…WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA BY THIS AFTERNOON… …PREPARATIONS, INCLUDING EVACUATION IF TOLD TO DO SO, SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THIS MORNING…
As of 8:00 AM EDT Wed Oct 9
the center of Milton was located near 25.0, -84.8
with movement NE at 16 mph.
The minimum central pressure was 915 mb
with maximum sustained winds of about 155 mph.
Shopping Malls Implementing Curfews And Teen “Waiting Zones” To Try And Curb Chaos, Theft And Fights
Tired of seeing unruly teens running amok and causing chaos inside of your local shopping mall? So are the residents, vendors and security at Moreno Valley Mall in California.
It is one of many malls on a list that includes New Jersey’s oldest mall, Westfield Garden State Plaza, that is implementing new rules to try and cut back on unruly and sometimes illegal behavior from teenagers.
At Westfield Garden State Plaza, anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult after 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, according to KIRO Newsradio. The mall has also set up “waiting zones” for teens needing a ride after curfew, the report says.
The KIRO Newsradio report also notes that a Pittsburgh mall has implemented similar policies, where both teens and their adult chaperones face bans if a violation occurs. In Atlanta, some retailers have seen a drop in sales after enforcing such rules.
The rules are obvious consequences stemming from a spree of looting that started taking place during the ‘summer of love’ in 2020, and never really stopped. Since then, police all over the country have dealt with higher rates of theft in inner cities while liberal DAs refuse to meaningfully prosecute those breaking the law.
As a result, we have stores like CVS and Target locking up goods like toothpaste, preventing shoppers from accessing even the most basic items, and shopping malls being forced to “lock down”.
Despite the ugly reality of the situation, KIRO’s Angela Poe Russell laments the changes taking place at malls, writing: “This is happening all over the country and, to be honest, I’m grieving. I’m grieving because our teens need a safe place to go just to hang out and have fun. Remember the COVID-19 pandemic? They were locked in on screens all day. We were wishing for the days they could just go hang out at a mall in person with people.”
“When I think about some of my favorite childhood memories, they happened at the mall. It was where I had my first job. It was where I met my first real boyfriend. It was where I met the singers of my favorite band.”
The key word that you use there, Angela, is “safe” – which malls simply no longer are. In the 1980s you could go to the mall without fear of looting or assault. Sadly, those days are long gone…
Tyler Durden
Fri, 10/04/2024 – 18:00
by Gregory Hood, The Unz Review: “They are eating the dogs, they are eating the cats,” said Donald Trump in his debate with Kamala Harris. “They are eating the pets of the people that live there.” President Trump was referring to claims that Haitian in Springfield, Ohio, are eating people’s pets. The so-called fact checkers swiftly “debunked” […]
The Trump campaign called on CBS News’s 60 Minutes to release its full, unedited transcript with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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These teachers further noted that many of the migrant students did not speak English, and the teachers themselves did not speak Spanish, making it nearly impossible to actually teach the necessary lessons.
from RT: Yemeni Houthis claim to have hit three American Navy destroyers Yemen’s Houthi rebels have attacked American warships in the Middle East with a combined drone and cruise missile strike, the Pentagon confirmed on Friday. Earlier in the day, the military group claimed to have struck three US destroyers heading toward Israel in the […]
Sentiment Of American Farmers Implode
A new reading from the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index shows sentiment across the Heartland, more specifically, on America’s farms, has tumbled to the lowest levels since 2016 as incomes pressured lower on concerns of “commodity prices, input costs, and future of trade after upcoming elections.”
In September, the Ag Economy Barometer, a survey of 400 farmers across America, plunged 12 points to 88, the lowest reading since March 2016, or around the time former president Trump began his first term.
“These were the weakest barometer and future expectations readings since March 2016, when the farm economy was in the throes of an economic downturn,” James Mintert and Michael Langemeier of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture wrote in the report.
They noted, “The current conditions assessment very nearly matched that of April 2020, when COVID concerns were top of mind for US farmers. Weak output prices combined with high input costs were key problems cited by survey respondents in September.”
Both of the Ag Economy Barometer’s sub-indices, the Index of Current Conditions and the Index of Future Expectations, tumbled as the farming industry has been battered by backfiring Bidenomics policies.
“Farmers are concerned about commodity prices, input costs, the future of agricultural trade and how the upcoming election could affect their farm operation,” the authors of the report explained.
Here’s the conclusion from the report:
Concerns about low commodity prices coupled with high input costs leading to poor financial performance expectations weakened farmer sentiment for the second month in a row. This month’s sentiment decline pushed the Ag Economy Barometer index below 100, indicating farmer sentiment is lower than during the barometer’s base period of late 2015-early 2016 when farm incomes were very weak. Producers expect markedly worse financial performance for their farms in the upcoming year compared to their expectations at this time last year. Weak farm income expectations combined with lingering interest rate concerns and a pessimistic agricultural export outlook helped push the Short-Term Farmland Value Expectations Index below 100 for the first time since 2020.
In a separate note, researchers at the University of Missouri expect farm income to plunge 35% next year, compared to a high in 2022. The good news is that incomes are above what farmers made in 2015-20, yet the drop is steep, given elevated input costs.
“Farmers will have a tighter situation … than they experienced in the last three years, and they’ll have to be much more cognizant about having a very strategic marketing plan in order to make a good cash flow,” said Bob Maltsburger, a senior research economist at the Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the university.
Seems like farmers want…
President Trump will stand up for American farmers & ranchers 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bDzkDJJtH7
— Mammoth Nation (@MammothNationUS) September 26, 2024
I’m ready for harvest
Farmers stand with TRUMP 24 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/NXbbJm4Kb9— Glen (@oldfarmer92) October 1, 2024
UDDER TRUTH: “Thanks to [Trump’s] efforts to open new markets, use effective tariffs to force fair competition, and lower costs to make farming profitable again.” How the former president is fighting for American farmers: https://t.co/gKW8upmvaf pic.twitter.com/AVQPoBAQGn
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) September 26, 2024
Tyler Durden
Wed, 10/02/2024 – 18:00
