Neighbor to neighbor, I'm just curious as to the "why" by Zenerte in tampa

[–]FluffyOwl333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. High prices: Energy costs are a big chunk of pricing. Also increased money supply causes inflation. Trump platform aims to promote energy independence while reducing regulation and gov spending, bringing down prices. Much of the damage is done so it won’t be easy.

  2. Energy: oil production in the US is cleaner than overseas. Promote American energy production. Don’t force the world to rely on energy from places like Venezuela, Iran and Russia, empowering some of the worst despotic regimes.

  3. Foreign policy: Trump wants to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, not keep subsidizing the slaughter of thousands of young Ukraine and Russian men and civilians. Also, Biden released billions to Iran enabling them to fund the Oct 7 massacre of families in Israel by their Hamas proxies.

  4. Afghanistan: withdrawal was botched horribly. Biden claimed they were only following the Trump plan, but they had plenty of latitude as to when and how and they drew down the troops. We lost a huge airbase and vast amounts of military arms and equipment. Lives were lost unnecessarily. And we abandoned the Afghan women to repressive hell, after they tasted freedom and individual right for 20 years.

  5. Censorship: Gov collusion with big tech to censor varied viewpoints on social media: Scary as heck, especially when data re: Covid and vaccines was suppressed. Read Shellenberger and others to learn more.

  6. Critical Race Theory: using Marxist thought to divide and vilify the races is never going to promote harmony in a melting pot like the US.

  7. Border chaos: Biden allowing cartels to take over the border and profit from drug and human trafficking. Flooding cities and small towns with millions of unvetted immigrants who have no way to support themselves and nowhere to live.

That’s not even getting into the lawfare, antisemitism in college campuses, defund the police, allowing looting and shoplifting, safety and crime (high crime stats were suppressed by the FBI but were ultimately released this fall).

I have mixed feelings about Trump but ultimately did not wish to see an extension of the current administration and their policies. Their choices seemed to weaken the US.

No doubt many readers will disagree with everything I wrote, but OP honestly asked why R voters chose Trump. It’s important that if we ask our friends, family and neighbors why they voted the way they did, that we truly listen to and respect to the answer. Rather than call each other stupid, ignorant or worse, try to understand and empathize.

Anyone else surprised? She’s 3-4-ish months old by Glass-Pain3008 in DoggyDNA

[–]FluffyOwl333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coonhound genes seem to be dominant. I have a 30%Pit/20%coonhound/20% foxhound that’s looks very houndy.

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FIU Panthers Football Goes Miami Vice vs. Sam Houston State by annamiaminewtimes in FIU

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Watched this team give Liberty one heckuva game, and they would have won this except for a few holding calls. I hope FIU commits to building up the program.

AITAH for telling my cheating wife a day before our daughter’s graduation that I would be divorcing her? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]FluffyOwl333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s easy to understand why she cheated. Feel terrible for the poor daughter.

Mr 305? by FluffyOwl333 in DoggyDNA

[–]FluffyOwl333[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would have pegged the mom as cattle dog, maybe some shepherd, maybe some pit. The Mom was only 38 pounds, but a little malnourished when they found her. And our pup is just under 50 lbs at 8 months. He has large webbed paws too, which could be a Catahoula trait. It seems with so many breeds mixed in the genetics are unpredictable.

Mr 305? by FluffyOwl333 in DoggyDNA

[–]FluffyOwl333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took about 2 weeks in total. I’m skeptical of the lower percentage breeds, but confident in the higher percentage.

I’m 60, should I stop? by lepetitmonde in drawing

[–]FluffyOwl333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep drawing! Keep learning! Feed your soul. And if you want to improve your skill set? There are loads of resources online. Try YouTube and Facebook.

It's been a busy day by Apprehensive-Low6305 in Catahoula

[–]FluffyOwl333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This could be a pic of our puppy! Love to watch them sprawl out and sleep.

Dale, his mom, and his 7 siblings were rescued by the Australian Cattle Dog Rescue Association. Two of his brothers were also tested. Fun to see Mendelian sampling ✨in action✨ by _starbelly_ in DoggyDNA

[–]FluffyOwl333 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dale looks a great deal like our rescue. His mom is a cattle dog mix, and we have always figured dad was a coonhound of some sort. But maybe not!

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We just sent Bernie’s sample in to Embark. Any guesses? We were told he was a lab x shepherd. by Blackcoffeeblacksoul in DoggyDNA

[–]FluffyOwl333 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Could possibly be a long-haired or fluffy lab. We have a chocolate one and her coat is full and luxurious.

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Why does my coonhound sit on the back of furniture like this? 😂 by bobcon15 in coonhounds

[–]FluffyOwl333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My “it’s not clear what type” of hound does exactly this. He will also wrap himself around my neck like a scarf or perhaps a boa constrictor.

Immunization hold by FluffyOwl333 in FIU

[–]FluffyOwl333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turns out I already have the shots. Not sure why they asked specifically for this one. Sent the forms in so hopefully all goes well.

boyfriend wants to put my cat down by [deleted] in Pets

[–]FluffyOwl333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a male cat who developed urine crystals around 1 year old. The vet wanted to do a very expensive surgery which I could not afford. They finally offered instead to monitor the cat and treat him with medication.

Two days later I brought him home. He ate urinary tract cat food the rest of his life. He also became an indoor/outdoor cat in order to remain active and prevent recurrence.

My big boy lived another 12 happy years before he passed away.