We Need to Talk

Nature 2 Minutes

I am an ostrich.  I am the fastest runner of any bird and most other two-legged animals and I can sprint at over 43 mph! Well, okay, I am no match for a cheetah…

Of course, these long, gorgeous legs are a factor, but having just two toes on each foot (most birds have four), with the large nail on the larger, really helps! 

Males of our species have black feathers with white feathers on their tails and pink or blue necks.  Females have gray-brown feathers that allows them to blend in while they are sitting on their nests.  Males and females share the nest sitting duties—the females do it doing the day, while the males sit at night.  (Their black feathers providing wonderful camouflage.) We can reach 7-9 feet in height and weights between 250-350 pounds! And our eye is the largest of any land animal—2 inches across!  And talk about formidable! When I feel threatened, not only can I run fast, but my powerful, long legs can be formidable weapons, capable of killing a human or a potential predator like a lion with a forward kick.

As an omnivore, I feed on plants, roots, seeds, flowers, berries, small rodents, leaves, lizards, and invertebrate insects.  I will graze on trees and shrubs on the African savannahs and I can survive without water for days, utilizing moisture in the plants to source the water. I will graze with as many as 50 other ostriches, being mostly active in the early part of the day and later in the evening.

After mating, I will lay up to 12 eggs in a shallow pit dug by my mate.  The giant eggs are about 6 inches long and can weigh as much as 2 dozen chicken eggs!  Both my mate and I will incubate the eggs and they will hatch in 35-45 days. 

My kind are farmed all around the world, particularly for my gorgeous feathers; my skin is used as leathers, and well, apparently we’re quite tasty.  In some places we’re even saddled and raced.

So, let’s get to the point of this conversation.  I do NOT bury my head in the sand for any reason.  I am not looking for anything, I am not avoiding anything…I just don’t do it.  If I want to hide, I press my neck along the ground to be less noticeable …but I do not bury my head in the ground.  So this bullshit is NOT because of us!  This is just democrats being democrats.

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  1. Oooh, oooh, oooh…..I forgot to tell you!!! The sun was in a better place today and I took a few minutes to really examine the peach tree? I was flabbergasted – I have close to 40 peaches!!!!! Holy crapinski, guys!!! They are all on 2 main branches and very high. Since I don’t have a tall enough ladder, I think I can back my truck up under the tree, then set up my 6 foot ladder in the back. Pretty sure I’ll be able to reach them then. I was really amazed and still am!!!

    And I’ve got a ton of cukes starting from only 2 plants. All 3 Canna are now starting to grow – another yeah! Hosta have begun to bloom and the plants – all purple flowers – in the 2 large tubs by the garage are starting to take off, too. The 4 small plants around the outside of each are blooming as well as the bigger one in the center. And the birds are eating/drinking the grape mixture! I let the other feeders run low/out and it’s disappearing from the feeder now. Another successful experiment!

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  2. THERE IS A LESSON HERE

    I was so happy. My girlfriend and I were dating for over a year, and we decided to get married. My parents helped us in every way, my friends encouraged me. And my girlfriend? She was a dream!

    There was only one thing bothering me, and that was my mother-in-law to be. She was a career woman, smart, but most of all, beautiful and sexy, who sometimes flirted with me, which made me feel quite uncomfortable.

    One day mother-in-law called me and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. So I went. She was alone when I arrived. As we looked at the invitations, she rubbed her breasts into me so enticingly. I could not help but notice through her sheer blouse that she was wearing no bra. Her breasts were magnificent, to say the least.

    She whispered to me, that soon I was going to be married, and that she had feelings and desires for me that she couldn’t overcome. She went on to indicate that before I got married and committed my life to her daughter, she wanted to make love to me just for once. She pointed out that no one would be home for at least three hours.

    I was in total shock, and I couldn’t say anything. So, she said, I’ll go upstairs to the bedroom, and if you are up for it, just come and get me. I stood there for a moment, watching her go slowly up the stairs in her formfitting miniskirt. I then turned around and went to the front door. I opened it and stepped out of the house.

    Her husband was standing outside, and with tears in his eyes. He hugged me and said, “We are very happy and pleased, you have passed our little test. We couldn’t have asked for a better man for our daughter. Welcome to the family.” The moral of the story: Always keep your condoms in your car.

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  7. Amen

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  10. Sliding on down…..sorry I disappeared – our power was out in town for almost 3 hours! It came back enough that the night light came on but nothing else would. So I unplugged stuff, then went out and pulled weeds in the shade under the cottonwood tree. When I got tired of that, I grabbed a book and sat on the swing – again, in the shade, with a nice breeze – until I heard the A/C kick on – then I knew the power was back. It was already starting to get hot inside when it went out – it was much cooler outside. But like the proverbial bad penny, I’m baaaack…..

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  11. EXCERPT: “I went to the nail salon this week, and there was a young women working there who started weeping inconsolably in a corner. I asked the manager what was wrong. “She just lost her mother” was the reply. She had died in her sleep suddenly though she was perfectly healthy.

    This last weekend, I had attended the funeral of an old friend. He was perfectly healthy too, and then he got late-stage pancreatic cancer — and he was gone a few months later. That was the exact same story for another friend. He was healthy as a horse, until he wasn’t — because he too had suddenly developed late-stage pancreatic cancer. Not to mention a young (and very fit) mother I know who just got a check-up, and was told that she too has suddenly developed aggressive cancer in her early 40s.

    The perfectly healthy are getting bad cancers much too frequently now. The perfectly healthy are dying suddenly. What all of them shared was being vaccinated. Steve Kirsch on Substack has conducted a survey (done by a third party) and the results are so disturbing that nobody in the corporate media will touch it.

    Ten million Americans have heart injuries.
    Ten million Americans had to be hospitalized after taking the vaccines.
    Five million Americans can’t work after being vaccinated.
    At least 600,000 Americans died after getting vaccinated.

    More than 5 billion people have been injected with at least one dose of a COVID vaccine — so if we extrapolate a 6% heart injury/hospitalization rate from the survey, that would mean 300 million people have been effected.

    If Dr. Malone is correct and a majority of vaccinated people have undiagnosed myocarditis, that would mean 3 billion people are at serious risk of sudden cardiac death. You can’t imagine it (and I can’t imagine it ) but if that really happens to even a tenth of 3 billion people in the next few years, then we are talking about a world-altering event.”
    ——————
    What has the American medical community done about this catastrophe? They have aided and abetted it the entire way. They have taken the Big Pharma blood money and the Federal government’s blood money — and they have stayed silent while they injected your friends and family with these deadly vaccines and watched them die.

    You know it — and I know it.

    When their patients asked for ivermectin to treat COVID, they denied them those prescriptions and treated them like deviants for asking — and they strongly recommended they get vaccinated instead. When injured people had the audacity to complain about their vaccine injuries, our doctors and nurses gaslighted them, or told them to stay silent, or told them they had no clue why they were having problems.

    It’s the most shameful episode in the history of American medicine. Sudden deaths. Infant seizures. Blood clots. Miscarriages. Heart attacks. Skyrocketing mortality rates. Declining birth rates.

    You might think that the COVID virus has gone away, but the global vaccine nightmare has just begun.

    https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/the-global-vaccine-nightmare-has

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  13. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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  14. Filly…maybe you can bring the image from the second tweet?

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  15. Yes, it’s long, but very much worth it, IMO!

    July 11, 2022
    The Age of Trump
    By Jeff Lukens

    One hundred years from now, historians will be looking back and calling this the Age of Trump, for Donald Trump has as much clout today in America that only the most notable presidents in American history have ever seen. He could become a seminal figure in American history on a par with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

    It was the providential hand of the Lord that allowed him to win an upset victory in 2016. Trump prevailed in doing what he promised against much opposition as well. And the Lord may not be done with him yet. Assuming Trump remains healthy and is reelected in 2024, he will likely be the most prominent political figure in America for a span equal to that of Franklin Roosevelt.

    The Democrats could have been done with Trump in eight years, but no, they had to steal an election and expose their corruption to the entire world. And that corrupt image is personified in Joe Biden.

    Sometimes a loss can be a blessing in disguise. In contrast to a narrow Trump win in 2020 and contentious and belligerent fights overturning stolen elections in court, the prospect for both Trump and the Republican party looks bright. The stolen election was providential in exposing the Democrats for the frauds they are, which the people can plainly see.

    What Trump and his public relations staff could not do when he was in office, Joe Biden has accomplished for him. He has made Donald Trump acceptable to voters despite their concerns about his personality. The worse Joe Biden looks, and the worse the economy is, the better Donald Trump looks, especially to young voters.

    Unlike Joe Biden and most other Democrats, Donald Trump actually loves America, which resonates with everyday people. And today, he is the only one who can quickly repair the mess Biden created.

    The most significant result of the Left relentlessly attacking Donald Trump is that he is the only person in the world everyone knows. And now that he is no longer in office, people can see what he has done and what they are missing, and now they want him back.

    Trump is more popular than ever, and almost every candidate Trump endorses wins their elections. His rallies are packed with thousands of enthusiastic and energetic supporters. While he mentions the election fraud, as he should, he is looking ahead as the leader of tomorrow.

    John Ellis notes in his News Items Substack:

    ‘At every rally, when he makes his entrance, he applauds the audience, at some length, signaling his respect. He’s the only American presidential candidate and president (that I know of) who ever did or does that. He understands how much it is appreciated. And he understands, better than anyone, that he must not, ever, disrespect MAGA nation and all of its component parts. They’re loyal. They’ll forgive him any number of sins. But he must be loyal to them in return.’

    When Trump was elected in 2016, it was uncertain whether he would abandon the Right-to-Life cause as quickly as he adopted it. Not only did Trump not abandon the cause, but he also carried it to victory. The justices he appointed and backed through contentious confirmation hearings made the difference in the landmark Dobbs and EPA decisions.

    These Supreme Court decisions were enormous wins for Donald Trump. They make him more than the front-runner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. They make him the overwhelming favorite.

    Any talk about someone else besides Trump leading the GOP to victory in 2024 is fantasy. On all issues, candidates will say what they will do, but only Donald Trump can say what he has done and will do again. He is the only Republican leader who has successfully reached out to blue-collar and non-white voters. We can trust him because we know he is also immune to being co-opted by the swamp culture of Washington D.C.

    Unlike other presidential candidates, Trump will have the opportunity to enable the country twice to rebuild its military, provide us energy independence, experience a booming economy, secure our borders, lower our taxes, and control inflation.

    Democrats are bereft of new ideas or a positive direction for the country, and all they offer is hatred, division, and decline. So now, they will likely face Trump again in 2024, and this time an army of mobilized MAGA patriots will not allow them to steal the election again.

    Trump is leading a new multiracial grassroots coalition of Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians that will dominate American politics for decades to come. The coming red wave could obliterate Democrats and make them go the way of the Whigs.

    Trump is a force of nature, and we are only halfway through his dominance of the political stage. The movement he leads is a generational realignment based on restoring the constitutional republic upon which our nation was founded. You could aptly label this time in history as the Age of Trump.”

    Jeff Lukens is a West Point graduate, U.S. Army veteran, and political activist. He can be reached here.

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  20. Entire Article:

    “The overall suicide rate nationwide has increased about 30% since 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. States have received federal funding to beef up their call centers. It’s part of the rollout of a new national mental health crisis number — 988.

    On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services joined officials at the Crisis Services Inc. in Hyattsville, Maryland, to discuss the upcoming transition. WJLA spoke to leaders ahead of time about what this hotline can do for those experiencing a mental health crisis. Officials said the hope is to make it easier for more people to connect with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline when it launches Saturday, July 16.

    From suicidal thoughts, addiction or substance abuse issues, calling or texting 988 will now get a person in touch with professionals who can help.

    “It really makes access to service a little bit more reachable for folks. Anybody can remember and we really want to get the message out that it’s OK to need help, it’s OK to be in crisis, it is OK. And we can be reached 24/7, 365, you just call 988,” said Erica Turner, director of CrisisMind.

    During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, suicide was the second leading cause of death among young Americans, just behind accidents. A person dies by suicide every 11 minutes in the U.S., according to data from the CDC.

    Starting this Saturday, Americans in crisis will have a new number to call for help — 911 is not going anywhere, but now 988 will connect you directly with mental health counselors. Officials say 988 is a rebranding of the critical National Suicide Hotline.

    “It really provides sort of another opportunity for a 911 operator, even if they are dispatching, they can dispatch police, Fire, rescue, send them off to our folks possibly who can just stay on the line and support while they are getting to their next call,” said Timothy Jansen, Chief Executive Officer of Community Crisis Services.

    Shortened to a three-digit number, it will connect you to the nearest available mental health counselor in your area.

    “We want to be really thoughtful about suicide being the global problem that it is. That it’s not just traditionally the older white male having thoughts of suicide. The suicide rate on all populations is growing especially in people of color, young people of color especially,” said Jansen.”

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