Rewilding. Correcting Man’s Mistakes
We cut down forests and churn up the soil to plant our crops or build human habitations. The life that lived there either goes away or dies.
Is there a solution?
The definition of rewilding has shifted over the years. Generally, though, it involves humans essentially backing off from an area and letting it do its thing. Chernobyl is probably the most well-known example of rewilding. Once humans abandoned the area due to the devastation of the 1986 nuclear blast and resulting radiation, the ecosystem slowly rebalanced itself. Now, even though the effects of the radiation linger, flora and fauna are thriving; the area even boasts rare and endangered species.
Though the rewilding gold standard is to have as little human involvement as possible, other variations of the practice call for us guiding things a little bit. Sometimes, this means breaking down humanmade barriers, like dams, and letting an area revert back to its natural state. Other times, experts might have to give things more of a jump start, reintroducing species that once flourished in a region. And if those once-present species have gone extinct, researchers will sometimes use the next-best species, introducing it in the original’s place.
This isn’t just a deal for “green freaks” but for all of us. Healthy lands provide healthy places for us to regain our humanity – and health.
Rep Cummings Refuses to Let Witness have an Attorney
Another one of the legions of Dimocraps who are destroying the very basis of the House of Representatives and its constitutional foundation.
The Constitution of the United States is chock full of guarantees to the right to counsel. The Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments address right to legal representation at the local, state and federal levels.
One certainly doesn’t have to be a Constitutional lawyer to understand that Congressional hearings certainly have all the trappings of a trial. From the words hearings to subpoenas to contempt of Congress, it’s a good bet that you’d better have a lawyer present if you’re ever called upon to testify (another nifty judicial term).
From the raising of your right hand, to the final pounding of the gavel, the witness best not tell fibs… lying to Congress is a federal offense.
With all this useful information now at your fingertips, any person with a lick of common sense would deduct that not only the need, but the absolute right to legal representation.
But don’t tell Cummings this!
“In keeping with longstanding Department of Justice policy, neither Mr. Gore nor anyone else in the Department will be forced to testify in their capacity as a DOJ official on DOJ matters without DOJ counsel,” said Kerri Kupec, a department spokesperson.
So how did Cumming respond?
“This is a massive, unprecedented, and growing pattern of obstruction,” he said. “Yesterday, President Trump declared to the entire country that he would obstruct Congress and order all White House officials to defy lawful subpoenas from Congress. Today, the Trump Administration went even further by expanding this policy to employees at federal agencies—even when the subpoenas are bipartisan and supported by Republican Members of Congress.”
A Beluga Whale is a “Russian Asset”?
I don’t know whether this is for real or not. In any case, it should bring a smile to a lot of faces.
Will we now order our naval units to loose their marine assets?
A beluga whale harassing Norwegian fishing boats in the Arctic Circle bears signs of being a Russian Navy asset, marine scientists say.
The white whale had been biting fishing nets and headbutting boats off the island of Ingøya for several weeks.
On Thursday scientists lured it close with cod fillets and cut off the harness, which said "Equipment of St. Petersburg" on it.
Scientists from the Institute of Marine Research in Norway and the Arctic University of Norway told media the whale is most likely part of the Russian Navy.
Militaries in Russia, Ukraine, and the US have all used marine animals before.
Pope Francis donates $500,000 to migrants at U.S. border
Funds will be distributed between 27 projects associated with 16 Mexican dioceses, congregations
Well, are all you Roman Catholics happy now. You’re helping to fund the invasion of the United States.
And he’s finally coming out in the open about it.
Beto’s Latest Campaign Rally
35 people!
At the University of Las Vegas, Nevada
I never saw one mention of his coming here on local TV. Not one.
“Around 35 people here to see Beto O’Rourke at UNLV,” Emma Kinery, a Bloomberg reporter tweeted. “The rally was supposed to be held in the courtyard outside, but students told me no one is on campus on Fridays bc it’s mainly a commuter school.”
Around 35 people here to see Beto O’Rourke at UNLV. The rally was supposed to be held in the courtyard outside, but students told me no one is on campus on Fridays bc it’s mainly a commuter school. pic.twitter.com/zFygogVAe6
— Emma Kinery (@EmmaKinery) April 26, 2019
And the media is beginning to ignore him.
Australians killing millions of feral cats
A 2017 study published in the journal Biological Conservation found that cats in Australia are estimated to kill 377 million birds and 649 reptiles every year, the Independent reported.
Before everyone gets their britches in an uproar, this is a problem found throughout the world. Humans bring species to areas where they become a serious thread to the local fauna. Islands are particularly susceptible and cats seem to be the most serious threat. Here in the USA, wild hogs are an example; another species brought from Europe. That and huge snakes in our southern swamps.
“Feral cats are a nationally significant pest that threaten our unique native fauna. While recognizing the important role of domestic cats as companion animals, domestic and stray cats may also threaten native fauna,” the Australian National Declaration said, in part.
‘Ministers also agreed that the management of feral cats will be considered a priority in threatened species recovery programs,” the declaration added.
In 2020, can California GOP retake seats lost in 2018?
This article brought my attention. I had not realized this debacle occurred in 2018. Orange County has always been conservative/GOP for as long as I can remember. What the heck happened?
According to Wiki:
The racial makeup of Orange County was 1,830,758 (60.8%) White (44.0% non-Hispanic white), 50,744 (1.7%) African American, 18,132 (0.6%) Native American, 537,804 (17.9%) Asian, 9,354 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 435,641 (14.5%) from other races, and 127,799 (4.2%) from two or more races.
Since when did so many blacks move into the area?
Finally, following accusations of voting irregularities in key races in several states (including California), the RNC approved a major new working group to focus on ballot security measures and support for candidates facing election challenges.
A federal court consent decree, ended last year, had prohibited the RNC from engaging in ballot security activities for nearly 40 years. The aggressive new step, Fox News is told, is meant to level the playing field with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as close elections increasingly become litigious and, in turn, bring discord, division and fiery talking points.
…In California, where Republicans suffered major defeats in the fall, Democrats changed the law to permit “ballot harvesting” — letting campaign operatives take residents’ ballots to the polls on their behalf.
As usual, if the Dims can’t win the right way, they do whatever they can whether or not it’s unethical or illegal.
Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die counting votes
Few know where this country is. And even fewer have any idea of how huge a population it has, the majority of them Muslim.
So, why is this of interest to us Americans?
Check this out for yourselves.
Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), said 1,878 other staff had fallen ill.
Some seven million people were helping count and monitor the 17 April vote.
Staff were expected to work through the night in sweltering conditions, which took a hefty physical toll on many.
The elections were the first time the country of 260 million people combined the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ballots, in order to save money.
Around 80% of the 193 million eligible voters cast their votes in more than 800,000 polling stations.
It’s not just the numbers but the vast distances and isolation involved. In addition, all counting is done by hand!
Our Bridges are Failing
I’ve posted this before and the President has talked about, promising to try to get a package through Congress to fix this as part of his Infrastructure Initiative.
Our 2018 budget included $55.9 billion in foreign aid.
Just a small percentage of that could go a long way to fixing things.
There are 614,000 bridges in the U.S., and nearly 1-in-10 of them is falling apart. When Eisenhower signed the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act, establishing a 41,000-mile system of roads and bridges, there was roughly one car for every three people. Today, it’s almost 1-to-1. This influx of vehicles, plus shoddy maintenance, has taxed spans to the brink of collapse. This bridge is the sum of our worst missteps, and how to make them right.
And this article proposes some truly great ideas on how to fix and replace these structures.
Russia’s diamond titan Alrosa recovers giant gem-quality stone in Far North
I never heard of this place before finding this article. I always thought the biggest was the Kimberly Mine in South Africa.
How many know that we have people finding diamonds in Arkansas?
The world’s largest diamond miner by volume, Russia’s Alrosa, has revealed a huge light yellow rough diamond weighing almost 118.91 carats at its deposit in the northeastern region of Yakutia.
The precious stone, unearthed earlier this month, is the biggest discovery among the gemstone-quality diamonds at the company’s ‘International’ mine over the past two years. A similar 109.61 carat gem was extracted at the same deposit in the summer of 2017.
The latest discovery is nearly a perfect example of a light yellow rough diamond, which has “salient edges, one of them with cleavage, and small inclusions in the central zone,” according to Alrosa’s press-release.
I tried to copy and paste a picture of the mine but the urls are horrendous.
Spygate. Will the leaders escape Justice?
Everyone, including the president, loves to use the word “coup.” (Not the car model) So, let’s make that clear.
A group of people in the Washington, D.C. offices of the DOJ and FBI saw Donald Trump as a threat to their agendas. The last thing they wanted to see was him to be elected president.
And, when he was, they did their best to find ways to unseat him. To override the will of the American people!
Nobody doubts this. There’s lots of proof.
If the special counsel uncritically accepted Russian interference as established fact, or worse, deferred to the CIA—which would bring us back to Five Eyes and British intelligence—surely its conclusion is an expensive example of circular reasoning not worth the paper it’s printed on.
Unfortunately, Trump’s second attorney general, who is today’s hero for ending the collusion hoax, has given the conspirators sanctuary on Russian interference by praising their efforts to uncover the plot that wasn’t.
As always with Trump, there is hope.
Maybe Julian Assange can come and tell us what really happened. Oh yeah, I forgot—he was taken into British custody a few days before Mueller’s report was released. Can’t wait for that extradition battle.
So the Brits and Ruskies are really to blame?
Does that mean all the leaders will go free?
Most likely they will end up getting little more than slaps on the wrist.
Joe Biden, Obama Officials Colluded With Ukrainian Officials for Personal Gain: Jeff Carlson
Trump Knows Who's Behind the Coup Against Him: EIB
Trump obstructed Dem attempt to overturn 2016 election with a coup: Michael Knowles
Trump Knows Who's Behind the Coup Against Him: EIB
Trump obstructed Dem attempt to overturn 2016 election with a coup: Michael Knowles
‘A cross between a car and a rubber duck’
Oh Lord above. Here we go again. Don’t these people ever stop this insanity?
Is it a boat? Is it a car? Actually, it’s the best of both – an amphibious vehicle. It’s the ideal solution for anyone who fancies driving to the coast and then… well, motoring out to sea. For the past 50 years, Tim Dutton has been at the helm of his eponymous firm. He started out in 1969 and is justly proud of the fact Dutton is the oldest car company in the world still wholly owned by its founder. He is based in a workshop in the pretty village of Littlehampton where he has his own slipway into the River Arun. Visitors can take a Surf out for a test drive/cruise. You won’t be surprised to hear that owning a dinky Dutton is a niche interest – Tim sells about a dozen a year. Most drivers/captains just want to have fun – who wouldn’t in a vehicle that looks like a cross between a sports car and a rubber duck? – but there are more serious applications, too. Tim’s sold some to the military, and sailors love them as they can simply drive straight out to their yacht’s mooring. If you want to see one of these floating cars – and congratulate Tim on his half-century in the business – he’ll be at National Kit Car Show next weekend and at the Southampton Boat Show in September.
So, what am I moaning about?
This Amphicar was put on the market in 1971. And, like this probably will, it was a total sales flop. And, while I didn’t scan more, I clearly remember similar gimmick cars in the early 50s.
More about the Amphicar @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar And more about the Dutton Surf @ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/28/dutton-surf-amphibious-vehicle-preview-pleasurably-weird-car-into-the-sea
Canada Importing Oil from Saudi Arabia
Why on earth aren’t they getting it from us?
The chasm between our two countries continues to amaze me.
How often do we see news from Canada on our media?
Other than Private Eyes, do we see Canadian TV shows here? (I enjoy it a lot.)
The total volume of Canadian imports from Saudi Arabia has increased by 66 per cent since 2014, with imports rising every year during that period.
Last year, Canadian companies spent $3.54 billion importing 6.4 million cubic metres of Saudi oil, up from 5.9 million cubic metres worth $2.5 billion in 2017, before the dispute started in August 2018.
And parts of Canada are suffering from major flooding.
‘I Was an...Addict’
Watching him laughing and smiling as he pushes his line of pillows, sheets, and comforters, it’s hard to believe he was once suffering in the depth of crack cocaine addiction.
He was so bad, in fact, that his drug dealers staged an intervention in 2008 and refused to sell to him. They cut him off, and a year later he was done using.
“I got freed of all of my addictions January 16, 2009, but at that point I didn’t do a full surrender to Jesus,” he said. “I didn’t give a full surrender until February 18, 2017, so there’s quite a story in between where God was still chasing me.”
More of the story @ http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2019/april/lsquo-i-was-an-addict-rsquo-inside-my-pillow-inventor-mike-lindell-rsquo-s-amazing-transformation
7 tools for fixing Windows problems
I’m not much of a computer techie so I have to rely on pieces like this. Kim Komando has always been a reliable source of computer info. It’s clearly worth your time to check this out and see if something on the list will help your computer.
Months go by, and Windows works. Then, out of nowhere, your computer slows down. Files don’t open right away. Programs freeze or shut down. Your system probably needs some TLC, but what should you do?
You struggle to pinpoint the exact problem when Windows gets fidgety. It could be internet issues or unknown malware, or – it happens too often – an irrelevant program is performing complex background tasks.
The 7 items are:
4. WinDirStat
6. Malwarebytes
All the explanation are @ https://www.foxnews.com/tech/7-tools-for-fixing-windows-problems
What kind of childhood is this?
They know nothing but war.
What kind of toys are these to play with?
Anti-tank and anti-personnel mines beyond belief.
They live in mud huts with no running water or electricity. Most have no schooling beyond Muslim places and girls get little or no education.
So, what the hell has our presence there done for these kids?
Planet of the Apes becomes reality?
Scientific curiosity often leads to amazing results.
But, this is not only ridiculous, it’s disgusting.
Chinese scientists implant human genes into monkeys to make them “smarter”
“Frankenscientists” hailing from the communist “paradise” of China have successfully inserted human brain genes into live monkeys, creating a real life “Planet of the Apes” scenario with the world’s first half-human, half-ape hybrid being.
So the experiment was a success?
Yeah,
If you really want to know more, go to https://www.prisonplanet.com/planet-of-the-apes-becomes-reality-after-chinese-scientists-implant-human-genes-into-monkeys-to-make-them-smarter.html
