{"id":153512,"date":"2024-02-23T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=153512"},"modified":"2024-02-21T21:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T02:24:36","slug":"odds-and-sods-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=153512","title":{"rendered":"Odds and Sods II"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yet another thing we have to thank Mexico for.\u00a0 There is so much we have already – the crimes we are told they don’t commit, the welcoming conduit they provide for OTHER illegal immigrants, the 67,000+ fentanyl deaths in 2021 alone, the local drug gangs: regrettable as they are, they aren’t just disgusting.<\/p>\n

This is.<\/p>\n

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The Tijuana River \u2013 which has been classified as an impaired water body, according to the U.S. Clean Water Act — flows north for 120 miles from Mexico to California before reaching the Pacific Ocean on the U.S. side of the border in the Imperial Beach, San Ysidro and Coronado coastal areas.<\/p>\n

Over the last five years, 100 billion gallons of untreated sewage, industrial waste and urban runoff have been dumped into the Tijuana River, according to the International Boundary and Water Commission.<\/p>\n

Tuesday marks the 805th day Imperial Beach has been closed due to the ongoing sewage issue, according to Aguirre, but the health risks are affecting residents far from the shore. (809 as of today – ed.)<\/p>\n

Untreated sewage pollutants originating in Mexico and not properly treated at the International Wastewater Treatment Plant include human and livestock diseases, pathogens carrying antibiotic-resistant genes, and industrial chemicals not permitted to be discharged in California, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Doctors Kimberly and Matt Dickson, a married couple who run South Bay Urgent Care in Imperial Beach, told ABC News that amid the February storms they have seen a 200 to 300 percent increase in patients with gastrointestinal illness, with symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea.\u00a0 ABC News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read that number again – 100,000,000 gallons. Nice.\u00a0 Wonder how much we fund into that wastewater treatment plant above and beyond the $600,000,000?<\/p>\n

You would think throwing $6\/gallon at it would help? Heck, you can buy that reverse-osmosis filtered stuff for a fraction of that.<\/p>\n

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And we finally get to a national level feel-good story. The bad news… not our nation.<\/p>\n

Finland is not happy with Russian saber-rattling. Russia keeps doing nasty things in the region (hardly surprising, remember they’ve invaded many of their neighbors for years. Crimea in the 1850s? Poland? Germany?) The Finns are taking a proactive stance, as they seem to do.<\/p>\n

Finland is planning to open up new shooting ranges to meet a surge in demand following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Finnish public broadcaster Yle in a Tuesday report.<\/p>\n

Finland \u2014 which shares an 830-mile-long border with Russia \u2014 joined NATO in April amid concerns over national security after Moscow invaded Ukraine nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n

Finns have been becoming more interested in national defense since the Ukraine war started, with training days among national defense enthusiasts doubling since the war started, according to Yle. More Finns have also been applying for gun licenses, the broadcaster added.<\/p>\n

There are about 670 shooting ranges for civilians in Finland \u2014 down from over 2,000 before the year 2000. The Finnish government plans to boost the number to about 1,000 by 2030, per Yle.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Business Insider<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They perceive a threat and up the number of practice ranges by 50%. (Our government only perceives an enemy if they can make money from it and is trying to shut down ranges\/dealers as fast as possible.)<\/p>\n

Makes you understand why a relatively tiny country like Finland fought Russia’s army to a draw in 1940…and showed Hitler that Russia could be beaten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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