HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND to all you fellow Yankee Doodle Dandies, as those of us who have had our vaccinations can once again gather for cookouts, parades and fireworks.
We join Americans of all political stripes and persuasions in saluting Uncle Sam and wishing the Red, White and Blue a very happy 245th!
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https://www.animal-ethics.org/how-fireworks-harm-nonhuman-animals/ Very sad that thousands of animals are forced to endure what we as humans take for granted. If fireworks can kill some, terrify many, cause veterans with PTSD to have anxiety, is it really worth it when so many other ways to celebrate exist including what other countries are doing in silent fireworks . Rapid gunfire in the sky with toxins dropping everywhere and impacting others who have no say??? So American.
Same old story, out with the old and in with the new. Plus change which we all find hard to happen at times. That all being said, I am not liking the new online format. We shall see and time will tell how it all works out.
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