Love Bugs

Nature 2 Minutes

Love bugs, also known as the honeymoon or double-headed fly, are a species of march flies that are commonly found in parts of Central America and the southeastern United States.

Despite their seemingly affectionate name, these insects can become quite a nuisance, particularly during their mating seasons which occur twice a year. They are known for their unique mating behavior, where the male and female remain attached for several days.

Contrary to popular belief, love bugs do not bite or sting, making them harmless to humans. However, their sheer numbers, especially during their mating periods, can cause inconveniences.

They often swarm around highways, resulting in visibility issues for drivers and potential damage to vehicles due to their acidic body chemistry.

Love bugs, scientifically known as Plecia nearctica, are a species of fly that are quite common in parts of the United States, particularly in the southern regions. These small, red and black insects are often seen in large swarms, especially during their mating seasons in spring and late summer.

The name “love bug” is derived from their unique mating habits. After mating, the male and female remain attached to each other, flying in tandem for several days. This distinctive behavior, coupled with their striking red and black coloration, makes them easily recognizable and has earned them their romantic nickname.

Despite their endearing name, love bugs can be quite a nuisance. They are attracted to heat and the exhaust fumes of cars, often resulting in large numbers of these insects splattering on windshields and car grills.

Besides being a driving hazard, the acidic body fluids of love bugs can lead to paint damage if not removed promptly.

During their adult life, love bugs are often seen in large swarms, especially during their peak mating seasons in May and September. These swarms can be so dense that they cause visibility issues for drivers. It’s during these swarms that you may wonder where they all go.

In fact, their lifespan as adults is very short – only about three to four days. After mating, the females lay their eggs and then die, while the males die shortly after mating. This means that the swarms of love bugs disappear almost as quickly as they appear, leaving behind only their eggs to continue the cycle of life.

SOURCE: PLANETNATURAL.COM

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  1. Good Morning All!
    we encountered these bugs in Florida when the kids were little and they asked why they are stuck together like that? hubby smiled, I smiled we said, they love each other. and the kids went EWWWWWWWW…LOL

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    1. Good morning, Pat! Just a trace of snow here, thankfully, but it’s windy @ 19. I’ve never seen these “love bugs,” either here or in VA. The one thing I did find during my brief sojourn in FL were the Palmetto Bugs! Big-ass flying cockroaches! Nasty!!!

      Not sure if Wheezer is going to make it – hopefully, he’s just hunkered down while his leg heals – no sign of him for the 2nd day…..

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      1. Morning Filly!
        we saw those too…YUCK!
        when i took my son to FLA before i met hubby, there was a spider on his bed the size of my fist. (he was IN bed at the time). i trapped it under a cup and called the manager to get rid of it.

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  3. TheseTruths

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    February 8, 2025 01:01

    Nick Sortor:

    The FCC is now considering REVOKING CBS’s broadcast license after deceptively editing Kamala Harris’s 60 Minutes interview, per FCC Chair @BrendanCarrFCC

    They’re also investigating NBC for their last-second stunt of putting Kamala on SNL

    https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1887968631923032231

    Reminds me of how wonderful it is not to have to listen to her anymore.

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  5. TheseTruths(@thesetruths)

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    February 8, 2025 01:06

    Kari Lake:

    Looks like Ruben Gallego— son of a Mexican Cartel drug trafficker—and his buddy, Alex Soros, are in serious trouble.

    Tony Seruga:

    We will be providing the DOJ with GPS on both of these Twatwaffle sh*t weasels meeting for hours on end with cartel leaders, hundreds upon hundreds of times over the past 6 years.

    Looks like Ruben Gallego— son of a Mexican Cartel drug trafficker—and his buddy, Alex Soros, are in serious trouble. https://t.co/FcGzIeEdum

    — Kari Lake (@KariLake) February 7, 2025

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  9. Autism Capital 🧩
    @AutismCapital
    🚨JASON CALACANIS: “How USAID got to the top of the DOGE list is that Trump decided to pause Foreign Aid for 90 days — reasonable enough. A couple days later the White House said this USAID leadership was trying to circumvent this Executive Order. That alerted the DOGE team and Elon confirmed this on X. He said all DOGE did was check to see which Federal Agency was violating Trump’s orders the most and that turned out to be USAID, so that became our focus.”

    🚨JASON CALACANIS: “How USAID got to the top of the DOGE list is that Trump decided to pause Foreign Aid for 90 days — reasonable enough. A couple days later the White House said this USAID leadership was trying to circumvent this Executive Order. That alerted the DOGE team and… pic.twitter.com/r6ZnaYkQ4D

    — Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 8, 2025

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  11. Donald J. Trump

    @realDonaldTrump

    There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances, and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings. He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents. The Hur Report revealed that Biden suffers from “poor memory” and, even in his “prime,” could not be trusted with sensitive information. I will always protect our National Security — JOE, YOU’RE FIRED. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

    Feb 07, 2025, 6:21 PM

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  16. CM-TX

    CM-TX

    February 8, 2025 8:50 am

    “Turns out it wasn’t really all Soros and other nefarious billionaire money.
    It was the money of all hardworking Americans being used to subvert the West and the rest of the world.”

    True.

    Soros figured out how to leverage a relatively small amount of his money into massive taxpayer money. https://t.co/J9uO0DBRgy

    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025

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  18. Just The News: “Wisconsin GOP Rep. Glenn Grothman on Friday praised President Donald Trump for ensuring special needs and disabled adults can continue work at certain work centers, which used to be called “sheltered workshops.” 

    The congressman claimed people on the left have tried to shut down the places because they pay the workers less than minimum wage. However, the disabled adults are frequently given some other form of government assistance, he said.

    Grothman said there are adults in his area who work at the centers who are proud of the work they do, and the community they get to be a part of. 

    The workers often have disabilities like spina bifida, and down syndrome, which can make it difficult or impossible to hold other jobs.

    “If you tour one of these places, and they’re all over the United States, the people working them are so happy and so proud they can work just like everybody else,” the congressman said on the “Just The News, No Noise” TV show. “Maybe their paycheck will be a $5-an-hour paycheck, but they usually get some other governmental assistance too, so they have the pride of, you know, buying their parents a gift, buying their own clothes, that sort of thing.”

    Grothman claimed that former President Joe Biden was preparing to shut down the centers, because of the low wages, but that Trump has ended the effort.

    “The sheltered workshops for people with handicaps, where they can earn money, have the social life of getting to know the other people working there, establish friendships outside of their their family. That’s going to continue, and we all owe, particularly if we know people in the handicap community, we all owe President Trump a debt of gratitude for not continuing down the path of trying to close these special little packaging places.”

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    1. this is awesome news! I worked at a center like that when i was 14 (in the summers). we kids did the things they couldn’t do. for instance, if they were filling bags with nuts and bolts and placing those bags in trays, we would carry the trays to the next “station” where someone was sealing the bags with a machine. we brought them whatever they needed and they were the nicest and happiest people–being productive and earning some money.

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      1. It was the same with the handicapped who worked various jobs around Norfolk thru the agencies that HB, Seth and I worked for. We also hired one of their gals to clean at the Museum.

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  19. Just The News: “President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order demanding that the Department of Justice review “all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies” for any infringement on Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

    He further ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to prepare a plan for the protection of those rights and work with the executive branch to implement it.

    “The Second Amendment is an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty,” Trump wrote. “It has preserved the right of the American people to protect ourselves, our families, and our freedoms since the founding of our great Nation.  Because it is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans, the right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed.”

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  20. EXCERPT: “The Biden administration awarded Canadian electric bus company Lion Electric nearly $160 million to manufacture hundreds of battery-powered buses for school districts nationwide as part of its sweeping climate agenda. In recent weeks, Lion has initiated bankruptcy proceedings, laid off all employees tasked with building its buses, and paused manufacturing operations.

    Lion’s financial demise leaves dozens of school districts—including those in California, Montana, North Dakota, Iowa, Alabama, and Maryland—questioning whether they will receive the buses the Biden administration promised them. Lion has yet to deliver $95 million worth of electric buses to 55 districts across the country, according to federal data reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

    “At this time we are working through the proper channels and keeping our attorneys abreast of the situation,” Dawn Wallace, the superintendent of Ohio Valley School District in Adams County, Ohio, which ordered buses from Lion, told the Free Beacon. “No buses have been delivered to our district. We are on hold.”

    “The district has been in contact with both Lion Electric and the EPA to gather details on the situation and explore available options moving forward,” added Jason Stabler, the superintendent of Bureau Valley School District in Manlius, Illinois, another district promised buses…..”

    https://freebeacon.com/energy/bidens-favorite-ev-bus-maker-is-nearing-bankruptcy-and-producing-no-buses-leaving-tens-of-millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-in-limbo/

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  21. EXCERPT: “In an unexpected move Friday, the Trump administration issued a series of amendments to the UNICEF executive board that would have effectively rooted out transgender ideology and so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from the United Nations’ children’s agency. 

    Though the amendments failed to pass, they demonstrated that even at the U.N., the Trump administration intends to fight on all fronts. They also represented a sea change; only a few weeks ago when Joe Biden was still president of the United States, U.S. diplomats took the opposite position to the one they now take on behalf of the Trump administration.

    The U.S. representative told the board, “These country program documents contain terms and concepts that promote immoral discrimination and advance harmful gender ideology in defiance of biological reality, both of which conflict with U.S. policies. The United States objects to any UNICEF efforts to advance such programming in countries,” he added.

    “It is U.S. policy to recognize two sexes, male and female, and not to promote gender ideology,” the representative said. “It is particularly disturbing that this language is being used in UNICEF programming documents. Children should be protected from this dangerous ideology and its possible results.”

    The U.S. representative explained that DEI programs violated United States federal law prohibiting discrimination of any kind. “Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs violate the text and spirit of our laws by replacing hard work, merit, and equality with a divisive and dangerous preferential hierarchy.” Quoting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he added, “We must eliminate our focus on political and cultural causes that are divisive at home and deeply unpopular abroad.”….”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/07/trump-signals-hell-fight-for-reality-at-unicef-with-motion-to-nuke-dei-and-trans-ideology/

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  27. GOOD MORNING, PAT AND FILLY!

    We sure do know about Love Bugs in these parts!

    In the last couple of years, they have not been as bad as in the past.

    We used to joke about the Fiveseasons in N FL and S GA

    -Love Bug Season

    -Hurricane Season

    -Holiday Season

    -Tourist Season

    -Pollen Season

    -Heat and Humidity Season

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        1. What I wrote to Filly earlier – You are sweet to ask. It was a rough day yesterday and this morning. I did get 2 four hour sleep segments last night. I’ll do an update soon – after I see how tonight and tomorrow go.

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  28. “From Boast to Bust: Concealing the names of thousands of FBI employees involved in the biggest criminal investigation in history represents just another coverup of the FBI’s role in the events of January 6.”

    Julie Kelly, Feb 08, 2025

    FBI Agents Hunt Down a J6er

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “For four years, rank and file of the Federal Bureau of Investigation played the role of courageous heroes fighting the “domestic terror” threat posed by Americans who protested at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

    Invasive investigations typically involved FBI agents interrogating the family members, co-workers, and even childhood friends of their J6 targets. FBI investigators scoured bank records, Amazon accounts, credit card statements, travel receipts, social media posts including direct messages and other private records in an attempt to build “terrorism” cases.

    Following those investigations, FBI agents clad in military-style gear carrying powerful weapons and using battering rams executed hundreds of surprise raids across the country, even those accused of nonviolent offenses. And it wasn’t just the target and his family who were traumatized by the excessive show of force; quiet neighborhoods were abruptly awakened by an FBI agent shouting into a bullhorn during predawn hours to call out the name of the alleged terrorist in their midst as tanks blocked off nearby roads.

    Defendants were then hauled to local jails to face more questioning by FBI agents, often without the presence of an attorney, who then proceeded to seize electronic devices, clothing, photographs, and other items that represented “evidence” of their crime. (The FBI even took a Lego set of the U.S. Capitol found in the home of a middle school history teacher.)

    For those J6ers spared a violent arrest, FBI agents nonetheless visited their home and place of work demanding answers related to their participation in the protest before arresting them. Agents representing the “FBI Joint Counterterrorism Task Force” proudly signed more than 1,500 criminal complaints between January 2021 and January 2025—keeping up a steady pace of arrests right until Inauguration Day.

    They testified—publicly—as government witnesses during more than 150 jury trials, helping the Department of Justice win a perfect conviction rate before D.C. juries.

    The largest criminal investigation in the DOJ history gave FBI agents and employees lots of swagger. After all, former FBI director Christopher Wray often bragged how each of the FBI’s 56 field offices was involved in the so-called “Capitol Siege” probe. Those same field offices posted a nonstop stream of press releases boasting about their latest J6 capture and patting themselves on the back for rounding up fellow Americans who supported President Trump.

    “Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity,” You Say, FBI?

    But the swagger suddenly is gone. Trump’s election not only ended the J6 prosecution but turned the tables in a way the FBI never saw coming. Wray resigned rather than wait to be fired by President Trump; several top FBI officials recently cleaned out their desks before they too were relieved of duty by Trump DOJ chiefs.

    And thousands of FBI employees who at one time wore their J6 work as a badge of honor have gone into hiding of sorts, leaving ultimate sissy men Norm Eisen and Mark Zaid to do their tough talking for them in court. A pair of lawsuits—one representing anonymous FBI employees and one representing the FBI Agents Association with more anonymous FBI agents—seeks to prohibit the DOJ from publicly releasing the names of personnel who were even tangentially involved in the sprawling operation.

    The hubbub started after Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general, initiated a bureau-wide survey seeking details about the J6 investigation in compliance with the president’s executive order on the weaponization of the DOJ. Bove presented a series of questions asking employees to account for their work on J6 cases. This prompted another wave of anxiety and panic at the bureau, according to news reports, “as a fear of mass firings swirl[ed] through the FBI,” upon receipt of the questionnaire.

    Internal resistance from Brian Driscoll, the acting FBI director, provided more defense for the J6 employees in his temporary care. He produced the results of the survey to Bove by the Tuesday deadline—but without the required names. After Bove called Driscoll “insubordinate” in a memo the next day, Driscoll finally coughed up the names. But in keeping with the bureau’s reputation for shadiness and secrecy, Driscoll sent the names on a system reserved for classified material.

    “I want to be clear that as of now we do not have information indicating the Department of Justice intends to disseminate these lists publicly, and they are fully aware of the risks we believe are inherent in doing so,” Driscoll wrote in another email to FBI personnel. “We will let you know immediately if we learn the Department’s intentions regarding these lists changes (sic).”

    Having joined the bureau in 2007 under Robert Mueller and then work for his increasingly partisan and hubristic successors, Driscoll was taught well. His defiance disguised as self-righteous indignation on behalf of the “brave men and women of the FBI” surely makes Andy McCabe blush with pride.
    Norm Eisen Goes to Battle for Unnamed FBI Employees

    As the same time the internal drama unfolded, a federal judge in DC expedited the litigation, holding a hearing just two days after the lawsuits on behalf of FBI employees were filed. Not only would disclosure of the estimated 5,000 names represent a breach of their privacy rights, the plaintiffs argued, but also violate their First and Fifth Amendment protections. Additionally, the identified employees could be subjected to “harassment” and other bad things. “Should this information fall into the wrong hands, Plaintiffs would be placed at immediate risk of serious personal harm and harm to their loved ones,” one lawsuit alleges.

    One can almost hear the collective laughter of the J6 community. Wonder how much those same agents worried about “serious personal harm” when they pointed automatic weapons at the children and spouses of J6 subjects?

    Both sides reached a temporary compromise on Thursday. Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, entered a consent order preventing the dissemination of the names to the public for now. The FBI personnel will pursue a preliminary injunction on the matter; a hearing is set for March 27.

    This latest subterfuge represents another coverup related to the events of January 6, especially concerning the FBI. Where is the pipe bomber? Why did the former head of the Washington field office misrepresent to Congress the condition of cell phone data pursuant to the pipe bomb investigation? How many FBI informants and undercover officers were involved before and on January 6? Why didn’t the FBI open an investigation into the deleted text messages belonging to two dozen Secret Service employees related to their work before and on January 6?

    Full Steam Ahead for Team Trump

    But despite what appears to be a short-term win for the anon FBI employees, the president and his team are moving forward with plans to expose what has been happening at the DOJ and FBI for years. On her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi created a “Weaponization Working Group” to advance the goals of the president’s executive order.

    “The reconciliation and restoration of the Department of Justice’s core values can only be accomplished through review and accountability,” Bondi wrote in a department-wide memo on February 5. “The Department has already started this process but much more work is required. No one who has acted with a righteous spirit and just intentions has any cause for concern about efforts to root out corruption and weaponization. On the other hand, the Department of Justice will not tolerate abuses of the criminal justice process, coercive behavior, or other forms of misconduct.”

    This includes, Bondi continued, “the pursuit of improper investigative tactics and unethical prosecutions relating to events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021…which diverted resources from combating violent and serious crime and thus, were pursued at the expense of the safety of residents of the District of Columbia.”

    The president also is not messing around. He told a reporter during a press availability on Friday that “corrupt” FBI employees who worked on J6 and other matters “will be gone.”

    While that is music to the ears of the thousands of victims, including the president, of the FBI’s politically oriented abuses, it will not be greeted the same way by the tone-deaf leaders and rank and file of the bureau.

    They can hide but they can’t run—for long.”

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  30. “The Biggest, Most Corrupt News Organization You Have Never Heard of: The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project”

    Robert W Malone MD, MS, Feb 08, 2025

    EXCERPT: “What if you knew that there was an organization called the The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which claims to be one of the largest news organizations in the world, with 200 staff members that is partnered with more than 50 independent media outlets worldwide, but whose fundamental mission is to instigate regime change in countries or entities deemed hostile to the United States?

    “OCCRP is one of the largest investigative journalism organizations in the world, headquartered in Amsterdam and with staff across six continents. We are a mission-driven nonprofit newsroom that partners with other media outlets to publish stories that lead to real-world action.” -the Organized Crime Reporting Project (OCCRP)

    How is this accomplished? With an annual budget of around 23 million, OCCRP leverages its substantial financial resources to investigate individuals and governments for crimes or misconduct in nations deemed hostile to U.S. interests. OCCRP then collaborates with the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC) to initiate criminal investigations or sanctions based on its reporting. Lastly, OCCRP joins forces with the CIA-affiliated organization “Transparency International” to develop initiatives aimed at regime change.

    The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a worldwide collective of investigative journalists established in 2006, primarily funded by USAID and the Soros Foundation. It claims to focus on revealing international corrupt financial transactions, organized crime, and corruption—solely focused offshore and published through local media outlets. Its aim appears to be to influence political movements and shifts in nations not aligned with US interests, without those nations realizing that the USA and George Soros are behind this influence.

    OCCRP publishes its investigative stories through local media and on its website. The organization conducts more than 60 cross-border investigations annually and trains journalists in reporting techniques. OCCRP also develops practical tools to enhance the efficiency of reporting and publishing.

    In 2017, “NGO Advisor” ranked OCCRP 69th in the world among the top 500 non-governmental organizations.

    USAID’s involvement in OCCRP

    The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has been found to have significant involvement (entanglement?) with the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

    • USAID Funding: The US government provided 52 percent of the money spent by OCCRP between 2014 and 2023.
    • OCCRP’s Independence: Despite presenting itself as an independent organization, OCCRP’s management has placed it in a position of structural dependence on the US government,
    • USAID has complete veto power over appointing key personnel and “helps” direct the organization’s annual work plan. USAID has been called “the new CIA” – and this makes its intimate involvement with OCCRP operations highly suspect.
    • Investigative Focus: OCCRP focuses on foreign governments and entities hostile to American interests, while the organization infrequently investigates its allies.
    • OCCRP is a key founding partner and leader of the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC). This program aims to trigger criminal investigations or sanctions proceedings based on OCCRP’s articles.
    • The U.S. government is the primary funder of GACC, having contributed $10.8 million through USAID, but another top funder is the Open Society Foundations (OSF). Founded by George Soros, OSF has provided grants to OCCRP, a key partner in GACC (1).
    • Finally, OCCRP partners with Transparency International, which Michael Hershman (a former member of US military intelligence) founded. He holds several other key positions, including director at the Centre for International Private Enterprise, Head of Recruitment for FBI informants, and Managing Director of the private intelligence firm Fairfax Group.
    • Transparency International has been called a front for the CIA’s economic intelligence operations. Additionally, it serves as a media tool to convince countries to revise their laws to “promote open markets.” According to Wikispooks, Transparency International is used as a pressure mechanism in the US government’s regime change efforts.
    • Transparency International is funded through the US State Department, the European Commission, the US State Department’s National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Britain’s Department for International Development, and the Open Society Foundations (owned by billionaire George Soros).
    • OCCRP acts as a propaganda tool for the US government, serves as a media instrument to persuade countries to amend their laws, and OCCRP is utilized as an internal force within the borders of non-US aligned sovereign nation-states to drive regime change initiatives.

    However, OCCRP has gone beyond persecuting entities and governments it deems hostile; it now appears to have moved into the realm of influencing the elections of allies to the United States.

    In India, President Modi’s political party recently alleged that the U.S. State Department was behind the targeted press attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling party. They accused OCCRP of attempting to “destabilize India” by using the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) to create reports aimed at disrupting Parliament. Of course, OCCRP “denied” the allegations…..”

    “…..To conclude, USAID, working hand-in-hand with George Soros, has pursued the regime change of US State Department-perceived hostile governments and groups. The US state-funded organizations OCCRP, the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC), and Transparency International have been used effectively to harm nations’ reputations and initiate regime change initiatives.

    In a newer development, there are allegations that OCCRP, which essentially functions as a puppet or “cutout” for USAID, is now working to destabilize the legitimate governments of our allies, such as India.

    Yet, herein lies another reason for President Trump to bring the out-of-control organization USAID to an abrupt end.”

    https://www.malone.news/p/the-biggest-most-corrupt-news-organization

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  31. “The People’s Car Goes to War: Volkswagen in World War II“

    Hitler inspecting a Volkswagen, the future “Beetle,” in 1938 (Photo: Getty Images)

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  33. Off-Road Vehicles:

    Jeep’s Easter Egg

    Lamborghini’s Unexpected Entry

    Ford Raptor’s Baja Inspiration

    Suzuki Samurai’s Featherweight Advantage

    Land Cruiser’s Antarctic Adventure

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  39. “10 Inefficiencies In Government Computer Systems Identified By DOGE Workers”

    Feb 6, 2025 · BabylonBee.com

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    “The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has been on the warpath against federal waste and turning over every seedy rock to shed light on inefficiencies in our nation’s agencies and institutions. Government computer systems are no exception.

    The Babylon Bee has obtained the following list of glaring inefficiencies found in government computer systems:

    1. All machines were still running Windows 3.1: C’mon, government… at least upgrade to Windows 95.
    2. The internal IRS chat platform was two cans tied together with a string: The Biden administration had already requisitioned 174,000 more cans for its 87,000 new agents at a cost of $20 billion.
    3. The FBI couldn’t make phone calls while the CIA was using the dial-up line: You wouldn’t believe how many times a CIA agent got kicked off the internet because some dumb FBI agent picked up the phone.
    4. The Social Security numbers for every American were being stored in one big MS Word doc: To keep it secure, they disguised them by using the Wingdings font.
    5. Government internet access was provided by AOL: Welcome!
    6. The nuclear launch codes were stored in a Texas Instruments graphing calculator: Thankfully, nobody ever knows how to work those things.
    7. The FBI Most Wanted database was just pictures of Catholic moms and a Magic 8 Ball: The bureau was only targeting the worst of the worst.
    8. Woke government programmers kept trying to make the computer language non-binary: This caused the entire government computer mainframe to identify as inoperable.
    9. Every single computer in the entire government was plugged into one giant power strip: This accounts for the constant strain on the U.S. power grid.
    10. All agency computer passwords were “password”: Fortunately, DOGE changed all passwords to “password1” to preserve national security.

    Fixing the inefficiencies listed above should make the federal government run like a well-oiled machine in no time.”

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  42. Ummm….surely this can’t be true???

    “Public urinal, France”

    Yep! It’s true!!! From CNN:

    Andrew Pearce  | February 8, 2025 at 11:31 am

    “I think the thing is called a pissoir. I don’t know if there is a version for women. The one in the picture is their newest version but these things have been in use in France for centuries.”

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  44. hubby is attempting to get a vehicle down the driveway and have the tractor up here so we can at least get out once a week. problem is unlike other years we waited too long and i can’t navigate the sheet of ice in my jeep and i can’t drive the tractor so he has to do it himself…move the jeep down so far, then walk UP to get the tractor and move that down to the Jeep and so on. with his asthma it’s going to take him a long time to do this, and I’m freaking out a little.

    it’s never been this bad before. when i looked out the window to see where he was, he was crawling on his hands and knees trying to get up the frozen bank to to the woodshed and the tractor.

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  45. Just The News: “Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk slammed an Obama-appointed federal judge for blocking his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department payment systems for at least one week.

    “This ruling is absolutely insane! How on Earth are we supposed to stop fraud and waste of taxpayer money without looking at how money is spent? That’s literally impossible! Something super shady is going to protect scammers,” Musk wrote Saturday on X.

    According to Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer’s order, access to payment records would be limited to “civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties within the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations.”

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  46. “The US Treasury Spent HOW MUCH Illegally? Now You Know Why the Left Wants to Stop DOGE.”

    Red State, By streiff | 1:11 PM on February 08, 2025

    AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

    “Congress illegally spent at least $516 billion in 2024 on programs for which there was no authorization. Yes, billion, with a “b.”  A stunning report by the Congressional Budget Office underscores the reason for the legal assault upon President Trump’s right to audit payments by the Treasury Department.

    In a report titled “Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024,” the CBO observes: “Historically, House and Senate rules restrict lawmakers from considering an appropriation if it lacks a current authorization.” Nevertheless, “CBO estimates that $516 billion was appropriated for 2024 for activities with expired authorizations, which the agency identified for each House and Senate authorizing committee and appropriations subcommittee.”

    That $516 billion in illegal payments cover “1,264 authorizations of appropriations that expired before the beginning of fiscal year 2024 and 251 authorizations of appropriations that were set to expire by the end of fiscal year 2024.” The legal authority for some of these payments expired 40 — that’s not a typo — years ago.

    This data reveals a couple of things. First, Congress has established a shadow funding stream for pet projects of either the institution or of senior members that allows money to be shoveled into a porkulus spending bill under the guise of preventing a government shutdown. The money is paid even though there is no legal authority for the disbursement.

    This is what, among lesser beings, would be called embezzlement, but no word exists to describe the activity on this scale. Where embezzlement gets the plebians a stiff jail term, it gets members of Congress reelected and seats on corporate boards. 

    Making this all the more intriguing is that it would seem that the President could stop those payments without worrying about violating the Impoundment Control Act as they are not legal appropriations by Congress’s rules.

    I will guarantee you that when DOGE really digs into this, they are going to find other ongoing illegal payments on a Biblical scale.”

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  48. RENAULT RETURNS TO ITS QUEST FOR BREAKING SPEED RECORDS WITH THE FILANTE RECORD 2025

    NF: I went to a boot store in TX that looked like this!!!

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  50. EXCERPT: “President Trump said on Friday that he is “not interested” in deporting Harry, who currently resides in Montecito, Calif., with his wife, Meghan Markle. “I don’t want to do that,” Trump told the New York Post. “I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”

    In February last year, Trump accused former President Biden’s administration of “protecting Harry,” adding that he wouldn’t do the same if he wins the White House. “He betrayed the queen. That’s unforgivable,” Trump told the U.K.’s Daily Express in an interview, adding that Harry “would be on his own” if reelected.

    Trump, in his Friday interview with the New York Post, went on to state he thinks “poor Harry” is “whipped” by Markle…..”

    https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5134441-trump-prince-harry-meghan-markle-immigration/

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