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Friday Night Photos Butterfly Garden Edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/07/2023 - 5:00pm

Happy Friday everybody. I hope everyone is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.

With any luck at all winter is finally over and spring is here. It's been a whole week without rain and the temps have been in the 70s the last few days.

Every spring the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has their annual butterfly exhibit. It's been a few years since I last checked out the butterflies so I stopped by for a visit last week.

Blue Morfo
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The US illegal occupation of Syria

Submitted by QMS on Fri, 04/07/2023 - 8:20am

Last week congress voted against ending the illegal occupation of Syria.
Way to go team! The liars won't admit there is a military presence there,
let alone that we are stealing their oil and agricultural products.

It's like ignoring the 2001 AUMF which grants the executive wing the right
to execute secret wars all over the globe. Way to go team!

5 April 2023 musings on climate change

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 04/05/2023 - 12:03pm

A piece in Counterpunch by Stan Cox, Tinpot Legislators, details a problem worthy of note:

Republican state politicians, wielding a lot more than mean tweets, are intent on waging all-out war against private companies that don’t cater to the oil, gas, and coal industries.

Here is the substance of Cox's complaint:

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