{"id":178356,"date":"2026-01-14T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=178356"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:42:49","slug":"wednesday-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=178356","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday items"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No single big item, but a lot of small ones.<\/p>\n

First up, senior Minnesota US attorneys, even a few appointed by President Trump, have resigned in the face of DOJ demands that they investigate the late Ms. Becca Good of ICE shooting fame.<\/p>\n

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Veteran prosecutor Joseph Thompson, who was previously appointed by Donald Trump to serve as Minnesota\u2019s acting U.S. attorney and first assistant U.S. attorney, had overseen a sprawling fraud investigation at the center of the president\u2019s surge of federal law enforcement officers in the state.<\/p>\n

Thompson is among at least four career prosecutors who quit Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Think these state attorneys are all Biden holdovers? Think again. The administration has been busy.<\/p>\n

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Last year, roughly 10,000 attorneys worked across the Justice Department and its components, including the FBI.<\/p>\n

But the Trump administration has fired, forced out or offered buyouts to roughly 5,500 attorneys and other Justice Department employees, according to Justice Connection, an advocacy group that has tracked departures.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, there have been issues with some of the appointments, and several high-profile cases have been rejected because some of the US attorneys were improperly appointed.<\/p>\n

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In totally unrelated news, the Army has selected 9 base to get “microreactors” for power generation. They each generate around 20Mw of power.<\/p>\n

They differ from Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), which range from 20 to 300 megawatts, and are designed to be portable, with some able to be hauled by a semi tractor-trailer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My, how times have changed when a reactor is small enough to be trucked. Might note – Ft. Greely, the subject of my Saturday 10 January column here at\u00a0 TAH\u00a0<\/a> was one of the Army bases that had an early nuclear power plant installed in 1960 which ran until 1972.<\/p>\n

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Maybe a little bigger?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the other side of the world, China says a massive solar plant it has will be able to generate 7 gigawatts of power – this year. It’s intended to be even larger.<\/p>\n

The Three Gorges Kubuqi Solar Park has been under construction since 2022, blanketing an Inner Mongolian desert in panels. It already has over five gigawatts of capacity installed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Very impressive… but for comparison:<\/p>\n

The Three Gorges Kubuqi Solar Park, due to be completed in 2030, will be 250 miles long, three miles wide, and will be able to generate 100 gigawatts of clean energy. TCD<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s 750 square MILES of solar panels, about three times the size of Ft. Bragg. Bet they aren’t able to fit THEM on a truck.<\/p>\n

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And, the consequences of contradicting the President are swift. Remember the other day when I mentioned that Exxon said they thought investing in Venezuelan oil would be a mistake? The President was asked about that Sunday:<\/p>\n

Trump hesitated, saying he wouldn\u2019t disclose details before taking public aim at one company in particular: \u201cI didn\u2019t like Exxon\u2019s response. You know, we have so many that wanted \u2013 I\u2019d probably be inclined to keep Exxon out. I didn\u2019t like their response. They\u2019re playing too cute.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds like both Exxon and Trump are on the same page.<\/p>\n

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Gonna close with a Wisconsin fella who must have set an alcohol record.<\/p>\n

Officials found the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop on US Highway 10 near County Road A, with deputies stating they could smell a strong odor of alcohol and other signs of intoxication coming from the 41-year-old driver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This isn’t the driver’s first rodeo. He had a revoked license, was supposed to have had a sobriety interlock installed (which he didn’t) and having a previous Operating While Intoxicated conviction, his allowable blood alcohol was .02. He was a leetle bit higher:<\/p>\n

A preliminary breath test found the driver to have an alcohol concentration of .427. Following a previous arrest for OWI, deputies say the driver was to have a .02 restriction, making him 21x the legal limit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go big or go home. 21 times the limit HAS to be a record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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