Don't disagree but aren't bluegills a bit 'flat' and 'pokey' for that, Skidmark? I suppose the small 'silver dollar' ones might be possible for a larger snake.
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Not unknown for rattlers to swim.
And yes, cotton mouths are nasty and did chase me and another guy at Ft. Campbell. We would take e-tools in case they got real ornry.
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Most any snake will swim at need. You really want to be careful in the water after a tropical storm, flooding flushes everything out of the ground.
Oh, BTW, alligators climb trees. I've seen at least 6 footers on tree limbs.
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So the reasons they swim are the same reason people swim?
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The family was swimming in a creek up in the Smokies and a snake went by in the water--it wasn't so much swimming as it was being carried downstream by the current--might have been a Copperhead; I didn't get a good look. I have also seen what was probably a Black Snake climb a large pine tree in our yard after an extended hard rain. A few years ago a construction worker working just over the ridge got bitten by a Copperhead here in the city.
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Once when snorkelling in Fiji, I started to follow a sea snake (almost all are extremely venomous). It then turned around and started following me.
Close to the dumbest thing I ever did, as I was alone and a few hundred yards from shore.
[DAILYCALLER] MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts theorized on Sunday that President Trump is trying to provoke a terrorist attack on U.S. soil in order to "prove himself right" about Islamic terrorism.
Roberts floated the theory during two separate interviews, one with Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed and another with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean Former Dem governor of Vermont or Rhode Island or one of those dinky states. Howard lost his bid to be president by shrieking and screaming and acting like a loon. Then they made him chairman of the Dem national campaign committee, where he continued doing the same things only nobody paid any attention.... Roberts pointed to Trump’s tweets early Sunday in the wake of a terrorist attack that left at least seven dead in London.
Trump wrote that "we must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people." He also criticized London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, who said that there was "no reason to be alarmed" following the attacks.
"The president doesn’t want us to be politically correct, right? So let’s not be PC about this. Is the president trying to provoke a domestic terrorist attack with this Twitter rant, because only to prove himself right?" Roberts asked Reed during an interview.
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Trump provoke?
A little lesson from history, in tolerance.
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Just returned from Santiago Chile and I found many of my servers were from Venezuela...Probably skewed toward the more educated as they spoke English better than my Spanish , but a couple I talked to are trying to bring their sisters and cousins down...although parents aren't willing to come no matter how bad things get. On a one on one level, they could have been any college age kid working at Buffalo Wild Wings. One kid thanked me profusely just for saying I was sorry for his countries situation...he said "thank you for at least noticing".
[BBC] A story of torture, betrayal and persecution is captivating Mexicans almost 500 years after it happened.
The dramatic life and death of the Carvajal family in 16th-Century Mexico is in the spotlight after a decades-long search for a national treasure came to an unexpected happy ending.
Luis de Carvajal "The Young" came to Mexico - then known as New Spain - with his large, well-to-do family during the early colonisation of the Americas.
His family governed part of northern Mexico and soon made enemies, including a power-hungry viceroy keen to topple him from power.
The ambitious viceroy discovered that Luis de Carvajal was a practising Jew, a crime punishable by death in the times of the Spanish Inquisition.
Older relatives had urged Luis de Carvajal to convert to Catholicism for his own safety, but he staunchly stuck to his faith. Much more at the link
Russian official Artem Klewshin said that the shooter was so drunk he doesn't remember the incident. The weapon used was a Saiga 12 gauge shotgun: The police has detained a resident of Moscow suspected of the massacre in the Tver region, which took place yesterday.
A criminal case has been initiated. No! Re-e-e-e-ally?
According to the ICR for the Tver region, the tragedy took place on the night of June 4 in a fruit-growing association '50 let Oktyabrya' in the Redkino village, Konakovo district. The suspect worked as an electrician and carried out installation work in the cottage settlement. He had a domestic conflict with the allotment gardeners. The man went home for a gun, and then returned and shot the offenders and witnesses with a 12-caliber carbine Saiga. The victims include two women and six men.
The law enforcers also add that the suspect of mass murder has been detained; investigative actions are currently being conducted with him. It is noteworthy that he does not have previous criminal record; he had only been prosecuted for traffic rules violation. It was found that he was drunk at the time of the crime. I am shocked, shocked!
Criminal experts are currently working at the crime scene. The circumstances of the incident are being established.
[Reuters] China has expressed its strong dissatisfaction with what it labeled "irresponsible remarks" on the South China Sea by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis during a security forum at the weekend.
Mattis accused China of having contempt for other nations' interests and disregarding international law.
He told the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that the construction and militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea undermined regional stability.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China's construction of facilities in the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea was aimed at improving working conditions for people stationed there, maintaining sovereignty and fulfilling China's international responsibilities.
The sovereign activities undertaken by China had nothing to do with militarization, Hua said in remarks posted on the ministry's website late on Sunday.
North Korea's nuclear ambitions are threatening to Russia, a Russian official said Sunday.
"It is not only (a) ballistic missile defense system -- it has real function," said Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin. "That is why it is alarming. And it is direct threat to Russia. We are convinced that it will increase the tensions of the region. That is our principle position."
Fomin spoke at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an international security conference in Singapore attended by defense ministers and experts from 39 countries, including U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
Russia borders North Korea and saw one of Pyongyang's missiles land close to its waters. But it differs from the U.S. and its allies on how to rein in the North's rapidly escalating nuclear and ballistic missile program.
Backing fresh sanctions on North Korea, Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Vladimir Safronkov stressed in June that "the choice here has to be made in favor of using diplomatic tools to the maximum extent possible."
Fomin had similar sentiments. "Economical restrictions should be a kind of tool to invoke North Korea to a peaceful process of resolving the dispute and conflict, and not to once again deteriorate the economic solution in North Korea," he said.
Addressing the South China Sea conflict, Fomin was careful with his words. "All states involved in territorial disagreements in the South China Sea need to adhere the principle of the non-use of force," he said.
China - a Russian ally - has pitted itself against its smaller neighbors in claiming disputed islands, coral reefs and lagoons in the South China Sea.
Fomin had similar sentiments. "Economical restrictions should be a kind of tool to invoke North Korea to a peaceful process of resolving the dispute and conflict, and not to once again deteriorate the economic solution in North Korea," he said.
this piece of gobblygook implies that Russia doesn't have any good but non lethal ideas for how to restrain the Norks
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Posted by: chris ||
06/05/2017 9:09 Comments ||
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Most of the traditional teen jobs now go to immigrants, mostly illegal, who then drive up minimum wage. ..i dunno, I'm just guessing
Posted by: Rex Mundi ||
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Employers want to stay on the correct side of government diversity and hiring goals. The margins are too thin to handle the additional burden of litigating discrimination claims.
#4
A lot of the entry level jobs were filled by people that had been laid off and needed to feed their family back in 08-09. I doubt many of the jobs came back.
#5
Too busy. Girls with FB. Boys with video games.
BTW, from that article you'd believe our schools were great, what with 80% taking four years English, three science, two foreign language, compared to 20% a few years back. What about the low graduation rates in the large cities and our overall poor international academic standing? I just read a couple of articles on extremely low scores on basic competency tests.
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"Teen earnings are low and pay little toward the costs of college," the BLS noted this year. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Elite private universities charge tuition of more than $50,000.
So it's not worth it. Not if mommy and daddy are going to pay, anyway, or the Feds, via the low-interest loans they hope to never pay off.
Posted by: Bobby ||
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How about getting a license - to mow grass, to baby sit, etc ? Let's construct governmental obstructions to earning a living. (Note that in the 'hood' where government fears to tread, teenagers can get 'off the book' jobs because they're 'kids' and don't get adult sentences for adult crimes.)
#10
Our kids are competing for low skill and no skill jobs with 35 year old men from Oaxaca.
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Embrace the power of AND. All of the reasons given play a part in it.
Another one is technology crowding out the entry level.
Started working as a caddy when I was 14. Had to get working papers in NJ then. Golf carts have driven (no pun intended) caddies out of the business except in a very few places.
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I was an outside machinist's helper in South Boston at age 15. Drank rum and coke at Triple Os after work. Today Southie is Yuppiefied, Triple Os is a bistro and I haven't had a callus on my hands in decades
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Dishwasher, 16, popular and nice Italian restaurant in a college town. Usually had 2 or 3 dish dogs scheduled depending on holidays or events. I can count on one hand the number of times anyone else showed up.
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At 16 - a job at the local newspaper, calling to renew/get subscriptions. That's when I had to get a SSAN. Also - neighborhood babysitting. Had the lock on that, as I was the single responsible female teenager for a good few blocks around. Making 12th scale miniature dolls for a local miniature store - that was the job that underwrote my college education ... and a summer in England on the Youth Hostel and BritRail plan, after I graduated. Fun times...
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at 14. My buddy and I we're helpers for a finish carpenter who taught us a lot of the trade. Looking back, we should have been paying him. Best job - a house at the corner of Grinn and Barret roads. YJCMTSU
In light of the recent attacks in London, President Trump used the opportunity to a renew his calls for a travel ban,. He also retweeted a Drudge tweet that suggested that the fluid story was already a terror attack: {Image of Trump's tweet calling it a terrorist attack}
In an unprecedented move, NBC News twitter feed followed up, with a uniquely dismissive comment: {Image of NBC tweet saying Trump's comments were unconfirmed}
Trump came under criticism recently when he referenced an attack at a resort in the Phillipines as a terrorist attack before the specifics of that story were clear. Because it was so hard to figure out.
While London authorities have now only recently claimed that they are treating this event as a terror attack, it’s rather stunning that the sitting president appeared to think it wise to retweet a Drudge Report tweet and not relay official information of which he has exclusive access. It's also stunning to think that a sitting president gets all his info from Drudge, and that he didn't get a briefing on the subject 45 minutes before he tweeted that the attack was terrorism.
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..and CNN busted for creating fake news on London Bridge attack. As has been said, this is not so much a war on Trump, but a war against us, the voters who put Trump in office. WE are not fighting hard enough
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Three people were arrested in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday after protesters clashed with police during a free speech rally near City Hall and various parks in the city.
Hundreds of people gathered for what started out as a celebration of free speech and morphed into a battle between pro- and anti-Trump camps. The gathering was also aimed at memorializing the horrific hate crime that left two men dead in a stabbing on a Portland train last week.
At the beginning of the day, pro-Trump organizer Joey Gibson called those who died heroes for their bravery in defending two young teenage girls from a bigoted attack. "Find it in yourself to make this day possible, with no hate and no violence. I’m sick and tired of the hatred ... that has taken over the country," Gibson said. Golly. The way the Mayor of Portland and the press were talking about it beforehand, you'd think the pro-Trump folks would have been there to celebrate the a$$hole who stabbed everyone. Who could have guessed? Aside from anyone with a two-sided brain, of course.
The pro-free speech rally attracted a number of familiar faces at other, similar demonstrations from around the country. At one point in the afternoon, Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman gave a speech to supporters.
Despite pleas for peace and nonviolence, police confiscated a number of weapons from protesters, mainly from the Antifa and anti-Trump camps. Mainly? I wonder what that means.
In one video, police can be seen storming an anarchist camp while protesters yell expletives and insults. While the pro-Trump folks probably just stood there calmly and laughed.
In another video, an apparent pro-Trump activist lights an anarchist’s flag on fire. Unfortunately, it was not tied around the anarchist.
The Oregonian uploaded footage of police deploying flash-bangs and tear gas in order to disperse black-masked individuals protesting in a public park. Any idea why the police would prefer to disperse them instead of arrest them, while the pro-Trump folks probably just stood there calmly and laughed.
#4
Unlike Berkeley, Portland PD disarmed Antifa. The typical Antifa tactic is to initially reserve their battle group, then deploy around mid event in hopes of avoiding being disarmed by police. Remember, all Patriots must pass through a PD cordon - they are disarmed by default. The armor worn to these events may often be creative, but it serves an all too real purpose. I've seen increasingly effective communication between the relevant PD officers on scene and the Patriot security employed at these events. Good coordination in expectation of possible scenarios.
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[DAWN] A Shangla woman on Saturday confessed to killing her husband for allegedly raping their daughter-in-law, police said.
According to Alpuri Headquarters' Deputy Superintendent of Police Amjad Ali Khan, a man was rubbed out on Thursday. His wife admitted to killing him during a police interrogation.
During the murder investigation, the man's wife had alleged that he repeatedly raped their daughter-in-law, the DSP said.
"About nine months ago, our son got married. Later my husband started to irritate our daughter-in-law and raped her repeatedly," the woman alleged in her confessional statement.
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[LiveLeak] Pilot Jon Bush recently tested out the Experimental Stol Quest SQ12 Super Cub.The plane was coming in for a landing along the Knik river in Alaska with 20mph winds as he turned off the engine. The blustery conditions helped set the plane down with ease. Credit: akbushpilot via Storyful
#1
My research shows this amazing a/c stalls at apx 17 kts / 20 mph.
With some fairly common winds, this machine could literally fly backwards over terrain (I've done it, but my passengers were less impressed than I was.).
#3
Impressive videos on Youtube of Alaskan bush pilot championships where the winner as the shorted takeoff and / or landing roll.
Some of these guys actually bounce their birds into the air......
[NYDailyNews]If you don't have the time to access the link:
They are no more here than those rompers for men not long ago, the ones that were laughed off the internet. These will be, too, if only for looking like a design school assignment.
#7
You folks aren't seeing the bright side (except for their skivvies, of course.) Any "guy" wearing this stuff is self-identifying as a nancy-boy loser. Could be a real time-saver in certain situations.
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Once upon a time the designers would put a weird outfit or two in their fashion line to grab attention on the runway. These outfits were intended for headlines, not sales. Now they are doing the same with the internet.
The real difference is that the last few have been crazy outfits geared towards men.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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The reptile was captured gliding across the water at Lake Pleasant in Arizona on Friday
[DAILYCALLER] MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts theorized on Sunday that President Trump is trying to provoke a terrorist attack on U.S. soil in order to "prove himself right" about Islamic terrorism.
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The police has detained a resident of Moscow suspected of the massacre in the Tver region, which took place yesterday.
In light of the recent attacks in London, President Trump used the opportunity to a renew his calls for a travel ban,. He also retweeted a Drudge tweet that suggested that the fluid story was already a terror attack:
