Red Fox

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Red foxes are gorgeous! In general, foxes live on every continent in the world, except Antartica and thrive in cities or rural settings. Foxes are members of the Canidae family, which means they’re related to wolves, jackals, and dogs. They’re medium-sized, weighing anywhere between 2 and 24 pounds, with pointy faces, lithe frames, and bushy tails.

Unlike their relatives, foxes are not pack animals. When raising their young, they live in small families—called a “leash of foxes” or a “skulk of foxes”—in underground burrows. Otherwise, they hunt and sleep alone. Fox pups are born blind and don’t open their eyes until 9 days after birth. During that time, they stay with the vixen (female) in the den while the dog (male) brings them food. They live with their parents until they’re 7 months old.

Even though they are related to dogs, foxes have a lot in common with cats. Like a cat, the fox is most active after the sun goes down. It has vertically oriented pupils so it can see in dim light, and it hunts by stalking and pouncing on its prey. The fox also has sensitive cat-like whiskers and spines on its tongue. It walks on its toes, which accounts for its elegant, feline-like tread. The gray fox even has semi-retractable claws, making it the only member of the dog family that climbs trees and it has been known to sleep in the branches—just like a cat.

The red fox also comes in many colors, including silver, black, orange, or a mix of all three. While color variations happen naturally, people have bred foxes for fur, leading to many different patterns. These include the marble fox, which is white with gray or black streaks; the cross fox, which is red with black patches; and the pink champagne fox, which has peachy-white fur and a pink nose.

Some foxes can run up to 42 mph, giving new meaning to the phrase “quick like a fox.” They’re also agile. They can jump three feet in the air and climb fences and over roofs. They also have impressive endurance: One Arctic fox walked 2,700 miles, from Norway to Canada, in three months. That’s over 30 miles a day!

Foxes can make about 40 (!) different sounds ranging from screams to barks and howls. Some calls are used during their mating season, some are used while protecting their territory, while others are just warnings.

Researchers have found that foxes are the first animals to use the earth’s magnetic fields to judge the distance and direction of their prey. They use this to their advantage when hunting for small animals located in high grass and deep snowy environments. They use the magnetic field to jump on their prey and successfully capture them. Their pouncing is also referred to as mousing by others.

In contrast, a silver fox is an entirely different animal…sigh

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  1. Good morning y’all! Been busy packing our U-Boxes and getting things done at the house. Got quite a bit done yesterday. Boxes will ship out on the 8th. Hoping to be painting by then. Very close…Hoping to sell quickly. Hope you guys had a good weekend.

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      1. Good morning Pat! She is doing well. She was able to get permanent remote work once we move so she doesn’t have to start all over at a new job.

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  2. Morning All!
    last night hubby set out the trap for the raccoons and we had one in the trap this morning. Hubby tried to take the cage into the woods, but the darn thing was nasty–growling trying to grab at him so he dispatched it right there on the deck…messy. sigh…
    one down…

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  4. fraud in the images of alzheimer’s paper…
    FTA
    What intrigued Schrag when he came back to this seminal work were the images. Images in the paper that were supposed to show the relationship between memory issues and the presence of Aβ*56 appeared to have been altered. Some of them appeared to have been pieced together from multiple images. Schrag shied away from actually accusing this foundational paper of being a “fraud,” but he definitely raised “red flags.” He raised those concerns, discreetly at first, in a letter sent directly to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Only when that letter failed to generate a response did Schrag bring his suspicions to others.

    Now Science has concluded its own six-month review, during which it consulted with image experts. What they found seems to confirm Schrag’s suspicions.

    They concurred with his overall conclusions, which cast doubt on hundreds of images, including more than 70 in Lesné’s papers. Some look like “shockingly blatant” examples of image tampering, says Donna Wilcock, an Alzheimer’s expert at the University of Kentucky.

    After reviewing the images, molecular biologist Elisabeth Bik said of the paper, “The obtained experimental results might not have been the desired results, and that data might have been changed to … better fit a hypothesis.”

    Should this fraud turn out to be as extensive as it appears at first glance, the implications go well beyond just misdirecting tens of billions in funding and millions of hours of research over the last two decades. Since that 2006 publication, the presence or absence of this specific amyloid has often been treated as diagnostic of Alzheimer’s. Meaning that patients who did die from Alzheimer’s may have been misdiagnosed as having something else. Those whose dementia came from other causes may have falsely been dragged under the Alzheimer’s umbrella. And every possible kind of study, whether it’s as exotic as light therapy or long-running as nuns doing crossword puzzles, may have ultimately had results that were measured against a false yardstick.

    In the face of the potential fraud unearthed by Schrag, it’s not as if the world has changed overnight.

    Four months after Schrag submitted his concerns to the NIH, the NIH turned around and awarded Lesné a five-year grant to study … Alzheimer’s. That grant was awarded by Austin Yang, program director at the NIH’s National Institute on Aging. Yang also happens to be another of the co-authors on the 2006 paper.

    https://wallstreetpro.com/2022/07/23/two-decades-of-alzheimers-research-was-based-on-deliberate-fraud-by-2-scientists-that-has-cost-billions-of-dollars-and-millions-of-lives/

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  18. leaving one item off a report is inadvertent…leaving that many is FRAUD. using the old “i didn’t know” excuse
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    That amended report, filed on July 28, lists five assets that were not included in the original filing. Assets left off are a joint PNC money market account with a value between $100,000 and $250,000, and a jointly held 49 percent ownership interest in Pugla Los Portales, valued between $100,000 and $250,000. She also left off accounts with Capital One and Lone Star National Bank, each valued between $1,000 and $15,000. Additionally, Vallejo didn’t include a jointly held 50 percent interest in Hustle and Socialize LLC, which is valued between $1,000 and $15,000.

    That’s a total of between $218,000 and $595,000 in assets. Her first filing only reported between $15,000 and $50,000 in assets.

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    The Ethics in Government Act authorizes the attorney general to seek a civil penalty up to $50,000 against someone who “knowingly and willfully falsifies or fails to file or to report any required information,” according to the House Ethics Committee. Under federal criminal law, anyone who knowingly and willfully falsifies or conceals any material fact in a statement to the government can be fined up to $50,000 and/or imprisoned up to five years.

    A spokesperson for Vallejo’s campaign, Kirby Chandler, told the publication, “We are submitting an amended PFS with additional information that was inadvertently left off the original filing.”

    In response to the news, Kedric Payne, a government ethics expert and vice president of the Campaign Legal Center, said that candidates like Vallejo are obligated to report their assets so the general public can be aware of them.

    “Sometimes candidates don’t understand the form, but the form is quite clear what are assets. The candidate is obligated to tell voters all of their financial interests,” Payne said.

    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/01/report-texas-democrat-candidate-michelle-vallejo-leaves-hundreds-thousand-dollars-financial-disclosure-report/

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  19. i think this is ironic–well and nonsense, but–the J6 committee has PRIVILEGE not to be examined by Bannon’s attorney, but the Executive Privilege is not valid here. what a hypocritical asshole
    FTA
    The judge upheld the select committee’s members’ position that their communications were shielded from subpoena by privilege granted via the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause.

    https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2022/08/01/exclusive-bannons-lawyer-january-6-committee-never-wanted-steve-bannons-testimony/

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  20. FFS…now Chuck E Cheese is accused of racism…bunch of kids on a stage got high 5’s…black child on the floor did not. so of course, the mother is gonna sue. in the comments someone suggested that the kids on the stage were part of a party that probably paid more for the special attention. the owner did apologize and the little girl posed with the rat and got a picture. but the mother wants $$$$$

    https://nypost.com/2022/08/01/chuck-e-cheese-character-now-accused-of-ignoring-black-child-infuriating/

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  21. failed congressional candidate posts a twitter poll–should student debt be canceled? she didn’t like the answers…FTA
    Many on social media took the opportunity to ridicule Turner and her support for student debt forgiveness at the expense of the taxpayer.

    “Yes, you should suffer if you purchased a worthless degree. The only other option is that someone else suffers on your behalf. Of those two choices, it should be you. 100 percent. Stop being a selfish coward,” replied commentator Matt Walsh.

    Don’t miss out on content from Dave Rubin free of big tech censorship. Listen to The Rubin Report now.

    “If your degree doesn’t have enough value for you to pay it off, it definitely doesn’t have enough value to make me pay it off,” read another popular response.

    “You took a loan knowing you would owe the money when you graduated. Be an adult like all of us have been and pay back your own damn loan. You do not deserve a free ride just because you feel entitled. I paid my loan, my kids loan and I am not paying yours. Grow the f up,” responded another detractor.

    https://www.theblaze.com/news/nina-turner-poll-student-debt

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  22. Shaun King probably (we can’t be sure) used funds donated to his PAC to buy a $30,000 dog…(the author calls him Talcum X…LOL)
    FTA
    Shaun King, the lily-white Black activist, may have a failing that seems to be common to all left-leaning activists: He believes that the money his followers send to support his cause is really meant to support him. To that end, it’s being reported that King (aka Talcum X) used $40,000 of his PAC’s money to buy an award-winning mastiff. Even dog lovers might find that a grift too far.

    The Washington Free Beacon has the story:

    Grassroots Law PAC, which the progressive grifter founded to elect soft-on-crime local officials, paid roughly $40,000 since December to the California-based Potrero Performance Dogs, according to campaign finance disclosures. The payments are labeled for “contractor services,” making their purpose difficult to discern. But days after a $30,650 payment in February, King welcomed a “new member of the King family”: an award-winning mastiff bred by Potrero named Marz.

    King, who has been hounded for years by allegations of fraud, has not been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Grassroots Law. But the payments for a dog raises questions about whether the former Bernie Sanders surrogate is using PAC contributions the way donors intended.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/shaun_kings_dog_scratch_a_leftist_find_an_oligarch_or_maybe_a_toddler.html

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  26. what a bunch of bullshit…rolling stone…i think they should be called rolling STONED. they say advisors close to President Trump are preparing defenses for criminal charges–including possibly blaming his LAWYERS for his decisions. I do not see POTUS throwing people under the bus to escape. (of course–these people are speaking under anonymity—yeah right) i think they are trying to entice POTUS’s team to turn on him…dirtbags
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    Donald Trump’s lawyers are preemptively preparing a legal defense against criminal charges from the Justice Department, as the former president’s lawyers are increasingly anxious that their client will be prosecuted for his role in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

    Members of the ex-president’s legal team have already begun brainstorming strategy and potential defenses, according to three people familiar with the matter and written communications reviewed by Rolling Stone. Trump himself has been briefed on potential legal defenses on at least two occasions this summer, two of the sources say.

    That effort intensified after former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s June testimony before the House committee investigating Jan. 6.

    “Members of the Trump legal team are quietly preparing, in the event charges are brought,” says one person familiar with the situation. “It would be career malpractice not to. Do the [former] president’s attorneys believe everything Cassidy said? No. … Do they think the Department of Justice would be wise to charge him? No. But we’ve gotten to a point where if you don’t think criminal charges are at least somewhat likely, you are not serving the [former] president’s best interests.”

    The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Official Trump representatives did not respond to requests for comment on this story.

    In their preparations, Trump’s team has discussed strategies that involve shifting blame from Trump to his advisers for the efforts to overturn the election, per the three sources, reflecting a broader push to find a fall guy — or fall guys. “Trump got some terrible advice from attorneys who, some people would argue, should have or must have known better,” says one of the sources with knowledge of recent discussions in Trumpland. “An ‘advice of counsel’ defense would be a big one.”

    https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolitics-news%2Ftrump-lawyers-planning-for-charges-1390669%2F

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  27. copied from tcth….
    bwahahahahaha…broomstick One

    SparrowHawk
    August 2, 2022 10:18 am

    Broomstick One now inside Taiwan air defense identification zone.

    @IntelCrab

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  47. 3 states CA, NY, IL declare moneypox emergencies…
    but they still do not close gay bars, lockdown gay men…
    during 2 weeks to stop the spread, they closed churches and businesses…why are the kid gloves on now?
    they KNOW how it’s transmitted for the most part–but will not ask gay/bisexual men to stop their behaviors for 2 weeks…

    perhaps the ultra maggot admin is homophobic and wants to endanger this population of people

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  49. IRS spent $725,000 this year for 5 million rounds of ammo…for what exactly? but they aren’t the only agency…
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    Government Amassing Firepower

    But the IRS isn’t the only governmental agency building up massive caches of guns and bullets.

    OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit government watchdog group, released a report called “The militarization of the U.S. Executive Agencies” in December 2020, detailing how agencies that people wouldn’t normally associate with law enforcement were stockpiling weapons and ammunition.
    a Rock River Arms AR-15 rifle
    In this photo illustration, a Rock River Arms AR-15 rifle is seen with ammunition in Miami, Fla., on Dec. 18, 2012. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

    The Environmental Protection Agency owns 600 guns. At the same time, special agents at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are equipped with machine guns and AR15s. Even the Smithsonian Institution employed 620-armed “special agents,” up from zero officers in 2008, according to the report.

    Adam Andrzejewski, CEO & founder of OpenTheBooks.com, told The Epoch Times via email that the public should question why these agencies are armed to the teeth. Not only do they wield legal power, but they are also amassing firepower.

    “Just who are the federal agencies preparing to battle?” Andrzejewski wrote.

    Andrzejewski said there is no public purpose for rank and file, paper-pushing federal agencies to load up on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment.

    “Our data shows that the federal government has become a gun show that never adjourns. Taxpayers need to tell Washington that police powers belong primarily to cities and states, not the feds,” he stated.

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-stockpiles-more-than-5-million-rounds-of-ammunition_4636607.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport

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