Loggerhead shrike.
A songbird that is a ruthless hunter, it preys on small mammals, lizards, and large insects. It’s also known as “Butcher Bird” because if it kills something larger than it can eat right away, it will skewer it on a thorn or barbed wire to save it until it’s time to eat the rest later!
Close to ubiquitous in North America.
Isn’t it surprising how often one political party or the other falls just one vote short of being able to do what they want? One person, like Rand Paul, Joe Manchin, or John McCain, stands in the way of their party being able to accomplish some honorable goal, and that single outlaw won’t budge! It’s an outrage.
But do we think that’s the whole story? I suspect that for every time one person stands in the way of a piece of legislation, there are more people behind the rogue sentiment, but for their own political (reelection) reasons can’t be public about their position. One person is willing to stand up and take the hit for them, but there is much more to the resistance than how it appears on the surface.
It’s not like I know, it’s just a guess, but my head went there so I had to say it.
It’s all about finding the just-right slogan.
We’re back in the Valley. Flew home today. It was a warm welcome from Henry and Jesse.
Funny little things.
Not too spooky.
Practically charming, for a rodent.
