What Shall We Make Today?

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Picnic season is starting, so let’s make an easy, no bake dessert! Chocolate Lasagna!

Recipe Ingredients:

1 package regular Oreo cookies (not the Double Stuff kind) – about 36 cookies

5 Tablespoon butter, melted

8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup granulated sugar

2 Tablespoons cold milk

Optional – 4 tbsp chocolate liqueur such as Godiva Chocolate Liqueur or Bailey’s.( If you don’t want to use this, just leave it out! No substitution of another liquid is required.)

12-ounce tub Cool Whip, divided

2 of 3.9-ounce packages Chocolate Instant Pudding

3 1/4 cups cold milk

1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips

Instructions:

Crush 36 Oreo cookies. You can use a food processor, but you could also place them in a large ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin or meat tenderizer mallet. Crush until the Oreos have turned into fine crumbs.

Add the Oreo crumbs to a large bowl. Stir in melted butter. Use a fork to mix the butter into the cookie crumbs. Transfer the mixture into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, pressing the crumbs into the bottom of the dish. Place the baking dish into the refrigerator and work on the additional layers.

In a large bowl mix the cream cheese with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add 2 Tablespoons of milk and sugar. Mix well. Add the chocolate liquor if desired. Stir in 1 1/2 cups Cool Whip and completely mix. Spread this mixture over the Oreo crust.

In a bowl, add 3 and 1/4 cups cold milk to the chocolate instant pudding. Whisk for several minutes until the pudding starts to thicken. Use a spatula to spread the pudding mixture over the cream cheese layer. Allow the dessert to firm up on the countertop for 5 minutes.

Spread the remaining Cool Whip on top. Next sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the top. Place in the freezer for 1 hour, or the refrigerator for 4 hours then serve.

This dessert can be frozen for a week.

ENJOY!

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225 thoughts on “What Shall We Make Today?”

  2. Filly, seems you were right about the NFT stuff!

    scott467(@scott467)Online
    Coyote
    Reply to pat frederick
    June 9, 2023 11:27

    It looks like they are storing documents by tokenizing them as NFTs, and putting them on the blockchain, if I understand correctly.

    If so, that should make it a permanent record that can be accessed by anyone, again, if I understand correctly.

    If so, governments would have no ability to go in and ‘scrub’ documents, as they are so fond of doing, whenever they need to hide evidence of their criminal activity.

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  4. Sliding down – I’m back and found a notice in my mailbox that the VA was trying to contact me to set up the CT scan! Dr. Lux told me I had to finish the amoxicillin first but, apparently not! I am scheduled for next Monday here in Plainview! Yeah!!! I also gave her a heads up that I think the tooth roots had penetrated the lower sinus cavity. She said, “Oh, my! Yes, we’ll look at that!” Progress, finally!!! There has been no change to speak of – the occasional nasal flood has continued off-and-on and the remains of the 2 eye teeth are still sticking out with some pain when I press on them. Taste/smell issues also remain the same. At least they are FINALLY going to look further!

    It poured down rain off and on going to Norfolk but had let up by the time I headed home. Still only 69 outside and cloudy, with more rain possible tonight, tomorrow, etc. And cooler temps, thankfully.

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          1. Oh, to be able to eat and smell again, Pat! Yeah, the teeth complicate it but I can deal with that easily. But why is it that I can smell Jake’s shit but can’t smell the yummy things??!!?? LOL

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  5. so they indicted the valet too…who else?
    FTA
    An aide to former President Donald Trump, Walt Nauta, has been charged by the special counsel as part of their probe into Trump’s alleged taking of classified information, sources tell ABC News.

    Nauta, a former valet in the Trump White House who left his role to join the former president as a personal aide in early 2021, was indicted by the same grand jury in Florida that indicted Trump on Thursday, the sources say.

    It is not immediately clear what the exact charges are and an attorney for Nauta declined to comment when contacted by ABC News.

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-valet-walt-nauta-charged-special-counsel-probe/story?id=99962252

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  6. interesting fight…some outlets are suing for the manifesto and the parents of the shooter, are saying they want the families of the victims to have rights to the manifesto.
    FTA
    On Thursday in a Tennessee court, the attorney for the Parents of Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale said they intend to assign the rights of Hale’s manifesto over to the families of the children killed in the shooting.

    According to the Tennessee Star, attorney David Raybin argued that the Hales have the right to their daughter’s manifesto and writings. They claim that since the police took the documents from their home it is their property and they can assign them to whomever they want.

    https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-parents-of-nashville-trans-school-shooter-vow-to-give-rights-to-manifesto-to-victims-families?utm_campaign=64487

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    1. Hmmm…..that’s a tough one…that would be ok, I guess, but those parents need to make it public. Yes, they lost a child but they weren’t the only ones terrorized that day – the other children present were terrorized, too, as were their families. That could go a long way towards explaining it to those children and I believe others were also wounded, were they not?

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  10. #ThePersistence
    @ScottPresler
    Here Are Some Truths:

    1) This is a politically-motivated, weaponized indictment

    2) Republican infighting re-elects Joe Biden

    3) If you are trying to woo Trump voters, it’s not going to work by posting disparagingly about the indictment

    4) Unless we build a GOTV infrastructure now, then Biden/DOJ has already won

    5) This injustice will continue & nothing will have changed tomorrow if we only post on social media

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        1. I do but only so I can share it with others and those I won’t share because I know people don’t want to sign up. The shorter ones, I just copy/paste but so many of their articles are really long.

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  12. so there’s this…
    Hugo Lowell
    @hugolowell
    Breaking on CNN: Trump audio recording of Bedminster meeting suggests he showed national defense information: “I just found, isn’t that amazing? This totally wins my case, you know. Except it is like, highly confidential. Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this.”

    AND THIS

    Hugo Lowell
    @hugolowell
    ·
    3h
    But worth noting that Trump aide Margo Martin, who taped the conversation at Bedminster in July 2021, told lawyers she testified that she did not recall Trump showing off any documents to participants, per ppl familiar.

    so people around him were taping him? is Florida one of those states where you can secretly tape someone?

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    1. “Florida’s wiretapping law is a “two-party consent” law. Florida makes it a crime to intercept or record a “wire, oral, or electronic communication” in Florida, unless all parties to the communication consent. See Fla. Stat. ch. 934.03. Florida law makes an exception for in-person communications when the parties do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the conversation, such as when they are engaged in conversation in a public place where they might reasonably be overheard. If you are operating in Florida, you may record these kinds of in-person conversations without breaking the law. However, you should always get the consent of all parties before recording any telephone conversation and any in-person that common sense tells you is private.”

      https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/florida-recording-law

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  13. 40_Head
    @TheReal40_Head
    The precedent is now FULLY set. What an operation. @realDonaldTrump
    was indicted by a State prosecutor. Now, he’s been indicted by a Federal prosecutor. From this day forward, all ex presidents can be indicted and charged by both State and Federal entities.

    When it comes time to arrest Obama, Biden, Clinton or Bush, the argument could be made, “you can’t do this, it’s never been done before”. They can’t say that anymore because they are doing it Trump right now…more slings and arrows.

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  14. Good grief! Look at what they’re doing to Brandon Straka now!!!!

    Dear Patriots,

    “Our “justice” system has become a weapon pointed straight at all of us to try to silence and destroy us. In addition to my criminal case, you may know I am being sued by 8 Capitol police officers whom I’ve never met or encountered in my entire life for assault and battery.

    Here’s the story: A Soros funded non-profit law firm in DC found 8 black Capitol police officers and sued me along with Donald Trump and others under the KKK Act, alleging a white supremacist attack on these officers. That was their first lie. The judge didn’t fall for that one. However, I do have to defend myself on accusations of “assault and battery” (no, you’re not missing anything- I did NOT commit any assault and battery on J6 or any other day. These people are flat out lying about everything). I‘ve never seen these officers in my entire life.

    The case against me has entered discovery. We just began. Today these officers had to return their responses to us for our first round of interrogatory questions for them. One of our questions was for each officer to list their locations on January 6th. NONE of these officers were on the same side of the building I was on (remember, I was on the east side GROUNDS for a short period of time then left and went back to my hotel).

    But I almost fell out of my chair when I read the response of one of the officers…He said he was IN MARYLAND during the time I was on Capitol grounds. HE WASN’T EVEN AT THE CAPITOL!!

    So to recap: I’m being sued for assault and battery by a police officer who was in a different state than I was in at the time I would have been able to cause his alleged injuries. The remaining 7 officers were also in various parts of the Capitol or the west side grounds; far, far away from where I was. All officers claim they were harmed by pepper spray, bear spray, and fire extinguishers (I don’t know if they were hit or sprayed with these fire extinguishers- that remains unclear). Needless to say, I had no pepper spray, no bear spray, and I wasn’t carrying any spare fire extinguishers on that day.

    This case is the perfect embodiment of all things January 6th: lies, lies, lies… corruption, corruption, corruption… weaponization of law to try to harm effective conservative voices. I’m going to fight and these people to the bitter end and EXPOSE THEM. My lawyers and I are going to show the world EVERY SINGLE LIE these people tell.”

    He did include a request for help funding his fight – he has not done that before for himself, IDT. He has asked people to contribute who were part of the WalkAway Movement but never personally. I’d send him a ton of $$$ if I had it…who knows! Maybe I’ll win that June 30 PCH award of $7K/week for life!!! ROFL

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    1. ah hell no…LOL
      they put the door in wednesday. however, the place that sold us the door failed to inform us that we have to stain and top seal the door within 2 weeks or the warranty is voided.
      so we had to order their stain–came yesterday. and the door is a little smaller–just enough that we need new trim outside AND then when all of that is finished we can retile the entry way…
      sigh
      but at least it will be done properly.

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        1. oh yeah…definitely.and the subfloor was fixed–so that was a big relief.
          but this door is a full glass–the older one was half glass. so now every time i come in the room, i think someone left the door open…lol…cuz there’s so much more light there now

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          1. Oh, yeah – that will take awhile to make that adjustment. You don’t realize how much you actually “see” every day because we take it for granted but when it changes? Oh, yeah – you notice it then!!! LOL

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  19. TL Howard
    June 9, 2023 2:00 pm
    Reply to joebkonobi

    Yep, won’t work. Biden will leave, not Trump.

    As Bongino said, “They’re using the same formula they used for “collsion.” 1) Create a crime that doesn’t exist; 2) Accuse Trump of breaking the law on a non-crime 3) Convict him of a non-crime

    BTW, Bongino had MTG on today. Bongino mentioned stupid Joe challenging a reporter yesterday who asked him about his crime with a laugh followed by the challenge, “Then, show the money; where’s the money?”

    MTG said, “We know where the money is, at least on two of these crimes. We have the bank statments that show the money, at least on those.” Bongino was stunned. Yep, they have Biden.

    Then, MTG said, “You should have seen the faces of Cori Bush and Ro Khanna when they took a look at them. They were stunned, didn’t say a word. Well, at least I think that’s why the look on Bush’s face. She might be too dumb to know what she was looking at.”

    I’m going to email Ro Khanna since he’s the guy always being portrayed as a man of integrity. Were that so, he’d be calling for Biden’s resignation and Merrick Garland’s as well.

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  20. i read the pdf.
    interesting–the discrepancies– between pence, biden, and Trump…asking for permission to search vs doing a raid…and the testifier not understanding the whys–mostly stuff being forced by doj

    WJT
    June 9, 2023 2:06 pm

    Letter from Jim Jordan to the DOJ and Merrick Garland which gives more detail on the Mar-A-Lago raid and all the irregularities. The head of the DC FBI field office didn’t want to do it.
    2023-06-09-jdj-to-garland-re-mal.pdf (house.gov)

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  21. Cool! Just got an e-mail from TuckerCarlson.com giving me a link to watch the first Twitter episode and step-by-step instructions on watching it even when you aren’t on Twitter. I signed up there sometime within the last year – first e-mail I’ve gotten from his site.

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            1. first off i don’t watch regular tv…no i was not a follower.
              now with hubby working from home, i am limited to what i can watch using the internet.
              he’s working–if he needs the data for his vpn–he’s got to take priority.
              besides, you LOVE him and give great synopsis!

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              1. Got it! I really like him but “love” would be a stretch…in some ways….he still pisses me off, too, with this whole “democracy” BS. I actually sent an e-mail to his site and commented several times on his FB page about it. LOL – I never got a reply, of course.

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  22. Oh, yeah….I was doing some research on that attorney, James Justy…the law firm he works for is this one….”We at Ifrah Law are proud members of our Washington, D.C. community. Our attorneys are involved in organizations such as Special Olympics, National Woman’s Party, and Aspire! Afterschool Learning. We are also proud of our participation in our Pro Bono projects to help fight for justice.”

    So I looked into Aspire! Afterschool Learning. Gen.(R) Stanley McChrystal is on their board as well.

    Board of Directors: CEO: Kristen Bennett, Chief Executive Officer
    As Chief Executive Officer of Service Year Alliance, Kristen is responsible for formulating and ensuring the execution of Service Year Alliance’s strategy to make a service year a common expectation and opportunity. A leader at Service Year Alliance since its founding — most recently as Chief Strategy Officer and interim co-CEO — Kristen brings nearly 15 years of national service experience and an in-depth understanding of the sector to the role as national service launches into a new era.

    Her vision for a new era of national service prioritizes the experience and outcomes of those who serve and focuses on how to make national service more equitable and accessible for youth of all backgrounds.

    Kristen previously led the development of ServiceYear.org at Service Year Alliance and worked as a Program Officer at California Volunteers, California’s state service commission. Her nonprofit, government, and strategy development experience positioned her well to lead Service Year Alliance through the recent strategic planning and allows for a clear understanding of what the national service field needs to be successful, where the barriers lie, and how we can bring the next generation into national service.

    Kristen is also a proud AmeriCorps VISTA alum. As a VISTA, Bennett served on California First Lady Maria Shriver’s WE Connect campaign, connecting low-income families with valuable programs and resources to become more financially secure. While serving, built crucial community partnerships, trained and managed volunteers, and planned and implemented large-scale community events during tax season.
    —————-
    John Bridgeland, Vice Chair [NF: All kinds of flags with this one!!!]

    Bridgeland is Founder & CEO of Civic, a social enterprise firm in Washington, D.C. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of the COVID Collaborative, a national platform that marshals top leaders and institutions in health, education and the economy to work with state and local leaders to combat COVID.

    He is also the Co-Founder of ACT NOW, a ground-up effort to re-envision policing and public safety across 14 communities representing the diversity of the United States. He is also Vice Chairman of UNITE, a national platform that brings leaders across sectors and political parties together to tackle public challenges.

    Bridgeland is Vice Chair of Service Year Alliance at The Aspen Institute to make a service year a common expectation and opportunity for all 18-28-year olds, Co-Convener of GradNation to reach a 90 percent high school graduation rate by 2020, and Vice Chairman of Malaria No More, a nonprofit working to end malaria deaths in Africa. Previously, Bridgeland was appointed by President Obama to serve on the White House Council for Community Solutions.

    He also served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Assistant to the President of the United States, and first Director of the USA Freedom Corps after 9/11 under President George W. Bush. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Virginia School of Law and has given commencement addresses at the College of William & Mary, Johns Hopkins University, Saint Anselm College, Averett University, Hamline University, and Ripon College. In addition, he founded Tennis for America in 2020 with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, which awarded him their “Lifetime Achievement Award,” presented by Wimbledon Champion Stan Smith.

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  24. “Annecy mayor described town as ‘refuge for those fleeing war’ days before Syrian migrant knife attack on toddlers — “Annecy is a land of resistance to fascism, a land of solidarity,” François Astorg tweeted last month in response to a nationalist march through the town”
    June 09, 2023
    editor: REMIX NEWS author: THOMAS BROOKE

    (Flowers lay at the playground after a knife attack Thursday, June 8, 2023 in Annecy, French Alps. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “François Astorg, the mayor of the town that was the site of one of the most heinous crimes in Europe’s recent history on Thursday, waxed lyrical about the town’s dedication to inclusivity and diversity just days before a Syrian migrant embarked on a stabbing spree targeting toddlers.

    “Annecy is a land of resistance to fascism, a land of solidarity, a city of refuge for those fleeing war, misery and misfortune in the world,” Astorg tweeted on May 23, describing it as his administration’s “duty” and “honor” to receive new arrivals to Europe. Astorg had sent his tweet in condemnation of a nationalist march that had taken place in the town on the evening of May 16 as activists carried torches and French flags through the streets before stopping in front of the Notre Dame church.

    “Last night our city council unanimously adopted a Republican wish condemning the demonstration that took place last Tuesday evening. Xenophobic, ultra-nationalist values will never have a place in our city,” Astorg said in response to the march.

    Fast-forward a fortnight, and the Annecy mayor was leading the tributes to four young children — the eldest of whom was just three years old — and two adults who were stabbed by a 31-year-old Syrian refugee at a park in the town. French media reported the attacker, known only as Abdalmasih H., is understood to have been living in Sweden since 2013 where he had been granted asylum and is married to a Swedish woman with whom he has a three-year-old daughter.

    He had also claimed asylum in France and a number of other European countries, but his application was rejected a few days prior to the attack on the basis that he already had the rights he was applying for due to his refugee status in Sweden.

    “His request in France was therefore pointless. He was legal from the point of view of EU law,” a source close to the investigation told the French newspaper Libération.

    French authorities provided an update on the investigation on Friday, with the Annecy prosecutor’s office confirming the suspect’s custody has been extended. No further communication from the prosecutor is expected in the short term.

    Meanwhile, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne announced on Friday the condition of the victims was improving. “I am closely monitoring the state of health of the victims. Their condition is stable. Fortunately, all the injured children were able to be operated on,” she told French media. Three of the four children were hospitalized in Grenoble following the attack, while a fourth child was transferred to a hospital in Geneva.”

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    1. President Trump was right when he sad they weren’t sending their best. i think they ARE emptying their prisons and sending these people all over the world

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      1. Sending all their Muslims, you mean…same difference! At least those from that region. The South American countries are most likely clearing out the MS13 and other gang members from their jails!

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  26. Mike Robinson
    Mike Robinson
    June 9, 2023 4:22 pm

    Here is the truly Constitutional issue:

    From now on, anyone will be able to approach a sitting President and tell him: “Sir, unless you do as we tell you now, on the day you leave office thirty DC grand juries will hand down indictments against you, and you will be thereafter sentenced to more than one hundred years in prison. Do you understand, Sir? Very good. Chairman Xi now comnands you to do the following …”

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  27. Common Sense
    June 9, 2023 4:44 pm

    Go read Judicial Watch v. National Archives and Records Administration.

    It should have a direct bearing on this indictment.

    Judicial Watch sued for Bill Clinton’s recordings that he had created with historian Taylor Branch and had stored them in his sock drawer. Clinton took them from the White House with him into private life and there was classified material on the tapes and it included some important stuff.

    The Judges ruling in that case in 2012 should exonerate Trump from any alleged wrongdoing. The Judge said a couple of important things. Amy Berman Jackson, the judge in that case said that the President had an absolute unreviewable right to take any records or documents that he wants when he leaves office. She said no one can come back and second guess or double think or ask questions about what the President elects to take with him.

    In her ruling, Jackson wrote that the President enjoys unconstrained authority to make decisions regarding the disposal of documents, although the President must notify the Archivist before disposing of records….. neither the Archivist nor Congress has the authority to veto the Presidents’s disposal decision.

    This ruling has existed without challenge or question for ten years.

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  28. interesting take

    Gail Combs
    Gail Combs(@gailcombs)Online
    Coyote
    Reply to scott467
    June 9, 2023 17:12

    “…So I hope he has a really big trick up his sleeve….”

    …

    The Trick up his sleeve:
    Justice Clarence Thomas oversees emergency matters from Florida and several other Southern states. Thomas can act on his own or, refer the emergency appeal to the rest of the court.

    ….

    From what I have heard today, they are having to really STRETCH to come up with anything and it will not stand. They are using the old Espionage Act.

    See 20:20

    https://rumble.com/v2su1aa-sitrep-ep-32-thur-900-pm-et-.html

    Also see the Atlantic Article:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/presidential-records-act-classified-trump-mar-a-lago/671622/

    Also POTUS Trump was IN FL BEFORE the Chinese Viceroy was sworn in, therefore he was STILL president and could wave his magic Declass wand. This is why they are using that old WWI law that makes ALL military stuff “secret” Remember at first they tried ‘Nuclear Secrets’ which actually had more teeth but when that did not work they had to fall back.

    https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/cc33ca74-b574-4868-a258-04377c9db19e

    The DOJ’s Chief Investigator, Jack Smith Has A Checkered Prosecutorial History Filled With Failed, Sloppy Prosecutions…

    President Trump Is Not The First Republican Executive Smith Has Over-Prosecuted

    Smith Prosecuted Republican Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, Whose Conviction Was Unanimously Overturned By The Supreme Court.

    What this actually does, is set up BITE-ME for prosecution as well as OHBummer.

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  29. 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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  40. evil

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