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TeamProg's JournalPOLL: Has the Israeli gov't response (as of 11/19) to the 10/7 Hamas terrorist attack been Fair & Measured,
Too strong of a response or Not strong enough of a response?
This poll is written to gather honest, unbiased with no 'gray area' responses.
Admins - This war / conflict has reached international proportions and cannot be constrained to the Israel / Palestine forum only.
POLL: The Israeli gov't response to the 10/7 Hamas terrorist attack has been fair and measured,
too strong of a response or not strong enough.
11 million people in South Florida face flash flood dangers
[link:https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/11-million-people-in-south-florida-face-flash-flood-dangers/1595566|
Careful out there!
A flood watch is in effect as excessive rainfall will bring totals up to 16 inches in southeastern Florida into Thursday. The intense rainfall rates could cause “highly impactful urban flash flooding.”
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
A flood watch is in effect for southeastern Florida as downpours have already unleashed heavy rain across the zone from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, triggering rapid urban flooding.
AccuWeather meteorologists warned on Tuesday that 11 million people in southeastern Florida would be at risk for flash flood dangers into Thursday, with excessive rainfall most likely Wednesday into Wednesday night.
The atmosphere wasted no time commencing the downpours. The corridor from Miami to Fort Lauderdale picked up 2-6 inches of rain Tuesday evening. More significant rainfall will persist into Thursday.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the region, adding that there is a “highly impactful urban flash flooding” threat. Ponding of water on highways is likely, especially in areas that drain poorly, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
Sly And The Family Stone "I Want To Take You Higher" on The Ed Sullivan Show
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|Kinf of a mash-up arranged song.
Bills firing of O.C. Dorsey after loss is just stupid. Teams rarely better themselves.
Sitting at 5-5, the Bills' offense has been inconsistent, unable to move the ball for stretches, lacking a reliable ground attack and struggling mightily with turnovers. Too often this season, the Bills' offense looked like an amalgam of plays rather than a cogent plan.
Buffalo's struggles have mostly come due to costly turnovers. The Bills turned the ball over four times (two INTs, two fumbles lost) on Monday night, with three pinned on quarterback Josh Allen. It marked the second game this season for Buffalo with four-plus giveaways. The Bills have 18 turnovers on the season, tied for the second-most in the NFL.
Ultimately, Dorsey, who earned a head-coaching interview during the last cycle in Carolina, took the fall for the struggles. But will the change be enough for a disappointing Buffalo club with a tough schedule down the stretch?
The Bills move forward with Joe Brady as the play-caller for the season's final seven games. The 34-year-old saw his star rise in 2019 as the passing game coordinator for LSU during their run with Joe Burrow to the College Football Playoff national championship. In 2020, he was hired by the Carolina Panthers as offensive coordinator under Matt Rhule. In two seasons in Carolina, the Panthers' offense barely got off the ground, ranking 21st and 24th in yards and points, respectively, in 2020 and 30th and 29th in 2021.
Monday night's loss signaled panic in Western New York, as Buffalo dropped to 10th in the AFC. McDermott moved to fire Dorsey hours later, looking for a spark to jumpstart a meandering Bills club.
Question: is The Times Of Israel a fair news source? Meaning, not a Right Wing news source?
Question: is The Times Of Israel a fair news source? Meaning, not a Right Wing news source?
The Times Of Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/
A fair news source?
The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012. It was co-founded by Israeli journalist David Horovitz, who is also the founding editor, and American billionaire investor Seth Klarman.[1] Based in Jerusalem, it "documents developments in Israel, the Middle East and around the Jewish world."[2] Along with its original English site, The Times of Israel publishes in Hebrew (via its own edition, Zman Yisrael), Arabic, French, and Persian. In addition to publishing news reports and analysis, the website hosts a multi-author blog platform.[3]
In February 2014, two years after its launch, The Times of Israel claimed a readership of two million.[4] In 2017, readership increased to 3.5 million unique monthly users.[5] By 2021, the paper had on average over nine million unique users each month and over 35 million monthly page views, while the paper's blog platform had 9,000 active bloggers.[6][7]
History
The Times of Israel was launched in February 2012. Its co-founders are journalist David Horovitz,[8][9] and American billionaire Seth Klarman, founder of the Baupost Group and chairman of The David Project. Klarman is the chairman of the website.[10]
Several Times of Israel editors had previously worked for the Haaretz English edition, including Joshua Davidovich and Raphael Ahren, and former Haaretz Arab affairs correspondent Avi Issacharoff – co-creator of the popular Israeli television series Fauda – joined as its Middle East analyst.[11] Amanda Borschel-Dan, who was the Magazine Editor of The Jerusalem Post, is currently The Times of Israel's Deputy Editor, responsible for the Jewish world and archaeology. She also hosts the paper's weekly podcast.
California is drought-free for first time in years. What it means.
California is drought-free for first time in years. What it means.
By Diana Leonard
November 8, 2023 at 10:44 a.m. EST
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/11/08/california-is-drought-free-first-time-years-what-it-means/
California is drought-free for the first time in more than three years because of a remarkably wet, snowy winter and a rare tropical storm over the summer. The last remaining traces of drought disappeared in October, as autumn rainstorms grazed the northwestern corner of the state.
Last year at this time, California faced a deepening water crisis amid “extreme” and “exceptional” drought, and officials feared another dry winter because of La Niña, the climate pattern that tends to reduce precipitation in southern and central California. It was the culmination of the three driest years on record, a period defined by parched reservoirs, heat waves and record-breaking wildfires.
But, defying predictions, last winter was exceptionally wet. Now, major reservoirs sit at 125 percent of their average levels, heading into an El Niño winter that tilts the odds toward another wet year. The first significant storm of the season could arrive next week.
“We saw just a tremendous winter that we hadn’t seen in a long time,” Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Neb., said. “Not only did that bring moisture into the water projects — the reservoirs and lakes across the state — but it also did wonders for replenishing moisture in the ground and the soils.”
Danica Roem to become Virginia's 1st transgender state senator
Source: NBC
Danica Roem to become Virginia's 1st transgender state senator
Roem is only the second out transgender person elected to a state Senate, following Delaware’s Sarah McBride.
Virginia Del. Danica Roem has made political history once again after winning a seat in the state Senate on Tuesday. She is the first out transgender person elected to Virginia’s upper chamber and only the second trans person elected to any state Senate in the United States, following Delaware’s Sarah McBride in 2020.
Roem, a Democrat, defeated her Republican opponent, Bill Woolf, by more than 3 percentage points. Woolf, a former Fairfax County police officer, was endorsed by the state’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin.
“I’m grateful the people of Virginia’s 30th Senate district elected me to continue representing my lifelong home of western Prince William County and greater Manassas,” Roem said in a statement shared on social media Tuesday. “The voters have shown they want a leader who will prioritize fixing roads, feeding kids and protecting our land instead of stigmatizing trans kids or taking away your civil rights.”
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/danica-roem-become-virginias-1st-transgender-state-senator-rcna124175
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