Bits & Bytes

2024: Iowa’s election laws allow eligible citizens to register to vote or switch parties at caucus sites before ballots are cast. True Blue Democrats (aka, lying liars) abused the system by becoming Republicans for a day to cast ballots for the only candidate they think they can beat – Nikki Haley.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/polls-observers-say-haley-got-boost-from-crossover-democrats-in-gops-iowa-caucus-5567409

CICADAS: [2:24] – This summer, two broods of Magicicada cicadas will emerge simultaneously, an event that last happened 200 years ago.

1. Brood XIII (Thirteen) has a 17-year cycle with three species living in Eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, Indiana, near Lake Michigan, and southern Wisconsin.
2. Brood XIX has a 13-year cycle with four species found in Alabama, north-west half of Arkansas, north-west Georgia, southeast Iowa, southern Illinois, south-west Indiana, western Kentucky, northern Louisiana, Maryland in St. Mary’s County, Missouri, Mississippi, central North Carolina, eastern Oklahoma, western South Carolina, Tennessee, eastern Virginia.

The most easily accessible place they come closest to overlapping is Springfield, Illinois.

• https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/2024-cicada-forecast/
• https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/01/millions-of-cicadas-coming-out-summer-2024-will-the-bugs-be-in-mass.html

EVs: According to the latest Rasmussen survey, only 29% of American adults say it’s likely that their next automobile purchase will be an electric car. Last April this number was 40%.

• https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/social_issues/fewer_americans_expect_to_buy_electric_cars

IF I WERE THE DEVIL: [3:26] – In 1965, Mr. Harvey broadcast the prophetic “If I Were the Devil.” And speaking of the media serving Satan, CLICK https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1747460340466458790 [:16] to hear how NBC edited a Christian athlete’s answer.

• https://notthebee.com/article/nbc-edited-out-houston-quarterback-cj-strouds-praise-of-jesus-when-the-posted-his-postgame-interview-on-social-media
• https://notthebee.com/article/nbc-edited-out-houston-quarterback-cj-strouds-praise-of-jesus-when-the-posted-his-postgame-interview-on-social-media

OHIO: CLICK https://twitter.com/ReviewsPossum/status/1747396341519552791 [1:50] to hear how legalizing concealed carry has affected gun crimes. (Cliff Notes: They went down.)

• https://notthebee.com/article/gun-crime-has-decreased-in-6-of-ohios-8-largest-cities-since-the-state-passed-constitutional-carry-passed

PETA: I can’t figure out if these people are deliberately ignorant or just too stupid to google. CLICK https://twitter.com/Poppy_yyyyyyyy/status/1746192500954456147 [:25] to see them lie about wool shearing. CLICK https://twitter.com/peta/status/1746577934570176653 (January 14) and https://twitter.com/peta/status/1745823018327142613 (January 12) to see them lie about cashmere goat shearing. There is more than enough genuine animal cruelty to protest without lying. Sheep and cashmere goats are valuable animals that are well cared for and often loved by their owners. For their health and comfort, they need to be sheared.

• https://notthebee.com/article/i-dont-think-peta-understands-how-farmers-get-the-wool-off-sheep-

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1477351639860263 to see an awesomely good dog!