RE: Hollywood Boycotting Georgia

This is very sad a lot of poor people living in Georga
Bit actors should not have this kind of power wave

Governor Jerry Brown agrees with Donald Trump about the California fires

Thank you all for your input
Should gov. Jerry Brown not have know better before the told Trump that he had been right about the fires spreading etc?
It is a terrible loss, people burning in their cars and I don't even want to think about the animals perishing
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Governor Jerry Brown agrees with Donald Trump about the California fires

Governor Jerry Brown relaxed California's logging rules before the recent wildfires Back in August California Governor Jerry Brown urged lawmakers to relax the state's restrictive logging regulations that were put in place to please environmentalists.

The move by Brown confirms recent comments by President Trump that "poor forest management" was to blame for the recent wildfires that have killed at least 80 with around 1000 still unaccounted for.Despite balking in response to Trump's comments, it appears as though Gov. Brown was aware of the dangers associated with the state's overgrown forests, confirming that the president's criticism of state logging practices was correct.

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Elephants evolving to be born without tusks thanks to ruthless poachers

Elephants evolving to be born without tusks thanks to ruthless poachers

About 90% of elephants living in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park were slaughtered for their tusks by poachers during Mozambique's 15-year civil war that ended in 1992. The poachers then profited by selling the tusks to finance weapons. As a result, we're now seeing a growing population of elephants in the country born without tusks. Tuskless females, for instance, have jumped from 2%-4% of the population to around 33%.

According to National Geographic:

Hunting gave elephants that didn’t grow tusks a biological advantage in Gorongosa. Recent figures suggest that about a third of younger females—the generation born after the war ended in 1992—never developed tusks. Normally, tusklessness would occur only in about 2 to 4 percent of female African elephants.

Decades ago, some 4,000 elephants lived in Gorongosa, says Joyce Poole—an elephant behavior expert and National Geographic Explorer who studies the park’s pachyderms. But those numbers dwindled to triple digits following the civil war. New, as yet unpublished, research she’s compiled indicates that of the 200 known adult females, 51 percent of those that survived the war—animals 25 years or older—are tuskless. And 32 percent of the female elephants born since the war are tuskless.

Sadly, this isn't the only population of elephants losing their numbers – and their tusks – to poachers. In South Africa, "fully 98 percent of the 174 females in Addo Elephant National Park were reportedly tuskless in the early 2000s."

Used to defend themselves, as well as for digging, protecting their trunk, and helping them strip bark from trees in order to eat, tusks are enlarged incisor teeth that are essential to their daily well-being. Unfortunately, their tusks can't protect them from murdering poachers.

Lest we forget........".In Flanders Field" By John MCCrae

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Lest we forget........".In Flanders Field" By John MCCrae

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Lest we forget........".In Flanders Field" By John MCCrae

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Lest we forget........".In Flanders Field" By John MCCrae

In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.




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britishcolumbianOP•Nov 7•unknown, British Columbia Canada
A sculpture in the form of an open book. The text of the poem "In Flanders Fields" is written within and a small red poppy lies on top.
Inscription of the complete poem in a bronze "book" at the John McCrae memorial at his birthplace in Guelph, Ontario
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch.

It is one of the most quoted poems from the war. As a result of its immediate popularity, parts of the poem were used in efforts and appeals to recruit soldiers and raise money selling war bonds. Its references to the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen soldiers resulted in the remembrance poppy becoming one of the world's most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers who have died in conflict. The poem and poppy are prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada, where "In Flanders Fields" is one of the nation's best-known literary works. The poem is also widely known in the United States, where it is associated with Veterans Day and Memorial Day.:
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RE: New Acting Attorney General to Oversee Mueller Probe

I just remembered your original nickname on cs... you’re lettuce. yeah from California Great Britain....[/quot

That is very original. very different "Lettuce" wave Jenny

RE: New Acting Attorney General to Oversee Mueller Probe

This was meant for HealthyLiving good one girl thumbs up thumbs up thumbs up

RE: New Acting Attorney General to Oversee Mueller Probe

thumbs up thumbs up thumbs up

RE: Obama For President in 2020 or 2024?

That was meant for, if Obama would be President again barf barf barf

RE: Obama For President in 2020 or 2024?

Perish the thought barf barf barf

Would some of you be happier if you could have had Hillary for President?

Thank you thumbs up thumbs up thumbs up

Would some of you be happier if you could have had Hillary for President?

Would some of you be happier if you could have had Hillary for President?

Very happy to know that Hillary is not into me rolling on the floor laughing
My main reason is that I am not interested in "The New World Order"
Neither is Trump and that is where a lot of hate generates.......... wave

Would some of you be happier if you could have had Hillary for President?

Loved it Galrads thumbs up wave

Would some of you be happier if you could have had Hillary for President?

Well look who else came for "dinner" rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing Never fails does she? Noooooooooo never..........., Neve as "they" would say; Neve............rolling on the floor laughing

RE: Mail Order Disappointment

I have learned to read the reviews before ordering and have changed my mind several times wave

RE: BREAKING: Voter Fraud

We are not really surprised are we even expected it wave

Would some of you be happier if you could have had Hillary for President?

Well it looks you are happier now with Trump as President ..............wave Jenny

Would some of you be happier if you could have had Hillary for President?

Why would some of you be happier? wave Jenny

RE: It's Gonna Be Alright!

Great News HL Really great news...............wave hug Jenny

In Flanders Fields By JOHN MCCRAE

The things I learn on CS, thank you guys thumbs up wave

RE: Who is Emile Ratelband?

He is a weirdo that is for sure.
Likes himself a lot too ha ha
Taking 20 years of your age is bizare.
He "advertised" what he thinks about his age and body, so now the world knows it too NUTSrolling on the floor laughing wave

In Flanders Fields By JOHN MCCRAE

Thank you for this tribute Sir, I must admit that I never knew this about the Irish role in the first world war
Read more about the second world war than the first one

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In Flanders Fields By JOHN MCCRAE

"Lest we forget" sad flower

In Flanders Fields By JOHN MCCRAE

A sculpture in the form of an open book. The text of the poem "In Flanders Fields" is written within and a small red poppy lies on top.
Inscription of the complete poem in a bronze "book" at the John McCrae memorial at his birthplace in Guelph, Ontario
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch.

It is one of the most quoted poems from the war. As a result of its immediate popularity, parts of the poem were used in efforts and appeals to recruit soldiers and raise money selling war bonds. Its references to the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen soldiers resulted in the remembrance poppy becoming one of the world's most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers who have died in conflict. The poem and poppy are prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada, where "In Flanders Fields" is one of the nation's best-known literary works. The poem is also widely known in the United States, where it is associated with Veterans Day and Memorial Day.

In Flanders Fields By JOHN MCCRAE

In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

RE: DIGITAL ELECTION IS NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE

The Trump haters can they not understand what it would have been like with Hildebeest as President?
Would they really have prefered it? wave

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