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Disaster In Nepal

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The scale is massive, and the videos coming out are horrifying.

A major flash-flood disaster has hit Nepal’s Rasuwa district, near the border with Tibet/China, after an event early Wednesday morning caused catastrophic flooding along the Trishuli and Bhotekoshi river systems.

According to preliminary information presented by Nepal’s Foreign Minister, an earthquake struck the area at around 08:37 local time, apparently triggering an avalanche that then caused a sudden release of water and severe flash flooding.

A Stopped Clock Is Accurate Twice a Day

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Mark Cuban has said some pretty dumb things, but he’s 100% correct here:

Summerland Tonight (Bumped)

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Saturday afternoon update.

The fires are still raging. As usual, the most recent reports will be available via X, (but watch for fakes from engagement grifters).

Dan, in the comments;

Water bombing the fire itself is like trying to put out a bonfire with a teaspoon. It doesn’t work. Those airplanes and helicopters instead drop the water or retardant just ahead of the fire line, hoping to make the fuel too wet to burn. Retardant will give off carbon dioxide when it gets hot, to displace the oxygen that feeds the fire.

Yes, there are big lakes right there, but water is terrifically heavy and the airplanes are limited in their weight-lifting capabilities. The fire is huge and very hot and small amounts of water on it do little, but we have no other extinguishing technologies. The smarter thing is to manage the forests, using controlled burns in the winter to remove the dead stuff on the forest floor that makes the fire hotter so that the trees catch.

I was a mechanic on those big bombers for a short time. I remember a fire in northwest Alberta that was so hot that even the retardant had no effect on it. The fire ate it and kept going. One has to be involved with this business to see the limitations. Those big bombers carried 3000 US gallons of water or retardant, a small fraction of the water in a typical backyard swimming pool. Now fly over a subdivision and see those small pools, and then fly over the forest and see how it stretches out forever, and imagine a small slice of that swimming pool trying to douse a fire. Not so easy or quick.

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@Okanaganscan Multiple people being rescued by helicopter in summerland. Many accounts of having 5 minutes and then being shoved into the helicopter


More here.

Dispatches from the Maple Gulag Truck Stop

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Today’s ruling by SCOTUS on freight brokers being held responsible to vet carriers has been welcomed by many, including myself, as a much needed change to hold everyone with freight shipments responsible for safety. Others see it as the end of the small carrier.

Back in Oct of 2025 Craig Fuller compared the 100,000 truck crashes in America everyday to a plane crash everyday and asked why we accept it?

“These statistics translate to a disturbing reality: the odds of being killed by a commercial truck are approximately 20 times greater than dying in a commercial airline crash. If we had a commercial airplane crash every single day in the United States, the public would be outraged and there would be immediate federal intervention. Yet, we see the equivalent in highway fatalities from truck crashes, and it barely makes the evening news.” – The Growing Problem of CDL mills Oct 25th 2025

And then there is the otherside…

One of the last jobs I worked in the oil industry was hauling bitumen from Conklin, AB. Before I could go on site I needed fire retardant rain gear, steel toed muck boots, and a full face shield, all gear I have not specifically required before, other than the face shield. This gear was over $1,000 and rates for this run were low, hence it my oil hauling soon ended. When I arrived for my site orientation I asked why I needed FR rain gear and boots, this is what I was told:

“You probably won’t need it. We have drivers coming up here who barely speak English and this is their first trucking job, there are 2 or 3 spills a day when the drivers disconnect the oil hose before they close the valve. They cover their truck and themselves with oil.  We have to clean them up before they can leave site. If they are wearing rain gear they can just peel it off and leave.” Bitumen is 70 to 90 degrees celsius.

Even in the Alberta oil patch where people make there fortune everyday, there is still absolute disregard for human life in the pursuit of cheaper freight rates.

Today’s 9-0 ruling by SCOTUS holds everyone involved responsible for safety, they can no longer ignore the plane crash everyday or peel off the rain gear to drive home. Now it is on them as well.  I can only hope a smilar ruling is on the horizon in Canada.

China Is Asshole

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Fake Chinese airbags;

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed it is investigating seven crashes, including five deaths, tied to aftermarket airbags that violently ruptured during deployment—the Wall Street Journal reports. The culprit is Jilin Province Detiannuo Safety Technology, also known as DTN Airbag, a Chinese manufacturer being accused of producing inflators that contain volatile chemicals.

Remember the Takata saga—the faulty inflaters caused the largest automotive recall in history, and accounted for 28 U.S. deaths.

Like Takata’s defective inflators, DTN’s counterfeits are alleged to explode with grenade-like force, spraying shrapnel into vehicle cabins during otherwise survivable crashes.[…]

It’s impossible to know how many cars are fitted with counterfeit DTN inflators—the fake airbags are often sold online, sometimes for as little as $100, a fraction of the price compared to $1,000 or more for genuine, manufacturer-certified parts. The construction and packaging mimic genuine OEM components closely enough that even repair shops can be fooled. Although you would think that a degree of scepticism would creep in when you’re literally paying a mere fraction of the price.

Louise Arbour Appearances on ‘The Docket’ Podcast

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Louise Arbour’s daughter and son inlaw have a podcast called The Docket, that Louise Arbour has appeared on several times.  I have not listened to all the episodes she has appeared on, but from the few I have heard I will say that she freely speaks her opinions, which I respect, whether I agree with her opinions or not.

Louise Arbour on the UN Global Compact on Migration

*Note – due to a glitch, this is a republished post.

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