The Bug...

The company's American unit announced that it would end global production of the third-generation bulbous bug in July of next year after offering two special editions for sale.

The compact Beetle was introduced in Germany in 1938 and came to the U.S. 11 years later, where it became a symbol of utilitarian transportation often used by hippies. The iconic car sold for about 30 years before U.S. sales stopped in 1979.  

Volkswagen revived it in the U.S. in 1998 as a more modern "New Beetle," but it attracted mainly female buyers.

Assistance...

Officials in New Bern, a coastal town in Craven County, North Carolina, said at least 150 people were "awaiting rescue" early Friday morning as the dangerous hurricane moved ashore, packing 90-mph winds.

"More are on the way to help us," New Bern officials tweeted early Friday. "You may need to move up to the second story, or to your attic, but WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU." 

Emergency workers said they'd gotten more than 100 calls from residents in need of assistance, but there was no way to reach everyone immediately.

We wish people would heed the warnings.

Dash...

DASH is a flexible and balanced eating plan that helps create a heart-healthy eating style for life.

The DASH eating plan requires no special foods and instead provides daily and weekly nutritional goals. This plan recommends:

• Eating vegetables, fruits, and whole grains
• Including fat-free or low-fat dairy products, fish, poultry, beans, nuts, and vegetable oils
• Limiting foods that are high in saturated fat, such as fatty meats, full-fat dairy products, and tropical oils such as coconut, palm kernel, and palm oils
• Limiting sugar-sweetened beverages and sweets.
• *1,500 milligrams (mg) sodium lowers blood pressure even further than 2,300 mg sodium daily.  

Turkey...

Turkey has reportedly shipped arms to Syrian rebels ahead of a planned regime offensive on Idlib province - which now might be have been put on hold.

Turkey's vocal resistance to the offensive might have also been a stumbling block, with Ankara a key part of the Russian and Iranian-sponsored Astana peace process.

Turkey has suggested it would assist the rebels if such an attack takes place, and allow the Idlib garrisons of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to be bolstered by the Ankara-sponsored Euphrates Shield force in northern Syria.

Among the weaponry to enter Idlib in recent days are Grad missiles, the FSA officer told the agency.

Turkey has been trying to isolate moderate rebel forces from jihadi organisations - such as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham - in Idlib, as talk of a regime-Iranian-Russian offensive builds.

Bezos...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launched Bezos Day One Fund, a new philanthropic initiative, with an initial commitment of $2 billion to help homeless families and create preschools for low-income communities.

The Day 1 Families Fund will issue annual leadership awards to organizations and civic groups doing compassionate, needle-moving work to provide shelter and hunger support to address the immediate needs of young families  

The Day 1 Academies Fund will launch and operate a network of high-quality, full-scholarship, Montessori-inspired preschools in underserved communities.

No Fire...

George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser whose loose talk overseas about Russians having “dirt” on Hillary Clinton triggered an FBI investigation into election interference, was sentenced Friday to 14 days in federal prison for lying to the FBI early in that inquiry. 

Papadopoulos was also given 12 months  probation, and must perform 200 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay a $9,500 fine.

Don't Bother...

Not Me...

"Let's get real. Let's get the homeless the help they need," Cuomo said in an interview. "Shelters, mental health, job training et cetera. Second, the New York City Transit Authority is owned by the city and policed by the NYPD. The NYPD used to this. They need to do it again."

The Gov. blame the subway system huge problems, passengers late by 40 minutes each direction, derailments, inconveniences on the homeless...

The Subway system is a big problem and the Gov wants to avoid the responsibility on anything that is that big....

Qualified...

New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon was called an Unqualified Lesbian by some of Cuomo's segregates [Christine Quinn].

Cuomo who couldn't fix the subway system in NYC which serve 6 Million passengers daily considered himself to be .......

Cuomo's Subway...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo 

"We're not going to make America great again. It was never that great."  

 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) declared a "state of emergency" but that is just warnings for the coming election.

Cuomo has been directly responsible for the NYC subway System for eight years. It has been obvious he's done nothing but make it worse. The crisis is a clear result of his incompetence, his abysmal politics, and his odious personality.

A quality leader would have seen the problem approaching  and fix it. New York State's budget of 168 Billion dollars annual, but that would not fit the Mediocracy, "it was never that great."