This weather has certainly made the lake a popular place to be. The two public beaches near The Gulch have certainly been full. The sandbars around the lake with which I am familiar have also been popular and quite busy. The same can be said for all of the ice cream stands in the area. (How do I know this? It might be because I stopped at more than a few...for quality assurance reasons. I had to check the quality of their black raspberry ice cream...)
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They say that karma is a b*tch. They’re right, as NPR has found out the hard way by way of Governor Ron DeSantis’ press secretary.
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Is climate change responsible for the lightning strike outside the White House?
Yes. Yes it is...and the Biden Administration should take it as a hint that perhaps they’re getting a warning from “a higher power”.
Then again, they haven’t been capable of taking hints about anything. “It seems to this reporter” that the only thing the Biden Administration is capable of taking is bribes.
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Are the lights going out across Europe?
Yup.
Germany has already started shutting off city lights and Spain will be following suit.
What’s ironic is that former President Trump warned them this would happen if they became dependent upon Russia for energy.
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We’ve seen what’s happened in Sri Lanka. We’re watching what’s going on in the Netherlands. We’re also hearing news that Canada is going to follow their lead.
What am I talking about?
The willful destruction of agriculture by those countries’ governments. What’s worse is it is being done at the behest of people who do not have people’s best interests at heart, i.e. the Greens, aka watermelon environmentalists, who want agriculture to fail as a means of greatly reducing the human population through famine. (Not that they would ever admit it out loud...well most wouldn’t admit it out loud.)
Who will be next? Not that it would take much to figure that out: the U.S.
There have already been some ideas floated by the government about taking measures similar to those already taken by Sri Lanka (whose agriculture system has totally collapsed), the Netherlands which has already reduced nitrogen-based fertilizers by two-thirds and has decreed a reduction of the remaining by another two-thirds which has had triggered the ire of Dutch farmers and widespread protests, and Canada which has said they will follow the Dutch government’s lead.
This means there’s a question that needs asking: How will American farmers grow enough corn for the ethanol blended with gasoline, and particularly if WRBA is stupid enough to force an increase in the blend from 10% to 15% ethanol?
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As an aside, early this afternoon I attended a pig roast hosted by one of the members of our town’s police department. Lots of pulled pork and some brisket, both of which were delicious. I got to rub elbows with a wide range of my fellow townsfolk. It was in the mid 90’s and very humid, but there was a nice breeze which helped provide some relief from the heat. It helped that there was also sufficient shade so heat exhaustion was not much of a concern.
All in all, I had a great time and it looked like everyone else did too.
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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where it’s hot, hazy, and humid, thunderstorms are popping up here and there, and where tomorrow is going to be just as hot, hazy, and humid.