High temp Monday … near 89 degrees and over an inch of rain throughout the day … a slow drizzle before midnight … All much needed…
Chance of rain overnight in the 40% range, overnight low around 73 degrees…
Tuesday, showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny with a high near 91 … heat index values as high as 102 … Tuesday night, more of the same … showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8 p.m. … low near 74 and chance of precipitation near 50%…
Weather about the same as it has been over the next 4 or 5 days … Best chance of rain is Thursday and Thursday night … 80% range…
Topic of politics picking up, as one would expect … Both parties … Interesting times … Not likely to change much with the election set for early November … The money is flowing … If my memory is correct … Dems raised nearly $100 million in a few hours … Rs have not been wasting time either … Former President Trump in ‘rare’ form…
Honestly, attacks by both parties “tends to turn me off” … Tell me what you can do to make our great nation better … is what I want to hear…
June unemployment rate for North Carolina was in the 3.6% range … Nationwide, 4.1%.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper continues to be mentioned as a vice president possibility in the same breath as several others … The final choice will likely be the one who would be expected to be able to produce the most Democratic votes in November…
Former President Donald Trump is coming back to NC in the next few days … maybe hours … He is expected to visit the Charlotte area…
Dow Jones rebounded Monday after a not so good end of last week … Historically, July has been a strong month for the U.S. stock market. Since 1928, the S&P has averaged a gain of about 1.7% in July and has finished the month higher more than 50% of the time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has also performed well, with an average monthly advance of 1.4%…
“Man who live in glass houses should change clothes in basement.”
“Crowded elevators smell different to midgets.”
“Always drink upstream from the herd.”
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you do is stop diggin'”
robert g hester
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