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GENERAL OUTLOOK
Gusty winds will continue through late Tuesday as a low pressure system lifts northeast into Canada. Dry and warm high pressure will dominate the weather pattern through the workweek. Unsettled weather returns this weekend as a cold front impacts the region.
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 [Apollo 13 in real Time]
SpaceX Starship Orbital Flight Test is scheduled for a time between 8am and 1pm today. The Official SpaceX stream is at [SpaceX] and Macon Media has established a multistream view that will let you watch four of the best livestreams at [Multistream View]. To view any of the stream by itself, click on the "Watch on Youtube button.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Wednesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting and decreasing to be light out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the north 5 to 15 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows around 40. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s. Winds out of the west 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30mph.
Tonight
Clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the west 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 60s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the west 3 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening ahead of a cold front. The primary threat from any storms that reach severe criteria will be damaging wind gusts. Cloud-to-ground lightning can also be expected with any thunderstorms that develop.
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 Hurricane Season 2023: What to Watch For As We Keep Tabs on El Nino | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 40 (GOOD)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (11.5 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for April 17th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 88°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2006
Lowest Temperature 19°F in Highlands in 2014
Greatest One-Day Rain 3.06 inches in Highlands in 1945
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 17th in North Carolina
rdrd Highest Temperature 97°F in Tarboro, Edgecombe County in 1896
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2018
Greatest Rainfall 3.75 inches in Henderson, Vance County in 1910
Greatest Snowfall 4.0 inches in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1956
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)
TUESDAY, APRIL 25th
Open House 1-3pm at FROG Quarters
Friends of the Greenway and Macon County Parks & Recreation will be hosting an Open House on Tuesday, April 25 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St from 1-3 PM. Please stop by to give best wishes to Terry Browning who will be retiring on April 28 after 20 years providing maintenance to the Little Tennessee River Greenway. If you'd like to send a card, mail to FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main St., Franklin, NC 28734.
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
• Plane crash kills one person in Western North Carolina [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
Statement from the Cherokee County Sheriffs Office
• House Speaker Tim Moore spent his legislative break visiting Kiev, Ukraine [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Fort Bragg Special Forces medic sues parachute companies after accident [Fayetteville Observer]
• Records detail Wood's speed prior to hit-and-run [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting:
Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23
• 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
• Taiwan to invest NT$6 billion in wartime telecommunications resiliency [Focus Taiwan]
Pregnancy in the US Is Getting More Dangerous | Bloomberg Quicktake
Violent power struggle continues in Sudan as army bombs paramilitary bases | FRANCE 24 English
U.S. government urges Americans in Sudan to shelter in place amid conflict | NBC News
• Sudan Fears ‘Ghost of Civil War’ as Explosions Rock Capital [New York Times]
• Struggling to Find Gas? Here's How Flooding Caused Fuel Disruptions in South Florida [WTVJ-TV (Miami, FL)]
• A ’60s magazine’s election hit job is a warning for Fox News vs. Dominion [Washington Post (via MSN)]
• Online Account Overseen by Ex-Navy Member Aided Spread of Secrets [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• Deterring Aggression in the Pacific: A Conversation with General Kenneth S. Wilsbach [Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]
• Oklahoma sheriff, commissioner, accused of discussing killing a reporter and returning to Black hangings [The Okalhoman]
• Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows [Washington Post]
• Start of trial in Dominion lawsuit against Fox News is delayed [NBC News]
Washington Today (4-14-23): NRA annual convention hears from 2024 GOP Presidential candidates
Global National: April 16, 2023 | Sudan power struggle continues leaving dozens dead | Global National
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 16
PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 16, 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 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 102,873,924 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,118,800 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 7 April 2023, a total of 666,541,020 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 10:11am CEST, 12 April 2023, there have been 762,791,152 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,897,025 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 11 April 2023, a total of 13,340,275,493 vaccine doses have been administered.
• SARS-CoV-2 awakens ancient retroviral genes and the expression of proinflammatory HERV-W envelope protein in COVID-19 patients [ iScience ]
• Why aren’t we hearing about COVID waves anymore? Because COVID is at ‘a high tide’ — and staying there [ Toronto Star ]
• Covid is still a leading cause of death as the virus recedes [ Washington Post ]
• Italian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82% [Reuters]
• $62,000 and three years later: Long COVID continues to upend this California couple’s lives [Los Angeles Times]
• Fact check: New COVID-19 variants continue to be discovered [USA TODAY (via Yahoo! News)]
• ‘Arcturus,’ a COVID variant sweeping India, is now in the U.S., the CDC says—and it’s coming in hot. What it means for the future of the pandemic [ Fortune (via Yahoo! News) ]
Virology Lectures 2025 #02020: Antivirals | Columbia University
• 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
• Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town [ARS TECHNICA]
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• Danger, the skAI is falling! (Is the AI sky falling? Well so it seems in April 2023. Or… why clever guys offer simplistic answers to AI quandaries). [Contrary Brin]
• A rechargeable battery made from food [Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia]
• Droughts are coming on faster: Higher global temperatures are increasing the frequency of flash droughts [Science: American Association for the Advancement of Science]
• ChatGPT is now writing college essays, and higher ed has a big problem [TechRadar]
• The $25,000 electric vehicle is coming, with big implications for the auto market and car buyers [CNBC]
• New push on US-run free electronic tax-filing system for all [AP 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
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
First Ever Double Slit Experiment In Time Not Just in Space | Antov Petrov
The Level1 Show April 14 2023: While You Bought Park Place, I Studied the Blade | Level1 Techs
BeReal More Like BeInteresting - DTNS 4499 | Daily Tech News Show
Super Weapons | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Your Energy Bills Are About to Soar... Why Solar Is More Important than Ever! | Two Bit da Vinci
Why the Soviet Internet Failed | Asianometry
How Rice Became the King of Grains | Modern Marvels (S15, E33)
Few signs of progress in Canada's drug death crisis leaving some with little hope for change | Global News
Week 242 - 4,000 German teens trapped in Tarnopol - WW2 - April 15, 1944 | World War Two
Ranking Linux Distributions for 2023: not your average tier list! | The Linux Experiment
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 16 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 15th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 418 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 417: Polish government bans import of Ukrainian agricultural products [Euromaiden Press]
• Chinese Defense Minister received by Russian dictator in Moscow [TVP World]
• ‘An Easter exchange’: 130 Ukrainian prisoners of war freed [Al Jazeera]
• A Tense Wait for an Imprisoned Son [Wall Street Journal]
• Germany has evidence of hundreds of war crimes in Ukraine [DW News]
• Ukraine awaits US missile system after latest Russian strike [AP News]
• 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]
Russian Hybrid Warfare and Ukraine: Propaganda, cyberwarfare and hybrid war methods | Perun
Russia Occupied 0.01% of Ukraine in March - Russian Invasion | Kings and Generals
Russians, Ukrainians celebrate very different Orthodox Easter | DW news
Psychological portrait of Russian aggression supporters - World Today | TVP World
Russians defect to Ukraine to fight invasion | CBS Evening News
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Douglas Macgregor interview: "Fall back or get destroyed by the Russians" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• Putin meets with Chinese defense minister [Russia Today]
**Pravda has no updated stories about the war today**
• International Criminal Court Case: Putin Child-Napping vs. Democratic Child-Transsexuals [Pravda]
• Denmark has no red lines in arms supplies to Ukraine – Russian Ambassador [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 258 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)
858 - Benedict III's reign as Catholic Pope ends with his death
1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.
1362 – Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.
1387 - Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" characters begin their pilgrimage to Canterbury (according to scholars)
1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the "Canterbury Tales" for the first time at the court of English King Richard II
1492 – Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
1711 - Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I
1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
1797 – Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
1824 - Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40'N
1861 – The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
1863 – American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
1869 – Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
1876 – Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
1941 – World War II: The invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy.
1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
1944 – Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
1945 – World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
1945 – Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
1946 – The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
1969 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
1971 – The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
1975 – The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
1982 – Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
1992 – The Katina P is deliberately run aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
1993 - Two Los Angeles police officers convicted in federal court of violating Rodney King's civil rights and sentenced to prison, while two others are acquitted,
2006 – A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
2013 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
2014 – NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
2019 – Terror alert closes schools in Denver, Colorado, due to 18 year-old woman obsessed with Columbine massacre, who is then found dead
2019 – 10 babies with "bubble boy disease" cured using a gene therapy made from HIV at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, according to new study
2020 – WHO warns Africa could be next epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 300,000 deaths, pushing 30 million into poverty as it records nearly 1000 deaths and 19,000 cases to date
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Published at 5:00am on Monday, April 17, 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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