MY PET DIED...
Last edited Thu Jun 2, 2016, 02:01 AM - Edit history (16)
I decided to adopt several endangered species. The Humane Society was unable to assist with the adoption, although your local human society or similar groups can help fill the emptiness of losing a beloved pet. Let's not let hate-filled, bigots keep parading images of grief in front of people who lost pets, until they cannot stand to look at Democratic Underground any longer. Some people who post or reply to Opening Posts about pet deaths are sincere. These writers posted at times of emotional crisis and do not need a reminder, of the deaths, days after their initial opening posts.As my real lost animal friend is concerned, one of the feral cats that I was feeding vanished. I didn't really love it that much anyway. It was a stupid stray that ran from humans. Maybe the half-grown cat simply got caught by the Humane Society and euthanized. No one would adopt the scrawny, little animal.
When I only had a couple of hundred post at Democratic Underground, I had this vision of unifying a massive numbers of members into a single, egalitarian, online cause, for brief periods. In the plan, we would fan out across the internet etc... I was told by a more experienced member that my idea was like attempting to heard cats. And then, one night, right before elections - some of us DID have to spread the word about a Karl Rove plan that involved Diebold paperless voting machines being hacked to reduce turnout of registered Democrats, on election day.
Even so, Bush brothers conned DU members and John Kerry, as Jeb Bush refused to count all the paper ballots in Florida. Chinese agents or right-wing hackers will probably try rigging electronic voting machines, while NSA and FBI agents sit around and watch, instead of defending the US Constitution, which they took an oath to uphold. It is almost identical to the oath that I took on entering the U.S. Military decades ago. I think China is REAL interested in the upcoming election. Chinese hackers of the Chinese Army (PLA) are already wanted by the FBI. China has conducted cyber attacks of every kind in the U.S.A.
Teflon Don, Donald Jr and his brother robustly defend their big game hunting and boast of numerous endangered elephants, leopards and other animals, they slaughtered in Zimbabwe.
In the next image, we see the son of Teflon Don holding a trophy from an endangered species he slaughtered. Maybe he can bring it to his father, who has small hands. He could stick it down his pants. He'll figure out some way to attract female voters. Don't worry, I bet the Trump boys paid for their trip, by selling the ivory tusks. At least U.S. taxpayers dodged financing this African hunting expedition, this time.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3180201/Trump-defends-big-game-hunting-sons-shamed-Twitter-posing-trophy-kills-including-leopard-elephant-death-Cecil-lion.html#ixzz4AH7l68nn
When a pet dies, what if we added that Trump promotes slaughter of endangered species to keep paid online operatives from using our sympathy to push valid criticisms away from heavy readership, weeks from now? Trump wants good news or no news from Democratic Underground, which can yield around 10,000 readers and appear in Google searches. Another option to reduce abuse of outdated animal death O.P.s includes putting in a sincere comment about climate change, especially the fact that it is causing massive extinction of entire species. Online operatives of the Republican National Committee (RNC) are paid to hide the truth on climate change, but volunteer Freepers, who impersonate indignant transsexuals, angry atheists, etc. will still give those articles reasonable publicity. Actually, I would like to hear REAL comments from our LGBT community on this restroom law and whether they want Christians, who read my Opening Posts, to vote for Trump. Hyped on Fox News and pathetic television money grubbers, allegedly of God, inspires right-wing extremest, who call themselves Christians, into becoming aggressive to other groups; but there are plenty of real Christians, who enjoy Democratic Underground and they do not judge others. The new restroom law reeks of political subterfuge. This bathroom issue sounds like an excuse to get obvious LGBT people physically attacked or at least continually accused - online and on television - of all kinds of misconduct. I could quote somebody at Free-Republican or Fox News here; but reading that junk can cause nausea.
And in the interest of "herding cats," we should ALL call him by his mobster name, Teflon Don, not Drumph, a name that might make him proud when he reads it. In the words of a busy host, WHO FINALLY LOCKED A POST, which was offensive to Christians, in this forum: "I truly am sorry it took this long to lock. If I had the authority it would have been locked at 1:02 am. But I couldn't and it took until now to get the votes needed for consensus. Sometimes these things just take time." Like, Jeffersons Ghost, hard-working volunteers at Democratic Underground plan to protect constitutional rights of readers of any religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
In fact, I have always loved even the most despised wild animals, including reptiles and amphibians; so I adopted threatened and endangered species in the virtual sense. Without knowing about a Rhino or Mountain Gorilla killed by poachers recently, I found some disturbing pictures. Lack of habitat will utterly destroy the last Gorillas in the wild, soon. There were three extremely popular articles on zoo personnel shooting Guerilla. None focused on ways climate change, accelerated by human encroachment is destroying entire species, both large and small. Poachers slaughter endangered gorillas, elephants, rhinos and big cats, every day.
In closing, I hope true democrats, who have recently begun posting here realize that paid operatives will keep attacking them in print and then push the post away to prevent busy dedicated volunteer moderators/ forum hosts and juries from seeing the violations. Newbies better develop a thick skin fast, or get chased away from this website by the opposition. I got my "thick skin" by writing professionally, for four radio station and a newspaper. Freepers and paid Trump-trolls will guide others with a Private Message, until the new member fades into obscurity, faster than Jeffersons Ghost. He vanished after moving to New Mexico. While traveling near Roswell, the original Ghost was forced to vanish by at least two governments for describing UFOs and freaky satellites in the Conspiracy Theory forum, at D.U. Some say he was drunk, others crazy. The second group was partially correct; and the REAL Jeffersons Ghost would claim responsible writers at D.U. should not discriminate against or marginalize people, who have emotional disturbances. Also, he might add that no one is allowed to attack Muslims, Jews, Wicca witches or even Christians, in print, according to the U.S. Constitution. On of the Gorilla threads made fun of the name Jesus and mocked a traumatized mother. Anyhow, you won't have to tolerate J.G. preaching anymore: I am the space alien or spy, who replaced him.
Yep, I am impersonating myself, to trick readers; everyone should give it a try! Just be yourself newbie lurkers and keep Kicking and Recommending (K&R) truly progressive or democratic articles. As my earliest readers realize, the real JG would have made the headline in all-capital letters, like a newspaper headline. Then, I'd get at least one kick, complaining to say, "STOP SCREAMING" OR IS THIS A SCREAMING CONTEST!
The Humane Society also needs and deserves support. Local support of similar groups can help ease grief:
"You love helping animals. So do we."
http://www.humanesociety.org/
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Who cares if the last tribe of Mountain Gorillas is an increasing risk of being pouched by relatives of a wealthy politician? Love for one animal, instead of the entire species is questionable to me... Is this image too "graphic?" does the naked gorilla care if an artist paints him naked with a small penis? Unlike humans, this is a majestic, intelligent animal and many zoo habitats are small, inadequate jails, instead of habitats. I remember seeing the sadness in the face on a gorilla in a zoo jail, instead of a reasonable habitat enclosure. Most gorillas still suspect that they are in prison for life, no matter how nice zoo habitats become. 
Poachers often kill game wardens, who protect wild gorillas.
Here's some "GRAPHIC WARNING PICTURES"
Did someone link "Mommy to Gorilla?" Here is the way mother gorillas grieve...
Here is a mother gorilla grieving a true baby gorilla, instead of a half grown animal, like my missing feral cat that failed to show up for a free meal again this morning.
Both gorillas and African Elephants are highly intelligent animals, with lengthy grieving periods. Wild elephants and gorillas are doing a lot of grieving these days, while Teflon Don and his children brag about killing seriously endangered species.
I got over 1,700 readers last night. With every kick, I've improved the thread with great endangered animal imagery today. Here is the way a wild African Elephant should look:
The Trump cruise ship has run aground, whenever his true motives become obvious. Here is a picture that I posted years ago:
"Strandings are always a mystery; we'll see if we can find something that can shed some light on it," he said. Does anyone think pollution or toxic chemicals dumped into the ocean causes whale strandings?
As stated, last night this Opening Post got over 17 recommendations, when I reported the correct time in New Mexico, on the thread. It's 2:26 PM MTZ, on 6/1/16 right now and this Opening Post - with no extra comments and only a few new recommendations has me baffled! Can anyone explain the difference between attitudes of these readers. Anyone who re-reads the OP will see that aside from fixing some typos, spelling errors and slightly changing the headline, the original content remains essentially intact. With all the environmental pictures and comments, the thread has vastly improved. Daytime readers don't appear to care as much as the night crowd in General Discussion at Democratic Underground; or is there another problem?
I hope roasting a pig has nothing to do with the diet of Jews and Muslims. It is only a boring picture of a roasted pig, instead of a serious graphic warning; but quite an odd phenomenon, with well over a hundred comments. No new replies on my OP, with hundreds of new readers. The headline is essentially the same, as before; but all in caps, just like the old days.
I think that you meant to say "steroids," instead of "antibiotics" but some people are truly emotional about ecosystem and how added, untested compounds affect the human body. Anxiety can cause typos hasty comments and spelling errors. Admittedly, I was emotional about the son-of-a-Trump, killing elephants, leopards and other large African mammals. The paradox is that an even greater chance exposure to unknown chemicals exists with "free-range" and "organically grown," foods because of toxins a wide range of U.S. businesses dump into the water-table, reservoirs and soil. The real Republican motto is "lead by example!" Now, let's create another oil spill, fish kill or something. The Trump-trolls can blame it on Obama! By the way, business owners who voted for Trump can dump toxic chemical and biological waste right into that lake, local people keep using to drink, wash and bathe with. You know the BIG lake right behind the damn...
Leaner meats are more healthy. Pork taste great; but people my age should avoid it. In fact, most readers eat Mexican vegetables, exposed to a toxin, which migrates from vegetables, fruits and seeds into the food chain, where it lurks to eventually humans and wildlife. DDT creates birth-defect issues in mammals and birds:
After the BP Oil Spill, I stopped eating shrimp and several kinds of fish. Many large, ocean dwelling fish are full of mercury.
just cause someone opens a thread, doesn't mean they read it. And if they don't read it, they probably won't rec it, or post.
But I'm helping to keep this one kicked! 
It is a major legal battle between New Mexico and the USA. Martinez and her crowd are blocking their reintroduction into the wild. If they bring them to Albuquerque...
Anyhow, images on this thread are worth saving. Other DU members could link to them from here, I think... what's your opinion?
which I've done.
I love the African elephant pic you posted...magnificent animal. I had to save that for my screensaver (SS rotates images I've saved).
I'd not heard of the red wolf dilemma. I had not even heard of red wolves. What gorgeous animals.
I'm glad you told me about this. I need to do more research.
The first 1800 readers gave it about twenty. The next several thousand readers decided not to continue recommending such dramatic anti-Trump information and a high-profile headline, would have garnered at least as many recommendations and comments.
http://www.abqjournal.com/759957/feds-to-release-wolves-in-nm-despite-state-opposition.html
"China has conducted cyber attacks of every kind in the U.S.A." This Opening Post was getting recommendations steadily for a while. The abrupt stop as new readers continued to read the thread is to say the least, unusual. Did you read this news about Chinese poachers in the South China Sea being protected by the Chinese Navy, as they destroyed giant clams, which are the only size clam that can actually reproduce?
"What are they doing?" I asked the boatman.
"They are using their propellers to break the reef," he said.
They dropped it on to a pile near their boat. Next to it lay three others they had pulled out earlier. Clams of this size are probably 100 years old, and - as I discovered later on an internet auction site - can sell for between $1,000 (£665) and $2,000 a pair.
We motored out to a group of much larger fishing boats anchored just off the reef. These are "mother ships" to the small poacher boats on the reef. On board the big boats I could see hundreds of clam shells stacked high. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35106631
