What Shall We Bake Today?

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Today we’re going to make carrot cake! I like this recipe because it uses a cake mix, genuine carrots and chopped nuts!

Carrot Cake

1 package yellow cake mix (I like Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe)

4 eggs

1/2 cup crisco oil

3 cups grated carrots

1 cup finely chopped walnuts (pecans also work in this recipe)

2 tsp ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350*. Grease and flour 2 8-inch cake pans. Combine cake mix, eggs, oil, carrots, nuts and cinnamon in a large bowl. Beat at low speed until moistened, then for 2 minutes beat on medium speed. Pour into pans. Bake at 350* for 35-40 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wax paper lined plates. When completely cooled, frost. I have included a recipe for cream cheese frosting which I do not use because I don’t like cream cheese frosting…LOL

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter, softened

2 tsp vanilla

4 cups confectioners sugar

Place cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at low speed until smooth and creamy. Add confectioners sugar gradually, beating until smooth. (If the frosting needs to be thickened, add more confectoners sugar. If it needs to be thinned, add a little milk. ) Fill and frost the cooled cake. Garnish with additional chopped nuts if desired. Enjoy!

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  1. I just got done scattering little butterflies everywhere…..it is claimed they are water proof but I think they are just wax-covered paper, which is fine – I mean, what do you expect for 50 for less than $10. They are pretty. I put 16 of them in front of my front porch, then put some in the marigold pot, all of the moss rose pots, and my 3 hanging baskets in front. Looks cute! I still have 6 left to scatter somewhere……hmmmm…..

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      1. Aren’t they just sooo cute??? LOL – they just perk me right up! They are on thin metal stakes with a little spring that attaches the butterfly, thereby letting them move some in the breeze! I am really pleased with them.

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          1. IDK….since they are so close to the ground…..guess I’ll find out! I’m just leaving the danged bungees on the glider. The wind dies, I take them off; the very next day, here comes the wind again….so I’m just leaving them where they are. Flies are biting today, which generally means rain coming.

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      1. hey kea!
        deer eat everything here…when they’re hungry, they eat it…
        when we drive thru the finger lakes, we see vineyard after vineyard—no deer damage…BUT no fences either. without a fence, the leave would be eaten off my vines the moment they sprouted

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  2. OK … last one about the outside world

    It’s a comment lifted from site I posted earlier, MoA

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    “Medvedev’s been on a roll via his Telegram. Perhaps he’s angling to become a comedian after he retires from government. He’s certainly practicing! The first entry is from yesterday:

    Weapons that are and which are not immediately there:
    Amazing things are happening now overseas. Despite last year’s $85 billion debacle of abandoned military equipment in Afghanistan, the White House continues to pump weapons uncontrollably into the agonizing Kiev regime. This is not the first time such a decision has been made. So, as Mayakovsky said, someone needs it.

    The Kabul-Kandahar corruption experiments of the US military have ended, but the gray schemes for the sale of weapons to third countries have not. They bring a lot of “greenery”. Despite the rotten chaos in “Nezalezhnaya”, the supply of “deadly metal” there is carried out as if by the hour. Well, the United States needs a new Afghan, which today’s Ukraine is rapidly turning into. The thieves’ funnel sucks in more and more expensive weapons.

    The Pentagon predictably denies everything, frantically lies and is incompetently confused in its testimony. At the same time, any voices that try to object are immediately suppressed. For criticizing the uncontrolled supply of weapons, Kiev even got a Russophobic congresswoman of Ukrainian origin Sparz, who until recently advocated bloody lend-lease. For she encroached on the innermost thing – the money, which, as you know, does not smell like either gunpowder or corpses.

    Moreover, in this situation, examples from history do not speak in favor of the United States. For example, a significant part of the Washington regional committee usually participated in the secret supply of weapons in circumvention of various embargoes. “Sleepy Joe,” by the way, was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the ’80s. So the experience of secret transactions on blood there is substantial.

    The conclusion is simple. The American weapons currently supplied to Malorossiya will spread in the hands of various criminals around the world. More precisely, it is already in full swing. And under the “roof” of the administration and special services of the United States. In fact, America is once again becoming a sponsor of international terrorism. I do not rule out that later, together with the responsible countries, it will be necessary to work out the possibility of creating a special mechanism to investigate this rotten weapons plot. And perhaps we should think about forming a special international body to withdraw American gifts coming out here and there.

    However, this will not affect the final scenario in any way. Professional gun thieves in the United States and Ukraine will fill their pockets properly.

    Terrorists and radicals will have more lethal types of military equipment.

    Russia will achieve all its goals.

    And there will be peace. On our terms. And not those that are being talked about in Europe and overseas by confused political impotents.”

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  3. I wish these documentaries – Mysteries of the Unknown – wouldn’t use such over-the-top rhetoric and grand theatrical pronouncements – about a blockage in the London sewer tunnels – “It is a monster that could cause a disaster of planetary proportions!!!!” Oh, FFS, people!!!!

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    1. Some are saying that was a gaffe….I’m thinking he was talking about Beau.

      Hmmmm…..sound familiar?

      From NYP November 2021: “President Biden had a benign, slow-growing and potential precancerous polyp removed from his colon during last week’s unexpected colonoscopy, his doctor revealed in a memo. The 3 millimeter polyp was identified as a “tubular adenoma” — similar to the polyp Biden had removed in 2008, the president’s doctor Kevin O’Connor said Wednesday.

      The specimen, while benign, is potentially thought to be precancerous but there is “no further action” required for the president, other than routine checkups, the physician said. O’Connor added that repeat colonoscopies are usually recommended in seven to 10 years. Following Biden’s routine doctor’s appointment on Friday, O’Connor released a six-page report of the president’s physical, initially revealing the benign polyp was identified. O’Connor wrote that the colonoscopy was “reassuring.”

      The doctor also noted the 79-year-old commander in chief is “fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,” though experiencing more “stiffness.” Biden underwent anesthesia for his colonoscopy at Walter Reed Medical Center, handing over presidential powers to Vice President Kamala Harris for 85 minutes.”

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        2. You nailed it! He’s an ass …

          I have family history of colo-rectal cancer so I have the scope every 5 years…

          The last three scopes resulted in removal of polyps … first 12 yrs ago, two benign polyps; 2nd 7 yrs ago, one, benign, and two yrs ago, one benign.

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            1. I did enjoy the videos!!
              the fishing lures were hard for me to tell!!
              katie made me laugh!
              and that bombards body language one I always enjoy her!
              I usually focus on the main person, but she was right–looking at blinken (?) on the left–HE WAS SEETHING…I would have missed that!

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  18. EXCERPT: “A lawsuit filed in federal court accuses the U.S. government of stonewalling because officials won’t release documents pertaining to the employment and potential conflicts of interest involving Christine Grady, Ph.D., chief of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Bioethics — and wife of White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci.

    American Transparency, a nonprofit operating as OpenTheBooks.com, filed the complaint July 12 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HHS is the parent agency of the NIH, which in turn is home to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), headed by Fauci.

    The lawsuit describes OpenTheBooks as “the largest private repository of United States public-sector spending.” Judicial Watch, a legal watchdog group, is assisting with the suit via its legal counsel, Paul J. Orfanedes. According to the lawsuit, OpenTheBooks on April 8 filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the NIH, seeking the following records:
    —————–
    The lawsuit claims the NIH legally was required to produce a final determination on the FOIA request by May 26 — 30 days after the initial filing — but failed to do so. Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks, told The Defender that “while NIH could claim ‘administrative exhaustion,’ they failed to do so on the timeline laid out by law.”

    OpenTheBooks is asking the court to order the NIH to “conduct a search for any and all records responsive to plaintiff’s FOIA requests and demonstrate that it employed search methods reasonably likely to lead to the discovery of [these records].” The plaintiff also is asking the court to “enjoin [the] Defendant from continuing to withhold any and all non-exempt records,” as well as the awarding of attorneys’ fees and other relief.

    “Some of the information we seek is quite basic,” Andrzejewski said, including Grady’s actual job description and employment terms. “It’s all material to our investigation because Grady is the top ethics officer at NIH. It is astonishing that highly compensated bureaucrats, especially ones dealing in the public health space, go about their jobs without a simple way for the public to understand what it is they do.”

    Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said in a statement: “We have good reason to believe that these financial disclosure records will give Americans a more complete picture of the conflicts of interest that have compromised NIH — and Dr. Fauci. “That our client had to file a federal lawsuit to gain access to this basic information speaks volumes.”

    More: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/lawsuit-documents-anthony-fauci-wife-nih/

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  19. EXCERPT: “The U.S. pharmaceutical industry exercised its virtually unlimited pricing power to hike costs for patients again this month as Senate Democrats made progress toward a limited deal to regulate out-of-control prescription drug prices, which are forcing millions of people to ration their medication or go without it entirely.

    A new analysis released Tuesday by Patients for Affordable Drugs estimates that pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. have raised drug prices 1,186 times so far this year, further padding their bottom lines while intensifying the already overwhelming cost burden for patients. Patients for Affordable Drugs found that between June 24 and July 5, pharmaceutical companies increased prices for 133 products. Pfizer, for instance, hiked the cost of its leukemia medication Besponsa again this month, bringing its per-vial price tag to $21,056.

    “This is Pfizer’s fourth hike on the cancer drug during the COVID-19 pandemic — even as the company enjoys record-shattering profits from its vaccine,” the analysis notes. The patient group also spotlighted Amgen’s price hikes for its autoimmune disease drug Enbrel. The California-based firm’s price increases for the medication have exceeded even the record-high U.S. inflation rate. Amgen’s two price hikes for Enbrel this year alone are particularly brazen given that the company has faced recent congressional scrutiny over its business practices.

    “Americans are struggling with record inflation and the continued challenges of a pandemic,” David Mitchell, the founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs, said in a statement. “Yet Big Pharma continues to raise drug prices with no regard for the health and financial well-being of Americans.”

    Mitchell, a patient with incurable blood cancer whose drugs come with an annual list price of more than $900,000, argued that the pharmaceutical industry’s “latest price hikes demonstrate again why the Senate must stand up for the American people and pass the comprehensive drug pricing reforms in the reconciliation package.”

    “These reforms are overwhelmingly supported by Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike, and the votes are there to pass the package immediately,” said Mitchell. “We must put an end to drug corporations’ unfettered ability to dictate prices at the expense of patients.”

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/united-states-big-pharma-drug-price-hikes-cd/

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  23. The Bee:

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — AOC is still being held 1 day after her high-profile arrest at the Supreme Court building, as Capitol Police have confirmed that they misplaced the invisible key for her invisible handcuffs.

    “Well, this is embarrassing,” said Capitol Police Chief Ingrid Surrection. “We always misplace our invisible key! Whose idea was it to make it invisible, anyway?”

    Sources say AOC is still standing in front of the Supreme Court, her hands invisibly bound together as the invisible police car also never showed up to take her to jail. “I remain committed to bravely fighting for the fundamental human right to kill babies,” said the Congresswoman. “I will stay here for as long as it takes, but I hope the police find the key soon. I have to go to the bathroom.”

    At publishing time, Capitol Police found the invisible handcuffs back at the station and realized no one had ever actually handcuffed AOC. They are currently taking bets to see how long she’ll stand there until she figures it out.
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    SOMERSET, MA — After Biden seemed to announce he has cancer during a speech today, the White House quickly issued a retraction, clarifying that Biden only said that because of his dementia.

    “No, Biden does not have cancer of any kind,” said gay black Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “He was just confused due to his dementia. We assure you the President is in perfect health. We’re even having trouble keeping up with him!”

    The White House doctor confirmed the statement, saying Biden is in perfect shape. “I just examined Biden this morning, and except for a fungal infection in his left armpit and some dementia, there’s nothing wrong with him at all,” he said.

    The White House said Biden will give his own statement as soon as they have a chance to adjust his medications.
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    NEW YORK, NY — In a ruling experts believe to be particularly heavy-handed, the comedy writers who were arrested in June at the nation’s Capitol have been cruelly sentenced by a heartless judge to keep writing for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

    Witnesses say the sobbing defendants begged the judge for mercy after the sentence was passed down. One writer grabbed his lawyer’s pen and tried stabbing himself in the jugular.

    “I can’t take another day writing lectures for Colbert!” Yelled one writer while being dragged from the courtroom. “I’ll take months of waterboarding over sitting in the writers’ room, surrounded by posters of Dr. Fauci, and listening to Colbert read the day’s jokes faxed in from the White House! Nooooooo!”

    COVID/Climate/Race enthusiast Stephen Colbert expressed relief at the sentence, as it would make up for the severe shortage of incoming resumes from writers, claiming such a shortage was caused by supply chain issues or something.

    At publishing time, Colbert had welcomed the new inmates back to the writers’ room and got their creative juices flowing with a lighthearted reading of James Comey’s A Higher Loyalty.

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    1. TALLAHASSEE, FL — Due to the influx of new residents from Liberal states, DeSantis has signed an order outlawing man-buns before they can infect the proud and masculine culture of Florida.

      The legal consequences of having a man-bun will include forfeiting the right to vote and having the bun cut off in a public demonstration of justice.

      “Just as we will not have our school textbooks replaced with Marxist propaganda, we will not have our mullets replaced with hippie-dippie man buns,” said DeSantis to the press. “The legacy of Florida as free, fair, and man-bun free will live on!”

      Brett Rodrick, an ex-California resident who now lives in Florida and has sported a man bun since his youth, said “I can’t believe this. What did my man-bun ever do to him, dude? It’s just, like, totally unfair that we can’t rock a bun, you know? DeSantis is such a fascist!”

      Rodrick then tied his long hair up in a messy bun and was immediately dragged away and brought to the town square for a public bun removal.

      At publishing time, Rodrick confirmed he plans to remain in Florida because he likes the low taxes and having a job.
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      WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ilhan Omar was arrested by Capitol Police at an abortion rally yesterday. According to sources, she has used her prison phone call to contact both her husband and her brother.

      “Hey Ahmed! Come bail me out, brother!” said Omar to her husband. “They got me locked up in D.C. jail with invisible handcuffs just because of my bravery at the Supreme Court protest! How long will it take you to get here?”

      Sources close to the couple say Ahmed is distraught that his wife has been arrested, but is also laughing at how his sister keeps getting herself into trouble. “Ha ha! Ilhan you dork! Got yourself arrested again, huh?” Ahmed laughed before breaking down in sobs. “I’m on my way to get you out, my love!”

      AP photographers are reportedly on site, ready to capture the powerful moment the police unlock Omar’s invisible jail cell after her husband-brother Ahmed bails her out with invisible money to await her invisible trial.

      At publishing time, Omar’s husband showed up to post bail but her brother mysteriously disappeared.
      ———————
      SELLERSVILLE, PA — Safety officials have confirmed that the rickety-looking, collapsible roller coaster at your local town carnival, which is currently being operated by a toothless meth addict, is probably fine.

      “Looks pretty safe to me,” said an official-looking man in a “bikini inspector” T-shirt who was missing several fingers from his right hand. “I mean, these rides drive all over the country, operate every night, and have to be set up and taken down by untrained teenagers several times each week. I’m sure they build them pretty sturdy to be able to stand up to that.”

      Gummy Joe, the ride operator, confirmed that the ride’s safety record is unparalleled. “I ain’t never seen no kid get hurt on this here coaster,” he confirmed. “I mean, last month the cars flew off the track and into a nearby lake, but fortunately the seatbelts failed and them kids were thrown clear.”

      A review of the public records of the carnival parent company Crystal Ice Amusements, LLC did not turn up any recorded safety violations in the last five years. The search also didn’t turn up any business permits, inspection certificates, or any other official documentation that the company actually exists.

      At publishing time, someone who looked vaguely like a health inspector confirmed that the corn dogs from the sketchy-looking food trailer are probably fine, too.

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    2. Being a conservative working at Starbucks is more dangerous than being a Navy Seal behind enemy lines. If you want to play a fun game, try looking for the closeted conservative at your local Starbucks. There’s usually at least one. Just don’t out them, or you may ruin their lives!

      Here’s how to spot that closeted conservative hiding in plain sight:

      – only one pride pin: Doing the bare minimum. It’s like he doesn’t even care about LGBTQ+ rights.

      – Has fewer than 13 piercings: Also, be on the lookout for normal-colored hair.

      – Drops everything and stands at attention whenever Trump’s face comes on the TV screen: Could also just be attracted to Trump. Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish the two.

      – Kills spiders for all the liberal male employees: So manly.

      – Says the conservative code words, “Merry Christmas”: The modern-day secret handshake.

      – Gives you a respectful nod when you order black coffee: The official drink of red-pilled white cis-males.

      – Spells names correctly: Sure sign of a quality classical homeschool education!

      – Won’t let transients defecate on the restroom walls: Where does he want them to go? THE TOILET?! This is oppression!

      – Doesn’t seethe when you assume his gender: Also, it’s possible to assume his gender quite easily.

      – Refuses to make you a Unicorn Frappuccino: Have a little dignity, for goodness sake.

      Share this list with your friends and turn your next Starbucks visit into a fun game!
      —————–
      We here at The Babylon Bee are marriage experts. Being considerate and helping your wife around the house is key to a healthy marriage– and it doesn’t even have to be hard work! We drew from decades of combined marriage experience to compile a list of easy ways to help your wife out.

      1. Rinse a dish and leave it near the sink: Your lady will swoon when she sees how considerate you are! For bonus points, place the dish in the sink so she can easily put it in the dishwasher later.

      2. Place excess trash in an organized pile near the trash can until she takes it out: Little things to make her life easier go such a long way!

      3. Avoid the toilet seat debate by peeing in the sink: Lifehack!

      4. Never shower so she’ll have fewer towels to fold: Also, if you never wear socks, you’ll never get in trouble for not throwing them in the hamper.

      5. Helpfully gather all the dirty clothes and passive-aggressively place them in front of the washer: Whatever you do, DON’T actually put them in the washer. You’ll probably do it wrong.

      6. Leave her helpful instructions on sticky notes around the house so she’ll know how to do things properly: You can add little hearts and “XOXOXO” for extra romance.

      7. Say helpful phrases like “My mom didn’t do it that way” when she’s cleaning: Wives love to learn new things from their mothers-in-law. What a great way to pass down helpful knowledge!

      8. Send her pictures of the messes around the house while she’s away so she can mentally prepare for the tasks ahead of her: This selfless act will help her stay mentally organized. It’s the least you can do.

      9. Start the lawnmower for her: Use your big man strength to start the mower so she has more energy to mow the lawn. If you really want to drive her crazy, roll up your sleeves so she sees your big arms while you crank the engine.

      10. Pick up your feet while playing Xbox so she can vacuum under them: Invest in your marriage and do it without being asked!

      11. Place all the sandwich ingredients together on the counter to cut down on her lunch-making time: For extra helpfulness, leave another sticky note to help her make it correctly.

      12. Have many children so they can help around the house: And if you’re a Mormon, you can also take a second wife to help your first wife with the chores!

      There you have it! Now go and invest in your marriage!
      ——————
      WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a move to make purchasing congresspeople easier and faster for lobbyists, Congress voted to approve a new measure that calls for congresspeople to wear barcodes on their foreheads so lobbyists, activists, and corporations can simply scan them and self-checkout.

      Self-checkout machines will be installed at all exits of the Capitol Building, so once they’ve added congresspeople to their cart, lobbyists can pay right on the way out.

      “Purchasing congresspeople used to be a time-consuming, expensive process,” said a Planned Parenthood representative. “Now, we can simply walk through Congress, scan all the congresspeople that are for sale, and checkout without having to interact with any humans.”

      “We hate humans—like, a lot,” the PP rep added.

      One major military-industrial complex lobby group, Americans For Bigger Bombs, said they are also in support of the new move.

      “When you need to make a quick pit stop at our nation’s legislative body to purchase a few congresspeople to start a new war, you need to do it fast,” said one AFBB lawyer. “An attack on Iran can’t wait while you wheel and deal, wine and dine, and negotiate endlessly. Now, I can just scan and go.”
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      Senators, congresspeople, and bureaucrats frantically rewrote the ban to include only businesses that actually produced something and not government agencies that just watched other people make stuff. Though they had dragged their feet on passing bills related to relieving the financial distress of the shutdown, they passed this revision in record speed, almost as quickly as they vote for pay raises for themselves.

      Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she would have caught the mistake but had passed the ban in a hurry, saying, “We had to pass the ban to see what it did.”
      ——————-
      The Boston Tea Party was a totally based political protest that took place on December 16, 1773 as a way of speaking out against taxation without representation — but let’s face it — the tea got the raw end of that deal. We enjoy a good tea every now and then!

      Here’s what we should have dumped in Boston Harbor instead:

      1. Earl Grey the person, not the tea: That guy was the worst.

      2. Those smutty Canterbury Tales: Believe it or not, this trash is still available in school libraries.

      3. Fries that are called “chips” and cookies that are called “biscuits”: You are the author of confusion, King George!

      4. The extra “U” the British keep sticking into words: What the heck is a “colour?” Are you having a stroke?

      5. Aristocratic titles: If you like nobility and sophistication so much, get some Kardashians!

      6. That evil guy from The Patriot: If he was thrown into the harbor Heath Ledger would still be alive today.

      7. Inferior British knockoffs of great original American products: Like The Office and the English language.

      8. Prince Harry: Don’t tread on me, you fop!

      And that’s it, patriots. If all these things were cast into the sea the world would be a much brighter — and less British — place. USA! USA! USA!

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  25. 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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