Maryland State Bird: Baltimore Oriole

Nature, State Animals 3 Minutes

Baltimore Orioles measure 7 – 8 1/2 inches long. The male bird is black with orange underparts, rump, shoulders, and sides of the tail. His wings have 2 white wing bars. The female Baltimore Oriole looks quite different than the male. She is olive above, and yellowish below with 2 white wing bars. This particular Oriole bird is found east of the Rockies.

The breeding season begins in late April to early May. The males arrive 2 or 3 days before the females and begin claiming their territories. You’re likely to hear them singing from treetops in their effort to attract a mate. Their singing is almost constant until they mate with a female. Unlike the Northern Mockingbird though, these birds do not sing at night. Generally, any singing late in the season is from unmated or immature birds. Once the birds have found a mate they defend their territory and begin nesting.

The female selects a site for the nest, usually in a deciduous tree, often a tall one. Orioles prefer trees such as Elm, Cottonwood, or Maples to build their nest. The nest is typically located at the end of a branch, which provides some protection against predators. The female gathers materials for the nest, which can include plant, animal, and even human-made materials. This often includes grass, bark, hair, and twine. She may also use spider silk as a binding agent. The female weaves the nest, creating a small cup shape. She starts by weaving a loop around a twig. Then she weaves additional material, including long grasses and strips of bark, in and out of the loop. The weaving process can take as long as a week.

Once the basic structure is complete, the female lines the inside of the nest with soft materials, such as plant down, fur, or feathers, to provide a comfortable and warm environment for the eggs and chicks. The outside of the nest is often decorated with gray and white lichen, which helps to camouflage it against the tree. Nest can be anywhere from 6 to 90 feet above the ground.

While it’s quite common for them to return each year to the same territory, they will not use the same nest. They often take parts of the old nest to build a new one, so you may see them at the old nest site. Bird watchers will find the best viewing of the Baltimore Oriole’s nest when the leaves are off the trees. You’ll see them at the end of branches high in shade trees.

The preferred habitat of Orioles is in open woodlands of deciduous trees near parks, gardens, and suburban settings. In this tightly woven hanging nest, the female lays 3 to 6 pale blue with dark marks eggs. Incubation of the eggs is done by the female with the male always close by and watching. Incubation will last 12 to 14 days and the young birds will leave the nest in 12 to 14 days after hatching.

Baltimore Orioles nest only once each season and do not use birdhouses. Cowbirds have a difficult time laying eggs in the Oriole’s nest but still do. Orioles can tell the difference between their eggs and Cowbird’s eggs. Either the Oriole will eat the Cowbird’s eggs, or eject them from the nest.

The main diet of the Baltimore Oriole consists of insects, fruits, and flower nectar. At the feeding station orange halves or grape jelly placed in a shallow bowl will draw them in. Another option is by providing a sugar-water mixture. 1 part sugar to 4 parts water. No need to boil the sugar-water mixture. Replace often during hot weather.

Often we’re asked “What happened to our Oriole birds”? “They were here every day eating our oranges and grape jelly and now they’re gone”. The simple answer is that Orioles often disappear from feeders because they switch to a protein-rich diet while nesting and feeding their young to ensure healthy growth. This means they are hunting insects instead of visiting your feeders. They also may have started migrating south. Don’t worry, sometimes the adults will bring their young to the feeders once they’ve left the nest. So be prepared for a return after a 4-week absence.

Spring migration begins in April when male Baltimore Orioles begin to arrive at their breeding grounds roughly East of the Rockies. The winter migration to the South can begin as early as July, which is much earlier than most species. Still, you may see some Orioles well into September or a little later in their Southern range.

SOURCE: WILD-BIRD-WATCHING.COM

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  1. Good morning, Pat and Filly,

    I’ve never seen a Baltimore Oriole in N FL or S GA – but they do come down this way for the winter.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_oriole#/media/File:Icterus_galbula_map.svg

    It’s early voting time in our N FL city – we have paper ballot with valid certified* ID required. 

    My voting location is the library branch that I normally use. Will go around 10 am after the morning rush is over. 

    *FL residents have to prove their identity and all name changes from birth in order to have a valid ID and driver license. To do so, I had to get a copy of my birth certificate from the archives of my birth state, and document all name changes from birth with marriage licenses.

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    1. Still no rain in sight in the Deep Southeast. Lows 59-61 – Highs 82-85 – low humidity. I’m watering the grass and front bed only – every several days.

      Haven’t put the swing and rocker back on the porch – maybe I’ll do it early to mid November.

      Not planting pansies or anything else this year – since I’m gone so much it would die of neglect or get overgrown with weeds. Going to till in the vinca and torenia and then mulch down the bed and just pull the winter weeds as they crop up. Stubborn nutgrass and dollar weed have gotten into the lawn and flower bed and need to be dug and sprayed – but I don’t have much time or energy to keep up the yard.

      Have to decide what to do about the house and/or the apartment next door to Sally. Age and foot condition may figure into that decision.

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    2. Morning GA!

      wow…I don’t know that I’d have all those name changes certificates any more. With all that, I can see why Florida is suing DOJ to help clean the voter rolls of illegals. they are making a big effort to keep Floridians identified and then the gov’t thumbs their noses at helping rid the rolls of illegals.
      Filly brought orioles to my attention. I hang my hummer feeder chains out in early spring before i ever put the feeders out and i would get orioles hanging on those chains. she told me to put out some jelly and they would eat it. so i did, and they do! and they sit on the railing and sing too!

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    3. Morning, GA! IIRC, I had to do the same the first time I voted in VA (after 9/11) but it was easier for me since I had to gather all those documents when I enlisted in the WAC back in ’76. I had to provide it again when I registered here in NE. Since I keep everything forever…..I still have all that documentation. And it will all go into a dumpster somewhere when I die.

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    1. Morning, Pat! We got a teensy bit of rain last night – temp is 48 this morning and it’s super foggy. The usual with Wheezer. All ok with the furnace so far.

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        1. It’s always been wonky…..I’ll clear them here then go to M’s and the recent comments are still highlighted. But I’ve not seen any difference yet this morning.

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    1. Harrison

      Harrison

      October 22, 2024 1:26 am

      Shenanigans again…

      Here We Go Again 🚨 Schaumburg, Illinois Not Recording Votes, Just putting votes “in a box”

      “Well, so much for early voting. Their scanner’s broken, and they said, don’t worry. We’ll just put it in the box, and we’ll make sure we scan them all tonight, uh, when everybody leaves” pic.twitter.com/TXDXLjg5nm

      — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 22, 2024

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  14. get ready for more tornadoes, hurricanes–maybe some fires too. large lithium deposit found in Arkansas

    FTA

    Researchers said in a recent article that Arkansas may have 19 million tons of lithium, which is used in rechargeable batteries for important products like phones and electric cars.

    The researchers said in their article released last month in the journal Science Advances they had “calculated that there are 5.1 to 19 million tons of lithium in Smackover Formation brines in southern Arkansas,” making up “35 to 136% of the current US lithium resource estimate.”

    According to a Monday release from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “the Smackover Formation is a relic of an ancient sea that left an extensive, porous, and permeable limestone geologic unit that extends under parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.”

    https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4945872-arkansas-19-million-tons-lithium-battery-power/amp/

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  17. Logansport, Indiana schools have so many illegals in them, native born kids are having to leave school and find on line solutions. the non English “students” require so much attention, that the other students are being ignored…and their parents–the taxpayers–are on the hook for the illegals’ education. why the big influx? could it be the Tyson plant there?
    FTA
    If you read the article, which includes a number of testimonies from local residents, it sure sounds like the people of Logansport are very clear on who they blame (Kamala Harris and Joe Biden), and they’re looking to President Trump to clean this mess up—Martin just sounds like a Democrat who doesn’t actually represent the citizens he’s supposed to serve.

    After all, he played a role in foisting more than ten thousand third world migrants onto the backs of the working class of Logansport; but why did he do it? Why import foreigners whose presence is nothing but a detriment to the people who already live there?

    If you didn’t know, there is a Tyson Foods plant in Logansport, and Tyson is notorious for firing Americans and replacing them with foreigners, so I have to wonder: How many of these migrants are now working at the local plant? Is Martin getting any sort of kickback for bringing in workers?

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/local_kids_forced_out_of_public_schools_to_make_room_for_the_migrants.html

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  18. Just The News: “A nearly year-long investigation into ActBlue, a Democratic Party online donation platform, alleges a large number of suspicious donations have been made, resulting in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton petitioning the Federal Election Commission to get involved.

    On Monday, Paxton petitioned the FEC to consider implementing new regulations to prevent straw donations from being made on online political fundraising platforms. Since launching the investigation, Paxton said it’s been publicly reported that potentially fraudulent transactions have occurred on political committee online platforms.

    “Certain platforms appear to facilitate straw donor transactions, where a contributor disguises his identity by attributing his contribution to another, unaware person,” the petition states. Alleged straw donations are being made through the use of prepaid credit cards, which he says “are a favorite tool of fraudsters.”

    Paxton’s office launched an investigation into ActBlue in December to determine if the platform’s operations were compliant with all applicable laws. In response to the investigation, Act Blue implemented a new measure in August requiring donors using credit cards to provide “CVV” codes. Paxton says this alone isn’t enough to prevent straw political donations from being made.

    The OAG’s investigation says it found a large number of suspicious donations that were made “through obscured identities and untraceable means,” necessitating FEC action. Through the use of prepaid cards it “appears that straw donations are systematically being made using false identities, through untraceable payment methods,” Paxton said.

    Texas’ FEC petition includes partially redacted findings from the OAG’s investigation and recommends that the FEC implement regulations to close fundraising loopholes “that jeopardize American election integrity.” The FEC previously considered implementing such regulations, which ActBlue vocally opposed.

    ActBlue’s opposition “is no longer tenable” in light of Texas’ investigation, Paxton said. “If not corrected by the FEC, bad actors can – with trivial ease – illegally funnel foreign money into American elections, exceed political contribution limits, and more.”

    “Our investigation into ActBlue has uncovered facts indicating that bad actors can illegally interfere in American elections by disguising political donations,” Paxton said. “It is imperative that the FEC close off the avenues we have identified by which foreign contributions or contributions in excess of legal limits could be unlawfully funneled to political campaigns, bypassing campaign finance regulations and compromising our electoral system. I am calling on the FEC to immediately begin rulemaking to secure our elections from any criminal actors exploiting these vulnerabilities.”

    ActBlue says it’s raised more than $15.8 billion online since 2004. In the third quarter of fiscal 2024, it says “6.9 million unique donors gave over 31 million contributions to 18,396 campaigns and organizations, totaling over $1.5 billion.”

    “This quarter was the largest in ActBlue history,” it said. Donors gave small amounts totaling $4.2 million to pro-abortion organizations in the quarter, a more than 208% increase from Q3 of 2020. They also gave small amounts totaling more than $5 million to pro-gun control groups, a 48% increase from the same period in 2020, it says.

    ActBlue notes that 67.4% of all contributions were made with a saved payment method or digital wallet; 71.8% were made from a mobile device, a 14.8% increase from the third fiscal quarter of 2020.

    “The record-breaking surge of small-dollar donations in Q3 2024 has clearly demonstrated the power of grassroots energy in shaping America’s political landscape,” ActBlue said. “As the Democratic Party heads into the final stretch of the campaign, these contributions are fueling races across the country, from local contests to the presidential election. Democrats are positioned to fight for victory in November, driven by this commitment and enthusiasm.”

    Last month, U.S. House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. raised concerns with the Treasury Secretary that ActBlue was being used to evade campaign finance laws, The Center Square reported. The federal and Texas investigations were launched after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, demanded answers from the FEC in April 2023 about ActBlue’s “schemes to garner illegal campaign donations.”

    Rubio cited reports saying that “numerous individuals, including senior citizens, have purportedly donated to ActBlue thousands of times a year” but many “had no idea that their names and addresses were being used to give thousands of dollars in political donations, with most of these ‘donations’ going to ActBlue. It should come as no surprise that ActBlue serves as a vessel for fraud, considering the intentional lack of security engrained within their donation processes and systems.”

    Over the last several months, ActBlue has argued that small donations represent “a new standard for grassroots political engagement. Donors from across the nation showed incredible generosity and a new sense of energy and momentum in electing Democrats up and down the ballot.”

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  19. Just The News: “The Supreme Court on Monday rejected former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s appeal to bring back his civil rights claim against the former president, who is now the GOP presidential nominee. He was seeking damages from Trump and others for his imprisonment in 2020.

    Cohen, who has been disbarred in New York, had argued he was targeted for writing a tell-all book about Trump. Cohen was Trump’s personal attorney from 2006 to 2018.

    In August 2018, he pleaded guilty to eight counts, including campaign-finance violations as well as tax and bank fraud. Three months later, he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. In December 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. 

    The high court’s reason for dismissing the case Tuesday was not provided, which is standard practice for the court.”

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  20. Just The News: “Some judges are finding themselves in hot water over their posts on social media platforms. Judges in two states, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have recently faced punishment from ethics panels, which are stepping up their monitoring of social media content.

    In early October, Bergen County Superior Court Judge Gary Wilcox was suspended for three months after he published TikTok videos of himself lip-syncing explicit songs. The videos Wilcox posted resulted in an ethics complaint, given that the music referenced “violence, sex, and misogyny,” according to the text of the complaint.

    Judge Mark Cohen, a Philadelphia judge, was suspended earlier this month for 3 months due to his political posts on social media. Sam Stretton, Cohen’s lawyer, said that he plans to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court. Cohen has apparently continued to post about politics after his suspension, according to news reports.

    “No other case in the history of the Court of Judicial Discipline has involved such defiance post decision,” ruled the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline. “People appearing before judges deserve fair, unprejudiced jurists to weigh their cases.”

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  21. These info-loaded posts about animals and plants tell us amateur-everything people about nature’s intelligence, and how we can support the ones we like, or discourage those we don’t want around. In my younger days, I hung bird feeders, humingbird feeders, but now am busy removing them all, because of my deteriorating personal abilities, interest, and ability to sit still long enough to appreciate the benefits of bird watching.

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  22. EXCERPT: “…..But Democrats and the Left are silent in light of actual voter suppression that happened in the 2022 election, when many Pennsylvanians in Luzerne County showed up to vote in the morning, only to be told there were no more paper ballots available to cast their votes.

    At least 40 polling places did not have the minimum number of ballots required by state law. When paper ballots ran out shortly after voting began, election officials and poll workers directed voters to come back later.

    Some voters were improperly directed to vote via provisional ballot, which are only used when election officials cannot verify an individual’s qualifications to vote.

    The Court of Common Pleas took the extraordinary measure of keeping the polls open until 10:00 PM after finding that “[v]oters in Luzerne County through no fault of their own, were disenfranchised and denied the fundamental right to vote.”

    William French is a disabled U.S. Army veteran who attempted to vote at his polling place twice on Election Day. Both times, he was told to return later because there were no ballots available. French was unable to return to his polling place for a third time due to the risks associated with navigating the route from his house to the polling place at night.

    Melynda Anne Reese is the primary caregiver for her husband, who recently suffered serious health issues. As a result, Reese is unable to leave him unattended for extended periods of time. Reese attempted to vote three times on Election Day. Each time, she was told to return later because there were not enough ballots available. Reese was contacted at 9:15 PM to let her know that ballots were finally available, but she could not leave her husband unattended to attempt to vote for a fourth time.

    The very simple matter of providing enough paper for ballots apparently fell by the wayside, resulting in disenfranchised voters in a swing state and a potential swing county.

    Where was Biden to cry voter suppression? Where was the Democrats’ unlimited dark money-funded election law consigliere, Marc Elias, to file a case? The fact is the Left and Democrats did not care, as most of the affected voters in Luzerne County were Republicans. 

    The Center for Election Confidence (CEC) funded a lawsuit by French and Reese against Luzerne County for depriving them of the right to vote and to make sure such failures at the ballot box are not repeated in 2024, or ever again.

    After 18 months of legal action, Luzerne County agreed to a court settlement under French v. County of Luzerne and agreed to pay $30,000 in legal fees in addition to setting up a series of detailed policies and procedures to ensure proper material procurement and staff training before all subsequent elections.

    The lawsuit was necessary because the problems of Luzerne County are not a one-off for Election Day ballot shortages. Similar “voting irregularities” occurred during the gubernatorial races in New Jersey in 2021 and Mississippi in 2023. In both cases, it was Republican voters who were impacted….”

    https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2024/10/22/an-important-legal-win-for-pennsylvania-voters-and-hopefully-a-notice-for-the-rest-of-the-country-n2180891

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  23. “New Zealand gun owners disarmed for thoughtcrimes — Americans can no longer afford to say, “It can never happen here.”

    Lee Williams, Oct 22, 2024

    (Photo from licensed Shutterstock account).

    “Sixty-two New Zealand gun owners had their firearm licenses revoked, not for anything they said or did, but for what they allegedly believed.

    The 62 licensees must now surrender their firearms. None were ever charged with a crime. Instead, New Zealand government officials accused them — and more than a thousand others who did not own firearms — of being “under the influence of sovereign citizen ideologies,” which stress the illegitimacy of the national government.

    These types of anti-government beliefs, according to the New Zealand newspaper Waikato Times, violate the “fit and proper person” clause as defined by New Zealand law, which is a requirement for anyone who applies for or possesses a firearm license.

    The New Zealanders who allegedly harbored anti-government views were discovered though a national intelligence operation known as “Operation Belfast,” which targeted ordinary citizens and was orchestrated by New Zealand police. To be clear, officials took the guns based solely on what the licensees may have believed.

    For law-abiding American gun owners, the Kiwis’ plight should serve as a stark reminder of the dangers of firearm registration, especially when coupled with a government that doesn’t care about an individual’s inherent rights, such as the right of their citizens to defend themselves and their families.

    Vice President Kamala Harris has praised Australian gun control, which is somewhat more restrictive than that of New Zealand. Australia’s “mandatory buyback” netted more than 700,000 individual firearms. Harris has repeatedly called for a “mandatory buyback” of American firearms, which is nothing more than forced confiscation by armed government agents. However, in order for Harris’ confiscation plan to work, it would have to be preceded by national registration of the firearms she finds objectionable, namely ARs, AKs and other extremely popular semi-automatics.

    “I support a mandatory buyback program,” Harris has said during numerous interviews.

    Other comments show she is not concerned about time-honored constitutional protections that shield law-abiding Americans from government intrusion and overreach.

    “Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not going to walk into that home and check to see if you’re being responsible and safe in the way you conduct your affairs,” she has said.

    George Orwell, in his dystopian classic “1984,” defined thoughtcrimes as thinking in ways the ruling party does not approve. He was only off by 40 years.”

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  24. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/21/trump-income-tax-plans-exempt-93-million-americans-harris-election.html

    EXCERPT: “Former President Donald Trump’s tax reform ideas could offer total or partial income tax exemptions to roughly 93.2 million Americans, a meaningful chunk of the U.S. electorate, according to CNBC’s analysis of several estimates.

    As part of his economic pitch to voters, Trump has floated a sweeping tax overhaul, including a slate of income tax breaks.

    So far, the Republican presidential nominee has officially proposed eliminating income tax on tips and Social Security benefits, along with overtime pay. And last week, in an interview on the sports media site OutKick, Trump said he would consider tax exemptions for firefighters, police officers, military personnel and veterans.

    These exemptions are part of Trump’s larger vision to transition away from the income tax system and replace it with the revenue he says would be generated by his hardline tariff proposals.

    “In the old days when we were smart, when we were a smart country, in the 1890s and all, this is when the country was relatively the richest it ever was. It had all tariffs. It didn’t have an income tax,” Trump said at a sit-down with voters in New York on Friday for “Fox & Friends.” “Now we have income taxes, and we have people that are dying.”

    Trump has pledged to impose a 20% universal tariff on all imports from all countries with a specific 60% rate for Chinese imports. — CNBC

    Our Take: “There is a way.”

    This was Donald Trump’s response to a question about whether or not it’s possible for the US to abolish ALL Federal Taxes, “once the country is back on its feet.”

    What I believe we’re seeing out of Trump’s financial narrative deployments of late is the seeding of the ultimate Reverse Hegelian Dialectic, which was summed up in his epic sit-down with the fiat vampire protectorate class represented by Bloomberg and WSJ in which he said, “you people have been wrong about [currency] your whole lives.”

    When Trump announced his “No Tax on Tips” plan, and followed it up with “No Tax on Loans,” only to follow THAT up with “No Tax on Police, Fire and MIL,” while taking jabs at taxation as a concept, he’s engaging in mass psychological game theory.

    If and when Trump starts to roll back these ancillary taxes, those who have NOT received the breaks will demand them. And Trump will oblige. He’s forcing the old system to justify its existence. It’s failing. And it’s afraid. — Burning Bright

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  25. took somethings upstairs and now that it is light out, I can see the bear(s) tore down the grapevine fencing again. sigh. they ate all the grapes last time. whatever could they want in there now? LOL

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  26. Even MORE of OUR money!!!!

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pentagon-chief-visits-ukraine-unveils-new-aid-package-ahead-us-election

    “Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Ukraine’s capital by train on an unannounced visit Monday, at a moment Ukraine’s forces are getting steadily pushed back in the east, and as President Zelensky expresses frustration at the lack of large-scale new military aid.

    “It’s been absolutely remarkable that Ukraine has been able to do what it’s done,” Austin told reporters as he went into Ukraine Sunday night. “It’s been able to do that, of course, because of the fact that we have supported them from the very beginning, and we’ve rallied some 50 countries to be a part of that support.”

    In Kiev, Austin announced $400 million in new arms for Ukraine but did not acquiesce to the Ukrainians’ main ask – the greenlight to strike Russia with US-supplied weapons.

    The Wall Street Journal also emphasized of the package, “It was one of the smaller aid packages the Biden administration has announced and included no new types of weapons systems.” — ZeroHedge

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  27. In cases such as this, the PARENTS need to be held responsible!!!

    EXCERPT: “A group of five girls in Washington, D.C., beat an elderly disabled man to death last year because they were “bored” and looking for something to do, one of the assailants testified in court on Tuesday. The girls, who range in age from 12 to 15 years old, are accused of killing 64-year-old Reggie Brown in a random attack in the nation’s capital almost exactly one year ago.

    According to a news release from the Metropolitan Police Department, Fourth District officers at about 12:54 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, responded to the 6200 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest, in connection with reports of a “man down.”

    Upon arriving, first responders said they located an adult male — later identified as Brown — suffering from injuries “consistent with an assault.” Medical personnel pronounced Brown dead at the scene.

    The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and determined Brown’s manner of death to be a homicide and the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head.

    Investigators in late March arrested a 12-year-old female and two 13-year-old females in connection with the attack. All three juveniles, whose names are not being released due to their ages, were charged with second-degree murder….

    ————-

    Per the report, the 15-year-old told jurors that the five girls had been at a skate park in Maryland before returning to her home. While looking for something else to do, the juvenile witness said she suggested they go out and “find someone to beat up.”

    Asked why she would suggest such a thing, the teen reportedly responded, “Because we were bored.” While walking on Georgia Avenue, the 15-year-old said the group came across Brown, who was already being attacked by an unknown adult male wearing a blue coat who then approached the girls, area NBC affiliate WRC reported.

    “He pushed (Mr. Brown) to the ground,” the 15-year-old reportedly testified. “He then walked up to us, and I asked him why he was beating him up.”

    “What did he say?” prosecutors asked the teen.

    “I don’t remember what he said,” she reportedly responded. “I asked if we could help. He said yes.”

    The 15-year-old testified that she did not know the identity of the man in the blue coat.

    One of the defendants reportedly recorded the attack on her cellphone, which showed several of the girls stomping on Brown’s head and lashing him with his own belt. Following the beating, the girls reportedly appeared to celebrate….

    ————

    If found guilty, the two teens currently on trial face a maximum possible sentence of secured detention until they reach age 21.

    During Tuesday’s proceedings, D.C. Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs said that in addition to the 15-year-old girl, one of the remaining two juvenile defendants had also pleaded guilty in connection with the fatal attack, though it was not immediately clear what charge she pleaded to, WRC reported.”

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      1. The only bumper stickers I’ve ever had were for the Huskers and I have a flyer in my window of an eagle crying in front of the US flag. Other than that, I have no bumper stickers now.

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  30. Gov. Sanders talking on Fox about school choice – I don’t understand this drive for the US to be “the global leader” in literally everything! Why must we be the global leader??? It’s strictly about power and we know these POS politicians LOVE power! Frankly, I don’t GAS whether we are the “global leader!”

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  31. These days, the first thing that comes to mind is Diddy – you have to wonder…..

    Just The News: “New York prosecutors announced Tuesday that Mike Jeffries, former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, was arrested on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges in West Palm Beach, Florida, along with two associates. 

    Matthew Smith of West Palm Beach and James Jacobson of Wisconsin were also arrested.

    The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York is expected to hold a press conference about the situation at noon Tuesday. Jeffries served as CEO of the company from 1992 to 2014.” 

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  32. GGGGGggggrrrrrrrrrrr
    October 22, 2024 10:00 am

    Washington Free Beacon review of Harris’s work finds instances of plagiarism extend beyond her book Smart on Crime
    … With just two weeks to go until Election Day, the new examples could undercut key parts of the Harris campaign’s message as it navigates a tightening race. Harris has sought to portray herself as the candidate of honesty and integrity, in part by touting her record of prosecuting child sex crimes.

    But as California attorney general, she didn’t just copy boilerplate language without attribution. In one of the lengthier passages reviewed by Free Beacon, she lifted a fictionalized story about a victim of sex trafficking—and presented it as a real case.

    The story came from Polaris Project, a nonprofit that runs the National Human Trafficking Hotline. By June 2012, the project had posted a series of vignettes on its website that were “representative of the types of calls” the hotline receives and “meant for informational purposes only,” according to an archived webpage. To preserve confidentiality, the project said, key details like “names, locations, and other identifying information” had been changed. But in November 2012, Harris included one of those vignettes in a report she published on the state of human trafficking in California. Though she said that the story was “courtesy of” the hotline, she copied it verbatim and did not acknowledge that it contained fictionalized material.

    https://freebeacon.com/democrats/kamala-harris-plagiarized-pages-of-congressional-testimony-from-a-republican-colleague-plus-a-fictionalized-story-about-human-trafficking/

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  33. Robert F. Kennedy Jr

    @RobertKennedyJr

    Fast Food is a part of American culture. But that doesn’t mean it has to be unhealthy, and that we can’t make better choices. Did you know that McDonald’s used to use beef tallow to make their fries from 1940 until phasing it out in favor of seed oils in 1990? This switch was made because saturated animal fats were thought to be unhealthy, but we have since discovered that seed oils are one of the driving causes of the obesity epidemic. Interestingly enough, this began to drastically rise around the same time fast food restaurants switched from beef tallow to seed oils in their fryers. People who enjoy a burger with fries on a night out aren’t to blame, and Americans should have every right to eat out at a restaurant without being unknowingly poisoned by heavily subsidized seed oils. It’s time to Make Frying Oil Tallow Again 🇺🇸🍔

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  34. ….sigh….the black calico hadn’t shown up for a few days since I was bringing the food inside after Wheezer ate his tuna. I was hopeful that she wouldn’t be back so I put the dry food out again because he does come back now and then thru the day to eat. Considering his dark color that matches the floor mat in front of the door, he doesn’t catch my eye and I don’t even see him most of the time. I’m focused on my computer or the TV.

    Shudda known….not 10 minutes later, I looked up and there she is, chowing down! Of course, when I step outside, she freaks and searches high and low for the way out – running right past the doggie door she just came in – hitting the screen door, climbing the window screens, running from one end of the patio to the other, knocking things over as she goes. I took the spray bottle out but she simply couldn’t find the opening. Finally, I just propped the screen door open and chased her back down that direction. Soooo….the food is back inside.

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  35. I decided I’m going to check into getting state assistance for an energy efficiency program in my house. I would think that my income is low enough to at least get some help with insulating the house. Then my furnace wouldn’t have to work so hard. I’ve contacted them and left a message – can’t hurt to at least try anyway.

    If I could just get some insulation installed, that would make a huge difference. I know the ceiling crawlspace is insulated (altho probably waaay out of date now) but there is basically no insulation in the walls nor in the basement crawlspace. I also had a ridge vent installed when I had the new roof put on so I could eliminate all those vent pipes on the roof.

    The plumbers ripped it all out on the undercarriage when they redid the plumbing – at a minimum, that needs to be redone and re-sealed. I hired a local guy to put some regular pink insulation under there but it wasn’t much.

    As for the walls…..unless there is a way to blow it in, I would think it would require removing all the wood siding…..again, talking a lot of $$$ for that. All of my interior walls are cold to the touch in cold weather so I doubt there’s much there in the first place.

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          1. I promise – we won’t freeze to death! If it came down to that, I’d climb down off my high horse and ask my friend, Patty, first – she inherited a ton of $$$ from her family’s TX farm & oil fields.

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  37. 1931 Ford Model A Hotrod – A/C – V-8

    1929 Ford Model A

    1937 Ford 350 4spd Muncie Old School Hot Rod

    1940 Ford Convertible

    NF: IDR posting these before – I think I passed them over yesterday in favor of the before/after pics. If not, ooops! LOL

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  42. EARLY VOTING was crazy – lots of cars – long line.

    NOT ONE TRUMP SIGN or supporter – no local Republican candidate had supporters with signs either.

    The local radical leftist female Democrat had lots of people holding signs.

    Very strange.

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  43. Just The News: “The lawyer who first represented star Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson before the Democrat-led select committee has filed a bar complaint against Liz Cheney for communicating with his client without his knowledge. 

    The complaint to the D.C. Bar from lawyer Stefan Passantino and his attorneys at America First Legal follows a Just the News report that then-GOP Congresswoman Cheney covertly communicated with Hutchinson on the Signal app without her lawyer as the witness was planning further testimony before the Jan. 6 Select Committee. 

    Passantino previously told Just the News he did not authorize the contacts with Cheney, vice chairwoman of the committee, and was not aware of them until reached for comment. Now he is urging the bar to conduct an ethics probe into the former congresswoman. 

    The messages were originally uncovered by GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk’s House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, which is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the security failures on Jan. 6 and the subsequent partisan investigation. 

    “The Subcommittee’s report is shocking, and indicates that Elizabeth Cheney clearly communicated with Mr. Passantino’s client without his knowledge or approval,” America First Legal Executive Director Gene Hamilton said in a statement. “The damage done to his reputation and to his career based on these communications is indescribable, and it appears to have all been driven by former Representative Cheney.” 

    He also said: “Mr. Passantino deserves justice and we have asked that the bar investigate Representative Cheney’s conduct that appears to be in clear violation of the rules governing attorneys.”

    DC Bar Complaint_Passantino.pdf

    Loudermilk, chairman of the oversight subcommittee, previously told Just the News that the messages were evidence that Cheney defied her ethical responsibilities and may have been the impetus for Hutchinson to switch lawyers. 

    “Our investigation has uncovered unethical back-channel communications between former Rep. Liz Cheney and Cassidy Hutchinson just before Hutchinson changed her sworn testimony,” Loudermilk said. “Not only is communicating with a witness without their attorney present unethical, it undermines the integrity of an investigation.

    “As a licensed attorney, Liz Cheney would have known the ethical and legal issues with this communication,” he also said. “Clearly, Cheney did not want Stefan Passantino representing Hutchinson; as shortly after Cheney and Hutchinson began communicating, Cheney convinced Hutchinson to fire Passantino, and arranged for a new attorney to represent Hutchinson pro-bono.”

    Hutchinson, who was a key aide to Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, was a first hand witness to many of the events of Jan. 6 from the perspective of the White House. 

    After firing Passantino, Hutchinson would go on to testify to the committee again, altering several components of her original testimony and providing new accounts that would feature prominently in the final report, including some that were disputed by other witnesses. Several of the new narratives were documented by Just the News. Hutchinson explained her revisions in part by claiing Passantino pressured her to stay loyal to Trump, which he has denied. 

    One was the now infamous story about how then-President Trump allegedly grabbed the wheel of the presidential vehicle in anger after the Secret Service allegedly refused to take him to the Capitol. Though this claim was directly refuted by the driver of the vehicle, the Democrat-led Jan. 6 Committee credited that information in its final report as being credible.

    American First Legal argues that Passantino “has suffered tremendous damages” because of Cheney’s alleged violation of bar rules. The legal foundation is requesting the bar launch an investigation into the alleged offenses. 

    Cheney is a licensed lawyer in Washington, D.C., where the DC Bar rules state unequivocally that “a lawyer shall not communicate or cause another to communicate about the subject of the representation with a person known to be represented by another lawyer in the matter, unless the lawyer has the prior consent of the lawyer representing such other person or is authorized by law or a court order to do so.”

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  44. The library called to tell me Hillbilly Elegy had been returned so I picked it up. I’ll let you know what I think after I read it.

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  48. “Bill Gates to Stand Trial in Netherlands in COVID Vaccine Injury Lawsuit

    A Netherlands court last week ruled that Bill Gates can stand trial in the Netherlands, in a case involving seven people injured by COVID-19 vaccines. Other defendants include Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, and the Dutch state.”

    by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., October 22, 2024

    bill gates and gavel and covid vaccine bottles

    EXCERPT: “A Netherlands court last week ruled that Bill Gates can stand trial in the Netherlands, in a case involving seven people injured by COVID-19 vaccines. According to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, the seven “corona skeptics” sued Gates last year, along with former Dutch prime minister and newly appointed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and “several members” of the Dutch government’s COVID-19 “Outbreak Management Team.”

    Other defendants include Albert Bourla, Ph.D., CEO of Pfizer, and the Dutch state.

    “Because Bill Gates’ foundation was involved in combating the corona pandemic, he has also been summoned,” De Telegraaf reported.

    According to Dutch independent news outlet Zebra Inspiratie, the plaintiffs allege that Gates, through his representatives, deliberately misled them about the safety of the COVID-19 shots, despite knowing “that these injections were not safe and effective.”

    Dutch independent journalist Erica Krikke told The Defender that the seven plaintiffs — whose names are redacted in the lawsuit’s publicly available documents — “are ordinary Dutch people, and they have been jabbed and after the jabs they got sick.”

    Krikke said that of the seven original plaintiffs, one has since died, leaving the other six plaintiffs to continue the lawsuit.

    The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Leeuwarden. According to De Telegraaf, “Gates had objected because, according to him, the judges did not have jurisdiction.” Accordingly, the court first “had to rule in the so-called incident procedure,” De Andere Krant reported.

    Zebra Inspiratie reported that the hearing in this “incident procedure” took place on Sept. 18 and that Gates’ representatives disputed jurisdiction, but not the claim….”

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bill-gates-covid-vaccine-lawsuit-netherlands/

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  49. “Bayer’s New Roundup Weedkiller for Consumers 45 Times More Toxic

    Bayer said it would remove glyphosate from Roundup weedkiller products for consumers, in response to tens of thousands of lawsuits linking the weedkiller to non-Hodgkin lymphoma. A new analysis finds the products are more toxic to consumers and the environment than ever before.”

    by Press Release, October 22, 2024

    toxic symbol and bottle of roundup

    EXCERPT: “On the fiftieth anniversary of the controversial weedkiller’s release, a Friends of the Earth analysis — “New Roundup, New Risks” — finds that residential Roundup products are more toxic to consumers and the environment than ever before.

    Not only has manufacturer Bayer (OTCMKTS: BAYRY) failed to remove glyphosate from all Roundup products, as promised, but new formulations of Roundup are 45 times more toxic to human health, on average, following long-term, chronic exposure. They also pose greater risks to the environment.

    Bayer announced it would remove glyphosate from consumer products starting in 2023 in response to tens of thousands of lawsuits linking the weedkiller to non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Friends of the Earth reviewed Roundup weedkillers for sale at the two largest U.S. home and garden retailers — Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) — to determine whether the company followed through as of October 2024.

    Not only do several Roundup products still contain glyphosate, but eight new Roundup products contain chemicals of dramatically greater concern. With no requirement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to warn consumers of the new dangers, people are unknowingly being exposed to higher risks.

    Roundup products sold to consumers now contain combinations of four new active ingredients as replacements for glyphosate: diquat dibromide, fluazifop-P-butyl, triclopyr and imazapic.

    All four chemicals posea greater risk of long-term and/or reproductive health problems than glyphosate based on the EPA’s evaluation of safety studies….”

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bayer-new-roundup-weedkiller-45-times-more-toxic/

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