Akitas

Nature 2 Minutes

The Akita Inu is handsome, calm, dignified, clean (easy to housebreak), and quiet (seldom barks). So it’s understandable that he might be viewed as a desirable pet!

However…. the Akita Inu has a complex personality that makes him very challenging to raise.

Physically powerful, reserved with strangers, and protective, the Akita Inu must be accustomed to people at an early age so that his guarding instincts remain controlled rather than indiscriminate.

Akitas can be so aggressive with other dogs of the same sex that two males or two females should never be left alone together. The problem is that this breed can be difficult to “read” – often he does not “posture” (display obvious signs of aggression) – instead, an Akita may co-exist peacefully with another dog until suddenly, apparently out of the blue, a minor disagreement occurs, or perhaps the other dog pushes the Akita too far or approaches the Akita’s food bowl or favorite toy, and then the Akita may attack with ferocity. Akitas can be very possessive of their food – keep children and other pets away from them during mealtime.

As you might guess, cats and other small animals are also at risk around an Akita. In general, it is simply safest to keep this breed as an only pet.

Training can be a challenge, for the Akita Inu is assertive, strong-willed, and bores easily. He may use his intelligence in ways that suit his own purposes.

Yet owners who know how to lead will find him eminently trainable. This breed must be treated with respect – absolutely no teasing – but you must insist that he return that respect, or he will walk right over you. Akitas are a terrible choice for a first-time or easygoing dog owner who doesn’t know how to enforce “No.”

Unlike many other large breeds, the Akita Inu doesn’t require hours of running exercise. He does well with long brisk walks and an occasional vigorous run, especially in cold weather. Akitas LOVE snow and cold.

If you want a dog who…

Is large, rugged, and powerful, with a wolf-like appearance

Has a thick coat that comes in many colors and patterns

Carries himself with a dignified, impressive presence

Looks imposing, so makes an effective deterrent

Despite his size, doesn’t need a great deal of exercise

Doesn’t bark much – the “strong and silent” type

Isn’t clingy or overly-dependent

An Akita Inu may be right for you.

If you don’t want to deal with…

Potential aggression toward people when not socialized properly

Aggression toward other animals

Strong-willed mind of his own, requiring a confident owner who can take charge

Possessiveness of food – children and other animals should not be allowed near an Akita who is eating

Heavy shedding

Legal liabilities (public perception, future breed bans, insurance problems, increased chance of lawsuits)

An Akita Inu may not be right for you.

Source: Michele Welton’s Honest Advice about Dogs

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    1. Morning, Pat! I’ve got 37 w/some storm clouds to the west, scattered clouds otherwise. Even I wouldn’t want to own an Akita – complicated dogs, for sure. I would take a pit bull before an Akita any day of the week. Debating whether to go to Norfolk today or tomorrow but first, I need to check in w/Mom because I need to drop some things for my Sis’s granddaughter at her place – her BD is later this month. Horse books, movies and plates….and I’m still on a search to find someone to do rototilling. Maybe I’ll try a notice on the bulletin board at the PO here.

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      1. Morning Filly!
        it’s pouring here right now…but the temps are about 50* still.
        I was hoping the ground would have a longer stretch of dry weather to dry out from the torrential rains we had before the eclipse. no such luck.
        we are doing a full banana run later this afternoon.
        that sounds like a good idea to post for a tiller man

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    1. I don’t think the red/blue colors of that last meme are accurate – It looks wrong to me. When I saw it earlier, it looked off to me. Esp the states of FL and GA

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    1. Sure got their message across, tho, didn’t they? Who wants to bet none of those people will ever step out and speak up again in the future???

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      1. maybe. too early to tell i think. there will always be the fearless ones–the ones who believe this country is better than what’s currently running the show. but maybe you’re right.

        i hope you’re wrong …or the left has won

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  8. David Hogg is not a social new generation warrior–he’s just another grifter. “his” PAC generated $3Million in donations to elect candidates under 35 yrs of age. They spent almost HALF ($1.4 MILLION) on salaries, a travel itinerary, meals, legal fees–which means Mark Elias (the dem fixer). they spent just $263,000 trying to help candidates. 

    https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/10/attention-hogg-blows-nearly-half-his-pacs-donor-dollars-on-nonsense-like-doordash-and-marc-elias/

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  9. enough fentanyl to kill 3.9 BILLION people

    FTA

    Recent seizures highlight the type of drugs and methods being used to smuggle them into the country.

    Ahead of Easter weekend, more than 1.1 million fentanyl pills were seized at the Nogales POE, its director, Michael Humphries, said. On March 26, Nogales POE agents found and seized roughly 166,270 fentanyl pills hidden inside a microwave. On March 28, they found and seized more than 661,000 fentanyl pills and 3.9 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a deflated children’s bouncy house. On Good Friday, they also found and seized nearly 363,000 fentanyl pills hidden inside the doors and firewall of a vehicle.

    In 12 events that occurred in the two weeks prior, Nogales POE agents seized a combined total of 989,280 fentanyl pills, 9.8 pounds of fentanyl powder, 160 pounds of cocaine, 515 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.4 pounds of heroin. The drugs were hidden inside train rails, in the firewall, seats, doors and tires of vehicles, as well as inside pottery and concrete pavers.

    https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/tucson-cbp-agents-seizing-enough-fentanyl-meth-kill-billions-people

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  10. so congress will vote for the fisa reauthorization, they gave themselves a carve out—
    FTA
    The stickiest amendment would mandate a warrant requirement for the FBI to search for information on U.S. persons gathered in the NSA’s 702 database — something the Biden administration has strenuously pushed back against — and the end of certain loopholes that allow data brokers to sell consumer information to law enforcement and federal agencies.

    The deadline for renewing the legislation is April 19. The entire House is likely to vote on the bill on Thursday.

    Congressman Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, revealed a carveout for Congress in the legislation.

    “Congress gives itself a carve out in the reauthorization of FISA 702 warrantless spying on Americans,” Massie said. “The bill requires the FBI to notify and seek consent from Congress before violating the privacy of Congressmen.”

    “This will persuade many members of Congress to vote yes,” he added.

    https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/thomas-massie-reveals-fisa-carveout-knab/

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        1. If they are part of the “old boys club,” no, it wouldn’t apply when they leave. Besides, who knows – IDK if they retain their clearances or not….

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  11. they booked him in juvenile court because they said he was 17 years old when he committed the crime. (he’s 18 now) I honestly do NOT believe a word an illegal tells me. he lied and broke the law to get here. think he’s gonna tell you his real age when he can be tried as a juvenile instead as an adult? this guy knows the system and how to avoid more heinous consequences. he does not look 18 to me. 

    FTA

    His identity has not yet been released because he was entered into the
    juvenile court system. Sheriff’s officials said he was an illegal
    immigrant who had been 17 years old at the time of the murder but has
    since turned 18 years old.

    The suspect was on probation for assaulting his mother, and police believe that he was an acquaintance of the victim.

    On Tuesday, KSEE-TV reported that the Fresno district attorney requested that the suspect be tried as an adult.

    “We
    see a lot of different methods of homicide in our line of work. To
    shoot somebody is bad enough, but there’s some sort of separation
    there,” said Tony Botti, the public information officer for the Fresno
    County Sheriff’s Office. “When you’re that intimate with somebody that
    you would mutilate them, that’s a whole different level.”

    https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-dismember-mendota-murder

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  13. gees…they won’t comply and you can’t make them. what nonsense. I suspect they lead him to the answers “he gave” and don’t want the recordings to PROVE that.

    melamine

    April 10, 2024 6:56 am

    “The Department” is concerned.

    “The Justice Department will not produce subpoenaed audio recordings of former Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Biden to House Republicans, putting Attorney General Merrick Garland at risk of being held in contempt of Congress. 

    House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, have threatened to hold Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s failure to produce the records. Last month, they set Monday, April 8, as the deadline for Garland to comply. 

    The Justice Department did meet the GOP-imposed deadline to respond but notified lawmakers it would not turn over the audio files of Hur’s interview about Biden’s alleged improper retention of classified documents from his time as a senator and vice president.

    “The Department is concerned that the Committees’ particular focus on continuing to demand information that is cumulative of information we already gave you — what the President and Mr. Hur’s team said in the interview indicates that the Committees’ interests may not be in receiving information in service of legitimate oversight or investigatory functions, but to serve political purposes that should have no role in the treatment of law enforcement files,” Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote in a letter to Jordan and Comer Monday. ”

    DOJ will not turn over Biden’s recorded interview with Special Counsel Hur, risking contempt of Congress | Fox News

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      1. EXACTLY.
        the dems do…right or wrong.
        the repubs fold so fast it’s sickening
        and it’s always because we’re supposed to “take the higher ground:…”we’re better than that” BS
        that makes us weak. all bark and no bite

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  15. Watch and see! These “amendments” will NOT pass in the full House or in the Senate!

    EXCERPT: “On Tuesday evening, the House Rules Committee voted in favor of the bipartisan amendment that would prohibit “warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, or known cybersecurity threat signatures.” The amendment heads to the House floor for consideration in the legislation. 

    FBI Director Chris Wray has argued that a warrant requirement would “endanger national security.” Supporters of such a requirement argue that warrantless surveillance under FISA is unconstitutional.

    An amendment offered by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, that is aimed at cracking down on abuse of FISA also passed. Roy’s proposed amendment would require the FBI to “report to Congress on a quarterly basis the number of U.S. person queries conducted.” It also “grants the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Committees on Judiciary and Intelligence in the House and Senate, in addition to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Minority Leader of the House, access to attend FISC proceedings.”

    A bipartisan amendment proposed by Biggs, Jayapal, Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., would have prohibited “law enforcement and Intelligence agencies from purchasing the content of communications and location data of U.S. persons without a court order.” The amendment failed to pass out of committee….”

    https://justthenews.com/government/congress/fisa-renewal-bill-moving-house-floor-final-vote

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  16. EXCERPT: “A month before the Biden administration is expected to release Title IX rules that revoke the Trump administration’s due process protections in sexual-misconduct proceedings, state legislatures and public opinion are undermining the federal revanchism.

    Utah is the latest state to protect the rights of accused students in all manner of disciplinary proceedings, and similar legislation is pending in New Hampshire and Wisconsin.

    A national poll commissioned by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, whose model bill Utah codified, finds that solid majorities support comparable protections for accused students in campus proceedings as they would have in a court of law. 

    The greatest support was for the right to hire a lawyer to actively represent students in investigations and hearings, at 79%. Almost as many (74%) agreed that “government should be equally concerned” about the rights of accusers and accused, while just 13% disagreed…..

    —————

    Thirteen years ago last Thursday, President Obama’s Department of Education threatened to withhold federal funding from colleges that did not give preference to accusers, overwhelmingly female, in campus proceedings, especially by lowering evidence standards, sidelining lawyers and putting one official in charge of investigating and decision-making.

    Holdouts including Princeton quickly folded despite the “Dear Colleague” guidance letter not having the force of law, setting off a torrent of litigation by accused students, overwhelmingly male, against their colleges…..”

    https://justthenews.com/government/state-houses/states-give-accused-students-due-process-biden-prepares-revoke-trump

     

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  17. hiding the staggering amount?

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    April 10, 2024 8:36 am

    Maths is hard and our governance is incompetent – Biden Admin/Ukraine edition:

    EXCLUSIVE: The Biden Administration Just Admitted It Has Massively Undercounted Ukraine Aid

    The new data, given to Sen. Vance and other conservatives in Congress, reveals previous OMB valuations of Ukraine aid were at least $14 billion short.

    …The latest OMB data dump to Congress revealed, according to the lawmakers’ letter, that the administration had failed to report at least another $684 million in appropriated Ukraine spending, left out another $900 million in DOD assistance connected to the Ukraine war, and a number of other pitfalls that has undercounted the total amount of Ukraine aid by a magnitude of billions.

    There could be more, too, as lawmakers included a list of 14 probing questions and information requests in their latest correspondence with the OMB director. 

    Link: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/exclusive-the-biden-administration-just-admitted-it-has-massively-undercounted-ukraine-aid/

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  18. get a load of THIS bullshit!

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    April 9, 2024 6:22 pm

    High-Paid Government Official Had Second Job While ‘Remote Working’

    The head of human resources for the District of Columbia’s library system, whose six-figure job entails ensuring that fellow government employees followed employment rules, was herself in massive violation of those rules — holding a second full-time job with a private company, which she did while supposedly working for taxpayers.

    Lauren Graves lied to government investigators to cover up the fact that she had one full-time job and one part-time job, both of which she focused on while neglecting her government duties, according to the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA). She was forced to pay a fine of $17,500, a small fraction of the money she earned while neglecting her taxpayer-funded job, and has resigned from her government post…

    Graves told investigators she worked the other jobs outside of her work hours, but this was false, they said. Their evidence included emails, contracts, and presentation schedules…

    The case raises questions about how many other government employees are simply AWOL while “working remotely,” and how any of them could reasonably face consequences given the fact that the HR director who was supposed to be enforcing such rules was doing the same thing.

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/high-paid-government-official-had-second-job-while-remote-working

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  19. NOT a good look, Kari!!!

    Just The News: “Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake on Tuesday criticized the state Supreme Court’s decision to uphold an 1864 law banning abortion in almost all circumstances.

    The ruling rendered illegal effectively all abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother. It further imposes two-to-five-year prison sentences for abortion providers.

    Lake for her part, criticized the decision and urged the state government to pursue an alternative solution to the abortion question in Arizona.

    “In addition to covering the state of Arizona as a fair and honest journalist for 27 years, I have traveled to every corner of this state on the campaign trail,” she said. “I speak to more Arizonans than anyone and it is abundantly clear that the pre-statehood law is out of step with Arizonans.”

    “I am the only woman and mother in this race. I understand the fear and anxiety of pregnancy, and the joy of motherhood. I wholeheartedly agree with President Trump – this is a very personal issue that should be determined by each individual state and her people,” she continued. “I oppose today’s ruling, and I am calling on Katie Hobbs and the State Legislature to come up with an immediate common sense solution that Arizonans can support.”

    “Ultimately, Arizona voters will make the decision on the ballot come November,” she said, before highlighting that she supports leaving the issue to the states and did not plan on pursuing federal abortion legislation.

    Lake is still facing a primary to be decided in July, though she is expected to win the Republican nomination and face Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in a hotly contested battleground race that could decide control of the Senate.”

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    1. so is the abortion pill safe or not?
      because with an abortion pill, the morning after pill, this would be a moot point.
      abortions harvest baby organs and sells them to researchers and whatever–that is inhumane in my opinion.

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  20. And yet another betrayal…..

    Just The News: “A spokesperson for House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday confirmed that he would delay sending the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate at the request of conservatives in the upper chamber.

    The House voted to impeach Mayorkas in February, but has not yet sent the two articles to the Senate. Johnson was expected to do so on Wednesday, The Hill reported, while the Senate had been expected to vote on tabling the articles Thursday. Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee had suggested lawmakers might make a more informed decision by waiting rather than voting so quickly after returning from a break.

    “To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House will transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate next week,” Johnson spokesperson Taylor Haulsee said. “There is no reason whatsoever for the Senate to abdicate its responsibility to hold an impeachment trial.”

    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week suggested that the trial for Mayorkas could begin as early as Thursday, indicating that Senators would be sworn in as jurors one day after the upper chamber received the articles.

    Republicans have largely blamed Mayorkas and his policies for the ongoing situation at the southern border, which has seen an unprecedented surge in illegal crossings during Biden’s administration. The articles accused him of a “breach of trust” and a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law.”

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      1. Bigly! And probably blackmail – I would venture to guess that not ONE Congress critter exists who doesn’t have things they prefer to keep hidden.

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  21. Ummmm….no, it was NOT a residence “belonging to” her – it was a room in a rehab facility and Ashley forgot her diary after she put it under the mattress!!!

    Just The News: “Aimee Harris, the woman who pleaded guilty to stealing the diary of first daughter Ashley Biden, received a one month prison sentence on Tuesday to be followed by three months of home detention.

    She was further ordered to surrender $20,000, the same sum she received from selling the diary to the now-defunct investigative outlet Project Veritas, CNBC reported. Harris will also serve three years on probation.

    The Department of Justice last week asked that she receive four to ten months in prison. Harris’s sentencing was originally slated for December of 2022 but was delayed a total of 12 times.

    She pleaded guilty in August of 2022 to stealing the diary and selling it to Project Veritas, which never published its contents. Harris obtained the diary while staying at a property belonging to Ashley Biden in Florida.

    Robert Kurtlander, whom Harris brought on to help sell the diary, has also pleaded guilty and faces sentencing in October.”

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      1. Because she is a poor, homeless woman who has no other options. She found the diary when she was assigned to Ashley’s old room at the rehab facility. IMO, finders keepers, losers weepers applies! Ashley shouldn’t have left it there!!! Yes, someone who wasn’t in such dire straits should have simply turned it in to the rehab facility but….when you can’t even afford to feed or house yourself….I don’t blame her one bit! No money = no justice, pure and simple….for a white woman anyway!!!

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          1. Well, if we would go back to the system designed by the Founders and revert back to a true Constitutional Republic created using Common Law vs. corporate law…..bring back the ORIGINAL Constitution, not the revised one!

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  22. wth???

    T. Turtle

    T. Turtle

    April 10, 2024 9:46 am

    “Aileen Cannon Grants Jack Smith’s Request To Conceal Witnesses Against Trump”
    Excerpts:
    The Court is satisfied that the Special Counsel has made an adequate showing on this issue under Rule 16, at least at this juncture pending final trial preparations,” according to the court document. “The Court directs the Special Counsel … to file under seal an index containing the name of each potential government witness and a corresponding pseudonym/anonymization for use in the redactions of Defendants’ MTC.”

    This decision allows for the release of more case documents to the public, using pseudonyms to protect witness identities. Cannon stated that witness statements could be public, but any identifying information would be left out.

    https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/09/aileen-cannon-jack-smiths-conceal-witnesses-trump/

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  23. There shouldn’t be any exceptions to this law!!! IMO, we need to see more of what we saw yesterday – parents being charged for their failure to supervise and control their own children! ANY infraction by someone under the legal age should be the responsibility of the parents unless the child has been legally emancipated! If any of my kids or grandkids did such a thing, I would press them to turn themselves in and, if they didn’t, I would!!! I would do what I could to help them with legal representation and I certainly wouldn’t totally abandon them but I simply couldn’t stand by and allow them to get off scot-free.

    Just The News: “The Tennessee Senate passed a slightly amended version of a bill that will require social media companies to receive parental consent before allowing minors to create accounts. The Senate passed the amended House Bill 1891 by a 30-0 vote.

    The bill was amended to eliminate some categories of websites from the restrictions, including peer-to-peer payment platforms, cloud storage or technical support apps.

    Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, explained the amendment came after hearing from companies that might be included and to make it “very clear that it is defined as social media companies and not other entities.”

    The bill will head back to the House for discussion of the Senate amendment before it can head to Gov. Bill Lee for approval. The bill would go into effect Jan. 1.

    Along with age verification and parental consent, it requires social media companies to allow parents access to monitor the account with privacy settings, daily time restrictions and creating breaks where the minor cannot use the social media.

    It also allows the Tennessee attorney general to bring action against the company for a violation and allows the attorney general to recover the costs of bringing the action.”

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  25. Just The News: “Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for committing perjury when he testified in New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit against former President Donald Trump.

    Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty to two perjury counts last month and is expected to once again go to Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail complex, according to The Associated Press. 

    The sentencing on Wednesday lasted less than five minutes.  

    Weisselberg spent 100 days in Rikers Island last year after he pleaded guilty to a tax fraud scheme at the Trump Organization. He was sentenced to five months in jail and agreed to pay nearly $2 million in taxes and penalties, but he was released early on good behavior in April 2023. As part of that plea deal, Weisselberg also agreed to complete five years of probation and testify at the trial of the Trump organization.

    Weisselberg had testified that he did not know much about how the value of Trump’s Manhattan penthouse was determined, and he admitted to lying about this statement.

    The cases show Weisselberg’s loyalty to Trump, whose family employed him for nearly 50 years. The company still pays his legal bills.” 

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  26. “NASA Sends Rover To Search For Intelligent Life On ‘The View’”

    ENTERTAINMENT · Apr 9, 2024 · BabylonBee.com 

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    NEW YORK, NY — According to sources, NASA has sent a brand new rover to search for any signs of intelligent life on The View.

    NASA scientists, who launched the mission in an attempt to answer the age-old question of whether or not intelligent life existed on the set of the popular daytime talk show, remained skeptical that any evidence would be found.

    “From what we’ve seen so far, it doesn’t look good,” said Dr. Edgar Barnhouse, who led the research team. “Rumors have always existed that there may be intelligent life on The View, but until now, we’ve never encountered any concrete proof. This mission was intended to answer the question once and for all.”

    “So far, our sensors have detected nothing.”

    Viewers were eager to learn the results of the rover expedition. “I’ve always been a bit of a conspiracy theorist,” said Janelle Parker, who has watched the show since its inception. “For years, I’ve pondered the existence of intelligent life on The View, but everyone thought I was crazy. Chances may be slim, but I’m holding out hope that they can find proof.”

    Early reports indicated that the rover had yet to encounter any sentient creatures. “Nothing of note has been revealed,” Barhnhouse said. “Just a pile of organic goo called a ‘Whoopi Goldberg’ and some old fossilized remains that have been identified as once being Joy Behar. But nothing intelligent.”

    At publishing time, NASA said the mission would also explore the studio to learn whether or not it truly was once inhabited by the enormous, vicious beast known as Rosie O’Donnell.”

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  27. “8 Forms Of Travel Safer Than Getting In A Boeing”

    LIFE · Apr 9, 2024 · BabylonBee.com

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    “With all the frightening headlines being made by faulty Boeing aircraft these days, many people are looking for alternative methods of transportation. If you have an upcoming trip, you may want to consider a few different options for your safety.

    The Babylon Bee is here with the following list of suggestions for safer forms of travel than getting on board a Boeing:

    1. Grandpa’s backyard trebuchet: Likely to be the most invigorating ride of your life. Just make sure you’re wearing a helmet.
    2. New York City subway: It’s guaranteed you’ll be assaulted. Still safer than a Boeing.
    3. The Hindenburg: As long as you keep any open flames away from the envelope, you should be fine.
    4. Tying hundreds of balloons to a lawn chair: This option leaves your destination at the mercy of the prevailing winds, but the lawn chair is more comfortable than an airplane seat.
    5. Letting your Kansas farmhouse get picked up by a tornado: You may not be looking to vacation in the land of Oz, but at least you’ll get there safely.
    6. Strapping yourself to a grizzly bear: Your life may be in danger, but at least you’ll still be on the ground.
    7. Jewish tunnels: Nothing bad will happen to you in tunnels dug by God’s chosen people.
    8. Having your wife drive you: Almost as dangerous as flying in a Boeing. But not quite. Just barely.

    Any one of the transportation methods listed above will give you a much better chance of reaching your destination (or at least a destination) alive and less injured than taking a Boeing. If you’re reading this list while already sitting on board a Boeing, may God have mercy on your soul.”

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        1. if mine contained meat i will only use it (immediately) to enclose food scraps in to throw out. if i have nothing, then i throw it out after rinsing it out–to try to remove any odor.

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          1. Same here, altho I just make sure it’s sealed to contain any lingering odor…but, since I can’t smell it anyway…..🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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  31. ah…hell no!

    some new congresswoman wants to exempt black people from paying taxes as a form of reparations.

    there are very few people can trace their heritage to a slave purely. and how about the people who came to this country AFTER slavery was abolished? why should those blacks receive a tax break? and what about the others who came after as well? why should they have to pay taxes when they weren’t even in the country then?

    GET THE HELL OVER IT…it’s been over for more than a hundred years!

    ted

    April 10, 2024 11:01 am

    Democratic congresswoman suggests black people be exempt from paying taxes as form of reparations

    “One of the things they propose is black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time because … that puts money back in your pocket,” Crockett told host J. Carter.

    https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/democrat-congresswoman-suggests-black-people-be-exempt-from-paying-taxes/

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  32. Found this way back in 1976 – met a salesman in a bar in CO and he had it written down. I didn’t realize then where it originated…..Appalachian Mountains of PA

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  34. To Canadians: “ Make fun of Uncle Joe all you want – just wanted to remind you that this guy is your Prime Minister…In case you didn’t realize it, any guy who’d sit like that in a golf cart would, of course, hold a hammer like that.”

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  42. oh that’s nice…giving fani a chance to fix the in consistencies…

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    April 10, 2024 12:25 pm

    Justice Department Uncovers ‘Inconsistencies’ in Fani Willis’s Use of Federal Grant Funds
    “During our review of the award to respond to this inquiry, we have noticed some inconsistencies in what Fulton County has reported to [the Federal Subaward Reporting System] and we are working with them to update their reporting accordingly,” a Justice Department spokeswoman told the Free Beacon on Friday.

    The Justice Department did not provide any further details on the nature of Willis’s reporting “inconsistencies” on the $488,000 federal grant, which was earmarked for the creation of a Center for Youth Empowerment and Gang Prevention in Atlanta. The grant ended in September 2023, but the center never opened.

    The Justice Department is coordinating with Willis’s office to fix the grant reporting “inconsistencies” amid an ongoing House Judiciary Committee investigation into Willis’s use of federal grant funds. Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) subpoenaed Willis in early February for records related to the $488,000 federal grant and the whistleblower allegations made by former Willis staffer Amanda Timpson, who was listed as the grant director until the district attorney abruptly fired her in January 2022.

    The Justice Department refused to provide the Free Beacon with copies of the “subsequent documents” showing Willis’s office made subgrant payments to the Offender Alumni Association, or the date that Willis’s office reported the payments to federal authorities.

    https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/justice-department-uncovers-inconsistencies-in-fani-williss-use-of-federal-grant-funds/

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      1. agreed.

        I would have suspended the witch until i had audited EVERY grant that ever came across her desk to see if the “inconsistencies” were habitual. then, if they were, she would be forced to repay the grant $$ and be fired.

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  43. “TIMING! Intelligence Community DOD Attack on Trump Parallels Russian Report on Biden, Burisma and Funding Terrorism

    ANALYSIS: The analysis clearly establishes a repeated IC operational pattern relative to the 2020 and 2024 election cycles to both conceal/cover and go on the offensive against Trump.”

    POLITICAL MOONSHINE, APR 10, 2024

    EXCERPT: “The examination of the timing of events is often the most valuable aspect of the events themselves. In a repeated pattern, this has become especially true where the Intelligence Community attacks and leverages operational lawfare to target former President and current presidential candidate Donald J. Trump respective to revelations of corruption, criminality and treason by Joe Biden and the family bag man, Hunter. In the past several days, two peculiarly timed developments occurred with highly suspicious timing that comports with the established repeated pattern.

    The two developments that recently played-out in consideration of timing are: 1-the Intelligence Community’s DOD attack on Trump and 2-Russian reports tying the Bidens and their private equity deal with Burisma to the funding of terrorism in the context of war.

    TIMING & REPEATED PATTERNS

    Within the suspicious Trump:Biden timing, which accounts for one repeated pattern, there emerges a second repeated pattern discussed in more detail below: the direct parallels between the Biden laptop in the 2020 election cycle and the DOD attack on Trump for the 2024 election cycle.

    The repeated Trump/Biden pattern looks like this from older illustrations:

    Moreover, here are several recent items of analysis making the case about the positions on timing relative to repeated Trump : Biden patterns:…..”

    https://politicalmoonshine.substack.com/p/timing-intelligence-community-dod

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  44. “The Adulation of the ‘Disinformation Expert’ — Weaponized Sympathy for a Despised Pseudo-Profession”

    RYAN DELARME. APR 10, 2024

    EXCERPT: “A subset of the American population has developed the conviction that they alone should possess the authority to pronounce what is and isn’t objective truth, and what kind of online discourse should be permitted.

    One of these individuals is a member of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) named Kate Starbird.

    We’re going to take a look at Starbird’s career, her political stance, and a recent edition of 60 Minutes where they attempted to portray her as some victimized superhero, and we’re going to speak more broadly about the philosophical implications of giving somebody the ability to unilaterally decide what is and isn’t the truth.

    A variety of organizations have emerged in American political life over the past decade or so that operate in concert to implement an institutionalized form of online censorship. This unofficial network has been referred to as the censorship industrial complex, and it works directly with the federal government to stifle any dissent deemed dangerous to the objectives of the U.S. Security State.

    The individuals who make up this network often first emerge from the U.S. government, typically from Homeland Security itself.

    For example, an endeavor undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security to establish an internal departmental “Ministry of Truth” called the Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) a year ago sparked a significant scandal.

    Maybe you recall Nina Jankowicz (aka Scary Poppins); the stable, unbiased individual tasked with heading up that prestigious board…..”

    https://badlands.substack.com/p/the-adulation-of-the-disinformation

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  46. Oh, my….I really should be outside cleaning flower beds….bright sun, slight breeze now and then, and 71 on the thermometer! Doggie door is covered and patio doors are open – Jake can wander around out there for a bit!

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