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Post by carmensandiego on Aug 23, 2021 8:56:27 GMT -6
Another week. I saw this article about babbling baby bats and thought it's a great start to the thread.
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Post by Peekaru on Aug 23, 2021 9:16:08 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Aug 23, 2021 9:48:42 GMT -6
I think I'll stick with the baby bats...
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Post by Lakes on Aug 23, 2021 9:50:53 GMT -6
Another week. I saw this article about babbling baby bats and thought it's a great start to the thread. In local bat news, PA just announced new firewood cutting rules for state forests to protect bat habitat during key times. Amara and the Bats by Emma Reynolds is a newly released children’s book and I highly recommended it for anyone with little nature lovers. Hi. My 6 year old is obsessed with bats and it shows 🦇
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Post by greykitty on Aug 23, 2021 9:56:49 GMT -6
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Post by Peekaru on Aug 23, 2021 10:36:58 GMT -6
I think I'll stick with the baby bats... Who wouldn't? Those adorable little faces.
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Post by Ls2012 on Aug 23, 2021 11:07:18 GMT -6
I think I'll stick with the baby bats... Who wouldn't? Those adorable little faces. Not so adorable in your bedroom at 3am... I wish I could like bats. I appreciate them outside, in nature. But they freak me out now after the minor home infestation of '15.
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Post by byjove on Aug 23, 2021 11:10:14 GMT -6
Who wouldn't? Those adorable little faces. Not so adorable in your bedroom at 3am... I wish I could like bats. I appreciate them outside, in nature. But they freak me out now after the minor home infestation of '15. I know this. I had to get rabies shots about 12 yeas ago for that same reason.
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Post by Peekaru on Aug 23, 2021 11:39:42 GMT -6
Not so adorable in your bedroom at 3am... I wish I could like bats. I appreciate them outside, in nature. But they freak me out now after the minor home infestation of '15. I know this. I had to get rabies shots about 12 yeas ago for that same reason. Samesies. Little brown bat hanging in the bathroom. H is a big dude, he was shrieking over the bat.
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Post by Ls2012 on Aug 23, 2021 11:51:54 GMT -6
Not so adorable in your bedroom at 3am... I wish I could like bats. I appreciate them outside, in nature. But they freak me out now after the minor home infestation of '15. I know this. I had to get rabies shots about 12 yeas ago for that same reason. I am sooo sorry you also know this nightmare. You, too, Peekaru.
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Post by crimsonandclover on Aug 23, 2021 12:29:38 GMT -6
In a town near ours there's a lady who takes in rescued injured bats to nurse them back to health and release them if possible. She gives talks in the park in the summer and brings some of the bats with her. It totally opened my eyes to how cool bats are and was so freaking interesting. I now know what to do of I find an injured bat: put it in a shoebox with a towel so it can get into the folds and talk to it. Apparently the pitch range of human voices is comfortable for bats- just don't whisper, they hate that. 🤷
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:30:27 GMT -6
Jen brought jake. he’s talking numbers of evacuees etc
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:30:50 GMT -6
I’m ignoring the bat talk.
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:32:11 GMT -6
It’s around 34k brought out in the last week.
They really did a huge switch after the first 48 hours, 26 countries are involved
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:33:37 GMT -6
The best of the America spirit is being shown by so many including veterans outpouring of wanting to help refugees.
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:34:17 GMT -6
Biden just got off the phone with Boris Johnson
Also correction its closer to 37k brought out
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:35:26 GMT -6
WRT to extending the deadline of 8/31 its a day by day decision
They are consulting and engaging with the Taliban. Which is a weird thing to have to type
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Post by byjove on Aug 23, 2021 12:35:33 GMT -6
Nope
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:36:10 GMT -6
Jake believes we have time to get every American who wants to leave out by the 8/31 deadline
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:37:31 GMT -6
Why didn’t you prepare the public for the chaos if you knew there was gonna be chaos.
Which is a good question.
Jake there were always going to be Americans et al regardless of when we left.
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:38:49 GMT -6
Biden was clear about entering into a third decade in a civil war.
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:39:58 GMT -6
What about those at risk who arent’ approved?
We’re in contact with the at risk, we will continue to get them out of the country after the military has left.
That seems operationally difficult to me…..
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:41:02 GMT -6
I have to go run an errand to I have to tap out but Jake seems more focused today than the past week. Maybe he got a nap.
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 23, 2021 12:41:16 GMT -6
I have to go run an errand to I have to tap out but Jake seems more focused today than the past week. Maybe he got a nap.
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Post by starbuck on Aug 23, 2021 12:43:57 GMT -6
I am glad that the numbers we've gotten out of the country have risen so sharply in the time since Afghanistan fell.
But woof. What a mess. We should and could have done better with SIVs in particular.
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Post by notexactly on Aug 23, 2021 13:24:34 GMT -6
The best of the America spirit is being shown by so many including veterans outpouring of wanting to help refugees. I saw that. Those pictures made me tear up. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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Post by enchanted on Aug 23, 2021 14:04:35 GMT -6
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Post by cnf on Aug 23, 2021 14:23:32 GMT -6
I love bats. They are fabulous. I want them in my yard all summer long so I can enjoy them.
I locked myself in bedroom when a bat got in out apartment years ago. Hard pass to living with one!
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Post by richard on Aug 23, 2021 15:10:41 GMT -6
I generally feel pretty plugged in but I'm starting to lose the plot on this whole mod Dems obstructionism thing.
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Post by starbuck on Aug 23, 2021 15:17:19 GMT -6
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