Biden's bday

 Biden's 82nd birthday.

OZ to run Medicare/Medicaid

 President-elect Donald Trump announced plans Tuesday to nominate Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor and onetime U.S. Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, to lead the agency that administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Trump, meanwhile, said he will nominate Wall Street banker Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary.

From a Washington Post story.

Wind Creek being bought by Poarch Creek?

 Uh, am I missing something in this story?

Have the Native Americans suddenly decided to PAY TAXES?

No, Charles Barkley, YOU need to SHUT UP!

From a column quoting Charles Barkley (a well known....er...sports guy) explaining to Democrats.....

 “You guys lost because y’all stupid. Come up with solutions.”

 SOURCE: (https://www.al.com/sec/2024/11/charles-barkley-rails-on-democrats-shut-the-expletive-up.html

GREAT explaination.

YOUR solutions????????????

Washington Post Column. Read it and REMEMBER!!!

 "Democrats should mince no words: A vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary is a vote to endanger children. A vote to cut Medicaid is a vote to harm seniors in nursing homes and opioid addicts seeking treatment, and to deprive the working poor of needed coverage. When voters begin to exclaim en masse “We didn’t vote for THAT!,” Democrats will know they are making headway against MAGA policies — and laying the groundwork to return to power in 2027."

Full column HERE.

Today is Average Day of First Freeze in Montgomery

 

Montgomery Freeze Facts

• Earliest first freeze - October 19th, 2022
• Latest first freeze – January 31, 1932
• Average date of first freeze - November 18th
• Earliest last freeze – December 28th, 1879
• Latest last freeze – April 13th, 1940
• Average date of last freeze - March 8th

Coldest Temperature ever: -5 on February 13th, 1899

Coldest Maximum Temperature ever: 18 on January 9th, 1886

 

The predicted low for 11/18 THIS year is 47.

Amazing new bot.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AePEcHIIk9s

 

 

 

That LONG Chopper ride...(about 1980)

  

While I was working for WERC Radio, the company that provided traffic reports was purchasing a new chopper from a company in Los Angeles, and the pilot was flying it back to Birmingham. I begged and pleaded and was allowed to ride with him! A GREAT experience. Took us three days, with stops at airport motels along the way. I semi co-piloted, though I once misdirected the pilot and almost had us land at a military base instead of the civilian airport (whoops!)

Oh Yea...my favorite (NOT) place.

(Math was my LEAST favorite class....and remains s STBA (subject to be avoided!).

Math Museum Announces Move to New Location

The National Museum of Mathematics in New York is expected to open a 34,363-square-foot building in 2026.

(N.Y. Times story HERE)

The CHANGED ( Commandments) 4 Sale

The Oldest Stone Tablet Carved With the (nine) Commandments Is Up for Sale

The single-lot sale is estimated to fetch at least $1 million.

 

 OH ABOUT THAT 10TH Commandment?

"However, the tenth directive—to not take the name of Lord in vain—has been swapped with an instruction to worship on Mount Gerizim, a holy site specific to the Samaritans located near what is now the Palestinian city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank."

Hmmmm.

Wow.

 

This photo shows the Optical Telescope Assembly for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which was recently delivered to the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

NASA/Chris Gunn

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical Telescope Assembly, which includes a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror, nine additional mirrors, and supporting structures and electronics. The assembly was delivered Nov. 7. to the largest clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where the observatory is being built.

The telescope will focus cosmic light and send it to Roman’s instruments, revealing many billions of objects strewn throughout space and time. Using the mission’s Wide Field Instrument, a 300-megapixel infrared camera, astronomers will survey the cosmos all the way from the outskirts of our solar system toward the edge of the observable universe. Scientists will use Roman’s Coronagraph Instrument to test new technologies for dimming host stars to image planets and dusty disks around them in far better detail than ever before.

Alabama's continued infant mortality crisis

 From The Alabama Department of Public Health:

 The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announces that the infant mortality rate of 7.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2023 increased over the 2022 rate in Alabama. This represents the deaths of 449 infants of the 57,835 live births in 2023 who did not reach 1 year of age. Alabama’s infant mortality rate remains higher than the United States provisional rate of 5.6.

Among racial groups, the infant mortality rate for white infants rose to 5.7 (229 infant deaths) from 4.3 in 2022, and the infant mortality rate for Black infants increased to 13.0 (204 infant deaths) from 12.4 in 2022. Alabama recorded its lowest overall infant mortality rate ever, 6.7, in 2022. 

The three leading causes of infant deaths in 2023 were:

• Congenital malformations, deformations and abnormalities (20.7%)
• Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified (14.3%)
• Sudden infant death syndrome (6.5%)

State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said, “Many factors contribute to infant mortality, including race, poverty, educational levels, and access. It is discouraging that racial disparities remain in birth outcomes, and the Black infant mortality rate is twice the rate for white infants. A possible reason is limited access to prenatal care and the proximity of hospitals to where these mothers live. Challenges to improve the health of all mothers and babies continue. There is no easy solution; we must follow evidence-based practices to save lives.”

Source: ADPH news release HERE.

All Together: THANK YOU ELON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 "Think about having the brain of Elon Musk to sacrifice his time away from his businesses to help every single American make government more efficient, more accountable, and actually deliver the job that we are supposed to do,” (Kevin) McCarthy told Bloomberg.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT!!

Auto Parts Company Closing locations

 

 A chain of Auto Parts stores is closing more than 700 locations.

Advance Auto Parts has nine locations in Montgomery, but there's no immediate word on whether any of those will be shuttered.

The The GOP fully in control of The Senate, The House, and The White House.....

 

...why has GOP-solid Alabama not profited?

Where are the Alabama officials being named to top government positions?

 

Tuberville on the U.S. Military:

 

"Our military right now...is a disaster. We couldn’t beat anyone right now. We have some good people in the military, but the structure of it and the things we’ve done, the Democrats have destroyed.”

(Note: The Alabama Senator never served.)

Alabama U.S. Senator on Gaetz

 

“I love Matt Gaetz,” Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said, warning that it would be risky for senators to vote against him.” He added, “We got all 53 Republicans — you’re going to tell me that one Republican is going to vote against one of Trump’s team? If that happens, it ought to blow us all up. It’s crazy,” Tuberville said. (CNN has not yet projected the Pennsylvania Senate race, which is headed to a recount, leaving the GOP at 52 seats.)

Source: CNN Story HERE. 

UPDATE: McCarthy: ‘Everybody knows’ Senate won’t confirm Gaetz

The former House speaker told Bloomberg he thinks Trump’s administration picks are “very good — except one.”

Michigan Nazi Protestors

     Protestors carrying Nazi flags protested outside a theater in Michigan where performances of "The Diary of Ann Frank" were being performed. The play was being put on at an American Legion Post (#141 in Michigan).

"Citing the sheriff’s office, The Detroit News reported the demonstrators left after being told to vacate the legion post’s parking lot, then ensued in a brief exchange of words with patrons while across the street.

The Anti-Defamation League’s regional office in Michigan said on social media it was “disgusted by the far-right extremists who praised Hitler and waved Nazi flags outside of an American Legion hosting the play.”

CNN Story is HERE.

Will Tuberville correct his lies?

 

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R, Alabama) strongly suggested that Democrats won swing state Senate races through voter fraud, falsely hinting the candidates received more votes than Donald Trump.

(edit)

“We need to get this straight – voter ID,” he said. “You know, Kamala Harris won every state that was no voter ID. She did not win one that wasn’t voter ID. So think about that.”

USA Today fact checked the claim, which had been circulating on social media, and found it false.

“Vice President Kamala Harris won numerous states with voter ID requirements. President-elect Donald Trump also won states that do not require most voters to provide identification,” the fact check found.

In at least one way, Trump's win is reportedly a plus for Alabama

The Military.com website reports:

 

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to overturn a decision to permanently place U.S. Space Command in Colorado and move it to Alabama -- where Trump originally wanted it -- during his first week in office, the House Armed Services Committee chairman said Monday.

On July 31, 2023, President Joe Biden's administration announced that Space Command would keep its headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado -- reversing Trump's announcement in 2021, which would have moved it to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., told a Mobile, Alabama, radio station on Monday that Trump had vowed to reverse the decision on the campaign trail and said the president-elect will make good on that promise in short order.

See full story HERE.

tRump philosophy

  

That..."being talked about in the press is always better than not being talked about, even if people are mostly saying he’s terrible."

Source: This NPR story.

Veterans Day

 

 Big Parade returns to Montgomery today:

"The celebration is being presented by Mayor Steven L. Reed and the city of Montgomery, and the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, which estimates there are 377,310 veterans living in the state.

The parade will march down Dexter Avenue in downtown Montgomery from 9 to 11 a.m. with Sandra Lucas, assistant commissioner of outreach and engagement for the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, as grand marshal."

 

 

 

 

Photos by Tim Lennox

Quote from a Tuscaloosa News story

 

Me on arrival in Vietnam. I look to be about 16, but I turned 20 in 'Nam.

 

Motorcycle Deaths Increasing

 

"Although motorcycles make up only 3% of all registered vehicles and 0.7% of all vehicle miles traveled in the United States, motorcyclists accounted for 14.6% of all traffic fatalities and 3.5% of all injuries in 2022. A factor that directly influences motorcycle fatality trends is helmet use. (Explore helmet use trends)

Fatalities among motorcycle riders and passengers increased 1% from 2021 to 2022, while the rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled decreased by 16%. The fatality rate decrease in 2022 is a result of a 21% increase in miles driven (see additional details below). Over the last 10 years, deaths have increased 32%, while death rates have increased 13%. The number of motorcycle fatalities now stands at 6,218 and the rate is 26.16 per 100 million vehicle miles."

(Source: National Safety Council)

The most recent motorcycle death occurred in Montgomery over the weekend. See the story HERE.

Hyundai Changes?

More physical buttons, fewer touch-screen controls?

 

 "Hyundai’s North American design crew suggested to Korea JoonAng Daily that we may see a shift in customer attitude towards touchscreens when cars gain more advanced driver-assistance technology that allows them to relax more."

Full story is HERE at carscoops.com

Happy 70th, Normandale Mall. It opened on 11-10-1954

 This year will be Normandale Mall's 70th  Birthday.

https://timlennoxonline.blogspot.com/2019/09/montgomerys-normandale-mall-happy-65th.html