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Afghanistan list

EDITOR: I will list items in order from least consequential to most: A. 22,174 Humvees (the administration disabled 27 of them before the take-over). 64,363 machine guns. 358,530 actual assault rifles. 126,295 pistols. 634 M-1117 armored personnel carriers with gun turret. 169 M-113 armored personnel carriers with machine gun. 50,000 trucks of all sizes. 16,035 night-vision equipment. Helicopters: 33 UH-60 Blackhawks, 33 Mi-17s (Russian), and 43 MD-530 scouts. A small number of C-47 helicopters (of which the administration disabled a few). Fixed-wing aircraft: 4 C-130s (Cargo), 23 ...

Employment – unemployment

EDITOR: Anybody who runs a company or anyone who hasn’t been under a rock for 18 months knows that there is a desperate shortage of workers across the country. The state and federal government provided additional benefits because of the “pandemic.” I did not apply for the extra benefits. I was told that if you knew how to work the system, you could bring in about $18,000 a year. A couple could make $36,000 and not work. So, why would some people even want to consider working? Gov. Whitmer and President Biden say they do not believe that the extra benefits are the reason so many ...

Fuller Park boat launch

EDITOR: For over 10 years, the Fuller Park boat launch was open for use by Delta County taxpayers. This year it is restricted to “campers” — practically none of which live in Delta County. This sign says Delta County taxpayers who park in the formerly designated parking area will have their vehicles towed for parking there. The parks website touts the boat launch, without informing the public that it is now a private launch. If I can’t use this facility but non-taxpayers can, why is any of my tax money going to support the park? Timothy Rathbun Escanaba

Mask study in Bangladesh

EDITOR: The mainstream media will make exuberant claims about the following “research” study over-and-over in the coming weeks. “The Impact of Mask Distribution and Promotion on Mask Uptake and COVID-19 in Bangladesh.” The research paper was published online as a “work in in progress,” so I have seen the same study several times with slightly different titles. The study involved 340,000 people in 600 villages, and was conducted by Mushfiq Mobarak, Jason Abaluck, and many others, along with the NGO policy group, “Innovations for Poverty Action.” Villages ...

Remember the fallen

EDITOR: For many, September 11, 2001, began like any other weekday. We made our way to work. Children attended school. We shopped, had coffee, and waited in line at a drive-thru. Those of us who weren’t in New York City heard the first reports on the radio or television. A friend or neighbor alerted us to a plane flying into one of the Twin Towers. We felt disbelief. An accident, perhaps, a miscalculation. Then, a second plane flew into the second tower. Our disbelief turned into uncertainty and concern. Those on the ground faced terror and obstacles they had never known. As a ...

Three big warnings

EDITOR: Thursday, July 15, the Press printed on its editorial page three interesting pieces for all of us to note: The first was an excellent letter by Gladstone’s Norman Haase who waxed eloquent about how members of his family in Germany were “caught” in the throes of the SS stormtroopers back prior to World War II. The closing of his letter says it all....”Young minds can be the easiest to control and it must be watched that anything of this sort doesn’t happen to our kids.” At first, Germans were likely naive about what Hitler was all about and he played to their ...