(from an AL.COM story)
"Alabama has three days to restore active voting status for thousands of people who were purged from the state’s voter rolls, a federal judge ruled today.
U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco today issued an order instructing Secretary of State Wes Allen to send letters to everyone who was wrongly deemed ineligible, notifying them of their legal right to vote in the Nov. 5 election."
(No immediate comment from SOS Allen)
“The IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl”
Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, does it?
"Camilla Bowl" no more.
---Help elect Trump!
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Elon Musk gave around $75 million to his pro-Donald Trump spending group in the span of three months, federal disclosures showed on Tuesday, underscoring how the billionaire has become crucial to the Republican candidate's efforts to win the Nov. 5 presidential election.
TESLA = TRUMP
From a N.Y. Times column today:
Trump’s history of racist comments and actions is long and deep. In 1989, famously, Trump paid $85,000 for full-page ads in four New York newspapers calling on authorities to severely punish the Central Park Five, Black and Latino teenagers accused of rape and assault but later exonerated. “They should be forced to suffer, and when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes,” the ads declared. More recently, he and his running mate, JD Vance, have caused havoc claiming that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating their neighbors’ pet cats.
FULL COLUMN HERE.
The factory and its popular models have propelled the South Korea automaker and its affiliate Kia into the No. 4 spot in US sales for the first time in 2023, surpassing Jeep and Ram owner Stellantis NV. Its high levels of output, close-knit supply chain and low labor costs have buoyed Hyundai Motor Co.’s profit margins, which are among the best in the global auto industry.
But this crown jewel has been tarnished by its low wages, a major engine recall and lingering fallout from the use of child labor in its local supply chain. And Hyundai’s future success in the US will rely less on its Alabama operation as it plans a rapid shift to electric vehicles despite uncertain demand and government support given the potential return to power of former President Donald Trump.
“Hyundai has to be careful not to grow too fast for its own good,” said Sung Hwan Cho, a former executive vice president at the carmaker and current president of the International Organization for Standardization. “A stalk that sprouts too quickly will tumble over.”
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Like many other foreign automakers, Hyundai has based its manufacturing in southern states with low wages and rates of unionization. The Georgia facility will make a number of electrics for both the Hyundai and Kia brands, while the Alabama plant will continue to produce a single EV.
The Montgomery facility, which has become a model for other factories around the world, boasts one of the lowest ratios of workers per vehicle anywhere — about half that of its mother plant in South Korea. During a recent visit by Bloomberg, robots abounded and few workers were visible outside the confines of the final assembly line.
Hyundai proudly calls Montgomery “the birthplace of high productivity.” Nearly 500 robots are used on its assembly lines, speeding up production to one vehicle every 16 hours. That’s faster than the industry average, which can take up to 35 hours, according to JVIS-USA LLC.
FULL STORY HERE.
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Today is Kay Ivey's Birthday.
She begins her 80th year today.
She is the oldest Governor in America.
(Maybe it should be called Atrocity Day?)
The controversial Italian explorer became infamous because of the way he treated Indigenous people.
The explorer is said to have done the following to Indigenous people, according to the History Channel:
Critics of the current federal holiday point out that Columbus also committed several crimes against humanity when he reached the Western Hemisphere. Here are some examples of those atrocities, as compiled by Philadelphia Magazine:
Sources include an article in The Montgomery Advertiser HERE.
In fact, TikTok’s documents showed it went so far as to tweak its algorithm to reduce the visibility of people it deemed not very attractive and “took active steps to promote a narrow beauty norm even though it could negatively impact their Young Users,” the Kentucky authorities wrote in the previously redacted documents.
I guess I know where I'll fall in their algorithm 😕.
SOURCE: https://www.space.com/jupiter-great-red-spot-squeezed-hubble-telescope
Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot has been under constant observation since the 19th century, but this new development is unprecedented.
SOURCE: HERE
The Pacific region of the United States of America has the highest share of workers in the country with access to paid sick leave, with 95% of workers in the region having access to paid sick days. This region includes Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, and California, where progressive labor laws have contributed to these high levels of coverage.
California was one of the first states to implement a comprehensive paid sick leave law, with the Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act of 2014 (which requires employers provide paid sick leave to employees who work in California for 30 or more days within a year) being expanded further at the start of 2024.
The runner-up for the highest access to paid sick leave is the U.S. region of New England. This region includes Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, where on average 89% of workers have access to paid sick days.
In contrast, the East South Central region, comprising Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, comes in last, with 68% of workers having access.
The West South Central region, which comprises Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, has the second lowest coverage, with 70% access.
Only four Alabama cities are on the list of the 182 safest ranked by WalletHub. The closest to the top--i.e. #1--are considered the safest.
Huntsville 20
Montgomery 117
Mobile 125
Birmingham 160
(from AL.COM)
“This is the real deal here with Milton,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor told a Monday news conference. “If you want to take on Mother Nature, she wins 100% of the time.”
“I can say without any dramatization whatsoever: If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re going to die,” Mayor Castor told CNN.
The opening reception for the Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank exhibit will be on Tuesday, October 8, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the Regions Bank at 201 Monroe Street in downtown Montgomery. This location is in the RSA Tower. (Keep in mind that various map guidance apps might misdirect you to another address for the RSA. Make sure you are going to 201 Monroe Street.)
"This week Axios documented Biden’s disappearance from public life, noting that he “hasn’t scheduled public events in 43 of the 75 days since he dropped his re-election bid.” If you think he’s only ghosting campaign-style responsibilities while engaging fully in foreign policy, I have a bridge over the Potomac to sell you. The Journal story notes, for instance, that Biden hasn’t spoken to Netanyahu since Aug. 21. An indicator of their estrangement? No doubt. But surely also an indicator that we don’t really have a full-time president anymore."
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