Reading archive 2022-08-09

Roger Waters Explains Labeling Biden a ‘War Criminal,’ Defends China, Russia Over Military Aggression: Waters doubled-down and insisted that Taiwan in part of Communist China in the chat with Michael Smerconish.

Norfolk mother and daughter accused of illegal abortion, burning and burying body

Opinion  Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria.

Salt in water sources becoming worrisome in D.C. region, experts warn

A neighborhood fights to be heard as Dulles planes drown out daily life - "Many residents of Birchwood at Brambleton, an over-55 community, bought and moved into their homes in 2020 and 2021, when air travel at Dulles and airports nationwide was slashed because of the pandemic. Many say they weren’t adequately warned about how loud and disruptive normal plane traffic could and would be. And dozens have united now, forming a group called the Loudoun Aircraft Noise Mitigation Committee, in a desperate push to be heard.

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"...Loudoun County Planning Commission is considering updating its zoning policies near Dulles by updating its Airport Impact Overlay District, also known as a noise contour map, which designates three zones according to noise impact. The one-mile buffer, which is the farthest zone from the airport on the map, requires a disclosure notice of sound impacts with each property sale. The next-highest noise level requires a disclosure notice as well as acoustical treatment for new residential construction. The zone closest to the airport prohibits new residential development.

"The contours, which would not change noise or flight paths, could have another effect: According to a study cited by the county planning commission, houses requiring disclosure in the highest noise zone could see a 2.9 percent reduction in values. The Loudoun Aircraft Noise Mitigation Committee, which represents about 2,700 homes in the greater Brambleton community, is seeking to block the move both for symbolic and financial reasons. 

"'We don’t want to be zoned in the noisy zone. We don’t want to see our home values diminished because nobody fought for us,' McCulley said." [ed. note: these POSs]

House can view Trump’s tax records, appeals court rules

Secret Service officer assaulted outside White House, agency says

Mar-a-Lago search appears focused on whether Trump, aides withheld items: A lawyer for Donald Trump said agents seized about a dozen boxes on Monday, months after 15 boxes of items were returned