Columbus Day Weekend at Moose River Plains
If you own a 4×4 pickup truck or have tire chains, this might be a good weekend to head up to Moose River Plains, as you might still spot some color as autumn is coming quite late this year. It looks like there should be some mild and quite nice weather up in the plains in this weekend …
- Saturday will have a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high of 65 degrees at 3pm. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Saturday night will have a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 47 degrees at 6am. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
- Sunday will have a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high of 54 degrees at 2pm. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
- Sunday night will be partly cloudy, with a low of 37 degrees at 6am.
- Columbus Day will be mostly sunny, with a high of 48 degrees at 2pm.
October 4, 2016 Afternoon
The rest of the week is expected to be quite warm and sunny with temperatures ranging about 5-10 degrees above normal with sunny skies. That’s the high pressure that is expected to be in control until Hurricane Matthews starts to push it out to sea. We will have a few cloudy days during the weekend with a chance of rain during the second half of the weekend. For Columbus Day, the sun will return with high pressure back in control, but the hurricane will pull in much cooler air.
| Exceptional temperatures: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This afternoon will be warm. | 72 degrees. | 65 normal. | 86 record (1948). | Partly Sunny. |
| Tonight will be warm. | 51 degrees. | 43 normal. | 26 record (1965). | Mostly Clear. |
| Wednesday will be warm. | 71 degrees. | 64 normal. | 91 record (1965). | Sunny. |
| Wednesday night will be warm. | 50 degrees. | 43 normal. | 24 record (1965). | Clear. |
| Thursday will be unseasonably warm. | 75 degrees. | 64 normal. | 90 record (1965) | Sunny. |
| Thursday night will be warm. | 52 degrees. | 43 normal. | 27 record (1986). | Clear. |
| Friday will be unseasonably warm. | 76 degrees. | 63 normal. | 89 record (1986) | Sunny. |
| Friday night will be unseasonably warm. | 53 degrees. | 42 normal. | 21 record (1964). | Mostly Clear. |
| Saturday will be warm. | 70 degrees. | 63 normal. | 79 record (1964). | Chance of Rain. |
| Saturday night will be warm. | 50 degrees. | 42 normal. | 27 record (2001). | Chance of Rain. |
| Columbus day will be cool. | 56 degrees. | 62 normal. | 89 record (1980). | Mostly Sunny. |
We may get some rain this weekend in Syracuse from the unstable weather caused by Hurricane Matthews, but right now it’s more of a chance then a serious threat.
| Rain and thunderstorms expected: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Chance of rain from 8 am to midnight. | |
| Sunday | Chance of rain from midnight to 8 pm. Slight chance of rain from 8 pm to midnight. | |
| Monday | Slight chance of rain from midnight to 8 pm. | |
Hurricane Matthews is expected to make Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning cloudy. But this could change. Not expecting a washout or even a cloudy depressing weekend like with last weekend.
| Cloudy periods: | |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Mostly cloudy from 2 pm to midnight. |
| Sunday | Mostly cloudy from midnight to 8 am. |
Donald Trump’s Taxes
I do not have a problem with Donald Trump writing off $960 million from his taxes on year, if he legitimately took a risk and lost money that year — and even rolling over that loss to other years. But if he made future profits, and he regained his money, he sure as hell should be paying taxes on that money. Many business people have very good and very bad years. Ask any farmer for sure.
We want people to invest money and take responsible risks. When they lose money in a particular year, they shouldn’t have to pay taxes on their loses. There should be a smoothing mechanism so that one’s one year loss can be balanced about by future gains. But you shouldn’t be able to avoid to pay any taxes, when you have a net gain in assets and wealth over time.
The bigger the investor you are, and the bigger your wealth, the bigger losses and gains. But you still should pay your fair share in taxes. I have some serious questions about how Donald Trump has deducted expenses and exploited the tax code to his advantage.
Trump really should release his tax returns before the election.