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I'm Lady Mischief & I am a proud member of the #unBEARables! I'm an apostate of the Church of Feminism & Social Justice--I have gazed into the pit of social justice Hell & lived to tell the tale. I am a 33y/o former EMT--I loved helping people but worsening Ankylosing Spondylitis forced me to quit. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise because it set some unlikely events into motion & now I'm happier than I have ever been! I'm engaged to be married to an amazing man, I'm a stay-at-home (soon to be) wife, & we're planning on starting our family soon after the wedding! I'm happy to talk about Star Trek all day long (Trek for life!), I adore all things spooky & macabre, &....memes. I'm just a peaceful Meme Farmer, tending to my crop. #FreeKekistan 

Guy Verhofstadt flies in a rage that the EU doesn't have more power

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ooh a redpill :3

Guy Verhofstadt flies in a rage that the EU doesn’t have more power

Lol the star wars references in the comments <3 

I guess the EU must die.

The way he waves his hand up and down like that reminds me of someone. Scares the shit out of me.

Reminds me of someone…. 1930’s…. Missing the tash though.

lets be honest about this - EU wants to centralize power, EU is a socialist construct, they want to usurp soverenity from countries, they want to establish censorship, they want to have army, they want to be new elite………….. sounds like typical XX century socialist regime like fascist, nazi or communist ones

He is just missing the moustache and jack boots . Talk about trying to get shit done before it all falls apart . These people have a sickness . They suffer from greedylyingbackstabbingpowerhungryitis. They need to be locked up for their own good . A nice padded cell and new white jacket .What makes this train of logic and political oversight so dangerous. Is how badly they want power, despite already being in a position of power. It would appear they seek complete authority, the dissolution of sovereignty. It’s by all appearances a tyrannical regime,  trying to snuff out the last vestiges of that pesky idea of the Democratic vote. Haven’t we learned how fast this kind of thing can go horribly wrong.

O___o what the mother pus bucket … now THAT be a fascist

Globalism at it’s finest…

at it’s “finest” it still sucks and blows chunks

do. not. want.

That’s the joke, Globalism is not fine. It is the opposite of fine. Globalism is evil.

The word evil just doesn’t seem to completely cover how heinously evil these cunts are. Like every time I chose a word to describe them it is just not enough. Not any person can be so unaware of the destruction, unethical and inhumane their agenda is. They know what they are doing, they got the fucking nerve to hide behind some “world peace equality” scam. That is why evil just doesn’t cover it. Calling them subhuman is close enough because they gave up the right to be considered human for what they intend and have already done. FUCK EM.

golden eagle having a relaxing time

PRECIOUS EVOLVED FLYING DINOSAUR

This is the world’s largest flying Engine of Murder marveling at the fact that it can actually have its tummy rubbed.

I feel like this is the next step up on “loose your fingers” roulette from petting a kittie’s tummy, but just below belly rubs for say a lion.

Can someone who knows birds better than I do tell me whether this eagle is as happy as it looks?  Because I want it to be happy.  It looks so happy.  Bewildered by having a friend, but so happy.

Just popping on this thread to confirm: yes, the eagle is happy about the belly rubs. Golden eagles make this sound when receiving allopreening and similar affectionate and soothing treatment from their parents and mates. It’s the “I am safe and well fed, and somebody familiar is taking good care of me” sound. Angry raptors and wounded raptors make some pretty dramatic hisses and shrieks; frightened raptors go dead silent and try to hide if they can, or fluff up big and get loud and in-your-face if hiding isn’t an option. They can easily sever a finger or break the bones of a human hand or wrist, and even with a very thick leather falconer’s gauntlet, I’ve known falconers to leave a mews (hawk house) with graphic punctures THROUGH the gauntlet into the meat of their hands and arms, just from buteos and kestrels way smaller than this eagle. A pissed off hawk will make damn sure you don’t try twice whatever you pulled that pissed her off, even if she’s been human-imprinted.

If you’re ever unsure about an animal’s level of okayness with something that’s happening, there are three spot-check questions you can ask, to common-sense your way through it:

1. Is the animal capable of defending itself or making a threatening or fearful display, or otherwise giving protest, and if so, is it using this ability? (e.g. dog snarling or biting, swan hissing, horse kicking or biting)  2. Does the animal experience an incentive-based relationship with the human? (i.e. does the animal have a reason, in the animal’s frame of reference, for being near this human? e.g. dog sharing companionship / food / shelter, hawk receiving good quality abundant food and shelter and medical care from a falconer)

3. Is the animal a domesticated species, with at least a full century of consistent species cohabitation with humans? (Domesticated animals frequently are conditioned from birth or by selective breeding to be unbothered by human actions that upset their feral nearest relatives.)

In this situation, YES the eagle can self-defend, YES the eagle has incentive to cooperate with and trust the human handler, and NO the eagle is not a domesticated species, meaning we can expect a high level of reactivity to distress, compared to domestic animals: if the eagle was distressed, it would be pretty visible and apparent to the viewer. These aren’t a universally applicable metric, but they’re a good start for mammal and bird interactions.

Pair that with the knowledge that eagles reserve those chirps for calm environments, and you can be pretty secure and comfy in the knowledge that the big honkin’ birb is happy and cozy.

Also, to anybody wondering, falconers are almost single-handedly responsible for the recovery from near-extinction of several raptor species, including and especially peregrine falcons. Most hawks only live with the falconer for a year, and most of that year is spent getting the bird in ideal condition for survival and success as a wild breeding adult. Falconers are extensively trained and dedicated wildlife conservationists, pretty much by definition, especially in the continental USA, and they make up an unspeakably important part of the overall conservation of predatory bird species. Predatory birds are an important part of every ecosystem they inhabit. Just like apiarists and their bees, the relationship between falconer and hawk is one of great benefit to the animal and the ecosystem, in exchange for a huge amount of time, effort, expense, and education on the part of the human, for very little personal benefit to that one human. It’s definitely not exploitation of the bird, and most hawks working with falconers are hawks who absolutely would not have reached adulthood without human help: the sick, the injured, and the “runts” of the nest who don’t receive adequate resources from their own parents. These are, by and large, wonderful people who are in love with the natural world and putting a lifetime of knowledge and sheer exhausting work into conserving it and its winged wonders.