Enjoy this video of Gunnar and hs pet donkey, Snickers.
Happy Sunday!
DCG
Enjoy this video of Gunnar and hs pet donkey, Snickers.
Happy Sunday!
DCG
Posted in God's creation
Amazing instinct this beaver has to build a dam considering it had never witness her parents build one before.
Woodside Wildlife Rescue in Mississippi saved this beaver. From their YouTube video:
“This beaver is being raised by wildlife rehabbers after being orphaned as a newborn. Her parents were killed and their dam and lodge destroyed. Beavers are classified as nuisance animals in many US states and can be killed anytime. Beavers need to spend 2 years with their human rehabbers. They need to have lots of opportunities to practice instinctive behaviors. This beaver enjoys playing this game inside the house but lives with the other orphaned beavers outside most of the time. We hope you fall in love ! This misunderstood and unique species needs lots of it!”
Go here to learn more about this animal rescue organization.
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Democrat-run cities are dangerous for their citizens and law enforcement. Between their “Defund the Police” movement which has resulted in increased crime, cashless bail policies and soft-on-punishment district attorneys, no one is safe. Just take a look at some recent headlines from our nation:
These stories break my heart. It’s so disheartening to see what is happening to some of our once-so-beautiful American cities.
Americans better wake up to the fact that elections have real life-and-death consequences. Politicians are failing their citizens while implementing their horrendous policies. We need strong leadership restored to our cities (and country) before they completely perish and rot before our very eyes.
DCG
Posted in Crime, Democrats, failed city, failed state, safety
Tagged Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle
This past Monday fall weather decided to visit the south. Here in Oklahoma we had rain and it got down to the 70s. I wore a pair of jeans which I haven’t worn since April!
Folks are excited for the return of weather that isn’t in the triple digits. Alas, it will be back to the 80s later this week so we can pretend that fall is upon us for a couple days! Reminds me of some of these funnies:
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Another democrat-run American city heading for chaos.
Austin, Texas hasn’t had a republican mayor for over two decades.
During 2020, during the height of the “St. George” BLM-led protests and the Defund the Police movement, the Austin City Council “cut or reallocated a higher percentage of money from the police budget than any of nearly two dozen other cities nationally that significantly altered law enforcement funding at the time.”
Austin cut $150 million from their police budget. How’d that work out for the citizens of Austin? From the NY Post: “Compared to 2020, Austin has had a 77% increase in auto thefts, an 18% increase in aggravated assaults, and a 30% increase in murders.”
The Austin Police Department has also lost 800+ officers since 2017. Although the police budget has since been refunded, mass retirements and the slashing of cadet classes caused a police shortage where the department is hundreds of officers short.
Here’s the result of the elected bureaucrats actions (from the NY Post):
From the story:
“The Austin Police Department posted a graphic in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, to urge residents to call 311 or make an online report if they’re robbed – 311 is a number usually used for non-emergency requests, as opposed to 911.
“Even if you are cautious & follow all the safety advice, you may still become the unfortunate victim of a robbery,” the Austin Police Department wrote on X.”
Read the whole story here.
Austin became a blue city that many attribute to the presence of a university and the influx of left-leaning high-tech workers from the two coasts. Their votes destroyed the likes of Seattle, San Francisco and New York. They didn’t learn an obvious lesson:
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Posted in Crime, Democrats, failed city, failed state, safety, The Left
Tagged Austin, Austin City Council, Austin Police Department
Another democrat-run American city going to the rats. Literally.
Professional virtue-signaling expert NYC Mayor Adams
New York City has many, many problems: An influx of illegal aliens sleeping on the streets (they are a sanctuary city), a dangerous subway system, open-air drug use and large numbers of drug overdose deaths, as well as other issues that affect our large, democrat-run American cities.
The city also has a major rat problem. So much so that in April of this year Mayor Adams appointed a “rat czar,” Kathleen Corradi (earning a salary of $155,000/year), to reduce the rat population and “help deliver an equitable quality of life experience for all New Yorkers. ”
NYC Rat Czar Kathleen Corradi
So seven months later how’s that lofty equitable goal working out?
Turns out it’s working very well for entrepeneurs who are finding a way to make a buck by offering tour guides of NYC’s rodent-infested areas. There are also tens of thousands ‘RatTok’ – TikTok channels taking viewers through the city showing how many rats are living alongside New Yorkers. Read about the rat tour guides (and see photos from “RatTok”) here. Or watch below:
New Yorkers must be so proud.
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Posted in Crime, Democrats, drugs, failed city, failed state, Health, illegal immigration, safety
Tagged Kathleen Corradi, NYC, NYC mayor Eric Adams, rat czar, rat infestion, RatTok, TikTok
Another story of a failed, democrat-run American city…
Philadelphia democrat mayor Jim Kenney
Philadelphia hasn’t had a republican mayor since 1952. The current mayor, Jim Kenney, has been in charge of Philadelphia sincee 2016 and was re-elected in 2019. Kenney was caught on video dancing and celebrating the city’s sanctuary city ruling in 2018. The drugs flowing across our open southern border have contributed mightily to Philadephia’s opioid addiction failure.
Crime is high in Philadelphia, of course. As of July 3, there was over 900 shootinngs in their city. Last year the mayor addressed citizens’ concerns over violence by saying, “We know residents are afraid, afraid to attend cookouts or go to basketball courts, afraid to let their kids play outside. I heard it on my corridor tours, I hear it at community meetings, I read your emails. I hear you and it truly breaks my heart.”
Here’s what the good mayor’s city looks like these days:
Not only should residents be afraid to attend cookouts or let their kids play outside, they should be afraid to walk their dogs. Case in point: Navy veteran brutally beaten while walkinng his dog in Philadelphia. Read the story at the link or watch this:
The victim, Scott Harris, has served multiple years on deployment overseas, but his tours were uneventful compared to his walk last weekend. “I did a year in a war zone in Iraq, did two years in Ukraine, and would not have expected this to happen in my own neighborhood,” he said.
No surprise that Philadelphia is ranked as one of the worst cities in America.
American voters in these blue cities better wake up. Our towns are crumbling before our very eyes. It truly breaks my heart that so many voters have yet to learn the most important factor when voting:
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Posted in Crime, Democrats, drugs, failed city, failed state, safety
Tagged Jim Kenney, Kensington, Philadelphia
Between the Defund the Police movement, Soros-backed candidates, and “racial justice” platforms of many democrats, it’s not very safe to live in blue cities/counties/states these days.
But it’s definitely a positive for the criminals. Take this guy for example:
Screenshot of man attempting to abduct a barista through a drive-in window.
In January of this year Matthew Darnell tried to zip-tie and kidnap a bikini-clad barista at a drive-up window at an Aburn coffee shop. The barista was able to fight off the attacker and he was later arrested and charged on a kidnapping charge.
Flash forward seven months later and Darnell is already out of jail. From the NY Post:
“A Washington state man who tried to zip-tie and kidnap a bikini-clad barista at a drive-up window in a shocking caught-on-video attack is now back behind the wheel — to the dismay of victims’ rights advocates.
Matthew Darnell, 39, was busted after trying to yank the victim through the window at Beankini Espresso in Auburn on Jan. 16, but was freed Saturday after prosecutors cut a plea deal that called for a mere 50-day sentence.
Darnell lives just two blocks from the coffee shop.
“It raises the question of why should people bother to report [assaults],” Mary Ellen Stone, CEO of the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, told the outlet.
“We see that all the time,” she continued. “There are a variety of reasons why that happens, but the message it sends to victims is what happens to you wasn’t important. The other thing it does is that it says people that are behaving in this way, not that big a deal. You’re not going to be held accountable.”
Read the whole story here.
King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion
King County Prosecutor Leesa Manion (who was sworn in 1/9/23 and is the first woman and person of color to hold the job) sure made it sound like public safety was a priority saying, “I am committed to protecting public safety and increasing community health.”
She also stated on her priorities page, “Supporting victims and survivors of crime is a critical responsibility. The racial and ethnic diversity of King County has changed, and victim advocates face new and complex challenges in providing effective and culturally sensitive services.”
Manion’s promises were endorsed by all sorts of democrats, labor unions, and the REAL Justice WA PAC. REAL Justice has helped elect (with Soros money) the likes of George Gascon (LA), Kim Gardner (St. Louis), Kim Foxx (Cook County), and Chesa Boudin (SF, recalled last year).
King County voters had a choice last year between Manion and Jim Ferrell. Ferrell was a republican and switched to the democrat party in 2012 so I guess the voters didn’t have much to choose from. At least Ferrell did have the support of many police associations as he claimed one of his priorities was this: “Let me be clear: I will hold offenders accountable. We need justice for the victims of crime.”
But I guess King County voters got the prosecutor they deserve: The first woman, mother and person of color to hold that position who will “craft innovative solutions to fight and reduce crime through broad coalitions, and create positive change.”
Positive change for perps but not so much for baristas.
DCG
Posted in Crime, Democrats, failed state, safety
Tagged Auburn, Auburn Police, King County, King County Prosecuting Office
Wait for it…there’s more than one squirrel in that mess. Amazing!
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