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Texans Put Up Billboards In California Telling Everyone How Terrible Texas Is And How You Probably Shouldn’t Move There

AUSTIN, TX — In a last-ditch effort to stop Californians from moving in and ruining their state, Texans have resorted to putting up billboards in California telling everyone how terrible Texas is and how they probably should just stay in California.

“I hope by golly this tactic works,” said Texas Governor Greg Abbott, “We’ve been passing laws left and right that would make sissy Californians wet their britches, but they keep coming in and voting like they never left the Car-Theft State.”

“There are now dozens of billboards peppering California, educating citizens to the horrific dangers of this great state of Texas,” said Bill Smroog, Chairman of the Texas Anti-Tourism Board.

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  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    That’s pretty good, can’t beat the Bee. Reminds me that Sister had a huge estate sale over in Elba last week and she met a 40 something guy from Kalifornia that arrived here by way of Fort Rucker. He purchased about 30 acres out in the country, south of town. Later his parents (retired) came to visit and stayed longer than expected to find a place to buy. They bought a nice house on 10 acres complete with a pond and small barn. Sister was talking to the parents and mentioned something about getting their friends to make the move and she said “oh no, we’re not telling anyone about our secret new home”.

    Another chilly morning here, 48 again but shooting for the low 70’s we only made about 65 yesterday and with the wind is was down right cold on the big mower early on. It was about 50 when I started at about 8 AM.

    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    So do y’all think Jim Jordan will be the new speaker of the House? I figure he has a good chance since he’s a true conservative that’s not too far out there. That said; he does speak his mind and doesn’t care what the left thinks and that might make a few R.I.N.O.’s nervous.  I will say that if he fails we’ll need a list of those linguine spined Swamp Dewellers that voted no and we need to primary them.

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    So Biden, already crawfishing on Israel’s push into Gaza, is going to meet with Netanyahu and try to get him to give up? I do hope Netanyahu ignores him and all the other Bed-Wetters in Media and otherwise. ~SPITS~

  4. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    8:50 AM Graveyard Dead! My work is done here.  😉

  5. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I guess if I’d waited another few days, I wouldn’t have had to drop $200 on an orthopedic specialist.  I went shopping yesterday afternoon, and even though my knee felt really tired after, I managed to do all that walking without crutches. I tweaked the knee a bit by turning my foot a certain way, but it was there and gone rather quickly.  I slept with the knee brace on last night, but I’m hoping to dump that soon.

    I was really worried about driving, because holding my leg somewhat extended with my foot upraised has been a real instigator of pain and discomfort.  I was able to handle it, though.

    It feels better this morning, so I’m going to brave the treadmill.  Carefully.

    I guess whatever I did took about four weeks to start resolving itself.

    Now, the biggie I have to look forward is all that dental work….

  6. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Super Dave

    I am hoping Jordan goes ahead and wins the job.  He wasn’t my first choice for Speaker because I think he is far more effective and essential right now as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.  Jim Jordan and James Comer are a formidable pair in the Biden family criminal corruption investigations.  I just hope there is someone as strong and relentless as Jordan to take his place.

  7. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Got Elsa cooling down in preparation for the cheese I bought yesterday.  I think I’m going to pack some of the shredded, dried cheese in a jar for current kitchen use.  I tasted from my last batch and it’s a delightfully crunchy snack, and it’ll be great as a food topping.  Eggs, salads, etc.

    I like playing with my food.

  8. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Texpat: I am hoping Jordan goes ahead and wins the job.  He wasn’t my first choice for Speaker because I think he is far more effective and essential right now as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. 

    What he said.  Jordan has been OUTSTANDING on his committee, and that will be a serious loss.  I am looking forward to seeing how he herds the crowd in the House.  This may be interesting.  That dude’s like cheap toilet paper – he don’t take crap off nobody.

    Pass the popcorn.

  9. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    RE: Jim Jordan

    Jordan is a tough, street-fighting kind of guy.  He is not mealy-mouthed or squishy.  I’m not saying those are job prerequisites but being Speaker of the House is an all consuming 24/7 job being referee for 434 other members of an ongoing political bar fight.  It is a constant 4 dimensional chess game requiring negotiation and compromising skills I don’t normally associate with a guy like Jordan.  I hope he wins and I hope he surprises me.

  10. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    UNSHAKEABLE ☙ Tuesday, October 17, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS

    Good morning, C&C, it’s Tuesday! Your roundup today includes: House creeps toward electing Jordan as Speaker but handful of Republicans hold out; federal judge tries to gag Trump; Biden cruise to nowhere leaves handful of participating Americans wondering about how much they just spent for a 10-hour boat ride; Israelis start wondering what’s taking so long to invade Gaza; the Israelis dissed sad little Zelensky; the U.S. stops another possible peace deal from happening; and Putin confers with China.

    News:

    RE: Jordan

    The House will vote today on whether to elect Representative Jim Jordan (R-Oh.) as the new Speaker of the House. By 8pm last night there were still six Republican “never-Jordan” holdouts: Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Carlos Giménez (R-Fla.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa).

    You have to hand it to the six holdouts. It is hard to imagine a higher-pressure setup for them to resist electing a Speaker, given the urgent demands for an Israel aid package (plus that other country that has some kind of conflict going on, I can’t remember the name). Assuming this is just politics and they aren’t really scorched-earth maniacs, the six should get pretty great deals.

    If you’re in one of those holdout districts, today would be a good day to make a call.

  11. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Next up, Childers takes on the gag (as in, “I think I just threw up in my mouth a little”) order for Trump.

    Like that’s gonna stop him.  We shall see.

    The judge’s gag order included a laundry list of stuff the parties may not say or do. They can’t call things the “best ever.” They may not upload any long social media posts about the case IN ALL CAPS. The parties are limited to a maximum of three exclamation marks (“!”) per twitter post. They can’t refer to the United States as a “third-world hellhole” or a “hellhole” of any kind. And they specifically aren’t allowed to give the judge derogatory nicknames like “Judge Chumpy” or “Judge Chubarker.” [snuffle, snort!]

    Haha, just kidding. Nobody’s actually seen the order yet, the judge announced her ruling in court yesterday and promised a written order soon. To be honest, Judge Chutkan’s order sounds very carefully parsed, appearing balanced, obviously trying to avoid a Ukraine-sized minefield of First Amendment issues more potentially explosive than defective, depleted-uranium cluster bombs (made in the U.S.A.).

    /snip

    There are two Constitutional issues at play. The first issue is Trump’s right to Free Speech under the First Amendment, enhanced in this case because it features the political trial of a running candidate during a presidential campaign close to elections who is also a former President.

    In that sense, it’s First Amendment to the tenth power.

    But there’s a competing right — the right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment, which courts have interpreted as giving them a lot of leeway in controlling parties’ out-of-court conduct….

    Similarly, Judge Chutkan claimed her order was to keep Trump from launching a “pre trial smear campaign” that poses a “danger to the administration of justice.” She was presumably referring to the potential jury pool and to witnesses.

    Saying this case is unique is like saying Joe Biden sleeps a lot during the daytime. Duh.

    Trump plans to appeal to the DC Circuit, which hates him and hopes he will fall into a collapsing black hole somewhere…

    Childers thinks that the Court will be somewhat supportive of the judge, who is trying to manage the case and retain his authority. Personally, given the judge’s statements in the past and his behavior, I think Trump’s lawyers have great grounds for appeal because recusal would have been totally appropriate.  That’s just my two cents.

    The truth is the entire case — not the gag order — needs to be thrown out.[emphasis mine]

    Going forward, my guess is the Judge will be reluctant to pull the trigger on any real sanctions, and will probably lay in wait, like judges do, for a really egregious violation to pull the trigger. But one thing is clear: Judge Chutkan instantly manufactured a whole industry of salivating liberal pundits who just can’t wait for Trump to violate the order so they can jump up and down pointing at him with long, witchy fingers of blame.

    Annnnndddd….that is already happening.

    There is no doubt Trump will eventually violate that order. Probably some time today before lunch.

  12. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Middle East:

    The cruise to nowhere: Biden’s folks have wrangled a cruise ship to take Americans to an island a few miles away, where they will be stranded until they cough enough resources (friends, money, luck) to find a way home themselves.  And they have to sign a promissory note saying they’ll PAY THE GOVERNMENT BACK for this Gilligan-type tour to Cyprus.  OH, and only ONE suitcase each.  If you came with three, well, too bad so sad.  Nope, they’re not sad.  It’s more like suck it up, buttercup.  You chose to go to a country we despise, so you pay the price when your throat is on the chopping block.

    The best part was the note did not specify what that amount would be. Haha suckers! As a lawyer, my advice would be to never sign a promissory note where the lender can later fill in any amount they want. It seems obvious, but there you go.

    We’ll dole out millions of dollars to illegals, but can’t find any money to get our people safely out of a war zone.  I checked Amazon, and they don’t have a bucket of spit that I can buy, so I’ll guess I’ll have to save my own until I get enough to truly express  how I feel about this situation.

    Frankly, from the carefully staged pictures it doesn’t look like very many people took Biden up on his awesome, mystery-priced “cruise deal.” From what I can tell it could have been as few as only ten or twenty people. I’m not kidding. None of the articles gave a count.

    Contrast that with the first DeSantis rescue mission, which returned 293 Americans with 91 kids TO THE UNITED STATES, and not just some random Middle Eastern island next to a war zone.

  13. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Poor Zelensky.  He did love the spotlight while he had it:

    Leaving the forlorn former comedian feeling distinctly unwanted, like a distant third cousin who asked to stay with you for “a couple days” but is now going on three months — and just asked to come along on the annual ski vacation with the “rest of the family,” Netanyahu officials politely told Ukrainian president Zelensky yesterday that  “the time is not right” for a visit. They just have a whole lot going on right now and will get back to him as soon as their calendar clears up.

    Literally translated from the Hebrew, what the Israelis really said was, “It’s our turn. Get lost, jerk.” I think Zelensky might be starting to get the idea.

  14. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    UN: Gaza Cease fire proposition put forth by Russia:

    In other words, the United States just stopped another potential peace deal from happening. If you didn’t know better, you might think the secretive U.S. State Department is intentionally trying to make the world more chaotic and wartorn.

    I could be wrong. Hyphenated U.S. Representative Linda Thomas-Greenfield explained that the U.S.’s vote against a ceasefire was because, while ceasefires are great and everything, Russia’s resolution did not condemn Hamas harshly enough. “By failing to condemn Hamas, Russia is giving cover to a terrorist group that brutalizes innocent civilians. It is outrageous, hypocritical and indefensible,” she noted in triplicate.

    Well, it’s not like it’s Hunter being held hostage or anything, so who cares? /spits

  15. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Okay, time to brave the treadmill…wish me luck!

    Oh, first – gotta insert cheese into Elsa.  I bet she’s cold enough by now…

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Before I go: Daily Wire “Not So Newlywed Game”

    Amusing.  You can hear Matt Walsh blink.  Who knew?  😀

  17. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Morning, gang! Chilly out back when I took out Billy’s breakfast. He  gobbled it down so fast that I took him out another bowl of the dry kibble, and he ate that too.

  18. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Why are there not dozens of politicians in the US and Europe on television demanding to know why the European Union and the American Democratic Party demand open borders and unchecked immigration from every country regardless of their radical political insanities and yet Egypt, Jordan and every other Muslim nation gets to sit back behind closed borders their borders guarded by heavily armed militaries ?

    Why ?

  19. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Got an update on Green Cousin – she’s in St. Luke’s in Houston now, because she’s developed an infection at her broken vertebra.  Docs think it originated at her dialysis port.

    I’ll try to go see her, but my cousin, who’s been giving me updates, warned me about her condition and appearance.  Green, bloated, incoherent at times…

    So sad, hoping she makes it but again, it’s not looking good.

  20. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    C-SPAN LIVE

    US House vote for Speaker is going to happen in minutes.

    Watch here on YouTube now.

  21. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    All 212 Democrats are there and yet we are still missing 2 Republicans.

  22. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    We have one Republican woman voting for McCarthy, another for Scalise plus one voting present.  If we lose one more he won’t make it this round.

  23. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Another for McCarthy and a vote for Lee Zeldin.  Now Scalise again. And again.

  24. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    We have one Republican woman voting for McCarthy, another for Scalise plus one voting present.  If we lose one more he won’t make it this round.

    Vampyre politiclown show.

  25. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    In case you missed it.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-admin-orders-banks-not-reject-illegal-immigrants-loan-applications

  26. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    In case you missed it.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-admin-orders-banks-not-reject-illegal-immigrants-loan-applications

  27. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The Rs that voted for other than Jordan need to be primaried: ALL OF THEM!

    This crap has to stop.  The 2 that didn’t even bother to show up, unless they were sick in the hospital, PRIMARY THEM.

  28. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    And in another lawless move the fake fake wooden dummy regime says banks must now give illegal aliens loans.

     

     

  29. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    my foot toe

    Just my idle curiosity speaking here, but do you have non-foot toes somewhere?

  30. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Posts going into the spit bucket again.

    one link.

  31. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Had jury duty yesterday. The feds are MUCH better organized, more grateful for people showing up, and more willing to reasonably compensate people than the county courts.

    The assembly room was basically just a big room, but was very clean with reasonably comfortable chairs. They called just enough people for the cases at hand; everyone went to voir dire. The county assembly room is cramped, prolly gets cleaned once every week or two, and is generally a dump. I have never been empaneled in the many times I’ve been called. At least recently they start releasing people a lot earlier instead of having to hang around until early afternoon to get released.

    The feds will reimburse you $20 for parking, which is sufficient for the garage directly across the street from the courthouse. They also reimburse mileage at whatever the current IRS rate is and give everyone a $50/day stipend. If you live more than 50 miles away, you get $191/day for hotel and meals. The county gives you $6, which likely costs them more than another $6 to simply process each check and is just pretty insulting. It doesn’t even cover a couple hours parking. They do have a free lot over by the juice box somewhere with a shuttle.

    Interestingly, your remain available to be recalled for six days (they can make this 30 days if they choose), so you call in after 6:00 each evening.

    The judge said he estimated the trial to last about 10 work days, completing around the end of this month.  That would be an interesting conversation to have with your boss. He also said that was toward the short end of case durations.

  32. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    3 comments from Dr Phil Good and one from Tedtam restored to the front page.

  33. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    wagonburner

    I was called to a Federal court jury pool in Newark last winter via email to standby if I would be needed the next morning.  I had to wait for 4 days and check my email each evening to see if I would be required to show up the next morning and fortunately did not get called in.  I don’t have a problem serving on a jury, but dealing with Newark is a whole other subject.

  34. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I was once asked to be a prosecution witness in a federal criminal trial in Houston of a former business client.  I was living in Bellville and had to sit by the phone for 3 days waiting to see if I would be called to testify and have to race to the federal courthouse in downtown Houston for testimony.   Finally, the US AAG’s office called and said the sleazy bastard pled out at the last minute and agreed to a big fine and probation.

  35. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Very soon it will be illegal to buy a natural gas home generator, water heater, furnace or range oven in California, but there will be virtually naked hookers standing on the street corners in front of your house as your children wait for the school bus.

    Californians are complaining about barely-clothed prostitutes roaming the streets in broad daylight, an issue heightened by Democratic Gov. Newsom signing Senate Bill 357, local officials say.

    SB 357, which was authored by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener and backed by the ACLU, decriminalizes “loitering with intent to commit prostitution.” Critics say the law effectively decriminalizes prostitution in California

    National City Mayor Ron Morrison, an independent, recently criticized the law, telling Fox News that prostitutes are now “wearing less than what you would consider a scanty negligee” and “flaunting it in everybody’s face.”

    Morrison also said the law, which was signed by Newsom last year, ties the hands of law enforcement, stating that the “moment” the bill was signed “everyone knew the rules were out the window.”

     

  36. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    On October 13, Israeli military commanders told Palestinians living in Gaza to evacuate to the south. The northern half of the strip is full of Hamas assets—from rockets to rifles, communications gear to personnel—that Israel plans to destroy in the coming days of the war. But Hamas leaders demanded that the people stay in place. Why?

    While some of Hamas’s most brutal tactics, like systematic rape and beheading captives, are long-practiced atrocities for which the armies of Stalin, Hitler, and Genghis Khan are infamous, it is unprecedented for a party to adopt a war strategy to maximize civilian deaths on its own side. This is so strange and evil that it should appall any decent person. Contrary to conventional commentary, this is not a human shield strategy. It’s a human sacrifice strategy.

    and,

    This is not simply a human-shield strategy, where the aim is to deter an attack by using innocent lives as a barrier. Hamas is doing something far more insidious: it’s ensuring the mass death of Palestinians. Here is Hamas official Ali Baraka summing up the difference between the two worldviews: “The Israelis are known to love life. We, on the other hand, sacrifice ourselves. We consider our dead to be martyrs.”

  37. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I read somewhere that any hostages still alive in Gaza probably wish they were dead.  Hamas put the pali civilians in harm’s way, Israel really needs to clean house.  Any civilians or hostages that get harmed when Israel cleans out Gaza is on Hamas’s head.  ELOHIM will punish those responsible.

    I expect the satan worshipping UN, WEF, et al, will roundly condemn Israel for doing what any rational person would do when faced with a pack of rabid dogs in front of you and a loaded gun in your hand.

  38. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Meanwhile in Goliad County, Chris got himself a nice one. Taken with a compound bow @ 25 Yds.

  39. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I wish we had quite a few more R politicians like this here in the the USA.

    Don’t accept the false premise

    Don’t accept ‘some say’

    Don’t accept ‘the science says’

     

  40. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OUCH! I got stung by a wasp on the upper lip while I was mowing. I was going down the gravel road pretty fast trying to blow all the pine needles back onto the right of way and ran into the bastard. Dang it sure did hurt and my lip swelled up like a Botox Queen. Later I took a selfie to send to daughter and then I noticed the swelling had moved to my right jaw. I’m not allergic or anything but I did take a Benadryl to help with the swelling but so far that hasn’t helped.

    SO! After working most of the day I’m calling it. I think I’ll go pour a Yuengling down my shirt and hope I can get a little of it in my mouth. 😀

  41. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I was once asked to be a prosecution witness in a federal criminal trial in Houston of a former business client.

    I was about 12 months pregnant with Handsome Son when I witnessed a traffic accident.  A red car was cruising the green lights, and as I watched him from about two cars back, I could tell he was getting closer and closer to a red light change.  Shore ’nuff, he tried to cruise through a red light and t-boned a green car.  The red car was stopped in the middle of the intersection, the green car passed through but stopped about 20 feet past the crosswalk.  I drove through the intersection, avoiding the red car, and parked beyond the accident site and exited my car as quickly and gracefully as a heavily pregnant woman can.  I checked on the green car driver, who was holding his ribs.  He told me he was lucky that his driver window was open, or his head would have taken the glass out.  He assured me he was okay for now, so I half trotted over to the red car.  That driver was dazed, bleeding from a small wound on his head.  “Are you okay?” I asked.  “Who hit me?” he said.  “No one hit you, sir, you hit him.  Just stay where you are, I’ll be right back.”  I went back to my car to retrieve my itty bitty (now beefed up) first aid kit from my car so I could tend to his injury a bit.  I could hear sirens in the distance.  Several business men approached me and gave me their cards to give to the police.  The cops arrived, so I gave a statement and then left the drivers in the hands of the EMTS and the police.

    I was called as a witness a few months later.  I had a baby by then, and also a cold.  Because of the virus, I sat in the back of the courtroom, waiting to be called.  Eventually, I saw the red car driver and his lawyer standing up, visually searching the court room.  “I think she was a nurse” was the lip read I made out from where I was sitting.  When they shifted their gaze to my bench, I waved at them and smiled.  They sat down, and the driver settled with the DA before their case came up and I was told I could go home.

    I guess having a first aid kit made me some kind of medical professional.

    ***

    I also witnessed an accident near my neighborhood.  There’s an intersection where red light runners are rampant and brazen.  I was half a block behind a white sedan when a red truck came screaming from the left and hit the white car, stopping about a half block away.  By that time I had stopped behind the white car and checked on the driver, a young Hispanic man.  He was somewhat dazed and I reassured him that I saw the whole thing and he was not at fault.  About then is when the black guy came jumping out of his truck and asking me loudly if I’d seen the other driver run the red light.  I was ticked off.  Royally.

    I looked right at him with eye daggers and told him in no uncertain terms that I’d seen the whole thing and that HE was the one who ran the red light.  Black guy gave me a wiss eating grin, a shrug, and said “Gotta try, right?” and went back to his truck.  I’d already called the cops, so I stayed to give my statement and I left my phone number with the young man and said I’d talk to his insurance company if they wanted.

    I got that phone call a few weeks later.  It was with great pleasure that I assured him that their client did NOT jump the green light, that the red truck was coming at such a high speed that any driver would not have expected him in the intersection, etc.  Just thinking about it gives me a good feeling.  I hope that young man didn’t suffer any health issues.  He easily could have had a head injury, getting hit like that.

  42. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Just found out I lost another classmate.

    Getting old sucks.

  43. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    When I remember Suzanne Somers I think of her as the blonde in the white T-Bird that Richard Dreyfuss was chasing all the way through American Graffiti.

     

  44. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Rehobeth JROTC cadet awarded Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement.

    HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala, (WDHN) — A Rehobeth High School Senior has been given an award only given to less than 100 people across the country.

    Jordyn Allen, a senior leader of Rehobeth’s Navy JROTC program was presented with The Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement in front of the Houston County Board of Education on Monday night.

    This is the highest honor a Navy ROTC member can receive, as it is only given to 60 to 80 cadets each year out of nearly 500,000 who are in college and high school ROTC programs.

    Allen also serves as Rehobeth’s drum major for the marching band and is a national champion in the three-position air rifle.

    “Feel very honored to be rewarded with this award tonight,” Allen said. “Feel very glad that I have a school system that supports me and my program when I get awarded stuff like this. I mean everybody in that room supports me no matter what happens.”

    Allen is hoping to be appointed to the United States Military Academy, the Naval Academy, or the Air Force Academy once she graduates from Rehobeth.

    The rest of the year she will also be applying for JROTC scholarships to help fund her college education.

    Legion of Valor is a war veterans’ organization created to promote patriotic allegiance, fidelity to the United States Constitution, and popular support for civil liberties and the permanence of free institutions.

  45. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Texpat

    Ya need to listen to this video from Caroline Glick.  Most ya know about but it is the buts that ya don’t know.

    Pretty damning about Biden.

  46. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    And the United States government in general.  And a little reprise about Obama.

  47. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    This country is toast.

  48. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Israel needs to tell the United States to Go to Hell, Get Bent and Go Urinate up a Rope.

  49. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The black cat that got dumped caught a mouse by the back porch this afternoon.

    Well, I was hoping for varmint control. That’s one of the few trees on our lot with any pecans this year. I’m sure that won’t be the first mouse.

  50. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ministry-bullst-tries-cancel-orwell-telegraph-follows-orwellian-formula

  51. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I found a recipe in my keto recipe book for lemon caper sauce.  I made a double batch to run through Elsa, but I took out about half the butter and replaced it with heavy whipping cream.

    Because HWC will freeze dry.  Butter will, too, but it requires a different machine to make that happen. I have several containers of butter powder upstairs.  Just in case.

    Cheese is FDing in Elsa right now, the sauce is in the freezer in the muffin mold, and I have 3 bags of avocados that I bought for cheap at Aldi.  I’m watching for that “15 minutes of ripe” period and then I’ll freeze and/or FD them, too.

    That lemon caper sauce is…tangy.  But it’ll go well with shrimp.  Or pasta.  But I can’t do pasta anymore.  Maybe hearts of palm pasta…

  52. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Her Highness likes to watch Jesse Watters at the dinner table and now wants to see Laura Ingraham.  I don’t know how many people have been invited on her show that refuse to come back.  I’ve seen a couple of snarky comments on the internet from people who would know about these things.  Laura cannot interview anyone without interrupting and talking over them constantly.  It is beyond rude towards people who some who really have important things to add to the conversation.  I find it absolutely infuriating.

    On the other hand, Jesse Watters’ staff seines up some characters nobody ever heard of who haven’t a clue how to speak in public or simply freeze up and stare into the camera like the proverbial doe in the highway.  This is the responsibility of the producers and staff.  They are responsible for vetting all the guests and actually finding out whether they are coherent, not witless nor mute.  It seems like Fox News has a problem with their hiring criteria.

  53. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’d heard that Blinken spent 7 hours with the Israeli Cabinet. I knew absolutely nothing good could come of that.

    This administration is way beneath contempt.

    Frikkin Evil Basturds.

  54. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Since I can’t watch FoxNews, I had no idea that Laura had become Hannity’s Little-Me when it comes to interrupting guests.

    Best I can tell, there isn’t a single decent host left at FoxNews in prime time. Or any other time slot, for that matter.

  55. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    The top Fifty percent of the State Department and the Justice Department employees need to be fired and permanently relocated to hard labor camps in North Korea.

  56. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    33 Squawk

    I got about 12 minutes into Caroline Glick’s video when Her Highness came in and said she couldn’t take it anymore.  She is in despair after all the news today.

    I’ll have to finish the video later.

    And thanks for the Glick reminder.

  57. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Glick has been in my YT favorites ever since that dolt from CutNShoot reminded me about her a couple weeks ago.

    But I refuse to activate any Notifications.

    So, thanks again for the reminder, big guy.

  58. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I’ve been Jonesing for an apple pie for a couple years. So I gave in and bought a half pie from HEB.

    If I can, somehow, obtain their pie crust recipe, I am certain that with a little adjustment, I can get in the exterior stucco business. How exciting is that?

    Damn, I miss you-know-who’s homemade pie crust.

  59. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Texpat, I’ve put up a post for tomorrow.  If you’ve done one without seeing mine, well, one of us should change the pub date.

    Because….we’ve had that issue before.

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    squawkbox

    I do not do any TV/cable news any more except for OAN on the odd occasion they interview someone whose feed I already watch.  I dropped Fox long before they tanked.

    There is no pie as good as “Mom’s”, “Grandma’s”or the “Wife’s” pie for anyone.

  61. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    Shannon, if you’re interested, I’ll look tomorrow and find my pie crust recipe – you mix it with a fork IIRC, and dump it into the pie pan, and pat it out and up the sides, instead of rolling and all that nonsense – turns out so flaky it’s hard to get a slice out with the crust “intact”…

  62. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Squawk

    I wouldn’t bother turn on the TV for Fox News or any other main news network or typical cable channel.  A couple of years ago, we fell into watching Tucker during dinner and that was it.

    After he left FNC, HH insisted on continuing with Watters and then added the preceding Laura Ingraham.  It’s not my idea but I am a staunch believer in domestic harmony.

    Doncha know.

  63. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I just typed a comment about bsue54 confessing this recipe for pie crust, hit Post Comment and it vanished into thin air.

    I mean there is no record anywhere of it – no Pending, no Trash, no Spam.

  64. bsue54 Avatar
    bsue54

    Texpat, “confessing” the recipe??? I confess it’s not my recipe – even if I was the “Betty Crocker Future Homemaker of Tomorrow” when I was in High School… LOL… but it’s a really good easy recipe – the hard part will be finding it in my disorganized recipe binder… I have a bad habit of printing out, and sticking inside – not punching holes or organizing – that sucker must have 3-4″ worth of printed out recipes just stuck inside the cover LOL

  65. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Thanks for offering, but I doubt I’ll become a baker anytime in the next millennium.

    But I hear there are some really good pies in Round Top.
    And La Grange..

    I’ll let you know. 🙂

  66. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    If I baked a whole pie, I might eat it.

    🙂

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