Whats going on in the World
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Better not try to hit on her or Wader may go full Blackbeard on you now that he's sporting an eyepatch!!
BennyV
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Depends on your field of work.
BennyV
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Come on. Looks like she got more than enough buns to go around.
movetheboat
Well-Known Angler
right ...moonshiners do ok down yonder...
longcast
Well-Known Angler
And most of the people I know who moved make 10-15% MORE even if the gross stays the same. Some are making more than being in NY. They were given incentives to leave. NONE took a pay cut, and absolutely no regrets. The exodus continues.
And any dentist that would move down below the "Southern Toothline" would make out like a bandit!!
I should know, I live above the northern border of "The Toothline"...
movetheboat
Well-Known Angler
the EXODUS is like a Spring Cleanup for the North.....gotta take out the trash ya know lol...They love Florida...swamps...heat..crime...everyones a RN....all from the north......but DAMN we gets dem cheap taxes!!!! nOT TO MENTION EARLY BIRD SPECIALS GALORE........Hog heaven
At most I'll go Snow bird...maybe unless climate change makes that moot
my brother has a place is BOCA.....all alone unless one of the lonely widows are in for a "visit" .....I'll crash and leave
Chinacat
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Well I also know peeps that sold everything, said Bah Fon Goo NY, got to where they thought they wanted to be, then realized life without ethnic food whenever and wherever you want it, back woods schools, , no beaches or ocean fishing, etc and it wasn't what they expected and came crawling back....
longcast
Well-Known Angler
A little research goes a long way....................................
wader
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NYPD sees largest staff exodus in decades with leaders 'refusing to acknowledge' mounting crisis: union boss
The New York City Police Department is "refusing to acknowledge" its staffing crisis, which puts residents and visitors' safety at risk, according to NYC PBA President Pat Lynch.
longcast
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And other states are saying, "Welcome, we will respect and support you. And with the cost of living so dramatically reduced, you will live a better life."NYPD sees largest staff exodus in decades with leaders 'refusing to acknowledge' mounting crisis: union boss
The New York City Police Department is "refusing to acknowledge" its staffing crisis, which puts residents and visitors' safety at risk, according to NYC PBA President Pat Lynch.www.yahoo.com
wader
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France seizes Iran assault rifles, missiles heading to Yemen
French naval forces in January seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns and anti-tank missiles in the Gulf of Oman coming from Iran and heading to Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said Thursday. While Iran denied being involved, images of the weapons released by the U.S. military's...
and some countries want to normalize relations with these thugs.....................
Air Force Says Proposed Chinese-Owned Mill in North Dakota Is ‘Significant Threat’
A proposal for a corn mill, which had been welcomed as an economic development success, reflects just how much things have changed with Chinese investment proposals in the U.S.After more than a year of debate about whether a Chinese company’s plan to build a corn mill in North Dakota was an economic boon or a geopolitical risk, an assistant secretary of the Air Force has weighed in with a warning that the “project presents a significant threat to national security.”
The letter from Assistant Secretary Andrew P. Hunter, released publicly on Tuesday by North Dakota’s senators, noted the proximity of Grand Forks Air Force Base to the proposed mill and said the project raised “near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area.”
The debate over Fufeng USA’s plan to build a giant milling facility on the edge of Grand Forks, less than 15 miles from the Air Force base, divided the Republican power structure in North Dakota and showed just how swiftly the economic relationship between the United States and China had changed.
Though the Air Force letter did not name specific threats, residents had voiced numerous concerns. Some in town said it was unwise to deepen economic ties with China, while others speculated that the mill could be used for spying on the Air Force, which the company denied.
The city’s Republican mayor, Brandon Bochenski, a former supporter of the project, said on Tuesday that because of the federal guidance, he would move to block construction by trying to deny building permits and by refusing to connect city infrastructure to the building site.
“The Air Force left ambiguity off the table,” the state’s two senators, John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, both Republicans, said in a joint statement that called for Grand Forks officials to work with them “to find an American company to develop the agriculture project.”
The corn mill was the sort of job-creating opportunity that cities have long fought over, and one that just a few years ago would have been seen by most as an unambiguous win. Both Mr. Bochenski and North Dakota’s Republican governor, Doug Burgum, celebrated in late 2021 when Grand Forks landed the project, which would have been the city’s largest economic development project in recent history.
But within months after Fufeng chose Grand Forks, a college and military city with 59,000 residents, many in town began speaking out against the project. While some of the opposition focused on property rights and water use, the company’s ties to China and the perceived national security risks became the focus of pushback. Still, the city moved forward, annexing the field where the mill would be built and entering into a development agreement with the company.
Mr. Bochenski, a first-term mayor and a former professional hockey player, said in an interview last year that the shifting geopolitical winds had been a challenge for the city. “Are we going to be the first one to basically say no to globalism?” he asked at the time.
But on Tuesday, in light of the Air Force’s letter, Mr. Bochenski said he would seek the City Council’s help to block construction, though he noted that Fufeng USA, the American subsidiary of a Chinese company, would still own the land where it had hoped to build.
Work on the project had been paused in recent months while the federal government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States reviewed the company’s plans. That committee ultimately decided that it did not have jurisdiction.
“The response from the federal government during this process can only be viewed as slow and contradictory,” Mr. Bochenski said. “This directive leaves open the question of other entities with Chinese connections across the nation,” he added, including a Chinese-owned aviation company in Grand Forks “and Chinese students and professors at the University of North Dakota.”
Mr. Burgum, who once called the Fufeng mill a “huge opportunity” for his state, said in a statement that he supported the mayor’s decision to stop cooperating with the company given the concerns voiced by the Air Force.
The turnabout in North Dakota comes as the United States rethinks its longstanding trade relationship with China, and as politicians in both parties have come to view the country more as a threat than as an attractive economic partner. Several states are considering bills this year that would limit or ban Chinese land ownership.
Eric Chutorash, Fufeng USA’s chief operating officer, has repeatedly denied that the mill would be used to spy on or harm the United States. He did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the Air Force’s letter. China’s embassy in Washington declined to comment.
BennyV
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Crime. Really? You take a good look at what’s going on in the city right now?
BennyV
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Well if you sell everything you own and move to Frog Balls, Arkansas that’s on you.
Plenty of places near water that are affordable down south.
BennyV
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So does MTB and he still has a smile like a Jack O Latern
wader
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like here
doesn't get much more "waterish" & affordable...............
Damn thing's only like 6 to 10 miles wide - Chesapeake on one side - Atlantic on the other.
Average monthly utllity bills $200 (electric, water, sewage, trash)
Taxes $2000 (Town & County)
Accomack County, VA Cost of Living
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