Congress Complicit in War The word to the wise is to watch what others do and not what they say, and that is especially true when it comes to politicians. Democrats and Republicans both say they lament the Trump trade war, but instead of stopping it, they are enabling it to continue. Without the trade mitigation payments being made to farmers, support for Mr. Trump would plummet in rural America. The payments are being made via $30 billion worth of discretionary authority in the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Act. Congress has the power to stop it by refusing to replenish the fund. Instead, the Congress last year included language in the spending bill that gave the CCC more flexibility to keep the money flowing. Notably, when the pres...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.