King Vultures

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The King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. Its more powerful features, for the purpose of feeding from the toughest animal carcasses, have given the King vulture its name; its larger size, brilliant color, and adapted features. Other birds treat the King vulture as the king, for example, when it flies in, other birds will stop feeding and let it eat.

Appearance

An imposing bird, the adult King vulture has predominantly white plumage, which has a slight rose-yellow tinge to it. In stark contrast, the wing coverts, flight feathers, and tail are dark grey to black, as is the prominent thick neck ruff. The head and neck are devoid of feathers, the skin shades of red and purple on the head, vivid orange on the neck, and yellow on the throat. On the head, the skin is wrinkled and folded, and there is a highly noticeable irregular golden crest attached to the cere above its orange and black bill; this caruncle does not fully form until the bird’s fourth year. The King vulture has, relative to its size, the largest skull and braincase, and strongest bill, of the New World vultures. This bill has a hooked tip and a sharp cutting edge. The bird has broad wings and a short, broad, and square tail. The irises of its eyes are white and bordered by bright red sclera. Unlike some New World vultures, the King vulture lacks eyelashes. It also has gray legs and long, thick claws. The juvenile vulture has a dark bill and eyes, and a downy, gray neck that soon begins to turn the orange of an adult. Younger vultures are a slate gray overall, and, while they look similar to the adult by the third year, they do not completely molt into adult plumage until they are around five or six years of age.

Distribution

King vultures live in the south of Mexico and throughout South and Central America to northern Argentina. Mainly frequenting humid tropical forests, they may sometimes be seen in more open areas like savannah and grasslands. These birds prefer undisturbed forests inhabited by large mammals. They are also often seen near swamps or marshy places in the forests.

Habits and Lifestyle

King vultures do not gather in large groups but remain in family units. They mostly stay out of sight, perched high up in the canopy, or they are flying about and soaring high above the ground looking for food. They do not migrate, remaining within the same area all year long. They are a diurnal species and much of their time is spent basking in the sun and saving their energy, sometimes preening their wing feathers. King vultures, unlike some other vulture species, have a poor sense of smell, relying on other vultures to locate prey, and then descending to join in the feeding. These birds are very rarely aggressive, usually backing down instead of fighting. Due to their large bodies and wings, they totally depend on air currents for their flight, and avoid flapping their wings unless they really have to. King vultures do not have a voice box (a syrinx) or the muscles needed to make it work. They can make very low croaks. During the breeding season, they will give warning sounds when something approaches their nest.

Mating Habits

King vultures are monogamous and their pair bonds last for life. They are often seen perching high in trees under cover or soaring very high up in the sky. As a result, their courting ritual is only seen in captivity, being a display where both birds walk around on the ground in circles while they flap their wings. They make loud snorting and wheezing noises during mating. Breeding usually takes place during the dry season. These birds are solitary and so do not gather in big colonies to nest. Instead of building nests, they lay their eggs in a stump the hollow of a rotting log, or a crevice in a tree. A single egg is laid and incubation lasts for around 55 to 58 days, with both parents regularly taking turns. Chicks are naked when they hatch but very soon acquire pure white down. The parents bring food to them in their claws, but also feed their chick by regurgitation. Young fledge at 3-4 months, but remain dependent on their parents until they are eight months old and may stay close to them for two more years. At three to four years of age, a chick has developed all its plumage and other features. Females become reproductively mature at around 5 years of age, and males at around 7 years of age.

Fun Facts for Kids

King vultures have one of the strongest beaks out of all the American vultures, being able to open a carcass that the others cannot. This is why they often eat first, with the other vultures eating what remains.

When it is too hot, the King vulture defecates on its legs, a cooling process called urohydrosis.

The closest relatives to King vultures are condors.

The vulture’s head and neck are featherless as an adaptation for hygiene, though there are black bristles on parts of the head; this lack of feathers prevents bacteria from the carrion it eats from ruining its feathers and exposes the skin to the sterilizing effects of the sun.

After eating, King vultures will fly a long way to a river to bathe.

Ancient Mayans knew the King vulture, including it in their art. They named it “oc”.

SOURCE: ANIMALIA.COM

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    1. Morning, Pat! Sun so far here this morning but possible storms are predicted again. In fact, the 10 day forecast shows pretty much nothing BUT rain! So now it’s my turn, I guess! LOL

      All vultures give me the creeps – how can something be beautiful in one way, yet so ugly otherwise?

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      2. I’m glad GA mentioned vultures are carrion eaters. It’s not obvious. The write-up about the King Vulture is informative and interesting. I see vultures around here, sometimes, and know when I smell something dead outside that vultures are taking note.

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  3. Good morning, Miss Pat.

    Vultures clean up carrion – preventing disease. Another one of GOD’s sanitation plans. Leviticus outlines many others…for preventing the spread of disease and unrepentant human evil.

    Today – we are making a trip to our old hometown to take Sally Q to the dentist.

    Yesterday, I looked at an apartment next door to hers and tomorrow, I’ve got an appointment to look at a house in the Village – one that has pretty much been rebuilt after drastic damage from Hurrican Idalia – walls, cabinets, flooring, roof, the works!

    I’ve been praying about what to do, where to live, etc., listing pros and cons.

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    1. Morning GA!

      there is a wonderful circle of life to nature…left alone it renews itself.

      wow! that’s exciting and scary at the same time! it would be nice to be closer, but an apartment would certainly be smaller than your home now–will it make you feel boxed in?

      the house sounds like it’s practically a new house! that might be less of change than an apartment–although maybe a change is what you’re looking for?

      going home to visit my mom always makes me appreciate my house when we come home. we have 2 bathrooms and windows everywhere…so even though it’s a small house, it doesn’t feel that way. and mom’s home is older–so narrow staircases and hallways. we have an open floor plan for the most part here.

      I’m sure you’ll make the right decision for you GA!

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    2. Good morning, GA. I will refrain from offering my usual oh-so-practical advice since it would bring up a subject I’m sure you don’t want to even consider. I wish you the best of luck in making your decision.

      As for the all-wood (or fake wood, as you say) floors, I can say one thing: they are very cold, especially if it’s over a crawlspace, unless the underside is thoroughly insulated (mine is not, unfortunately). Then again, you don’t have to worry about sub-freezing temps thru the winter like I do here.

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      1. The houses here are all slab foundation Thanks for mentioning cold floors – the floors in the rebuilt house would definitely be cold without slippers and throw rugs. I have many rugs on the tile floors in the bathrooms of my current house.

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  6. The Ayatollah is in charge anyway….

    Just The News: “No signs of life were detected at the site of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter crash, according to state media. His helicopter, which was carrying other top Islamic Republic officials, crashed during rough weather.

    Iranian news outlets initially reported that the chopper suffered a “hard landing” as he traveled back from the East Azerbaijan province. The outlets also asked for prayers for Raisi and his fellow passengers.

    In addition to carrying Raisi, the helicopter also carried Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, East Azerbaijan Gov. Malik Rahmati and other Iranian officials. 

    The crash occurred during heavy rain, which prevented other helicopters from being used in the rescue mission. Photographs from the scene appear to show heavy damage to the helicopter.

    Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, will serve as the country’s acting president until elections are held.”

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    1. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/19/middleeast/iran-ebrahim-raisi-crash-intl-hnk/index.html

      Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed along with the country’s foreign minister in a helicopter crash on Sunday in the country’s remote northwest, state news media has confirmed.

      The loss of Raisi — a conservative hardliner and protege of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — is expected to sow further uncertainty in a country already buckling under significant economic and political strain, with tensions with nearby Israel at a dangerous high.

      Drone footage of the helicopter wreckage taken by the Red Crescent and carried on state media FARS News Agency showed the crash site on a steep, wooded hillside, with little remaining of the helicopter beyond a blue and white tail.

      Sunday’s crash occurred as Raisi, 63, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were returning from a ceremony for an opening of a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, state media reported. Among those onboard were three crew members, the governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province, an imam, Raisi’s head of security chief and a bodyguard, according to IRGC-run media outlet Sepah. — CNN

      Our Take: “As I write this take, conflicting reports have been coming in all day. First they say that Raisi has been rescued and is fine, then they say that he is at the hospital in critical condition, then they say that his condition is unknown, then it’s disclosed that the crash site hasn’t been found, then there are a number of videos—from both UAV drones and guys on foot trekking through the wilderness—showing purported crash sites that turned out to be bad intel.

      Now we have video and picture images of the purported helicopter crash site, and it looks bad. There are reports that there were no survivors, and given the images that I’ve seen (taken from the air, showing a pile of debris with a helicopter tail sticking out) that is not hard to believe.

      (Editor’s Note: Obviously reports came in overnight allegedly confirming Raisi’s death. Ghost’s commentary still felt pertinent to include, here.)

      This is a developing story, so you can expect more takes in the immediate future. If President Ibrahim Raisi is actually dead, then that really changes the political landscape of Iran, as Raisi was expected to become the next Supreme Leader— with the current Ayatollah effectively in hospice care right now.

      But Raisi wasn’t always the odds-on favorite. His predecessor, former President Hassan Rouhani, was once the odds-on favorite to be selected Supreme Leader by the Assembly of Experts, until he was officially disqualified by Iranian courts from consideration just this past January.

      There are some really interesting posts about Rouhani by that one infamous anon, which become even more interesting through the lens of this new development.

      More to come on that in the future.” —GhostofBasedPatrickHenry

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  7. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bill-maher-scolds-pearl-clutching-lefties-over-harrison-butker-tradwife-speech

    Our Take: “Here’s what no one wants to admit: There is only outrage against Harrison Butker because what he said is true. Last year, when my oldest son graduated from high school, I wrote about my experience as a working mother. I believed so many lies. I don’t generally ascribe to regret, but rather take the learning and strive to be better.

    Here’s the thing: It’s not that women are less capable. It’s that women are built for something better, more important… something generationally transcendent.

    Consider the words of G.K. Chesterton in What’s Wrong with the World, in the section named, ‘Feminism, Or the Mistake about Woman,’: ‘How can it be a large career to tell other people’s children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one’s own children about the universe?’

    Our choices are not without consequence. Butker is right. Women are better served if we all acknowledge that fact.

    ‘…meanwhile do not talk to me about the poor chain-makers… They are engaged in a very wide-spread and flourishing industry of the present age. They are making chains.’” — Ashe in America

    Transcript of Maher:

    BILL MAHER, HBO “REAL TIME” HOST: I don’t like the one true opinion, that you’re only allowed to have one true opinion… Even if I don’t agree with it.

    Now, this week there is a guy in the news named Harrison Butker. He’s the kicker on the Kansas City Chiefs, also known as the Taylor Swift Chiefs. He got invited to do the commencement address at a conservative Catholic college. And, by the way, if you’re getting a guy from the special teams, this is not one of the big schools, okay.

    I can’t express how this guy is not like me. He’s religious. He loves marriage. He loves kids. Here’s a quote of his: “I have seen it firsthand how much happier someone can be when they disregard the outside noise and move closer and closer to God’s will in their life.” Yeah, not me.

    [LAUGHTER]

    I couldn’t be more not like this guy… He’s in big trouble because he said at this event. Now this is a Catholic college, conservative Catholics and he’s now history’s greatest monster. I don’t agree much with this guy but I don’t get the thing. He said, talking to the women: “Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world.”

    Okay, that seems fairly like modern.

    “But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”

    I don’t see what the big crime is, I really don’t. And I think this is part of the problem people have with the left is that lots of people in this country are like this. Like he’s saying some of you may go on to live successful careers but a lot of you are excited about this other way that people used to be. Can’t that just be a choice too?

    I feel like they feel very put upon, like, there’s only one way to be a good person, and that’s to get an advanced degree from one of those asshole factories like Harvard…

    I find it very ironic that he is saying ‘In my world, we like the women to stay home and just have babies.’ And the college kids and the young people find this absolutely abhorrent. But they’re demonstrating for Hamas who make that a law. It’s not just an opinion in Hamas that you stay home and have the babies. We will enforce you for doing that. Okay, I just wanted to make that point. Queers for Palestine!”

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  13. “Special people do extraordinary things. After pulling together donations and her own personal funds, Gladys Krasicki bought a vacant motel in Atlantic County in New Jersey last March with hopes of transforming it into a shelter to house homeless veterans. With the help of the community and volunteers from her nonprofit, Veterans 101, so far she has been able to permanently house about nine veterans at the former Crest Motel in Absecon. And, once room renovations are completed in September, the facility will accommodate over a dozen more veterans in need. You can help her complete her work by making a small donation to her organization.”

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  14. “Imagine that. You’re going through your father’s suit pockets after he died, getting ready to donate them to Goodwill, and you find this expired MegaMillions ticket…”

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    1. Michael Cohen admitted that he stole $30,000 from the Trump Organization when, as part of his reimbursement for the Stormy Daniels reimbursement, he requested $50,000 for a reimbursement for IT services, when Cohen had actually paid $20,000 for the services.

      “You stole from the Trump Organization, correct?” defense attorney Todd Blanche asked.

      “Yes, sir,” Cohen said.

      Blanche hammered Cohen, asking if he ever repaid the Trump Organization or “Did you ever have to plead guilty to larceny?”

      “No sir,” Cohen said.

      At the defense table, Trump shook his head and pursed his lips.

      Cohen remained calm during this questioning when Blanche raised voiced, almost shouting at Cohen.

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  18. this heavy chick (picture in the story) was pissed because a flight attendant did not want to push her big butt in a wheelchair UP a concourse ramp. the woman COULD walk but requested assistance anyway because she did not WANT to walk up the ramp.

    the comments to the chick’s tweet accusing the attendant of fat shaming or whatever were very realistic–a) maybe the smaller, normal sized attendant did not believe she COULD push the much larger woman UP a ramp and b) she clearly can walk, so maybe she just needs to walk slower and take more breaths–it’s HEALTHIER

    https://thepostmillennial.com/plus-size-travel-activist-calls-out-airport-staff-for-making-her-walk-up-jet-bridge-refusing-to-push-wheelchair

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  20. mass psychosis

    May 20, 2024 1:16 pm

    A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Biden administration from fully implementing a new rule that would require gun dealers to obtain licenses and conduct background checks when selling firearms at gun shows and online.

    “I am relieved that we were able to secure a restraining order that will prevent this illegal rule from taking effect,”

    Texas Attorney General Paxton, a Republican, said in a statement.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-biden-backed-rule-expanding-gun-background-checks-2024-05-20/

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  21. I’m back and the sun is still shining; I found some kind of pretty white wire fencing for the lope bed – it’s just ok but it does somewhat resemble the trellis panels. Rabbit fencing is just far too ugly! I already got that installed and will post pics when the vines start coming up. I also picked up a couple of perennials for the area in front of my front porch, since the Vinca are annuals. These should be pretty and can take the full sun. They get up to 2′ tall and spread almost 2′ so they should fill up that space nicely.

    Penstemon ‘Red Riding Hood’

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  22. Andrew H. Giuliani

    @AndrewHGiuliani

    Blanche asking Cohen how much he’s made from his two books and two podcasts. Cohen says, after having to clarify, $4.4 Million. Cohen also makes money on real estate.’ Blanche also gets Cohen to admit that he makes money off of the merchandise from his store (including his Convict45 gear). Blanche asking Cohen about the TV show that Cohen is pitching called “The Fixer.”

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  23. Jonathan Turley
    @JonathanTurley
    I am out of the courtroom. It was quite a morning to have someone admit to stealing money from his client and then confirm that he wants to run for Congress. It will be a novel campaign: people usually wait to get into Congress before they commit major felonies…

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    1. I really like Turley’ sharp wit! For some reason, suddenly, my notifications were disabled and I didn’t do it. I had to click on “enable” again….sigh…I sure hope they get these hiccups resolved soon!!!

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  26. Of course they are blaming the US!!!

    Just The News: “Iranian state media said on Monday that a “technical failure” caused the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi and a top Iranian official is blaming U.S. economic sanctions.

    Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has faced international sanctions, which the New York Times reported has had a negative impact on aviation in the country.

    Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s former foreign minister, argued on Monday that the U.S. was indirectly responsible for the crash due to the sanctions it has imposed on Iran. 

    “One of the causes of this heartbreaking incident is the United States, which by sanctioning the sale of the aviation industry to Iran caused the martyrdom of the president and his companions, and the US’s crime will be recorded in the minds of the Iranian people and history,” read an Iranian state news report, attributing the comments to Zarif.”

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  27. “According to Forbes.com, it’s going to be a pretty stiff tab this year to get your BBQ up and running – some of the most essential items for the unofficial kickoff of summer 2024 continue to burn a hole in Americans’ wallets.

    Steaks are 7%* more expensive than they were a year ago, beer is 10%* more expensive and cigarettes are 7%* more expensive, according to the federal government’s consumer price index.

    According to the report, This may be the year to opt for a more Mediterranean grill session rather than the traditional burger and hot dog setup, as fresh fish and seafood is actually 2.7% cheaper than it was this time last year, according to government data, while raw beef is 6%* more expensive.”

    *  Bear in mind that the government numbers are 100% bullshit. The actual inflation numbers year-over-year are more like triple the percent they claim.

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  31. Just The News: “The United States on Monday issued its condolences upon the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi despite allegedly overseeing major human rights abuses.

    “The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. “As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

    Miller defended the State Department’s message during a press conference Monday, stating that the U.S. offered condolences upon the deaths of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, both of whom the U.S. had major disagreements with.

    “It is a step that the United States takes, recognizing that people have families, and in no way, in no way at all undermining our fundamental view of the Iranian regime and its crimes against its own people and our support for the Iranian people,” Miller said. 

    However, upon the death of Chavez, the U.S. did not offer condolences, but instead said it “reaffirms its support for the Venezuelan people and its interest in developing a constructive relationship with the Venezuelan government.”

    Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a similar statement upon the passing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, stating: “We are deeply concerned with the well being of the North Korean people and our thoughts and prayers are with them during these difficult times.”

    Upon the death of Stalin, then-U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “The government of the United States tenders its official condolences to the Government of the U.S.S.R. on the death of Generalissimo Joseph Stalin, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union,” according to the University of California Santa Barbara.

    Raisi, who is known as the “Butcher of Tehran,” died Sunday in a helicopter crash alongside Amir-Abdollahian and other officials. Raisi received his derogatory nickname after he oversaw the deaths of up to 30,000 people, including some children, in 1988, according to Tablet Magazine. He continued his brutality into his presidency as he cracked down on protests that sparked after 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly.”

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  32. “Why the Biden Admin decided to honor the legacy of a man nicknamed ‘The Butcher of Tehran’ — Ideological rot is proliferating throughout Washington, D.C.”

    JORDAN SCHACHTEL, MAY 20, 2024

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “On Monday afternoon, the Biden Administration sent their condolences to Iran for the death of the Tehran regime’s president, leading to lots of anger and confusion amongst Americans who believe that our country should defend the basic principles of our founding.

    In tragic and revolting fashion, our government “expressed its official condolences” for the now-deceased Ebrahim Raisi, who was nicknamed “The Butcher of Tehran” for his role in overseeing the execution of thousands of political prisoners.

    Raisi’s legacy in Iran

    The U.S. Institute of Peace describes Raisi as “a pivotal player in the mass execution of thousands.” As a member of Iran’s “Death Committee,” Raisi “decreed that all prisoners steadfast in their support for the opposition and ‘waging war on God’ were ‘condemned to execution.’”

    President Raisi with Iran’s “Supreme Leader,” Ali Khamenei

    In 2024, Americans live under a government committed to a combination of progressivism and nihilistic nothingness, under a series of bureaucratic agencies that don’t stand for anything other than leftism and the capture and retention of power. Our Founders would almost certainly observe the mess in D.C. as something completely detached to their Declaration and vision for America.

    “The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran,” read a State Department statement released at around noon. “As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

    There are 90 million people in Iran suffering under the weight of the barbarian mullahs. Imagine how these poor souls are feeling after witnessing that the country that is supposed to, at a bare minimum, stand for unalienable freedoms, but are instead excusing the actions of their captors?

    To be clear, I am no advocate for the idea that we should repeat the lunacy of hyper interventionist foreign policymaking, and proceed to forcefully intervene in Iran’s political system. The era of Team America: World Police is coming to an end, necessarily so.

    However, committing to a hands-off approach to the internal affairs of foreign governments doesn’t mean that the United States needs to *express condolences* for a throwback theocratic thug.

    An American administration worthy of our founding would reject the idea that any such statement or expression of solidarity is warranted. If you’re going to release a statement, tell him and the gang of thieves that smashed their helicopter into a mountain to enjoy hell, and call it a day.

    The galaxy brained idea of Iran as a potential ally goes back to the Obama days, when the extreme partisans at 1600 Penn (who remain in the White House today) decided to attempt to realign American interests in the Middle East to favor Tehran over our established allies. A very, very generous steel man interpretation of this policy is that it came with the hopes of changing the behavior of the donkey riding mullahs. Yet today, the people in charge still chant “death to America” every Friday during prayers.

    And it wasn’t just the United States government that “expressed condolences” for the bad guys. Almost the entirety of the U.N. membership roster and other transnational outfits, treated the death of Raisi as if it was an event worthy of sorrow. This included institutions controlled by the U.S., like NATO and countless additional outfits under our historic umbrella.

    The Biden Administration and its partners, either willfully or mistakenly, cannot or will not morally discern between Iran and the West.

    We find ourselves in an America that desperately needs to draw from our foundational roots, to once more find the courage to align more closely with like-minded forces for liberty, and to push away the world’s most brutish tyrants, while also realizing our limitations and priorities.

    We need to go back to an America that stands for something again.”

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      1. The problem is that many are so brainwashed and intentionally kept ignorant that they advocate for it themselves!

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  36. “The Dems Opened the Door for Reciprocity”

    Clandestine, MAY 20, 2024

    “Do the Dems realize how badly they just screwed themselves?

    All of these cases against Trump have done nothing but exonerate him, increase his support, and most importantly, open the door for reciprocity by establishing some dangerous precedents.

    They just dug their own graves.

    Now Trump and his administration could realistically prosecute anyone they wanted to, and the Dems could not cry political weaponization. THEY are the ones who opened Pandora’s Box.

    If Trump gets in the White House, he has the optics, the support, and the precedent, necessary to hold Deep State actors accountable and drain the Swamp.

    The public have been normalized to accept, and in many cases cheer for, high-profile politicians being charged, investigated, arrested, prosecuted, etc.

    The stage is set.”

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  39. might have to try this…LOL

    dutchman

    May 20, 2024 4:41 pm

    Reply to  littleflower481

    Read on the internet.
    Buy one or two potatos. Bring home and put in dark place to encourage eyes.

    Cut into sections with at least one eye per piece, and
    bury in a bag.

    Soon you have a crop of potatoes you can thin slice and deep fry, and make your own potato chips, if thats your thing.

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    1. IDK about that but make sure the potatoes aren’t coated with the chemicals that they spray on them. Most potatoes won’t produce eyes any more.

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  44. crap on a cracker! words in the courtroom…
    FTA
    Merchan grows irate, begins EXCORIATING Robert Costello on the stand for making a few off-handed remarks and rolling his eyes during the testimony.

    Merchan: Are you staring me down right now?

    Costello: I’m not.

    Merchan: GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM, NOW! GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM!

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    1. TGP’s Paul Ingrassia said the trial resumed after a delay following a fiery exchange between Judge Merchan and Bob Costello.

      “Merchan is absolutely seething over Costello’s damning testimony. The type of treatment Costello, an experienced prosecutor who once worked for the US Attorney’s Office for New York in the 1970s and early 1980s, is receiving on the witness stand from the judge is disgusting,” Paul Ingrassia said.

      “Merchan is visibly perturbed, condescending, and downright abusive of the witness on the stand. Outrageous behavior from a judge, and totally inappropriate for any courtroom! No decorum whatsoever!” Ingrassia said.

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            1. Then institutionalize him, if he’s still alive! Oh, wait….those institutions don’t exist any more! Well, then – hanging works!

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    1. The new HUGE lab just opened last year in Manhattan, KS! From 2023:

      EXCERPT: “MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — After more than a decade of controversy and delays, the nation’s most secure biosecurity laboratory for research on potentially deadly animal and plant diseases has opened in Manhattan, Kansas.

      Although a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday, researchers at the $1.25 billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility are not expected to begin working on biohazards for more than a year, officials said.

      For now, staff will conduct compliance and regulatory work, prepare protocols and operating procedures and train before working with any pathogens, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

      “They will check all the systems according to the international standards and national standards,” NBAF director Alfonso Clavijo said. “And only after we have that approval will we be able to actually do any work. We expect that by late 2024, we should be able to have that approval.”

      Initially estimated to cost $451 million, the price tag more than doubled after the National Research Council published a report in 2010 that questioned putting the facility in the heart of cattle country with a history of large, destructive tornadoes.

      Department of Homeland Security officials said the increased cost came in part because the lab’s design was changed to reduce the possibility of releasing deadly pathogens….”

      https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2023-05-24/after-years-of-controversy-national-bio-defense-lab-opens-in-kansas

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  46. Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

    @julie_kelly2

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    Read on X BREAKING: A new motion to dismiss just docketed in classified documents case.

    This is filed by attorney for Waltine Nauta, Trump’s aide and co-defendant. More harsh allegations of prosecutorial abuse in this imploding case:

    Oh holy hell.

    Jack Smith just told the defense that DOJ has no access to the 15 boxes Trump turned over to the archives in Jan 2022–the entire f*cking basis for the FBI investigation, May 2022 subpoena, and part of the rationale for the raid of Mar-a-Lago.

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

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