Hurricane Helene and the subsequent flooding have literally destroyed parts of several Southern states.
It is just as bad, if not worse than the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Entire small towns have been wiped clean off the map.
So far as I have seen or heard, there has been no official government response to this.
Brain Dead Biden is sleeping somewhere in Delaware and Cackles is at a fundraiser in San Francisco.
Hundreds, probably THOUSANDS of people have literally lost everything they own.
And now just for fun, there is a giant fire at a chemical plant in Georgia that is sending huge clouds of toxic shit for miles and is causing local residents to evacuate.
God help us because the ones running the show sure as shit went AWOL.
He covers the current trajectory we are heading on, the machinations of The Deep State, how we have been fucked over by TPTB, the rich getting richer at our expense, the futility of the electoral system, how we are on track to a very bloody and horrific end of our current system etc. etc.
Very much a good read.
The second one is about the P.Diddy scandal and how it has already started taking a toll on various powerful people and goes on to explain how the unbelievably huge number of missing children are being used for Satanic ceremonies, sexual abuse and even cannibalism.
How young Pop Stars are fed into it and the abuse they endure on the road to getting famous.
Many many young Hollywood and Pop Star kids.
This scandal is going to link many of the same people currently sweating their names being connected to Epstein and expose even more. Many, many more.
The difference is these names are already being named unlike the Epstein scenario.
At first glance the two articles seem unconnected until you step back and look at the bigger picture. Then it all comes together as being absolutely connected.
This country is doomed as it exists right now.
There is going to be a very bloody conflict coming and nobody, is going to be ready for the scope of it all.
Like trying to diagnose a problem over the phone or talking to someone?
I’ve tried to do it literally hundreds of times.
I used to have to talk to the actual Automotive Engineers at Ford Motor Co. who designed their parts and electrical systems trying to fix crap over the phone that their service manuals couldn’t resolve.
This little story hits that nail right on the head.
Gathered up my shit and headed out the door. Just like every other work day for decades.
Got in the Big Red Truck, threw my lunchbox on the seat, slammed the door because the hinge pin bushings are shot and I have been too lazy to replace them, fumbled with the seat belt, fired it up and pulled out the headlight switch to head out.
Except no headlights.
WTF?
They worked fine yesterday all the way to work.
Fumbled around pulling and pushing the switch in and out and still nothing.
Get out and see the tail lights and front parking lights are on. Got back in and tried the High Beams. The headlights came on but only as long as I held the turn signal stalk back in the high beam position. They wouldn’t stay on unless I kept it pulled back against the spring.
Fuck me.
It’s fucking dark and it will be dark long after I get to work.
So I drove all the way in holding the turn signal stalk back.
Get to work, punch in and head to our little hidey hole we call The Shop.
Basically a corner of a huge warehouse fenced in with chain link, a bunch of shelves, desks, cabinets and a sliding door.
Get in the internet, get on Youtube and look up First Generation Dodge Truck, No Headlights.
Several videos appear and I start scrolling, looking to see if there are several with the same issue.
Most common is headlight switch.
I had to wait a couple hours for my local parts store to open. I start work at 6:30 in the morning.
They look it up and don’t have one in stock but they can have it by the afternoon run.
Stop in after work just in time for them to get it out of the truck, $31 and change.
Get home, open the hood and disconnect the battery and then start tearing the instrument cluster bezel off. Fought that sonofabitch for a good twenty minutes after I got all the screws out. It had a bunch of those damn clips around the bottom and I had to pry it out over the steering column without breaking it.
The switch is basically the same as the old Ford ones that I have changed dozens of over the years.
Fiddle fucked around trying to snake it out the bottom between the hood release and the E Brake release. Finally get it out, swap the new one in, re-insert the long triangular stem and knob so I can pull it on and go hook the battery up.
Bigger than shit, the headlights work again.
Fuck around putting it all back together and thanking Jesus that it wasn’t the fucking turn signal switch instead.
The whole time I am sweating my ass off in 90 degree heat but at the same time, thanking Jesus again because it’s supposed to go from 90 today to the low 60’s tomorrow with rain.
It was just plain strange that the old switch shit the bed without any warning what so ever but at least it was a fairly easy repair.
American Airlines has committed to purchasing 100 hydrogen-electric plane engines from ZeroAvia for regional flights.
Electric Nascar Racer
First NASCAR high-performance (1300 HP) electric racer developed jointly by Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota and ABB made its debut at the Chicago Street Race
2012 to 2018 GM vehicles emitted 10% more CO2 than reported. GM mistakenly claimed 50 million metric tons of carbon allowances. Fined $145.8 million.
A study of 4 million electric commercial vehicles found an 81% EV increase in the US in 2023. South Africa (796%), Peru (289%) and Mexico (248%).
Heavy Duty Electric Forklifts
The Port of L.A. has 5 new electric forklifts capable of lifting 100,000 lb. containers and stacking them six high. They have 1 MW batteries that run 16 hours.
Norway has the highest EV adoption of any country. 82 % of 2023 car sales were electric. They have now installed their 2,000th Tesla Supercharger.
General Motors Mexico is partnering with Tesla to build 1,000 charging points in Mexico. 2025 GM cars will come with a Tesla charging connector.
RB-01 electric-powered semi trailer system
With an e-axle and a 300 kWh battery pack, it attaches to the tractor with a smart kingpin. The tractor towing the RB-01 got 18 mpg over 281 miles between Bakersfield and Las Vegas up a 2,000 ft grade with 105 temps.
Ionna, a new North American EV fast-charging network, plans 30,000 high-power fast-charging connectors across the U.S. and Canada.(sounds good!)
2025 Ram 1500 REV Electric truck, launching later this year, expects 500 mile range. It will have the same classy interior as the Ram 1500 ICE.
1.3 million EV’s sold in May.
20% of all cars sold globally in May were plug-in. 66% were BEV, up 17% from 2023. Mexico, Chile, and Malaysia doubled EV sales and Brazil tripled theirs.
California’s VPP network is a series of homeowners with Powerwalls that aid the grid during “emergency load” events. On July 10th, VPP supplied 100 MW to the grid eliminating the use of peaker power plants.
Tesla claims that it is now achieving “95% automated production” at Gigafactory Shanghai and producing a Model Y every 30 seconds.
Solar powered vehicles must complete 220 miles in a day to qualify for the cross-country race. –A 1,500+ mile journey from Tennessee to Wyoming.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a yearly event in West Sussex, England. Ford Electric Supervan beat them all. (10 Fastest cars in hill climb video. 8 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUUmE0S8PBI&t=459s
