Posted on 12/06/2020 8:48:32 AM PST by weston
@LLinWood
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Reliable information flowing in today.
GA Sec. of State Office is not run as a practical matter by Brad Raffensperger @GaSecofState . Brad is just a figurehead.
Deputy Sec. of State Jordan Fuchs @JordyFuchs runs the show. She made Dominion deal. Check her out. I plan to do so.
@LLinWood
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I hear Brad @GaSecofState was supposed to attend a meeting on 11/7 to discuss promptly separating valid/invalid votes in GA. That meeting was to include @GabrielSterling .
I hear meeting did not occur because Jordan Fuchs @JordyFuchs nixed it. She was point person with Dominion.
Great video!! Nice that Dad stepped up!!
I have a 10 min. Video from Matt Sealy from Michigan
(He is not a flamboyant speaker; but, worth listening to him)
He gives 3 possible scenarios of how Pres. Trump
has a path to Victory!!
Folks it is Not Over!!!
My California DMV nightmare -
My car registration renewal was due. First I checked the online renewal service. DMV was charging $59 for e-service and $25 for some fee. One has to pay an extra $84 for renewal+ plus a $156 renewal fee (a few years back it was $88). I am at home opted to go to DMV and pay and get a sticker today. Stood in line with 50+ people. Went inside and they asked me to pay through Kiosk. The machine was also charging an extra $84. I told them, I don’t want to pay extra, I will pay here at the counter. They told me I can’t do it. Just drop envelop at Express box. I did. One Vietnam DMV employee told me to get a receipt from a Black DMV employee, just for your own record, in case of cops stop you. I asked a black DMV employee, he refused to give me a receipt, then the Vietnam DMV employee made a slip and told me to keep it for the record because stickers may take months to process.
My take, an online processing company had bribed the DMV head to force people to use e-service so that they can make money. DMV is not issuing on the spot stickers which they used to do. Now they have a big COVID excuse but I think they are getting paid to push work to somewhere else and in return gets under the table deal.
One America News will not recognize Biden as the President-elect as all of our investigations indicate there was fraud in voting. There will be no decision until Jan. 6, 2021.
@OANNJust walk through the d@mn Barrycade.....I would....with a group of Deplorables and demand to watch.....from no further than 6 ft.
When does Ratcliffe’s report come out? Friday?
Excellent.
I told hubby, last night that they are the ONE channel I am down to. And, they've been having great coverage.....reports, guests, etc., ... on the fraud/stolen election.
WOO hoo!
I LOVE OAN!!
I never go to the DMV to register my vehicles.
I go to the website & pay there. The stickers come in the mail in a few weeks. I my son his stickers & he didn’t put them on for over 6 months (actually I ended up putting them on). He never got stopped.
I haven’t been to the actual DMV in probably 20+ years. Even the DL is renewed via the internet.
Or before m
Lin Wood is trying to file an injunction to stop it. (Separate than his case at SCOTUS)
Good for them!
I always use AAA for stickers. This year haven’t renewed my AAA membership. I am not driving.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-great-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-saturn
The ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on the night of Dec. 21.
In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope to the night sky, discovering the four moons of Jupiter – Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. In that same year, Galileo also discovered a strange oval surrounding Saturn, which later observations determined to be its rings. These discoveries changed how people understood the far reaches of our solar system.
Thirteen years later, in 1623, the solar system’s two giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, traveled together across the sky. Jupiter caught up to and passed Saturn, in an astronomical event known as a “Great Conjunction.”
“You can imagine the solar system to be a racetrack, with each of the planets as a runner in their own lane and the Earth toward the center of the stadium,” said Henry Throop, astronomer in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “From our vantage point, we’ll be able to be to see Jupiter on the inside lane, approaching Saturn all month and finally overtaking it on December 21.”
The planets regularly appear to pass each other in the solar system, with the positions of Jupiter and Saturn being aligned in the sky about once every 20 years.
What makes this year’s spectacle so rare, then? It’s been nearly 400 years since the planets passed this close to each other in the sky, and nearly 800 years since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night, as it will for 2020, allowing nearly everyone around the world to witness this “great conjunction.”
The closest alignment will appear just a tenth of a degree apart and last for a few days. On the 21st, they will appear so close that a pinkie finger at arm’s length will easily cover both planets in the sky. The planets will be easy to see with the unaided eye by looking toward the southwest just after sunset.
From our vantage point on Earth the huge gas giants will appear very close together, but they will remain hundreds of millions of miles apart in space. And while the conjunction is happening on the same day as the winter solstice, the timing is merely a coincidence, based on the orbits of the planets and the tilt of the Earth.
“Conjunctions like this could happen on any day of the year, depending on where the planets are in their orbits,” said Throop. “The date of the conjunction is determined by the positions of Jupiter, Saturn, and the Earth in their paths around the Sun, while the date of the solstice is determined by the tilt of Earth’s axis. The solstice is the longest night of the year, so this rare coincidence will give people a great chance to go outside and see the solar system.”
Want to learn when and where to look up? Join Throop as he talks about the “Great Conjunction” on #NASAScience Live Thursday, Dec. 17. Submit your questions by using #askNASA. The NASA Science Live episode will air live at 3 p.m. EST Thursday on NASA Television and the agency’s website, along with the NASA Facebook, YouTube, and Periscope channels.
For those who would like to see this phenomenon for themselves, here’s what to do:
Find a spot with an unobstructed view of the sky, such as a field or park. Jupiter and Saturn are bright, so they can be seen even from most cities.
An hour after sunset, look to the southwestern sky. Jupiter will look like a bright star and be easily visible. Saturn will be slightly fainter and will appear slightly above and to the left of Jupiter until December 21, when Jupiter will overtake it and they will reverse positions in the sky.
The planets can be seen with the unaided eye, but if you have binoculars or a small telescope, you may be able to see Jupiter’s four large moons orbiting the giant planet.
Each night, the two planets will appear closer low in the southwest in the hour after sunset as illustrated in the below graphic:
Tips if using a cell phone camera
Jupiter and Saturn will be bright enough to detect in many cell phone cameras. You won’t see additional detail by zooming in, but you can frame Jupiter and Saturn creatively.
Some recent cell phones have a ‘night mode,’ which will automatically stabilize a long-exposure, even without using a tripod. This can be great for capturing the dark foreground of your photo. Some phones will let you use ‘night mode’ on exposures up to 30 seconds, if you also use a tripod.
Many cell phones have a wide-angle lens. Try using this to place a subject in the foreground, with Jupiter and Saturn above them.
At the time of conjunction on December 21, Jupiter and Saturn may be too close to separate clearly in your photos. Images taken a few days before or after the conjunction may show them more clearly.
Tips if using a DSLR camera
Set your focus to Infinity (Manual Focus mode), so the planets will be sharp. Set your aperture wide open, to let in the maximum amount of light.
If you have a tripod, it will help you take long exposures. If not, you can still take some great pictures with a short shutter speed (< 1/4 second). If your camera or lens has an image stabilizer, be sure it is turned on.
If your photos show that the camera is not steady, shorten your shutter speed. You can also use a photographers’ trick to get a sharp photo when hand-holding: set up your camera to take multiple exposures, then hold the shutter button to take a series of photos. While some will be blurry due to camera shake, you may find a few that are sharp.
If you use a 200 mm telephoto lens, you should be able to see Jupiter’s four bright moons in a short exposure. Saturn’s rings will usually need a longer lens or a telescope in order to resolve clearly.
To capture Jupiter and Saturn as sharp ‘points’ while using a tripod, use a shutter speed of up to a few seconds. More than this and the Earth’s rotation will smear out the planets and stars. If you are using a wide-angle lens, you can use a longer exposure.
They're hoping they can get back to the easy life livng on democrat crumbs.
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