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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn Casually Suggests Armed Citizens Should Overthrow the Government | Vanity Fair (Me: Traitors afoot in GOP)

So it’s a bit odd to hear a U.S. representative seemingly brag about how well the Viet Cong performed, and suggest that armed civilians could and should do similar damage on American soil. Cawthorn’s comments follow remarks from Rep. Matt Gaetz wherein the Florida lawmaker lashed out at tech companies for harboring alleged conservative biases, telling supporters: “The internet’s hall monitors out in Silicon Valley, they think they can suppress us, discourage us. Maybe if you’re just a little less patriotic, maybe if you just conform to their way of thinking a little more, then you’ll be allowed to participate in the digital world. Well, you know what? Silicon Valley can’t cancel this movement, or this rally, or this congressman. We have a Second Amendment in this country, and I think we have an obligation to use it.” (Harlan Hill, a spokesman for Gaetz, has insisted that suggestions that the congressman was encouraging people to take up arms against Silicon Valley are “willful lies,” telling The Washington Post: “The wildly irresponsible mis-framing of the Congressman’s comments is designed to divide America and we demand it stops.” Gaetz has also said he was taken out of context.)

Source: Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn Casually Suggests Armed Citizens Should Overthrow the Government | Vanity Fair

Are these Mango shaped Apples?? 🤔 – Bio-Blogger

A couple in Madhya Pradesh has deployed four guards and six dogs to prevent the theft of two mango trees.

The orchardist couple Rani and Sankalp Parihar planted two mango saplings tears ago. However, little they had any idea the two mango saplings would develop and bore into unusual ruby-coloured mangoes, the Japanese Miyazaki, according to a report in HindustanTimes.https://b9748fceb7b8e6f27882840e4d195464.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html?n=0TRENDING STORIESSee All

Miyazaki mangoes are said to be one of the most expensive breeds of mangoes in the world. Also known as an egg of the sun, the Miyazaki mangoes sold at ₹2.70 lakh per kilogram in the international market last year, the daily said citing a Japanese media report.

Source: Are these Mango shaped Apples?? 🤔 – Bio-Blogger

1 dead, over 100 infected in COVID-19 outbreak at U.S. Embassy in Kabul – UPI.com

COVID-19 outbreak at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, has infected over 100 people and killed one as hospital resources stretch to capacity.

An internal Embassy management notice on Thursday obtained by The Wall Street Journal and CNN confirmed 114 COVID-19 cases and one death among staff.

Source: 1 dead, over 100 infected in COVID-19 outbreak at U.S. Embassy in Kabul – UPI.com

“We Will Not Be Used”: Asian Americans Say They Won’t Demonize Black Americans – Gothamist

“It breaks my heart,” said Tanikawa. “Because, as Black-indigenous-people of color, we can’t be fighting against each other. If we don’t fight the white supremacist structure, there’s just no way we’re gonna make it.”  Source: “We Will Not Be Used”: Asian Americans Say They Won’t Demonize Black Americans – Gothamist

Java Chip Cookies

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? The Chow Down: Java Chip Cookies! Anyone will tell you the aroma of coffee triggers good feelings. If you don’t believe me, check out the neighborhood coffee shops and you’ll find a local place where people hang out. It’s not just the free Wi-Fi either. Coffee is one of the most popular beverages around, especially now with intense flavorings topped with a mound of whipped cream. Transform the blend of coffee and sugar into a cookie, charged with caffeine, and you’ll be as popular as the Pied Piper. People will follow you anywhere!

JAVA CHIP COOKIES

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

3 tablespoons espresso instant coffee

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

3 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 cup toffee bits

1/4 cup chocolate covered espresso beans…

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Pećina Orlovača, Pale, Republika Srpska / BiH – Orlovača Cave, Pale, Republika Srpska / BiH

Orlovaca Cave, Pale, Republika Srpska

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Pećina Orlovača je jedina turistička pećina Republike Srpske. Nalazi se u mjestu Sumbulovac, udaljena od magistralnog puta Sarajevo-Sokolac 900 metara. Pećina je odavno poznata u biospeleološkoj literaturi. Viktor Afelbek, kustos Entomološkog odjeljenja Zemaljskog muzeja u Sarajevu, još je početkom dvadesetog vijeka u uskom kanalu (“Ulaz prvih istraživača”) pronašao pećinskog insekta kojeg je determinisao poznati koleopterolog Edmund Rajter 1913. godine i dao mu naziv Orlovacensis, po lokaciji na kojoj je pronađen. Podzemni kanali pećine, kakvu sada poznajemo, otkriveni su 1975. godine. Na poziv Save Minića (po kome je pećina jedno vrijeme i nosila ime), speleolozi SD “Zelena brda” iz Trebinja i smučarsko-planinarskog društva “Jahorina”, Miroslav i Božidar Kurtović, Momčilo Piljević i Muhamed Hadžiabdić, propuzali su kroz 206 metara dugačak, uzak kanal koji se sada naziva “Ulaz prvih istraživača”, i ušli u, do tada, nepoznate dijelove pećine. Narednih godina istraženo je oko 2.500 metara podzemnih kanala.

Pećina Orlovača je svojim kanalima…

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Strahlefarbe Rot

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Leuchtend rote Rhododendronblüten – als Zeichnung welken sie nie.

Die Strahlefarbe Rot ist immer ein Highlight. Sie ist warm, sie ist aktiv, sie ist voller Kraft und stets ein Blickfang. Der Vorteil dieses leuchtenden Eyecatchers ist der Umstand, dass sie auf keinen Fall übersehen wird.
Sei es eine flammende Pfingstrosenblüte, eine edel changierende Murano-Vase, ein hinreißendes Kleid, das keinen Kerzenschein mehr braucht, ein schwedisches Sommerhäuschen im Garten oder ein paar pralle Kirschen auf weißem Teller.

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