Wednesday Retired & Busted ? Open Comments
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Happy Hump Day, y’all.
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Who changed my avatar?
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Don’t know but they changed late yesterday.
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Hey, I gotta new one too!
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Jasmine Crockett is being credibly accused of fraud for accepting $870K in illegal donations from Act Blue. Over 50 people have stated that donations were made in their names without their knowledge.
When will we see corrupt Ds (BIRM) finally go to prison? -
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Yes it is. Neat video.
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John Hawkins, early online blogger, has published his Twenty Best Quotes of the Last Decade. There are some great ones in there and a couple I would have left off. The one quote I think should have been there was from Iowahawk:
“Journalism is about covering important stories – with a pillow until they stop moving.”
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Gotta’ love Iowahawk. 😀
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I’ll see Bones’ Jasmine Crockett and raise him Letitia James. 😉
WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James — who infamously declared that “no one is above the law” when she was targeting Donald Trump — was hit with a federal criminal referral for instances of alleged mortgage fraud on Tuesday, according to a letter obtained by The Post.
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte sent the missive to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche, alleging that James had “falsified records” to get home loans for a property in Virginia that she claimed was her “principal residence” in 2023 — while still serving as a New York state prosecutor.
That occurred in late August 2023, weeks before James began her civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization for overinflating the values of many of its properties, which ended in a $454 million judgment.
“Ms. James was the sitting Attorney General of New York and is required by law to have her primary residence in the state of New York — even though her mortgage applications list her intent to have the Norfolk, VA, property as her primary home,” the letter stated.
“It appears Ms. James’ property and mortgage-related misrepresentations may have continued to her recent 2023 Norfolk, VA property purchase in order to secure a lower interest rate and more favorable loan terms.”
In February 2001, James also purchased a five-family dwelling in Brooklyn — but has “consistently misrepresented the same property as only having four units in both building permit applications and numerous mortgage documents and applications,” the letter noted.
Under the heading of “Karma is a B!tch” I find it beyond amusing that she got gored by her own “Trump Real Estate Fraud” Petard. 😀
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Oh and Mornin’ Gang
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FWIW; I think the Letitia James news broke on Fox yesterday afternoon, first I heard about it.
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I have to head out early today – banking ‘n stuff in Pearland, then a mad dash to the pro-life center for my monthly rosary class. We’ll see if I have any attendees – I started out with about twenty, last month there were only three. I’m sure the current deportation orders are having their effect. I think most of these Spanish-speaking women are illegals. But they still deserve to learn how to love God and pray to him. Their legal status is above my pay grade, but serving God isn’t. And I have no idea which ones are legal or not.
So I’ll leave you with the C&C roundup and will check in later when I can:
Good morning, C&C, it’s Wednesday! In today’s astonishing roundup: despite lying media’s best efforts to cover for it, for some reason, weather modification shenanigans are finally getting their pants pulled down; EPA chief strikes at the heart of chemtrail denialism; Florida surgeon general piles on with diatribe about sneaky weather modifiers; federal workers get a second chance to take Trump’s deal and this time they are taking it; United Kingdom’s highest court issues the most surprising ruling that none of us ever expected and Matt Walsh smiled; Trump team makes progress on Ukraine war negotiations; Trump deploys key ally as special envoy; and Trump’s two-pronged strategy to defang the deep state through access and velocity.
BTW – I mentioned the “gettiing forked” yesterday.
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It looks like my “queen” avatar survived the avatar massacre.
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I saw Gad Saad on Watter’s last night talking about Bezo’s “Phallic Shaped Rocket” and found this quote from his book. Sorry I don’t know how to link the source.
Have you ever wondered why RPG launchers are phallic shaped? Well, I learned in my Feminist Military class that this is a form of weaponized inanimate object patriarchy. If the military were not so sexist, they would create feminine-shaped bazookas. 😀
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Gad is one of my favorite people. Here is the Facebook post of his with that quote.
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I’m just now seeing this, thanks.
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About the Avatars; doesn’t Hal just randomly assign the cartoon Avatars to those that don’t use their own? And that makes me wonder if their has been a change in management up the food chain. Not Hamous but WordPress Akismet.
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I seriously doubt any change in management would be affecting avatars. I’m sure they are preoccupied with more serious subjects. It may be a glitch in the system or some hacker tripped over the avatar software.
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Well my package just left Nashville after leaving Helena MT on the 10th and passing through, Billings, MT, Glendive, MT, Bismarck, ND, Fargo, ND, Sioux Falls, SD, Omaha, NE, Earth City, MO before landing in Nashville. So I guess it’s now heading to Atlanta or Birmingham? For some reason UPS routes through both those cities before coming here, irrespective of where the package originates. So do they flip a coin? 😉
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Nobody can figure out where you actually are.
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😀
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FYI; Noticias = News in Spanglish. News you can use. 😀
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The Box family Christmas 1971.
Me in 1971. Wearing dad’s ripped jeans and Tee shirt. Then my Mom photobombed it with a case of Olympia beer.
😀
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Bad link.
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Works for me?.
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It looks like you were holding an I Dream of Jeannie bottle.
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Test.
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You failed. 😉
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It’s about time.
The Trump administration has created a task force to ensure that men do not play in women’s sports, and to help enforce the president’s executive order against such competitions.
The task force, entitled the Title IX Special Investigations Team (SIT), will be a joint effort between the Department of Education and the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to an April 4 press release.
The Education Department announced that the task force had been created in response to a “staggering volume of Title IX complaints,” and that the purpose of the force is to “ensure timely, consistent resolutions” in order to protect female athletes from “the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities.”
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John Stossel:
China just stopped shipping 7 types of rare earth metals to the U.S.
Minerals used to make electric vehicles, military and tech products.
America has these minerals.
Why don’t we mine them here?
Here’s why:
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This is truly great stuff. The University of Austin is going to attract a lot of potential talent to their student body. I wish this school had been open when my daughter was ready for college.
No Social Justice Warrior admission essays accepted !
The University of Austin in Texas is implementing a “merit-first admissions” policy that automatically admits students who pass a certain standardized test score threshold.
The university announced on Monday that students who score “1460+ on the SAT, 33+ on the ACT, or 105+ on the CLT” will be “automatically admitted,” and those with even higher scores–totaling more than 1550, 35, and 113 on the SAT, ACT, and CLT respectively–could potentially receive the $100,000 Lonsdale Magaro Build Scholarship.
The university requires applicants to submit their high school transcript or a GED certificate, and notes that “[n]o essays, extracurriculars, or GPAs are considered” for students who pass the standardized test scoring thresholds.
In its announcement, the university called current college admissions in higher education “biased,” “broken,” and “unjust,” before presenting its merit-based admissions policy as a solution, saying: “We care about two things: Intelligence and courage.”
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I’ve always been way behind the curve on understanding how the finances of the internet actually work regarding the social media world. Last night, suffering from Prednisone-induced insomnia, I came across this article in the Daily Mail and it kind of blew my mind. I had no idea this kind of money, outside of the Kardashians, was being made in Instagram.
No GJT, I didn’t post this just for you. (<:
How Paige Spirinac and Grace Charis Make More Money Than Rory McIlroy.
The 35-year-old, who boasts 3,262,549 followers on the platform, reportedly pockets $8,647 per post, according to data from RotoGrinders.com.
That’s over $1,500 more than closest rival DeChambeau, while Scheffler, despite being world No 1, trails by a staggering $5,000.
Yet, McIlroy still can’t compete with golf social media sensation Spiranac or her mini-me Grace Charis.
plus,
And thanks to her [Spirinac] army of followers, the 32-year-old is said to make as much as $10,698 per post. That’s three times more than Justin Rose.
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Meh, store bought.
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Yeah, not my taste at all. They look like cartoon characters.
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Scottie is a native of Ridgewood, New Jersey and graduated from THE University of Texas.
And you know how much people hate people from New Jersey and UT grads,
So much hate.
🙂
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Ridgewood is about 15 minutes from here. Beautiful town, but too pompous and snooty for me.
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If you didn’t know, Bryson Dechambeau is from California, took a golf scholarship at SMU and now lives in Grapevine right next to DFW Airport.
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The hotshot phenom, freshman quarterback for the University of Tennessee Volunteers has been shown the door there even though he may be the most sought after prospect in college football. He’s a free agent now, so to speak.
If people thought the NCAA and college football was a racket before, they have seen nothing yet and it’s already ugly. High school kids with agents negotiating multi-million dollar contracts before they are old enough to go to college or legally sign a contract is the road to perdition.
The day before the winter portal ended in January, Iamaleava’s representatives asked for his deal to increase to the $4 million range, but Tennessee didn’t redo it.
“We weren’t going to flinch this time either,” a source told ESPN.
Iamaleava was making $2.4 million on a contract that was reported to be $8 million when he signed it. But he started receiving payments when he was still in high school, and the total value of the contract would have been closer to $10 million over the life of the deal, sources told ESPN.
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Josh Heupel: “Buh. Bye.”
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I’ll have to try and remember to watch and see how it went for him.
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Just when you think money in sports will eventually become unsustainable, it gets crazier.
More than 2,200 players have elected to transfer this offseason.
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So much for school spirit and loyalty. When are they going to start paying junior high athletes ?
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oYo uncklo.
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Pretty cool.
A big fan of his TV career, I never knew he sang.-
Did you know he had an older brother that was in Laramie?
I didn’t until I started watching Laramie on Saturday mornings recently.
I never saw Laramie before.
I thought that kid looks like Mark McCain.
Looked it up and found out It was his older brother Robert Crawford Jr.
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If Russia and China, two nations who deeply distrust each other, were ever to cooperate by launching a Russian attack on Europe while simultaneously China takes over the sea lanes from the Indian Ocean to the Bering Straits of Alaska with thousands of warships, the USA won’t have a chance.
“This past autumn, Russia announced a 25 percent increase in defense spending, representing over 6 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). By some estimates, this means Russia is spending more on its military than all of Europe combined.”
The Army general outlined Russia’s methodical nationwide expansion of military industrial production through the opening of new manufacturing facilities and the conversion of commercial production lines for military purposes. The result is a reinvigorated Russian defense industrial base that is expected to roll out 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles, and 200 Iskander ballistic and cruise missiles this year. By comparison, the U.S. constructs just 135 tanks per year and no longer builds new Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
Beyond equipment, Russia has vastly expanded its munitions production. The U.S. European Command estimates Russia can produce 250,000 artillery shells per month, which puts it on track to build a stockpile three times greater than the U.S. and Europe combined.
How is Putin achieving all this in short order? According to Cavoli, Russia’s economy is on a “war footing” and “will remain so for the foreseeable future.”
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I had fourteen moms, many infants, and two very rambunctious little girls in my rosary class today. Three of the mothers had never prayed the rosary before, so today was very helpful to them. As I and my translator explained the rosary and gave some its history, the two girls were running in and out, giggling and talking loudly. Moms tried to calm them down, but they just wouldn’t be still.
In an attempt to calm them down, I called them over (while the translator was leading the prayers) and reached into my bag to give each of them a single decade rosary. They were delighted and they were (somewhat) quieter for about two minutes, and then the rosaries became new and delightful play toys. One of them was broken before I left. /sigh/ The little girls was about to cry, so I gave her a replacement. I called out adios as I left, and the moms all gave me big smiles and the little girl came over to give me a hug.
I consider myself paid in full.
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Surprise, surprise one and all that it is windy again today, just like it has been for at least the last 6 or 7 weeks here. Spring weather would not be the same if that didn’t happen every year, flinging pollen everywhere from just about every plant/tree that has blossoms. And lots of the pollen arrives from farther north in Texas and some even comes from the Midwest on blasts of winter storms up there that eventually get this far south and bring it with them. Antihistamines to the rescue when it really gets miserable.
Out here in the country with many trees of various kinds means a long several months for all of them to get their leaves out to cover them so they no longer look like skeletons. The live oaks are the last ones to get them out, and before that can happen they have to drop all the leaves that hung on long through winter after other trees lost theirs in late fall. This makes for lots of cleanup of those leaves when other trees get leaves put out long before. The folks who help us with raking them up and hauling them out into the back pasture for an ever-larger pile have hauled four big piles into one huge pile twice. And that comes from just the trees around the house that sits on a big lot. The trees in our three pastures are on their own.
Purrscilla kitty has wandered in to check on what Mom is doing. She doesn’t pay any attention to what is on the screen since it doesn’t move, and is boring.
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Hell Britannia !
I know I said I was going to quit posting stories about the
declinedemise of the UK, but I am so astounded this once proud nation is committing it’s own assisted suicide.The industrial town of Scunthorpe is home to Britain’s last operating steel mill. While the corporate sign in front might say “British Steel,” the company’s owner since 2020 is a Chinese industrial giant, Jingye, operating out of Beijing. Jingye claims to lose about £700,000 (about $925,000) each day keeping Scunthorpe’s furnaces running. The company says that’s due to high energy costs, environmental expenses, and competition from lower-cost producers around the world.
All big companies must deal with global market pressures, but Jingye’s other two loss-driving expenses are due to London’s insistence that Britain moves to a “net-zero” economy. Scotland’s largest oil refinery at Grangemouth closed earlier this year “after struggling to cope with soaring energy costs, carbon taxes and Labour’s ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences.”
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Maybe we should annex the oil-rich North Sea along with Greenland.
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This is so sad to hear.
We have seen much of England and Scotland on several cruises some years ago and one that went to Ireland as well. I saved the wrist band from our tour of Windsor Castle sponsored by the Royal Collection Trust. It hangs on a doorknob in the house.
My father was stationed in London during WW2 with the US Navy’s Judge Adjutant General’s division.
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The stupid. . . . .it burrrrrns!
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Re: the gravatar thing
I have a theory.
You can log into this site two ways: directly and through WordPress. It could be that those who logged in via WordPress see the gravatars and the direct logins get the random ones.
I log into through WordPress and hardly ever have to re-login.
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Well dang! I accidentally mowed down a small pine tree! I pulled the rubber chute up to get close but the blade actually sticks out an inch or two so I just whacked her down. FWIW; I’d planned on taking the little pine out anyway since it’s too close to the trail. 😉
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Environmental rapist
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My theory is that whatever happened with the avatars, it did not affect Admins or Editors.
For the record, I have never signed in thru Word Press and only rarely get knocked off. And have no problem seeing avatars. -
I’m checking in before (hopefully) getting to confession. I had to leave earlier to help Hubby replace a refrigerator for one of our tenants; his died yesterday.
The mother who talked to the press today about how her daughter was brutally, brutally raped and murdered was heartbreaking. For once, the idiot media had the common sense to keep their mouths shut after the story was told.
I stepped outside just as the Amazon delivery guy was turning to leave. I saw the box on the porch and called him back.
Me: “Do you not see the delivery box here? (waving my hand towards the big black box) With all the signs on it?”
Him: (looking like he got caught with hands in the cookie jar) “I don’t think it’ll fit.”
Me: “Let’s see.” I open the door and the box fits easily, with plenty of room to spare.
Him: (looking even more busted) “mumble mumble”
Me: “We’ve had a lot of deliveries on the porch and sometimes even the button here on the side is pushed down…(I show him how to push the lock down)…to lock it, but no delivery inside the box.”
Him: “Well, okay.”
Me: “That’s why all the instructions on the outside. Thank you for my delivery, though!”
Him: “mumble…” and walking away***
Maybe the dude can’t read. I don’t know. We’ll see how the next delivery goes. Putting the box where he did involved a few extra steps beyond the box and back, so it’s not like there’s a big energy or time savings involved.
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I’m going to make a second attempt today to post a prayer request for my daughter. She took a tumble a few days ago and has a pretty good fracture below the ball at the top of her humerus at the shoulder.
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Prayers for her that she may heal quickly get on soon with physical therapy. Hope it was not the humerus on the dominant arm that has the hand that writes.
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That’s where Mom broke her arm. That’s a hard place for the doctors to treat.
One doctor said that a break at the ice cream cone is almost impossible to cast.
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I’m looking at the shoulder anatomy chart and it’s hard to see how you do surgery there, especially if the break is high up the humerus. All I can see to do immobilize the shoulder and arm as much as possible and hope it heals properly. It’s a similar situation to when I broke my heel bone in half.
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Prayers up and that sounds like a nasty break.
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I had to wait until hubby’s dinner was ready, so I’m just now getting to church for confession. The line is verrrry long. I don’t know if I got here early enough.
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Nope. Father closed up shop and I was still waaay down the line.
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A man can only listen to so much sinful behavior at one time. They need to have a bullpen like baseball.
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Agree with Texpat on that. 🙂
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I decided to treat myself to a movie.. haven’t done that in quite a while. I missed showings of the Christian movies, so I picked s thriller called “Amateur”. The trailer looked good.
Right now, I’m the only one in the theater. It starts in 20 minutes. This cinema has the fancy electronic recliner chairs, which are nice. And since I’m an old fart now, I got a break on the ticket price, which was also nice.
I just finished talking with two young men, thanking them for the thankless job of cleaning the theater. They said it’s not too bad now, but for a while the Minecraft movie showings were pretty messy. I said it’s a good thing they don’t have to clean up after something like “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. They had no clue what I was talking about, so I gave them a little cinema history lesson.
I guess I really did earn that senior discount.
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I guess nobody watched the video in the header today.
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I certainly did.
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So did I.
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I thought it was very clever.
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This Judge Boasberg has flipped out with Stage 5 TDS. More tomorrow.
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