languageek:

When I think about linguistic diversity, places like China and Spain come to mind. Even places likes California in relation to modern day languages like Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagolog, Vietnamese, and Khmer.

In my Native American pre-contact to 1830 history class, the professor talked about the linguistic diversity of North America and listed some of the linguistic groups on the board.

The languageek in me had to take a picture and share it with you guys, because all of the sudden I am inspired to learn more a out the languages that I’ve never thought about before until today.

Some notes (given to us by the professor): 

• Pocahantas, Squanto, and Tecumseh spoke languages from the Algonquian language family.
• Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse spoke languages from the Siouan language family.
• Siouan and Iroquoian languages are linguistically similar. 
• Uto-Aztecan languages are believed to have come from Mexico. 

peninajoyphotography:

MANU SAMOA PARADE 

sdzoo:

A new Sumatran tiger cub has joined the confiscated Bengal #RescueCub at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. After being rejected by its mom, the cub was flown from the Smithsonian National Zoo to San Diego so that both tiger cubs can be raised together. 

susurrations:

wetwareproblem:

caitallolovesyou:

uppityfemale:

The President charges his own Secret Service to use his golf carts.

The Secret Service also had to move out of their floors in Trump Tower because they couldn’t afford the lease.

THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY DETAIL.

THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROTECT HIM AND HE’S CHARGING THEM AT HIS PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO DO SO.

The Secret Service is almost out of money. Trump spent in one year on travel what Obama spent in eight (not to mention profited off of it). They can’t afford to pay people their people to cover Trump’s huge family as they travel for work and go on vacation every week.

This is corruption.
This is unethical.
This is something we should all be mad as Hell about.

This was actually so insane to me that I figured I HAD to make sure it was real before reblogging it with no sources. It seems to be totally real.

sources: 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-clubs-charge-60k-to-rent-carts-to-secret-service-as-agency-runs-out-of-money-2017-08-21
http://www.businessinsider.com/secret-service-trump-tower-rent-command-post-2017-8
(and there are many more if you googlefu, but most of them weren’t sources I particularly like or trust so I’m not linking them here.)

Anyway yes, this is like textbook corruption. This is our tax dollars at work, people! 

This is the entire reason he ran. People laughed at what a shitty businessman he was, but… that’s the thing. He was never a businessman. He has always been a con artist. And this is just the biggest job of them all.

The sole point of the von Clownstick administration is to shovel as much US money as possible into his already-bloated pockets, in exactly the same way that all of those failed businesses shoveled investor money in.

[Image description: “Secret Service has spent $40k of your money for carts at DT golf courses, directly into his checking account, first POTUS to personally pocket our tax dollars for his protection. $40k, directly to him, for golf carts. To protect him. Think about that.” - John Fuselgang]

scampthecorgi:

It’s all about the candy corn!