Posted on 12/31/2023 4:55:22 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
December 31st, 2023
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Denver (sanctuary city) democrat Mayor Mike Johnston and Chicago (sanctuary city) democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson.
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas); Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). Panel: Mollie Hemingway, Jeff Mason, Julia Manchester and Whiner Williams.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.); Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R); Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D).
THIS WEEK (ABC): Hosted by Little Georgie Steponallofus (or is it Martha Raddish?): : Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio). (Anti/Never) Trump White House Panel: Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews. Panel: former Democratic National Committee chair Donna BrazileNut, Sarah Isgur, Rachael Bade and Rick Klein—same Ugly, shameless, Left-wing Propagandists and RINOs!
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Anchored by Jake Toe-Tapper (or is it Dana Bash?): New Hampshire Arch RINO Gov. Chris Sununu and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). Panel: Scott Jennings, Kate Bedingfield, Kristin Soltis Anderson and Faiz Shakir —Tapper’s totally and toxically biased group of parrots!
SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): The Show to watch Hosted by Maria Bartiromo: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.); Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.); Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.); Jared Kushner, former White House senior adviser and George Washington law professor and Jonathan Turley, Harvard Law professor emeritus and author of “Get Trump”.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM NBC's "Meet the Press"
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ABC's "This Week"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM "Fox News Sunday"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CNN's "State of the Union"
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CBS's "Face The Nation"
Listen at the link above WHILE you FReep! Also, Sharyl Attkinson’s Full Measure: Watch live at 9:30 EST.
Here are the email addresses or web pages--and now Twitter pages--for commenting to the weekend talk shows:
Email: Meet the Press Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments) Twitter: @MeetThePress @kwelkernbc
Email: Face the Nation ftn@cbsnews.com Twitter: @FaceTheNation
Email: Fox News Sunday FNS@foxnews.com Twitter: @foxnewssunday
Email: ABC This Week thisweek@abc.com Twitter: @ThisWeekABC @GStephanopoulos
Email: CNN State of the Union CNN State of the Union (web page for comments) Twitter: @CNNSotu @JakeTapper
Email: Sunday Morning Futures Maria@FoxBusiness.com Twitter: @MariaBartiromo
“The Sunday Morning Bray”, by Bray!
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John 16:33 (King James Version)
The latest version of the Forestry Management Plan is a complete disaster for the forests due to it either ignoring or negligently ignoring the two main reasons for the plan to exist. The plan completely ignores the fact the Spotted Owl is becoming extinct due to predators rather than Old Growth Forest reductions and it has no mention of forest fires in any of its modeling which is the main reason the forests are being destroyed.
It appears the plan was designed by politicians who wanted to gain favor from their friends and family by worshiping the forests rather than managing them. It fails to mention the Spotted Owl is being hunted and killed by the Barred Owl which migrated from the Midwest to the West Coast and is a very aggressive predator which is killing the Spotted owl to gain territory and a food source.
The Forest Service has proposed to hire Barred Owl bounty hunters to shoot the ballooning numbers of Barred owls to protect the Spotted Owl. The Federal Forest Service wants to kill over 500,000 Barred Owls in an attempt to save their beloved Spotted Owl. Not only is the Forest Service trying to pick and choose species in the forest they are attempting an impossible tactic to hunt these owls in the forests against impossible odds. Who are they going to hire to do their dirty work, out of work loggers who were put out of work by the fake Spotted Owl studies?
How are these hunters going to be able to hunt a bird which has the perfect camouflage method in the middle of the forests at night? The same people who want to kick the loggers and hunters out of the forests are going to try to train hunters to hunt a small night owl in a tangle of trees. There is no possible way they can make a significant difference in the deaths of Spotted Owls using this hope and prayer bounty program.
The Spotted Owl is being hunted into extinction by a predator and no matter how much anyone wishes it will not happen these owls are going to continue to be hunted for territorial and feeding reasons. This is exactly what Darwin’s theory explained about survival of the fittest.
The logger has no effect on whether these owls live or die although he plan pretends the logger is the sole reason of their extinction and being punished the most.
The second mistake in the plan is the complete dismissal of massive forest fires spreading across Oregon forests.
These forests are being destroyed by the Forest Service by not properly managing them. Rather than thinning, harvesting, and rotating forests as been done in the past this plan calls for the continued killing of the forests by mismanaging them to the point of being overgrown thickets waiting for a spark to turn into a massive furnace scorching everything in its path.
The tree worshipers believe chainsaw bad, forest fires good and is the way they think over the past forty years. They would rather have a 500 square mile forest fire than to have a single tree cut down by a chainsaw. It sounds virtuous if you do not care about results but is just the opposite of how you take care of a forest. If you care about clean air and water then you need to make the forests as healthy as possible to produce the most oxygen and water filtering/water holding roots possible. Any other outcome is a failure.
A medium to large forest fire will produce more CO2 and actual pollutants than a years’ worth of car emissions in Oregon, Washington, and California. You would think the Forest plan would call for the properly managed forests with young vibrant trees resistant to fire and producing as much oxygen as possible, but this plan does just the opposite and is a death sentence to the forests.
This plan ignores these two facts and blames every forest issue on the Climate Change umbrella. The assumed draught will cause all sorts of catastrophes and is being used as an excuse to close the forests down to protect them when it will do just the opposite.
The past two years have been fire free due to the fact these have been the wettest and coldest years on the West Coast in the past twenty years. They were the shortest summers with only a couple days over a hundred and snowpacks over 50 feet all the way down to California closing down ski resorts due to too much snow which came early and left late.
Without addressing the Spotted Owl inevitability or the forest fire destruction of the Oregon resources this plan is not worth the paper it is written on. Unfortunately, the implementation of this program will cost the state billions if not trillions of dollars in lost revenue and dead trees as well as poorer quality air and water. This plan is definition of penny wise and pound foolish.
This is exactly what happens when you worship the trees rather than managing them properly. This is what happens when man creates a religion which worships God’s creation rather than the Creator of the universe. This is the problem with forty years of the DNC in firm control of your forests and state. They have lied about the Spotted Owl from the beginning and have now been exposed so they are doing whatever they can to keep the lie alive by massacring another owl to protect their politically weaponized owl.
Pray for Oregon
Note: The above opinion is not necessarily my own, but FReeper Bray’s. If you wish to discuss this, please ping Bray.
Spotted Owl Fricassee
Ingredients
• 2 whole plucked and washed Spotted Owls
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 cups thickly sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 cup diced yellow onion
• ½ cup sliced shallots (Optional)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups white wine
• 6 sprigs thyme
• 1 cup chicken broth
• ½ cup heavy cream
Directions
1. Season the owls with salt on both sides.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and place Spotted Owls skin-side-down into the hot oil. Cook until there is a good sear and fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Flip and cook the other side until seared as well, about 2 minutes. Set aside.
3. Leave 2 tablespoons of the rendered fat in the pan and add sliced mushrooms. Cook until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Add onion, shallots, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with pepper and cayenne and stir in flour to thicken the mixture, about 1 minute.
4. Pour in white wine and cook, stirring, until alcohol has evaporated. Raise the heat to high and keep cooking until sauce has reduced to half, 3 to 5 minutes.
5. Add chicken broth, thyme, and bay leaf and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-lo and add chicken and any accumulated juices back into the skillet, skin side up. Cover and simmer gently for 45 minutes, turning over thighs halfway through.
6. Remove lid and turn thighs back to skin side up. Continue to simmer uncovered, basting occasionally, until chicken is tender and sauce reduces even more. If the pan gets dry before the chicken is tender, add some more water or broth.
7. Add cream and simmer until sauce reaches desired thickness. Heat can be raised to medium to reduce cream faster if the owls ares already tender. Sauce can be served thin and runny, or reduced to a thick sauce. Sprinkle with fresh thyme and serve.
The only exception may be Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.)
As to the current Speaker - I have ZERO trust in him, next test will arrive shortly in various legislations
Happy New Year Y’all. Well Georgia Bull Dogs set the tone for SEC supremecy. Let’s see what The Tide rolls out for the Wolverines.
Lindsey Graham will make sure 2024 is all about national ban on abortion and Big Mike Obama will seal the deal by replacing SleepyJoe.
I can’t shake that recurring nightmare.
Lindsey. Again.
Happy New Year to FReepers. I am hoping this coming year will not be our last year of the greatest experiment in history. I do pray for our country.
Maga Mike needs to have a staring contest with Chucky. Ram some spending bills dripping with maga on a partison vote and stare down the senate.
That’s what the rats do all the time.
When something does not work employ more of what didn't work in the beginning:
Namely more BIG GOVERNMENT!!
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Here in the Keys/entire state of Florida, we have a similar problem. We have a fish called the Jewfish(aka Goliath Grouper).
see photo:
About 15 years ago idiot spearfishermen took advantage of this lethargic fish and began spearing it to extinction. The obvious solution was to eliminate spearguns on this and maybe a few other fish as long as necessary.A zero bag limit could have been employed for a while until the species recovered which might have taken a few years maybe five or more.
Instead the powers that be went hog/govt. reg. wild and closed off Jewfish(the name at the time) basically until a few liberal journalists decided it was time to allow some form of harvest.(still to be decided today almost 20 years later.)
What happened now that the jewfish was totally protected is that it quickly became an apex predator.Not many and few creatures could harm the jewfish which was a great idea for a few years as it recovered its numbers.
Today the jewfish/Goliath Grouper is a true apex predator. It preys on everything on Gulfside wrecks in the gulf of Mexico (GOM)and now is a huge player on the Atlantic side of the keys and heading north on both sides of Florida.
On GOM wrecks juvenile grouper which are bag and size limit protected from fishing are constant targets as are juvenile crawfish which are also bag and size limit protected and time of year from fishermen.That works.
Nowadays Jewfish eat them at will. Perhaps the worst problem is almost any fish hooked by fishermen can expect to be eaten by the Jewfish.
It's out of control and as long as the crazed environmentals are in control will stay that way.
Today the jewfish is protected at the expense of dozens of other species:
It's the big government way.
If that wasn't bad enough enter an expanding near shore shark population.
It's bad enough fishermen have to try and find places where there are no or few jewfish. Over the past few years shark populations have expanded so bad that most gamefish are now in desperate situations not seen in the past.
Historically, sportfishermen like myself have paid much homage to periodicals like the Florida Sportman magazine and others like it.
This magazine in particular had become a bible for sportfishermen who over the years became much more CPR inclined than catch and kill.
CPR in fishermens lingo stands for:
Catch- Photograph- and Release.
We have learned how to take great photos of gamefish like snook, tarpon,bonefish, permit, sailfish,etc. so we can protect their numbers for anglers in the future.
Basically, we all wanted our sons and daughters to enjoy what we enjoy or used to now on the water.
Modern sport fishermen are the conservationists of the 21st century and we come down hard on those who dare kill our gamefish. It's just good common sense.
We still hate liberals!!
So what has happened for the past few years is that near shore shark populations have expanded to the point where if we can escape the ravages of jewfish at one fishing spot we usually can't escape the sharks at another.
In many spots both in Florida Bay and offshore gamefish like those reported along with snappers and other fish sharks eat them when hooked them or after being released in good shape.
I have interviewed over 1,000 fishermen and have found the problem is now state wide and little if anything is being done to solve it.
These fish,tarpon in particular,can live 70 years if treated properly by fishermen. Here in the photo below a fly fisherman releases one in good shape:
Shark infestation is taking a huge toll on tarpon and other valued gamefish:
We need a legislative push to kill off near shore sharks and sell them for food or worst case give their meat away to those in need.
that's what we would like to see,however many fishermen likely wont stand for the slaughter of prized gamefish we have worked so hard to save for decades.
The problem will be solved. Likely not by govt. Over the next few years since many of us won't allow govt. in-action to drive us out of business. Or, in many cases,depriving us of what we work for all week. Shark populations have to decline. Our goals are: to go fishing,catch gamefish and release them in good shape.
No one will stop us from doing that.
Big liberal govt. never works.
We need to pray and keep up the good work we do here reporting the abuses of big liberal govt. gone amuck.
What happened to THE Ohio State?
Three ships sunk after attack on cargo ship by terrorists Houtis. Obiden had to do something. Inaction was effecting his numbers so he sunk a few Houti speed boats.
Biden now in the islands where a sailboat was seen flying an FU flag for Biden. He's hated everywhere by everyone.
Cory Mills of Fla. saying Biden can't win. Lying Jared Bernstein who can turn any stats into looking good for the libs now on with Mike Emmanuel. Bernstein is head of council of economic advisers. He's gonna say how well everything is and how wonderful it will be with the dirty dems in office.
Bernstein says the problems will be solved by lowering costs,what a putz!
Problem is 20,000 illegals coming across the border 7% interest and all the rest that Bernstein will never talk about.
Bernstein says we have continual budget deficit reduction,can you lie any better than that?
What a lying POS he has an excuse for everything. .......................
Next the panel with Mariel Hemingway and three libs. Julia Manchester from the hill says biden is vulnerable,duhhhh...... no sh-t sherlock. Now juannnnn Williams who says O'biden is headed in the right direction and hes right out the door. LOL!!
Mariel Hemingway points out the grocery store,bying a house etc etc.are impossible.
Communists have found a club to beat capitalists using the endangered species act. The could not care less about the species and everything about closing down freedom.
The Spotted owl would not be endangered if the forests were managed properly rather than shut down. They have found larger numbers in second growth forests than old growth but they still promote the myth of old growth only.
tOSU hired a novice to be head coach at suggestiuon/demand of Urban Meyer. Ryan Day had never been a head coach. He came from a Division 1-A school (U of New Hampshire), played QB. His incompetence has always been obvious. Jim Harbaugh deemed him “born on third base and thought he’d hit a triple”. Lou Holtz (a former OSU assistant when they won National Title under Woody, called Day’s teams “Soft”. Big Uproar. But the fact is Day is a Beta male, stubborn, insists on calling plays (that do not work), will not replace bad coaches, and can’t even cajole his players to PLAY in Bowl games which are not for all the marbles. He recruits one-and-done types who have no loyalty to Ohio or tOSU except for how much NIL money they can glean. I hope that partially outlines the problem/issue. GO BUCKS! And Roll Tide! (whose coach Nick Saban learned smash-mouth football under Woody’s heir Earle Bruce at tOSU)
One of the higher things on Trumps list he has mentioned numerous times the endangered species list needs to be revisited by "sane" politicians.
That is so funny!
This is the first steps of the 2024 Steal.
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