Pictures from Cindy Knoke of birds who eat with big gulps
Hungry gull,
in Coeur d’Alene Idaho,
doesn’t believe in catch and release,
and never gets too full to fly!
Yellow billed stork in Kruger National Park catches catfish at Sunset Dam,
and needs a leg up to swallow it whole!
Cheers to you from your feast & fly feathered fowl friends~
Why some Republicans are voting for Biden.
No, my friends, it is NOT fake news. Yesterday afternoon, the New York Times published a report about Trump’s taxes for the past decade or so. Not surprisingly, we have learned from this report that Trump is a lousy business manager, that he has lied and cheated to keep from paying taxes, and that his businesses are profiting from his position as president, among other things.
Trump immediately held a press conference to deny deny deny, but his denials fell flat.
According to the report:
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Sue’s health problems.
As the majority of our friends and readers will now know, I was rushed into hospital last week in a very bad way. I would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has sent good wishes through all the various social media platforms, through the comments, by email, snail mail, text and phone. And to the friends wh have kept me company across the miles with tales of normality and laughter.
I am sorry if it has taken a while to respond to everyone individually, I am really rather unwell and my energy levels are a tad variable.
At a time when the Covid restrictions mean that even close family cannot visit, it has meant a very great deal to be touched by so much love, friendship and kindness. Trying to process the changes that serious illness has and will impose upon us as individuals and as…
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Monastery of Stavropoleos in Romania.
We shouldn’t give up or give in.
Much has been said in the past two days about the fact that Trump seems poised to reject the results of the November election and to plant himself in our government as an autocratic leader, ala Adolf Hitler or more recently Vladimir Putin. Here’s what he told a reporter in response to a question of whether he will commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses the election …
“You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster. Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very … there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There’ll be a continuation … the ballots are out of control.”
Now, this isn’t really anything new. Your blood probably reached a boiling point when you heard this, as did mine, but after a while I realized what this all is. First and foremost, what…
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The intriguing style of Teagan Genevienne.
Today I’m with Teagan Genevienne and another excerpt from Eternal Road – The final stop. Come on by. Here is the link
/https://teagansbooks.com/2020/09/25/john-howell/
A little about Teagan
Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene writes fantasy fiction. Her blog is mostly limited to writing and related topics. It began in 2012, as part of her “grand experiment” in indie publishing.
Though she wasn’t born there, she was enchanted by the desert southwest of the USA the first time she moved there. Then work took her to Washington, D. C. for a decade. However, she has finally returned to those enchanting lands.
She had always devoured fantasy novels of every type. Then one day there was no new book at hand for reading — so she decided to write one. And she hasn’t stopped writing since.
Her writing is colored by experiences of her early life in the southern states and later in the…
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It really isn’t “Your Money or Your Life.”.Not at all.
Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman’s OpEd in yesterday’s New York Times needs no introduction, for it speaks for itself. We would all do well to listen to what he says.
Trump’s Motto: Your Money or Your Life
The president claims you have to make a choice, but you don’t.
Opinion Columnist
Whenever I talk about Covid-19 or climate change with skeptics, I use a simple analogy: Imagine that your child is sick with a disease and you decide to take her to 100 different doctors to get multiple opinions — and 99 doctors give you the same diagnosis and prescribed treatment and one tells you that there’s nothing to worry about, that your child’s disease will “disappear … like a miracle, it will disappear.”
What parents in their right minds would follow the advice of the doctor with the one-out-of-100 diagnosis?
This, alas, is…
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Let us honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy with action.
Today, while the nation mourns the death of one of the most consequential figures on the Supreme Court in modern times, other forces are working to further decimate the democratic processes and take this nation another step closer to an autocracy. Robert Reich, as always, sums it up well.
Rushing to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, McConnell shows power trumps principle
The justice who died on Friday night stood for the integrity of democracy. The Senate leader stands only for Republican gains
Robert Reich
People in public life tend to fall into one of two broad categories – those motivated by principle, and those motivated by power.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday night at the age of 87, exemplified the first.
When he nominated her in 1993, Bill Clinton called her “the Thurgood Marshall of gender-equality law”, comparing her advocacy and lower-court rulings in pursuit of equal rights…
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Why Americans may lose their minds.
When Donald Trump first began actively campaigning in 2015, his slogan was “make America great again”. Now, after he’s had nearly four years in office, he has done, it would seem, just the opposite. He has not only devalued our status in the eyes of the rest of the world, but has made our own lives worse in nearly every possible way. I can attest to that, for I have never been so deep in the rabbit hole in all my nearly 70 years as I am today. Take a look at Dana Milbank’s column in The Washington Postyesterday …
Trump has made Americans’ lives worse. Here’s the proof.
Opinion by
Dana Milbank
Columnist
September 19, 2020
Donald Trump’s America is one sad place.
We, as a nation, have fallen into a great depression, though not necessarily an economic one. By one highly respected gauge, self-reported levels of…
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Great pictures of wild grizzlies by Cindy Knoke.
Fishing during the salmon run,
in the Knight Inlet,
British Columbia, Canada.
This set of four cubs was unusual. The smaller cubs will have a harder time in winter.
The bears congregate to gorge on salmon and pack on fat for the winter.
Fights break out over territory in the river,
but none we saw were serious.
The bears are extremely adept at swimming in the river,
and seemed to enjoy taking rests in the cool water.
Even the cubs love to fish and eat!
This mama griz and cub we encountered on the trail in Glacier National Park. An inland bear and cub, not stuffed on salmon, is a far more threatening sight, and you can see mama go on high alert!
She soon relaxed, and even nursed in our presence, after she saw we kept our distance. (You can see these photos by clicking on the following links).
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