Georgia State Tree: Live Oak

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General Information about Live Oaks:

The Quercus virginiana is also known as the Southern live oak tree.

The live oak tree is a southern symbol of strength.

The live oak tree is the state tree of Georgia.

The U.S.S. Constitution reportedly received its nickname, “Old Ironsides,” during the War of 1812 because of its live oak hull. The hull was so tough that the cannon balls of the British war ships literally bounced off it.

Live oak trees are planted in historical cities for their character and appearance.

Live oak trees weigh over 55 pounds per cubic foot when air dried.

Live Oak Tree Fruit:

Live oak trees product sweet edible acorns that turkeys, ducks, jays, quail, deer and other animals like to feed on.

Live oak trees start producing acorns when they are around 20 years old.

Live Oak Tree Growth & Life:

Live oak trees can live for hundreds of years!

The name live oaks came from the fact that they remain green and “alive” throughout the winter when other oak trees are dormant and leafless.

The name live oak came from the fact that they remain green and “alive” throughout the winter when other oak trees are dormant and leafless.

Live oak trees can grow in forests, in front of buildings such as schools, parking lots, gardens, backyards and more.

Live oak trees also grow by oceans. They do great resisting the salt spray.

Live oak trees support many types of epiphytic plants (including Spanish moss to a point); giving live oak trees more character.

The live oak tree grows 1 inch of caliper and around 2-4 feet overall per year when young.

A mature live oak tree can draw up to 50 gallons+ per day through it’s tap root deep in the ground.

Live Oak Tree Uses:

The live oak tree is the broadest spreading of the oaks producing an abundance of shade.

Live oak tree wood is very strong and tough and is often used for structural beams and posts.

Live oak trees were used in colonial times to make ships for the navy.

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    2. Morning, Pat! Same here – cool and overcast. Wheezer was sleeping on the chair, jumped down to eat and is back sleeping on the chair again.

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  3. Gunther Eagleman™
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    https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svg WOAH! JEFF BEZOS JUST TORCHED THE ENTIRE DEMOCRAT PARTY LIVE ON TV!

    “If Amazon ran like New York City… your package would take 6 weeks and still be wrong.”

    Then he drops the hammer on Karen Bass: She promised to END homelessness in LA by 2026… now it’s 2026 and she’s on track for ZERO results.

    Spencer Pratt nailed it too, the “homeless industrial complex” is straight-up profiting off $400K per bed grift while streets stay filthy.

    Democrats turned America’s greatest cities into third-world disasters and now the world’s richest man is calling them out.

    Bezos just said what every normal American has been thinking for years.
    The grift is exposed.

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  4. Wall Street Apes
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    Chevron is letting customers know in California that it’s not Donald Trump causing the insane gas prices in the state, it’s California Democrats

    Chevron just added these new signs to their pumps educating customers, “Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more”

    “California politicians are choosing foreign oil and fuels over local jobs and lower costs”

    This is what we need. Huge companies willing to educate the public and tell the truth 

    It’s Gavin Newsom and Democrat policies causing $6.30+ average cost per gallon in California

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  5. THIS is crazy!
    FTA
    The average pay of housekeepers in New York City hotels will increase to more than $100,000 a year as part of a contract settlement between an industry trade group and a powerful union. The deal, which the group ratified on Monday, averts a threatened strike this summer that could have disrupted the influx of tourists expected for the World Cup and America 250 festivities.
    The owners of nearly 250 hotels in the city reached agreement with the union, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, on an eight-year contract that would increase wages by more than 50 percent for workers, union officials said. The hotel owners will continue to pay the full cost of providing health-care benefits for 27,000 union members and their families.

    https://archive.ph/GC1CG

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      1. almost EVERY large union has salaried officers–so the raise will increase dues which will increase the officer’s salaries. it’s a big scam.

        and who gets $100,000 to clean rooms??? I know accountants who don’t make that much.

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  7. Jake
    May 21, 2026 7:34 am
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    EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration – July 16, 2025

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/16/exclusive-memo-reveals-d-c-judges-are-predisposed-against-trump-administration/

    The Trump Administration has been doing its part, but the lower courts remain rabid in their attack on the rule of law.

    Federal judge James Boasberg advised Chief Justice John Roberts and some two dozen other judges that his D.C. colleagues were “concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis,” according to a memorandum obtained exclusively by The Federalist. That Judge Boasberg and his fellow D.C. District Court judges would discuss how a named Defendant in numerous pending lawsuits might respond to an adverse ruling is shocking. Equally outrageous is those judges’ clear disregard for the presumption of regularity — a presumption that requires a court to presume public officials properly discharged their official duties.

    Judge Boasberg’s comments reveal he and his colleagues hold an anti-Trump bias, for the Trump Administration had complied with every court order to date (and since for that matter). The D.C. District Court judges’ “concern” also went counter to the normal presumption courts hold — one that presumes public officials properly discharged their official duties. Apparently, that presumption does not apply to the current president, at least if you are litigating in D.C

    Judge Boasberg should be nowhere near the federal bench, let alone assigned a case involving the Trump Administration.

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  9. WOW! Rep. Wesley Hunt just made the Democrats SPEECHLESS after dropping straight truth nukes

    “My own father, who grew up in a segregated South, had to walk around to the back of a restaurant just to order a sandwich because of the color of his skin.”

    “THAT was Jim Crow, and THAT is precisely why it is so offensive to compare that era of legalized discrimination and racial terror to showing a PHOTO ID in a voting booth!”

    “And it’s just as offensive when groups and organizations like these manufacture faux hate and racial tension, requiring identification of vote.”

    “It’s not oppression. It is not segregation. It is not racism.”

    “It is a basic standard that applies equally to every single American citizen, regardless of what you look like. You need an ID to board a plane. You need an ID to cash a check.”

    “You need an ID to buy alcohol. You need an ID to enter these very federal buildings. And by the way, attaining an ID in this country is an extremely low bar.”

    “But somehow showing an ID to vote in America is now considered to be Jim Crow 2.0. This is NOT about civil rights. This is about political theater. And the Democrat Party survives on manufacturing grievance.”

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  11. Internet is fucked all the way around – I just had to unsubscribe from NumbersUSA because they’ve revised their website and every single time, I have to refill my info again and again and again…..I’m just done!

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  13. “Seattle’s leftie-loonie new Mayor Katie Wilson admitted she was wrong to slam Starbucks and push for a boycott of the mega-coffee chain birthed in the now-dying City. Wilson, 43, issued a terse ‘mea culpa’ (that’s Latin for ‘My Bad’) to the New York Times this week as questions swirl about whether the liberal Northwest city can attract and retain businesses, including Starbucks, which recently chose to expand its footprint in Tennessee.

    The democratic socialist made waves last fall when she joined a barista union rally as mayor-elect and expressed her disgust with one of Seattle’s most recognizable businesses.

    It’s now estimated that between 35 and 40% of all – commercial and residential – buildings in Seattle are now vacant. That’s a sinking ship that can’t turn itself around, and it’s well deserved. Fuck ’em…”

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  17. “The video shows an MTA car exploding in an enormous fireball just steps from Wall Street’s iconic Charging Bull statue, sending screaming New Yorkers sprinting for safety. Footage showed the vehicle initially burning fiercely during the Tuesday evening rush hour just outside the MTA’s headquarters at 2 Broadway, a block from the iconic statue.

    It then suddenly burst into a fireball, with scary footage showing onlookers running for safety.

    Police and firefighters were called to the car fire near the corner of Broadway and Stone Street at around 5:42 p.m. It took nearly 90 minutes to completely control, and thankfully, there were no injuries, the FDNY said. 

    There have been no reports suggesting it was suspicious, but the blaze remains under investigation.”

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  18. I’ve got quite a wild life feeding station goin’ on! Two rabbits, the squirrel, turtle doves and blackbirds, with the Orioles on the jelly feeders!

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      1. No, they’ve been coming around since I started scattering seed on the sidewalk. I only did it to keep the fricking blackbirds off of the seed block. It’s helped some but not totally. Squirrels and blackbirds – YUCK!!!!

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  19. I made the dough for cut out cookies…mom’s favorite. BUT…they make a lot and everyone loves them. i think i will take a small can of them for the one aid that treats my mom like her own mother. she’s very sweet.

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      1. it is! but if you saw her, you would never think she’s that way…lol

        she has flaming red hair–cut short and it sticks out everywhere…but she treats Mom like an angel. never rough with her, always tries to help her. on her days off, mom really misses her.

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  23. so Pakistan buys an iconic hotel in NYC, gets paid FEDERAL money to house migrants there who wreck the place and overwhelm it so there’s migrants all over the street…AND despite getting $149 Million from the federal gov’t, they’re still in arrears in NY taxes and their water bill???

    FTA

    The Pakistani government is screwing New York City taxpayers – again.

    After pocketing $146.6 million to run the Roosevelt Hotel as a migrant shelter for two years, Pakistan’s state-owned property is now stiffing the city for $13.6 million in overdue property taxes and nearly $1 million in unpaid water bills, The Post has learned.

    Even worse: A sweetheart deal with the feds to redevelop the Midtown landmark into a supertall skyscraper could let Pakistan dodge all future taxes — potentially costing the city tens of millions per year.

    roosevelt hotel exterior
    The Roosevelt Hotel housed tens of thousands of migrants in NYC. Helayne Seidman for the NY Post

    The Pakistani-owned hotel at 45 East 45th St. signed a payment agreement with the city’s Department of Finance in September 2023, when it already owed $11.6 million. 

    But despite getting paid millions by taxpayers to house migrants, Pakistan blew off a $573,361 payment due Jan. 2 and skipped a $3.9 million half-year payment.

    “This property is currently in default on its payment plan,” a DOF spokesman confirmed. Explore More

    The hotel’s annual property tax bill hits $7.7 million this July.

    A joint venture between Pakistan and the US government to demolish the Roosevelt and build an office tower could trigger a federal tax exemption, since the State Department typically asks the DOF to grant one when a foreign government buys US property.

    “We have not received a letter in this case,” the DOF spokesman said. “However, any charges that accrued prior to government ownership must still be paid.”

    people outside the roosevelt hotel
    Migrants were often seen gathering outside the Roosevelt Hotel. James Keivom

    https://nypost.com/2026/02/28/us-news/pakistans-roosevelt-hotel-took-146m-in-migrant-cash-now-owes-13-6m-in-back-taxes/

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      1. amazing that they bought right BEFORE they let in all the illegals in the biden era…like they KNEW. profit from gov’t funding migrant centers–and then don’t pay taxes and don’t pay water bills. IF they secure anew deal–turning the hotel into a high rise office building–they DO NOT have to pay back taxes or water bill. how’s about them apples…more losses for NYer’s…more $$$$$$ for foreigners!

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  24. TheseTruths

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    May 21, 2026 12:09

    NEWS: The Trump administration is onboarding more than 80 new federal immigration judges — the largest class in history — to accelerate deportations of dangerous illegal aliens and slash the massive court backlog, according to CBS News.

    CBS News: “The Justice Department, which oversees the U.S. immigration court system, swore in 77 permanent immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges, a group that officials described as the largest class of immigration judges in the department’s history.”

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  25. BREAKING: The FBI is currently RAIDING the office of high-ranking Democrat VA Sen. Louise Lucas in a MAJOR corruption investigation, per Fox

    Sen. Lucas is a close ally of Dem. VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger

    MULTIPLE court-approved search warrants are being executed at Lucas’ office as well as the cannabis dispensary next door, which Lucas is believed to be connected with.

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  26. “King Charles III was mistakenly declared dead by a UK radio station Tuesday in a shocking on-air blunder that left listeners stunned before the station suddenly went silent. Radio Caroline, which broadcasts across parts of England, accidentally triggered its “Death of a Monarch” protocol due to what station bosses later described as a “computer error.”

    Regular programming abruptly stopped before presenters announced that normal broadcasts had been suspended following the “death” of the 77-year-old monarch. “This is Radio Caroline. We have suspended our normal programs until further notice as a mark of respect following the passing of His Majesty King Charles III,” the broadcast said, according to The Telegraph. “This is Radio Caroline. His Majesty King Charles III has passed away. As a mark of respect, we will play continuous, suitable music until further notice.”

    Yeah – didn’t happen. Ole’ Charlie’s still alive and kickin.’  Somebody fucked up. Oh, well…. “

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  27. “The House passed legislation Wednesday that would require elementary and middle schools to get explicit parental approval before changing a child’s pronouns or making other sex-based accommodations. The bill, called the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, passed 217 to 198 and would tie federal funding to compliance with the new rules.

    Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said parents have been ignored while school bureaucrats push “radical agendas” without telling them what is happening with their own children. He argued that schools are helping students change names, pronouns and other gender-related details without parental knowledge, calling those decisions “enormously consequential” for a child’s well-being and development.

    Under the measure, schools would also need parental consent before changing a student’s gender markers or allowing a child to use locker rooms or bathrooms of the opposite sex. Supporters say the bill is about restoring parents’ rights, while critics say it could force schools to disclose sensitive information and put some children ‘at risk’. If that isn’t a crock of political partisan bullshit, nothing is.

    Democrats pushed back hard – with 198 of them voting AGAINST the Bill –  with Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia saying the bill amounts to federal coercion and overreach into local school matters. He said parental involvement matters, but argued the proposal could force schools to reveal private information even when that could ‘endanger a student’s safety.'”

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  34. Looking to the heavens

    Into the washing machine

    Tri Color Cat. Or one built by Dr, Frankenstein.

    Penguin Falling. Is there a shark waiting?

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  35. Man, are those Orioles ever voracious!!! I can always tell when the feeders are low – there are Orioles swarming everywhere and fighting for position. I’m going thru at least half a jar of jelly a day! Every year, there are more and more of them. Still no squirrels on the feeder! You’re a genius, Pat!!!

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    1. my orioles are half and half. if they can intimidate the grosbeaks, they’ll eat the jelly, but if they can’t, they use the hummer feeders. I haven’t seen many hummers since it went down to 40 again.

      and when the jelly feeder is empty, the grosbeaks start singing in front of my chair…lol…

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  36. Just The News: “Senate Republicans on Thursday delayed a planned vote on a reconciliation package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol until June amid an ongoing row over the Department of Justice’s creation of an “anti-weaponization fund.”

    The $1.8 billion fund was created as part of a settlement to end President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns by a government contractor. The fund will provide restitution to people who claim to have suffered political persecution under the Biden DOJ.

    The fund has earned scrutiny from Senate Republicans and its creation appears to have prompted reservations from the conference about advancing the funding package, NBC News reported.

    The delay also comes after Trump earned the ire of some Senate Republicans by endorsing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

    In the wake of the record-long Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, Republicans have sought to separately pass funding for immigration enforcement through reconciliation in order to avoid the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the upper chamber.”

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    1. that story about the emails…i’m not clear–was she emailing the originals to her personal account? or copies? was her intent to move them out of the system to hide them or have them for herself to later blackmail, sell or cut a deal?

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      1. She e-mailed copies to her personal e-mail account – who knows for what purpose but certainly nothing good!

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    1. it looks like it’s digesting the classic underneath…lol

      we don’t have many butterflies here until the honeysuckles bloom–not a lot of flowers here. except my little garden and i didn’t put any in there yet this year…lol

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      1. I always have butterflies with all the flowers I put out every year. We get Monarchs, too, later in the summer.

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