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Republicans are enraged their wives might 'secretly' vote for Harris (October 2024)
www.dailykos.com
... Charlie Kirk, whose Turning Point USA organization is working on the turnout operation for Trump's campaign, said it's horrible that women would "undermine their husbands" even though the husband "works his tail off to make sure that she can have a nice life." ...
Fox News' Jesse Watters went even further, saying Wednesday night that he would consider it a form of cheating if his wife voted for Harris.
"If I found out Emma was going into the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that's the same thing as having an affair," Watters said of his wife, who at one point was his mistress during his first marriage.
After seeing the Julia Roberts ad, John McEntee, a former Trump White House aide and Project 2025 author joked that giving women the right to vote should be repealed.
"This video has made me rethink the 19th Amendment," McEntee said. ...
Look at the Monarch butterfly, and the travel it does.
Migration and Overwintering
www.fs.usda.gov
... The annual migration of North America's monarch butterfly is a unique and amazing phenomenon. The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do. Unlike other butterflies that can overwinter as larvae, pupae, or even as adults in some species, monarchs cannot survive the cold winters of northern climates.
Using environmental cues, the monarchs know when it is time to travel south for the winter. Monarchs use a combination of air currents and thermals to travel long distances.
Some fly as far as 3,000 miles to reach their winter home!
Where Do Monarchs Go?
Monarchs in Eastern North America have a second home in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. Monarchs in Western North America overwinter in California. ...
Wait, what????
The Monarch butterflies I see here in Connection travel to Mexico for the winter, and then back to Connecticut in the spring?
That butterfly flies 3000 miles?
@#16 ... Ukrainians are dying today because ------- decided to stop sharing intel. ...
Yup.
Russian strikes continue in Ukraine as U.S. pauses sharing intelligence with Kyiv
www.cbsnews.com
... Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 20 people, officials said Saturday, as heavy aerial attacks continued after the U.S. stopped sharing satellite images with Ukraine.
The decision to withhold intelligence and military aid came on the heels of a tempestuous White House visit last week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Without U.S. satellite imagery, Ukraine's ability to strike inside Russia and defend itself from bombardment is significantly diminished.
At least 11 people were killed in multiple strikes on a town in Ukraine's Donetsk region late Friday. The attack also damaged eight apartment blocks in the town of Dobropillya, which is close to the front where Russian troops have been making steady advances.
Zelenskyy said at least five children were among the injured in Dobropillya.
"Last night, the Russian army fired two ballistic missiles at the center of Dobropillya," he said. "After emergency services arrived at the scene, they launched another strike, deliberately targeting rescuers.
It is a vile and inhumane intimidation tactic to which the Russians often resort." ...
Yet, Pres Trump seems to be siding with Pres Putin's atrocities.
Why?
... and ...
'I don't think we need to reduce the money': Veterans sound off on DEI executive order (January 2025)
www.wvtm13.com
... President Trump has canceled DEI funding, but many forget veterans are also included in the group as well.
President Trump has canceled federal DEI funding, but many forget veterans are also included in the group as well. Veterans question what the future holds. Retired veteran Charlie Boyd remains proud to have served his country.
President Trump's executive order to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs and policies will not only cut funding for minorities, but veterans as well. Boyd says the pain of the military force can last a lifetime.
"Well, becoming a veteran was amazing. Loved my service, did 26 years in the military, loved every day of it. I don't think we need to reduce the money. I'm open to new techniques and practices to help vets because serving in the military, especially those who serve a long time and retire, you have an accumulation of effects that harm you. I retired in 2011 and I tell people all the time, I'm still transitioning," said Boyd. ...
... and ...
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
apnews.com
... The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a reorganization that includes cutting over 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care and other services for millions of veterans, according to an internal memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. ...
Dead Milkmen - Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything) (1987)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
You'll dance to anything
(You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything)
Oh, baby, look at you
Don't you look like Siouxsie Sioux
How long'd it take to get that way
What a terrible waste of energy
You wear black clothes say you're poetic
The sad truth is you're just pathetic
Get into the groove just get out of my way
I came here to drink not to--------
So why don't you just go on home
Cause if you want to moan you'll have to moan alone
You'll dance to anything
You'll dance to anything
...
A tune I heard only on the area college radio station.
@#12 ... Canadians did burn down the whitehouse in 1812 or so after all....
No, Mr. Trump, Canada Did Not Burn the White House Down in the War of 1812 (June 2018)
www.nytimes.com
... We are now going to explain the War of 1812 to you. Why not?
We didn't think we'd find ourselves here, either. But on Wednesday, CNN reported that the 206-year-old war figured prominently in a discussion between President Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on May 25. According to CNN's unnamed sources, Mr. Trump asked Mr. Trudeau, "Didn't you guys burn down the White House?"
The New York Times then confirmed the CNN report, as did The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
It's unclear if the president was trying to make a joke during what was, reportedly, a tense call about his decision to impose steep tariffs on metals imported from Canada, Mexico and the European Union.
Any lesson on the War of 1812 probably isn't the most vivid memory people have from their high school history classes, so its details may be fuzzy to many. And with the war suddenly in the news and the butt of jokes on social media, they might fairly wonder: Well, did Canada burn down the White House?
No, Canada did not burn down the White House during the War of 1812, which was fought with Britain over maritime rights. What is now Canada was not yet a country in 1812, but rather British colonies.
Canada didn't become a nation until 1867, long after British troops did, in fact, burn down the White House in 1814. The fire gutted the president's house along with several other crucial structures in Washington, which was still a relatively small town when the seat of government moved there 14 years earlier.
"The inferno was so great that the glow in the night sky was seen from 50 miles away," the White House Historical Association wrote.
So you can't really pin that on Canada, considering that Canada didn't exist. But it is a bit more complicated than that.
The United States did invade the colonies that later became Canada and were, at the time, controlled by the British. Ask some people in Canada and they would very much feel it was their war, marked by American aggression. ...
imo, informative article ...
@#55 .,.. Putin has threatened the use of nuclear weapons on numerous occasions ...
One may have to ask ,,, why does the current alias your are responding to seem to ignore that?
Hmmmm ...
One example ...
Where Putin stands on using nuclear weapons to win Russia's war in Ukraine (June 2024)
www.pbs.org
... The message to NATO from President Vladimir Putin was simple and stark: Don't go too far in providing military support for Ukraine, or you'll risk a conflict with Russia that could quickly turn nuclear.
As the war in Ukraine turns slowly in Moscow's favor, Putin declared he doesn't need nuclear weapons to achieve his goals. But he also says it's wrong for the West to assume that Russia will never use them. ...
Of course, that was before Pres Trump switched sides in the conflict, and now seems to support Pres Putin.
.
OK, far from acoustic ...
Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself (1986)
www.youtube.com
But a good tune.