Met Office speaks out over whether July and August will be warmer than June The UK has found itself in the grip of gloomy conditions in recent days, with the mercury struggling to get above the low-teens. 06/14/2024 - 2:25 am | View Link
N.Y. weather: Is rain in forecast for 4th of July? Here’s an early look An early AccuWeather forecast is calling for high temperatures and dry conditions for the Fourth of July 2024. This file photo from July 4, 2022, shows the 112th Travis Fourth of July Parade. (Staten ... 06/13/2024 - 6:27 am | View Link
La Nina weather 65% likely to develop in July-Sept, says US forecaster There is a 65% chance of the La Nina weather pattern, characterized by cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, developing during July-September, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday. 06/13/2024 - 4:19 am | View Link
AccuWeather: 'Ferocious' heat moving into area next week The first regional heatwave of the year could be "ferocious" as it moves into the area next week, according to Accuweather. 06/12/2024 - 7:16 am | View Link
US weather: America to get ‘no rest’ as thunderstorms to last until mid-July America will get ‘no rest’ from the diabolical weather as a ‘major pattern ‘shift’ drives a 20-state month-long storm assault. Dangerously volatile atmospheric conditions fuelled by tropical heat will ... 06/10/2024 - 8:31 am | View Link
He meant well! Via the Palm Beach Post:
A school district employee participating in armed "guardian" certification accidentally shot themselves at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office gun range on Monday, June 10, according to the Palm Beach County School District and sheriff's office.
The civilian employee, whose name is being withheld in accordance with state law that prohibits identifying safe school officers, is in stable condition following the shooting, according to a school district spokesperson.
Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the homes of the Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director and some board members in a cowardly act, using red-smeared paint. This act of targeting Jewish people will not help the Palestinians. What a despicable thing to do, and I'm not sure how, in their minds, they felt this was productive.
Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1st to begin a 4 month sentence for contempt of court after failing to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Immediately after being ordered to report to court, he was defiant, saying "Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department, they're not going to shut up Trump, they're not going to shut up Navarro, they're not going to shut up Bannon, and they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA."
Well, just a week later, Bannon has changed his tune and is now begging the Appeals Court to intervene and pretty please keep him out of prison.
Read the filing here.
In the filing, he claims this is a "landmark case." It absolutely IS NOT.
Above, RAC performs, Why Even Try. Sometimes I wonder why we even try to make sense of the media.
MPC Commentary presents, Much Ado About Hunter.
The Psy of Life asks, "Does it even matter?"
Adventus says it's all inside MAGA Baseball.
Play Typer Guy talks "West Wing."
Bonus Track: Because we are all about the music and about the art Open Culture presents Andy Warhol creating a portrait of Debbie Harry.
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Two things died recently. First, Republican dignity when Ted Lieu was done listing all of Trump's associates who are convicted felons--criminals--just like he is. Lieu went on a rant that laid out perfectly why Trump is so unfit to clean floors much less be President.
And the best part, Lieu made sure to remind Trump whose choices it was that got him where he is, and he didn't do it nicely
Second, Lieu also pointed out how Democrats like Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden have been pursued, again showing what a joke Republican claims are of a "rigged" Department of Justice.