Sewer...

 

We’ve got a very serious situation for the coming hours,” de Blasio said. “Get off the streets, get to a safe place. … The next few hours are a very tenuous situation.”

De Blasio said he’s been in contact with Governor Kathy Hochul about the flooding conditions across the city. He stressed that the rainfall has been so intense, heavy and fast that it simply overwhelmed the city’s sewer.  

So to prepare for the next storm, the MTA didn't want to disturb the streets, most of the Second Avenue Subway stations were mined from underground, which is more expensive. The stations under Second Avenue are also extremely deep nearly 100 feet below ground, about twice as deep as the Purple Line.

Excellent preparation for the next storm. Just a thought.

Sleez...

 

MU...

 

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new coronavirus variant called "mu," which the agency says is now labeled a "variant of interest," and although the variant is not yet on the list being monitored by U.S. health officials, cases have been reported in Illinois.

According to outbreak.info, a Scripps Research project tracking COVID-19 genomic data such as lineages and mutations, as many as 21 cases have been identified in Illinois between the months of April and August, representing what is estimated to be less than 0.5% of cases in the state.

The group notes, however, that because its data is not a random sampling of mutations, it "does not indicate the true prevalence of the mutations but rather our best estimate now."

Federal health officials in the U.S. stressed last week that the "mu" variant is not an immediate threat to the United States. But the Media will play its game . Just a thought.

Straight...

 

Stat...

 

American service members killed in Afghanistan through April: 2,448.

U.S. contractors: 3,846.

Afghan national military and police: 66,000.

Other allied service members, including from other NATO member states: 1,144.

Afghan civilians: 47,245.

Taliban and other opposition fighters: 51,191.

Aid workers: 444.

Journalists: 72.

OVERSIGHT BY CONGRESS:

Date Congress authorized U.S. forces to go after culprits in Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: Sept. 18, 2001.

Number of times U.S. lawmakers have voted to declare war in Afghanistan: 0.

Estimated amount of direct Afghanistan and Iraq war costs that the United States has debt-financed as of 2020: $2 trillion.

Estimated interest costs by 2050: Up to $6.5 trillion.

THE WARS END. THE COSTS DON’T:

The United States has committed to pay in health care, disability, burial and other costs for roughly 4 million Afghanistan and Iraq veterans: more than $2 trillion.

Go Figure. Just a thought.

Deputy...

Last week, Brian Downey, a Republican who serves as deputy mayor of Airmont, New York, was taken into custody for "purchasing a rifle suppression device over the internet."  
Authorities later executed a search warrant on his home and found at least 13 illegal suppressors and 16 unregistered assault weapons, including a short-barrel rifle and sawed-off shotgun.

 Law enforcement officers also found a small locked box, to which Downey claimed he did not have the combination.

After forcing the box open, it contained "numerous federal badges and credentials" bearing Downey's name from various agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Justice Department's Bureau of Prisons, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

It was not immediately clear what Downey intended to use the bogus federal badges and unregistered firearms for.

NYS gun laws are very restrictive but give the illegal guns a bigger rule over legal.

Offices...

 

In the last few weeks, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple have all said they will push their return into 2022. Now, Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, has published a blog post explaining why that company plans to do the same. 

As offices continue to reopen, we hope to see more teams coming together where possible, whether it be for regular team meetings, brainstorming sessions around a whiteboard, or outdoor socials. For some locations, conditions are starting to improve, yet in many parts of the world, the pandemic continues to create uncertainty. Acknowledging that, we'll extend our global voluntary return-to-office policy through January 10, 2022 to give more Googlers flexibility and choice as they ramp back.

To simplify, it is hazardous to place people close in offices, buses, subways cart, but the politicians want to collect taxes. Just a thought.

Pot Smoker...

 

Amazon.com Inc. has a solution for a potentially crippling shortage of delivery drivers: Recruit pot smokers.

The company is advising its delivery partners — the mom-and-pops that operate the ubiquitous blue Amazon vans — to prominently advertise that they don’t screen applicants for marijuana use, according to correspondence reviewed by Bloomberg and interviews with four business owners.

Doing so can boost the number of job applicants by as much as 400%, Amazon says in one message, without explaining how it came up with the statistic. Conversely, the company says, screening for marijuana cuts the prospective worker pool by up to 30%.

Know it...

 

We know how to create and enter a conflict. Never know when it ends and when to leave.

We create enemies in the process and name them through the media.... 

Things changed but the media remember and continue with creating what we call our enemies. Just a thought.

History...