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Poky Car Show, July 2023: Hot, Loud, Rude & Crude!

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The free Pocatello Car Club show started at 17 hours (5pm), 22JUL2023, it was 100+ Fahrenheit (38+ C)! I started recording video (I need a real video camera) and stills at about 17:30 hours, cars were still rolling in, eventually they would have at least 1-hundred cars show up.

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The rollout for the Pocatello Car Club cruise started at 19 hours (7pm), hot vehicles in the hot 100+ Fahrenheit climate:

This was the quiet street to view car show cruisers, even though Grandma claimed “I can’t hear you!”:

July’s action on Main Street wasn’t as loud as it was in June:

It seemed most of the car-cruise action was taking place in the Center Street ‘tunnel’:

Cruise the Main, June 2023: “Do a burnout!” 2ND MONTHLY CAR CRUISE, POCATELLO, IDAHO.

Also in June 2023: POCATELLO S-A-C SHOW

2016: Last Car Show for Chubbuck Days?

2014: Last Car Show for Pocatello Airport?

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Idaho Militia continues expansion, to reduce costs? It’s just the “first of many”!

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Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 06JUL2023.

On 06JUL2023, the Idaho Army Nation Guard broke ground on a new Readiness Center, in Twin Falls, Jerome County.  Officially, this is part of a state and federal taxpayer funded ‘expansion’ that is actually meant to reduce the number of Armories in the geographically spread out state of Idaho, from 23 down to just nine: “This is part of a national readiness center master plan where we consolidate units so we’re more efficient in maintaining facilities. We’re basically going to decrease from 23 facilities across the state to nine regional readiness centers.”– Colonel Dennis Stitt, Idaho Army National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT)

Colonel Dennis Stitt, of the Idaho Army National Guard, talks to local TV news media. Photo by Idaho Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Joseph Morgan, 06JUL2023.

According to local news reports, the new Jerome County Regional Readiness Center will cost at least $23-million, and take two years to complete. The new facility will house the 116th Brigade Engineer Battalion (which is already headquartered in Twin Falls) and the 145th Brigade Support Battalion (currently headquartered in Lewiston).

The Idaho National Guard stated that this new ‘consolidated’ facility is the “first of many” intended to reduce the long term costs of logistics.  The 116th CBCT (aka Snake River Brigade) has units spread across Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

February 2023: IDAHO’S COMBAT TRAINING AREA (OCTC) EXPANDED! (again?) MILLIONS SPENT ON FIRE FIGHTING!

August 2021: SINGAPORE APACHES TEST IDAHO’S NEW EXPANDED OCTC D-A-G-I-R COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEM

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Homegrown Potatoes & Onions in Pumpkin Soup.

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July 2023

My way of gardening is controversial, just throw it in the Idaho dirt and see if it grows. No fertilizers, insecticides or herbicides. Just water and Sun, it works good enough for me.

I planted a white-onion two Summers ago, now it split into two onions.

This Spring, I threw some potatoes in the ground and already got a small harvest.

Pumpkin puree makes a good soup base (canned or make your own). I used salt, and the per-i-ful spices typical of pumpkin pie which requires hella sugar to equalize ( I like sugar, not for diabetics!). You must experiment with the flavorings you add to the pumpkin base, don’t blame me! I also used the potatoes & onions I recently harvested.

The onions, having grown for the past two Summers, are tough, I had to switch to a serrated knife to cut/saw them and then fry them to soften them.

Unfortunately, the potatoes are bland, even after boiling in salt water. That’s what happens when you just let plants grow ‘wild’, never know what you’re gonna get.

I made garlic toast, which is always good with ‘heavy’ soups, and you can use to sop-up the remnants left behind in the bowl.

See also; CORN FRITTERS & CORN CHOWDER FROM MY OWN MAIZE

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

Big pollution penalty ($151.5-million), par-for-the-course for Southeast Idaho Food/Fertilizer Producer!

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“This is an important settlement which reduces the environmental impacts from one of the leading fertilizer manufacturers. This settlement advances EPA’s goals by creating environmentally beneficial waste management practices and ensures that the U.S. taxpayer will not be responsible for future costs associated with closure of this facility. Additionally, this settlement ensures that any future expansion of Simplot’s operations will be conducted according to strict requirements to minimize impacts to surrounding communities, including the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.”-Larry Starfield, United States EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

In May 2023, I reported that environmental watchdogs had accused Idaho based food/fertilizer/phosphorous producer J.R. Simplot of operating an ‘illegal’ cattle feedlot, which pumped cow crap directly into the Snake River.

It was speculated that Simplot could be hit with a $120-million federal fine.  Now in July, the actual ‘fine’ is more than $150-million!

On 11JUL2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Simplot agreed to pay $150-million “to implement process modifications designed to enable greater recovery and reuse of phosphate”, and a $1.5-million “civil penalty” (fine).

Simplot Don Plant is actually in Power County. The mailing address is for Pocatello, Bannock County, because at one time Simplot’s HQ was in Pocatello (it’s now in Boise).

The settlement also directly affects operations with Simplot’s Don Plant, near Pocatello (but not in Pocatello as typically reported by news media and even government officials, it is actually in Power County), Idaho: “This settlement will bring important benefits to Idaho and the communities that have been affected by the Don Plant’s operations. We are grateful that our state partner, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, helped formulate and will oversee work that Simplot will fund to mitigate the impacts of its phosphate operations on water quality and the environment along the Portneuf River, working in cooperation with both the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and the City of Pocatello.”-Josh Hurwit, U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho

February 2023: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality wants Simplot to reduce fluoride air emissions at the Don Plant!

September 2022: Investigation underway after ammonia released at the Don Plant!

July 2021: Simplot pays $65-thousand EPA penalty for pesticides violations!

July 2020: Simplot to pay $775-thousand for hazardous waste violations in Wyoming!

December 2015: FINALLY, MASS POLLUTER J.R. SIMPLOT (NEAR POCATELLO) HIT BY FEDERAL REGULATORS!

Global Economic War, 2011: WHAT ECONOMIC RECOVERY? BIG POTATO PRODUCER SIMPLOT TO CLOSE PLANTS, LAYING OFF 800 SOUTH EAST IDAHO WORKERS!

September 2010: Simplot fined $59-thousand for federal labor violations in North Dakota!

November 2009: Simplot fined for failing to report the pesticide production in factories that were not registered to do so, in Minnesota and North Dakota!

March 2009: California fines Simplot for diesel emissions violations!