Top Five + Harris/Trump betting, Puerto Rico, Fascism, and Weed.

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Chris Saxman

Oct 30, 2024

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From February 2021: Trash Crisis Leaves Puerto Rico Near ‘the Brink’ Most of Puerto Rico’s landfills fail to meet federal standards and are almost full. Residents and experts worry that trash will soon overwhelm the region.

Because Puerto Rico is a cluster of islands, the trash has nowhere to go, says Carl Soderberg, executive director of the Puerto Rico chapter of the Inter-American Association of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences.
“We’re one step away from the brink,” he says.

Maybe comedian Kill Tony’s set will bring help to Puerto Rico’s trash problem.

Fortune Magazine ‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition

Part of comes down to mindset, Tangen added, and how accepting each continent is of mistakes and risk: “You go bust in America, you get another chance. In Europe, you’re dead,” he said.
But it goes deeper than that—there’s a difference in the “general level of ambition,” he added. “We are not very ambitious. I should be careful about talking about work-life balance, but the Americans just work harder,” Tangen continued.

It’s also a function of policy, but yeah…work ethic. #CapitalismGood

The Free Press Is There Really a Plot to Use Migrants to Turn America Blue? A top GOP talking point of this election is that Democrats are rigging the vote through illegal immigration. Is there any truth to it? Peter Savodnik investigates.

Almost everyone in Lockland, Ohio, agrees on this: In the past year and a half, 3,000-plus immigrants from Mauritania, in West Africa, have streamed into the 1.2-square-mile town, taking over apartment buildings, straining police and fire services, and flooding the sewer system.

If the Mauritanians ever leave, the mayor said, the buildings will have to be razed.
“I don’t know how Lockland survives,” Wehmeyer added.
But this is what people inside—and outside—of Lockland don’t agree on: who brought these newcomers here and why, and what it all portends for America.

I ask heavy accented Uber drivers with likely foreign names three questions a) where are you from b) why are you in America c) what do you like about America

Give it a try. You will learn SO much. Upshot - they come for jobs and the future of their children.

New York Times: New York Mayor Says Trump Should Not Be Called ‘Fascist,’ Breaking With Harris and Party Mayor Eric Adams of New York, an embattled Democrat who has been indicted on federal corruption charges, has been careful in what he says about the former president.

I have had those terms hurled at me by some political leaders in the city, using terms like Hitler and fascist,” said Mr. Adams, a former police officer. “My answer is no. I know what Hitler has done and I know what a fascist regime looks like.”
He added, “I think we could all dial down the temperature.

Q - do we really think that Americans understand what fascism actually means? No. Not likely.

New York Times: As America’s Marijuana Use Grows, So Do the Harms The drug, legal in much of the country, is widely seen as nonaddictive and safe. For some users, these assumptions are dangerously wrong.

As marijuana legalization has accelerated across the country, doctors are contending with the effects of an explosion in the use of the drug and its intensity. A $33 billion industry has taken root, turning out an ever-expanding range of cannabis products so intoxicating they bear little resemblance to the marijuana available a generation ago

Today’s weed ain’t Jeff Spicoli’s weed…just sayin…Bud.

Poll of the Day :

Election 2024: Harris 48%, Trump 46% in Virginia; Cruz +4 in Texas

The presidential race is unusually close in Virginia, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads in his bid for a third term.
A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and American Thinker finds that, if the election were held today, 48% of Likely Virginia voters would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, while 46% would vote for former President Donald Trump. Four percent (four%) say they would vote for some other candidate, while another three percent (3%) are still undecided. In 2020, President Joe Biden beat Trump by a 10-point margin in Virginia

As always - follow the Candidates and the Money, not the Polls.

California and New York? No, not a Dodgers/Yankees thing. Money and toss up House races. See below for LA DodgerFreddie Freeman on his mom. (grab a tissue…damn onions…)

Today’s Recipe “game changer”

Grandma Jeanette's Amazing German Red Cabbage

Review - I make this twice a month and Michele puts it on just about EVERYTHING. From frozen pizza to chicken tenders to basic sandwiches. It’s the new ketchup of our house. By the way, ketchup is a garbage condiment best used (or only used) on some sort of fried potatoes. Personal fave - tater tots. Deal with it.