Trump’s legal fate, including possible jail time.“This election may very well be about Donald Trump’s personal freedom,” longtime GOP strategist Ari Fleischer told The Associated Press this week.Īfter nearly one hundred years, scientists have come up with an explanation for one of history's strangest disasters: the Great Molasses Flood of 1919. 28, saying she’ll pick a trial date then.The bottom line: Next year’s election could be unlike any in American history, with traditional issues swept aside for a swirling focus on courtroom drama and Mr. Counts are narrowly focused.The judge in the trial has set a first hearing on Aug. 6 appears designed to produce as speedy a trial as possible. This week’s indictment on election charges related to Jan. That’s possible, but not likely.His classified documents trial in Florida is set to begin in May – though that could change. Trump’s attorneys have made clear that they would prefer his federal criminal cases be postponed until after the election. If he wins the nomination – and he’s currently the faraway front-runner – general election rallies and other events will suck up his time.But he might also face a grueling legal schedule, preparing for and attending criminal trials.Mr. Primary season begins with Iowa’s Republican caucuses on Jan. Trump will face a long, demanding campaign schedule. It’s not even President Joe Biden.It’s the clock.Next year, Mr. It’s not special counsel Jack Smith, or Florida Gov. President Donald Trump has a new adversary in his attempt to win back the White House. The talk is with local author Puleo, author of Dark Tide, the definitive account of the disaster, and a worthwhile read for those interested in learn more about it.Former U.S. Tuesday, Januis the 100th anniversary of the flood, and the Central Library is hosting an author talk on that date. The tragedy led to stricter construction codes in Massachusetts, and other states across the country. A 2015 study by a team of structural engineers analyzed how the construction of the tank, and the type of steel used, contributed to the collapse. One Harvard University study looked at the impact low winter temperatures had on the disaster. Two modern studies have revisited the collapse and its causes. USIA was held liable, and ordered to pay damages. The court-appointed auditor’s report found, however, that the tank collapsed because of structural weakness. The company tried to explain away the disaster by blaming bomb-planting anarchists. In the aftermath of the tragedy, many lawsuits were filed against USIA. The company used the tank to store the molasses it needed to make rum and industrial alcohol for munitions. The holding tank belonged to The United States Industrial Alcohol Co. But what had caused the disaster? Why had the molasses holding tank ruptured? Crews washed away the molasses with salt water, and used sand to absorb it. The flood killed 21 people, injured about 150 more, and caused extensive damage to property. Human beings - men and women - suffered likewise.” Wreckage under the elevated, where many express trucks parked, Molasses Disaster. The more they struggled, the deeper in the mess they were ensnared. Horses died like so many flies on sticky fly paper. Only an upheaval, a thrashing about in the sticky mass, showed where any life was. Here and there struggled a form - whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell. “Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage. The next day, an article in the Boston Post provided a graphic account of the sight that met the first responders: The flood was over in less than five minutes and rescuers, including over a hundred sailors from the USS Nantucket, quickly arrived on the scene. A wave of molasses, estimated by some to be as high as 15 feet, and moving at a speed of approximately 35 miles per hour, swept through the area. Shortly after noon, on that day in 1919, a storage tank containing over 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed in the city’s North End. Tuesday, Januis the 100 th anniversary of Boston’s Great Molasses Flood.
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