The Taco Distraction

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These days we are being bombarded on all sides with terrible news.  Gas prices are out of control…

food prices are on the rise…

unexplained deaths by healthy, young people are climbing…

our military is woke and laughable…

and our climate is “changing”.

These are all issues exacerbated by democrat policies.  The left is implementing countrywide changes to destroy America from within.  They are fomenting division among her people, creating lopsided mandates and regulations that they themselves are not ruled by and increasing the gap between the working class (us) and the ruling class (them)—a redistribution of our wealth to their greed.

To this end, they have authorized the leaks of Hunter Biden’s devices, Ashley’s diary, Joe’s stupidity, and Jill’s insensitivities.  These are all DISTRACTIONS…carefully released and choreographed to draw attention from the “works” of a democrat majority Congress and a shadow presidency. 

Joe and his family are simply toss-aways.  They had their usefulness—scapegoats or puppets if you wish—but their demise has been carefully scripted and planned. To think that Hunter’s laptop or phone, or Ahsley’s diary “happened” to fall into hands of the “good guys” is laughable.  Similarly, Joe’s dementia has also been “handled”—from the basement to AF1’s stairs—with gaffes and slips coming more frequently as we near the midterms. And as for Jill, what First Lady doesn’t have stylists, advisors, and speech writers to help her project a dignified image to the world?

Do not look away.  Do not be distracted.  Do not lose focus. Watch what happens in the background when the fools appear.

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    1. Morning, Pat! I sure hope it works as well for you as it did for me! It started again and rained and rained and rained, well into the night. Maybe it will head your way now? Foggy as pea soup this morning – already 71 so it may end up being uber-humid and hot…but we got plenty of rain at least.

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      1. Morning Filly!
        the pond is down really far again…we can see a good 8 inches of the outfall pipes sticking out of the water…usually they are even with the water level!

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  6. I can’t say I agree about Hunter’s laptop and the diary – I think those happened. Everything else is up in the air and yes, it wouldn’t surprise me a bit to see them shuffle him off.

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    1. nothing is a coincidence…
      it’s got people focusing on the biden crime family thing and less are focusing on the puppet master–it is classic magician sleight of hand…look HERE but not there…
      why on earth in the scheme of hunter’s life would he take his laptop to a stranger? he must know tons of people who could have fixed it…
      and ashley just forgot her journal?
      no sorry…none of this passes my sniff test

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        1. yes, but he’s a RICH drug addict…you can’t tell me there was no one he knew that fix it–given the crap that’s on there?
          and same for the diary–if it meant that much to her to bring it to rehab–why carelessly forget it? she’d be more “with it” after rehab…more clear headed…
          nope, sorry…not buying it.
          they might be eff bee eye enhanced incidents but they were deliberate…

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          1. Again, we’ll see…..just being my skeptical self. So you’re saying that the computer repair guy, who has lost his business, had to move and gets death threats, has been lying in every interview he’s given? Sorry – can’t go there.

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            1. no. i’m saying eff bee eye guy (seemingly a pal of hunter’s) could have convinced him that this computer place would do a great job quickly…like mkultra without the shooting.
              after he dropped off the laptop…they let hunter be hunter–drugging and forgetting. but the bomb (laptop) was planted and would go off when the eff bee eye wanted or needed it to…clearly they took advantage of the situation, but isn’t that what blackmail/espionage is? and who does that as cell as the eff bee eye?

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              1. I don’t know who you’re talking about with the eff bee eye guy. I think it is equally likely that Hunter, who really has been abused since a young boy, did it intentionally subconsciously. IRL, no, he wouldn’t dream of it – but all F’ed up on drugs, those feelings start bubbling up again……in his drug addled state “This is all my Father’s fault! HE turned me into this!” Voila!

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              2. we’ll have to agree to disagree.
                I think eff bee eye agents insinuate themselves quite easily into some people’s lives–people who think they’re too smart or above erbody else.
                i’ve had persnal knowledge of how heroin or crack addicts act. they are not the soul searching, woe is me types.

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  7. the bill always comes due…nothing is FREE. solar panels are clogging up landfills…
    FTA
    Sam Vanderhoof, a solar industry expert and chief executive of Recycle PV Solar, says that only 1 in 10 panels are actually recycled, according to estimates drawn from International Renewable Energy Agency data on decommissioned panels and from industry leaders.

    The looming challenge over how to handle truckloads of waste, some of it contaminated, illustrates how cutting-edge environmental policy can create unforeseen problems down the road.

    “The industry is supposed to be green,” Vanderhoof said. “But in reality, it’s all about the money.”

    California came early to solar power. Small governmental rebates did little to bring down the price of solar panels or to encourage their adoption until 2006, when the California Public Utilities Commission formed the California Solar Initiative. That granted $3.3 billion in subsidies for installing solar panels on rooftops.

    The measure exceeded its goals, bringing down the price of solar panels and boosting the share of the state’s electricity produced by the sun. Because of that and other measures, such as requirements that utilities buy a portion of their electricity from renewable sources, solar power now accounts for 15% of the state’s power.

    But as California barreled ahead on its renewable-energy program, focusing on rebates and — more recently — a proposed solar tax, questions about how to handle the waste that would accrue years later were never fully addressed. Now, both regulators and panel manufacturers are realizing that they don’t have the capacity to handle what comes next.

    https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fstory%2F2022-07-14%2Fcalifornia-rooftop-solar-pv-panels-recycling-danger

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  8. Entire Article: “It appears that Telemundo is the only national media outlet currently seeking to center the true victim of the awful Ohio rape case: not the abortionist, but the girl whose innocence was shattered by a member of her own household.

    Watch as correspondent María Vargas Pión follows up on yesterday’s report, and nails down the relationship between victim and abuser:
    —————–
    MARIA VARGAS PION: Hiding her face, this woman who opened for us the door of the home where the police confirm that Gerson Fuentes lives- charged with raping a 10-year-old girl, identified herself as the mother of the minor and stated that he is innocent.

    VARGAS PION: Do you, as the girl’s mother, think that he is innocent?
    MOTHER: Of course.
    VARGAS PION: Then why is he incarcerated?
    MOTHER: I don’t know, but I don’t really want to talk.

    VARGAS PION: Telemundo News confirmed with two people who know her that she is indeed the girl’s mother; including Daisy Torres, who claims that they both frequent the same nightclub. Upon seeing photos and video images recorded with our cameras, she said the following.

    Is that her?

    DAISY TORRES: It’s her. Yes. That’s right.
    VARGAS PION: And you say that she is the mother of the 10-year-old girl who was raped.
    TORRES: Yes, it is (REDACTED). The girl’s mother.
    VARGAS PION: She also said that the woman is in a relationship with Gerson Fuentes.
    TORRES: He’s her partner. And he is the father of the child she is carrying in her womb right now.
    VARGAS PION: So the woman is pregnant.
    TORRES: Yes.

    VARGAS PION: Throughout our exclusive interview with the woman who says that she is the girl’s mother, we pressed her on whether 27-year-old Gerson Fuentes was the minor’s rapist. She replied without hesitation.

    MOTHER: Everything that they are saying against him is a lie.

    A horrendous story just got more awful. As I suspected, the victim’s mother is in a domestic relationship with the confessed rapist, there are two other children in the household and another on the way. The child herself identified the rapist to law enforcement a week after the abortion and two weeks after the rape was reported to authorities.
    The question has to be asked- why did the child remain in the household a full two weeks after the rape was reported?

    What other horrors will we learn of by the time this story is fully told? One more thing: why isn’t NBC reporting news broken by its Telemundo assets?

    Click “expand” to view the transcript of the full report as aired on Noticias Telemundo on Friday, July 15th, 2022:

    https://newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/jorge-bonilla/2022/07/15/awful-telemundo-confirms-domestic-relationship-ohio-child

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    1. Yep – and we are in the know on all of it in spite of the press! LOL – they need to get moving – they’ve got less than 4 months to pull it off. Perhaps FJB stumbles and falls down some stairs? Presidential funeral time! BTW, allegedly, we’ve got our first case of monkey pox in NE, according to Sioux City news.

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      1. it’s clearly accelerating, don’t you think?
        ultra maggot taking pills to be cognitive…ultra maggot threatening zelensky’s life in 2016…they need the scapegoat–
        if they get rid of him before the midterms, they might get a boost for the midterms is what root is saying…
        they thought the abortion thing would give them a boost but the misread the room. inflation is too big a deal right now

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              1. i’m curious though…do you think it’s above the intelligence community to manipulate an obviously rich target for their own gain? i wouldn’t put it past them to introduce hunter to some of those women and suggest videotaping it…especially when he’s under the influence…and then use that later to control the administration. and with all his vices, hunter is an exploitable patsy.
                another reason to install ultra maggot in the wh.
                and when you need them out of the wh, BOOM! you start to allow these incidents to leak…

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              2. NOTHING is above the intelligence community, Pat! No, it wouldn’t surprise me if they urged him on but I think he did a lot of that on his own initiative – he is mentally FUCKED!!!

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  10. Good Morning …

    Compressor in one of the heat pumps went out yesterday… now 2 of the 3 hvac units are in need of repair/replacement … dealer is having difficulty finding new units as well as parts. Grand kids are rising to the occasion! They work in aa hot factory at night, now sleep upstairs w/ no air, heat rising from downstairs, no air, gas/pak out. Lots of fans… ol’ lady here still has working heat pump in the Studio. Hopefully Monday morning will yield necessary part for upstairs heat pump.

    Meanwhile, weeks of rain have turned the woods lush green, even with the hi temps we’ve had … the elephant ears are huge! as are the ferns … we’ve managed to trap three armadillos (they almost destroyed my flowers!) Wildlife guy will leave traps for another week to be sure we got them all.

    Hope you are all able to overcome whatever stones are in your path today…

    Happy Sunday … enjoy the day …. don’ let the ‘shiny balls’ distract you! (Great Open Pat)

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    1. Good morning, PR! You’ve got some great kids there! 3 HVAC units? Must be a big house….but, then, I’m not familiar with the capacity of each unit so….I should just shut up! LOL

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      1. Not that big … studio was an after thought while main building was wrapping up … two would have been sufficient if we had not indulged our whim … 😉

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          1. Hubby was a bit of a cautious (right word?) guy . Actually having more than one has saved our butts more than once!

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              2. Ya’ know, now that I think about it – when I was working for Marilyn’s daughter helping to paint exteriors, we went to some bigger houses and when I saw a pic of 2 of them side by side, I recalled having seen it a time or two.

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              3. It’s the gas/pak that is the problem … much too large for the sq footage it covers, but 33+ yrs ago, propane was cheap… now…? we may not be able to get it in Jan/Feb … but heat pump will heat the upstairs and my studio, so with a few electric heaters down stairs, we’ll be fine. I can sleep in the Studio if need be… I did last night.

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              4. My house was already set up for natural gas for heat when I bought it; I had them come in and run another line for my stove – I despise electric stoves. I’ve got central air with one those units in back of the house on the slab.

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              5. I hear ya! We had nat’l gas when we lived in the City and stove was gas! now, we’re in the country, electric stove, well, septic tank! I have had a plumber or electrician for one or the other every month since last Nov I think …

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              9. the house across the street from us when i lived back home, exploded from a gas leak. luckily the poor woman was not home at the time, but she lost everything…
                scared the crap out of me

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              10. Propane causes explosions, too.

                EXCERPT: “The term “natural gas” actually encompasses several types of gases, including propane, butane, ethanol, and methane. Propane is separated from these other gases and sold for residential and commercial uses. It is naturally odorless and colorless and requires the addition of an odorant so humans can detect it in case of a gas leak. Propane is pressurized into a liquid state for storage and transportation and is therefore called “liquified propane” or LP. Because of this pressurization, even a small discharge of liquified propane will create a serious hazard of ignition or explosion. While natural gas is widely used as a cost-effective way to primarily heat homes and businesses and for outdoor recreational purposes, many dangers of propane gas exist. And, unfortunately, these dangers can lead to significant burn injuries with the potential of impacting the rest of the injured person’s life.”

                https://sinasdramis.com/dangers-of-propane-gas/

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              13. when we were deciding on what kind of heating system to put in this house, electric was our only choice.
                gas or oil would not cross a private bridge to deliver it. and the township wouldn’t put in a bridge for just us.

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  12. roske wants his confession to kill kavanaugh thrown out…
    FTA
    The man now charged with attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh last month is asking a judge to throw out statements he made to law enforcement the night of his arrest.

    In a filing this week, the federal public defender representing Nicholas Roske asked Maryland District Judge Peter J. Messitte to suppress “any and all statements, admissions, and confessions allegedly given by Mr. Roske” the government intends to use against him at trial.

    Roske was arrested in the early morning hours on June 8 outside Kavanaugh’s Montgomery County home. According to court documents, U.S. Marshals stationed outside Kavanaugh’s home saw an individual later identified as Roske exit a taxi that had stopped in front of the residence just after 1 a.m. Roske was reportedly wearing black clothing and carrying a backpack and suitcase. When Roske saw the Marshals, they said, he turned and walked down the street.

    A short time later, the Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center received a call from someone identifying himself as Roske and saying “he was having suicidal thoughts and had a firearm in his suitcase.” The caller also said he had come from California to kill a specific U.S. Supreme Court justice.

    A search of Roske’s suitcase turned up a 9mm Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammo, along with a black tactic chest rig and knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar and duct tape.

    After being transported to a nearby police precinct, Roske reportedly agreed to speak to detectives, saying he was upset about the leak of the draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case pending before the Supreme Court, which could drastically reduce constitutional protections for abortion. Roske also allegedly said he was concerned that Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws and referenced the mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.

    https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/man-accused-of-threatening-justice-brett-kavanaugh-wants-confession-suppressed-nicholas-roske-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-dobbs-uvalde/65-ad05dc03-2892-4478-b06f-c2b9f67759d2

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  13. ultra maggot working on online asylum process that would have illegals arriving at AIRPORTS…from anywhere in the world
    FTA
    Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford is warning that the Biden administration’s forthcoming online asylum system will lead to illegal immigrants showing up at airports around the country, worsening the migration crisis.

    Lankford said he discovered the plan for the new asylum system during his meetings with Biden administration officials this week.

    “They’re in the process of designing a new system for asylum, and in their new system for asylum, it is an online sign-up for asylum that you could sign up for asylum from anywhere in the world,” Lankford said during a news conference with a group of Republican senators who visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Friday. “And then not only cross the border illegally and request asylum and be able to come right in, but you could literally come to any airport in America and make the same claim coming from anywhere in the world.

    “It is clear this administration not only doesn’t want to stop illegal immigration, they’re trying to accelerate this. They’re not working to stop it. They’re working to make it more efficient.”

    https://justthenews.com/government/congress/gop-senator-warns-bidens-new-asylum-system-would-lead-illegal-immigrants

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    1. Niccceee!!! I can only hope mine are that big! The first couple of years they were but last year they weren’t even close. Maybe this year…..we’ll see! Did not know it was Peach Ice Cream day.

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      1. how long can you keep them after you pick them?

        I just bought another bag of macintosh apples–the wrapper says NY apples. i know it isn’t apple season yet–so these had to have been stored somewhere.
        wondering how and where and if you can do that with other picked fruit?

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        1. You got me on that one – they never last long enough around me to find out! LOL – those store bought apples I think are treated with chemicals, just like potatoes are and possibly other veggies/fruit. Might there be apple trees in green houses?

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          1. i dunno…
            I’ve never seen them at walmarts after apple season is over…but this little market in town seems to have them year round…

            i agree on the peaches–I don’t buy a lot at a time, maybe a half dozen, we eat those then i buy more

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              4. Oh, I’m sure there are but I haven’t a clue – I don’t even know what kind is growing in my backyard right now! LOL – the paperwork from when I ordered them is buried in this bin…….

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              5. Huh! Fancy that! Doughnut Peaches!!!
                EXCERPT: “Peaches are juicy fruits with over 2,000 varieties found worldwide. They are members of the rose family, close relatives of almonds, and among those called “stone fruits” because of the hard pits surrounding their seeds.

                The peach originated in China and domesticated as early as 6,000 B.C. China remains the world’s leading producer of peaches accounting for about half of global production.

                Its scientific name Prunus persica, which means Persian Plum, comes from the early European belief that the peach originated in Persia or modern-day Iran. Meanwhile, the ancient Romans called it malum persicum, which means Persian apple. Its name later evolved into the French pêche or the English “peach.”

                https://www.homestratosphere.com/types-of-peaches/

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        2. EXCERPT: “We know that processed foods often contain a host of unhealthy additives, from fake flavors and colors to chemical preservatives. What you don’t know is that sometimes chemicals are added to fresh produce after it’s picked and before it gets to the grocery store.

          When you buy an apple, a bag of potatoes or an orange, you’re probably under the impression that these fresh fruits and vegetables have only been washed clean before being stacked neatly in the produce section.

          In addition to the chemicals used to grow produce, there are a host of post harvest chemicals and colorants applied: in the field, in washing water, in transport, in storage and in packaging. Unlike processed foods, there is no label on fresh food that tells us what they are.
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          How are chemicals used post harvest?

          Fungicides which prevent or delay the appearance of rota and molds in the product.

          Examples are, sodium orthophenylphenate (SOPP), thiabendazole (TBZ), sodium hypochlorite, and sulphur dioxide (SO2). Methyl formate (Erinol), ethyl formate and (in some countries) ethylene oxide are frequently applied to dried fruits to kill infestations of insects and molds.

          Sulphur dioxide, benzoic acid, propionic acid, ascorbic acid and sorbic acid are added to processed fruit products, especially juices, to inhibit the growth of yeasts and molds.

          Chemicals that delay ripening or senescence.

          Examples are: the kinins and kinetins that delay chlorophyll degradation and senescence in leafy vegetables; gibberellins that retard the ripening of tomatoes and hold citrus fruits on the tree beyond normal maturity; and auxins that delay deterioration of oranges and green beans.

          Growth retardants that inhibit sprouting and growth.

          Examples are maleic hydrazide which is applied pre-harvest and inhibits sprouting in a number of stored commodities, e.g., onions and potatoes. A number of chemicals are applied post-harvest to potatoes to control sprouting, for example, CIPC, TCNB and MENA.

          Daminozide (Alar) increases fruit firmness, color and encourages early maturation in apples.”

          https://ethicalfoods.com/sprayed-produce-harvest/

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          1. Her hubby was going to file a lawsuit – not sure if that’s happened yet – that might be what it takes but, again, it will have to be a different DOJ for it to go anywhere.

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  18. says a lot…most of abrams’ donations came from ny, ca, and dc
    FTA
    Stacey Abrams has raised almost $50 million for her gubernatorial campaign in Georgia. Just $7 million (14 percent) of that fundraising haul came from residents of that state, however, according to an analysis by Washington Free Beacon alum Lachlan Markay.

    Nearly half the money raised by Abrams’s campaign and leadership committee ($22.7 million) came from donors in three deep-blue states and one liberal territory that wants to be a state but never will: California ($10.2 million), Washington, D.C. ($6.4 million), New York ($3.6 million), and Delaware ($2.5 million). The result is not entirely surprising given that Abrams recently described Georgia as “the worst state in the country to live.”

    Those astonishing figures stand in stark contrast to the fundraising numbers posted by Abrams’s opponent, Gov. Brian Kemp (R., Ga.), who has raised most of his campaign funds from in-state donors. More than 83 percent of the $31.5 million raised by Kemp’s campaign and leadership committee came from Georgia residents, the analysis found.

    https://freebeacon.com/democrats/stacey-abrams-fundraising-scandal/

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  19. here’s that total i was looking for…congress critters want ultra maggot to sweep away their debt–conflict of interest there–but aoc doesn’t like congress critters buying stock options…
    FTA
    In total, 13 Democratic members of Congress who have publicly called on Biden to cancel student debt owe upward of a combined $1.5 million in outstanding student debt, the Daily Caller reported.

    Kendra Arnold, the executive director of the conservative watchdog group Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, said it is fair to question whether the lawmakers are only advocating their interests.

    “When Members have these type of connections to issues they are directly advocating for, it leads to citizens fairly questioning whether members are advocating for the public good or their own personal interests,” Arnold told the Daily Caller.

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/financial-boon-aoc-squad-members-biden-cancels-student-debt

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      1. well, aoc was making a big deal out of piglosi’s hubby *and other congress critters) doing the stock thing…but she has no problem with this

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  25. Andy Rooney Looks at Life

    Hey, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death. What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backward.

    Let’s die first, get it out of the way. Then live in an old age home. Get kicked out because you’re too young, get a gold watch and go to work. Work forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy retirement. Do drugs, alcohol, party, get ready for high school. Go to grade school, become a kid, play, have no responsibilities. Become a little baby, and go back into the womb, Spend the last nine months floating and finish off as an orgasm.
    ——————-
    It has come to this. I decide to do work on the car, start to the garage and notice the mail on the table. OK, I’m going to work on the car. BUT FIRST I’m going to go through the mail. Lay car keys down on the desk. After discarding the junk mail, I notice the trash can is full. OK, I’ll just put the bills on my desk. BUT FIRST I’ll take the trash out.

    Since I’m going to be near the mailbox, I’ll address a few bills. Now, where is the checkbook? Oops, there’s only one check left. Where did I put the extra checks? BUT FIRST I need to put the cup back in the kitchen. I head for the kitchen, look out the window, notice the flowers need a drink of water. I put the cup on the counter and there’s my extra pair of glasses on the kitchen counter. What are they doing here? I’ll just put them away… BUT FIRST, need to water those plants.

    I head for the door and notice someone left the TV remote in the wrong spot. Okay, I’ll put the remote away and water the plants. BUT FIRST I need to find those checks.

    END OF THE DAY: Oil in the car not changed, bills still unpaid, the cup still in the sink, checkbook still has only one check left, lost my car keys. And, when I try to figure out how come nothing got done today, I’m baffled because… I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY!

    I realize this condition is serious. I’ll get help… BUT FIRST, I think I’ll check my e-mail.
    ——————-
    Mid-life has hit you when you stand naked in front of a mirror and can see your rear end without turning around.

    If carrots are so good for the eyes, how come I see so many dead rabbits on the highway?
    How come we choose from just two people for president and 50 for Miss America?

    Ever notice that people who spend money on beer, cigarettes, and lottery tickets are always complaining about being broke and not feeling well?

    Isn’t having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool?

    Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you are in bed with a relative.
    Why is it that most nudists are people you don’t want to see naked?
    “Old” is when the porn movie you bring home is “Debby Does Dialysis.”

    Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hear Mom’s wise words: “Don’t pick that up, you don’t know where it’s been.”

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  26. Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack’s minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.

    “I realize it’s terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I’m recently widowed,” she explained. “I’m afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house.”

    “Don’t worry,” Jack said. “We’ll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we’ll be gone at first light.” The lady agreed, and the men settled in for the night.

    Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they went on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing. But about nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend.

    He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, “Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up North about 9 months ago?” “Yes, I do,” said Bob.

    “Did you, er, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?” “Well, um, yes,” Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out. “I have to admit that I did.”

    “And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your real name?” Bob’s face turned beet red and he said, “Yeah, look, I’m sorry, buddy. I’m afraid I did. Why do you ask?” “She just died and left me everything.”

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  27. Two old ladies were outside their nursing home, having a smoke when it started to rain. One of the ladies pulled out a condom, cut off the end, put it over her cigarette, and continued smoking.

    GERT: Holy smoke, What’s that?
    MABEL: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn’t get wet.

    GERT: Where did you get it?
    MABEL: You can get them at any drugstore.

    The next day, Gert hobbles into the local drugstore and tells the pharmacist that she needs a box of condoms.

    The guy, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely (she is, after all, almost 90 years of age), but very delicately asks what brand she prefers. Gert answers, “Doesn’t matter son, as long as it fits a Camel.”
    The pharmacist fainted.
    —————-
    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson goes on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend.

    ‘Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”
    “I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes,” replies Watson.
    “And what do you deduce from that?”

    Watson ponders for a minute. “Well, astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you, Holmes?”

    Holmes is silent for a moment. ‘Watson, you idiot!” he says. “Someone has stolen our tent!”
    ——————
    Johnny walks into class late. His teacher says: “Johnny, do not walk into class late again.” The next day Johnny crawls into class late once again. His teacher says, “Johnny, I thought I told you not to come into class late.” Johnny responds, “No, you told me I couldn’t walk in class late.”
    ——————
    One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift…The next year, I didn’t buy her a gift. When she asked me why I replied, “Well, you still haven’t used the gift I bought you last year!” And that’s how the fight started…
    ——————
    The teacher gave her 5th-grade class an assignment: Get their parents to tell them a story w/a moral at the end of it. The next day, the kids came back &, one by one began to tell their stories. There were all the regular types of stuff: Spilled milk & pennies saved. But then the teacher realized, much to her dismay, that only Janie was left.

    “Janie, do you have a story to share?”

    “Yes, ma’am. My daddy told me a story about my Mommy. She was a Marine pilot in Desert Storm, & her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory, & all she had was a flask of whiskey, a pistol, & a survival knife.

    She drank the whiskey on the way down so the bottle wouldn’t break, & then she parachuted right into the middle of 20 Iraqi troops. She shot 15 of them w/the pistol, until she ran out of bullets, killed 4 more w/the knife, till the blade broke, & then she killed the last Iraqi w/her bare hands.”

    “Good Heavens,” said the horrified teacher. “What did your Daddy tell you was the moral to this horrible story?”

    “Don’t f*** with Mommy when she’s been drinking.”

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    1. you know, I’ve always thought I’d want you in my fox hole with me–there to the end…
      now I’m not sure…you’d have me laughing so hard I’d give our position away!

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  28. THE BLACK BRA (as told by a woman)

    I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends. One is engaged, one is a mistress, and I, the third one, have been married for 20+ years. We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by greeting them at the door wearing a black bra, stiletto heels and a mask over our eyes. We agreed to meet in a few days to exchange notes. Here’s how it all went.

    My engaged friend: “The other night when my boyfriend came over he found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos, and a mask. He saw me and said, ‘You are the woman of my dreams…I love you.’ Then we made passionate love all night long.”

    The mistress: “Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing a raincoat, under it only the black bra, heels and mask over my eyes. When I opened the raincoat he didn’t say a word, but he started to tremble and we had wild sex all night.”

    Then I had to share my story: “When my husband came home I was wearing the black bra, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. When he came in the door and saw me he said, (you are going to love this..) “What’s for dinner, Zorro?”

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        1. They were having some problems even before COVID since anyone who tests positive for MJ is automatically disqualified. That needs to change but, then, recreational MJ should be legal, as I’ve said many times. Not the supercharged stuff but the normal, regular MJ you grow for your own use.

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  36. Ah, yes….the manipulation by children….I heard a child crying outside and walked to the door to see what was going on – my neighbor’s (to the west) daughter’s car is there and I know she has kids but didn’t see anything. Then I walked out onto the patio and the sound was coming from further south. I got out my mini-binoculars and watched a perhaps 5 year old little blond girl walk out from the back of their garage to the patio, crying her heart out. I think it’s probably their granddaughter. After a few seconds, it just cut off. She leaned over and peaked around the doorway to the garage, looking for someone to cry to – nope! No luck…..she wandered around on the patio, into the garage, back up to the deck – nope, nobody to cry to. I didn’t hear one more sound from her! ROFL – they can be soooo transparent!

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  43. I do love watching these birds. The fledglings are now starting to hit the small jelly feeder but their inexperience is so obvious. Normally, Orioles will chase any other bird away – the fledglings sit and wait until the finch/sparrow is finished, then they land on the feeder. I’ve watched 3 of them do it this morning. They only have one brood every year so I expect a lot of the adults will be back around the feeders now. I filled the small one yesterday morning – went out to drain the rain off the top this morning and it was all gone!!!!

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      1. I’ll have to order another case of jelly….out of the 12 jars I got, I have 4.5 left!!! With the adults back full-bore, those are not going to last the summer. Unless they happen to leave really early…..at least I can keep what I don’t use for next year.

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  44. vetically grown straberries–were $50 A BOX…now only cost $20 a BOX…but they’re “better”…right
    FTA
    Grocery store strawberries are often engineered for shelf life, flushed with pesticides and picked while under-ripe. That’s how California strawberries can make their way into Midwest or East coast kitchens — but it comes at the expense of berry softness and juiciness.

    Oishii doesn’t even attempt to solve for the same problem: The company only delivers and sells at stores within a roughly 20-mile radius of its vertical farms. Koga acknowledges that shipping strawberries nationwide would improve sales, but says Oishii’s farms are already producing berries at maximum capacity — and shipping to farther distances could diminish the quality of the strawberries, which are grown at low temperatures to preserve freshness.

    “We don’t want to be just a social and sustainable company, but we actually want to provide a product that is better than what’s currently available,” Koga says.

    When the boxes of six strawberries cost $50 each, a single strawberry was worth $8.33. Even today’s slashed cost of $3.33 per berry is still pretty pricey.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/16/how-oishiis-vertical-farms-grow-strawberries-that-sell-for-20-a-box.html

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    1. Yeah, no – I don’t think so!! Mom planted a couple of strawberry plants in one of her long, oblong planters and has been eating strawberries for some time now. The hanging ones are cool, too!

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            1. I don’t see why not and, as creative as you are, you could make your own hanging planter! As long as they get sun, you should be good to go. And I would think you might even be able to keep them producing all thru the winter but I’m not sure about their producing schedule, whether it’s only once a year or more often. In fact, I’m going to look into that myself – I have a hanging basket I could use……since I use them in my smoothies, why not save that $$$?

              EXCERPT: “Strawberry plants indoors? You betcha! In fact, growing strawberries indoors may be an easier option for some people. Growing strawberries indoors allows you to control such factors as light and temperature, and ousts all those pesky outdoor critters whose sole aim is to keep you from your strawberry shortcake. Keep reading for tips on how to grow strawberries inside.”

              https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/strawberry/strawberry-plants-indoors.htm

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  45. I just realized….I haven’t seen, or heard, ANY Starlings this year and the blackbirds are few and far between. How odd! I just saw a red-headed woodpecker again and I think I might try some suet and see what happens.

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  46. Oh, FFS! Seriously, Rucker??? You can’t even use proper grammar??!!?? SMDH

    EXCERPT: “As seems to be the case every time an armed and dangerous criminal is killed by police, the loonies of Antifa, BLM, and Defund-the-Police are out in force to “honor” Tekle Sundberg. He shot at people, threatened people, and was righteously taken out by police snipers. But the “activists” who never consider circumstances before committing to their unhinged protests still showed up to make themselves look like fools.

    According to KARE11: “People gathered Saturday afternoon to honor Andrew ‘Tekle’ Sundberg while demanding more answers after he was shot and killed by law enforcement on Thursday morning. More than 100 people, including Sundberg’s parents, gathered outside the apartment complex where Tekle Sundberg was shot.

    Two Minneapolis police snipers shot Sundberg early Thursday morning, ending a six-hour standoff that began when police were called to the apartment complex at around 9:30 p.m. on a report of shots being fired inside the building. A mother with two young children called 911 and told dispatchers someone was firing shots through their apartment.

    That mother decided to confront the woke group of protesters. She may not have gotten through to them based on their insensitive heckling, but her point was made for those with a brain.
    (Tweet w/video of Mom)

    Is the police always in the right when they shoot a suspect? No. There are bad shoots. But the vast majority of them are justified, which is why it’s insane that radical leftists protest EVERY SINGLE TIME a Black man is shot.”

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  47. The Bee:

    SAUDI ARABIA — President Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia got off to a rocky start, as Biden repeatedly asked the Crown Prince if he could meet Jafar.

    “So are you really, really sure you’re not Jafar?” asked President Biden as he sat down with Mohammed bin Salman. “Well, maybe you can rub your magic lamp for me and then tell the genie my wish is to see Jafar! Wait, you don’t even have a magic lamp? What kind of joke is this?! Come on, man!”

    After calming the visibly frustrated Biden, aides attempted to turn the conversation to oil production. “Oh right, oil!” said Biden, suddenly remembering the task at hand. “So, can you give us some? Tell you what, every million barrels you give me, I’ll give you one free assassination. You’re the guy who likes assassinations, right? Boy, I got some drones you would love!”

    At the word “assassination”, an angry Crown Prince abruptly ended the meeting and aides attempted to usher Biden out the door. “I don’t want to meet with this clown anyway! Bring me Jafar!” shouted the President as he walked out. “Yeah go on you clown, get on your magic carpet and go get the big guy!”

    At publishing time, the price of gas had gone up another 700% and America was preparing for its next war in the Middle East.”

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  48. More from The Bee:

    LOUISVILLE, KY — Fake and deceitful nurses inside the local crisis pregnancy center have reportedly just tricked another innocent woman into not killing her own baby.

    According to sources, the duplicitous volunteers at the clinic celebrated with shouting and high-fives all around as the woman left. “Woo hoo! We got another one, team!” said clinic volunteer Sarah Smith. “These fools keep falling for it. They come here looking for “healthcare” that kills their child immediately and we delude them into thinking that they should let their sweet, innocent baby live!”

    Witnesses say the loathsome, deceptive clinic uses smoke-and-mirror tactics such as letting moms listen to the baby’s heartbeat and showing them images of the baby’s face and wiggling hands. “It’s unbelievable how deplorable these clinics can be,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren, an outspoken advocate for baby-killing. “We have to shut down these sham clinics NOW! What’s next? Beautiful babies growing up in a loving home, raised by a man and woman that love them? The horror!”

    Other disturbing accounts state that the volunteers even prayed with the woman, and gave her prenatal vitamins, free diapers, clothes, bottles, a car seat, pacifiers, swaddles, and a multitude of other resources that can be freely accessed at any time.

    At publishing time, the crisis pregnancy center staff openly stated that they hope to do this again and again to as many women as possible and that they are just getting started.
    ———————-
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bold move this morning to address the nation’s financial woes, President Biden has officially called on the American economy to stop being bad.

    “Come on, economy!” said an impassioned President Biden. “Make everything cheaper! Give everyone more money! I hereby demand you stop being atrocious! Do it. Do it now!”

    Pundits immediately lauded President Biden’s brilliant plan, with MSNBC heralding it as the most transformative economic initiative since the New Deal. “Biden simply asking the economy to be better is nothing short of genius,” said Rachel Maddow. “Economists are out there playing checkers, and Joe Biden is here playing chess, what with his clarion call to give everyone more money and make everything cheaper. Why has no one thought of this before?”

    President Biden also took the opportunity to speak directly to the struggling stock market. “I know people who used to have money in their retirement accounts are frustrated — which is why today I am also calling on the stock market to go up. Just do it, ok? Just make the numbers bigger! Repeat line, end of speech!”

    At publishing time, sources say inflation is still skyrocketing, a recession has begun, the stock market is still crashing, and it’s all Putin’s fault.
    ———————-

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Campbell’s Biology Textbook, 11th Edition, was arrested on the charge of inciting violence after it repeatedly insisted that only women can get pregnant.

    “Science is so unbelievably transphobic and has no place in our society,” said law professor Samantha Middleton. “Textbooks that explain basic biological facts about women are essentially calls to violence. I’m grateful to finally see this menace behind bars, where it can no longer disagree with how I feel.”

    Prior to its incarceration, the biology textbook was subjected to intense interrogation by progressives. “We really tried to give science the chance to stop being so bigoted,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren. “But no matter how much we yelled and screamed, the science book just sat there, stubbornly refusing to change its mind. Well! I hope it enjoys believing in objective reality while it rots in prison!”

    Though previously well-respected, the biology textbook had come under fire over the past two years for “erasing” trans men. According to liberals, the book did so with its simultaneous claims that only females get pregnant, and that those females are, in fact, female. “Pretty bold claims this book is making here,” said biologist Dr. Martin Stevenson. “I know this will ruffle some feathers out there, but I have to be honest here: females are females. I know that really makes a lot of people angry, though I still can’t quite understand why.”

    At publishing time, Dr. Stevenson was thrown in prison along with J.K. Rowling, all Latin-based languages, and every textbook printed before 2021.

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  49. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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