Enter the Banned GrandmasInstagram page. The account began when Iranian-American Holly Dagres, 31, tweeted a picture kissing her grandmother with the hashtag #GrandparentsNotTerrorists.
According to Global Citizen, Dagres said that the account exists to bring awareness to the consequences of the travel ban.
Specifically, she is referring to the section in the ban that prohibits anyone without “a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.” Under this rule, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles and cousins are not considered eligible familial relationships. Read more (7/12/17)
In addition to the destruction of a national refuge, the construction of the wall through the refuge will be destroying the habitat for the endangered ocelot, 400 species of birds, 450 types of plants, and half of the butterfly species found in North America. According to Think Progress, “A U.S. Fish and Wildlife report from 2016 found that more than 100 animals that are listed as endangered, threatened, or candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act could be affected by the border wall.”
The planning and preparation for the construction has been done in secret by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service and its private contractors.
I am not saying the following…..I have no control over my fingers as they float across my keyboard……..doing this is fucked up, doing it in secret is triple fucked up, trump’s minions doing this is beyond fucked up.
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For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build the first piece of President Trump’s border wall through the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in South Texas. The federally owned 2,088-acre refuge, often called the “crown jewel of the national wildlife refuge system,” could see construction begin as early as January 2018, according to a federal official who has been involved in the planning but asked to remain anonymous.
“This should be public information,” the official told the Observer. “There shouldn’t be government officials meeting in secret just so they don’t have to deal with the backlash. The public has the right to know about these plans.”
On Friday afternoon, several workers were drilling into the existing earthen levee on the wildlife refuge and extracting soil samples to prepare for the construction. A security guard watching over the site asked me to leave when I started asking questions.
Established in 1943, the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge is one of the top birding destinations in North America. Home to at least 400 bird species and 450 species of plants, it also hosts both the rare Sabal palm and the endangered ocelot. The refuge is located on the Texas-Mexico border about 10 miles southeast of McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley.If the levee wall is constructed, it will essentially destroy the refuge, the official said. The proposed plans call for building a road south of the wall and clearing refuge land on either side of the wall for surveillance, cameras and light towers.
Some of the species who will be adversely affected by this:
TIL There was an intern who stole moon rocks from NASA, spread the rocks on his bed and had sex on them, resulting in contamination making the rocks virtually useless to the scientific community. He was sentenced for more than 8 years.
Kampung Pelangi: a village in Indonesia made out of rainbows
Kampung Pelangi, which literally translates to Rainbow Village, has to be one of the most colorful villages in the world, let alone in Indonesia. The village, which is home to 232 houses, is splashed in a series of bright colors and decorated with murals. Kampung Pelangi was recently given a government-funded makeover in a bid to make it more tourist-friendly — and it looks like it’s working.
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Female? He told you he was female?”
“She,” Angua corrected. “This is Ank-Morpork, you know. We’ve got extra pronouns here.”
She could smell his bewilderment…
“Well, I would have though she’d have the decency to keep it to herself,” carrot said finally. “I don’t think it’s very clever, you know, to go around drawing attention to the fact.”
“Carrot, I think you might have something wrong with your head,” said Angua.
“What?”
“I think you might have it stuck up your bum.
My sister in law is in need of a new manual wheelchair that won’t go out of control when going downhill or flip over going uphill like her current chair. It needs to be able to handle 35% grade inclines in order for her to get around her neighborhood. Does such a chair exist?
Please reblog to signal boost even if you can’t suggest anything! She’s new to using a chair and none of us know much about how to choose a chair.
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