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Stuff is "locked up" due to theft.

That store has/had so much theft it became cheaper to pay for all that plexiglass and locks to secure the merchandise than to allow it to keep getting stolen.

Check the laws in the area.

Do they not prosecute "small" shoplifting crimes?

I don't see anything being locked behind plexiglass in the Walmart near me.
....but then stealing a pack of gum could possibly get ya arrested here.


Absolutely. And the more third world trash we import into this country, the worse it will get. A Home Depot near me had to start locking up the power tools because the Mexicans kept stealing them.
 
Ex-mayor Frank Rizzo lmao


The guy has no imagination.

He should have tried to learn from Winston Churchill.

A female MP, a critic, once braced Winston. "Mr. Churchill - you're drunk again."

"Yes," he answered. "In the morning, I'll be sober. And you'll still be ugly."

Another time she told him: "If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."

And he responded: "If I were your husband, I'd drink that poison."



That empty "crum-bum-lush" crap speaks of mindless gangsters...
 
๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐€ ๐–๐€๐’ ๐’๐Ž ๐๐€๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐Ž๐Ž๐Œ ๐–๐„๐๐“ ๐’๐ˆ๐‹๐„๐๐“
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
I watched this video clip of a Christianโ€“Muslim debate and the single most jaw-dropping moment wasnโ€™t an argument โ€” it was a ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ.
Nobody shouted.
Nobody stormed off.
Nobody even had a comeback.
Because when the Christian speaker put the numbers on the screen, the whole place froze.
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ-๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ.
These arenโ€™t opinions.
These arenโ€™t insults.
These are the published consanguinity rates paired with average national IQs:
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
๐๐š๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐’๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข ๐€๐ซ๐š๐›๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ–% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”
๐”๐€๐„ โ€” ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐ˆ๐ซ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ
๐˜๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘
๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ซ โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐Ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—
๐’๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’
๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ โ€” ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ•
๐‰๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ
๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”
๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐จ โ€” ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•
๐Œ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ
๐’๐ฎ๐๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—
๐€๐Ÿ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐€๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
And hereโ€™s the part that makes it even more staggering:
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐.
In some places, itโ€™s considered preferred.
In others, itโ€™s pushed as a way to โ€œkeep wealth in the family.โ€
But the biological cost is massive, generational, and measurable.
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
By contrast?
๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง-๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ% โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง, ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.
Thereโ€™s no mystery here.
No conspiracy.
Just biology and math.
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž.
๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
Itโ€™s not โ€œhate.โ€
Itโ€™s not โ€œphobia.โ€
Itโ€™s the cold reality of what cousin-marriage norms do to nations over centuries.




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๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐€ ๐–๐€๐’ ๐’๐Ž ๐๐€๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐Ž๐Ž๐Œ ๐–๐„๐๐“ ๐’๐ˆ๐‹๐„๐๐“
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
I watched this video clip of a Christianโ€“Muslim debate and the single most jaw-dropping moment wasnโ€™t an argument โ€” it was a ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ.
Nobody shouted.
Nobody stormed off.
Nobody even had a comeback.
Because when the Christian speaker put the numbers on the screen, the whole place froze.
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ-๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ.
These arenโ€™t opinions.
These arenโ€™t insults.
These are the published consanguinity rates paired with average national IQs:
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
๐๐š๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐’๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข ๐€๐ซ๐š๐›๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ–% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”
๐”๐€๐„ โ€” ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐ˆ๐ซ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ
๐˜๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘
๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ซ โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐Ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—
๐’๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’
๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ โ€” ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ•
๐‰๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ
๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”
๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐จ โ€” ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•
๐Œ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ
๐’๐ฎ๐๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—
๐€๐Ÿ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง โ€” ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ
๐€๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š โ€” ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—% โ€” ๐ˆ๐ ~๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
And hereโ€™s the part that makes it even more staggering:
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐.
In some places, itโ€™s considered preferred.
In others, itโ€™s pushed as a way to โ€œkeep wealth in the family.โ€
But the biological cost is massive, generational, and measurable.
โ  โ โ  โ โ  โ 
By contrast?
๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง-๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ% โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง, ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.
Thereโ€™s no mystery here.
No conspiracy.
Just biology and math.
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๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž.
๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
Itโ€™s not โ€œhate.โ€
Itโ€™s not โ€œphobia.โ€
Itโ€™s the cold reality of what cousin-marriage norms do to nations over centuries.

Stefan Molyneaux was Cancelled and banned, for raising just such Inconvenient Truths.
 

Licensing loophole allows Philly contractor to keep building after house collapse​

Dec 1, 2025
In Philadelphia, if a contractor gets their license revoked, they can simply start a new company and keep working. NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas reports on a business that was created thatโ€™s referred to as an โ€œalter ego.โ€


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Stefan Molyneaux was Cancelled and banned, for raising just such Inconvenient Truths.


There are numerous studies saying exactly this for decades now. Also, reports of birth defects in the EU are skyrocketing due to the muzlims having children by their first cousins. Precisely how are these people supposed to improve America?
 
Liberals are upset that President Trump has called tampon Timmy Walz a retard.


Well, the average IQ of a Somali is 68. You read that correctly. 68. Tampon Timmy allowed them to bilk Michigan taxpayers out of more than a billion dollars.


I would say that President Trump is correct.
 
Liberals are upset that President Trump has called tampon Timmy Walz a retard.


Well, the average IQ of a Somali is 68. You read that correctly. 68. Tampon Timmy allowed them to bilk Michigan taxpayers out of more than a billion dollars.


I would say that President Trump is correct.
Minnesota?
 

Construction projects in Philly halted after city shuts down โ€˜alter ego company'​

Dec 20, 2025
Around 80 construction projects were ordered to stop work after the company hired to carry it out was found to have had its license revoked under a different company name. NBC10โ€™s Siobhan McGirl has the story.

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Explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home kills at least 2, governor says​

BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) โ€” A thunderous explosion Tuesday at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building, sent fire shooting out and left people trapped inside, authorities said.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a later news conference that emergency responders braved the flames, a heavy odor of gas and a second explosion to evacuate residents and employees.

Fire officials said they were in โ€œrescue modeโ€ five hours later, with responders still digging by hand and using search dogs, earth-moving equipment and sonar to locate potential victims.

The explosion happened at Bristol Health & Rehab Center in Bristol Township, just as a utility crew had been on site looking for a gas leak.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/e...-2-governor-says/ar-AA1SUZBr?ocid=socialshare
 
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Officials share update after 2 killed in Bucks Co. nursing home explosion​

Dec 24, 2025
Police and fire department officials in Bucks County, on Wednesday, provided an update to the investigation after two people were killed in an explosion at a nursing home in Bristol Township on Tuesday.


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You Won't Believe How Life Was in 1970s PHILADELPHIA (Grit, Soul & Cheesesteaks)​

Jan 2, 2026 UNITED STATES
Philadelphia in the 1970s was not a city trying to reinvent itself. It was a city trying to hold together. This was a decade shaped by factory closures, crowded row house neighborhoods, loud stadiums, and food that fed people fast and cheap.
In this documentary-style video, we look back at what it was really like to live in Philadelphia during the 1970s. From $35,000 row houses and $1 cheesesteaks to the decline of manufacturing jobs, packed SEPTA trolleys, and the rise of grit as a way of life. This is not a highlight reel or a romantic memory. It is a grounded look at daily life, culture, work, and survival in a city that stayed real even as everything around it changed.


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THE CITY IS COVERED IN ICE - PARKING HEADACHES- WHAT STREETS TO AVOID​

Premiered 100 minutes ago
Come Sail with The Philly Captain as he drives around portions of Philadelphia to show you the clean up process from the big snow stone from a week ago. We see the parking headaches in Northeast Philadelphia, traffic headaches on Kensington Ave and a car frozen under inches of solid ice. The clean up begins in Port Richmond and a new train dork shirt is now available at Thephillycaptain.com


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Car owner speaks out, becomes internet hit.

Woman 'in shock' after finding car encased in ice​

Jan 30, 2026 #cold #philadelphia #fypage
A 2016 Honda Civic on North Front Street is drawing crowds this week, not for its make or model, but because it's completely encased in ice.
The car, parked along the 1000 block of North Front Street in Philadelphia's Fishtown section, has become an unexpected neighborhood attraction after a nearby water main break left it frozen in place.
Layers of ice now seal the vehicle shut, transforming an ordinary parking spot into what some are calling "nature's art installation."


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Oooohhh...poor BABIES.

That's a dusting of snow. Even in Cleveland we got it much heavier. The PROBLEM in Philly is, there's no damn place to PARK!

I saw this when a new-hire for Conrail - Philadelphia was their corporate HQ, and they ran a training school for new hires. Had to attend for a month. And yes, they paid us for it.

But in the neighborhoods, they'd even have people parking their cars in the center turn lanes of five-lane boulevards. That place is a NIGHTMARE to drive in.

But...the ice. A year before I started working direct for Conrail, I was working for a contractor to the BN, in Montana. My introduction to this state. We were a traveling rail-test crew (ultrasound test of the metal in the rails) and lived in various hotels between Moses Lake, Washington, and Kalispell.

So, the first winter storm I had on that team - and I was the driver/mechanic - it was freezing rain, in Kalispell, and it lay two inches thick all over the truck.

The truck was a Ford L-series, if anyone remembers them. Conventional nose but a nearly-vertical windshield. So, I got in the truck through the tester-team's rear door, since the front doors were frozen, and coaxed that Cummins diesel to life. I couldn't disconnect the block heater, since the tip hood was frozen. So it was idling, and I was waiting for it to warm up.

The Chief Tester came out of his motel room, blue streamers spilling out of his mouth. He screamed at me to "quit pfukking around" and when I showed him that doors and windows wouldn't open - through the iced glass - he swore loud enough to hear over the diesel, and went back into his room. Out he came with a waste-paper basket full of hot water, out of the bathtub.

He hurled it at the windshield, and caught it right in the center. Half the ice was gone. He ran for a second helping, aimed it, and the windshield exploded from the hot water on the cold glass.

That was the beginning, and the end, of our working day. The city was in a snow emergency and we were five days getting a replacement windshield.

There is nothing new under the sun. And there is no horribly-bad weather; only horribly-spoiled commentators on weather.
 
And that folks is why I now live in Central Florida....sliding down an ice covered hill backwards still haunts me.
 

The indictment of West Philly gang the Young Bag Chasers was building for years. Even members saw it coming.​

Abdul Vicks could see the writing on the wall.

โ€œI can smell indictments, I can see it cominโ€™,โ€ Vicks, better known as YBC Dul, rapped in a song released last fall.

At the time, it read as bravado. Another taunt to feed his mythology.

But he was right. By the time the song dropped in November, an investigation into his crew, the Young Bag Chasers, had been quietly building for nearly two years.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...rs-saw-it-coming/ar-AA1YxEG4?ocid=socialshare
 
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