Not too far from where I live, in Lyme, NH, we have a truly excellent center that raises orphaned black bear cubs for return to the wild, and the pictures and videos are just wonderful: https://kilhambearcenter.org/
I am reminded of a nature video I saw where a giant brown bear was throwing a big elk antler into the river rapids and then jumping in to retrieve it, like a huge puppy.
I see lots of potential problems with keeping a pet bear. He won't be so cute forever. Is he house broken? Will he stay out of the trash? However, if someone breaks into the place they will have a BIG surprise.
I once s asked my dad if it was true the town bartender back when he was a kid had a pet moose and he was like, no that's dumb. Then he thought about it and said, but my dad had a pet bear cub. I didn't follow up with questions (it was a funeral) but I'm presuming the cub got to be a little big for the house at some point.
Couldn't finish it. This is just primal dread for me. I clicked outta there when Jasper was hiding behind his person, clearly thinking, "Don't make me do it. Don't make me go up to the Danger Stranger because then I will be compelled to launch myself at his face and rip it off."
That is a clip from a longer show about the guy with Jasper. At the time, he was the only person to have bred and raised wolverines, doing what zoos haven’t. He raised 11 broods of wolverines, most of which he reintroduced successfully into the wild. I think some were taken to Michigan.
Should clarify, my comment was not about Jasper, it was about my visceral reaction to seeing him being urged to go up to the person he didn't know. I honestly couldn't finish watching it because it triggered my conditioned o-no-that's-a-W-don't-TOUCH-it response.
Interesting. All animals play; often involving different species. They have their universal greetings and salutations. If there’s a frontal lobe, there’s something going on. Food, sex, and entertainment.
I live in black bear country and used to see those bruins regularly when we spent time at the lake cabin. When I was short I used to wonder what it might be like to make friends with a black bear cub.
One of these days maybe if I'm very lucky I'll have an opportunity to find out.
I have now added the Secretary of Defense no telling the President about his cancer surgery to my list of things that I have to deal with. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get to it until I get the definitive height and weight of Donald Trump.
We've all got some weird old statutes on the books. For example, California penal code 653 (enacted 1872): Tattooing a Minor. Why do I know this one? Because I read the police blotter on Monday, and wanted to know what someone named Ziporah did to get arrested at 7am on a Sunday. Nothing like getting up early for church and stopping by to tattoo a few altar boys before services.
Acronym of the day: GOM. Guess-O-Meter. Used by EV owners commiserating about real world estimated available range that falls short of range ratings. Obviously, range varies with temp, battery condition, blah, blah, blah. And some, like my Escape plug-in, may guesstimate by taking temp into account ... maybe. But 'they' say Tesla's dashboard GOM just assumes best rated range all the time. Can I have an LOL?
Okay, a new plug-in owner could be more sympathetic about pure EV range. I just hope we see EVs with better range, reliability, etc. coming down the pike.
That said, I REALLY enjoy buzzing around town with minimal pollution and expense, thinking, 'Suck it, Red Toilets in.' (That's spellcheck's take on Rex Tillerson. Oh, the LOLs just keep coming.)
Honestly I feel like the range-o-meter in my ICE vehicle is just guessing most of the time. There's no way I have the same amount of miles available after driving across town.
Gosh, a comment referenced in the Bulwark piece reminded me of another instance where tfg (aka POS) said he was 'doing his job' while absolutely only serving his own self interest. Using the FOX reporting for special audience.
that "canceled" Princeton professor was an insufferable shitlord in grad school, and also too was creeping on his women students to the point where the school had to do something about him or risk suit
then he went to Hungary on Orban's dime and came back to write a glowing 'they're just like us!' propaganda piece in the WSJ[, I think]
Bridget Todd's excellent podcast (There Are No Girls On The Internet) has an excellent episode about the deliberate destruction of Claudine Gay. You should check it out even if you GENERALLY don't listen to podcasts. The game plan is played over and over, starting with Critical Race Theory and leading us here, now.
Really enjoyed that The White Pages article, so much that I liked and subscribed. It was a breath of fresh air to read, "Our personal sense of alienation and well-being has very little do with macro-economic indicators or the relative level of vacancies on our town’s Main Street. UW-Whitewater may have a shiny student union, but there’s a reason why there’s a food pantry inside. We are all wracked— in large ways and smalls, even those of us cocooned by societal privileges but especially those who aren’t— by the compounded stress of a country that has never fully cared for all its residents."
ARagghghgh. Look WI rural town are dying. People here don't want to go into farming. Plenty of asylum seekers would love a shot at a nice farm in WI. They would love to inject some needed population into rural towns. WI needs farm workers; immigrants who farm need work. This isn't rocket science!
I thought that judge's question to Trump's lawyers about whether a President could order a Navy Seal Team to assassinate his political rivals was way off.
The judge should have asked if a President could order the execution of his lawyers if they failed to win a verdict he liked.
some wag somewhere on some random fucking podcast noted that even IF an impeachment could punish an errant president for ordering Seal Team 6 to assassinate his political rival, said errant president could then just keep picking off congress members so they could never impeach him.
a political assassination doom loop if you will...
Enthusiastic bear cub source: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/a-beary-good-snow-day?r=angu9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true
forest doggo!!
Not too far from where I live, in Lyme, NH, we have a truly excellent center that raises orphaned black bear cubs for return to the wild, and the pictures and videos are just wonderful: https://kilhambearcenter.org/
I am reminded of a nature video I saw where a giant brown bear was throwing a big elk antler into the river rapids and then jumping in to retrieve it, like a huge puppy.
I see lots of potential problems with keeping a pet bear. He won't be so cute forever. Is he house broken? Will he stay out of the trash? However, if someone breaks into the place they will have a BIG surprise.
I once s asked my dad if it was true the town bartender back when he was a kid had a pet moose and he was like, no that's dumb. Then he thought about it and said, but my dad had a pet bear cub. I didn't follow up with questions (it was a funeral) but I'm presuming the cub got to be a little big for the house at some point.
The palpable joy of that bear! Lovely.
I am just captivated by that bear cavorting in the snow, "Silly ol' bear" is the thought that came to me, though that's no Pooh...
Here, kittay kittay!
"Can I pet dat dawg?"
A bearrel of fun.
Ursa what you did there
Just 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘺...
Groan...
"Bears just want to have fun...."
See your bear, and raise you a Jasper…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBmYt3QGNC8&t=3s
Couldn't finish it. This is just primal dread for me. I clicked outta there when Jasper was hiding behind his person, clearly thinking, "Don't make me do it. Don't make me go up to the Danger Stranger because then I will be compelled to launch myself at his face and rip it off."
That is a clip from a longer show about the guy with Jasper. At the time, he was the only person to have bred and raised wolverines, doing what zoos haven’t. He raised 11 broods of wolverines, most of which he reintroduced successfully into the wild. I think some were taken to Michigan.
Should clarify, my comment was not about Jasper, it was about my visceral reaction to seeing him being urged to go up to the person he didn't know. I honestly couldn't finish watching it because it triggered my conditioned o-no-that's-a-W-don't-TOUCH-it response.
Interesting. All animals play; often involving different species. They have their universal greetings and salutations. If there’s a frontal lobe, there’s something going on. Food, sex, and entertainment.
The poor wolverine’s reputation is undeserved.
Oh my God. Adorable.
Adorable!!
I live in black bear country and used to see those bruins regularly when we spent time at the lake cabin. When I was short I used to wonder what it might be like to make friends with a black bear cub.
One of these days maybe if I'm very lucky I'll have an opportunity to find out.
Or very UNlucky . . .
Just saying.
This is as close as I ever came, while hiking on a camping trip. You can just make this little guy out behind the tree trunk.
https://substack.com/profile/157208883-sojourner-truth/note/c-47001872?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2llj5f
What lake was that?
Priest Lake in Idaho.
It's a beautiful place. I never wanted to leave the cabin with a wood stove and no indoor plumbing and return home.
Sounds like a rustic paradise.
I once saw a startled bear cover a hundred yards in less time than it takes to open a beer. I will check with Mamma Bear first...
Was that at Soldier Field in Chicago?
One of our Bears hasn't been that fast in awhile...
Bear's name was Walter...
And climb like nobody's business.
Just be prepared to explain "friendship" to Mama Bear.
Like this little guy and his mom.
https://youtu.be/KGoeWjOAwBk?si=z0KqVavARSqVGKY7
OMG--that side eye she gave him!!!!!!!
THAT has always compelled me to keep my distance.
I know from personal experience what an angry mother who feels her youngsters may be threatened is capable of.
They're cute when they're little. Then they remember what they are.
Hee! Like a big ol' puppah.
Beautiful. Almost makes me want to get dressed and head outside. Almost.
So now the GOP is going to lecture us about military preparedness due to missing personnel? How very chootzpah of them!
I have now added the Secretary of Defense no telling the President about his cancer surgery to my list of things that I have to deal with. Unfortunately, I won't be able to get to it until I get the definitive height and weight of Donald Trump.
We've all got some weird old statutes on the books. For example, California penal code 653 (enacted 1872): Tattooing a Minor. Why do I know this one? Because I read the police blotter on Monday, and wanted to know what someone named Ziporah did to get arrested at 7am on a Sunday. Nothing like getting up early for church and stopping by to tattoo a few altar boys before services.
Your reminder that this Saturday's Movie Night is 𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏.)
This review says all you need to know:
"𝑃𝑎𝑢𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜-𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑢𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒-𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑤𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐼𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑗𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑢𝑠𝑒. 𝑃𝐴𝑈𝐿 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑏ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡."
-Movieguide
https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/wonkette-movie-night-jan-13-paul?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Look what I found!
transcript
https://subslikescript.com/movie/Paul-1092026#google_vignette
I was looking for Ruth's quote, about her dad:
"You can't win with these people." The, ah, christians. So true.
I'm sensing that this reviewer may be just a teeeeeensy bit biased....
I knew there was a reason I owned that movie.
Acronym of the day: GOM. Guess-O-Meter. Used by EV owners commiserating about real world estimated available range that falls short of range ratings. Obviously, range varies with temp, battery condition, blah, blah, blah. And some, like my Escape plug-in, may guesstimate by taking temp into account ... maybe. But 'they' say Tesla's dashboard GOM just assumes best rated range all the time. Can I have an LOL?
Okay, a new plug-in owner could be more sympathetic about pure EV range. I just hope we see EVs with better range, reliability, etc. coming down the pike.
That said, I REALLY enjoy buzzing around town with minimal pollution and expense, thinking, 'Suck it, Red Toilets in.' (That's spellcheck's take on Rex Tillerson. Oh, the LOLs just keep coming.)
Honestly I feel like the range-o-meter in my ICE vehicle is just guessing most of the time. There's no way I have the same amount of miles available after driving across town.
Gosh, a comment referenced in the Bulwark piece reminded me of another instance where tfg (aka POS) said he was 'doing his job' while absolutely only serving his own self interest. Using the FOX reporting for special audience.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/former-teen-beauty-queens-donald-trump-barged-in-on-us-changing
that "canceled" Princeton professor was an insufferable shitlord in grad school, and also too was creeping on his women students to the point where the school had to do something about him or risk suit
then he went to Hungary on Orban's dime and came back to write a glowing 'they're just like us!' propaganda piece in the WSJ[, I think]
fuck that guy
Wait, what, who??
the husband of the woman who wants to be a "public intellectual" for the rwnj factory, in the tabs - we were in the same small program in the day
And of course, thank you very much for the tea :-D
Good to know. Fuck that guy!
you have no idea - that fucking guy.... :/
edit: by which I mean to say: bad actors get ahead far too terribly often
Partway through the article; Jesus, these people! ACK!!!
And yes, I do know. :-P
ugh
Right! Just found the Tabs mention, thank you, Zulu.
OK, my skepticism about Storm Finn was unwarranted. That was some wind we had here last night!
Storm Finn is my stripper name.
Bridget Todd's excellent podcast (There Are No Girls On The Internet) has an excellent episode about the deliberate destruction of Claudine Gay. You should check it out even if you GENERALLY don't listen to podcasts. The game plan is played over and over, starting with Critical Race Theory and leading us here, now.
https://pca.st/episode/b7cad5a3-37d8-4031-be32-71493131ef25
Really enjoyed that The White Pages article, so much that I liked and subscribed. It was a breath of fresh air to read, "Our personal sense of alienation and well-being has very little do with macro-economic indicators or the relative level of vacancies on our town’s Main Street. UW-Whitewater may have a shiny student union, but there’s a reason why there’s a food pantry inside. We are all wracked— in large ways and smalls, even those of us cocooned by societal privileges but especially those who aren’t— by the compounded stress of a country that has never fully cared for all its residents."
ARagghghgh. Look WI rural town are dying. People here don't want to go into farming. Plenty of asylum seekers would love a shot at a nice farm in WI. They would love to inject some needed population into rural towns. WI needs farm workers; immigrants who farm need work. This isn't rocket science!
Seen on a post on Newsweek:
"Xitter, the steaming remains of Twitter"
"Xitheads"
That is all.
From the recent reports of PAB's foul odor it's very possible that fumes are still evident.
I would bet a bajillion dollars that Kelly Anne Conway at the very minimum has taken one plan B pill in her life.
She has like 8 kids or something I think.
I thought that judge's question to Trump's lawyers about whether a President could order a Navy Seal Team to assassinate his political rivals was way off.
The judge should have asked if a President could order the execution of his lawyers if they failed to win a verdict he liked.
some wag somewhere on some random fucking podcast noted that even IF an impeachment could punish an errant president for ordering Seal Team 6 to assassinate his political rival, said errant president could then just keep picking off congress members so they could never impeach him.
a political assassination doom loop if you will...
That would have been a great follow-up question: "And what if he assassinates anyone who'd vote for impeachment?"