Wednesday Target Sicko Open Comments

Target was the first company to ‘whip it out’ so to speak and declare it would allow its transgender employees and customers to choose the restroom and fitting room that corresponded to their gender identity. Though this surely was a step in the left direction many claimed it simply wasn’t enough. Sure, their stock tanked. Of course they were boycotted. Naturally, they lost millions of customers and dollars. But they know what they did was right for every American.

Now that a few years have passed it looks like Target is back to improving society in a more fabulous way. Head of Target’s HR Dept. Caitlin Jenner, and head of their PR Dept. Laverne Cox have teamed up to get Target “Back on Target” for 2020 and beyond.

Starting this week, all employees will be required to answer a simple question as part of their new program. Q1) Are you incredibly happy right now? I mean like super happy? Q2) See Q1. If the answer was Yes, the employee was referred for counseling. If no, they were scheduled to begin transitioning and scheduled for surgery.

Next week, at checkout, all customers will be given the opportunity to donate $1 to the Ronald McDonald House or begin transitioning hormones and surgery.

Not Satire:

Target’s top executive dismissed the social media uproar over the retailer’s new line of LGBTQ-friendly kids clothing, saying that marketing the products are good for business and “the right thing for society.”

Outraged shoppers posted videos and images on social media showing bathing suits that offer “extra crotch coverage” as well as rainbow-colored onesies for infants and children.

Other offerings that raised conservative hackles include T-shirts that say “Pride Adult Drag Queen ‘Katya,’” “Trans people will always exist!” and “Girls Gays Theys.”


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  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    About Katfish, I found this;

    One killed in Grimes County motorcycle crash.

    Grimes County, Tx (FOX44) – The Texas Department of Public Safety reports a 64-year-old man died on Sunday when his motorcycle went off the road in Grimes County.

    A DPS spokesman said David Shelton Russell, of Katy, was the operator of a 2003 Harley Davidson Road Glide that was traveling eastbound on FM-149, about nine miles east of Anderson. Russell entered a left curve and left the roadway – when the motorcycle overturned.

    Russell was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigating troopers indicated he was wearing a helmet.

    So sad, and continued prayers for family and friends.

    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    About the OC topic that was on Fox last night and they were showing little girls swimsuits with extra room in the crotch for,…well you know.     SICK!!!

    FWIW; Daughter sent me a couple of screenshots off the interwebs so that’s where the picture comes from.

  3. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Thanks for posting that, Super Dave.

  4. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Note: Dave Russell was 68 years old, not 64, as stated in the article.

  5. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    By the way, I am informed that Katfish’s son is planning a memorial service about nine months from now, as there will be no formal church funeral.

    I will let y’all know any details as they become available.

  6. bsue54 Avatar

    Thanks for the updates, SuperDave and Shannon – still hard to wrap my mind around it

  7. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ve passed the Katfish info to Mrs.Texmo.  I promised to keep her in the loop.

  8. Tedtam Avatar

    Yeah, I’m still trying to accept the news, too.

  9. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Do y’all remember Nancy Drew and Wino? I just found a June 2022 picture of them. FWIW; They got married back in the LST days.

  10. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Thank you, Super Dave. Thank you Shannon for the correction and keeping us informed about services. I hope and pray things are well with Katfish’s family and friends.

  11. Tedtam Avatar

    That was a lovely pic of those two. I often wonder what happened to all of those LST folks.  How they’re doing, etc.

  12. Tedtam Avatar

    I picked up some hamburger yesterday and Handyman is bringing me some bacon today. Gonna try for dinner canning today.  When it comes to meat, especially beef, especially ground beef, I’ve gone the “rebel canning” route and dry can.   FDA says to use liquid in the jars but it gives the meat a dog food texture that I really don’t like.

    Folks have been dry canning for generations.  Good enough for them, good enough for me.

    BTW, I pulled a jar of chili of the shelf for Hubby two nights ago. I told him it was one of my first canning efforts, so if he didn’t make it …Hubby laughed.

  13. Tedtam Avatar

    He said it was delicious. Maybe I’ll make some more chili for the shelf.

  14. bsue54 Avatar

    #13 -Tedtam… thanx for the idea… now to find a decent recipe LOL (I always use Wick Fowlers mix)… but not til the power comes back on… And my stir fry veggies are down to the “extra dry time” – which I reduced to 1 hour… Yes – dehydrating is often much MUCH quicker!!!
    ADDED – Hooray, there’s a chili recipe in my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving (hmmm I wonder if I can divide the recipe and try it before making 6 pints???)

  15. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Wife gets let loose today, hopefully this morning. Procedure went well and is operating properly. The pacemaker is a new kind that is very small, about the size of a large capsule that they insert through the veins in the groin area and it attaches itself to the heart. When they wheeled her back in afterwards there was a manual for the device laying on the pillow next to her head. That felt weird, at least it came assembled. 😀

  16. Tedtam Avatar

    Speaking of sicko (and I was never a target shopper), Dr. Malone has a substack about the virus that’s worth reading:

    https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/what-can-the-us-senate-teach-us-about

    And there is a related article about what to do if you’ve been spiked and want them gone:

    https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/p/how-to-improve-zeta-potential-and

    A lot of that second article sounds a little new-agey to me, but Dr. Malone is highly respected in this field, so I’m going to assume that I’m just ignorant and need to be eddicated.  It does seem that my gardening efforts are paying off with my sunlight exposure as well, so there’s that.

  17. Tedtam Avatar

    Bsue – I use the recipe on page 87 of this book for my chili.  I may cut back on the chili powder a little bit.

  18. Tedtam Avatar

    GJT – good news on the wife.

    And every man’s dream come true – a manual for the wife!

  19. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Wow, never heard of such a small pacemaker.
    Cool.

  20. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Gotta read up on it and see if I can control her through Bluetooth.

    Don’t make me turn this thing off!”

  21. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    In the old days I guess you’d threaten to turn on the microwave.

  22. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Nurses told us yesterday her cardiologist, Dr. Shahzod, was the second doctor to install one of these, first one was a doc in Kalifornia.

  23. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Masks are pretty much a thing of the past at Tomball Hospital, not even any notices to wear one that everyone ignores. Regular nurses wear them but no doctors do but no one else, even in the surgical area no nurses wore them. Don’t know what the rules are. Matter of fact, the only sign of Rona era practices was a hand sanitizer in the ER waiting area. Suppose that’s just good practice anytime.

  24. Tedtam Avatar

    Time for Coffee & Covid:

    EXISTENTIAL ☙ Wednesday, May 24, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS

    Roundup:

    Good morning, C&C, it’s Wednesday! New Multiplier orders today, and a good-news roundup for you: Rolling Stone goes after Turning Point for talking about Jesus too much; the left’s preoccupation with “Christian Nationalism;” the FBI’s plan to plant snitches in churches; J6 committee’s view of Christians as domestic terrorists; an antidote to moral balkanization; DeSantis to announce official campaign tonight on social media instead of the news; Target retreats from Satanic trans brands under pressure; Kari Lake announces new operation ballot chaser; and an amusing but true clip, to start your day with a chuckle.

     *THE C&C ARMY POST*

     OPERATION MULTIPLIER: It’s a quick turnaround, but we already have new multiplier orders incoming for the C&C Army: Last week, several heroic and long-suffering FBI whistleblowers testified before the House Committee on Weaponization of the Federal Government. Their testimony was critical in exposing the political weaponization of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, which has clearly lost its way and needs major reform.

    However helpful was their testimony, it was overshadowed by the witnesses’ tragic tales of how the FBI literally tried to ruin their lives. One agent, Garret O’Boyle, was ordered to a new assignment across the country after the FBI discovered his whistleblower status. Then, after he’d sold his house, packed his family in the car, and loaded all his stuff into a moving van, the FBI fired him. They “mistakenly” confiscated his moving van and kept his families’ household goods trapped in bureaucratic red tape for months.

    So today we’re going to blow up their GiveSendGo. Veteran C&C army team, you know what to do, go give any affordable amount ending in a ‘2’:

    https://www.givesendgo.com/KyleSeraphin

    There was a large volume of requests for this multiplier.  These whistleblowers have risked their jobs, their families, their reputations to come forward.

  25. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And no thick, credit card sized lump on the chest!

    Fay had a wire go bad on hers. Which involved a new incision and running a new wire. Her skin was slow to heal that time.

    A really unpleasant event.

  26. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Yessir, no wires.

  27. Tedtam Avatar

    *WORLD NEWS AND COMMENTARY*

    Yesterday, Rolling Stone ran a wild-eyed scare story on Charlie Kirk, headlined “Charlie Kirk’s ‘Turning Point’ Pivots to Christian Nationalism.” The terrifying peril was revealed in the wonky sub-headline: “The organization founded to promote the free market sure is spending a lot of time promoting attacks on the separation of church and state.”

    Not that! Not attacking the separation of church and state!*

    (*separation sold separately, not included with Constitution)

    Childers describes TPUSA and Charlie Kirk’s successful efforts to bring conservatism and Christianity within reach of the highly malleable (and that have been manipulated) brains on college campuses.  Oh, the Horror!

    The article’s unstated mission, revealed in the first sentence, is to sick (sic) the IRS on Mr. Kirk for political persecution, while cloaking itself in virtue and righteousness. …

    Here’s how Rolling Stone described what it sees as an unforgivable breach in Charlie Kirk’s methods:

    In recent months, TPUSA has adopted a cause that’s very different from foisting Milton Friedman on frat boys. The group is putting its cash, and its political cachet, behind Christian nationalism, promising to “restore America’s biblical values.” Indeed, TPUSA has embraced a new crusade to “empower Christians to change the trajectory of our nation.”

    Anyway, the magazine’s unstated, highly technical argument is something like TPUSA’s non-profit donor funds aren’t being used for their “approved” purposes, instead, they’re just talking about Jesus all the time. But the joke’s on Rolling Stone, because if the magazine is right and not just wildly exaggerating, TPUSA would be a tax-exempt church.

    /snip

    You might be thinking, so what? Let Charlie go play with all those kooky Christians, and good luck to him. But Rolling Stone REALLY doesn’t like it. …

    [Kirk’s] focus on fundamentalism represents a clear-and-present danger to democracy. Targeting a younger generation to raise up champions of lower taxes and fewer regulations is one thing. It’s quite another to seek to organize end-times zealots, with the aim of achieving a religious takeover of the secular United States.

    A religious takeover! …And he must be stopped, at all costs, because he’s really going to do it! Take over the United States! Religiously!

    /snip

    But the article’s real problem, beyond even Charlie Kirk…is actually with the left’s latest made-up bogeyman-under-the-bed: “Christian Nationalism.” …

    … leftist propagandists are slapping the scary “Christian Nationalist” label on any Christian who advocates for applying Biblical values anywhere in the political realm. It’s the inevitable endpoint of the made-up doctrine of separation of church and state: discrediting anyone who wants to apply their deeply-held religious beliefs to their politics.

    Leftists really do not want Christians organizing themselves into a political bloc….

    Last year on March 18, 2022, the Director of Strategic Response for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Andrew L. Seidel, testified to the House January 6th Committee. He began his remarks like this:

    Dear Chairperson Thompson and Members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol:
    “Christian Nationalism is the biggest threat to America today. An existential threat to a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.”
    I delivered that warning to a room full of reporters at the Religion News Association conference in Las Vegas on September 19, 2019. And 475 days later, on January 6, 2021, Christian Nationalists proved me right. They attacked our Capitol, our democracy, our nation, and you. Christian Nationalism was the banner under which the seemingly disparate groups united that day. This ideology provided the moral and mental permission structure Americans needed to assail American democracy.
    … Christian Nationalism was THE central driving force on January 6.

    There you have it. The biggest threat to America today, an “existential threat” — in the Left’s view. And of course, it’s a thought crime, a “moral and mental permission structure.”…how is that the Left’s BIGGEST threat?

    To understand the answer, we’ll consider one aspect of the current culture wars, the so-called “trans” revolution. The trans movement is fundamentally a movement that erases women and permanently mutilates and sterilizes children. And a surprisingly large proportion of American society is going right along with it; they think it’s TERRIFIC.

    Ask yourself if you agree with this principle:

    A culture that abandons the most basic human motivation to protect its own women and children is a culture on the brink of collapse, a culture ripe for occupation by its enemies, a culture that, honestly, does not deserve to survive.

    You probably took the human urge to protect our most vulnerable members for granted…. But what if you were wrong? … What if those morally praiseworthy protective impulses…aren’t actually genetic, but are really just the scraped-up bottom of the well of the last remaining bits of collective Judeo-Christian values, the values that comprised the foundation of our American ethic?

    This is why the Left hates Christians dabbling in politics: the Bible messes up the program. And — I realize this statement might be controversial — a renewed social agreement on Judeo-Christian values is our only path to survival as a nation. …

    /snip

    It might be time to take a closer look at Christianity — REAL Christianity, the intellectually, logically, and emotionally satisfying basic version, not the various supercharged Hollywood versions …

    Real Christianity isn’t weird or strange (it’s sometimes mysterious); but if you’re studying the true type, it should be consistent with your concept of desirable social values.

    At this point, we’re way beyond Christianity just being a lifestyle choice. A strong faith might better be considered a survival characteristic, an original source of moral values that are necessary to hold civilization together. If we want to survive as a Nation, we won’t need to set up a state religion, but we MUST agree on a universal set of social values …

  28. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Between that, and her many falls resulting in lacerations, I became a wound care specialist on paper-thin skin. 🙂

     

  29. Tedtam Avatar

    Duck tape?  Bubble gum?

  30. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    27

    Screw Rolling Stone magazine.

    Charlie Kirk is an American hero.

    ”Christian Nationalism” is the newest buzzword employed by the Left to demonize us.

  31. Tedtam Avatar

    Now, on to the Target backlash on their highly touted “pride” line of clothing and such.  It’s disgusting to put this crap on kids, but if you’re a lib, it’s absolutely “fabulous”!

    Fox quoted a Target insider who said the corporation was hoping to avoid a “Bud Light situation.” The insider explained, “We were given 36 hours, told [basically hide the merchandise]”

    …The Washington Post ran a related story yesterday, headlined “Target Removes Some LGBTQ Merchandise From Stores Ahead of June Pride Month After Threats to Workers.”…

    The “threats” they really mean are threats to PROFITS, which the struggling retailer can’t afford right now.

    …The article wasn’t specific about which ones were removed, but I was pleasantly surprised at how accurately WaPo described the devil-worshipping Abprallen line:

    Designs by Abprallen, a London-based company that designs and sells occult- and satanic-themed LGBTQ clothing and accessories, have also created backlash.

    /snip

    Now, I wonder how normal gay Americans feel about the Washington Post describing these occult- and satanic themed clothing as “LGBTQ clothing.” Attention gay Americans! You really need to start getting “loud and proud,” because the Left is doing a better job of linking you guys to the Devil than the Christians are.

    ***

    My problem is that I have somehow acquired Target gift cards.  If I hold onto them or trash them, Target continues to earn money off the money they are holding on the cards.  If I use them, I’m supporting a store that I grow to detest more and more every day.

    And yes, Target is/was promoting a line of clothing designed by a proud Satanist.

  32. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Super glue?

  33. Tedtam Avatar

    The courts may not have been kind to Kari Lake, but she’s not giving up:

    Kari Lake made her previously-advertised major announcement yesterday, and called her new elections-security initiative the “largest ballot chasing operation in history.” The former gubernatorial candidate said her group already has millions of dollars and thousands of volunteers committed. “Ballot chasing” refers to programs where voters who got mail-in ballots also get a follow up contact to make sure they followed through and mailed their ballots in.

    In other words, Kari’s volunteers will call every Republican who gets a mail-in ballot, and make sure they sent it back or dropped it off somewhere. It isn’t legal in every state, but it’s a tactic democrats have been using everywhere it is legal (and many places where it’s not).

    Among many other things, Kari said:

    We are going to push the envelope. The Courts have ruled that anything goes. And if anything goes, anything goes. We’re going to start rolling up our sleeves and playing by the same rules [that Democrats] play by.
    We are going to continue our court case.
    The people of this great Country want us to stay in the fight. We can complain that the world is unfair, or we can fight to make it fair. And sowe’re going to work on a ballot-shaping operation. We will not allow them to steal another election.

    https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1661253445968629761

    You go, girl!

     

  34. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #16 TT:  I read the first article and it is absolutely damning to all those who fiercely pushed the clotshot.  As is the case with leftist zealots on almost any subject, they will never admit any guilt or error.  The outrage is that they convinced so many people to dive in head first into the shallow end of the pool, and now they are denying any responsibility for all the neck injuries.  I read somewhere yesterday or Monday that there was a section of DNA from a known cancer causing virus inserted into the clotshot?!?  For what possible reason would the makers do such a thing if they weren’t trying to kill as many people as possible and not leave fingerprints???

    This article is definitely a must read piece, even though it is a bit ‘heavy.’

  35. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Why is being a ‘nationalist’ a bad thing?

  36. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    24 Tedtam

    The GiveSendGo fundraiser for the FBI whistleblower families is already at $449,800.  Good job, Childers.

  37. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Individual people have their opinions and that is fine, but I am really stunned at all the talking heads on the Right making absolute declarations about Trump, DeSantis, etc for a primary process that doesn’t even begin for another 8 months.  They can’t shut up citing this poll and that poll as if each one is an unquestionable predictor of the future.

    What is wrong with these clowns ?  Every Fox babbler and talk radio host runs on breathlessly as if the primaries are starting tomorrow instead of January 22, 2024.  Eight months are two-thirds of a year and that is a very long time in politics.

    I’d be perfectly happy if they would shut up, let things play out as they will and start reporting news instead of trying to be the subject of it.

  38. Tedtam Avatar

    2 jars of bacon, 2 quarts plus 1 pint ground beef, one quart of ghee

    All in my canner.

    And a load of dishes to wash…

  39. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Texpat

    I agree it’s really stupid, especially since not all the candidates have even declared yet.

  40. bsue54 Avatar

    #36 Tedtam – way to go!!!!  My stir fry veggies from last evening finally finished – tested one of the pea-pods, and the pea inside popped with powder inside, so I guess they are DONE  😉  I’m not starting anything else until our power comes back on – which they predict (in one place) may be 10:00pm – in another, it shows that it’s already back on but the Gennie is still running, so I’m thinking they definitely got that one WRONG!!!!

    Prayerfully, they will at least have gotten the tree that took out a pole, lines and transformer down and out, so we don’t have to wind our way thru the back/side of the subdivision to get in and out to the hi way

  41. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    And no thick, credit card sized lump on the chest!

    Then how are you to pay for your Walmart goods?

  42. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    It’s good he’ll be locked up with the hombres. Brinton would likely just steal other inmate’s luggage were he to be locked up with the women folk.

     

    https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/05/24/sam-brinton-to-be-held-in-mens-jail-n553022

  43. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    35 Bonecrusher

    Why is being a ‘nationalist’ a bad thing?

    It is not unless you are knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing Trotskyite hell bent on transforming the human race into “global citizens” so they are easier to dominate and control.

  44. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Sam Brinton looks pretty damn ugly in lipstick by the way.

    /You are all welcome.

  45. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    40 Darren

    Sam Brinton’s new gig after prison is the new spokesfreak for Target’s line of luggage and trans children’s clothing.

    Going to be a winner, for sure.

  46. Tedtam Avatar

    Texpat – agreed.

    I believe it was Rush that kept pointing out that even a month can be a lifetime in politics.

  47. Tedtam Avatar

    …and I’ve done a load of Hubby’s clothes.

    I’m being very domestic this morning, but my back is sure paying the price.  I need to treadmill, but I’m sitting down for a bit, first.

  48. Tedtam Avatar

    Sam Brinton would be a good spokesman for birth control.

    One look at him in a dress…

  49. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Sam Brinton would be a good spokesman for birth control.

    One look at him in a dress…

    LOL!!!

  50. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ve decided that I prefer canning by using the weight than by checking the pressure gauge.

    I can hear the weight “dancing the hula” from the living or dining room, or look over to see it moving.  The pressure gauge required me to constantly get up to check it visually, which meant stopping whatever I was doing to make sure the pressure hadn’t fluctuated out of range.

    I think the weight self regulates, as it dissipates extra pressure.  If I keep the flame on high, yeah, I could over process the food, but it it’s harder to do.  I have the pressure gauge on it, but I’m not going to bother getting it checked for accuracy like I’m supposed to do.  Right now it’s just a backup checkup device and a block for the extra hole in the lid.

  51. Tedtam Avatar

    Texpat 11:30

    Why is being a ‘nationalist’ a bad thing?

    It is not unless you are knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing Trotskyite hell bent on transforming the human race into “global citizens” so they are easier to dominate and control.

    Could not have phrased it better myself.

  52. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ve vacuum packed the green beans I dried last night, but the ‘maters and colored bells needed a few more hours.  They should be done soon, and I can then vacuum pack them into my jars and start again.

    Gotta figure out what the next load will be.  Hoping I can start saving stuff from my garden soon.

    I found another canning lady who had some delicious looking sandwich fixin’s that she canned up.  Italian beef, chipotle beef, etc. Open the jar and heat ’em up.  “Grow and Preserve” is her channel, Bsue, in case you’re interested:

    https://www.youtube.com/@growandpreserve

    She mentioned that she and her husband are paleo/keto, among other things.  Her recipes that I’ve seen so far are recipes that I can use.

  53. bsue54 Avatar

    #46 Tedtam – my pressure canner has ONLY the weight… and you are so right – when the weight is jiggling, I get very “attuned” to the sound it makes, both tempo and pitch

  54. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Ted Cruz wasted no time smacking this soft ball pitch out of the park.

    First, the Dem party founded the KKK.

    – Then the Dem party wrote Jim Crow laws.

    – Then the Dem party filibustered the Civil Rights Act.

    Today, the Dem part[y] filibusters school choice—trapping millions of Black kids in failing schools.

    – Today, the Dem party pushes abolishing the police, which results in many more Black lives murdered.

    – Today, every Dem senator voted against my bill to stop DC from throwing 40% of Black kids out of schools bc of vax mandate.

    The Republican Party was founded to oppose slavery.

    – Our first Republican President was Abraham Lincoln, who won the Civil War and ended slavery.

    – It was Republicans who voted for the civil Rights Act in a much higher percentage than racist Dems.

    – Today, we produced the lowest African-American unemployment EVER, under the Trump economic boom.

    – Today, we produced the lowest African-American poverty levels EVER, under the Trump economic boom.

    – Today, (in 2017) I passed the largest expansion of federal school choice EVER (making 529 plans cover K-12), over the objection of ever single Senate Dem.

    – Also, just two years ago, the Dem governor of Virginia had put the photo of A MAN DRESSED AS A KKK KLANSMAN on his personal yearbook page.

    – And today, the sitting Dem President—Joe Biden—gave in 2011 a flowery eulogy for an “Exalted Cyclops” of the KKK.

    – And to add to all that, the Dem party aggressively supports open borders—which has led to the deaths and brutal assaults of thousands of Hispanics, and @aoc somehow can’t seem to find her White pantsuit to cry over their suffering. (Thread Reader)

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/05/24/aoccruz-n2623636

  55. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Go Kari Lake!!!

    Note: I am not one to declare the voting results fraudulent but I find her case before the courts far stronger than the court’s rulings. In the end though Republicans HAVE TO embrace the voting mechanisms the Democrats have mastered. Kari seems determined to do this.

    Lake announced that her organization, Save Arizona, will conduct the most extensive ballot-chasing operation in the state’s history during the 2024 election cycle. During the event, she also declined to answer a question about whether she might run for U.S. Senate.

    https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/05/24/kari-lake-we-are-going-to-start-chasing-ballots-like-youve-never-seen-n1697705

  56. Tedtam Avatar

    Not the PASTA!

    Whether it’s a plate of spaghetti aglio e olio or penne arrabbiata, the price of Italy’s beloved staple is soaring — enough to warrant a crisis meeting at the heart of the Italian government.

    Pasta prices rose 17.5% in March and 16.5% in April, according to Italy’s ministry of business which cited Istat data. The jump is double that of Italy’s consumer price index figures, which climbed 8.1% year-on-year for April and 8.7% for March, according to Refinitiv data.

    Pasta dishes in restaurants have risen 6.1% across the board year-on-year, Italy’s consumer rights group Assoutenti told CNBC. According to a 2022 survey by the International Pasta Organization, an average Italian consumes almost 23 kg worth of pasta per year. 

    When we visited Italy and Sicily, we were told that the Italians (especially the Sicilians) believed you would suffer health problems if you failed to eat pasta every day.  So a shortage of pasta is a big, big deal over there.

  57. bsue54 Avatar

    Just finished packing away my stir-fry veggies… 80 ounces of frozen veggies turned into 8.1 oz freeze dried. 27 cups frozen = 16 cups freeze dried (3 mylar bags with 5 1/3 cups in each). It took about 24 hours… And Nat King Cold gets time off until our power is restored. Please don’t ask me to hold my breath until then   😉   Currently waiting for a loaf of Rhodes frozen bread dough to thaw and rise, so I can bake and take to church potluck tonite (prayerfully, it’ll be done by then!!!)

  58. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #15 GJT Great news and the newest medical marvels never cease to amaze me.

  59. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #18 Tedtam even if GJT had the updated manual I don’t think he could figure the instrument panel, I know I can’t and I have a First Class FCC.  😀

  60. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Duck tape? Bubble gum? Super glue?

    Well for my old worn out skin I go with Duck Tape. I keep a roll in the Mule along with a couple of sheets of blue shop paper towels. Just cut a piece of towel and tape her down. I really don’t mind the injuries much it’s just that the dang blood goes everywhere and makes a big mess.

    BTW; Tender worn out skin is one of the few things I dislike about being old along with getting up at night to P.

  61. bsue54 Avatar

    We have come one step closer to being back in the 21st century. At least we do have running water again, now.

  62. Tedtam Avatar

    Hubby came home one day with a massive wad of paper towel wrapped around one of his fingers, held in place by a strip of wide silver duck tape.

    He’d sliced the top of his knuckle right off while cutting some pipe that was at a weird angle.  Dude just wrapped it up and kept on going.

    It’s a wonder he’s survived this long.  He’s had metal shavings in his eye, multiple cuts and abrasions, and one life threatening cellulitis infection.

    Doctor took one look at his leg and said “Go STRAIGHT to the hospital, NOW!  Don’t stop for anything else, go NOW!”   So what does Hubby do?  He comes home to tell me what’s going on, make a phone call or two, drag his feet, and I’m sitting there tapping my feet with car keys in hand.  By the time we got to the ER and were semi-rushed to the back, the infection had already spread a few inches up toward his groin.  The medic came in every now and then to draw lines on Hubby’s leg, monitoring the march of the infection as the IV was pouring antibiotics into Hubby’s body.  We were told that if it were to reach the torso, it would become exponentially more dangerous and harder to treat.

    Yes, it was serious.  I was thinking about how Hubby had to come home and take care of business first, and it was all I could do to hold my tongue.

    Finally, at about the 4-inch from death line, there were no new lines being drawn and the redness began to recede.  Bullet dodged.  But it’s one of the dangers of being a plumber – playing in the dirt and other nasty stuff, with small cuts and abrasions in the skin.  Few people realize that.

    Oh, and the time a boiler flared out and burned his eyelashes, eyebrows, and part of his hair line…

  63. Tedtam Avatar

    Bsue –

    We have come one step closer to being back in the 21st century. At least we do have running water again, now.

    Hubby and I think about that problem every now and then, and look fondly at our rainwater tank.

    I’ve gotta name that thing.  Something shorter than “rainwater harvesting tank”.  Was it Gene Kelly who did the “Dancing in the Rain” scene?  Maybe Gene’ll work.  Or “Rhett,” for RHT abbreviation.

  64. Tedtam Avatar

    Speaking of names, I was watering my garden totes this morning, and (an) Earl startled me.  Earl, unlike white men, can jump!

    All of my lizards are collectively known as Earl.  All of my squirrels are Marcel.  Except for Fatty, one of the reasons I gave up trying to grow squash this year.

    And Junior made his third appearance this week in my back yard.  I wonder if he and wifey are nesting nearby again.  Our neighbor’s vacant house backyard gets mowed about twice a year.  It’s a small wilderness.

  65. Tedtam Avatar

    Tina Turner has passed.

  66. bsue54 Avatar

    #39 Tedtam, I believe you are right… I didn’t trust my memory, so checked the webs, and it was Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds – I was thinking Fred Astaire was in it, as well, but must be thinking of some other movie…

  67. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

     Something shorter than “rainwater harvesting tank”.

     

    Sky Bladder

  68. Tedtam Avatar

    GJT #55

    Too funny!

  69. bsue54 Avatar

    #61 Tedtam – WOW…

  70. Tedtam Avatar

    Bones –

    Not bad, and I like it, but I’m wanting something shorter.  It’s a typing thing.

  71. Tedtam Avatar

    Shannon – I’ve seen that video.  It is too cute.  The lazy cat’s version of doggy fetch.

  72. Tedtam Avatar

    Hubby wants “Rhett”.  He has no idea who Gene Kelly is, much less be able to remember it.

    Yes, my husband is, in many ways, culturally illiterate.  His momma just didn’t think it was important.  I had to explain why my family with twelve kids laughed ourselves silly when we watched “The Brady Bunch” and the efforts made to make managing the daily family stuff such a challenge.  He had no idea who “The Brady Bunch” were.

  73. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Tina Turner has passed.

    That’s a a bummer.

  74. bsue54 Avatar

    Tedtam – Rhett seems to fit… In the multicultural environs of my last posting, there were prolly a few who pronounced “wet” that way <VBG>

  75. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I watched the Brady Bunch.

    Once.

  76. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Afternoon, gang. Somehow I forgot to log on to Da Couch this morning. But now I’m caught up. I didn’t have any news, and still don’t.

     

    Woops! I wrote the above a couple of hours ago, but never did the POST COMMENT step…

     

  77. Tedtam Avatar

    Dang near broke my big toe just now.  Wasn’t paying attention to the drop-off by the front door entrance.

    Ouch.  It’ll be sore later, but I think it’s okay.

  78. Tedtam Avatar

    MHarper,  you are not alone.  😀

  79. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Looks like they have finally figured it out.

    In a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers in Switzerland described implants that provided a “digital bridge” between Mr. Oskam’s brain and his spinal cord, bypassing injured sections. The discovery allowed Mr. Oskam, 40, to stand, walk and ascend a steep ramp with only the assistance of a walker. More than a year after the implant was inserted, he has retained these abilities and has actually showed signs of neurological recovery, walking with crutches even when the implant was switched off.

    “We’ve captured the thoughts of Gert-Jan, and translated these thoughts into a stimulation of the spinal cord to re-establish voluntary movement,” Grégoire Courtine, a spinal cord specialist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, who helped lead the research, said at the press briefing.

    https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdnyuz.com%2F2023%2F05%2F24%2Fa-paralyzed-man-can-walk-naturally-again-with-brain-and-spine-implants%2F

  80. Tedtam Avatar

    Shannon, that’s great news.

    As long as it doesn’t have an intelligence of its own…

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

    Individual people have their opinions and that is fine, but I am really stunned at all the talking heads on the Right making absolute declarations about Trump, DeSantis, etc for a primary process that doesn’t even begin for another 8 months.  They can’t shut up citing this poll and that poll as if each one is an unquestionable predictor of the future.

    It’s because the flaked news media is still pretending elections are squeaky clean so they have to talk incessantly about polls.

    no republican’t can win in 2024 when the 5 states that were stolen in 2020 will again be stolen in 2024 because those 5 states have corrupt governors.

    then we had the Georgia 2022 steal, the Arizona governor steal and the Harris county Texas steal.

    and in all of those thefts the Kentucky swamp turtle wing of the republican’t party was completely on board with it just as they will be in 2024.

    and since not one kangarooed penguin judge in the country will honestly look at any evidence then the jig is up.

    The Deep State is in total control of elections.

    Trump or Desantis.
    neither one will be allowed to win even if they win just like Trump’s landslide win in 2020.

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

    Polls are also fake.

    flaked cable news shows talking about fake polls hosted by flaky fake journalists.

  83. Tedtam Avatar

    Handyman said he’d take me to the potato processing place nearby.  They throw away thousands of potatoes during their runs – don’t know if they are daily or not.

    Potatoes. For free.  As many as you want.  We see farmers’ trailers fully loaded, heading down the road. They feed them to their livestock and such.  I told Handyman that I can process some for my shelf, give some away, or compost them and turn them into future food.

    From what he told me, they drop the rejects by 200 pound hoppers.  If the taters are too big, too small, or too ugly, they end up in the “take me please” pile.  Amazing.  Fingerlings and small reds.  He’s seen russets half the size of footballs.

    I figger if I can dry them and store them, I may be able to barter with them later if we don’t need them.

    It’s amazing the amount of food we waste here in the States.

  84. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fay’s incredible homemade potato soup. Nectar of the gods. You just have no idea. Nope, no sausage in it. The best was when every ingredient – except the celery in the mirepoix – was out of the garden. Simply incredible on a freezing cold night, in that drafty old farmhouse.

    Good times, my friends.

     

  85. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fay possibly had a spiritual connection with potatoes. It may have to do with growing up quite poor.

    Her unparalleled potato salad. She could cook those potatoes to the perfect consistency – every time.

     

  86. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Shannon, you and Tedtam have email.

  87. bsue54 Avatar

    We came home from church to find our house lit, and cool, and NO GENERATORS running anywhere in the subdivision – HOOOOOORAYYYYYYYYYY

  88. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I do believe the generator paid for itself this week. Congratulations.

  89. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Texpat

    I haven’t been taking good care of myself the last few days. Not eating at all, or eating junk, working and also burning up the road back and forth to Katy at all hours.

    So, late this morning I went to Tony’s for the giant chopped sirloin, three eggs, perfect hash browns and wheat toast with house-made salsa.

    Just FYI – It is still as good as it has been for the last umpteen years.

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

    phlegmy dud phelan is a real weasel.
    a Texas deep state asset.

  91. bsue54 Avatar

    #84 – Shannon, it paid for itself during the “Big Freeze” right after I retired, and Mom was still with us… Power was off for most of a week…  Blessedly, the temps this time were not horrible, either way, and it was only a little over 24 hours – but yes, it’s truly been a blessing many times. I even had a load of veggies in the freeze dryer when it happened, and they finished up right on schedule… Almost makes me wonder how my ancestors,  who came to Texas from Arkansas about 5 generations ago survived – at least they stayed up in north-central Texas where the humidity isn’t quite so daunting

  92. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ve often marveled at how tough our ancestors must have been.

    I see the thick growth here, and try to imagine what it must’ve been like, hacking out a homestead, dealing with the heat of summer and the cold wet of winter, all the while fighting off mosquitoes while hunting or foraging for food…

    And teenagers today whine after a hurricane if they can’t get internet access for a few days.

  93. bsue54 Avatar

    #89 Tedtam, ain’t it the truth – no internet, no Starbucks, and no cable tv for a week, and these teens would wonder how we ever survived “the olden days” LOL

  94. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    where the humidity isn’t quite so daunting

    Ah yes, we of the ever present blanket of Gulf air.

  95. Tedtam Avatar

    I remember the days when Hubby and I would be visiting home on the Gulf, while in college.  I could always tell when we lost enough altitude to feel the humidity on my face and actually on my body.

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