#Politics Update from #CNN:

"The person in custody in connection with the apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald #Trump is Ryan Wesley Routh, according to three law enforcement sources."

#Politics Update from #CNN:

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A witness saw the suspect later detained in the security incident near former President Donald #Trump run from the bushes and took a picture of his vehicle that led to the suspect’s apprehension, according to the Palm Beach County sheriff ...

Authorities were able to get a hit on the vehicle and alerted the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, which detained the suspect. The witness was able to then identify the man.

#Politics Update from #CNN:

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The FBI said Sunday it is responding to West Palm Beach, Florida, and “is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination” of former President Donald #Trump.

A suspect has been detained by local police after shots were fired at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach.

#Politics BREAKING from #CNN:

Law enforcement sources tell CNN that shots were fired from a tree line in #Trump 's vicinity. Secret Service returned fire. An AK-47 style weapon was found, along with a backpack and a Go Pro camera. A vehicle matching the description of one seen in the area has been detained with the driver.

#Politics BREAKING from #CNN: #Trump campaign says the candidate is safe after shots fired in his vicinty at Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/donald-trump-safe-shots/index.html

From #LATimes: The article reports on the Bridge Fire burning through Mt. Baldy Village, part of my childhood. Having worked in public safety, it's always the bane of our existence that people ignore our warnings, then expect us to bail them out when it's too late.

But most of the Village survived, including the iconic Lodge and restaurant.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-14/bridge-fire-mt-baldy-village-surprised

From #AP: Firefighters needed 50,000 gallons and a flame retardant drop to put out a #Tesla Semi fire.

https://apnews.com/article/tesla-semi-fire-battery-crash-water-firefighters-7ff04a61e562b80b73e057cfd82b6165

For years, part of my spiel at #NASA #KSCVC was to tell guests that constellations such as #SpaceX #Starlink will one day give you the ability to access the Internet anywhere on planet Earth, including airplane flights, "so you can watch your cat videos on YouTube."

I'm declaring victory.

"The Inflight Wi-Fi Revolution Now Arriving: United Signs Starlink Deal to Provide Industry-Leading Connectivity in the Sky - For Free"

https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-125346

When I went home to SoCal in March, I visited Mt. Baldy Village, so much a part of my childhood. We had lunch at the Lodge restaurant.

The Bridge Fire took out homes and cabins nearby, but the Lodge and restaurant were spared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhFWB3gLOAs

#Politics

At today's #Arizona rally, #Trump added geese to the list of animals being taken by Haitians for consumption. 🙄

"The Environmental Protection Agency fined Elon Musk's spacecraft company $148,378 for a 2022 liquid oxygen spill and for discharging gallons of deluge water to wetlands near its launch pad in recent months. The wetlands affected have a continuous surface connection to the Rio Grande and are considered protected navigable waters. As the EPA noted, those discharges require a specific permit that #SpaceX lacked."

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/culture/article/epa-fine-spacex-texas-water-19760415.php

Here is the complete text of the #EPA consent agreement levying a $148,000 on #SpaceX of polluting Boca Chica TX wetlands.

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-09/spacex_cafo_cwa-06-2024-1768_txu09110_090624__0.pdf

#SpaceX fined nearly $150,000 for spilling liquid oxygen and launch pad water deluge into Boca Chica wetlands.

https://www.sacurrent.com/news/federal-government-fines-elon-musks-spacex-148000-over-environmental-issues-35554176

#CoSoWriters Idle question for any MS Word users out there ... I'm on Word 2010 because I see no reason to pay MS for an upgrade. Anyway, under References / Style are listed many style options, e.g. Chicago 15th Edition. CMoS just released the 18th Edition. Does anyone know if MS releases updates for download so I could use a more recent edition? I'm searching online but haven't found anything yet. Thanks in advance.

@CoSoTips Is there a way to do bold and/or italics and/or underline in a post here? Thanks in advance.

#Space The first-ever commercial spacewalk and the first-ever #SpaceX #Dragon spacewalk are beginning right now. Watch live on Spaceflight Now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daEIqRJLLr8

#Politics Headline on the #CNN website:

"The fundamentals of the neck-and-neck race with Harris still seem to favor the former president"

Never mind what you just saw with your own two eyes.

#Politics

Scathing #Trump debate impression on the J-L Cauvin YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2m1htCFxqA

#Politics #Economy

The #Trump brand is increasingly toxic ... From #CNN:

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Investors swiftly penalized Trump’s social media business following the former president’s widely panned debate performance. Other so-called Trump trades, including bitcoin and Coinbase, went into reverse Wednesday, while bonds and Asian currencies rallied. And some funds that own solar and other clean energy stocks rose sharply.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/11/investing/trump-stock-debate-truth-social/index.html

#Politics #Trump

Idle thought about the Republican nonsense that illegal immigrants are eating people's pets ... Not all pets are a cat or a dog. Some people have as pets a cow, pig, chicken, goat, duck, goose, turkey, or other creature that might appear somewhere on a menu.

I'd be perfectly content to go vegetarian if I had a spouse who would agree to share such a diet.