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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, April 19, 2023



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Almanac
Macon Calendar
Local and StateNews
Russo-UKrainian War Updates
National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Through Friday, a dry and warm high pressure system is expected to dominate the regional weather pattern. This weekend will bring more unsettled weather as a strong cold front moves across the area, bringing showers and a few thunderstorms. A dry and very chilly high pressure system passes over our region to close the weekend and begin the next week.





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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Friday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Thursday

Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.

Friday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in thge morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Thursday

Sunny, with highs near 80. Light and variable winds becoming south 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.

Friday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the south 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday

Sunny, with highs near 80. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.

Friday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.


Nantahala Area

Today

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.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday

Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Light winds out of the southeast early in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 15 mph by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.

Friday Night

A 50 percent chance of showers after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today.

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...

Relative humidity will again drop below 30% this afternoon and early evening. Consider putting off any outsoor debris burning until another day.

Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities on whether you can burn today. If you do burn, use extreme caution since fires can quickly get out of hand under these conditions.





Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather A Solar Storm Heads for Earth and Flare Activity Picks Up | Space Weather News 16 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 58 (MODERATE) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 64 (MODERATE)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.6 out of 12) today with Oak, Sweetgum, and Poplar being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (11.2 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for April 19th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 88°F in Franklin in 1976
Lowest Temperature 17°F in Highlands in 1983
Greatest One-Day Rain 4.46 inches in Highlands in 1901
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands in 1983

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 19th in North Carolina

rdrd Highest Temperature 95°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1976
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 1983
Greatest Rainfall 5.29 inches in Fletcher, Buncombe County in 2019
Greatest Snowfall 6.0 inches in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1983
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.







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Local and State News



• 3 plead guilty to drug charges in Macon County court [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Reaction pours in from both sides regarding NC bill to ban public drag shows [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• Under the Dome podcast: TikTok, Jeff Jackson and a different NC legislature this week [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Lawmakers to file $5M bill to research the use of Psilocybin, MDMA in medical treatments [BPR]

• North Carolina school district votes to require notifying parents of pronoun changes [WGHP-TV (Geensboro, 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

Fox News to pay $787M settlement to Dominion Voting Systems over stolen election lies | PBS News



• Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems [NPR]

• Iowa Senate passes bill relaxing child labor protections [Courthouse News Service]

• Judge rejects Trump's bid to learn juror names at defamation trial [Reuters]

• 'I died on national TV': Damar Hamlin says his cardiac arrest on January 2 was caused by commotio cordis - a direct blow to the chest that disrupts heart rhythm... as the Bills safety, 25, says doctors have cleared NFL return [UK Daily Mail]

• Dr. Charles Stanley, Beloved Leader of In Touch Ministries, Dies at Age 90 [Obituary]

• UN says almost 200 killed, 1,800 wounded in Sudan battles [The East African]

This Student is Ready to Sue Desantis Over Black History | VICE News



• On TV, skepticism about the science of climate change is dying out — but whataboutism is filling the void [Nieman Lab]

• DeSantis gets warm words at GOP Hill event, but few endorsements [Politico]

• Trump Plans New Hampshire Event on Heels of DeSantis Visit [Election Central]

Washington Today (4-18-23): Supreme Court weighs new workplace religious practice accommodation rule



Global National: April 18, 2023 | Food prices remain high amid cooling inflation rate | Global National



NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 18


PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 18, 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 13,340,343,269 vaccine doses have been administered.


• COVID during pregnancy may alter brain development in boys [NPR]

• Science Update: Children born to women with COVID-19 could be at risk for heart disease, diabetes in later life, NIH-funded study suggests [Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute]

• How a rural school teacher became a top COVID sleuth [Nature]

• Big data study refutes anti-vax blood clot claims about COVID-19 vaccines [ State University of New York at Buffalo ]

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

• New Renewable Energy Projects Are Overwhelming Us Grids [HACKADAY]

• Why a Pause on AI Development Is Not the Answer: An Insider’s Perspective [OODA LOOP]

• Fedora 38 Arrives With Unrestricted Flathub Access [It's FOSS! News]

• Watch the crescent Moon slide by Venus: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher [Astronomy Magazine]

• Satellites Threaten Astronomy, but a Few Scientists See an Opportunity [New York Times]

• The oil and gas industry is emitting way more of this potent, planet-warming gas than the EPA has estimated, study shows [CNN]

• Elon Musk's SpaceX and Tesla get far more government money than NPR [Quartz]

• Musk labels CBC “69% Government-funded” as more news outlets quit Twitter [ARS TECHNICA]

• Netflix is shutting down its original DVD business after 25 years [The Verge]

• Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town [ARS TECHNICA]

• 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

The Two Big Economics Lies You Still Believe | Economics Explained



The RESTRICT Act: TLDR? Watch This - ThreatWire | Hak5



The Level1 Show April 19 2023: Find My iPhone and Find Out | Level1 Techs



There's No Place Like Mastodon - DTNS 4501 | Daily Tech News Show



(LIVE: come back and find the starting spot) Space Symposium 2023 Plenary: 'Our Next Steps to the Moon and Beyond' - NASA Deputy Admin Pam Melroy | NASA Video



How Corporate Consolidation is Killing Ski Towns | Wendover Productions



Operation Vengeance: Avenging Pearl Harbor - Pacific War #74 | Kings and Generals



Why Do These Animals Get Tied Up in Knots? | SciShow



Weird Quantum Effects Drive Chemical Reactions and DNA Evolution | Antov Petrov





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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 18 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 17th]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 420 [Al Jazeera]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 419: Wagner confesses executing Ukrainian children in Donbas [Euromaiden Press]


• Russian Court Upholds WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]

• US charges Russians, Americans for ‘malign’ influence campaign [Al Jazeera]

• Ukraine updates: Germany says Patriots delivered to Kyiv [DW News]

• U.S. urges NATO vigilance for signs Russia could use nuclear weapon in Ukraine [TVP World]

• India, Russia discussing free trade agreement [France 24]

• Ukraine war: The Russian ships accused of North Sea sabotage [BBC 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]

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G7 ministers pledge to intensify Russia sanctions, slam China | Al Jazeera



Russian sanctions loopholes: Is Switzerland profiting from its 'neutrality'? | DW News



Ukrainians capture another Russian trench - Military Mind | TVP World



Brad Paisley on Ukraine visit: ‘I’m more hopeful than I was before I went’ | ABC News



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




News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective

Douglas Macgregor analysis: "750 000 Russians who effectively joined" | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• Ukraine hits Russia with US-made kamikaze drone – media [Russia Today]

• Russian forces use powerful air bombs to strike Ukrainian troops [Pravda]

• Lavrov says he invited Venezuelan counterpart to visit Russia [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

April 19th is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 256 days remain until the end of the year. Historical Events



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)



796 РKing ̠thelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.

• [Wikipedia]


AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
607 - Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs (8.35 million miles) of Earth
531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria).
797 – Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus.
1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich, London
1451 - Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
1506 – The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are being slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics.
1524 - Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
1529 – Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
1539 – The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
1591 - Chartres surrenders to King Henry IV in France
1608 – In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.
1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
1770 – Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
1770 – Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott are captured by British troops riding from Lexington to Concord, Prescott escapes to warn Concord
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
1782 – John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague becomes the first American embassy.
1809 – An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1810 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
1818 – French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals.
1839 – The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
1861 – American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
1903 – The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
1933 - FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1942 – World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
1943 – World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
1960 – Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
1971 – Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.
1973 – The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
1975 – India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
1975 – South Vietnamese forces withdrew from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.
1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
1985 – Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
1993 – The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. 76 Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire.
1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
2000 – Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
2013 – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
2018 - Miguel Diaz-Canel is elected Cuba's new president after former president Raúl Castro steps down
2018 - Senator Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) is the first parent to bring a baby into the US Senate, a day after the Senate votes to allow babies on the chamber's floor
2018 - King Mswati III of Swaziland changes the name of Swaziland to eSwatini, or “land of the Swati”
2020 – A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.
2020 - Together At Home concert for COVID-19 aid curated by Lady Gaga and streamed worldwide
2020 - UK COVID-19 death toll reaches 16,060 (hospitals only), as "The Sunday Times" criticizes Boris Johnson's government's response, saying they "sleepwalked into disaster"
2020 - Turkey passes Iran to become the Middle Eastern country with the most COVID-19 cases with 86,306 infections, Iran continues to have the most deaths
2021 - NASA successfully flies its drone helicopter Ingenuity on Mars, first powered aircraft to fly on another world
2021 - Cuba's Communist party announces Miguel Díaz-Canel will replace Raúl Castro as party leader, after the latter steps down

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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, April 19, 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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