Golden Pheasant

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The Golden Pheasant, (Chrysolophus pictus), also known as the ‘Chinese Pheasant’ is one of the more popular species of pheasant which is native to the mountainous forests of Western and Central China. The Golden Pheasant was introduced to the United Kingdom around 100 years ago and there are around 101 – 118 mating pairs in the summer. This hardy, gamebird belongs to the order: Galliformes and is a smaller species of pheasant. The Golden Pheasant along with Lady Amherst Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae), make up the group of ‘Ruffed Pheasants’ named for their ruff which is spread across their face and neck during courtship.

Golden Pheasant Characteristics

Male and female Golden Pheasants look different in appearance. Males measure 90 – 105 centimeters in length with the tail making up two thirds of the total length. Females are slightly smaller measuring 60 – 80 centimeters in length with the tail making up half of the total length. Their wingspan is around 70 centimeters and they weigh around 630 grams.

Male Golden Pheasants can be easily identified by their bright coloring. They have a golden crest tipped with red which extends from the top of their heads, down their necks. They have bright red underparts, dark colored wings and a pale brown, long, barred tail. Their rumps are also golden, upper backs are green and they have bright yellow eyes with a small black pupil. Their face, throat and chin are a rust color and their wattles and orbital skin are yellow. Beak, legs and feet are also yellow.

Female Golden Pheasants are less colorful and duller than males. They have a mottled brown plumage, pale brown face, throat, breast and sides, pale yellow feet and are more slender in appearance.

Golden Pheasant Habitat

Golden pheasants are native to Western China, but they have travelled far and wide and have been introduced over time to other places including the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States. Wild populations can also be found across Central and South America, and much of Western Europe. They can even be found in Australia and New Zealand! The Golden Pheasant’s preferred habitats are dense forests and they can often be seen in places with lots of trees and bushes. While this is their favorite, they can also be found in loose woodlands and sparse undergrowth.

Golden Pheasant Diet

Golden Pheasants mainly feed on the ground on grain, berries, grubs and seeds as well as other kinds of vegetation. They will also eat small insects and invertebrates though when the opportunity arises, and their diet may change seasonally. During winter, they like to stay close to humans and eat wheat leaves and seeds.

Golden Pheasant Behavior

Golden Pheasants are very timid birds and will hide in dark, dense forests and woodlands during the day and roost in very high trees during the night. Golden Pheasants often forage on the ground despite their ability to fly, this may be because they are quite clumsy in flight. However, if they are startled, they are capable of taking off in a sudden fast upward motion with a distinctive wing sound.

Little is known about their behavior in the wild as although the males are very colorful birds, they are difficult to spot. The best time to possibly observe a Golden Pheasant is very early in the morning when they may be seen in clearings.

Vocalizations include a ‘chack chack’ sound. Males have a distinctive metallic call during the breeding season. Also, during the males elaborate courtship display, he will spread his neck feathers over his head and beak, like a cape.

5 Fun Golden Pheasant Facts For Kids

  • Male golden pheasants like to show off and perform a colorful dance to impress the females during courtship.
  • They are also known as the Rainbow pheasant because of their vibrant, eye-catching colors.
  • In China, golden pheasants are seen as a sign of good luck and prosperity. It is said to be an ancient ancestor of the Phoenix and to represent ‘auspiciousness’.
  • They live much longer in captivity than in the wild, potentially up to 20 years!
  • Golden pheasants prefer running to flying and spend the majority of their time on the ground.

SOURCE: ANIMALCORNER.ORG

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  1. Good morning, Miss Pat! You find the most interesting critters to post about. Birds, fish, bugs, animals and even people, come in such an amazing infinite variety!

    I’ve still got that assassination attempt on my mind.

    I posted about this late yesterday – Florida Congressman Corey Mills is fired up and investigating the assassination attempt – bold mine!

    https://x.com/CoryMillsFL/status/1816976316140294205

    Cory Mills@CoryMillsFL

    “Our internal investigation that includes not just site survey, but discussions with those at the rally, and a whistleblower who we will protect uncovered many things not yet revealed. 

    What we will have trouble with is that at certain stages of gross negligence it becomes indistinguishable with purposeful intent. 

    We hope to get all the facts in a transparent manner for the American people so we can take action for next steps. 

    Please tune in to @bennyjohnson to learn more about myself and @EliCrane_CEO trip to Butler, PA. The site of the attempted assassination of President Trump, and the murder of Corey Comperatore.”

    https://foxnews.com/us/gop-lawmakers-sniper-combat-experience-scope-out-trump-shooting-site

    I’m not on X – but – If anyone can find Benny Johnson’s X post or video about their investigation – please post it!

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  2. Morning All!

    sorry for the abrupt disappearance yesterday! hubby and i both got texts that our scripts were ready at walmart and i asked when he wanted to go–he said now. No way to know if the pharmacy’s backed up and they close in a couple of hours. Sure enough, we got there and there was 8 people waiting ahead of me. And everyone seemed to have a problem with their refill.

    a smart pharmacist came out and said Judy (the pharmacy tech) is going to ask each of you to step to the side and give her your name so we can see who’s order is ready and who’s I haven’t filled yet–because the system sent out ready texts and we didn’t fill some yet. this way we can get those folks out of the line while i continue to fill your scripts.

    still took me 45 minutes. he did promise to get to everyone that was in line though at that point.

    and there’s always the guy who has to chat with the tech about this, that, and the other thing slowing the whole shebang down.

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    1. Morning, Pat! Glad you got the meds you needed. Wheezer was in my chair again this morning, waiting for her tuna. I dumped the rest of the can into her dish and she chowed down but, apparently, it wasn’t enough. She sat at the door looking at me, then walked over to her dish and smelled it, then turned and looked at me again before hunkering down by the door. Yes, I caved and gave her more tuna! After eating that, she took off on her usual route – to the neighbor’s house on the west, underneath their utility trailer, dodging the sprinklers, and down their driveway out of sight. Little hussy! Still letting me pet her but mostly while she’s eating. Otherwise, she dodges me.

      Humid again, of course, 71 when I got up, 72 now. Slight chance of a little rain today; slate gray skies, little to no breeze.

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      1. Morning Filly!
        she gets her tuna fix and you get to pet her…fair trade…LOL
        I really had no intention of leaving so abruptly yesterday.
        on the way home, we stopped into the Pizza Hut there for supper. It was freezing in there–and quite busy. they were having a lot of issues too. i ordered unsweetened tea and hubby ordered sweetened tea. when she brought them, she gave me mine and said please taste this. we are having problems with our tea brewer. I did–and said–it tastes like there’s sugar in it. She shook her head and said that’s what everyone says but we have 2 different brewers. I said it doesn’t taste bad but I’m diabetic–so I’ll just take water if you don’t mind. she apologized and apologized–i said it’s fine, I don’t want to drink a whole glass of it.
        she brought the water and we waited for the bread sticks–and waited and waited. she finally brought them out with the pizza saying their ovens were “wonky” (her word) right now. so we asked for boxes to go and took it all home.
        what an evening

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    2. TheseTruths

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      July 28, 2024 00:36

      They’re off to an abysmal start. Also:

      Olympic Athletes Hit With Shortages, Horrible Woke Food as Green Movement Spreads

      Andy Anson, chief executive of the British Olympic Association said the food “is not adequate.”

      “There are not enough of certain foods: eggs, chicken, certain carbohydrates, and then there is the quality of the food, with raw meat being served to athletes,” Anson said.

      “They have got to improve it over the next couple of days dramatically,” he said.

      He said that British athletes are shunning the main dining hall.

      “Our athletes have decided they would rather go and eat in our performance lodge in Clichy, so we are having to get another chef to come over as the demand is far exceeding what we thought it would be,” he said.

      “The athletes are not going there just to eat their lunch, they are packing meals for their dinner as they don’t want to go into the athlete restaurant to eat. So we are trying to make sure our athletes have an advantage by having more food. It is the biggest issue at the moment,” he said.

      On the website of the Games, the Paris Olympics vowed to redefine how food is served at an Olympics, with twice as much plant-based food as ever before.

      “What if the Paris 2024 Games were an opportunity to discover a new way of eating in stadiums and sports events? Paris 2024 intends to use the Games as an opportunity to highlight how creative and sustainable food can be produced at a major international event, as is highlighted in its ‘Food Vision,’” the site proclaimed.

      This is evil, and maddening. They are using the event and the athletes to promote their agendas.

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  8. EXCERPT: “The GOP-led House canceled votes ahead of the August recess without getting the 12 appropriations bills passed, breaking a promise to voters.

    Last October, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sent a letter to his colleagues that stated that the House would not break for recess in August “unless all 12 appropriations bills have passed the House,” according to Fox 40.

    Instead, House Republicans canceled votes for next week and are expected to return for work in early September. They were supposed to be in session until August 1.

    Federal appropriations expire on September 30. The House has only passed five of 12 appropriations for fiscal year 2025, which increases the likelihood of Congress passing another temporary Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded.

    In order to prevent a government shutdown, the House must pass a continuing resolution by Oct. 1. Congress will be back in session Sept. 9.

    Budget negotiations and disagreement over the amount of cutting government spending were the stated reasons former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lost his position due to a faction of the GOP taking issue with constant spending bills….”

    https://justthenews.com/government/congress/wkd-house-gop-fails-pass-appropriations-bills-august-recess-breaking-promises

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      1. Come on, Pat! They need to go back home to campaign – NOTHING is as important as getting re-elected! Didn’t you know that? Get with the program, girl! SMDH

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        1. but they have NOTHING to campaign with!
          no “we passed a budget” or “we fixed this problem or that one”.
          they are naked and useless…
          someone needs to rein in congress…they exempt themselves from laws, profit from inside trading, give themselves more time off whenever it suit s them, have their own private slush fund …it’s sickening, they’re not accountable to the voters–they’re out of control!

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              1. This is why they need to be located around the country in the States they ostensibly represent – closer so the people can voice their concerns directly. But they can’t have that!!! Can’t give up all those perks, don’tchaknow!!??!!

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  9. this explains things a little better to me…except obtaining bitcoin–that part i do not get

    Mike Robinson

    July 28, 2024 8:30 am

    Reply to  Winston

    In the eyes of the law, “Bitcoin” and “Crypto” in general are: barter. Albeit with an unusual “barter token” that is a hard-to compute number.

    There’s nothing illegal about barter. Some companies in tightly-closed industries routinely use it in trade … to save money. The transactions are accounted for in dollar equivalents, but what’s being passed around isn’t dollars.

    You simply have to realize what it is, and isn’t. Crypto is not “legal tender.” Legal tender is something that a creditor cannot refuse to accept in payment of a debt. A crypto token is worth whatever the buyer and seller mutually agree that it is. (Which, for me, is: “nothing.”)

    The only thing about barter is that you cannot represent it as “money.” Which is why terminology like “Bitcoin” and “Crypto currency” is technically breaking the law.

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    1. I definitely don’t understand it but it seems to me it is all digital, right? So if you don’t have access to the net, what good is it???? You can’t use it to purchase anything IRL in any way that I can see!

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          1. right???
            my Mom used to do it all the time. a neighbor would shovel her walk–she would baked goodies for them. no she’s not allowed to bake–so I send baked goods to the neighbors when i go there.

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            1. Same as my situation with Mark plowing my driveway every winter – I give them a bottle of RumChata periodically as a thank you. This summer, I’ll be giving them cantaloupe.

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              2. It’s so different in NE in comparison to VA, where most of the time, you didn’t even know your neighbors! We lived in Manassas for almost 2 years and never once met the people who lived on either side of us.

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    2. Winston

      July 28, 2024 8:00 am

      Reply to  Winston

      I Agree: Don’t Regulate Crypto, Let it Burn. Making Good Progress on its Own
      by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2022

      https://wolfstreet.com/2022/11/21/i-agree-dont-regulate-crypto-let-it-burn-making-good-progress-on-its-own/

      Excerpt:

      Crypto came about during the Fed’s money-printing binge and the Financial Crisis in January 2009. In the initial Bitcoin white paper, they called it a “system for electronic transactions without relying on trust.” It has turned out to be the opposite. Compared to existing transaction methods, including peer-to-peer methods that are free, easy to use, and run by the banking system in fiat currency, it’s difficult and costly to use Bitcoin for transactions. And given how volatile it is, it’s also risky to use it for transactions.

      On top of all this are the other risks, such as your bitcoin just getting swallowed by hackers or when the exchange goes to heck or when you lose the key.

      So it never became what it was said to become. Instead, there are now many thousands of cryptos, everyone can make up their own and use it as collateral, such as FTX did with its own native crypto FTT, and these cryptos are nothing but gambling tokens in a lawless high-tech casino.

      And everyone who enters the casino knows this – or should know this – because the warnings have been around for many years.

      So just keep the gambling inside the casino, block the exits, and let the casino burn down on its own. And it’s doing just fine in that respect.

      Unlike the regular financial system, this casino is not needed by the economy, it serves no purpose, but burns up large amounts of energy during the mining process. If this system disappears, the economy would keep functioning just fine.

      The public that ventured into the casino and that is getting crushed by falling debris, the VC investors that funded the casino and that are losing their shirts on it, the hedge fund clients whose fiat money is vanishing into flames before their eyes, well, they have been warned for years about the risks of betting on something that someone just made up.

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  10. A laundry list of corruption and outright incompetence!!!

    EXCERPT: “Before she was Joe Biden’s understudy the last four years, Kamala Harris ran offices as a California prosecutor and senator. Often, scandal and failings followed in her wake.

    As California Attorney General, Harris was widely criticized for failing to take on prosecutorial misconduct. In fact her office was “called out” by judges for “defending convictions obtained by local prosecutors” who had inserted false confessions, lied under oath, and withheld evidence. A federal appeals judge even admonished officials in 2015 to talk to Harris “and make sure she understands the gravity of the situation” involving prosecutorial misconduct.

    Likewise, Harris’ top deputy was accused of sexually harassing a staffer while working for Harris at the California Department of Justice, costing the state $400,000 to settle the case.

    Now, as vice president, not only has Harris’ office been plagued by staff issues, but the vice president is scrutinized for her role as “Border Czar” leading the Biden administration’s efforts to solve the border crisis. Early in their term,  Biden designated Harris to address the migration challenges at the border after he initially rolled back several of his predecessor’s initiatives.

    Harris came under fire after she failed to visit the border for months after she was given the assignment. By the time she finally showed up in El Paso, untold tens of thousands had illegally crossed into the United States, many of them violent criminals and gang members.

    “Serving as our nation’s Border Czar, VP Harris has overseen the worst, unmitigated border security crisis in our lifetime. The data is irrefutable,” Mark Morgan, former Commissioner of Customs Border Protection under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, told Just the News….”

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/when-kamala-harris-put-charge-past-jobs-scandal-and-failure-often-follow

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  11. Just The News: “Just the News is seeking summary judgment in a lawsuit against an FDA secret database of vaccine injuries.

    “Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, the Plaintiff, John Solomon, moves for partial summary judgment on his request for expedited processing,” the filing reads. 

    Earlier this year, Just the News sued the Biden administration in federal court seeking to force the disclosure of COVID-19 safety data that is being kept outside the government’s normal adverse events reporting system.

    The lawsuit was filed in partnership with the America First Legal public interest law firm.

    Just the News asked the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to order the Department of Health and Human Services to comply with two Freedom of Information Act requests to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeking COVID-19 reactions data kept in a back-end, nonpublic system to the nation’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

    VAERS is the nation’s repository for all reports of patients suffering reactions or adverse events – up to and including death – after receiving vaccines.”

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  12. “The Law Biden & Harris Are Using to Push Trans — The Olympics opening ceremony leads me to ask – how are Biden and Kamala using the law to promote trans in kids?”

    Jul 28, 2024

    (Video/audio)

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “This scene from the opening ceremony of the Olympics has been shared everywhere and got me thinking about Biden and Harris promoting transgenderism – particularly in our youth. To my mind, pushing this in kids is beyond sick, but I was curious as to the legal mechanism they were using to justify the promotion of pro-trans policies.

    The reality is that there are more mechanisms being used under the law than I could possibly discuss in a single article, but one particular legal justification for promoting absurd policy does stand out – the delegation of power to the executive branch agencies through Congressional spending authority. Let me explain.

    The spending clause of the Constitution allows Congress to fund just about anything it chooses. That power is quite broad and the fact that Congress can print money – whether we have it or not – means that Congress frequently uses federal money as a carrot to manipulate America into acting however the majority party chooses.

    To ensure there is no political accountability for our brave congresspeople, a favorite trick to provide political cover for elected officials is to delegate power to executive branch agencies so they can act shocked when bureaucrats put forth absurd policies based on the money they’ve been given to spend. The elected officials hold hearings and yell about “those terrible bureaucrats” but then continue to pass funding bills (you know – like the omnibus bill passed earlier this year). This creates political cover for Congress while allowing bureaucrats, that are almost impossible to fire, to do the dirty work.

    The spending power of Congress has long been abused in this way but it’s hard to find a more profound example than in the realm of the trans issue. Only the most ardent and insane activists support promoting trans in kids but that has not stopped the bureaucrats from pushing it… with the Congressional wink and nod that occurs when funding continues their way.

    As I looked into this I found a wonderful, plain language, explanation of how this works in education from a case out of the Eastern District Court of Kentucky – Tennessee v. Cardona, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106559.

    Title IX was enacted as an exercise of Congress’ powers under the Spending Clause U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8, cl. 1. The Spending Clause gives Congress broad powers to “set the terms on which it disburses federal funds.” Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., 596 U.S. 212, 216, 142 S. Ct. 1562, 212 L. Ed. 2d 552 (2022). And “legislation enacted pursuant to the spending power is much in the nature of a contract: in return for federal funds, the [recipients] agree to comply with federally imposed conditions.” Id. (quoting Pennhurst State School and Hosp. v. Halderman, 451 U.S. 1, 17, 101 S. Ct. 1531, 67 L. Ed. 2d 694 (1981)). As with any contract, education institutions cannot “knowingly accept” funds from the federal government unless they would “‘clearly understand . . . the obligations’ that would come along with doing so.” Id. at 219 (quoting Arlington Cent. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Ed. v. Murphy, 548 U.S. 291, 296, 126 S. Ct. 2455, 165 L. Ed. 2d 526 (2006)). See also South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203, 207, 107 S. Ct. 2793, 97 L. Ed. 2d 171 (1987) (providing that Congress must state the conditions of receipt of federal funds “unambiguously” so that the states may “exercise their choice knowingly, cognizant of the consequences of their participation”).

    In this case the court ruled that gender identity and sex are not the same thing and so Title IX does not apply but the principle goes well beyond Title IX. It is worth noting that while Title IX remains free from the lie that sex and gender identity are the same, Title VII did not fair as well (though that idea is arguably ripe for another case).

    The use of the spending as a Constitutionally mandated mechanism for motivating states and people in general to conform to the ideals of our elected officials is not new and has been leveraged in every part of American life. The problem is that the spending carrot used to be limited by the taxing power of the government because we only used to spend what we could raise in tax money. Since we no longer care whether we can afford the policies our government is promoting, there is no constraint on bought off officials promoting absurd policies.

    This issue cannot be overstated and is fundamental to the breakdown of America. Because we print endless amounts of money without inhibition, it is now worth it for the ultra rich from around the world to buy off elected officials to promote absurd policies that will make the elite even richer. Spending millions in donations to PACs is absolutely worth it if the policies pushed as a result of that spending makes you billions and until elected officials are forced to have a more balanced budget we essentially have a situation whereby the global elite can count on their “investment” into PACs to assure they earn billions.

    Remember, an absurd policy supporting something like trans in kids or global warming makes people in specific industries money. While we the people may hate the policy, we now know that sufficient spending can buy elections so it simply comes down to the value of the policy from an investment standpoint.

    For example, let’s look at trans in kids:

    1. Costs to promote include things like PR campaigns, donations to political campaigns, media manipulation, online manipulation, etc.
    2. Profits come from selling drugs, medical interventions, weakening America generally (costs related to life-long health maintenance after transition intervention, mental health issues, counseling, and another likely less-productive citizen).
    3. The analysis then determines how much it is worth to spend to push trans in kids versus the profits and that is the amount that is spent.

    This article is a bit in the weeds but it is essential to understanding how law and economics interplay in American policy. As I said at the beginning of the article, there are many other mechanisms by which things like trans for kids are being pushed under the law but I thought this one was worth pointing out.

    We are at a point that unless we can control spending, and unless we can limit the money is politics our nation is lost. It is not if, but when. Also remember, this issue will be here when Trump leaves so even if you think he can fix the nation, unless part of that plan includes limiting money in politics or forcing a balanced budget, trust me when I say that the problem will continue.”

    Links to all the legal references: https://tomrenz.substack.com/p/the-law-biden-and-harris-are-using

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  13. “After Extensive Investigation, FBI Confirms JFK Was Struck By Bullet”

    U.S. · Jul 27, 2024 · BabylonBee.com

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    WASHINGTON D.C. — The FBI announced today that after an extensive investigation, the bureau has at last concluded that President John F. Kennedy was, in fact, struck by a bullet.

    “While we initially thought that Kennedy may have been hit by a piece of glass or perhaps an ill-timed spitwad, after sixty years of reviewing video footage, we now believe Kennedy’s head exploded due to being hit by a bullet,” explained FBI Director Christopher Wray. “Our crack team of investigators has been working around the clock for decades, and we are proud to have at last solved the mystery of what struck the man whose head exploded after a gun was shot at him.”

    According to sources, the case has stumped the FBI for years as agents sought to make sense of a gun being shot, bullets being recovered, and a man’s head being blown off. “I just can’t connect the dots here. What could have possibly hit Kennedy?” wrote retired Agent Dan Rogers, the previous lead investigator. “There’s this loud ‘bang’, a man with a gun, and a dead guy. Ah, the answer is so elusive. Think, Dan, think!”

    The breakthrough reportedly happened when a new investigator was brought in from outside the agency, who proposed a radical new theory that the bullet fired from the gun was directly connected to the head exploding. “My word, Johnson! You’ve untangled the web of mystery!” shouted an exuberant Director Wray. “A bullet! The riddle of what hits a man’s head after a bullet is shot at him from a rifle has at last been solved. To think, the answer has been right under our noses this whole time!”

    At publishing time, the FBI had retracted their conclusion saying it was still too early to tell for sure and would be a mistake to rush the decision.

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  14. “Kamala Admits She Can’t Remember If She Was In Charge Of Border As She Was Pretty Drunk These Last 4 Years And Honestly It’s All A Bit Hazy”

    Politics · Jul 27, 2024 · BabylonBee.com 

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    U.S. — After initially denying having anything to do with the border crisis, Vice President Kamala Harris admitted today that she may not be remembering correctly as she’s been really drunk the past four years straight, and it’s all a bit of a fog.

    “Honestly, I’ve been so wasted — who knows what I did the past four years,” said Harris, dumping another Tito’s shooter into her tumbler. “Border czar?? Whatever you say, man.”

    According to sources, Harris reflexively denied all responsibility for the border catastrophe as she had no memory of having ever visited the border. “I figured if I was responsible for the border I would have gone, like, once,” said Harris adding a wine cooler to her tumbler. “I guess I’ve been so blackout drunk for the past four years, I just don’t remember. Geez, it looks like it was pretty bad, huh?”

    With Biden stepping aside, the Vice President’s team has been reportedly explaining to her all of the jobs she did during the past administration while she was plastered. “Yes, you really did go to Europe to try to keep Ukraine from being invaded. No, it didn’t turn out well,” explained aide Regina Callahan. “Do you remember talking about yellow school buses? How about outer space? Oh man, we have a lot to cover.”

    At publishing time, Kamala had furiously argued that if she had twice been a presidential candidate, surely one person in the nation had voted for her – before again confessing that she’s been heavily inebriated the past decade and it’s possible she could be slightly off.

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  15. “Sodom And Gomorrah Set To Host 2028 Olympics”

    Sports · Jul 27, 2024 · BabylonBee.com

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    WORLD — In keeping with the Olympics’ commitment to sexual violence and Satan worship, the International Olympic Committee announced today that the 2028 games would be held in the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah.

    “They’re a natural fit for us,” explained Olympic Committee director Max Durgen. “Violent sexual debauchery forced upon unsuspecting visitors? Check. Openly mocking the Lord God? Check. They’ll be hard pressed to top Paris, but I think they’re up to the task.”

    According to sources, the Olympic Committee has sought to ensure that fun games between nations meant to promote peace and friendship also destroy the innocence of any children who might be watching. “If you’re not sexualizing a little kid who’s just trying to watch his country’s swim team, what are you even doing?” asked marketing chair Steph Reginald. “Everyone needs to see Jesus mocked when they’re wanting to watch gymnastics, and that mockery must include visible testicles. It’s what the Olympics are all about, and that’s why Sodom and Gomorrah will be the perfect host cities.”

    After years of being a pariah over their history of sexual violence, Sodom and Gomorrah have seen a dramatic change in fortune over the past decade. “People have really come around,” said Sodom mayor Bangs Magill. “We’re really excited to welcome so many visitors, and show them that famous Sodom hospitality we’re known for.”

    At publishing time, France had decided to give Sodom a run for its money by doing a closing ceremony featuring a live virgin sacrifice to Beelzebub.

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        1. i love stonework!
          where we used to live, a neighbor 2 doors up retired. and then to “keep himself” busy, he began to erect a stone wall in front of his property. My son would help him after school and they’d talk. we went by there on the last visit to Mom’s. stone wall is still there. low enough to “sit on and chat with the neighbors” as he wanted.

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  20. “I had never heard anything about this, but evidently, it’s a big thing over in India if you have too much money and nothing better to do with it – putting bizarre shit on top of your house. And it’s not normal kinda stuff. They put big liquor bottles, tanks, fish – all kinda crazy shit. Take a look at this article. It has a whole buncha pictures also…”

    Let’s do the Twist!!!

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      1. IIRC, our HomeEc classes in HS included the basics of $$$, such as handling a check book and bank account, charge accounts and interest.

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        1. as did ours…but the basics of the simple tax forms could be discussed with recommendations on events –like a death, inheritance, selling a home, etc and when to seek a professional.

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          1. That should all be taught at the senior level, IMO….when they are getting ready to leave HS and strike out on their own, whether that be college or trade school or working.

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  21. “Tater tots were invented in 1953 by brothers F. Nephi Grigg and Golden Grigg at their Ore-Ida food processing plant in Ontario, Oregon. The brothers were looking for a way to use excess potato shavings from making frozen french fries, which were originally sold as animal feed. They mashed the leftover potato pieces, cut them into cylinders, added flour and seasoning, and pushed the mixture through holes to create a shredded potato. The result was an affordable frozen food that became a convenience item for middle-class people and a staple in American school cafeterias. The full Tater story is here…”

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      1. Me, too! We had a huge garden of red potatoes when I was growing up. I used to have to take a can of turpentine up to the garden and pick off the potato bugs, dropping them into the can. I didn’t even use gloves! LOL – never was squeamish about bugs for the most part.

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  23. With the wind coming up and possible severe storms, I decided I needed to get that last t-post painted to support the trellis. Hopefully, it will be dry by later today and I can get it put up. I’ll have to bring out my ladder since it’s a taller t-post to hammer it into the ground.

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      1. So far, so good – still normal clouds instead of storm clouds, just a slight breeze, sprinkling now and then. I went out to hang up a suet block under the Trumpet vines and got sidetracked thinning them out. Of course, it was half-an-hour before I came inside! But it’s wonderfully cool – almost noon and still only 74!!!

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  24. NF: This one I don’t mind posting!

    Just The News: “The USA women’s gymnastics team had a strong showing on Sunday at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. The team’s strong showing occurred despite teammate Simone Biles suffering pain in her left calf, ESPN reported. Despite her pain, Biles signaled she was fine to perform and gave a session-high performance for her.

    Biles and Sunisa Lee finished their first day in the top two spots for all-around. Biles and Jade Carey took the top spots on bars. Although Biles had a poor showing in bars, placing eighth, she finished second on floor.

    On Sunday, Lee will lead on uneven bars, with Biles, Lee, and Jordan Chiles competing in the all-around for a chance to qualify for the finals on Thursday.”

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  25. “The Battlespace: On the Many Wars of Minds and Men”

    Burning Bright, Jul 28, 2024

    EXCERPT: “That’s our guy.

    There are twin images percolating in the Collective Mind in the current persuasion of the Info War, presenting a Bicameral look at the bifurcation between the False Reality represented by the ghost of Joe Biden and the reanimated corpse of the party he ostensibly represented right up until the moment even the corpse decided he was too virulent to continue to host, and Reality Prime (h/t Chris Paul) represented by the most consequential and, dare I say, victorious American image since Iwo Jima.

    You all know the one I’m talking about.

    This ongoing Bicameral has kicked off a new Battlespace in the American Mind, acting as both a Narrative and Actual inflection point that has drawn a key line of demarcation between what came before this month and its Actual (and failed) assassination attempt on the one president, and its metaphorical (and ironically successful) character and proxy assassination of the other … and what has followed in its wake with a furious and cascading abandon.

    And how do you sum that show up at present? Well, that’s what we’re here for …

    The current Battlespace in the Info War is being dominated by a convergence of some of the most seismic questions normieville has ever had to consider, including:

    Is the President alive?

    (Apparently, this one has been answered in a halting affirmative, which was about as reassuring to normieville as the halting endorsement of the very serpent whose seeming coup against him is playing out on the national stage, to bipartisan horror.)

    If he is alive (again, apparently, he is,) is he fit to serve out the remainder of his term?

    If not, what consequences might follow in the current sociopolitical and geopolitical zeitgeist?

    All of which is ignoring what remains the most pertinent, obvious (and easy to answer, on the Macro) question in the global zeitgeist:

    WHO tried to kill the most popular politician in the world two weeks ago?

    While these questions seem to be coming too late for the Truth Community, consider the fact that, to many normies, such questions seemed patently absurd to consider just a few short weeks ago. Now, they’re being forced to confront the possibility that the US is effectively a rudderless empire drifting in a sea of indecision, infighting and international strife while New Allies they’ve been told are the New Axis circle on the edges of the game bord.

    And it is a game, my friends…..”

    https://burningbright.substack.com/p/the-battlespace

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  26. Sunday Strip: Trust in The Socialist Agenda — It’s “the Science – TM”

    Robert W Malone MD, MS, Jul 28, 2024

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  29. I dedicate the next two memes to my wife, Jill – who never has less than four thoughts all going on, all at the same time.

    Sometimes, it is hard to keep up with her brain…

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      1. Those first 2 could apply to me, too! I’m rarely only doing one thing – usually at least 3! But I expect I’m much more scatterbrained than his wife is and more easily distracted! LOL

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        1. oh me too!
          I went to the pantry the other day to get a new bottle of ketchup for hubby. i opened the doors and starting rearranging it so i could find the ketchup. in the process i found a package of batteries that fell behind a shampoo bottle that i grabbed and put in the upstairs bathroom and then i remembered i bought the batteries for my flashlight i used so much during the power outage–so i replaced those and them grabbed the ketchup bottle and went back out to hubby who had already finished what he was eating…lol

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              1. I’m lucky there – my Sis would get along! She just has such a droll way of saying things, never raising her voice, and it hits you about 3-5 seconds in…..and you can’t help but bust out laughing! And there’s no lack of salty language, let me tell you!

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  30. so I just spent almost an hour looking for a part to the tractor. hubby thought it came off yesterday when he was mowing at the bottom of the driveway. an “o” ring doodad…
    without it, the 2 arms of the thing-y in the back is not in sync. (hope that’s not too technical for you)…lol
    so now because of that and for some reason a problem with the mower deck, we need to have them pick it up and fix…sigh

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    1. I can’t explain the technicalities either but I do know about “O” rings – tiniest little part can shut down the whole program! And it isn’t usually very big – probably need a magnifying glass! LOL

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  32. “Breitbart has a feature article this morning that describes – in a way – how this woman thinks. Well, actually that’s kinda hard to do because her thinking is so outside the box it almost doesn’t even make sense to her.” 

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  39. just got off the phone with my son. they found house sitters for their dogs when they go on their cruise. they met the couple–Spanish lesbians–and the dogs really seemed to like them. they came from a company so they had references. we’ll see if they made a wise choice.

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  45. Sis just called…Mom is on her way to the ER again – this time, her blood sugar got really high and a neighbor took her. She is ok, Sis talked to her, but Chris and Jerry are at the airport in Omaha so I may have to scoot….if I disappear, that’s why.

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  46. 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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