Sweet Peas

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The colorful and fragrant sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a favorite plant for informal cottage gardens and is easy to grow. It is most often seen trained up trellises or fences, but sweet peas grow beautifully in pots where it spills over the sides. They are climbing plants that bear profuse clusters of spring and early summer flowers in a wide variety of colors, including red, pink, blue, white, and lavender. Sweet pea flowers resemble fringed butterflies, while their sturdy stems appear to be folded. Plant your sweet peas in late winter or early spring. Sweet peas provide beautiful color in garden spaces, but beware because they are toxic to humans and pets.

About Sweet Pea Flowers


Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus), is a climbing annual member of the legume genus. Originating in the southwest of Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean, sweet pea has been cultivated for use in gardens since the 17th century.3 It reached its modern form under the work of Scottish nurseryman Henry Eckford, who developed dozens of cultivars during the late 1800s.

Sweet Pea Care

Sweet peas lend a cottage feel to gardens. For many of us, fast-growing sweet peas are an instant nostalgic reminder of the beautiful, rambunctious old-fashioned gardens. These vintage varieties were selected for their vibrant colors and intense fragrance. Modern sweet pea cultivars come in almost every color except yellow, but not all of the newer sweet pea varieties are fragrant. The mature size will depend on the variety you choose to grow, but expect the vines to stretch to at least 6 to 8 feet tall. They are often grown on bamboo tripods, but typically they are grown along a trellis or fence for support.

Planting and Soil

Plant sweet pea in the late winter and early spring. Sow three seeds together about a foot between groups of seeds. Plant sweet pea seeds about 1 inch down in the soil. For better blooms, work compost into the soil about six weeks before planting the seeds. Compost will also improve poor soil.

Sweet peas prefer rich but well-drained soil. A slightly alkaline soil pH (about 7.5) is ideal.

Light

Sweet peas thrive in full sun, although in warmer climates they do well in a location that receives a bit of shade in the heat of the afternoon.

Water

Sweet peas need weekly watering, to keep the soil moist during the growing season. Check the soil by placing your finger an inch into the soil. If it’s moist, there’s no need to water the plant but if it’s dry, it’s time to give the plant a drink.

Temperature and Humidity

Because sweet peas originated in the Mediterranean, they can handle a rare chill but do best if they’re planted after the last frost and in warmer temperatures in USDA zones 3-8. Sweet pea seedlings can tolerate a light frost, but the plants dislike extremely hot temperatures. Plant early to enjoy the blooms before they wither in the heat.

Fertilizer

During the growing season, apply fertilizer for sweet peas monthly. Choose a fertilizer high in potassium, such as a tomato fertilizer. Adding a bit of blood meal to the soil is thought to help keep the stems long and suitable for cutting.

Types of Sweet Peas

‘Old fashioned’:Sweet peas labeled old fashioned should be very fragrant.

Spencer cultivars:These are especially hardy vines with striking coloring, but not all of them are particularly fragrant.

‘Bijou Group’: This is a sweetly scented dwarf variety suitable for containers.

Pruning

To increase branching, which produces more flowering stems, pinch the growing tips back 1 inch when the plant reaches 4 inches tall.3 The more you cut the flowers, the more blooms you should get, so don’t hesitate to bring some bouquets indoors. Deadhead the spent flowers to encourage continued blooming. For Lathyrus odoratus annuals, you do not need to do anything to the plant when sweet peas have finished flowering.

How to Grow Sweet Pea From Seed

Sweet peas are usually direct sown. To assist germination, seeds should be scarified by nicking and/or soaking in water for several hours to soften the seed coating.4

Seed can be started outdoors, as soon as the ground has warmed to about 50 degrees Fahrenheit and is not too wet. In the South, you may have better luck seeding sweet peas in the fall to grow into winter.

You can get a jump start on the season by starting seed indoors, about four to five weeks before your last frost date. They will be easier to transplant if you start them in peat pots. When you are ready to transplant, pinch any flowers or buds off that may have formed, which will encourage root development. They like cool soil, so a thick layer of mulch around the plants may help sweet peas thrive.

When the plants reach about 4 inches tall in the garden, pinch the seedlings to encourage strong side shoots.3 Sweet pea vines have tendrils and will attach themselves to almost any type of support that has meshing or strings.

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  1. Lovely flowers – love their little bonnet shaped blooms!

    Their cousin – English garden peas – only grow in the mildest part of spring and early summer down here in the Deep South – we only have a short season – before the heat and humidity set in – that we can grow English peas. Wonder if the flowering peas can take hotter weather?

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    1. “USDA zones 3-8. Sweet pea seedlings can tolerate a light frost, but the plants dislike extremely hot temperatures.” – we are zone 9 – so sweet peas won’t grow well here.

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      1. Yes – already made one quick trip back to deliver one modified knee belt and will be re-adjusting the remaining two others today.

        Want to wash car, do some yard work before skin cancer surgery tomorrow. After that, I won’t be able to do any dirty sweaty work until it heals.

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        1. Morning, GA! Remind me where the skin cancer is? Basil cell, presumably? Hope the removal isn’t too bad. I just smacked my scar on the table….again….sigh…still quite tender and red yet.

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          1. One is on the spot between eye and nose where my glasses sit. The other one is on the right side of my upper lip. One is for sure a basal cell, the other looks like it is the same. This will be a Mohs procedure, where they check to see if they get it all out before they close it up. So I take coke, snacks, books and stay a while.

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            1. It’s very good that you are taking care of it now and not ignoring it like I did! Had I gone in when I first started having real problems, it could have been done with a Mohs procedure.

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              2. Get it done this time, ok? I don’t want you to have to go thru anything like I have; admittedly, tho, the location made mine much more difficult – I can feel the skin pulling and it’s very tight and tingly in that area, with occasional twinges of pain.

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              4. Oh, yeah – all the way to the bone but don’t forget – it was smack dab center on my shin so not much meat there anyway and the bottom edge was into my ankle scar from when I was burned as a child with hot coffee (none of which I remember). I could see 2+ inches of bone and the second they took out the stitches, it popped open. So there was about a half-inch gap that had to fill in and heal over.

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              6. It was a progression over years. I first noticed the spot way back in 2005 – a doctor looked at it and said she thought it looked like eczema. It would get itchy and puffy now and then when it was hot. It wasn’t until I bought this place and started re-doing the landscaping that I first began having issues – I kept hitting that spot with garden tools, a rock would fly up from the weed eater and hit just THAT spot and it would bleed. That continued for a couple of years before I finally decided to get it looked at. So, this was on me for not doing something sooner.

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            2. my mom just told us this weekend my sister in law has skin cancer. we knew she had it on the bridge of her nose, but my mom said she has it on her shoulders and spreading across her upper back.
              when my brother first introduced her to my mom, my mom thought she was a black lady–she was that dark. but she just loved to lay out in the sun. She laid out on her roof on a blanket and then after they married, she got a tanning bed. even now, in her late 60’s, she still lays out in the afternoons.

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              1. My skin damage was done as a child and teen – we didn’t have sun screen back then – swam and played all day in the lake – so we got burned and blistered good.

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              2. Well, at least I learned my lesson on that one altho, tbh, I simply didn’t have time to lay out in the sun like I did as a teen-ager. My a-Mom and I always used the baby oil with iodine in it – we were always very tan in the summer. I’ll sunburn but it turns to tan overnight – I’ve peeled a few times on my shoulders but especially my legs – fell asleep next to the pool at a hotel in FL and they got badly burned (including the leg with the skin cancer🤔🙄🙄😏😏🙁🙁) Other than that, I never had much problems with sunburn. My birth Dad had very dark skin, we’ve always speculated there was some Indian blood in there.

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              2. IDK but, considering the location and constant pulling on the skin, it really doesn’t surprise me. The nerves in the center still haven’t grown back yet either – it is still numb and that extends an inch or so on either side. I really should have had the skin graft but I still don’t regret that – I would probably still be waiting for THAT to heal, too! LOL

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    3. If anyone is interested in Heirloom Sweet peas, please put this in your search engine. There are many sources of these older seeds which have scents ranging from light to intense.
      I have experience with seed from @reneesgarden, and wild success on horse fencing.
      Once when a crop was in full bloom, a man knocked on my door and asked if he could pick a few for his wife, as she loved their smell. But every time he found them, they had no smell.
      I went out to the fence with him and cut a huge bouquet for him. This was enormously satisfying, for he thanked me profusely. This went on for several years w this man. AH, the gifts that keep on giving!

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  3. Morning All!
    below freezing here this morning!
    I brought home a quilt my mother in law made for my son (which he left at my mom’s when he was staying there.) going to try washing it this morning.
    My mother in law made quilts for all the grandchildren, but never gave them to the kids while she was alive. Then when she passed, they all seemed to want one particular quilt and didn’t want the ones she made expressly for them. sigh…but a lot of time and effort went into those quilts.

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    2. Ah! “The chair!” I had one of those when I was growing up – a small stool where I would pile the clothes until Saturday, when Mom made me clean my room and help her do laundry. In fact, when my a-Mom died in 2012, she STILL had that stool!

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      1. Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy(@wolfmoon1776)Offline
        Wolf
        Reply to TheseTruths
        April 25, 2023 02:39

        Brilliant analysis. YES. Exactly what they’re doing.

        They literally LAUNDERED MONEY to Dominion. SICK!!!

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  9. TheseTruths
    TheseTruths(@thesetruths)Offline
    Wolf
    April 25, 2023 01:02

    One person’s opinion:
    Trump/RFK Jr isn’t going to become a “Unity Ticket.” They are rolling RFK Jr out to hit Trump where it’ll hurt the most…vaccines. If you can’t see this for what it is, you’re damaged goods. Stop with the lefty worship, ffs. Everyone just supporting the Latest Thing ™️ like a bunch of yuppies.

    RFK Jr. is a Democrat who has positive views about climate change and probably a lot of other leftist issues; I don’t know because I haven’t researched it. We need to carefully vet people before advocating for anyone. (And I have no doubt Trump has done that and is doing that.)

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  10. Citizen 817
    April 25, 2023 12:36 am

    @DC_Draino

    6h
    The US DOD confirmed it has partnerships w/46 Ukrainian biolabs

    The US Dept of Energy has now confirmed it has “sensitive US nuclear [weapon] technology” in Ukraine

    The leaked Pentagon papers confirmed there are US troops in Ukraine

    Trump got impeached for a *phone call*to Ukraine, but Biden is allowed to openly start WW3?!

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  11. Citizen 817
    Citizen 817
    April 25, 2023 12:37 am

    @DC_Draino

    8h
    Don’t let all the MSM firings distract you from the fact that Sudan is plunging into a deadly civil war and the Biden government just told 16,000+ US citizens in Sudan they need to fend for themselves & there won’t be mass evacuations

    Are we about to see Afghanistan 2.0?
    Last edited 6 hours ago by citizen817

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    1. Again, please stop being disingenuous! Those 16K+ citizens include at least half who are dual citizens of US and Sudan!!! I have no clue why the rest are there – bleeding heart liberals, most likely!!! NOT OUR PROBLEM!! Their choice to go to a war-torn country during a civil war! NOT OUR PROBLEM!!!!

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  13. Feisty Hayseed
    Feisty Hayseed
    April 25, 2023 1:48 am
    Reply to Maquis

    The truth is Japan hate desantis and Japan love trump pic.twitter.com/JWxUG6XFy7

    — Scott trump (@scott_trump) April 24, 2023

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  14. Feisty Hayseed
    April 25, 2023 1:03 am

    MTG on Hunter
    

    Hunter is upset over my statements.

    Well Hunter, the entire country is pissed off about your obvious influence peddling with your Daddy’s political power.

    Come chat with us Republicans on the Oversight Committee.

    We have a lot of questions.https://t.co/QDTkFJiLlF

    — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 24, 2023

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  18. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    Seabee4Trump
    April 25, 2023 7:41 am

    For those that are upset that Fox fired Tucker. Ask yourself why?

    Tucker only gave us crumbs of TRUTH for years. Amazing what 20 million dollars a year will do to a person. Gives us small nuggets of truth and go on to the next small nugget of truth.

    Now that he’s no longer controlled opposition lets see if he has the appetite to tell us the whole TRUTH!

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    1. Oh, just stop, people! Tucker is, at heart, a libertarian – period! And I truly believe he honestly did NOT realize how deep the corruption extends. His son also works on Capitol Hill – don’t forget that.

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  19. MILupper
    MILupper
    April 25, 2023 7:41 am

    Hunter Biden can’t turn over finances to baby momma because his laptop is in a repair shop, Biden’s lawyer tells judge.

    The judge’s latest demands comes after she expressed frustration during a Zoom hearing Monday. The comment came after Biden’s paternity case representative Brent Langdon said that his laptop was still in a repair shop.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12009431/Hunter-Biden-ordered-appear-Arkansas-court-paternity-case-judge-rules.html

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  20. so they are offering to opt out of mother’s day promotions, but not pride month promos…seems unfair…
    entire article
    WASHINGTON (TND) — A bevy of major retail companies have been giving their customer bases the ability to opt out of any Mother’s Day-related emails and promotions, drawing a fierce wave of backlash.

    “Can we opt out of Pride Month spam too?” conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk tweeted.

    The Left’s war on womanhood, motherhood and childhood continues to gather force. Every one of these brands have been captured by the radical anti-women anti-family left,” Stephen Miller, the founder of conservative legal group America First Legal, said.

    The brands which have reportedly sent messages to their customers giving them the opportunity to stay away from any Mother’s Day-themed content include, among others, Kay Jewelers, a subsidiary of Signet Jewelers, DoorDash, Fry’s Food Store, a subsidiary of Kroger Family Companies, Etsy, Levi Strauss & Co. and Nestle’s Nespresso.

    Some people are lauding the companies for the move to let customers opt out of Mother’s Day messaging, arguing it is meant to protect those who recently lost a parent.

    “Props to Hallmark,” writer Michele Wojciechowski tweeted. “They sent me an email giving me the option to opt-out of Mother’s Day emails/texts. I did. That was really cool of them, as I miss my Mom so much, and getting emails to remind me rips my heart out all over again.”

    However, even those not necessarily against the opt-out feature for Mother’s Day found problems with the messaging it expressed.

    The problem lies when the company starts singling out particular topics to appease tiny segments of its consumers without offering opportunities to opt out of other niche topics,” attorney Kelvin Chew tweeted. “It becomes a clear signal of political alignment.”

    The National Desk (TND) reached out to all of the companies mentioned in this article for comment, but did not obtain on-the-record responses from any of them prior to publication.

    https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/critics-blast-companies-for-giving-customers-option-to-opt-out-of-mothers-day-emails

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  21. CRAP!
    just got the quilt out of the dryer…one fabric shredded in one square.
    It was definitely not 100% cotton, and she only used it one square, thank goodness.
    but I will have to figure out the least conspicuous way to replace it.
    sigh

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      1. he didn’t want the quilt. She had a gift for quilting–it’s gorgeously quilted. but the colors? not my style either. they didn’t always match well on her quilts.
        I’ve taken it simply because of the work that went into it and she meant well. I will find a color that will compliment the square, but it’s the mechanics I’m concerned about.
        I’m sure they are resources on line to show me how to repair a finished quilt

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  23. Skidroe
    April 25, 2023 8:24 am

    There has been thousands of comments here esp. since Tucker’s firing. Don’t know if this has been said or not but here is what I am thinking.

    Fox ‘s settlement with Dominion is very suspicious. It is just another way for Dominion to load up on cash before the 2024 presidential election so they can cheat. Dominion could not afford to go through with that lawsuit. It would have exposed all the corruption.

    Dominion would have been ineffective without the cash influence from Rupert Murdoch. But they need Dominion for 2024 or PDJT would win.

    We must stop Dominion, Ballot harvesting, and keep the left from cheating in WI., MI., PA., GA., AZ., and NV. STOP this cheating and PDJT will win hands down. We are to spread out by design and not concentrating on priorities.

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        1. I hadn’t heard that one but IDT that’s it, personally. Still, the old man is getting up there in age and IDK how much influence he really still has since his son is running it now. Who knows?!?

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  24. Read this yesterday – reminds me our Christian conservative blog community.

    The Church – R. C. Sproul’s Introduction to Ephesians in the ESV Study Bible.

    “The focus of Ephesians is the mystery of the church.

    The church is God’s new humanity, a colony where the Lord of history has established a foretaste of the renewed unity and dignity of the human race (1:10-14, 2:11-22, 3:6, 9-11, 4:1-6:9).

    The church is a community where God’s power to reconcile people to Himself is experienced and shared in transformed relationships (2:1-10, 4:1-16, 4:32-5:2, 5:22-6:9).

    It is a new temple, a building of people, grounded in the sure revelation of what God has done in history (2:19-22, 3:17-19).

    The church is an organism where power and authority are exercised after the pattern of Christ (1:22, 5:25-6:9.

    The church is an outpost in a dark world (5:3-17), looking for the day of final redemption. Above all, the church is the bride preparing for the approach of her lover and husband (5:22-32)’

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    1. GA/FL…RC’s comments would be helpful to those searching for a church. Lofty truths and goals which few churches meet. BUT, actual churches do exist, and they are growing, while churches-of-compromise are shrinking.

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      1. AMEN Piper. I have a long sad, tragic church history – an old biddy now, I have seen everything in churches, every kind of split, division, sin in leadership, divisiveness, etc. Seen it all – ! – Plus I grew up in a family with serious sins and wounds for generations. Have spent years studying psychology, theology, Scripture, attending Biblical studies, prayer groups, etc. to learn what caused it all. I really need to think, pray, write down the Biblical spiritual version of what happened.

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  26. “Tucker Carlson out at Fox News: ‘Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who used his prime time perch at the talk network to exert a firm grip over the Republican Party, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement that rocked the media and political worlds Monday.

    “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” Fox News said in a short statement that did not offer an explanation for his ouster, adding only that his last show was on Friday, April 21.

    Carlson, the highest-rated single host at Fox News, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The decision to part ways with Carlson was made Friday evening by Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott, a person familiar with the matter said. Carlson was informed of the decision on Monday morning, a second person familiar with the matter said.’ — CNN

    Our Take: “I use CNN’s framing of Tucker Carlson’s firing on purpose, as I feel it’s a great example of the sort of pincer move the Media Industrial Complex seem to be caught in regarding the ‘departure’ of the most popular talking head—and one whose rhetoric has slid increasingly further into America First territory—in the United States.

    Like many of my peers, I think the Net Effects of the Tucker news are going to be fascinating to behold. Not only was he the most-watched host on legacy cable news, he was by an almost comically-wide margin, largely because of his willingness to touch subject matter (Ukraine-Russia, Petrodollar, Money Laundering) others refused to.

    Wherever he goes next, a good portion of his viewership will absolutely leave FOX as a result, which is undoubtedly a GOOD thing. The exposure of Con Inc. continues to accelerate.” — Burning Bright

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  27. “CNN fires anchor Don Lemon in the wake of sexist comments, reported mistreatment of colleagues”

    Our Take: “Now, there are still a precious few sorry souls traversing the wandering ways of the Information War who believe there’s such a thing as coincidence. To them, I would simply submit the twin & congruent firings of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon on the same Monday in April as direct evidence to the contrary.

    As for the potential Net Effects of these congruent deployments by the MSM? Conflates FOX and CNN as MSM corporations in the Collective Mind, even if the gap in standing between the two famous hosts within the America First movement could NOT be any wider.

    Outs FOX to ‘Normie’ MAGA viewers still bestowing misplaced loyalty to a network that provided Narrative Shielding to the Election Fraud machine by calling Arizona for Biden on 11/3/20 and settling with Dominion for $800 Million. By making a move in firing Carlson on the same day CNN fires Lemon, FOX is kicking a hornet’s nest of Carlson supporters who see him being conflated with Lemon in the media cycle.

    Continues the shared ratings collapse cascade of the Media Industrial Complex & further decentralizes information dissemination.” — Burning Bright

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  28. “Trump ‘shocked’ to hear of Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News”

    Our Take: “As usual, POTUS follows up the seeded news cycle with absolute MOABS.

    — Seems to imply a timeline regarding Tucker’s activation or turn in favor of Trump and the America First agenda, which implies some level of trolling & Info Warfare to me.

    — Follows it up with a dig at FOX that jives with what many of us have been saying re: Dominion. FOX wasn’t going after Dominion. They were deployed to Shield it, and to set legal and psychological precedent meant to harm the election reform movement.” — Burning Bright

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  31. “Outraged patriots cancel Fox Nation subscriptions in droves in wake of Tucker news… here’s how to cancel yours…”
    April 24, 2023 (18h ago)

    EXCERPT: “The announcement of Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News came as a shock to his millions of fans. Tucker was the voice for the forgotten Americans who felt ignored by mainstream media and politicians. His sudden departure is a significant loss, and his fans are understandably upset. Many are fighting back by canceling their Fox Nation subscriptions. We’re hearing that the cancelations are coming at a “fast and furious” rate. Some are even wondering if Fox News will experience a backlash, similar to the “Bud Light” fiasco.

    (More Tweets)
    Folks online are also reporting that when they try to cancel, everything is freezing up. It could be that Fox News servers are getting flooded.

    Keep trying and it’ll eventually go through. Steve Bannon just made a statement about Tucker’s departure and as far as he’s concerned, there’s no reason left to watch the “Murdoch Empire Network.” Steve’s right. What’s the point?

    If you’d like to join the boycott, we’ve listed instructions on how to cancel your Fox Nation subscription below:”

    https://www.revolver.news/2023/04/people-are-canceling-fox-nation-subscriptions-in-droves-in-wake-of-tucker-news-heres-how-to-cancel-yours/

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    1. It’s even more incestuous than it looks because VanGuard also owns BlackRock stock, just as one example – they buy EACH OTHER’S stock! And I guarantee you WI is not the only state invested – a number of states recently divested themselves of some stock….IDR if that was BlackRock or what but one of those. Many of the states have invested in some of those same investment funds. It is a HUGE cabal!

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    1. OH…HERE IT IS
      what we’re being distracted from

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      1. OMG! That is too funny! As usual, going ten different directions at once and I just got back to watching the interview portion….the guy from Heritage says something along the lines of…”…if you ever have to leave Fox News, there’s a job for you here!” Tucker: “You’ve saved me before!”

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  36. Well, my jelly feeder is out….I re-rigged it and it’s much simpler now. I couldn’t find a silicon jello mold the right size anywhere so, as I was wandering in WM looking for something, I spied a package of 3 of the aluminum foil round pans, 10″ around – perfect!!! Put together a combo of bungees, hooks and snaps, with a metal pie pan upside down on top; remember the yellow and red squeeze bottles FF joints used to have on the tables for mustard and ketchup? I have a set of those I took from the Legion when it closed; I took the yellow one, since I never use mustard anyway, snipped off the top of the spout so it’s bigger and filled it with grape jelly. Works perfectly! One bottle fills the bottom just right, which is just under one full jar, and it fits thru the holes in the cage much easier than a tablespoon! Yeah! No, I’ve not seen any Orioles yet but the finches and sparrows like it, too.

    I’ve also been doing some research on keeping the squirrels off of the suet. I’m going to buy suet with capsaician (chili powder) in it – the birds can’t taste it but the squirrels hate it. If I can’t find it, I will sprinkle them with chili powder all over the outside of each cake. The first couple of tastes should put the squirrels off, hopefully. Saw a Cardinal a little while ago.

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      1. I have one suet cake hanging up and have had to chase off the squirrels 3 times this morning so I went out and sprinkled chili powder all over it. It will be interesting to see if it makes a difference. I’m out of everything! Good thing SS day is tomorrow! LOL

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  37. EXCERPT: “Fox News parted ways with prime-time host Tucker Carlson, a surprising move that comes after he made disparaging remarks about colleagues at the network that were disclosed during a legal battle with a voting-machine company.

    Mr. Carlson’s departure puts an end to a decade-plus tenure at the conservative news network during which he rose to become the highest-rated host in prime-time cable news.

    Mr. Carlson, whose contract was renewed in 2021, will be paid out for the rest of his contract, people familiar with the matter said. Mr. Carlson is paid about $20 million a year, one of the people said. Mr. Carlson found out he was being let go about 10 minutes before the network announced his departure, the people said.

    Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of Fox News parent Fox Corp., FOX 0.25%increase; green up pointing triangle and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott decided on Friday Mr. Carlson would leave the network, according to a person familiar with the matter.”

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/tucker-carlson-is-leaving-fox-news-db31f2fa?mod=djemalertNEWS

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  38. Well, looky here….the POS involved with the PV coup is on the ConRon train!!!

    EXCERPT: “Vish Burra released texts on Thursday that showed Matthew Tyrmand calling for James O’Keefe and Vish to be jailed. Tyrmand was reportedly one of the leaders of the Project Veritas Coup that ousted James O’ Keefe, PV’s founder, from the organization. Tyrmand is also known to be in Ron DeSantis’ inner political circle.

    Vish Burra released a screenshot of a message from Tyrmand that read, “Vish, Bannon and Jok (James O’Keefe) can share a jail cell in a federal work camp one day soon.” Vish tweeted above the screenshot, “People think I’m just picking on Ratt Turdmand @MatthewTyrmand for clicks. No. I can’t stay silent and not expose the MALICIOUS INTENT he has in his heart for myself, my friends, my mentors, and @JamesOKeefeIII, the guy he coup’d under false pretenses of fiduciary duty.”
    —————–
    Tyrmand is an outspoken DeSantis supporter who spends much of his time attacking Trump supporters on Twitter. Tyrmand is also one of the coup’s leaders who ousted James O’ Keefe from Project Veritas. Long considered untrusty and suspiciously close to foreign governments, Tyrmand has recently been spending time in Poland.

    Vish teased that he would be releasing more Matthew Tyrmand messages soon, adding that a string of messages he has on file from Tyrmand is “UNHINGED.”

    https://nationalfile.com/reported-project-veritas-coup-leader-matthew-tyrmand-calls-for-james-o-keefe-to-be-jailed/

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    1. EXCERPT: “For the second time in 15 years, the Green Bay Packers are trading an aging icon to the New York Jets.

      The Packers agreed Monday to deal quarterback Aaron Rodgers and their 2023 first-round pick (No. 15) and a 2023 fifth-round pick (No. 170) to the Jets for New York’s 2023 first-round pick (No. 13), a 2023 second-round pick (No. 42), a 2023 sixth-round pick (No. 207) and a conditional 2024 second-round pick that becomes a first if Rodgers plays 65% of the plays this season, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.

      Rodgers is scheduled to arrive in New Jersey Tuesday night, sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini.”

      https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/36282465/sources-packers-trade-aaron-rodgers-jets-multiple-picks

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  49. always favors
    FTA
    Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) quietly urged the Biden administration to grant taxpayer dollars to a climate coalition that includes a group whose head is the campaign treasurer for the West Virginia Democrat, records show.

    Manchin signaled support in an October 2021 letter to the Commerce Department’s assistant secretary for economic development, Alejandra Castillo, for the West Virginia-based Appalachian Climate Technology Now coalition to receive $100 million through President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill signed in March of that year. Jack Rossi, the head of an economic development group in the coalition called the Charleston Area Alliance, also happens to be the treasurer for Manchin’s Senate campaign, according to campaign finance disclosures.

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/manchin-pressed-biden-administration-actnow-campaign-treasurer

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