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From World War II & Beyond

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Quonset Hut History: From World War II & Beyond

The George Fuller construction company is credited with being the first company to manufacture Quonset huts on behalf of the US Navy in 1941. The exact inventor or designer isn’t known, but the design is based on the Nissen Hut design that originated from World War I.?

In World War II, the U.S. Navy needed buildings that could be quickly assembled and disassembled but could withstand the rigors of the military and the Quonset hut was created. In essence, the Quonset hut wasn’t necessarily invented but was a vast improvement of the Nissen Hut.?

NPR

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Betting Big On Electric Vehicles, Biden Faces Fraught Decision On Ga. Battery Plant : NPR

The South Korean corporation SK Innovation has built a large battery factory about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, in the city of Commerce, population 7,000. Another factory alongside it is under construction, and a third is in the works. All told, they are expected to represent 2 million square feet of manufacturing space.

Yet earlier this year, SK said its Georgia operation may shut down because of a ruling against the company by the U.S. International Trade Commission in a dispute with LG Chem, a competitor also based in South Korea.

Golf

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I think the biggest problem facing our country today is that we keep electing presidents who like playing the world’s stupidest sport, golf.

A fair weather patriot or just a Republican hack? 🦅

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A fair weather patriot or just a Republican hack? 🦅

I have this neighbor down the way that has quite the collection of somewhat-obnoxious flags displayed in front of his condo on Delaware Avenue. Most of them are conservative leaning, and for a while he had a Molon Labe / Second Amendment flag, but I guess he’s not brave enough to hang such a flag after the latest round of mass-shootings. Talk about a fair-weather patriot. Honestly, if you really cared about your rights, and not just be some kind of a valueless Republican hack, now would be the time to be most vocally defending your right to keep and bear arms.

Ten deaths every nine minutes ☠

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Ten deaths every nine minutes ☠

That’s the gory statistic that the politicians are trying to avoid when it comes to COVID-19 deaths. People are still dying – 1,500 Americans daily from the pandemic every day. While the vaccine is available it’s still being rolled out slowly and isn’t widely available at all retailers or drug stores.

But the politicians are desperately trying to avoid discussing the CONTINUING problem of COVID-19. Gun control is on their minds after two very minor incidents of gun violence which really are non remarkable when you compare to all the daily death from COVID-19. It’s easy to infringe on the rights of hard working Americans, but ignore what is killing them left and right – COVID-19.

While I fully understand that police departments want more patronage jobs so they can hire their Uncle Billy and get fun new toys, and television loves all the advertising revenue from dead children selling cars and laundry soap, the focus really needs to be on stopping COVID-19 by making vaccination convenient and widely accessible as soon as possible.