Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Fill our hearts with peace and gratitude for the specific lives You chose for each of us. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

ALZHEIMER’S RESEARCH: [1:58] – Mouse studies offer real hope.

BIDEN: [7:57] – An update on the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Slow Joe’s fitness.

CRIME: From 1878 to 1967, Washington, D.C. was administered by a three-member Board of Commissioners with both legislative and executive authority, all appointed by the President. The board comprised one Democrat, one Republican, and one civil engineer with no specified party. The three Commissioners would then elect one of their number to serve as president of the board. While not quite analogous to the role of a mayor, the president of the board was the district’s Chief Executive. The last time a Republican held that position was from 1956 to 1961.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Seattle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Portland,_Oregon
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Chicago
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Washington,_D.C.

ELECTIONS: Some Democrats are expressing concern over the idea that ICE could or would patrol voting stations. But the “Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996” says in Section 215 that undocumented immigrants who attempt to vote should be deported.

• https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/illegal_immigration_reform_and_immigration_responsibility_act
• https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/104th-congress/house-report/828/1?outputFormat=pdf
• https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1961584479673217302

FBI: Operation Summer Heat arrested 220 violent offenders last week, bringing the total to over 5,700 since the operation began in June.

• https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1961818850434916571

NEWSCUM: [6:07] – Three of the bills he signed have been struck down on basic constitutional grounds.

PRAYERS: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (81) has suffered a fractured vertebrae and lacerations in a car crash. His spokesman said he is in “good spirits and recovering tremendously” and will “be released in a few days.” Also, “This was not a targeted attack. We ask everyone to respect Mayor Giuliani’s privacy and recovery, and refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories.”

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/rudy-giuliani-injured-new-hampshire-car-crash-after-aiding-domestic-violence-victim-spokesman-says

SCIENCE: The photo above appeared in my FB timeline with the following –

THE ONLY BIRD THAT DARES TO ATTACK AN EAGLE IS A CROW, BUT THE EAGLE NEVER FIGHTS BACK. HERE IS WHY:

1. The crow is the only bird bold enough to sit on the eagle’s back and peck at its neck. Relentless. Annoying. But the eagle… stays calm.
2. The eagle doesn’t flap. Doesn’t fight. Doesn’t waste energy. It does one thing: It rises.
3. The higher the eagle soars. The thinner the air becomes. The crow? It can’t handle the altitude.
4. Eventually, the crow gasps. Loses strength…And falls off. Not because the eagle attacked But because the eagle ascended.
5. Let the crows talk. Let them peck. You don’t have to respond. Just keep going higher.
6. They can’t follow you forever. Your growth will suffocate their noise. So don’t engage. Elevate.

I thought it sounded fishy. Why would such a large bird be able to handle thinner air than a smaller bird? So I asked Grok. It turns out there is no scientific or ornithological evidence that an eagle can foil a crow attack by rising to an altitude too high for the crow to breathe. The corvid in the photo is actually part of a group that is driving the eagle away from its young. The behavior is called “mobbing.” As an allegory, the behavior works better as an illustration of communities working together to protect children from predators.

TRANS: CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1961839292428247310 [:25] to hear a talking head on TYT Live give the network’s typical progressive take on the Minneapolis shooting. Hmm … let me think. A young white woman who claims to be a man shoots up the Christian school she attended, then a young white man who claims to be a woman shoots up the Catholic school he attended, but we should totally ignore the TRANS part … and, btw, the CHRISTIAN HATE CRIME part … and just focus on their skin color?!

• https://www.westernjournal.com/deep-dive-since-2020-roughly-40-successful-school-shooters-trans-trans-suspected-data-shows/

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1961730882756096322 [:23] to see a pod of dolphins play in the wake of a whale-watching boat off the California coast. If that doesn’t make you smile, I dunno what would! ❤

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/781371617547430 for an other goodie. You may have to watch it more than once to catch the catch!