What Shall We Make Today?

Food 2 Minutes

Easter Candy!  Peanut butter eggs to be specific.

Ingredients

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick) melted

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups powdered sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt optional, add if your peanut butter isn’t already salty

For Dipping:

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or melting wafers (12-ounce bag)

1 tablespoon shortening, coconut oil, or vegetable oil optional, to help chocolate chips melt thinner and make dipping easier

Instructions

In a medium-sized bowl, use an electric mixer to mix peanut butter, melted butter, vanilla extract, and salt (optional) until combined. Slowly add in powdered sugar and mix until incorporated.

The consistency should be a bit like a play-doh and shouldn’t be sticky. If it is sticky, add a bit more powdered sugar. If it’s dry and not holding together when pressed, add a bit more melted butter.        

Roll into balls, flatten, then shape into eggs. You can also use a rolling pin to roll the dough 1/2″ thick, then use an egg cookie cutter or round plastic cup or lid (that “squishes” and is about 2″ in diameter) to cut out oval shapes.

Freeze shaped eggs for 20-30 minutes.

Melt chocolate chips and shortening (optional) in the microwave at 50% power in 30-second increments, stirring in between each increment. If using melting wafers, follow instructions on package.

Dip the frozen eggs in melted chocolate chips or melting wafers. It’s easiest to place them on a fork and then use another fork to scoop chocolate on top.

Tap off the excess chocolate, then place on a piece of parchment paper. Before they fully harden, it can be helpful to carefully move them to prevent the chocolate from “pooling” on the parchment (which will help you get crisp-edged eggs!).

If you have extra chocolate, use a fork to drizzle it on top of the eggs. While the eggs are still wet, you can also add fun sprinkles.

Let harden, then enjoy! You can place these in the fridge or freezer to help them harden quicker.

Recipe Notes

Storage: Store homemade peanut butter eggs in an airtight container for up to 1 week. Depending on the chocolate you used and how well it hardens, you may want to store these in the fridge so that the chocolate doesn’t get tacky and melt so quickly in your hands.

Freezing: I actually prefer these frozen, as you can grab one when a craving hits! After the chocolate is hardened, place in an airtight container (you can place a piece of wax paper or parchment in between each layer to prevent from smearing).

How do you get your chocolate chips smooth for dipping? Chocolate chips are naturally designed to hold their shape, so whenever I melt chocolate chips, I always add a heaping tablespoon of Crisco shortening before melting to smooth it out.

If you want to make these peanut butter eggs without shortening, you can instead use melting wafers (naturally designed to melt better) or just add coconut oil or vegetable oil to the chocolate chips instead (add before microwaving).

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153 thoughts on “What Shall We Make Today?”

  1. Morning All!
    very cold here this morning…but no snow on the deck that i can see…so that’s always good!
    One year my sister in law (and her twin toddlers) made 2 batches of these peanut butter eggs and 2 batches of coconut eggs for Easter–we had tray after tray after tray…lol
    but they freeze wonderfully!

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    1. Morning, Pat! 41 here this morning. Gage arrived and we spent hours just talking and filling each other in on what’s been happening. It’s good to have him back but I can see complications down the road – that will be for him to work out.

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        1. He was already in NE when he called me. He had originally planned on flying back to VA last night but they decided he would stay here, get a job and be in position to co-sign a lease with his GF before making a trip to VA sometime in June to get all his stuff.

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          1. oh…cuz I was gonna say, I’d need at least a few days to make room for someone else’s stuff!

            he sounds like a responsible young man

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            1. Well, that’s Piper’s room/guest room – I don’t use it for storage except a couple of boxes of pics for handy access on the closet shelf. The REAL mess is my garage! Sheesh!

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              2. That’s my garage! I have big storage cabinets that contain bins of Xmas decorations – far more than I would ever use, especially since I no longer decorate. Not to mention my a-Mom’s platinum-rimmed china dinner service and her silver-plated silverware in it’s original wooden case, and some crystal, and…..sigh….Gage’s GF has 3 kids, the 2 younger ones being girls. I think I’ll see if they want the 2 bikes I’ve got in the garage. One was HB’s and another is a small kids’ bike in the same colors – they match. Both need new tires but, other than that, they are in great shape. I was hoping Piper and I…..well, you see how that worked out!

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  6. Citizen 817
    April 3, 2023 12:27 am

    @realDonaldTrump

    2h
    The Corrupt D.A. has no case. What he does have is a venue where it is IMPOSSIBLE for me to get a Fair Trial (it must be changed!), and a Trump Hating Judge, hand selected by the Soros backed D.A. (he must be changed!). Also has the DOJ working in the D.A.’s Office – Unprecedented!

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  7. Feisty Hayseed
    Feisty Hayseed
    April 3, 2023 12:35 am

    Tulsi Gabbard

    The fact that Dem elite/permanent Washington is able & willing to use the power of law enforcement to go after political opponents, everyone from parents attending school board meetings to a former president, is evidence that our country is no longer a functioning democracy or a… pic.twitter.com/AQqyrlZDDd

    — Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) April 2, 2023

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    1. Even with all the insanity that we’ve become accustomed to, nothing is a greater condemnation of our culture than the abject failure to keep kids out of harm’s way (& it ain’t just the Democrat party.) Pray for them.

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  13. basic economics –these people screaming for $15 and hour minimum wage did this.
    entire story
    Burger chain McDonald’s

    is temporarily closing its U.S. offices this week as it prepares to inform corporate employees about its layoffs as part of a broader company restructuring, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

    In an internal email last week to U.S. employees and some international staff, McDonald’s asked them to work from home from Monday through Wednesday so it can deliver staffing decisions virtually, the report said. It is unclear how many employees will be laid off.

    “During the week of April 3, we will communicate key decisions related to roles and staffing levels across the organization,” the Chicago-based company said in the message viewed by the Journal.

    McDonald’s also asked employees to cancel all in-person meetings with vendors and other outside parties at its headquarters, the report added.

    McDonald’s did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

    The fast-food chain said in January that it would review corporate staffing levels as part of an updated business strategy, which could lead to layoffs in some areas and expansion in others.

    McDonald’s is expected to begin announcing key decisions by Monday.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/02/mcdonalds-reportedly-temporarily-shuts-its-us-offices-and-prepares-layoff-notices-.html

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  14. OMG…so the President MAY have rummaged thru his boxes of classified documents after he was subpoenaed? SO? he has clearance–they’re HIS boxes. it doesn’t say he REMOVED or HID anything–just rummaged…
    these people are desperate
    FTA
    According to a leak to WaPo, Jack Smith has emails and texts from a former Trump aide showing Trump may have rummaged through his boxes of classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago after he was subpoenaed in May 2022.

    Jack Smith obtained emails and texts from Trump’s aide Molly Michael that may show Trump ‘obstructed justice.’

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/leak-special-counsel-jack-smith-has-new-and-significant-evidence-of-potential-trump-obstruction-in-mar-a-lago-docs-case/

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  17. this, from American Thinker had me laughing…

    Victim card declined
    By Nick Lopez

    I’m not accepting the victim card anymore, from anyone, ever again. Whatever pain you are dragging around from your “lived experience” doesn’t interest me, just as mine shouldn’t interest you.

    Whoever bullied you, or dumped you, or didn’t call you by your pronouns is of no concern to me. I’m not a shrink, a therapist, or a talk show host, so I can’t really do much for you.

    Now, I’m not saying that if you are a victim in progress in front of me, that I won’t help you…. Quite the opposite. If I am first at the scene and you are injured, I will render as much aid as I can. If someone is physically attacking you, I will try to intervene. If you are drowning, I will risk my own life to save you.

    But if you cut the line at Walmart and launch into hysterics about rape because some guy in line pointed out that you cut the line …. Or if you kick over a display at GameStop because someone called you “sir, ” I’m going to mock you, belittle you, and laugh at you.

    If you experience emotional incontinence in my proximity, it’s likely to continue. Because I am done hearing about bad you’ve had it at the top of your lungs. If you’ve been discriminated against, write the EEOC, because the 7-11 clerk isn’t really in a position to do anything about it, and there is a line behind you.

    I’m not your primary care physician; I don’t want to hear about your health or lack thereof. I don’t need to know details of your complaints and ailments because I can’t do anything about it, and I don’t accept your insurance.

    I don’t care that you think you are a failure, that your parents ignored you, or that you don’t see others who share your sexual proclivities on television.

    If you are on television, a movie screen, or hold political office I definitely don’t want to hear about how pathetic you think your life is or see your tears. Once you are a member of the United States House of Representatives, you are no longer marginalized, oppressed or discriminated against… you are the oppressor.

    I’ll not be participating in the language of stupid either, my pronouns are “me” and “I” just like everyone else’s. If you can’t use the word “literally” correctly, I will use it incorrectly even more frequently than you do, just to mock you.

    Inclusive victim language isn’t something I’m going to be participating in either. I’m not going to be calling anyone a person of color, and things from the Orient are still going to be Oriental for me. So long as Asia contains Russia and Iran, I still see a general distinction between the Orient and the rest of Asia that may not be as specific as to be Korean or Vietnamese.

    I guess the above paragraph means I’m not going to be accepting the Race Card anymore either.

    What card will I accept? Why the American Success Card, of course! It has a higher interest rate for me because it dwells in possibilities! The Victim Card and the Race Card have low interest rates for me because they just dwell, and dwell, and dwell and are just so… narcissistic!

    So… What’s in your Smollett?

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/victim_card_declined.html

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  18. The government needs to stop ALL funding for NPR!!!!

    EXCERPT: “Inside the tense all-hands meetings at NPR

    Last week, NPR laid off 84 people and stopped production on four seasonal podcasts, including Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot and Rough Translation. The company warned in February those cuts would be coming after it projected a $30 million sponsorship shortfall this year.

    Thirteen roles in the organization’s digital team are also planned to be cut, but that group unionized through a separate union for broadcast employees and technicians and haven’t yet agreed on a contract with NPR, despite the organization voluntarily recognizing them. This means they cannot be laid off until a contract or separate lay-off agreement is met.

    While layoffs often mark the abrupt end of an era at an organization, NPR’s story has stretched into this week, spilling over into multiple, tense all-hands meetings in which impacted employees grilled executives about their decisions.

    All laid off employees were given 30 days, or as much time as needed, to remain on staff and transition their work. But impacted staff, while technically still employees, are not allowed to enter the NPR offices. So instead, the company hosted its all-hands meetings over Zoom. During the meetings, some executives called in from home to address the group, often in scripted remarks or in vague terms, according to people who attended.”

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-03-30/tensions-flare-inside-npr-after-staff-layoffs-and-town-halls

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  19. “Contaminated Food Supply Contributing Cause To Live Blood Analysis Findings In Unvaccinated? Darkfield Blood Analysis On Grocery Meat Products”
    Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD, PhD
    15 hr ago

    EXCERPT: “A colleague of mine, Dr. David Jernigan treats vaccine injured patients successfully in Tennessee. He called me after I posted the results on Infrared Spectroscopy and electrical conductivity of live blood and confirmed all of my findings. He shared with me, that a short time ago some family members were eating meat and got very ill from it. Dr. Jernigan had developed a method to capture the frequency from a vaccinated rubbery clot of a deceased person and has developed a scientific way for detecting that frequency. He checked his ill family member, who tested positive. Then he checked the meat they ate and it had the same frequency of the cadaver blood clot. Subsequently he went to his local grocery store and checked meat products, and both organic and inorganic beef meats had the same frequency emission. He wanted me to go buy meat at my grocery store and do live blood analysis on different products to confirm his findings.

    I have been wondering why I have been seeing every unvaccinated person in my office with contaminated blood. I have also seen an increasing amount of people with persistent severe diarrhea, that is lasting for months, but turns out to be negative when tested for ova and parasites or stool cultures for bacteria. I was suspecting vaccine shedding, chemtrail spraying, nasal swabs, masks, and contamination through synthetic biology named “ Covid and Long Covid”. Many are saying that what we are seeing in the blood are parasites, but they are not. They are self assembly hydrogel based synthetic life forms, more akin to microplastics but biologically engineered.

    This morning I went to a local grocery store and bought different meats that had some visible blood in the package that I could analyze. I was also curious about milk products. Here are my results:
    ——————
    It appears to me that our food supply – in particular animal products – is contaminated with similar structures we find in human blood. Dr. Jernigan did frequency testing on fruits and vegetables and did not get a positive signal. I encourage others to do the same research and replicate my findings. This would explain to me why I see these live blood structures in everyone. It does not matter if the products are organic or not.

    The next step is to find a local source and maybe do live blood analysis on cows or pigs. If they are contaminated even if unvaccinated, then this may be environmental, possibly via geoengineering spraying. The implications for humanity are profound. I asked my colleague Dr. David Nixon in Australia to replicate my findings, and we will ask Matt Taylor in Ecuador and Shimon Yanowitz in Israel. We need to verify these findings around the world. I will continue working with Dr. Jernigan.”

    Pics: https://anamihalceamdphd.substack.com/p/contaminated-food-supply-contributing

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  21. “The Harvest of Deception — From Texas dirt, I come”
    Robert W Malone MD, MS
    19 min ago

    By Texas Slim

    EXCERPT: “From Texas dirt, I come – a product of grit and strength from a pioneering spirit that created me. I have lived a life of blue-collar roots and a high-tech professional career, with a special set of skills most people do not have access to. My goal is to expose the Industrial Food Complex for what they are, and how they manipulate our laws, poison our food, and create false commodities to increase higher yields and higher profits for global corporations.

    Several years ago , I embedded myself into a harvesting company from Texas to North Dakota and back again, participating in the wheat and canola (rapeseed) harvest. I looked farmers in the eyes and asked them direct questions, only to find confusion, fear, and quiet desperation. These people are responsible for feeding you, and what I discovered is that they have no clue who they are dealing with – the enormous machine behind the Industrial Food Complex that is poised to change food in ways that the world has never seen nor is it prepared for.

    This is just the beginning. My intention is to give a broad outline of the national food supply and the global corporations that decide if you eat or if you starve and control your nutrient supply with the push of a button. With over 245,000 acres of farmland, Bill Gates and his investment firm Cascade Investments are the largest farmland owner in the US. He has acquired around 24,000 acres of farmland in Nebraska, his second-largest amount of acreage in any given state. Not only does he own the farmland, but he also owns the water rights.

    The farmers are incentivized by the US government to plant certain crops, and by doing so, they get to do what they love and what they know. But what they don’t know is the truth behind the genetically modified seed oils and false commodities that they inject into our food supply and our bodies every couple of hours.

    Do you know what’s in your food? The truth might shock you. Our food supply is being hijacked and our nutritional value is being compromised. And the worst part? You’re paying the price.”

    https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/the-harvest-of-deception

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  23. get a load of this…NARA wanted to recover Presidential papers–“MANY OF THEM NOT CLASSIFIED” …so NARA overrules the President in what he may keep? I thought presidents were given a wide berth in case they write books or what not—and if they’re NOT classified, it’s NOT a crime FFS!

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  25. “Now with iron supplements…”

    NF: Wow! Sucks to be them!!!




    “Disclaimed: None of it is real. It’s just a movie, made mostly with AI, which took care of writing the script, creating the concept art, generating all the voices, and participating in some creative decisions. The AI-generated voices used in this film do not reflect the opinions and thoughts of their original owners. This short film was created as a demonstration to showcase the potential of AI in filmmaking.”

    #AI #Filmmaking #Aliens #Movies #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Films

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        1. ahhhhhhhhhh
          my granddaughter’s cat allowed her to put it in her baby stroller when she was little and push it around–but it was snug in there…
          patient, patient cat!

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          1. I used to do the same when I was very young. I’d sneak out of the house – pull up the footstool to reach the door latch – and off I’d go, wandering the neighborhood in my bare feet and nightgown. Inevitably, I’d find a kitten somewhere. I used to dress them up in dolls clothes and put them in my doll buggy. And they stayed there, never ran away from me! I’ve been a cat-person for all my life, pretty much. Well, animals in general.

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            1. i was scratched in the face by a cat while i was babysitting once. after the kids were in bed, I sat in the chair in the living room and heard a noise–when i turned, the cat was on the back of the chair and he scratched me–deep enough to bleed a little. my neighbor was horrified when she came home. I don’t know why it did that. I was petting it earlier.
              i do not like cats, but i do pet any that come to me…

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              1. We had a chair in our house called the ‘cat attack’ chair – and if anyone sat in it, Tiger Lily, our orange cat would jump up from behind the chair and grab their head and shoulders. It was a friendly gesture, and she was playing, but it was startling nonetheless.

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  27. “While going through the clusterfuck nightmare of having to make short-term travel plans to attend my brother’s funeral in Ireland, I came across this little ditty that points out once again just how fucked up the world is today. With all else being equal, why is this airline charging a $49.00 upgrade so you won’t have to pay for your $30.00 bag? I think they really do believe we are all that stupid.”

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  29. “Museum of Failure is a collection of failed products and services from around the world. “The majority of all innovation projects fail and the museum showcases these failures to provide visitors a fascinating learning experience.”



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  32. “Police in San Antonio, Texas said a man killed another man who allegedly stole his truck after tracking the thief with an Apple AirTag. The San Antonio Police Department said the incident happened on Wednesday on the city’s southeast side at a shopping center, according to KHOU. The truck’s owner used an Apple AirTag tracking device to see where the truck was located.

    Officials said that they received a stolen vehicle report around 1 p.m. on Wednesday out of a home in north San Antonio. Police said that the truck’s owner used the AirTag to track the vehicle nearly 20 miles from where it was stolen. The alleged thief wasn’t aware that the vehicle was being tracked, officials said. Authorities found several bullet casings and two cars with their windows shot out. Officials are determining if the suspect will be charged in the fatal shooting. Officer Nick Soliz said that people shouldn’t take matters into their own hands if their car is stolen.”

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  34. okay…I laughed.
    the story is about fetterman’s interview with pauly–(it’s a video so i didn’t watch) but in it he’s crying…the comments to the video are hilarious
    case in point…
    Mjm

    Where is the big lump that was on the back of his neck?
    16 Reply
    April 3, 2023 7:15 am
    Morty
    Morty

    Pretty sure it got a job over at CNN.

    https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/jane-pauley-snags-first-interview-with-fetterman-still-sounds-whacked-out-not-lucid/

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  37. so now their gender doesn’t have to match their documentation…so when its time to deport, we will looking for females when it’s actually male terrorists here? that won’t make things harder, right?
    FTA
    “The gender marker they select does not need to match the gender marker indicated on their supporting documentation,” the release said. “The update also clarifies that people requesting benefits do not need to submit proof of their gender identity when submitting a request to change their gender marker, except for those submitting Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document.”

    Currently, the only gender markers available are “Male” or “Female,” but DHS said it is working on options to include an additional gender marker (“X”) for another or unspecified gender identity.

    The announcement came the same day the White House condemned “MAGA extremists” in a statement from President Biden in honor of “Transgender Day of Visibility.”

    “Transgender Americans deserve to be safe and supported in every community – but today, across our country, MAGA extremists are advancing hundreds of hateful and extreme state laws that target transgender kids and their families,” Biden said in a written statement. “No one should have to be brave just to be themselves.”

    https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/04/02/dhs-changes-policy-to-allow-applicants-to-select-a-gender-of-their-choice-without-documentation-n541010

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  38. GS is off for the day – turns out, he had used his Dad’s truck to get to the airport in VA and didn’t leave the keys since, at that point, he was planning on flying back. He needed to go to the PO to get them in the mail; plus, he accidentally had his GF’s keys in his pocket, too, and her daughter has a doctor’s appointment this afternoon. I had him drop me off at the library to pick up some more books.

    I’m already lining up things I can use his help with, like leveling out my mailbox! LOL – and looking at stuff I can give them and get ’em out of my garage! Hmmm…wonder if she likes Xmas decorations???? Yeah, that’s the ticket!!! And the 2 matching bikes would be perfect for her girls, altho they are a bit young yet. The youngest is just being weaned from the bottle. And Gage loves, loves, loves kids!!!

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  39. “Thousands march for Pope John Paul II on anniversary of his death — Thousands turned out across several Polish cities in support of Pope John Paul II on the 18th anniversary of his passing, but one of the statues in his honor was defaced by vandals”
    editor: GRZEGORZ ADAMCZYK author: GOSC.PL via: GOSC.PL
    April 03, 2023

    (People take part in a march in defense of the late pope, St. John Paul II, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday April 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Thousands walked through the streets of Warsaw and other Polish cities on Sunday to commemorate the late Saint John Paul II. People waved flags and held portraits of the Polish pope, as those who marched in his honor emphasized the event was an attempt to resist attempts to belittle or defame what he had achieved and what he meant to Poland.

    The marches, which took place across many Polish cities, were in response to a commercial TV report that claimed John Paul II had failed to act against pedophilia in the Roman Catholic Church when he was still an Archbishop in Kraków.

    During the marches, there were readings of great papal encyclicals and sermons he had made during his pilgrimages to the country. At the front of the march in Warsaw was the popemobile, a reconstruction of the vehicle used by the pope. Many of the participants recalled his pilgrimages and their own visits to Rome when he was still pontiff.

    One family, who came with four of their five children, said that they could not have missed the event and wanted to personally thank John Paul II for his teachings and for his gift of freedom.

    Unfortunately, on the eve of the marches, an act of vandalism was committed against one of the statues of the Polish pope. The monument in his honor was sprayed with paint outside of Łódz Cathedral. His hands were sprayed with red paint and his face was covered in yellow with a sign reading “Maxima Culpa,” the title of Ekke Overbeek’s book alleging that the Polish pope had known about pedophilia in the church and failed to take any action.

    Grzegorz Ryś, the Bishop of Łódz, asked his congregation in the city to pray for the perpetrators who had defaced the monument because he felt that this would have been what John Paul II would have done in such circumstances, as he showed when he prayed for Ali Agca, the man who had wanted to assassinate him in 1981.”

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  40. Good!!!

    EXCERPT: “LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature voted Thursday to advance a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors, despite threats from some lawmakers that they would filibuster the rest of the session.

    The vote came on the third day of debate, in which lawmakers angrily accused one another of hypocrisy and a lack of collegiality early on. By Thursday, the chamber had turned somber as some lawmakers opposed to the bill broke down in tears and pleaded with their Republican colleagues to reconsider their support for the bill.
    —————
    The Nebraska bill, introduced by freshman Republican Sen. Kathleen Kauth, would outlaw gender-affirming therapies such as hormone treatments, puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery for those 18 and younger. The purpose of the bill, she has said, is to protect youth from undertaking gender-affirming treatments they might later regret as adults, citing research that says adolescents’ brains aren’t fully developed.
    —————
    The bill advanced on a 30-17 vote, with two lawmakers not voting. Although bills can advance with a simple majority, it takes 33 votes to end debate to overcome a filibuster. The Nebraska Legislature is currently made up of 32 registered Republicans and 17 registered Democrats — just enough for the minority to block bills they don’t like if they stick together.

    In this case, Democratic Sen. Mike McDonnell voted with Republicans to end debate and later voted to advance the bill. “There’s a world of difference between 9 and 19,” he said. “I think adult decisions should be made by adults.”

    The bill will have to survive two more rounds of debate to pass in the unique one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen has said he will sign the bill into law if it reaches his desk.”

    https://www.ktiv.com/2023/03/23/nebraska-trans-health-bill-advances-despite-filibuster-vow/

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  41. Spit, spit, spit!!!! They are going to “mentor Ukrainian soldiers!” What BS!!!

    “YUTAN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska National Guard Soldiers are about to head out on a one-year deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility. According to the Nebraska National Guard, Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska National Guard Leaders gave remarks during a send-off ceremony Friday morning at the Atlas Readiness Center in Yutan.

    Thirteen Nebraska Army National Guard Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1-134th Calvary are expected to serve a yearlong deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility and will be stationed at a training center in Germany.

    They’ll do company-level mentoring to Armed Forces Ukraine counterparts, focused on the planning and execution of operations in field and garrison environments. The National Guard says the soldiers are requested to facilitate NATO interoperability by enhancing logistics processes and refining officer training and education.”

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  42. “Frightening Evidence Reveals Man Convicted Of Making Hillary Meme Had Plans To Create Biden GIF”
    POLITICS · Apr 3, 2023 · BabylonBee.com

    “WEST PALM BEACH, FL — As social media influencer Douglass “Ricky Vaughn” Mackey was convicted on charges of interfering in an election by posting memes online, startling new evidence has emerged that he was making plans to create a dangerous and devastating Joe Biden GIF.

    “Our investigation has revealed a horrifying plot,” said a Department of Justice Spokesperson at a press briefing. “Not only did Mr. Mackey engage in the highly incendiary activity of posting memes that made fun of Democratic politicians but he was apparently in the planning phase of actually creating and disseminating a GIF depicting President Joe Biden in an unpleasant light that would almost certainly have interfered with his 2024 chances. This is a dangerous and disgusting crime.”

    Though many other social media users engaged in similar activities as the ones for which Mackey was charged, his crime was deemed far more severe due to the fact that his targets were Democrats. Mackey’s Biden GIF, reportedly depicting Biden sniffing a young girl’s hair on a continuous loop, may result in additional charges. “The government can’t stand for this,” the DOJ spokesperson continued. “Democracy must be protected from these dangerous people who want to express their opinions. They must be silenced. Send them to prison!”

    At publishing time, Department of Justice officials were rumored to be building an extensive case to bring similar charges against The Babylon Bee to stop them before they manage to unleash a deadly 3rd joke.”

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  43. “Toddler Breaks Usain Bolt’s 100M Dash Record After Parent Asks What’s In His Mouth”
    FAMILY · Apr 2, 2023 · BabylonBee.com

    “DALLAS, TX — Local toddler Oliver McMahon has set a new world record in the 100-meter dash after parents asked what he had put in his mouth.

    “It was like I shot a starter’s gun,” said mother Amy McMahon. “Usain Bolt would have been eating Oliver’s dust.”

    Mrs. McMahon had just put chicken in the oven when she turned around to see Oliver’s mouth bulging with some unidentified object. “Next thing I knew, the race was on,” said Mrs. McMahon. “We never had a prayer of catching him. My husband went down with a hammy trying to round the bend into the living room. Those feet were a tiny little blur.”

    At the time of the incident, Oliver had been “helping” his dad with putting together a new bedframe before becoming distracted by a toy car. “He could have put an Allen wrench in his mouth, an entire toy monster truck – who knows?” said Oliver’s dad, Damon. “My real question is – why? We make such nice things to eat. Why chew on erasers and shoes? I’ll never understand it.”

    At publishing time, finally boxed in by his parents, Oliver opened his mouth to proudly show that he had swallowed whatever the still-unidentified object was.”

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  44. “Donald Trump’s Trial Could Be Televised During 2024 Presidential Campaign Under New Bill — “Today the rule of law in America died. There is no crime. It’s election interference.”
    Kyle Becker
    13 min ago

    EXCERPT: “If the Democratic Party gets its way, the Trump criminal trial for an alleged “hush money” scheme would be televised to the American public during the 2024 presidential campaign.
    “As the media capital of the world — and the venue for the arraignment of Donald Trump — we must change this outdated law to allow the public to witness trials,” argued state Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan) at a Sunday press conference.

    Hoylman-Sigal is sponsoring the bill that would clear the way for the courtroom cameras. “With a first-of-its-kind trial on the horizon, there’s no time to waste in opening the doors of the courthouse to the media and the American public,” he said. The New York politician’s proposal was introduced as part of the state’s pending budget plan. It would take effect 90 days after becoming law. Trump’s trial isn’t expected to start for months and a verdict may even be delayed until after the 2024 election.

    The trial judge has ultimate say on whether or not to allow cameras in the courtroom, regardless of state law. However, legislation would conceivably bolster the chances they are allowed. As reported by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Trump’s legal team is arguing that the request for cameras in the courtroom should be denied “because it will create a circus-like atmosphere at the arraignment, raise unique security concerns, and is inconsistent with President Trump’s presumption of innocence,” per letter to Judge Juan Merchan.

    Merchan previously oversaw the criminal tax fraud trial against the Trump Organization that resulted in a $1.6 million fine after a conviction on 17 counts, including falsifying business records. Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail as part of a plea agreement with the District Attorney’s office in the case.”

    https://thekylebecker.substack.com/p/donald-trumps-trial-could-be-televised

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    1. “Meanwhile, Trump’s former Attorney General William Barr said he would not advise Trump to defend himself on the witness stand because he purportedly “lacks all self-control.”

      “I’m not his lawyer. Generally, I think it’s a bad idea to go on the stand, and I think it’s a particularly bad idea for Trump, because he lacks all self-control, and it would be very difficult to prepare him and keep him testifying in a prudent fashion,” Barr said.”

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        1. Navarro was shackled at the airport; Roger Stone; Bannon; a number of other people – IDK – to me, this is just kind of anti-climatic – I mean, none of us were surprised, right?

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          1. oh that’s right..I forgot. too much crap to keep track of…LOL
            but ask me the first dirty joke anyone ever told me when i was in 5th grade in the library…I can repeat it perfectly…LOL

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  46. “And the insanity continues: UK Farmers will be ordered to feed cows ‘methane suppressants’ to stop them belching and breaking wind under government plans to reach net zero…”

    ENTIRE ARTICLE @ Strange Sounds: “Dairy cows are set to be given ‘methane suppressants’ by farmers to reduce their carbon footprint – by making them burp less. Ministers are looking to force farmers to give herds additives to reduce gas from digestion in ‘compound feeds’, which contain seaweed and essential oils.

    The Government’s Net Zero Growth Plan, released this week, looked to address concerns from the High Court that existing plans to reach the climate goal before 2050 were not detailed enough. The plan said the bovine supplements could be introduced ‘at pace’ from 2025 – or as ‘soon as practically possible’ – in efforts to reduce emissions by 20 per cent by 2030, as Britain’s commitment to the Global Methane Pledge requires.

    Cows are a big contributor to climate change, with farm animals producing around 14 per cent of carbon emissions from human activity worldwide. The plans are expected to add around 33p a year to the cost of milk for the average consumer but ministers could also choose to subsidise the superfood feed. Dustin Benton, former government adviser on food strategy, told The Telegraph the suppressants could eventually be given to sheep as well as cows.

    ‘Most dairy cows are milked twice a day, and when they’re going to be milked they usually eat, so that’s a pretty good way of getting it into them.’ Mr Benton added that the suppressants were a good start but that further action would be needed to reduce the impact of livestock.

    A government source said that ‘significant’ progress had been made thanks to innovation in agricultural products and that there were ‘major benefits’ to the plans for farmers and the climate. The suppressants contain a number of additives, including seaweed, organic acids, probiotics and antimicrobials and essential oils, that reduce the amount of gas produced during digestion.

    It’s an urban myth that cows produce most of the methane by farting and it’s actually belching that is the real culprit. Livestock made up the majority of agriculture and other land-use emissions in 2021, which accounted for 11 per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gases. [DM]”

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    1. i talked to her already about this. she said, the goat was entered in the “market” category at the fair. if she didn’t understand what that meant, she should have asked.

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      1. I know and I thought that as well initially. But the Mother made every effort to be fair about it – and the daughter would have learned that is NOT the category she should enter next time. They should have accommodated her, IMO.

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        1. I don’t think we can or should always fix things for our children. sometimes the hard lesson serves them better–but that’s just my opinion.

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          1. Well, more details would be helpful – is this the first time she has ever entered an animal in this category? Is this her first year or has she done this before? A lot unknown….

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  48. EXCERPT: “A controversial facial recognition database, used by police departments across the nation, was built in part with 30 billion photos the company scraped from Facebook and other social media users without their permission, the company’s CEO recently admitted, creating what critics called a “perpetual police line-up,” even for people who haven’t done anything wrong.

    The company, Clearview AI, boasts of its potential for identifying rioters at the January 6 attack on the Capitol, saving children being abused or exploited, and helping exonerate people wrongfully accused of crimes. But critics point to privacy violations and wrongful arrests fueled by faulty identifications made by facial recognition, including cases in Detroit and New Orleans, as cause for concern over the technology.

    Clearview took photos without users’ knowledge, its CEO Hoan Ton-That acknowledged in an interview last month with the BBC. Doing so allowed for the rapid expansion of the company’s massive database, which is marketed on its website to law enforcement as a tool “to bring justice to victims.”

    https://www.businessinsider.com/clearview-scraped-30-billion-images-facebook-police-facial-recogntion-database-2023-4

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  49. The handicapped guy in the boat said “my dream came true!!!” Train full of beer derailed in Montana…

    “People do weird things to get ahead… Elongated skulls found on Peru’s south coast on the Paracas desert peninsula in 1928…”

    “Aurora dunes over sand dunes… For a few hours during last month’s severe geomagnetic storm, the sky mirrored the Earth. On March 23rd, Ethan Hohnke of Empire, Michigan, photographed aurora dunes over the Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan’s lower peninsula:”

    (Sky watchers in the Arctic have been seeing dunes for years without understanding what they were. A breakthrough came on Oct. 7, 2018, when multiple groups photographed dunes from widely separated locations in Finland. Triangulation revealed the dunes to be ~100 km high with a pure, sinusoidal wavelength of about 45 km. By Ethan Hohnke)
    “Aurora dunes” are a form of Northern Lights that was identified by researchers only a few years ago. Named after their resemblence to terrestrial sand dunes, aurora dunes are a “mesospheric bore.” This is a type of atmospheric gravity wave that springs up from Earth’s surface and gets caught in a thermal waveguide ~100 km high.”

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      1. Before – you know how the Chinese would bind their daughters’ feet? These people did the same thing with heads – it was considered to be attractive so they were bound tightly from birth, ergo, the elongated skulls.

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  50. 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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