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"This is quite bad. A group of virologists wanted to do gain-of-function research on COVID viruses in Wuhan in ways that closely matched the SARS-CoV-2 virus that's killed 8+ million, but tried to hide the Wuhan linkages and got a lot of help in doing so from science journalists."

Today we are thanking a woman known as "The Cookie Lady" in her Idaho Falls neighborhood.

NH Global Cooling on the horizon.

Full Title: UPDATE: NATE appears to have rapidly intensified - Rare feature appears above storm! Video at link. Vlogger says that Nate has strengthened beyond projections as it enters the gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Nate is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and strike the Gulf Coast on Sunday, forecasters said Thursday. Though the storm is only a few days away from an expected landfall in the United States, its probable path was still unclear, and the authorities cautioned that in the United States, residents anywhere from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle could be at risk. Tropical storm-force winds were expected along the Gulf Coast beginning sometime on Saturday.

Tropical Storm Nate is emerging from Honduras into the Western Caribbean. Forecast models are in agreement that Nate will continue into the Gulf of Mexico. Oil companies have begun evacuations of offshore platforms. Nate is forecast to reach the northern Gulf Coast this weekend as a hurricane, and the threat of direct impacts from wind, storm surge, and heavy rainfall is increasing from Louisiana through the western Florida Panhandle. Hurricane and tropical storm watches, as well as a storm surge watch, have been issued for a portion of the northern Gulf Coast, and residents in these areas should monitor the...

Original title of video: Louisiana making evacuations ahead of NATE - Already dropping 20+ inches of rain! Video is 4:07 minutes in length.

Video at link. Concise map and projected time frame starts at the 5:39 mark. The vlogger was good with our previous hurricanes re projections.

After a brief pause in tropical activity, another system formed Wednesday in the Caribbean and will likely become Tropical Storm Nate, according to the National Hurricane Center. Tropical Depression 16 is located about 210 miles south-southeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the border of Nicaragua and Honduras, the weather service said in its 11 a.m. ET advisory. The system has sustained winds of about 35 mph, moving northwest at 7 mph, and "is expected to become a tropical storm later today or tonight." Meteorologist Adam Klotz has more Video NOAA predicts most active hurricane season since 2010 "On the...

The other Republican candidates’ chances of stopping Donald Trump look marginally better today than they did on Friday. Trump won just two of five contests over the weekend and only 30 percent of delegates. Trump remains the front-runner, however, having won 43 percent of the delegates overall among the 20 states and territories to have voted so far. Although that’s short of a majority, Trump will have a chance to improve on his pace as the calendar turns toward states that have more aggressive delegate allocation methods — especially winner-take-all Florida and Ohio, which vote March 15. If Trump wins...

A dark colored sedan can be seen pulling up to the scene in this security footage. The driver appeared to speak with pedestrians strolling to the boardwalk. The driver then exited the car to survey the scene, gets back into the vehicle and sped off toward the boardwalk.

Ok...I'm a recovering pessimist. I actually think Romney's going to win this thing, and possibly win it by a larger margin than most pollsters and pundits are predicting. The national election seems to have stabilized into a 50-47 pattern that is unlikely to change barring some major news event or scandal over the weekend. But I still have a little bit of Eeyore in me, and there are three things that worry me: 1. Nate Silver This whiny turd with his hyperconfident "78.9 chance Obama wins" line is the biggest burr in my saddle. Unlike many, I'm not that impressed...

The 2011 Atlantic Tropical Storm season is at its peak with three active systems. Meanwhile, major inland flooding continues from the remnants of TS Lee. Tropical Storm Maria developed east of the Caribbean Sea. Tropical Storm Nate is nearly stationary in the Bay of Campeche. Hurricane Katia is churning in the Atlantic between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda. Maria Nate Maria Public Advisories Nate Public Advisories Maria NHC Discussions Nate NHC Discussions Buoy Data Eastern Carib & Florida Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico Satellite (ATL Floater 3) Satellite (ATL Floater 1) StormPulse Tracking Maria StormPulse Tracking Nate

35m Cyworld, Nate users’ information hacked 2011-07-28 18:29 SK Communications Co. said on Thursday that personal information of its 35 million online users has been hacked, marking South Korea’s worst online security breach and sparking fears that the leak could lead to massive online and voice scams in coming weeks. “The company has confirmed that a leak of customers’ information has taken place due to hacking on July 26,” SK said in a statement. “The specific scale of the hacking is still being investigated, but it is estimated that some of the personal information of 35 million Nate and Cyworld...

WTNT35 KNHC 060259 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM EDT MON SEP 05 2005 ...14TH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2005 ATLANTIC SEASON FORMS... ...LOCATED SOUTH OF BERMUDA AND MOVING VERY SLOWLY... AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NATE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 66.8 WEST OR ABOUT 320 MILES... 515 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. NATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 2 MPH... 4 KM/HR. A CONTINUED SLOW WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH...

Dear Republican Activists, It is extraordinary for a sitting State Chairman to become involved in a Republican primary. There are many good reasons why a party officer should refrain from involvement. There are also times when a State Chairman is compelled to abandon that principal of non-involvement to protect the Party. After careful deliberation, I am convinced that there is a danger to our Party and state which is real. There is a primary election for the N.C. Court of Appeals that is of utmost importance to all citizens in North Carolina. Two-term District Court Judge Ann Marie Calabria, running...