15 thoughts on “I’ll drink to that”

  1. Miami condo collapse looks like a sink hole to me, structural issues didn’t help. Coastal soil erosion the main culprit me thinks, not good for Florida beachfront condos. 

  2. craig, folks should think twice about bookings at trump international resort in miami beach and a few other spots up and down the east coast.

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  3. you mean they’re still there!!!  no one in any of the nearby buildings should still be there.  

    In wake of collapse, Surfside mayor calls for relocation of residents in Champlain North Tower – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

    SURFSIDE, FLA. (WSVN) – Officials in Surfside and residents of the sister building to the condominium that partially collapsed have raised concerns about the safety of the structure, prompting the mayor to call for residents to be relocated.
    Residents remain inside Champlain Towers’ North Tower less than 48 hours after a wing of its sister building, the South Tower, crumbled to the ground.
    Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said Friday that he doesn’t want to take any chances.
    “I am going to recommend that we move people out of that building,” he said.
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  4. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/23/beto-o-rourke-texas-democrats-2022/

    BETO has been driving all over Texas, working on registering new voters and making folks more familiar with him.

    “Texas Democrats are in a holding pattern as they plan for the 2022 cycle for two main reasons. First, the party establishment is waiting on former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke to announce whether he will run for governor.”

    “Secondly, and crucially, incumbents and potential candidates across the state are awaiting the release this fall of new district maps to decide whether they’ll retire, run for reelection or consider a statewide bid.”

    “Republicans will have a freer hand than in decades past in map-making unless Congress is able to reinstate provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which required states and jurisdictions that have a history of voter suppression to clear changes to their voting rules and political maps with the federal government to ensure they didn’t harm voters of color. The provisions called “preclearance” were gutted in 2013 by the U.S. Supreme Court.“

  5. Tour de France – stage 1 – usually the riders are nervous and cause crashes in the last few kilometers to the finish line (or anywhere on the stage).  Very rarely does an idiot step out with a big sign and crash most of the riders.  The toll will be lasting the entire race  for time and bodies.  Then, within the last ten kilometers a rider twitches and his wheel touches another and then the whole peloton (pack of riders) crashes – again.  TDF first stage and all is normal.  It is good to have a normal life again.

  6. BB, don’t get too comfortable. Delta variant (along with unvaccinated morons) is in the process of making us do the one step forward, two steps back shuffle. 

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