jet”, yet so elegant they called it the queen of the sky.
Author: C.
The 2022 Midterm Elections in Texas
The General (Midterm) Election Day this year is November 8 (early voting starts October 24), and the Texas Tribune has published ballot information.
Local
Mayor
- Bobby Gutierrez
- Brent Hairston
- Mike Southerland
Single Member District No. 1
- Raul Santana
- Paul Torres
Single Member District No. 2
- Ray Arrington
- Rafael Peña III
Single Member District No. 3
- Doris Machinski
- Jared Salvato
Single Member District No. 5
- Marca Ewers-Shurtleff
- Anjuli “A.J.” Renold
- Kyle R. Schumann
At Large, Place 6
- Kevin C. Boriskie
- Patrick Giammalva
U.S. House District 10
- Michael T. McCaul (R) [Incumbent]
- Linda Nuno (D)
- Bill Kelsey (L)
Texas Senate District 5
- Charles Schwertner (R) [Incumbent]
- Tommy Estes (L)
Texas House District 14
- John Raney (R) [Incumbent]
- Jeff Miller (L)
State Board Of Education District 10
- Tom Maynard (R) [Incumbent]
Statewide
Governor
- Greg Abbott (R) [Incumbent]
- Beto O’Rourke (D)
- Mark Tippetts (L)
- Delilah Barrios (G)
Lieutenant Governor
- Dan Patrick (R) [Incumbent]
- Mike Collier (D)
- Shanna Steele (L)
Attorney General
- Ken Paxton (R) [Incumbent]
- Rochelle Garza (D)
- Mark Ash (L)
Land Commissioner
- Dawn Buckingham (R)
- Jay Kleberg (D)
- Alfred Molison (G)
Agriculture Commissioner
- Sid Miller (R) [Incumbent]
- Susan Hays (D)
Comptroller
- Glenn Hegar (R) [Incumbent]
- Janet T. Dudding (D)
- V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza (L)
Railroad Commissioner
- Wayne Christian (R) [Incumbent]
- Luke Warford (D)
- Jaime Andrés Díez (L)
- Hunter Crow (G)
Queen Elizabeth II has died
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving monarch at 70 years, has died at the age of 96. Her eldest son, Charles, is now King Charles III.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor is also survived by her other children, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Prince William, next in line to the throne, and Prince Harry are among her eight grandchildren. She has a dozen great-grandchildren.
Source: NBC News taken September 8, 2022
King Charles III is 73 years old. The King’s oldest son, heir apparent, William, is 40 years old, and his grandson, William’s oldest child, second in line, George, is 9 years old.
What’s New With Monkeypox
We can now add monkeypox to the list of highly contagious, virial diseases that are trying to kill us all.
WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern
Source: CNN.com taken July 22, 2022
Currently, the US is reporting over 2,800 probable or confirmed monkeypox cases in 44 states, DC and Puerto Rico, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Globally, there are over 16,500 cases reported in 74 countries.
These UnunitedStates
This is the zeitgeist of our world as of July 4, 2022! The United States is far from united. Today, we hold these truths that all races are NOT created equal, that all genders do NOT have unalienable rights, that our government has become as corrupted, usurpatory, and tyrannical as King George III. We the people, misquote and misinterpret the Constitution to justify our actions. We have daily mass shootings. We have racially motivated killings. We have reckless, irresponsible leaders acting on conspiracy theories and driving us to destruction and disunion….and then we have #AlexJones babbling about Cyborg Slaves of Satan. Hallelujah! Holy Shit! Where’s the Tylenol? #UnunitedStates
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade is literally as old as I am. (They began arguments 1 month after I was born.) Today, in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, thus overruling Roe v. Wade (and Planned Parenthood v. Casey).
Continue readingBreaking Records In Heat and Inflation
I thought this was newsworthy. The US is going to fry this weekend, and it’s going to cost a lot more to eat, sleep, travel, and cool down. The high temperature forecast for my area in Texas on Saturday is 99F, but we’ve already topped 100F this year, and we’ve been hot since early May. It’s the I-10 corridor that is really going to cook.
Continue readingR.I.P. Internet Explorer 1995-2022
As of today, June 15, 2022, IE is dead! Man, I’ve been waiting 27 years to say that. It feels good.
Microsoft first announced in May 2021 that it was planning to discontinue the web browser
Source: Fortune, June 15, 2022
The 2022 Hurricane Season
This year CSU again predicted an above-average season with 19 named storms, 9 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes.
Not to go too far off on a tangent, but in 2020 CSU predicted 16 named storms, 8 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes. Four months later they revised these numbers to be 24 named storms, 12 hurricanes, 5 major hurricanes! We ended 2020 with 30 named storms, 14 hurricanes, 6 major hurricanes!
In 2021 they predicted 17 named storms, 8 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes. We ended 2021 with 21 named storms, 7 hurricanes, 4 major hurricanes.
From the National Hurricane Center, the 2022 Atlantic tropical cyclone names are: Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona, Gaston, Hermine, Ian, Julia, Karl, Lisa, Martin, Nicole, Owen, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tobias, Virginie, Walter.
Continue readingMemorial Day Ribs 2022
This year is a repeat of last year. It’s a 12 year tradition for me to make ribs on Memorial Day weekend. The world is on year 3 of the corona virus pandemic, but cases are dropping. This year I finished the ribs in the oven again. I haven’t lit my grill in more than 18 months.
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