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Lara Logan calls out the FBI blowing smoke on the FSKey bridge collision:
(9 minutes, then commercials)
https://rumble.com/v4m281t-lara-logan-the-charlie-kirk-show-lara-logan-the-media-is-lying-to-you.html
Settlement or victory?
Governor Ron is back home where he belongs and excels:
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/03/27/nolte-far-left-disney-surrenders-desantis-withdraws-reedy-creek-lawsuit/
Ahhh, that leisurely retirement in the fine city of Oakland:
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2024/03/28/102-year-old-disabled-california-man-fined-thousands-graffiti-left-property/
Why RFK would be unpopular on this board:
https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/28/rfk-jr-cant-keep-up-moderate-facade-while-celebrating-violent-radical-cesar-chavez/
Having fun on Nextdoor.com Somebody brought up a fee on the receipt at Target and some we saying it was a tax while others were very very firm that it was a fee NOT a tax. So you all know I like to stir the pot so I told the it's not a tax people that "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", LOLOL waiting for the blow back.
GOD bless you both. I thought I was running behind the curve ball when I got married at age 60
Hey hap0206. One has to remember that the dems have had a long time to once again figure out a way to either cheat or bend the laws so as to skew the election results in their favor!
Good for you -- maybe by 11/05 Trump will redeem himself in the eyes of our wives -- tough, strong effective executives generally are not likable people, but are really good to do business with when they are on my side -- I keep saying it's going to be his four year record against Biden's -- and the price at the gas pump will be the main deciding issue -- keep the faith
Yup got me one them wives too. But she was swayed by her teacher's union friends no doubt.
50yrs this year so we agree to disagree. I feel sure she will not vote for Brandon again though, so maybe RFKjr, and I wont ask :o)
K2... you're right we all saw though that choice for VP too. Thank you BobbyJ!
On the other hot topic... How could a container ship "accidentally" drive into a bridge support? Seems crazy to be on purpose, too... And the insurance waver granted by the fake prez? Maybe he didn't use his cue card, sounds just like something he would say. He is a complete blundering idiot, alway has been.
Love it if they call NJ for Trump before the polls close out here in fly over.
Thanks -- we started celebrating months -- we call them monthaversaries -- number 91 coming up this sat -- when married in 2016 I asked/hoped for five years -- and here we are
It's a beautiful thing!
Congrats, and keep on.
Sort of like deciding right away if SBF wants to be the husband or the wife!
"You wanna be the momma or the poppa"
WOW .... quite the handsome couple there. Here's to many more years of marital bliss!!
Thanks K². Meer slap on the wrist is an appropriate description.
One of these days I'm gonna get that squirrel and that wabbit too, arf arf
https://ring.com/share/a94f908c-c5a7-4a53-8e9c-4906352654d4
" Both of ya 'r looking-good, hap0206 ~ Congrats " .. !!
SBF got off with a slap on the wrist.
This is currently on the cyber front page of the WSJ.
https://www.wsj.com/
Mon Dieu! I could tell by looking at her, she had to be the queen.
What fun to be her date.
You've both still got it.
Life is indeed good.
WOO HOO, way to go
Thank you and yes, it was a surprise at the prom when she was designated as the queen -- I felt so honored to be her date
LIG
Now days, nothing would surprise me.
Who knows? Maybe the little cretin genius would enjoy it.
Ding ding ding. Yes. The story is ringing my memory bell.
It is a wonderful story.
You two are a fine-looking couple.
She is cute-as-a-button and you, Sir, are quite handsome.
I can envision you two as the King and Queen of the prom.
Dang. Time flies. Keep doing what you're doing and last a healthy long time.
You're inspiration for those of us who are following close on your heels.
Cheers!
Enjoy your years together. Looks like you have it down!
Well, if they let "Bubba" be his cellmate and he wants to play "You wanna be the momma or the poppa", 25 years would be an eternity!
Thanks -- good to be here
Madoff got a lot more than that!
Thank you -- married very well at 85 and here we are celebrating seven years -- happiest time of our lives -- I believe I told you, she was my jr prom date in 1948 -- I called her in 2015 and asked if she remembered me -- she said, Of course,, you were my first boyfriend -- and here we are
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going for a few more years -- thank you for the good wishes -- noticed my martini glass is a little tipsie
Is the Biden Campaign Strategy Fatally Flawed?
The argument for a second term is missing a key component.
by Mark Angelides | Mar 28, 2024
When one’s political opponent is tied up in both federal and state court facing dozens of felony charges that could amount to more than 100 years in prison, the notion that you could be on a losing streak with the electorate might seem entirely unrealistic. And yet, this is precisely where President Joe Biden now finds himself – on a downward trajectory facing defeat at the ballot box. How is it that the incumbent commander-in-chief is struggling to break away from Donald Trump? And why is his campaign failing to gain traction?
Biden Versus the Polls
Of the 62 major polls conducted since the beginning of 2024, President Biden has only topped the charts 13 times (he tied with Trump in six of them), meaning the public has indicated its preference for former President Trump in 43 surveys. According to Real Clear Politics, the 45th president is leading by an average of 1.4% nationally – a stature he failed to achieve when he won in 2016 and when he narrowly lost in 2020. But it gets more worrisome for Team Biden when we delve into the battleground numbers.
The November election will not be determined by what happens in the majority of states. As Liberty Nation calculated in a February report:
There are a number of states regarded as safe for each party – think California and New York for the Democrats and West Virginia and Wyoming for the Republicans. If these are calculated, President Joe Biden can expect to start the Nov. 5 presidential election with 191 [electoral college] votes safely in hand and another 35 either likely or leaning Democrat – giving a total of 226 votes, just 44 shy of a second term. The Republican contender – presently polled as Donald Trump – has a steeper hill to climb. The 19 states considered safe for Republicans add up to 121 votes, with likely or leaning locales adding a further 98, for a total of 219. That’s 51 short of a majority.
Polling data for the seven major swing states indicate that Trump has an average 3.2% lead. In fact, in at least four out of the seven (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina), his lead is outside of the margin of error. If the election were held today, this would herald the return of Trump to the White House. How did it all go so wrong for Joe Biden?
Words Over Actions
There has been a major push from the White House to explain to the American people that they are – reflecting Ronald Reagan’s famous question – better off now than they were four years ago. The president’s X account even posed this question to its followers. It seems that the bulk of the electorate is answering in the negative.
Recent polling by Harvard/HarrisX reiterates the sweeping ratio delivered on social media. The survey offers a few key data points that are at odds with the White House message on the economy:
58% say the economy is on the wrong track (just 34% say it is on the right track).
56% say the economy is weak.
47% say their personal financial situation is getting worse (just 27% say it is getting better).
Inflation is the top issue affecting voters personally.
Democrats and their media allies have been touting economic improvements on last year, and while there are some bright lights on the horizon, Americans’ experience appears to be directly at odds with the message. But what of the “top issue facing the country”?
Immigration is the latest high-profile topic with which most Americas appear concerned, according to the Hill/HarrisX poll. Biden has just a 36% approval of his handling of the ongoing crisis.
Illegal immigration has dominated the headlines for the last year – with once-boastful sanctuary cities now back-pedalling on their promise of refuge and safe haven. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the man responsible for implementing and refining the administration’s policies on the border, was even impeached to almost no outrage from the Biden-friendly Fourth Estate. And yet, in the eyes of the electorate, the president has failed to act in a way that alleviates pressures or deals with fears.
Notably, in this polling, 55% now approve of the job Donald Trump did as president – and that figure includes 29% of Democrats and 48% of independents. Digging deeper, black voters approve at a rate of 40%, Asians at 44%, and Hispanics at a whopping 60%.
Competence Deficit
So, we see a scattershot approach to messaging, which could easily be confused with attempting an all things to all people approach. But what appears to be lacking is public trust that the Biden administration and DC fixtures are capable of delivering positive results with anything that approaches competence.
Team Biden took over the White House with a claim that the adults were back in charge. Such boasts come with certain responsibilities. And yet, despite the strongly worded guarantees of an end to Trump’s alleged chaos, disorder has been the hallmark of this administration. From the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal to a cumulative inflation burden of more than 18%, it seems the president has a reverse Midas touch.
Politicians can get away with being many things, but incompetence – or at least the appearance of incompetence – is the ultimate sin.
https://www.libertynation.com/is-the-biden-campaign-strategy-fatally-flawed/
Perfect depiction of the left.
Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years >
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/28/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced-to-25-years-in-jail-for-fraud/
Animal instincts are pretty amazing.
Glad they're still showing up in the neighborhood.
Take care.
Sounds like a nice day for you.
Living on the edge... yep. Makes me feel alive.
Car is handling much better without them since they are positioned on the front-end drive wheels.
Lucy could use a new set of sneakers.
I may spring for four new all-weather tires before winter.
The snows have their own rims.
They're getting harder to get in and out of the trunk.
Enjoy your day.
P.S. Really appreciate your posts. Thank you.
I hope that their population recovers. Gentle giants is a perfect description for them.
Yes, some days they are thick as thieves. Somehow, they know three days before cold weather moves through and they start heading up the canal to the springs in the quarries upstream.
NBC is just another flying monkey in the Bidenistas pocket.
Good seeing you back in the neighborhood, hap0206!
Mornin' K². No rain here and none in the forecast.
You sure love living on the edge!!!
Morning, Gmenfan...
Once again the Lamestream Media shows its true colors.
How be ye?
Cloudy and wet around here...
But hey. We are not shoveling.
Have a good one.
P.S. Had my snow tires taken off on Tuesday.
Prepare for a blizzard. < g >
Salt, fresh... they don't care, it just has to be wet and they like it warm.
Researchers ‘optimistic’ that manatees are making a comeback in Florida
Their alternate name of “sea cow” is fitting as manatees are large, slow and gentle creatures that graze. Take a moment to learn about the beautiful creatures on Manatee Appreciation Day.
By Monica Danielle, AccuWeather senior producer
Published Feb 20, 2024 12:26 PM EDT | Updated Mar 27, 2024 9:04 AM EDT
(Video and pictures at the link. I'm confused. Are manatees able to live in salt and fresh water? I always thought they were saltwater animals.)
Record manatee sightings have experts optimistic for the future, following years of habitat loss, a vanishing food supply and boat strikes in Florida.
March 27 is Manatee Appreciation Day and while the number of manatees roaming Florida’s rivers, harbors, and coastline has dwindled in recent years, experts are ‘cautiously optimistic’ that the population is rebounding.
A sighting of nearly 1,000 manatees at Blue Spring State Park on a chilly January morning was the latest sign of a turning point for the gentle giants that have been struggling to survive.
There is a constant flow of 72-degree F water from the natural springs near Orange City, 30 miles inland from the Atlantic coastline.
The warmer waters bubbling up from the springs, 120 feet below the surface, have made Blue Spring a protected haven for manatees in the winter months; they can face cold stress or other health problems if water temperatures drop below 68 degrees.
Manatee population in jeopardy
Research Associate Cora Berchem said members of Save the Manatee Club have been concerned about natural habitats and vegetation vanishing long before an ‘Unusual Mortality Event’ was declared in 2020.
“We’ve seen a very large die-off of seagrasses and manatees were literally left without a food source, especially along the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Coast of Florida,” said Berchem. “Manatees really have no significant natural predator, so most of what’s happening to them is really human-related.”
Cases of serious boat strikes and red tide blooms impacting manatees have dropped over the past year, but Berchem is worried about other emerging threats to the massive herbivores.
“With more people moving to Florida, there is more of a strain on the groundwater. There’s a lot of pumping from the groundwater. We really need to make sure we don’t over-pump our springs,” said Berchem.
Following a summer of well-above-average sea surface temperatures off the coast of Florida, researchers say the biggest threats manatees now face are impacts linked to extreme weather and our warming atmosphere.
“We have seen longer and warmer summers, so a lot of manatees have been migrating further out to the Carolinas or Georgia, and the other side of the state, towards Texas. If we have sudden cold spells in these other areas, it’s always a danger for manatees not to make their way back to Florida in sufficient time,” said Berchem. “A lot of people think, if we have warmer waters, that’s going to be great for manatees. That is true, however we’re also seeing stronger storms and stronger hurricanes, which is something that manatees are very sensitive to. They can get displaced during those storm events.”
Glimmers of hope in the water
Florida leaders say investments of nearly $2 billion in water quality improvement projects and manatee protection programs since 2019 are paying off.
“The state is seeing incredible momentum for environmental protection to ensure Florida’s natural resources are preserved for generations to come,” said Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Shawn Hamilton. “Clean, sustainable water resources are critical for Florida’s residents, visitors, economy and manatees.”
Manatee mortality rates in 2023 were the lowest reported since 2017, according to Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Mortality reports show 556 manatee deaths in 2023, compared to the five-year average of 793. FWC data lists watercraft strikes and natural disease as the leading causes of death; 20 percent of mortality cases were linked to a red tide bloom in southwest Florida.
Distressed manatees rescued and rehabilitated are getting a second chance at life in the wild, in protected habitats like Blue Spring State Park. One of the newest residents, named ‘Lizard’ is now roaming the waters of St. Johns River, after being rescued from the Atlantic Coast.
“Lizard looks amazing; this is the second time she’s been released. She was orphaned in 2021. We’re not really sure what happened to her mom, but she was found without her mom for an extended period of time, said SeaWorld Animal Care Specialist Nik Ricci. “After that release, it seemed like she wasn’t finding food the right way, so she got a little bit too skinny. She got rescued again; this time we brought her up to SeaWorld, and we continued that rehabilitation. After about a year, she looks great and is ready to come back out here.”
Ricco told AccuWeather there’s a reason why rescued manatee names are becoming more unique, peculiar, and ironic.
“Naming manatees is very challenging. Anytime that any of us either rescue a manatee or track a manatee, it's going to get a name, and we can't double-name, so we have to be very creative,” joked Ricco.
More than 140 manatees were rescued throughout Florida last year.
Before the 600-pound manatee was unloaded from a SeaWorld truck and carried to the edge of the water by nine volunteers and researchers, one member attached a GPS tracker to ‘Lizard’s’ tail.
The FWC says trackers provide critical information about the location and travel patterns of manatees recovering from injuries or rebounding from emaciation.
“We are really optimistic about her chances; we’re hoping that she’s going to pair up with another animal, be able to find that food, and learn how to stay in the warm water,” said Ricci. “They just kind of like to make a new friend; hang out for a little bit, and then go and find another new friend. They’re very interesting animals, very laid back.”
Fighting for a better future
Despite a surge in manatee sightings in Florida’s springs and rivers during cold spells this winter, experts say their mission to protect manatees is far from over.
Save the Manatee Club members are worried about hundreds of manatees that rely on warm water discharge from power plants across the Sunshine State.
“It’s really important to protect these habitats, because more manatees may be relying on them in the future. They thought the carrying capacity for Blue Spring would be somewhere around 200 or 400 manatees,” said Berchem. “Obviously, we have way surpassed that. What we need to do is really make sure there’s enough food sources in the area. In the future, when we have power plants potentially going offline, it’s going to be really difficult to ween those manatees off those powerplants and use these natural springs.”
More distressed manatees rescued and rehabilitated are being released near springs rather than returned and released in the location where they were found.
“One of the things that’s currently in the works is releasing some of these manatees that were rescued as small calves on the Atlantic coast here, so they’re imprinting on this habitat,” Berchem told AccuWeather along the banks of the St. Johns River. “Just because the mortality is down; we have seen some regrowth of the seagrass, but all of that is really a long way to go. Just because it’s looking better for a couple of months, we really need to continue that work to make sure its long term.”
Specialists at SeaWorld said the best thing Florida families and tourists can do to help manatees is to slow down when boating on rivers, obey no wake zones, stop littering near waterways, and publicly support conservation efforts.
“Seagrass is very depleted, so that has been a challenge with manatees. We’ve had a lot of emaciated manatees. We are currently still in an ‘Unusual Mortality Event’ because of that lack of food, said Ricci. “That is why anything we as humans can do to help protect our environment, help clean our environment, allow that seagrass to regrow, that allows the manatees to come back in; that’s a great sign that things are moving in the right direction.”
Reporting by Bill Wadell
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/researchers-optimistic-that-manatees-are-making-a-comeback-in-florida/1623790
NBC just hired & immediately fired Ronna McDaniel, because the team refused to let even one Republican join them – that’s how biased they are!
NBC just hired & immediately fired Ronna McDaniel, because the team refused to let even one Republican join them – that’s how biased they are! https://t.co/4kFYINCsVB
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 27, 2024
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