The AP, one of the alleged recipients of USAID largesse, has come out swinging:
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-funding-trump-musk-misinformation-c544a5fa1fe788da10ec714f462883d1
Do read the very last paragraph as it's hilarious. The article is basically "We're just neutral fact-checkers examining these claims..." [spends whole article doing technical nitpicking] "And by the way, did you know USAID is a wonderful independent agency bringing hope and innovation to 100 countries for 60 glorious years?"
The cognitive dissonance is amazing:
"These claims about USAID are misleading and need careful fact-checking. Also here's some unexamined agency propaganda we'll just drop in at the end apropos of nothing in particular!"
It's like watching someone insist they're not biased while wearing the team jersey.
Whenever we get new chicks, we have to go through a two week “coop introduction” period when they are about eight weeks old and ready to leave the brooder for the Big House. We keep them in a wired dog kennel so they can meet the bigger chickens safely without getting pecked to death. But because we have a mobile coop, we have to take the kennel out every morning to move the coop and then put it back in. This is much more challenging than it may seem. Not just physically, but mentally, as the chicks often escape. So far though, this method has worked very well for us, and after a couple weeks, the flock appears to be relatively integrated. I just try not to go on any vacations during this time so the farm sitter does not hate me. It’s all worth it for the healthy eggs! And speaking of healthy, make this weekend a time you ditch your run-of-the-mill fish oil and invest in a cod liver oil mixed with high vitamin D butter oil that’s actually worth the money. I used to get cavities...
Sassy has made it to the ripe age of three decades and double-same-digits! In this video, you’ll see a picture of the two of us in Florida when she was a few weeks old and I was 11 (that really dates me). The other picture under it was taken in Seattle in 2015 after we moved there. Now we are back in Florida celebrating 2 coast-to-coast moves and 33 years together. There will never be another Sassy and anything I’d write would fail to describe the treasure she has been for me and now our family. She is the kind of horse who can babysit your kids, take you on a relaxing trail ride, listen quietly to your prayers and make you laugh with an array of silly antics. She is like your favorite pair of socks and your best camping buddy combined. We are so grateful we got another year - and of course she has been enjoying plenty of apples with her carrot cake! If you want to live to a ripe old age too, go celebrate Sassy’s birthday by treating yourself to some fermented cod liver/butter ...
We drew blood from Maisy our mini Jersey/Dexter cross and it’s en route to the lab! We are running a pregnancy test to see if the artificial insemination we did in January was successful. This is our second attempt. The first did not take. Maisy is a little older (she’s 4 and I didn’t know most people breed them for the first time by 18 months) so I’m way behind the curve but up for the challenge! If the test comes back negative, we will likely try putting her with a bull. Maisy will be our first family milk cow (God willing) and we have put SO much work into her. My best advice for someone looking to do this: buy “Ole Bessie”, a tried and true milk cow that’s had several successful pregnancies and has been milked several hundred times (if not several thousand times) - so that you’re not both “newbies”. The learning curve is steep! If you’re a new or expecting mom - or just someone who is trying to add the unmatched benefits of organ meat to your diet - check out ...
My mechanic told me this exact same story about a month ago.
Why People Aren't Lining Up for This $120,000 Job - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/why-people-arent-lining-up-for-this-120000-job/e320f6eb-de6d-4e9f-8d23-ac2f79b831a1
