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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry surface high pressure will persist over the region through mid-week, with temperatures steadily warming. Moisture increases Thursday night into Friday as a low pressure system approaches from the southwest. A cold front will approach the region from the west over the weekend. The front is expected to move through our area on Sunday and likely bring more showers and maybe a few thunderstorms with it. The weather should be dry and a little cooler to start next week. For those interested, a website called "Apollo in Real Time" is running a real-time presentation of Apollo 13 featuring radio transmissions, photos and videos as they were recorded/transmitted. You can listen in by clicking the blue "NOW" button at [xxx]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers between 2am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south 3 to 6 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the east early in the morning increasing and shifting to come out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 50%.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Thursday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.
Friday
A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
Showers likely before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Friday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain is 60%.
Friday Night
A chance of showers before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 30%.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather Real-World Impacts from the G4 Storm and Big Flares for Easter | Solar Storm Forecast 09 April 2023
Back to Top El Nino is Coming - A Look at What That Means and What to Watch for Over the Coming Months | hurricantrack
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
Below is the High Resolution Rapid Refresh from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction for our area. It runs from 1am EDT Wednesday to 6pm EDT this evening and shows smoke fields from nearby prescibed burns in North Carolina and Georgia that will be crossing the area and will probably impact those with breathing issues.
PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 55 (MODERATE)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.8 out of 12) today with Oak, Juniper, and Birch being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 12th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F in Franklin in 2001
Lowest Temperature 22°F in Franklin in 1960
Greatest One-Day Rain 5.05 inches in Franklin in 1913
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987
Record Weather Events for April 12th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 97°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1930
Lowest Temperature 15°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1989
Greatest Rainfall 5.28 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2013
Greatest Snowfall 17.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1988
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
SUNDAY, APRIL 30th
Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS
Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.
Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.
Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others
Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education
For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com
SATURDAY, MAY 6th
Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm
Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Volunteers needed too. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Macon Media apologizes for that.
• New NC anti-rioting law will target peaceful protesters, lawsuit says [Raleigh News and Observer]
• SBI agent shoots, kills man after suspected shoplifting in Apex, police say [WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)]
• North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham completes move to Republican Party [Raleigh News and Observer]
• If you see an armadillo in North Carolina, wildlife officials want to hear from you [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• New Foxfire Museum book explores complex stories of Appalachian women across history [BPR]
• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
• Tumbling Money Supply Alarms Economists Who Foresaw Inflation [Bloomberg]
• Tennessee governor calls for law removing guns from dangerous people [Politico]
• How the ‘Tennessee Three’ Turned GOP’s Rebuke Into a Rallying Cry [Wall Street Journal]
• 3 years after Sprint merger, T-Mobile employs 9k fewer people, insists it upheld pledge on jobs [Geek Wire]
• Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan Over Trump Case [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of toxic soil from East Palestine train derailment site crashes on highway [CBS News]
• Fox Corp. settles 2020 election lawsuit as Dominion defamation case heads to trial [NBC News]
• Russia Lost 1.3M Young Workers in 2022 – Research [The Moscow Times]
• US, Philippines launch largest joint military exercises [DW News]
Washington Today (4-11-23): Chicago selected to host 2024 Democratic National Convention | C-SPAN RADIO
Global National: April 11, 2023 | Pro-Russian hackers allegedly target Canadian energy firm
Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 11
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 11, 2022)
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 11:02am CEST, 6 April 2023, there have been 102,873,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,118,800 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 666,193,352 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 11:02am CEST, 6 April 2023, there have been 762,201,169 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,893,190 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 April 2023, a total of 13,337,416,815 vaccine doses have been administered.
• Biden signs bill ending COVID-19 national emergency [ CBS News ]
• White House launching $5 billion program to speed coronavirus vaccines [ Washington Post ]
• AMA president warns of ‘more illness, more loss of life’ from Covid as cases rise [ The Guardian ]
Ep 128 Osterholm Update: A Light at the End of a Tough Two Weeks
• TWiV 998: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 999: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter [Washington Post]
• Twitter Company ‘No Longer Exists,’ Is Now Part of Musk’s X [Bloomberg]
• Microsoft set to change the Print Screen button so it opens the Snipping Tool in Windows 11 [TechSpot]
• ChatGPT Is a Tipping Point for AI [Harvard Business Review]
• Gov. Lee signs order to strengthen background checks for guns [WTVF-TV (Nasheville, TN)]
• Earth’s core may be surrounded by an ancient ocean, study finds [Protopian]
• S Korea to conduct 1st launch of commercial-grade satellite [AP News]
• Associations of Change in Body Size With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Healthy Older Adults [JAMA Network]
• Developer creates “self-healing” programs that fix themselves thanks to AI [ARS TECHNICA]
• Google TV gets 800 free channels [CNBC]
• Reddit Moderators Brace for a ChatGPT Spam Apocalypse [Vice News]
• CachyOS: Arch-based Distro for Speed and Ease of Use [It's FOSS News]
• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]
Evergreen Links
• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir
Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
Google Then Launcher - Pixel Power-off Finder, auto-archive apps, SwiftKey with Bing chatbot | All About Android
The Level1 Show April 12 2023: Open Up A Can of Litigation | Level1 Techs
So the Answer is, More Lasers? - DTNS 4496 | Daily Tech News Show
Planet With Extreme Density Currently Has No Explanation | Antov Petrov
Brandy Station: The Largest Cavalry Battle Of The American Civil War - History Of Warfare | Timeline
Apple Continues Attempts to Prevent Stores From Unionizing | TWiT TV
How Biden has declared war on cars | Fox Business
Privately Browse The Web3 With Mullvad Browser | DL 319
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 11, 2023 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 11th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 413 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 412: Russians adopt scorched-earth tactics in Bakhmut [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukraine war: Leak shows Western special forces on the ground [BBC News]
• Pentagon intelligence leak: Here’s what you need to know [Al Jazeera]
• Poland wants to become bedrock of European security: Morawiecki tells Harris [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Russia begins military drills in the Arctic [DW News]
• Fallout from Macron’s China visit ripples across Atlantic and Indo-Pacific [France 24]
• A Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons [The Register]
• ‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics [The Guardian]
US intel leak: "Egypt secretly ordered production of 40,000 rockets for Russia" | DW News
German volunteers at the front in Ukraine. - Military Mind | TVP World
Ukraine war: The deadly landmines killing hundreds | BBC News
Macron changing tack after 'not getting what he wanted in China' | FRANCE 24 English
Russia Ukraine War: Both sides endure heavy casualties, Bakhmut remains focal point | WION
🔴 (NSFW) - DC Police Ride Along, Russian Thermobaric, Ukrainian CQB | Funker530 LIVE Recap
US Grand Strategy: NATO, Alliances, & Ukraine - how alliances underpin American influence | Perun
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
SPECIAL Douglas Macgregor: "This had been a battle of annihilation" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• US making ‘bioweapons components’ in Ukraine – Moscow [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• Vladlen Tatarsky's killer Daria Trepova suspected of working for Ukraine [Pravda]
• G7 foreign ministers to accuse Russia of using misinformation in their joint statement [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
April 12 is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 263 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.
1012 – Duke OldÅ™ich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother JaromÃr, who flees to Poland.
1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
1782 - Battle at Les Saintes: British fleet under Admiral George Rodney defeats the French fleet under Comte de Grasse off Dominica in the West Indies. Prevents a planned French and Spanish invasion of Jamaica.
1807 – The Froberg mutiny ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.
1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
1865 – American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.[4]
1900 – One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
1910 – SMS ZrÃnyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
1927 – Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
1927 – Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
1945 – World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 50 miles from Berlin.
1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
1961 – Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.
1963 – The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
1970 – Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
1980 – The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
1980 – Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to HercÃlio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
1980 – Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of hope Run in St. John's, NF
1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
1983 – Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
1990 – Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
2002 – Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the military coup against Hugo Chávez.
2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
2007 – A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
2009 – Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
2010 – Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
2013 – Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
2014 – The Great Fire of ValparaÃso ravages the Chilean city of ValparaÃso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
2015 - Hillary Clinton announces she will run for the Democratic nominee for US President for the 2nd time
2016 - Breakthrough Starshot: Scientists and internet entrepreneurs, including Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg, announce interstellar project to send robot spacecraft to Alpha Centauri
2020 - Pope Francis calls for the world to be united in the face of COVID-19 as he delivers his Easter message from an empty St Peter's Cathedral in Rome
2020 - Huge storm system produces more than 40 tornadoes in the US from Texas to South Carolina killing 32 people across six states
2021 - Worst frost conditions in half a century will affect 80% of French vineyards according to industry officials
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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