And now for a transcript of a radio show host, who is sympathetic to Trump, trying to get the President to give a coherent reply to a softball question:
Trump is still enjoying a 41.1% approval rating, though it has dropped from a three year high of 45.8% on the 5th of April this year. In December 2017 it stood at 36.4%. Voters...
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
Trump cultist and conservative boot-licker takes Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine to task on Twitter for tweeting political opinions;
“ used to be a fan until your political opinions come [sic] out”.
“Music is my sanctuary and the last thing I want to hear is political BS when I’m listening to music,” the deleted tweet read. “As far as I’m concerned you and Pink are completely done. Keep running your mouth and ruining your fan base.”
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." —Voltaire
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Hunters in Alaska will soon be able to blind brown bears with bright lights and bait them with human food before killing them, after the Trump administration just ended an Obama-era ban on controversial hunting practices on national preserves.
On Tuesday, the National Park Service Policy published changes to game-hunting regulations in the Federal Register, scrapping a 2015 rule that restricted practices on more than 20 million acres of Alaskan federal land.
The rollbacks, which have been in the works since 2018, include letting hunters use artificial lights and dogs to catch black bears and cubs.
Previously, hunting bears with cubs or hunting the cubs themselves was banned.
Hunters will be able to catch brown bears using human food, like doughnuts soaked in grease. They'll also be able to kill wolves and coyotes in summer, when mothers wean young.
It'll also be legal to shoot caribou from motorboats and while they're swimming.
Increasing hunters' and fossil fuel companies' access to land has been a focus for the Trump administration. Hunting reforms, in particular, have been championed by the president's son Donald Trump Jr., a well-known hunter, The New York Times reported.
The Obama administration enacted the 2015 ban, saying it was necessary to avoid artificially reducing Alaska's predators, which could destabilize the ecosystem, The Guardian reported.
But the current administration claims the ban wasn't consistent with the rest of Alaska's hunting regulations, which aim to kill predators to increase caribou populations for human hunters.
Alaskan leaders have welcomed the law change. Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy, a Republican, called lifting the ban "a step toward acknowledging Alaska's rightful control over fish and wildlife resources all across the state."
Bullshit. 'Those in Alaska' are not suggesting that natural predators are responsible for the decline in caribou populations.
The [Alaska Department of Fish and Game] does not believe hunting is a factor in the decline, saying caribou killed by hunters account for a small portion of overall deaths. The department doesn't think predation by wolves and bears plays a large role in regulating Arctic caribou herds, and biologists so far have not detected diseases affecting the herd [state wildlife biologist] Lenart said.
I wonder if the effects of climate change is having an adverse effect on their environmental niche?
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"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice.
There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
Frank Zappa
"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
Bullshit. 'Those in Alaska' are not suggesting that natural predators are responsible for the decline in caribou populations.
The [Alaska Department of Fish and Game] does not believe hunting is a factor in the decline, saying caribou killed by hunters account for a small portion of overall deaths. The department doesn't think predation by wolves and bears plays a large role in regulating Arctic caribou herds, and biologists so far have not detected diseases affecting the herd [state wildlife biologist] Lenart said.
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"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice.
There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
Frank Zappa
"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
Can't have some city-dwelling idiot telling a lady living in bear country how to deal with bears.
Shave.
You would need a VERY rugged razor. I admire your confidence. What are the bears like in your region? ursus horribilus? ursus maritimian? ursus eatyourpetorkidiam ?
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