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Güllaç Recipe — Turkish Food and International Cuisine

Materials 12 leaves of rosemary 1.5 liters of milk 2 cups sugar ground walnuts 2 tablespoons rose water (optional) For the above: candied cherries Preparation Of… 254 more words

Güllaç Recipe — Turkish Food and International Cuisine

Here’s why most electric vehicles won’t qualify for $7,500 federal tax credit – San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Me: US competition will mean manufacturers will race to increase US sourced batteries and production)

There’s also a new $4,000 credit for buyers of used EVs, a provision that could help modest-income households go electric. Source: Here’s why most electric vehicles won’t qualify for $7,500 federal tax credit – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

World Lion Day

Lolsys Library

*I have to apoligise, I became sick yesterday. Hopefully I can do something with this*

This celebration of the animal kingdom’s most beautiful and fearsome creature was founded by Big Cat Rescue, the world’s largest accredited sanctuary dedicated to big cats. World Lion Day is the brainchild of co-founders Dereck and Beverly Joubert, a husband-and-wife team with a passion for big cats. They began the initiative in 2013, bringing together both National Geographic and the Big Cat Initiative under a single banner to protect the remaining big cats living in the wild.

I have a tiny thing for Lions, lol . Anthea Wright – Illustrations I keep hoping that Scar changes his mind, lol.

Some facts about the Lion World:

  • A Pride is actually the group of Lionesses, not the males.
  • A group of male lions is called a coalition.
  • The roar of the…

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Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls | Brazil | The Guardian

Hundreds of thousands sign pro-democracy manifesto amid fears the president will promote Trump-style insurrection against democracy Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Tue 9 Aug 2022 07.00 EDT They were cruel, brutish years. Dissidents languished in torture chambers. Rebels were shot in cold blood. Artists fled abroad. “It was a time of constant sorrow and fear,” the Brazilian lawyer and former justice minister José Carlos Dias said of the military dictatorship that hijacked his country in 1964 and would rule for more than two decades. “Violence wasn’t just something the torturers enjoyed. It was government policy.”

Source: Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls | Brazil | The Guardian

A Bright Spot … Maybe?

Filosofa's Word

Could you use a little ray of hope for the upcoming November mid-term elections? I think we all could. Dan Pfeiffer was a senior advisor to President Barack Obama for a number of years, and is the author of three books about politics in this new, uncharted “Maga Era”. His newsletter on Substack is called The Message Box and today’s was an astute assessment of why there is hope for the Democratic Party to maintain a majority in the House and Senate after the mid-terms. Read on …


Why Dems Could Win This Fall

An uncharacteristically optimistic take on how recent events have upended the midterms

Dan Pfeiffer

Optimism does not come naturally to me. If I had a family crest, “Prepare for the worst, be surprised by the best” would be the motto emblazoned on it. I have tried to avoid telling people what they want to hear about…

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