July 5, 2023 … The second half of 2023 is just beginning … Pretty good first half … Dow Jones 30 ended the first half of the year with 15 up and 15 down…
Huge crowd last evening for the fireworks at White Lake, and despite the threat of a thunderstorm, it appeared to be a huge success … A steady stream of onlookers moved out nicely, with assistance from the White Lake Police Department and the Bladen County Sheriff’s Department … maybe others…
Watched a portion of the festivities in DC later before retiring for the evening … Impressive … Biggest downer was gunfire at several areas across this great nation … over the weekend…
So where do we begin … Up and at it, the old routine, all over again…
Feels like I am hanging out with a group of old folks … ’bout my age…
About a tenth of an inch of rain just before midnight at the Curt Brown Airport weather station…
There is about a 50% chance of more showers and thunderstorms today, mostly afternoon … with a high near 92 … heat index as high as 100. Could receive between a quarter and half of an inch of rain.
Tonight … A 60% chance of rain, mostly before 2 a.m. Low near 72. Looking ahead … Thursday, a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms mostly after 11 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 91 … It’s July … and area crops need a shower or two.
Election activity at the national level continues … More Bladen stats:
Whites make up 54.4 % of the population
32.3% people of color
2.7% Native Americans
6.1% others
One more recent stat:
Total registered voters in Bladen County.
About 22,000
9,700 Democrats
5,100 Republicans
7,000 Unaffiliated
200 others … numbers rounded off.
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.” Theodore Roosevelt
“Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” Adlai Stevension
“May the sun in its course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this, our own country.” Daniel Webster
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