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Friday, May 22, 2020

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"One day, youtube, twitter, and facebook will merge, and be called 'Youtwitface.'"

*May 22, 2011

A huge, catastrophic EF5 rated, multiple vortex tornado obliterated much of Joplin,  Missouri in the southwest corner of that state, near the Kansas, Oklahoma, and  Cherokee Indian Nation state lines. It was part of a larger tornado outbreak  sequence from May 21-26, 2011 - one of the largest tornado outbreaks on record  which affected the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States. The Joplin  tornado was the first F5/EF5 tornado in Missouri since May 20, 1957, when an F5  destroyed several suburbs of Kansas City, MO. It was the third tornado to strike  Joplin since May 1971.

The Joplin tornado was unusual in that it intensified in strength and grew larger  in size at a very fast rate. It reached a maximum width of nearly 1 mile (1.6 km),  with wind speeds that exceeded 200 mph (320 km/h), and traveled on the ground for  over 22 miles (35.6 kilometers). From formation to dissipation was only 38 minutes,  but its aftermath on the frightful Sunday afternoon revealed a horrible, barren  wasteland: the tornado killed 158 people (with an additional eight indirect  deaths), injured some 1,150 others, destroyed one-third of the city, and caused  damages amounting to a total of $2.8 billion.

Also in its aftermath was the predictable potus photo-op: Obama to View Destruction  in Joplin on Sunday. And again, I asked "Why? No, seriously. What's the point?"

Even though the National Weather Service in Springfield, Missouri, was able to  issue a tornado warning 20 minutes before it hit, the Joplin tornado is still the  deadliest in the U.S. since April 9, 1947, when an intense tornado killed 181 in  the Woodward, Oklahoma area.

Joplin has since re-built, and is thriving.

On to today's news 

Only a Month After Tornado Tore Through Town, HS Seniors Gather for Emotional Class  Photo
"The seniors at a school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are dealing with loss far  beyond that after a tornado ripped through the city on Easter Sunday.

Though the EF-3 tornado devastated Grace Baptist Academy and the church it stands  next to in under two minutes, the students and faculty have rallied together and  remained faithful.

“We have only lost our House — we have not lost our Home! God knew this would  happen and allowed it to happen. He has an exciting plan for the next chapter of  our ministry,” the school’s website says."
Amen.

'I'm a Warrior, Not a Worrier': Age 99 WWII Veteran Defeats COVID-19
"Retired Marine Max Deweese was admitted into St. Luke’s South Hospital (in Kansas)  on April 10 and walked out of the rehab facility on May 7 after defeating the  virus, WDAF-TV reported.

...“I’ve gone through four engagements in the Pacific World War II and that was  hell,” he said.

This wasn’t near as bad because at my age, I figured out what’s going to happen is  going to happen and all ride with it. So and I’ve ridden it and thank goodness the  good Lord has seen fit to keep me around for a little while longer.”

William Lapschies, another WWII veteran, recovered from COVID-19 in April and, at  104, became one of the oldest to survive the coronavirus."
Salute!

Video: Mike Rowe's Trade-School Commencement Speech
"Thanks for resisting the temptation to borrow vast sums of money."

Judge rules Michigan barber can keep cutting hair
"CORUNNA — Barber Karl Manke can go back to cutting hair, according to a ruling  today by 35th Circuit Court Judge Matthew Stewart, who again declined to issue a  temporary restraining order requested by the Michigan Department of Health and  Human Services that would have forced the barber to close his business.

...“The court cannot substitute personal harm for legal principles,” Stewart said,  citing an 1866 Supreme Court decision (Ex parte v. Milligan)..."
In modern parlance that means "My body, My choice." And Leftists are on the wrong side of history to object.

Summer is almost here: Get Your Cool on With the Best Window ACs
New air conditioners are smarter, quieter, cooler.

Steve Mnuchin: Employees Who Reject Offer To Resume Work Ineligible For  Unemployment
"As reported by The Daily Wire’s Tim Pearce, nearly two-thirds of those out-of-work  are actually getting paid more on unemployment, which has incentivized some to  avoid returning to work."
Crisis makes poor public policy. Or was this a feature, not a bug?

D.C. Circuit Orders Judge Sullivan to Respond to Flynn Mandamus Petition
The petition is asking the appellate court to instruct Sullivan to grant the  Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case against Flynn.
"It is apt to get Judge Sullivan’s attention that the only case the panel cited is  United States v. Fokker Services B.V. In that 2016 ruling, the D.C. Circuit granted  a writ of mandamus against a district judge who refused to dismiss a case (on a  deferred prosecution arrangement) because the judge thought the Justice Department  was letting the defendant off too easily. The Fokker Court explained that, under  Rule 48(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, a judge has no power to deny  a motion to dismiss charges. The D.C. Circuit there elaborated that decisions to  dismiss pending charges “lie squarely within the ken of prosecutorial discretion,”  and that judges may not substitute their view that a defendant should be prosecuted  in place of the Justice Department’s determination that a case should be dropped."
In normal people language that means a judge cannot be both prosecutor and judge.

PHILADELPHIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO STUFFING BALLOT BOXES IN  ELECTIONS.
One cannot spell 'voter fraud' without 'democrat.'

“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t  black” – Biden to black radio host
But that's not racist, or anything. Or condescending. Or demeaning. Or stupid.  Because Joe's a Democrat! Still and again, at what point does 79 y.o. Joe Biden's  gringe worthy, stalking-horse campaign become elder abuse?

Can You Solve Our Riddle of the Week?
Put your logic and math skills to the test. No cheating!



H/t: Don Surber