Aug. 10, 2020 Derecho hits Iowa: (8:20) – the followup video – After The Storm – can be found here:

That was one hell of a blow that no one who went through it will ever forget. Not only was it a massive and destructive storm, it was also a storm that was, as I recall, came out of nowhere. This storm seemed like the one we all imagined that would announce an official beginning to the long awaited climate change.

That particular day I think it was around 10AM and we were just considering going into Iowa City for some lunch and perhaps to visit a friend. As we were almost out the door our son-in-law called and said “Thank goodness you are home. Stay there and don’t go anywhere. You’re about to get hit with a massive storm.” He had a friend who worked for the Weather Bureau in Oklahoma City and their maps had just lit up. Man were we lucky.

In the past decade the property losses and disruptions due to climate change have been exploding. Insurance companies are now pulling out of markets that are most likely to be damaged by storms, fires, droughts. Floods are in a separate category as they have been for a long time. As we witnessed in Texas recently, floods are among the worst of damages.

And the Trump Administration responds at a level of incompetence that is unbelievable – just ask Texas

Strange how many big events have happened in early August. We shall have some questions. Maybe that is why Augustus picked this time of year to take his name – big happenings.

A) The Iowa DNR came out Friday with an estimate of how many trees Iowa lost in the 2020 derecho. Did you hear how many?

B) Among the world shaking events that happened in August included the nuclear devastation of what city 80 years ago yesterday?

C) On to more recent events – In another disaster HHS Secretary RFK, jr. cancelled $500 million in research grants studying what?

D) In Iowa, a committee formed by the governor to “cut waste” (her DOGE committee) suggested a major change to what benefit for state workers?

E) ICE is offering what as an enticement to recruit to their forces?

F) One very famous person publicly announced he was in with ICE and would sign up quickly. Who was that?

G) Another event that was the culmination of a long investigation happened on August 8th 1974. What happened?

H) Iowa’s DOGE committee had another suggestion that seemed very poorly thought out. The suggestion was to tie teacher pay to what?

I) What federal prisoner was illegally moved from a maximum security prison to a minimum security prison?

J) Name one of the three governors of Democratic majority states that have threatened to match Texas in super-gerrymandering their state?

K) What western hemisphere leader refused to negotiate with the FIWH over tariffs saying the FIWH was not serious?

L) The constitution says we only do this every 10 years, but the FIWH wants to do it now and also change the constitutional rules on how we do what?

M) There is another enemy of the state that must be dealt with! What business sector does the FIWH claim discriminates against conservatives and must be dealt with?

N) A group of senior administration officials including the AG and the VP met (illegally?) in Idaho to discuss what administration problem?

O) What DOGE icon got punched out in a carjacking in Washington DC last week?

P) You will be glad to know that the merger between what two media companies, for which CBS supplicated itself to the FIWH, was completed Thursday? (Oh, and paid a bribe)

Q) Speaking of weather, the administration announced Thursday that they would be revising previous editions of what that deals with long range weather?

R) On a less serious note, Joan Anderson age 101 died last month. What iconic toy did Anderson help introduce to the US from her native Australia?

S) Erika McEntarfer made headlines last week when the FIWH fired her as the head of what government agency?

T) A zoo in Denmark had what request on Facebook go viral last week?

Everyone knew about Jeffrey Epstein. Everyone knew about Diddy, R. Kelly, Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, and the Catholic priests. Everyone knew about Donald Trump. I’m so tired of people protecting rich perverts, keeping their dark secrets for decades. So damn tired. – Andrea Junker

Answers:

A) About 7 million total

B) Nagasaki a few days after Hiroshima

C) mRNA vaccines

D) IPERS – cutting much of the state contribution to the retirement fund

E) A $50,000 sign on bonus AND no age limits (I assume you must be 18)

F) Dean Cain who once played Superman. Cain’s grandparents were held in an internment camp during WWII.

G) Nixon resigned.

H) the student performance. If you don’t know why that is a bad idea look it up.

I) Ghislaine Maxwell

J) Newsom in California, Pritzker in Illinois and Hochul in NY

K) Lulu de Silva in Brazil

L) Census. The FIWH also wants to exclude undocumented aliens from the count

M) The big banks. Trump claims they discriminated against him (he’s got scores to settle). Others think it was because of Trump’ bankruptcies

N) Epstein.

O) Big Balls – expect this to be an excuse for Trump to take over DC

P) Paramount and Skydance – the administration did nothing to inhibit them

Q) The National Climate Assessment

R) the Hula Hoop 

S) the Bureau of Labor Statistics

T) they request people bring in their unwanted small pets to feed the zoos predators. Not including dogs and cats

JD Vance is holding an emergency Epstein Files meeting so members of the administration can determine how to deal with the controversy. 

YOU DON’T NEED TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN IF TRUMP IS INNOCENT. – Devin Duke