History of Cheese Curls

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They change the color of our skin. They get stuck in our teeth. But for some reason, we can’t stop eating cheese curls, the puffiest snack food ever created. But these corn-and-powder snacks didn’t just fall like manna from the sky into our bowls. The story of the cheese curl is one of the more unusual creation stories in snack-food history. Let’s talk about it. It’s weirder than you’d think.

Who invented cheese curls? One story involves a piece of agricultural equipment

Wisconsin, the agricultural hub that it is, has given us a lot of food innovations over the years. (Three words: fried cheese curds.)

But some of those innovations, like the process that gave us the modern cheese curl, were complete accidents. The accident proved fruitful for Flakall Corporation, a Beloit, Wisconsin animal feed manufacturer whose owners later switched gears to producing snack foods, all thanks to the way the company cleaned its machines. The company’s approach to producing animal feed was to put the material through a grinder, effectively flaking out the corn so more of it could be used to get as much usable material as possible from the grain, as well as to ensure cows weren’t chewing any sharp kernels.

A Feed Grinder (patent filing)

“This flaking of the feed is of advantage because it avoids loss of a good percentage of material which otherwise is thrown off as dust, and gives a material which keeps better in storage by reason of the voids left between the flakes, such that there can be proper aeration, not to mention the important fact that flaked feed is more palatable and easily digested by the animal,” the firm stated in a 1932 patent filing.

The grinder did its job, but it wasn’t perfect, and periodically required cleaning to ensure it wouldn’t clog. One strategy that Flakall workers used was to put moistened corn into the grinder. During this process, however, something unusual happened: the moist corn ran directly into the heat of the machine, and when it exited the grinder, it didn’t flake out anymore—it puffed up, like popcorn, except without the annoying kernels, in a long string.

By complete accident, Flakall had invented the world’s first corn snack extruder.

Edward Wilson, an observant Flakall employee, saw these puffs come out of the machine, and decided to take those puffs home, season them up, and turn them into an edible snack for humans—a snack he called Korn Kurls. Another way to put this is that when you’re eating a cheese curl, you’re noshing on repurposed animal feed.

How a cheese curl is made (patent filing)

This state of affairs led to the second patent in Flakall’s history, a 1939 filing titled “Process for preparing food products.” A key line from the patent:

“The device preferably is designed so as to be self-heated by friction between the particles of the material and between the particles and the surfaces of contacting metal and to progressively build up pressure during the heating period. Thus the uncooked raw material, having a predetermined moisture content is processed into a somewhat viscous liquid having a temperature high enough to cook the mass and heat the water particles to a temperature high enough for evaporation at atmospheric pressure but being under sufficient pressure to prevent it.”

If that’s a little complicated to understand, a 2012 clip from BBC’s Food Factory does the trick.

In the video, host Stefan Gates takes an extruder and connects it to a tractor, making the extruder move so fast that it puffs the corn out in an extremely fast, dramatic way.

Clearly, Flakall had something big. The firm eventually changed it’s name to Adams Corporation, which helped to take some attention off the fact that it was selling a food product to humans that was originally intended for animals.

While Flakall has the more interesting tale on this front, it’s not the only one. Another early claimant to the cheese curl is a Louisiana firm called the Elmer Candy Corporation, which developed a product eventually called Chee Wees.

Chee Wees

The Big Cheese of New Orleans, as it’s nicknamed, became a local institution. Elmer’s Fine Foods—no longer a candy company—is a family-owned business that’s produced cheese curls almost continuously for roughly 80 years.

I say “almost” because the firm had to deal with the impact of Hurricane Katrina. As the company explains on its website, Elmer’s entire facility was flooded out by the deadly storm, and the company had to stop operation for 16 months while it recovered from the hurricane and completely replaced the machines that produced the snacks.

A challenge like that might have been enough to kill a lot of companies. But Elmer’s bounced back—and it’s still active to this day.

(Another notable cheese curl firm, Old London Foods,came out with its variation, the Cheese Doodle, in the late 1950s.)

Five interesting facts about Cheetos, the brand that took cheese curls mainstream

While Cheetos came along later than its competitors, first being invented in 1948, it quickly overtook the market, in part because it had gained national distribution due to the prior success of Fritos. That company’s founder, Elmer Doolan, worked out a deal with H.W. Lay and Company to market Cheetos to the broader market. It quickly became a massive hit.

Cheetos

Cheetos are by far the most popular brand of cheese curls in the United States. According to Statista, the Cheetos brand had an estimated $969.5 million in sales in 2016, with the next most popular brand being Frito-Lay’s more-upscale Chester’s brand, which garnered up just 7 percent of Cheetos’ total sales.

The success of Cheetos was so impressive that it played a large role in the merger of Frito with Lay in 1961, as well as the company’s later merger with PepsiCo just four years later.

There are two main varieties of Cheetos—crunchy, the most common kind, and puffed, which only came about in 1971 or so. Each is made through different variations on the corn snack extruder process. Dozens of other flavors exist, however, both inside and outside of the U.S.

The reason that Flamin’ Hot Cheetos have such a prominent color that sticks to everything (and turns your fingers red), according to Wired, has a lot to do with the product’s use of food dyes that have an added chemical to make the seasoning oil-dispersible. That’s because the powder won’t stick to the Cheetos without vegetable oils.

Cheese curl cartoons: Why we never got a Chester Cheetah Saturday morning cartoon, despite multiple attempts

These days, Chester Cheetah is trying to goad Beyoncé on Twitter just like every other advertising mascot worth its weight in salt, but there was a time that the cheetah was seen as so impressive that there was chatter it could become a cartoon lynchpin. In fact, Frito-Lay got pretty far down the road with Fox in turning the mascot, launched in 1986, into a cartoon. Yo! It’s the Chester Cheetah Show, as the toon would have been called, was developed as a potential part of Fox’s Saturday morning cartoon slate. (CBS also considered making the show, but rejected it.)

Chester Cheetah

Source: https://tedium.co/2016/11/10/cheese-curls-creation-story

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  1. Morning All!
    still chily here this morning…we had visitors on the deck last night…poop in 2 places…the ash cans laying helter skelter like someone thought they would be fun to bash around…and the hornet spray was in the yard!

    on the plus side…FILLY I CAN SEE THE PICTURES!!! you scheduled this one…right???

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    1. Yes….and I was thinking about that this morning – you said you have to go into edit to schedule – did you re-save the draft again after you scheduled it? That may be it but, regardless, now we know.

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        1. quote clint eastwood change take matters own hands
          Random Thoughts of the Day

          Let’s examine how to create a textbook bubble in the real estate market that benefits the super-rich. First, the Federal Reserve massively increases the money supply while charging ultra-low interest rates. The government uses all the new money for unsustainable spending campaigns. Result: people feel richer. Their 401k balances are bursting, saving is increasing, they’re receiving free government “stimulus” money, etc. Naturally, people want to take advantage of the good times by spending money on such things as a new home. Since all but the super-rich need a mortgage, the purchase price isn’t as relevant as the monthly payment. At 3.25%, 20% down payment, a 30-year mortgage payment on a $400,000 hourse is $1393. For a young, two-income couple, that might be totally doable, so they can bid $400K on whatever house they like.

          Of course, the insane money printing & spending always leads to inflation at some point, forcing the Fed to reduce the money supply and raise interest rates. We’re obviously seeing that scenario play out. Consider the same situation with the house, only now the rate is 6.5%. The same mortgage on the $400,000 house would be $2023 per month! Now a couple that can only afford $1393 is completely priced out of the market for a $400K house. In fact, if you want a $1393 payment at 6.5% interest, the most you can spend on a house is now $275,000. This scenario gets even worse if you can’t afford a 20% down payment and must resort to mortgage insurance.

          So how does this benefit the super-rich? It’s simple–they can buy the real estate outright without a mortgage. The same house which sold for $400k can now be purchased in cash at $275K. The Bill Gates’s of the world can now swoop in and buy a ton of bargain-basement real estate. Then, they can just rent out the property until governments & central banks create the next bubble for which they sell into, and the process starts again. Get the picture?

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  6. Good morning y’all! Had a very busy weekend. Packed up the living room and part of the kitchen. Got some gardening and yard work done too.

    I prefer the crunchy cheetos.

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    1. LOL – there you are! I was just wondering yesterday if you had been absent because you were moving! As for me, I don’t eat Cheetos much, altho HB loved ’em when she was little – never have been a big fan.

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      1. I don’t like the puffy ones though. No, haven’t moved yet. Another month or so most likely. We do settle on selling our lot this coming Friday. So much stuff to still do…

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        1. i don’t think i ever had rotisserie beef. I know you are super busy now, but i would love the recipe some time…when things quiet down for you!

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          1. I just put a rub on it and put it in the rotisserie for about an hour. 18 min/lb for medium. No crock pot or oven to deal with.

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  7. airlines canceled thousands of flights lately–citing “weather” because if weather cancels a flight, the airline doesn’t have to provide a room or meals for passengers. but this was mostly due to not having enough staff–mostly cuz Ultra Maggot forced the vx mandate on pilots…
    FTA
    Mostly it’s due to staffing shortages: pilots, crew, and air control. This is partly due to the fact that the Biden Administration mandated vaccines for pilots and other personnel, many of whom either quit or were fired for refusing. Guess what, Joe; you need pilots to fly planes.

    Like many industries, staff shortages were a long-running problem before the pandemic but the pandemic made it much worse as airlines were forced to furlough or let go of workers in the thousands.

    But no worries, our Boy Wonder, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, is here to save the day. He hadn’t shown much interest in the subject until his own flight got canceled Friday, and he was forced to drive from DC to NYC—an entire four hours. (There’s something comical about our Transpo Sec getting his flight canceled, I’m just saying.)

    What is Buttigieg’s solution? Punish the airlines!

    Pending airlines’ performance over the Fourth of July, the Department of Transportation could choose to take enforcement action if consumer-protection standards are not met, Buttigieg told AP.

    Buttigieg says feds have power to force airlines to hire more workers amid travel delayshttps://t.co/gjjRH03lk7

    — Fox News (@FoxNews) June 19, 2022

    He’s saying that he will fine airlines if they don’t hire more people. But where are these magical people, Pete? He also urged that airlines go under a “stress test” to see how they perform. I would argue that Memorial Day weekend and this weekend were stress tests, and the system utterly failed.

    As usual, the Biden Administration is quick to pass around the blame: it’s the weather, it’s COVID, it’s Putin. Somehow, it’s probably Trump’s fault, too.

    The fact remains, yet another mess is happening under this administration’s watch. It’s simply not the same America we’re all used to.

    https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/06/19/un-american-air-travel-in-the-us-descends-into-chaos-n581086

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  8. Good morning all! Went out early, before the heat started rising, to finish wiring up my arbor. I am all set now on that score but I still should dig out some of those roots…..I may not get that done but that just means regular weekly pruning. We hit 97 on my patio yesterday – the wind rose again but it was a hot wind so…..already 78 now and sticky-humid. Supposed to hit 100 today so another day of staying inside in A/C comfort.

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      1. Oh, no – I’m back inside for the duration now, except for a minor incursion into the sauna now and then to get the mail, move a plant into the shade if need be, etc., etc. I already filled the jelly feeder and put the big one back out. Not sure if it is supposed to be as windy today or not but I always keep an eye on it.

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    1. EXCERPT: “Governor Jay Inslee (D-Washington) sent an eerie letter to his supporters on Monday predicting that they are in for a summer of “blackouts, destruction, and death” over the alleged climate crisis.

      The letter was sent directly after Gov. Inslee gave tacit support for destroying four dams along the Snake River which account for 8 percent of Washington’s annual electricity generation, Environmental Director of Washington Policy Center Todd Meyers reports.
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      The email warned that heightened temperatures will “catastrophically” disrupt electrical grids nationwide, resulting in death.

      “It’s shaping up to be a deadly summer,” the email reads. “As the climate crisis worsens, we’re facing the most extreme weather in history. While Washington state faced the wettest start to the summer in over 70 years, other states are preparing for sweltering temperatures that will catastrophically disrupt our fragile electrical grid. That means blackouts, destruction, and death. Just look at the headlines.”

      Governor Inslee and Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) released a draft report in early June, saying that breaching the Snake River dams would allegedly be the best way to save Snake River salmon that are on the Endangered Species List.

      Center Square reports that the proposal would cost taxpayers between $10.3 billion and $27.2 billion, as finding other ways to provide irrigation and electricity does not come as an easy feat. Meyers has long warned about removing the dams from Snake River which has been a topic of discussion in the state for decades, stating that the removal of the dams would be akin to “destroying every wind turbine and solar panel in Washington.”

      https://thepostmillennial.com/wa-gov-predicts-summer-full-of-blackouts-destruction-and-death

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  10. businesses starting to see results after filing lawsuits for damages due to cv shutdowns against insurers.
    FTA
    An appellate court has ruled for the first time that an insured restaurant can seek COVID-19 shutdown damages.

    The Oceana Grill on Bourbon St. in New Orleans had originally lost their request to seek damages from its insurer, but that decision has now been reversed on appeal.

    “The physical presence of COVID-19 substantially diminished the usable space of the property, as tables needed to be pushed farther apart, and resulted in economic losses due to the slowdown of the appellants’ business,” Chief Judge Terri Love wrote in the ruling.

    Cajun Conti, the company that owns Oceana Grill, sued Lloyd’s of London for damages on the day they were shut down — March 20, 2020. They argued that COVID-19 had caused property damage by forcing it to close — and eventually reduce the amount of seating in the establishment to comply with social distancing rules.

    “Oceana Grill’s parent company was one of the first, if not the first, to file a COVID insurance coverage lawsuit, though many more followed. The general consensus was that the pandemic wouldn’t qualify for business interruption assistance, as it was created to cover closures due to property damage from natural disasters. This court, however, found that the wording is open to interpretation and that physical damage did not have to be ‘obvious and observable,’” Nola reports.

    One of the policyholder attorneys involved said the “dam has broken” with the ruling, paving the way for other businesses to do the same, according to a report from Reuters.

    Lloyd’s attorney Virginia (Ginger) Dodd of Phelps Dunbar told Reuters that she believes the ruling was inconsistent with “ten federal circuit courts of appeal and every other state appellate court.”

    “We will pursue all options to address what we believe to be an outlier decision,” Dodd added.

    Reuters noted that “while Wednesday’s appellate decision is the first to find coverage for COVID-19 income losses under an all-risk property insurance policy, a state appellate court in New York on Monday affirmed a Bronx judge’s ruling that allowed the New York Botanical Garden to sue its Pollution Liability Insurer, Allied World Assurance, for denying its COVID-related loss of business income claim and for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.”

    “This lawsuit was all about coverage,” Daniel Davillier, an attorney representing Oceana Grill’s owner, told Nola. “If you don’t have coverage you can’t claim any damages. There are a lot of people out there who suffered losses during the pandemic who’ve been waiting to see how this turns out.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/huge-court-rules-first-time-insured-business-can-seek-damages-covid-19-shutdown-losses/

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  12. Entire Article @ BB: “Hall of Fame golfer Greg Norman said on Saturday that he was “disappointed” in the PGA Tour for suspending golfers for joining the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series. After explaining his decision to lead the charge on creating the league, Norman said the PGA’s “hypocrisy” was “deafening.”

    “[G]olf is a force for good,” Norman outlined on Fox News Channel’s “One Nation.” “And to be honest with you, what I’ve seen in Saudi Arabia, the European PGA Tour since 2019 had a golf tournament, the Saudi International, that’s still in existence since 2019. And during that Saudi International, there were PGA Tour players who were given rights and waivers to go play there. So, to me, if golf is good for the world, golf is good for Saudi, and you’re seeing that growth internally there — it’s extremely impressive.”

    He continued, “And when you look at the PIF and what they’ve done with other direct and indirect investments around the world, well, I would imagine there’s a lot of consumers out there and people watching this show who’ve been the benefactors of those investments.”

    Norman was asked about the backlash the LIV tour has received.

    “[L]ook, I’m disappointed people go down that path, quite honestly,” he replied. “Look, if they want to look at it in a prism, then why does the PGA Tour have 23 sponsors doing 40-plus billion dollars worth of business with Saudi Arabia? Why is it OK for the sponsors?”

    “Will [PGA Tour commissioner] Jay Monahan go to each and every one of those CEOs of the 23 companies that are investing into Saudi Arabia and suspend them and ban them? The hypocrisy in all this — it’s so loud, it’s deafening, Brian.”

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  13. EXCERPTS: “The InfoWars channel on Brighteon.com posted a video on June 15 slamming the scientific, technological elites for planning a hostile takeover of everyone’s mind, body and soul. “You have been warned,” the program’s caption read.

    The video included a seemingly apocalyptic statement from Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States, during his 1961 farewell address.

    “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. We must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captain of a scientific, technological elite,” the then-president prophesized.
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    During the recently held WEF annual meeting in Davos, various personalities and “experts” talked about the possible takeover. They said that people would need to accept that there will be some pain in the process and that individual carbon footprint trackers will be built directly into people’s bodies.

    “I think we’re gonna have to think about a recalibration of a whole range of human rights that are playing out online,” Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, said during the WEF meeting.

    One of the channel’s commentators described what’s happening as “a hostile corporate takeover of your body and a digital surveillance censorship dictatorship.”
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    Elsewhere in the show, a narrator said that now that the code of life has been found, it will not take much longer before “experts” can start to play God. “The new powers that we are gaining now, especially the powers of biotechnology and artificial intelligence [AI], are really going to transform us into gods,” he said.

    Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making and a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awardee, said that with AI taking over many of the unskilled and possibly some of the skilled activities, society won’t have much use for the people taken over.

    Given all the technological developments, Harari said it might be feasible, even easy, to support people even if they don’t work and give them a universal basic income, enough food, enough medicine and so forth. The big question, he said, is what will they do all day?

    “And one of the answers is that they will just play computer games all day, virtual reality games. They will spend more and more time playing virtual reality games that will give them much more excitement and emotional engagement than anything in the real world outside,” Harari said.

    Learn more about the sinister plans of globalist elites at Globalism.news.

    https://basedunderground.com/2022/06/20/game-over-technological-elites-are-starting-to-destabilize-conditions-for-human-survival/

    Terrifying Predictions From The Technological Elite!

    https://www.brighteon.com/e74c1ed9-d241-4fe8-a839-7f4867ee0da9

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  14. Isn’t this just dandy??!!??

    Entire Article @ JustTheNews: “Former guerrilla militant Gustavo Petro won Colombia’s runoff election on Sunday, becoming the country’s first leftist president with 50.47% of the vote. Petro, 62, beat outsider candidate millionaire Rodolfo Hernández, a 77-year-old TikTok-famous real estate magnate who received 47.27% of the vote according to the Associated Press tally.

    Petro’s running mate Francia Marquez will be the South American country’s first black vice president, CNN reported. Petro was a member of the 19th of April Movement (M19).

    The leftist guerrilla group is best known for breaking into the Palace of Justice in 1985, which resulted in about 100 people killed, including half of Colombia’s Supreme Court judges, according to Encylopedia Britannica. The assault occurred while Petro was behind bars for concealing weapons. When he was released in 1987, Petro said that he realized an armed revolution was not the best way to move forward. M19 disbanded two years later.

    “This victory for God and for the People and their history. Today is the day of the streets and squares,” Petro celebrated his win Sunday evening.”

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  15. hochel forced to retreat, however temperarily, on her intention to kill surburbia. the left wants to eiminate single family zoning requirements in the suburbs to force more multiple family units–some as small as 500 square feet–centered around mass transit…you know so they can eventually ban cars–so you have to take mass transit.
    FTA
    Negative reaction from the suburbs was swift.

    “This is a sledgehammer to the suburbs,” said Astorino. “Governor Hochul will abolish single-family residential zoning with this legislation and prohibit protections against overcrowding in our neighborhoods, schools, and streets. The power to plan a community must be with local elected officials, not dictated by Albany.”

    Strong objections were also voiced by the state’s Association of Towns and the New York Conference of Mayors; elected officials throughout the lower Hudson Valley and Long Island; and Hochul’s Democratic primary opponent, Thomas Suozzi.
    Faced with bipartisan opposition, Hochul backed down. But her action is only a temporary tactical retreat from the progressives’ long-term plan to turn the suburbs into state-controlled, monolithic residential areas built around mass transit.
    There are a number of bills pending in New York’s Legislature that will be re-activated if the Democrats retain one-party rule in the state. Brookings cheers New York politicians’ efforts: “Albany is awash in proposals for land use reform.”

    https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/06/why_democrats_want_to_get_rid_of_the_suburbs.html

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  16. EXCERPT: “The study, cited at Wiley.com, revealed that those who had been fully vaccinated experienced −15.4% sperm concentration decrease on average between 75-120 days post-injection. They followed up with their research subjects at 150 days and claim they had recovered, but here’s the thing. The study did not provide statistics nor context in their short statement of recovery. Specifically, they state:

    “T3 evaluation demonstrated overall recovery. Semen volume and sperm motility were not impaired.”

    In the world of science, details matter. The phrases “overall recovery” and “not impaired” could be construed in one of two ways. It could mean that the test subjects returned to their previous sperm concentration, or it could mean that there was no further decline from the T2 state. They did not define their terms. They did not provide real numbers. This is extremely concerning, especially when we consider they dedicated a mere 13-words to try to tell people everything worked out in the end.
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    Another questionable aspect of the study is that they did not release data on sperm concentration prior to the jabs. This could just be sloppy work (it would behoove a scientist to know sperm concentration before and after injections) or it could be an intentional omission. Their first reported test results start two weeks after injections.”

    https://thelibertydaily.com/depopulation-through-sterilization-new-study-finds-pfizer-covid-jabs-impair-sperm-concentration/

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  17. Hmmmm….Kari Lake’s past coming back to haunt her….? We all know she used to be a liberal/leftist so, tbh, this wouldn’t surprise me…..THIS is the problem with people who flip….

    EXCERPTS: “Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has vehemently denied allegations that she hosted a drag queen event in her home that was attended by her young daughter after a Phoenix-area transgender stripper accused the staunch conservative of being a hypocrite over her vocal opposition to events where children are exposed to sexual degeneracy.

    In what has all of the markings of a Democrat political smear campaign, the Arizona Republic published a story quoting Rick Stevens, a drag performer whose 25 year history of shaking his booty under the name of Barbra Seville at bars, theatres and private parties has established him as “one of the Valley’s best known drag artists,” according to the outlet.

    “She’s friends with drag queens, ”Stevens told the paper. “She’s had her kid in front of a drag queen. I’ve done drag in her home for her friends and family. She’s not threatened by them. She would come to shows constantly. To make me be the bogeyman for political gain it was just too much.”
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    “Richard’s accusations were full of lies,” Lake said in a statement to reporter Laurie Roberts. “The event in question was a party at someone else’s house, and the performer was there as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. It wasn’t a drag show, and the issue we’re talking about isn’t adults attending drag shows, either. The issue is activists sexualizing young children, and that’s got to stop.”

    After publishing her statement in fairness, the reporter corrected Lake, “Actually, a man dressing up as a female and entertaining an audience is considered a drag performance.”

    In her report, Roberts writes that Stevens “says he met Lake in the late 1990s when she and some of her Fox10 co-workers would come to the 307 Lounge, a downtown Phoenix gay bar that hosted (adult) drag shows featuring Barbra Seville, Ms. Ebony, Pussy Le Hoot and Celia Putty, among others,” and that he was ” was sort of her go-to gay person sometimes,” for LGBTQ stories.

    “Stevens says Lake invited him to her central Phoenix home to perform as Marilyn Monroe at her birthday party 10 or 12 years ago and later to do a drag routine at a 2015 baby shower for a fellow news anchor. He says he specifically remembers Lake’s young daughter at one of the performances because she wore glasses and he sympathized, having hated wearing them when he was a child,” according to the outlet.”

    https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/06/19/drag-queen-says-he-performed-at-home-of-azs-kari-lake-candidate-explains-why-claim-is-full-of-lies-1252015/

    Ummmm…..looks like a drag show to me…..

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    1. well if that’s the case…then Bosom Buddies makes tom hanks and peter scolari drag queens. and flip wilson also a drag queen…and any actor who ever dressed as a woman a drag queen.
      and what’s “acceptible” for adults is not acceptible for children…but i watched bosom buddies with my family–saw geraldine (flip wilson) and laughed with my parents…
      it’s the context imo. if those characters are being sexual towards children, that’s a no no. but being dressed in a costume doesn’t necessarily make it bad

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      1. I agree and that is exactly the point Kari properly stressed. MY point is that she needs to be very careful how she words these things, considering her own past history – that’s all I’m saying. She MUST acknowledge that it did, indeed, happen and yes, it WAS a drag show. IF her daughter WAS there, well, then…….at a minimum, explain how her views have changed……

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        1. i think there’s a confusing issue here. Halloween parties have loads of people dressing up as someone or something else–men can be women, and vice versa, and you can even be a shark if you want to be. it’s the SEXUAL aggressiveness towards children–the need to “teach them” things while dressed in drag that is offensive. otherwise it’s a dude in a costume.

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  18. EXCERPT: “Virtue signaling…….In a recent example, a small group of Democratic lawmakers actually had the nerve to send an official letter, on U.S. Congressional letterhead, demanding that Google remove all pro-life pregnancy centers from search results when a pregnant woman searches online for an abortion provider.

    Yes, the democrats are trying to pressure Google to block women, who are searching for an abortion clinic, from being able to see any pro-life alternatives. Thirteen radical senators and three members of the U.S. House of Representatives, all Democrats, sent a letter to Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. on Friday.

    In it, they insist the publically traded company removes what they deem to be, “fake clinics” and crisis pregnancy centers from its search results when people do a Google search for “abortion clinic” or “abortion pill.” What good reason could the Democrats have for making this request?

    “Google should not be displaying anti-abortion fake clinics or crisis pregnancy centers in search results for users that are searching for an ‘abortion clinic’ or ‘abortion pill,” the lawmakers wrote. “If Google must continue showing these misleading results in search results and Google Maps, the results should, at the very least, be appropriately labeled,” they said.

    According to Reuters, the letter cited a recent study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a left-wing nonprofit. The study found that one in 10 Google search results for abortion services in so-called “Trigger Law” states led users to pro-life pregnancy centers, which the left-wing group dubbed “fake clinics.”
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    I noticed that Countering Digital Hate did not provide any evidence that the Crisis pregnancy centers were providing misinformation. Why, because the reality of what is taking place during the various stages of development of a baby is now well known but goes against the positions espoused by the pro-death industry. It’s only a lump of cells, the fetus doesn’t feel any pain, exercising your reproductive rights allows you to pursue your education or employment goals without having to raise a baby, etc.”

    Instead, they want to make sure that women have unfettered access to facilities that will abort their babies, without anything standing in the way, even the truth. The abortion industry knows that the more a mother is educated about her baby’s development, the less likely she will be to attend a death mill like Planned Parenthood, costing the largest abortion provided millions of dollars annually.”

    https://trendingpolitics.com/tyranny-democrats-demand-google-purge-pro-life-pregnancy-centers-from-search-results-ethom/

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  19. Entire Article @ BlazeNews: “A British high school art teacher was fired after allowing female students to pose topless for an art project. However, the teacher has defended her actions, and said that the class was done in the name of art.

    Emma Wright, 41, had been working as an art teacher at Huxlow Science College in Northamptonshire, England, since 2004. In 2017, she permitted a lewd photoshoot to happen in her classroom. A probe was launched in December 2017, after her school’s head of design discovered one student’s art portfolio containing the topless photos. The investigation found that Wright had invited a photographer who specialized in “suggestive poses” to speak to her students. During the session, the school girls – some as young as 15 – reportedly disrobed.

    “The pictures showed teenage girls posing only in their underwear, while holding cigarettes and booze containers, with their hands, bottles or cans covering otherwise naked breasts,” The Sun reported. The investigation determined that there were photos of the teens “posing with their hand inside their underwear or in a pose which simulated masturbation.”

    The Teaching Regulation Agency ruled that the “highly inappropriate” class had not been in the best interest of “safeguarding” students. “Whilst the panel was satisfied that there was a low risk of repetition, it did not find that Mrs. Wright had fully reflected on the safeguarding implications of allowing pupils to take photographs of themselves or others in a state of undress,” said Alan Meyrick – the chief executive of the Teaching Regulation Agency. The Teaching Regulation Agency released a report regarding the controversial art class earlier this month.

    Following the investigation, Wright was fired in 2018. The Teaching Regulation Agency also banned Wright from teaching for two years. Now, Wright is speaking out against her termination.

    “The TRA has not taken that into account and they have not got an understanding of art in education, which is the basis of my letter to the TRA and MP,” Wright told The Sun last week. “I have written to my MP, the union, and the Education Minister regarding this,” Wright continued. “I am a good person. I am not the person they are making out to be.”

    “I am hoping the local community are as shocked as I am, and as sad and angry,” she added. “They know me. I have taught in that school for a long time.”

    Wright believes that she is the victim of “deep injustice,” but will not appeal the ban because she never wants to teach again.”

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  20. Excerpt from a VERY long, interesting article:

    “It is easier to understand what mass formation is if you consider it as mass hypnosis, because they’re not merely similar, they’re identical, Desmet says. Mass formation is a kind of hypnosis that emerges when specific conditions are met. And, disturbingly, these conditions, and the hypnotic trance that emerges, almost always precede the rise of totalitarian systems.

    While totalitarianism and a classical dictatorship share certain features, there are distinct differences at the psychological level. According to Desmet, a classical dictatorship, at the psychological level, is very primitive. It’s a society that is frightened of a small group, a dictatorial regime, because of its aggressive potential.

    Totalitarianism, on the other hand, arises from a very different psychological mechanism. Interestingly, the totalitarian state didn’t actually exist before the 20th century. It’s a relatively new phenomenon, and it’s based on mass formation or mass hypnosis.

    The conditions for this mass hypnotic state (listed below) were first met just before the emergence of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, so that’s our historical context. These conditions were again met just before the COVID crisis. What we’re seeing now is a different kind of totalitarianism, largely due to technological advancements that have created extremely effective tools to subconsciously influence the public.

    We now have very sophisticated tools with which to hypnotize far larger masses of people than they could in earlier times. But while our current-day totalitarianism is global rather than regional, and the information war more sophisticated than anything the Soviets or Nazi’s could muster, the basic psychological dynamics are still identical.”

    https://uncanceled.news/the-psychology-of-totalitarianism/

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    1. “Like me, Desmet is convinced that we’re rapidly headed toward global totalitarianism and that things will get far worse before they get better. Why? Because we’re only in the initial stages of the process of totalitarianism. On the horizon, digital identity still looms large, and with that comes an unfathomably powerful control grid capable of breaking just about anyone.

      The glimmer of hope is this: Everyone who has studied mass formation and totalitarianism has concluded that both are intrinsically self-destructive. They cannot survive. And, the more means it has at its disposal to control the population, the sooner it might destroy itself, because totalitarianism destroys the core of the human being.

      Ultimately, “totalitarianism” refers to the ambition of the system. It wants to eliminate the ability of individual choice, and in so doing, it destroys the core of what it is to be human, “because psychological energy in a human being emerges at every moment a human being can make a choice that is really its own choice,” Desmet says. The quicker a system destroys the individual, the sooner the system collapses.

      Again, the only weapon against the brutal destruction of humanity is to push back, to speak out, to nonviolently resist. It may not stop totalitarianism in its tracks, but it can keep the most heinous atrocities at bay. It will also provide a small space where the resistant can try to survive together and thrive in the midst of the totalitarian landscape.”

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  21. Entire Article: “As a physician, I’m supposed to wow you with all my knowledge and jargon that affirms my extensive education and rigorous medical training. It also boosts my ego. Everyone needs that to survive, right? The problem with this mindset is few people will really benefit from my training. The word doctor means teacher, and the best teacher is the one who can transfer meaningful information that is practical, memorable, and simple. If people really understood just how easy it is to live a long and healthy life, I’m convinced more would pursue it. But in the interest of making money, promoting a busy medical practice, and serving our own personal interests, most doctors tend not to shoot straight when it comes to treating and caring for patients on a daily basis.

    For example, if I were a dermatologist, I would never tell my patients to stop using soap, and to take a brief, tepid shower only once or twice a week at most, without scrubbing. This advice is too effective at curing skin problems like eczema, xerosis, and psoriasis. I wouldn’t explain that the outer skin (epidermis), with its seven layers, has a self-cleansing, self-protective mechanism that works great in preventing infections.

    Or that scrubbing and lathering with soap destroys this natural barrier. I treated 99 percent of my patients’ skin problems. And I did teach this basic science. Few returned with new skin problems. I lost money. I could have recommended steroid creams, emollients, and the newest expensive skin products from pharmaceuticals, and made a lot more money. But instead, I taught them. What would Jesus have done?

    I also taught my patients that generic Pedialyte (oral hydration solution) is the first-line therapy (never Gatorade!) for treating most flu-like symptoms, such as headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, fatigue, and lightheadedness. Why? Because it works. (Use the unsweetened version if diabetic.) Sure, the intracellular electrolyte imbalances and altered cell membrane permeability of the gastrointestinal tract might be nice to know; but it’s not at all necessary.

    Fortunately, if patients heed this simple self-treatment, then I never see them back for most flu-like illnesses since treatment is available over-the-counter. Granted, severe upper respiratory illness may still require prescription medications, like steroids and inhalers. Don’t count on getting ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine since some states make it very hard to prescribe. It’s okay, I never prescribed these, and all my patients recovered quickly.

    What about all the vitamins and minerals that are so frequently advertised as a source of “natural” health? Did you say natural? I’ll say right up front, this is only one humble doctor’s opinion. Remember that anything in pill or capsule form, as well as most liquid supplements, comes from a pharmaceutical company that can make whatever claims it wants about its product since it is not FDA regulated. (Does anyone still trust the FDA?) Who says taking 1000 times the recommended daily value of any vitamin or mineral is natural or safe? Is it really beneficial?

    If you really want to go natural, then eat a good variety of fruits and vegetables daily, preferably raw. You’ll get all the vitamins, minerals, and fiber your body needs. This is the form in which the body is designed to absorb nutrients best. You’ll feel better-ingesting whole (unprocessed) foods. After all, how did our ancestors ever survive before pill factories pumped out their products? And don’t be afraid to eat a little meat and fat.

    Another simple yet crucial health step is to stay well hydrated by drinking plain water. Skip the expensive and calcium-depleting carbonated beverages, bottled spring water, and other “boosted” beverages. They’re gimmicky.

    On a humanitarian military medical assignment in Panama, I was amazed at how many patients I treated for frequent headaches, muscle cramps, and fatigue simply because they didn’t know the importance of drinking adequate water. How much water? The eight 8-ounce glasses a day recommendation was pulled from thin air. Scrap it. For an inactive person, at least 32 ounces a day is a good starting point. Drink more if you are physically active or working in a hot environment.

    And what about all those great antioxidants advertised by health food stores? The truth is, studies have shown that many of these “anti-aging/anti-cancer” pills can actually be harmful, as can many other supplements that may cause liver damage and other metabolic problems. But you will not hear about this from the media. You know why. What’s the best antioxidant and immune booster? Regular exercise. I know, exercise is actually an oxidative process, but it indirectly strengthens immunity and promotes efficient metabolism.

    Walking 3-4 miles a day is a great way to stay fit and maintain ideal body mass, as well as to promote general health. Obesity is second only to smoking in reducing lifespan and quality of life. You’ve likely already heard about the increased risk of COVID harm among the obese. But it’s the same for all other common illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney failure, and skin maladies. Exercise is truly the best prescription for everything!

    When it comes to healthy eating, it’s hard to beat raw fruits and vegetables, but we also need adequate protein and some carbs that provide enough energy to meet metabolic demands. Natural sugars in fruits are a great carb and fiber base. The brain can use only two sources of energy, sugar, and ketones. You may have heard about the “keto diet.” Ketones are breakdown products of body fat that are used by the brain in the absence of dietary (ingested) sugar. For this reason, a ketogenic (or modified keto) diet is a very effective way to lose weight without starving yourself. But sugar is addictive, and many people crave it like any other drug.

    When trying to overcome addiction, a general pattern exists in recovery. I call it the “Rule of 3s,” and it generally applies to any type of addiction you’re striving to overcome. It takes three days to experience full withdrawal, more or less depending on how fast the substance is processed in the body, measured by its half-life. The withdrawals (cravings) tend to last about three weeks, and then taper off. By three months, you’re pretty much at your baseline metabolism, and most people actually dislike the taste of the former addictive substance after this time.

    Once you’ve made it to three years, you can look back and see clearly how healthy lifestyle changes improve your quality of life. Addiction is much more common than we like to think. Have you ever said, “Don’t talk to me until I have my coffee?” That’s called caffeine withdrawal. But is caffeine itself an unhealthy addiction?

    If you look back on the reported effects of caffeine according to past medical research, you’ll be amazed at how fickle, and bipolar are the research conclusions. One week it’s good for you, the next it’s bad for you, and then it’s good again. This happens with many medical claims. Things once declared good for you are later considered dangerous. This yo-yo research data can be quite unnerving, even for doctors. Who are we supposed to believe? What does a doctor tell his patients?

    It’s really quite simple; just use a little common sense. The less processed the food consumed, the better. Variety is good, and fresh whole foods (foods in their natural form) are always best. But don’t get carried away with “natural” products. Hemlock, strychnine, and cyanide are all natural—but they can kill you! And remember, pills don’t grow on trees. Be cautious with nutraceuticals. They never provide the “miracles” they claim.

    One last but important tidbit is this: remember that being happy is very healthy for you. Laughter does good for both mind and body. Worry and fear can destroy us. The best way to put aside fear is to trust in the Lord with all your heart. And that’s why reading the Bible daily is an exercise that promotes a sound mind, body, and soul. Above all else, Bible reading is my pill of choice.

    These are just a few forgotten but precious pearls of good personal health. Please remember that God created us to live well in a beautiful natural world that attests to His greatness. May you live long, healthy, free—and eternally!”

    https://www.americaoutloud.com/forgotten-pearls-taking-charge-of-your-personal-health/

    Author: Dr. Steve LaTulippe M.D. is a physician board certified in Family Medicine, a retired United States Air Force officer, and a Bible college and seminary-trained ordained minister whose focus was Christian doctrine and Bible interpretation. His medical practice has focused on pain and addiction medicine. His military service includes flying the KC-135 Stratotanker and an RF-4C phantom, then later serving as Chief of Medicine in the Oregon Air National Guard. Steve is currently fighting the battle of cancel culture in medicine, and he has published a book, Unity Without Compromise, as an instrumental tool towards unifying potentially the greatest force on earth—the Christians.

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  22. EXCERPT: “Because it would be so terribly hot, France bans outdoor events. People are no longer allowed to think and decide for themselves but need a wise and good state to tell them whether they can go outside. In France, WEF Young Global Leader Macron was recently confirmed as President in an allegedly fair and democratic vote. Undeterred, he continues with Klaus Schwab’s globalist agenda.

    In parts of France, around 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) are measured. That is enough to patronize citizens who apparently cannot take to the streets without the help of President Macron, who is loyal to the WEF. All of this, of course, is part of the climate change agenda, which, based on what is believed to be a “majority” of scientists, claims that human-caused climate change threatens our very existence. The unscientific procedure, in which no criticism or counter-opinion is allowed, corresponds to the procedure for approving and distributing the Covid injections.

    Conveniently, celebrations of June 18, an important French holiday commemorating resistance to Hitler’s Germany, are also banned. The June 18 Appeal (French: L’Appel du 18 juin) was Charles de Gaulle’s first speech after he arrived in London in 1940 after the Battle of France. Broadcast to Vichy France by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio services is often credited with marking the start of the French resistance to World War II. It is considered one of the most important speeches in French history. In the madness of the 21st century, however, resistance is no longer planned, so it is canceled due to excessive heat (!).”
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    If we were the mainstream media, we would end this article with images of wildfires, deserts, and parched steppes and point out that in 1913, it was 56.7 degrees Celsius (134.06°F) in the US’s Death Valley. If only people had paid horrendously high taxes back then, which helped cool the climate! Instead, we’re trying to use pictures from a time when people were still looking forward to a few hot summer days.”

    https://rairfoundation.com/globalist-victory-first-climate-lockdowns-announced-in-france/

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  23. EXCERPT: “The British government has reportedly ordered the National Health Service (NHS) to use the word women instead of woke doublespeak language such as “people with ovaries”. Health Secretary Sajid Javid has reportedly intervened to prevent the nation’s socialised healthcare system from adopting so-called gender-free language after it emerged that the NHS removed references to women from online health advice pages for female-only cancers.

    According to a report from The Sun newspaper, Javid is said to be concerned that the health service is prioritising woke ideology over the health outcomes of patients following warnings that such health advice may confuse those with English as a second language.

    Earlier this month, it was reported that the NHS had altered the online landing pages cervical, ovarian and womb cancer to remove all references to women. For example, the health advice page for ovarian cancer stated: “Anyone with ovaries can get ovarian cancer. This includes women, trans men, non-binary people and intersex people with ovaries.”

    Responding to the initial report, Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the Daily Mail: “You won’t be surprised to know that, as the Health Secretary, I think that your sex matters, your biological sex is incredibly important to make sure you get the right treatment, the very best treatment.”

    Asked whether he believed the NHS website should revert to its original and reinstate references to women, he said: “I am looking into this and you’ll know, look, the NHS, there (are) many different trusts and I want to listen to why someone might have taken a different approach – I don’t just want to assume – but I think I’ve made my views clear on this.” “I know there’s some sensitivity around this language, but we have to use common sense and use the right language so that we can give people the best possible patient care,” he added.”

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/06/18/uk-health-secretary-orders-nhs-use-word-woman-instead-of-people-with-ovaries/

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  25. “Don’t drop the shovel….”

    “You might get monkeypox….”

    “And now a word from Hillary….”

    “I thought it was death waiting on the beach….turns out it’s only Mom on the beach….

    “A whole month of Queer spelled out by our Congress….”

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      1. You are sumpin’ ! Digger Supreme!!! Who would have thunk … how they came about.

        Frankly… I have concluded that the two of you could make lots of money getting your individual writings printed … both of you are excellent writers and researchers… and conversationalists… TRULY! Your blog is a jewel… congrats!

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              1. Exactly Filly … exactly.

                And while I know I shouldn’t say so… I will … say that

                the partnership of the two of you here is more than proof that the war waged to remove our precious gem from speaking at a certain forum was more than misguided … it was evil…

                ’nuff said

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  29. Dear Patriots,

    I’m headed to Delaware and NYC this week for two events. I’m speaking at for the Delaware GOP THIS Saturday night, June 25th. If you’re in the area and can come, please do! CLICK HERE for tickets. Then, I’m heading straight to NYC where I’ll be speaking for the Metropolitan Republican Club. New Yorkers- come see me!! CLICK HERE for tickets.

    My team and I are plowing right ahead with things. We have terrific events coming this year and plans for shooting some extraordinary content with #WalkAway people around the country for a series of short videos to put out.

    So- I kinda want to share this with you all…I’ve really begun to realize and had to accept that my “recovery” from all that happened in the last year and a half is going to take longer than I could have known. I guess I was naive to believe that as soon as I got through my sentence I would just spring back and everything would be like it was.

    I’m writing you from my OLD IPad right now. This iPad was seized by the FBI during the raid and I got it back months ago. Today was the first time I opened it and turned it on. I hadn’t wanted to before this, and I still felt uneasy about it today. The hardest part was seeing all the things I had been doing and working on up until the day of my arrest. I had text messages on it from the day I was sent to jail that I hadn’t seen. Then I opened the pictures and videos and saw a flood of content that I hadn’t seen in years. The most incredible and beautiful memories of all that unbelievably hard work and gratifying experiences.

    In a way, I hardly recognized myself. But I know I’m doing the work that I should be doing, and I’m where I’m supposed to be. But I still think I should go on a speaking tour. I think that would help me tremendously in moving forward with all of this. Anyway- we are all embarking on a new week now. A new week, a fresh start, new opportunities. And interestingly enough, when I go to NYC from Delaware, this will be my first time back in NYC since I moved out of the city in the middle of 2020. I’m excited to go back and interested to see what has changed!

    #WalkAway Social is supposed to be in final development stages this week (then we test for a while). Please send prayers that there won’t be any hiccups or delays on that this week!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    Have a GREAT WEEK, Patriots!
    All my love, Brandon Straka

    https://delawaregop.com/event/rescue-delaware-dinner-with-brandon-straka-walkaway-founder/

    https://metclubnyc.org/event/the-walkaway-campaign-relaunches-at-the-met-club/

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  30. Pippa’s Song

    The year’s at the spring,
    And day’s at the morn;
    Morning’s at seven;
    The hill-side’s dew-pearled;
    The lark’s on the wing;
    The snail’s on the thorn;
    God’s in his Heaven —
    All’s right with the world!

    `~ Robert Browning

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  32. EXCERPT: “And yet, like O’Brien, we’re not quite dead yet, and still staggering around trying to catch our murderer before time runs out. Barring the hand of God, the first opportunity we’ll have to put Biden out to pasture won’t come until November 2024, and while the congressional elections this fall could possibly remove both houses of Congress from the geriatric clutches of the bibulous Nancy Pelosi and the baleful Chuck Schumer, that can only stanch but not stop the country’s internal hemorrhaging. Like the hapless Frank Bigelow, desperately searching in his last hours for the psycho killer who poisoned him before the “luminous toxin” kills him, we’re unsure whom to trust, with both friends and foes suspects alike.

    “This can’t be happening,” we think, but it is. Under the cloak of Covid “emergency”—the punitive lockdowns, the destruction of our education system, the loss of social contact, the delusion that our fellow humans were carriers of a deadly disease who needed to be shunned or even imprisoned—Americans’ constitutional freedoms were summarily abrogated without a shot being fired, and we were consigned to effective house arrest (and worse in places like Australia and Canada). Our freedom of movement—essential to life in a country as large as the United States of America—was drastically curtailed and our transportation system deliberately wrecked. Meanwhile the “climate change” canard continued apace, and the push for electric vehicles was intensified, even as the nation’s electric grid was tangibly collapsing.

    Since Robinette took office, gas prices have more than doubled, part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been emptied, our hard-won energy independence achieved during the Trump era has been frittered away, and we’ve been reduced to begging erstwhile enemies like the “kingdom” of Saudi Arabia to do the jobs Americans just can’t be allowed to do. If this looks like a conspiracy to you, don’t worry: it is. And one that the conspirators have been quite open about for decades. They’re a suicide cult, hell-bent on killing us as well as themselves:”

    https://the-pipeline.org/the-column-dead-on-arrival/

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    1. “What better metaphor, then, for the parlous state of our national affairs than the sight of Biden on his keister after toppling off his bike over the weekend. This frail, thoroughly nasty man with some very peculiar tendencies and an immediate family that might best be described as Caligulan in its behavior, not only embarrassed himself but the country he pretends to lead. “I’m good,” he said after his tumble, which may be his biggest and most brazen lie of them all.

      In the the meantime, we keep rushing around in the dark, trying to figure out why this happening and who is doing it to us. We know the answer, but feel there’s nothing we can do about it. Like Bigelow, we’d like to see the man in charge, but nobody is, not really. We can breathe and we can move, but we’re not alive because we took that poison, and nothing can save us. We know who the psycho killer is, half our fellow countrymen voted for him, and the murder is taking place in full view from sea to shining sea.

      Unless a miracle happens, we’re D.O.A. and our final destination is dead ahead.”

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    2. so he believes there no hope in 2023 for a reckoning/ a hamstringing of these awful policies if maga regains the senate and the house?
      no talks of impeachment, treason?

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      1. How much fraud will occur in this year’s election? We can already see the on-going machinations…..even if the GOP takes the majority, what can they do with a President that will simply veto everything?

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      2. He speaks of a “miracle” ….

        in my view one is in process .., Putin’s SMO in Ukraine

        Theory of Devolution adherents speak of Trump as the hero, our Mil etc…

        It now appears Putin/Russia is …

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  37. EXCERPT: “Roundly rebuking his neo-liberal globalist political philosophy, the French public has refused to grant President Emmanuel Macron a parliamentary majority as Marine Le Pen’s populists on the right and an ecological alliance on the left surged at the ballot box to strip the once self-described ‘Jupitarean’ leader of his ability to govern France firmly.

    Just under two months after securing a second term as President of France, Emmanuel Macron and his Ensemble! coalition have suffered a disastrous result in the final round of voting in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, securing just 245 seats, far short of the 289 necessary to maintain a governing majority and at the low end of polling projections leading up to the vote.

    The night’s true victor — at least in terms of exceeding expectations — was perhaps Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN), which saw a surprising result of 89 candidates elected to the National Assembly, the most in the history of the party, including its predecessor National Front. Le Pen’s party, which previously only boasted eight representatives, will now have enough representation to form a parliamentary group, providing a major boost to the party in terms of prominence in the national discussion and the ability to fundraise.”

    Prior to the second and final round of voting on Sunday, posters had estimated that RN would win between 25 and 45 seats, suggesting that anti-Macron sentiment was strong enough to convince left-wing voters to side with Le Pen to prevent the neoliberal president from retaining his grip over the parliament.

    Hailing the stunning result for her party, the populist firebrand said: “This victory is that of the French people. Tonight, they have taken their destiny into their own hands by making Emmanuel Macron a minority president. This victory is yours!”

    In all, Macron will lead the largest party in the French Parliament but without an overall majority at 245 seats, according to the French interior ministry. The hard-left NUPES (New popular ecological and social union) performed roughly as polled and won 131 seats. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally outperformed expectations to take 89 seats. The Republicans, the once establishment party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy came fourth with just 61 seats: just 15 years ago, they won 313.”

    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/06/20/populism-rising-le-pens-national-rally-makes-historic-gains-as-macron-loses-parliamentary-majority/

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  38. How can beachgoers keep pesky seagulls from swiping their snacks? Apparently, simply staring at the birds might do the trick, according to a study published in August. Researchers tempted herring gulls in coastal Cornwall with bags of fried potatoes and tested how the birds behaved when they were watched and when they were ignored. Gulls became more cautious about inspecting food when placed under human surveillance, and many of the birds lost interest in the fare altogether. In contrast, when the team ignored the gulls, the birds always pecked at the bag of tasty taters.

    A sulphur-crested cockatoo named Snowball inspired a scientific study of avian dance. Snowball went viral on YouTube when he burst into spontaneous dance to a backtrack of the Backstreet Boys. Intrigued, a team of scientists played other songs for the cockatoo and found that he consistently synchronized his movements to the beat. Snowball even came up with brand new dance moves, improvising different movements to go with specific tunes. The researchers suggested that Snowball’s dance moves indicate that humans and birds may share certain musical, social and cognitive abilities.

    Cicadas infected with a particular fungus develop a drug-like energy rush, engage in a raucous orgy and then literally lose their butts. According to a recent study, the Massopora fungus contains a cocktail of chemicals, including traces of amphetamines and hallucinogens, that send cicadas into a sex-fueled frenzy. Males will even try to copulate with each other and imitate female behavior to attract a mate under the influence of the fungus. The fungus spreads through these sexual exchanges, and also gets released by infected insects in a dramatic spray of disintegrating body parts. “That’s why we call them ‘flying salt shakers of death,” co-author Matt Kasson told Live Science.

    Female Komodo dragons can produce babies without first receiving sperm from a male, scientists discovered this year. One of the reptiles, named Flora, at London’s Chester Zoo, laid eight eggs this year after undergoing parthenogenesis, a “virgin conception.” This form of reproduction has been observed in 70 species of vertebrates, including snakes and lizards, but never before in a Komodo dragon. Following parthenogenesis, the unfertilized eggs develop to maturity and produce male offspring, meaning an isolated female Komodo dragon could theoretically start a whole new colony on her own.

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  39. I have a shih tzu who is adorable, but none too bright! He is a major mama’s boy and wants a bite of anything I have to eat. One day, I was sitting at the dining table and Tippy was sitting quietly nearby (he never begs, just drills holes in you with his eyes!), but every hair on his body was twitching! I was having a salad and knew he wouldn’t eat any greens, but I had a mandarin orange in the salad yet, so I broke off a small piece of orange and tossed to him. I thought he had caught it and was eating it, but he kept sniffing around on the floor and whining. I didn’t know if he wanted more or what. I called him, and he looked up at me and there was the bite of mandarin orange stuck to the fur right above his nose! He could smell it, but he couldn’t find it. I nearly fell out of the chair laughing, then I grabbed the camera and took a picture. The grandkids loved it!

    Our dog Bailee Boo is golden retriever, black lab and German shepherd mix. She loves lollipops. One day, she came with us in the SUV and we had to run into the store for something and left her in the car with it running. One of the kids had bought a bunch of these natural-flavored strawberry suckers. We get back in the car and we hear this sucking noise, and I turned around and said, “Bailee” and she popped her head up from the back seat with a sucker hanging out of her mouth. She was sucking on it. It was so funny to see her with it hanging out of her mouth! She loves them. She loves Halloween because of the lollipops.

    She is a very special dog to us. She was run over by a big SUV when she was 5 months old, and the vet said he had never seen a dog with such will to live and be so loyal to her family. She had a dislocated hip, bruised uterus and internal bleeding, broken ribs, etc. She was on oxygen for three days and survived it all, and she has a wonderful personality. Loves to lie upside down and smile. She shakes both paws, high fives, sits pretty and will sneeze.

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  40. One day Mrs. Green decided to walk to the post office. Her neighbor came up to her and casually mentioned “Hello Janice, how’s your dog? I saw her yesterday chasing an old man on a bike.” Mrs. Green said “Oh. There’s no way that could have been my dog.” “Why not?” said Mrs. Green’s neighbor. “I’m almost positive that it was her.” Mrs. Green, with a devilish grin on her face stated “Well, my dog doesn’t know how to ride a bike.”
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    A blind man decides to go to the department store and he has his seeing eye dog on a leash. When the manager behind the counter at the customer service desk realizes the customer is blind, he turns around and quickly looks away. From the corner of his eye, the customer service manager notices the blind man begins swinging the dog over his head with the leash. The manager was shocked, and he runs over and says “Sir, do we have a problem – can I help you with something sir?” The blind man replies very calmly and says, “No thank you. I’m just taking a look around.”
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    A German Shepherd, Doberman and a cat have died. All three are faced with God who wants to know what they believe in. The German shepherd says: “I believe in discipline training and loyalty to my master.” “Good,” says God. “Then sit down on my right side. Doberman, what do you believe in?” The Doberman answers: “I believe in the love, care and protection of my master.” Ah,” said God. “You may sit to my left.” Then he looks at the cat and asks, “And what do you believe in?” The cat answers: “I believe you’re sitting in my seat.”
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    A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, “I’m sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away.”

    The distressed woman wailed, “Are you sure?” “Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead,” replied the vet. “How can you be so sure?” she protested. “I mean you haven’t done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something.”

    The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck’s owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

    The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.

    The vet looked at the woman and said, “I’m sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck.” The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck’s owner, still in shock, took the bill. “$150!” she cried, “$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!”

    The vet shrugged, “I’m sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it’s now $150.”

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  41. I was walking down the street the other day when I saw my best friend Jeff. I walked up to him and mentioned that I had the craziest dream the other night. Jeff listened as I told him that the dream consisted of just one thing. A huge glowing number “5.” It was made of gold and sparkled with shiny diamonds. Jeff’s curiosity was piqued. I went on to say that the first thing that I did in the morning was to grab the daily racing digest and look up the 5th race.

    Jeff raised an eyebrow. I told him that the #5 horse in the 5th race was named “The 5th Element.” Jeff started grinning. Then I told him point-by-point what I did that entire day.

    I ate 5 bowls of cereal for breakfast and drank 5 cups of coffee,
    I went for a 5 mile jog to clear my head,
    I took a 5 minute shower to rinse off,
    I dressed in the 5th suit I found in my closet,
    I sat in my car for 5 minutes before starting it,
    I drove to the racetrack and parked in the 5th stall in the 5th row,
    I entered through the 5th admissions gate,
    I bought 5 programs,
    I went to the 5th betting window and bet $555 on the 5th horse in the 5th race,
    I went and sat in the 5th row of the bleachers making sure there were 5 people sitting on both sides of me.

    Then I settled in and waited for the race to start. “Well?” said Jeff. “Did your horse win?” I frowned at Jeff and said, “Stupid horse came in 5th.”

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  42. Recently, when I went to McDonald’s I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. ‘We don’t have half dozen nuggets,’ said the teenager at the counter. ‘You don’t?’ I replied. ‘We only have six, nine, or twelve,’ was the reply. ‘So I can’t order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?’ ‘That’s right.’ So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
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    I was checking out at the local Walmart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those ‘dividers’ that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn’t get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the ‘divider’, looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it.

    Not finding the bar code, she said to me, ‘Do you know how much this is?’ I said to her ‘I’ve changed my mind; I don’t think I’ll buy that today.’ She said ‘OK,’ and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened.
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    A woman at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM ‘thingy.’
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    I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. ‘Do you need some help?’ I asked. She replied, ‘I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can’t get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?’

    ‘Hmmm, I don’t know. Do you have an alarm, too?’ I asked. ‘No, just this remote thingy,’ she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, ‘Why don’t you drive over there and check about the batteries. It’s a long walk….’
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    Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, ‘I’m almost out of typing paper. What do I do?’ ‘Just use paper from the photocopier’, the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five ‘blank’ copies.
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    A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid had eaten ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and he should be fine, and the mother says, ‘I just gave him some ant killer……’ Dispatcher: ‘Rush him in to emergency!’

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  44. “After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year outside of New York City, New York archaeologists found traces of copper cable dating back 150 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

    Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a Los Angeles archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet just outside Oceanside, California. Shortly thereafter, a story appeared in the LA Times that read: “California archaeologists report the finding of a 200 year old copper cable and have concluded that their ancestors had an advanced high-tech communication network 50 years earlier than the New Yorkers.”

    One week later, a newspaper in Louisiana reported the following: “After digging down about 30 feet in his pasture outside Thibodaux, Louisiana, Boudreaux, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Boudreaux therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Louisiana had already gone wireless.”

    Just makes a person proud to be from Louisiana …”

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  46. Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and were still smelling pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the B.O.
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    Baths equaled a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the Privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.

    Hence the saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.”
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    Houses had thatched roofs. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the pets … dogs, cats and other small animals, mice, rats, bugs lived in the roof. When it rained, the roof became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.

    Hence the saying, “It’s raining cats and dogs.”
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    There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. So, they found if they made beds with big posts and hung a sheet over the top, it addressed that problem.

    Hence those beautiful big 4 poster beds with canopies.
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    The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying, “Dirt poor.” The wealthy had slate floors which would get slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside.

    A piece of wood was placed at the entry way, hence a “thresh hold.”
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    They cooked in the kitchen in a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They mostly ate vegetables and didn’t get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been in there for a month.

    Hence the rhyme, “Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, nine days old.”
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    Sometimes they could obtain pork and would feel really special when that happened. When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and a sign that the man of the house “Could really bring home the bacon.”

    They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and “chew the fat.”
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    Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food. This happened most often with tomatoes, so they stopped eating tomatoes…for 400 years.
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    Most people didn’t have pewter plates, but had trenchers – a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times, worms got into the wood. After eating off wormy trenchers, they would get “trench mouth.”
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    Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the “upper crust”.
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    Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.

    Hence the custom of holding a “wake”.
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    England is old and small, and they started running out of places to bury people. So, they would dig up coffins and would take their bones to a house and reuse the grave. In reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on their wrist and lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night to listen for the bell.

    Hence on the “graveyard shift”, they would know that someone was “saved by the bell” or he was a “dead ringer.”

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      1. Found them at a religious site, actually…..

        Mrs. Monaghan came into the newsroom to pay for her husband’s obituary. She was told by the kindly newsman that it was a dollar per word, and that he remembered Pete, and it was certainly too bad he had passed away. She thanked him for his kind words and bemoaned the fact that she only had two dollars, but she wrote out the obituary, “Pete died.”

        The newsman said he thought old Pete deserved more and said he would give her three more words at no charge. Mrs. Monaghan sincerely thanked him and rewrote the obituary: “Pete died. Boat for sale”.
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        Here are the 10 first place winners in the International Pun Contest:

        • A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, “I’m sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.”

        • Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, “Dam!”

        • Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

        • Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says “I’ve lost my electron.” The other says “Are you sure?” The first replies “Yes, I’m positive.”

        • Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

        • A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. “But why?” they asked, as they moved off. “Because”, he said, “I can’t stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.”

        • A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named “Ahmal.” The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him “Juan.” Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, “They’re twins! If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Ahmal.”

        • These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, put they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to “persuade” them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he’d be back if they didn’t close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

        • Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. (absolutely brilliant!)

        • And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to her friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did?
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        The Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrels. After much prayer and consideration, they determined the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn’t interfere with God’s divine will.

        At the Baptist Church the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The Elders met and decided to put a water slide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.

        The Episcopal Church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God’s creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist Church. Two weeks later the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water slide.

        But the Catholic Church came up with a very creative strategy. They baptized all the squirrels and consecrated them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter.

        Not much was heard from the Jewish Synagogue, but it’s rumored that they took one squirrel and circumcised him. They haven’t seen a squirrel on their property since !!!

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  47. “Presently, I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook while applying the same principles. Therefore, every day I go down on the street and tell the passers-by what I have eaten, how I feel, what I have done the night before and what I will do tomorrow night.

    Then I give them pictures of my family, my dog and me gardening and spending time in my pool. I also listen to their conversations and I tell them I love them. And it works!

    I already have 3 persons following me: 2 police officers and a psychiatrist.”

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            1. It’s a totally new ballgame…

              America is not in danger of BECOMING a TOTALATARIAN State …
              WE ARE THERE…

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              totalitarian state
              noun

              a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures

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              2. yeah i paid into ss my whole working life–starting at 14…not gonna let some illegal take my $$ before I get it.
                and i think there’s plenty more like me…

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