Good morning, Pat! Happy Mother’s Day to you. It wasn’t quite as hot yesterday but close @ 91 – starting out again in the 50’s. Wheezer came in about 5 minutes after I got up. He was acting again like he wanted to be petted before striking out – this time, he nailed me. No more trying to pet that asshole! But I’ll feed the little shit. Another lope has sprouted. Since the white paint from the hardware store is no good, I’ll run up to FD later and pick up another can of paint, then return the other tomorrow when the hardware store is open.
Morning Filly!
happy Mother’s Day to you too!
what is it with that cat? typical man…lol
i am sooo surprised the pansies I planted last year survived and are blooming! I’ve never had luck with anything coming back like that.
we had 2 grosbeaks at the jelly this morning–a male and a female.
Wow! I didn’t think pansies would survive over the winter! More and more Orioles are showing up now, both male and female. I’ve never seen any Grosbeaks here.
my mother went into the hospital yesterday afternoon. She has an infection in her legs and was somewhat incoherent. When asked when was the last time she ate, she insisted she just ate a hoagie my husband brought her. (we stayed the weekend before that.)
her BP was normal, EKG was normal, blood sugar normal and so far they have not found any blood clots. She is dehydrated for sure, but they need to do more tests today so she’s getting fluids intravenously. She is slightly slurring some words. The last I spoke with her before this was Wednesday morning and she was fine.
Barron🇺🇸
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Ilhan Omar’s brother/husband received $18 million in government grants between 2021 and 2024.
According to FOIA, Yosef Barron Omar received the grants without applying for them, and with no expectation that he’d use the money for any specific thing.
In other words, he was likely paid off by the Biden Administration for keeping the fact that the couple shares a parent a secret.
DOGE is in the process of clawing back the 2024 installment. They’ve forwarded the file to the Justice Department for further review.
“New: Vaccine Risk vs. Disease RiskThe Vaccine Math Nobody Added Up—Until Now”
Sharyl Attkisson, Mar 07, 2025
EXCERPT: “Imagine you’re a parent considering the CDC’s vaccine schedule: 43 shots with somewhere around 63 doses of vaccine your child is supposed to get by age 18—measles, flu, Covid, the works. You’ve heard the pitch: vaccines save lives, protect the herd, keep diseases in check. But you may naturally wonder: What’s the actual risk to my kid from all these shots when compared to the diseases they’re meant to stop?
Here’s the catch—no one’s ever put out a full, public breakdown of those cumulative odds, assuming vaccines even work as advertised. (Spoiler: they don’t always—Covid shots don’t stop infection or spread, some vaccinated people still catch measles, mumps, and flu today, and all of the last cases of polio in the US were caused by the vaccine.)
Enter Grok, an AI from xAI, which I asked to crunch the numbers. Grok is imperfect, and yet it can still provide us a window and the best idea we, as outsiders, can get to arrive at ballpark numbers and some insight into a vexing controversy.
The results?
On paper, using publicly available data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other sources, vaccinating looks way riskier for your kid than skipping the shots in 2025. There are caveats, but I’ll examine this conclusion step by step, and explain why, when parents raise eyebrows, it’s not just unfounded conspiracy talk.
An obvious note to add here is that the numbers are so shockingly clear, this article will doubtlessly inspire immediate fake “fact checks” and effort to censor, launched by the usual suspects. The propagandists will crunch different odds and figures, and try to poke holes in this analysis to make it sound as though this is a complete misinterpretation. Debunked. Conspiracy Theory.
For example, they would doubtlessly rather utilize calculations that incorporate worst case scenario numbers from decades past when diseases were at their height, without taking into account a disease’s natural ebb and flow. They would rather look at disease toll from a time when there were fewer medical advancements to prevent disease spread and serious illness. And— fair enough on this one— they would prefer to use calculations that look at disease risk in the distant past when nobody was vaccinated, rather than look at the risk today with most people vaccinated. I’ll address that in this article.
In any event, I offer this simply for your own analysis and consideration, to add to the body of knowledge.
“The Forgotten History of Neurological Vaccine Injuries: Crippling brain injuries used to be a well recognized complication of vaccination. What changed?”
A Midwestern Doctor, May 10, 2025
Story at a Glance:
•One of the most frequent complications of vaccination is neurological injury, and ever since the smallpox vaccine hit the market over two centuries ago, severe and unusual injuries have been reported throughout the medical literature.
•Rather than disclose these injuries to the public, the medical profession chose to conceal them under the erroneous belief that the public good of vaccination justified hiding anything which would create vaccine hesitancy—a cruel mentality that is still used to push unsafe and ineffective vaccines.
•Many of those injuries such as a spreading paralysis of the body mirror the “one in a million” injuries we still see from vaccination but to preserve the mythology of vaccines being “safe and effective” centuries of vaccine toxicity was erased from memory, thereby allowing the same vaccine disasters to keep repeating.
•These concerns peaked in the 1980s, leading to widespread attention on the harms of vaccination and the enactment of a Federal law to prevent these neurological injuries. To protect the industry, its key provisions were all deliberately violated, and the injuries it recognized (e.g., severe brain damage) were renamed so they could be swept under the rug.
•In tandem, widespread censorship was enacted, with both the media and medical journals refusing to publish further reports of injury, thereby creating a societal illusion that these injuries were rare to non-existent.
•Thanks to the MAHA moment, we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to change this dysfunctional paradigm. This article will hence review those forgotten injuries and exactly what caused them, as without that knowledge, these injuries will continue to repeat, and those injured will continue to suffer in silence while being told their injuries are “extremely rare” or “not linked to vaccination” rather than receiving the help they need.
From birth, we are taught that vaccines were one of the most remarkable discoveries in history, and were so safe and effective that many now unimaginable plagues vanished with few to no side effects occurring in the process. In truth, give or take every part of that mythology is false and because it has never been dispelled, remarkably similar vaccine disasters occur every few decades.
Much of this results from the fact that it is very difficult to make safe vaccines due to both how they work and how they are produced. As such, the best “solution” which could be found to this problem was to insist in lockstep that vaccines were safe and erase any memory that vaccine disasters had in fact occurred, thereby making it possible to gaslight anyone who was severely injured by a vaccine and claim their injury was just anecdotal or a product of anti-vaccine hysteria…..”
Just The News: “Russian President Vladimir Putin early Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey to end Europe’s longest military conflict since World War II.
Putin’s offer came in response to requests from Kyiv and President Donald Trump for a 30-day ceasefire. The Russian president said there would be no conditions for the restart of negotiations. “We are committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine,” Putin said, adding it was possible Russia could agree to a ceasefire during the talks.
There’s no immediate reaction from Washington, which has pressed for months for a peaceful solution to the three-year war between Russian and Ukraine.”
“Dear Justice Sotomayor, Your Left-Wing Partisanship Is Showing”
The Federalist, By: Shawn Fleetwood, May 09, 2025
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Did Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor forget that it’s generally frowned upon for judges to display their political partisanship? It’s a question worth asking given that the Obama appointee appeared to do just that in her recent public remarks.
On Thursday night, Sotomayor attended an event hosted by the notoriously left-wing American Bar Association (ABA), in which she seemingly made an indirect reference to President Trump and conservatives’ criticisms of the ongoing judicial coup among lower court judges who are stymieing the administration’s agenda via overreaching injunctions. As The Federalist’s Joy Pullmann previously reported, the ABA routinely “advocates for and engages in unlawful racial and sexual discrimination and is a highly partisan actor on behalf of the Democrat Party and other anti-Constitution activists.”
In an apparent rebuke to the judiciary’s critics, Sotomayor reportedly characterized her attendance at the event as an “act of solidarity” with the legal profession. The associate justice more outwardly abandoned impartiality by encouraging attendees to “stand up and be heard.”
“In all of the uncertainty that exists at this moment, this is our time to stand up and be heard,” Sotomayor said. “Right now we can’t lose the battles we are facing.” “If you’re not used to fighting losing battles, don’t become a lawyer. … Our job is to stand for people who can’t do it themselves,” she added.
Sorry, but who is this “we” that Sotomayor is referring to?
It’s generally incumbent upon judges to portray a semblance of impartiality with regard to ongoing political matters, especially given that such issues could ultimately come before their courts (as has already happened several times under this Trump administration). To signal one’s personal views beforehand and eventually issue rulings based on one’s preferred outcome instead of what the law calls for is both improper and a gross abuse of judicial authority.
But much like her colleagues Ketanji Brown Jackson and John Roberts, Sotomayor doesn’t seem to care.
As previously indicated, what’s particularly disturbing about the Obama appointee’s Thursday remarks is their implication for matters involving the ABA that come before the Supreme Court. As aptly noted by Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino, Sotomayor’s temper tantrum “makes a mockery of any appearance of objectivity in cases challenging the administration or involving the ABA.”
The JCN president highlighted how the ABA has filed an amicus brief in a case currently pending before the high court. Known as United States v. Skrmetti, the matter involves challenges to state laws prohibiting health care providers from providing harmful puberty blockers and genital mutilation surgeries to minors.
“So what do the Democrats who regularly look for lame pretexts for conservative justices to recuse from cases have to say about this?” Severino wrote. “And are the journos worried about the ethics of what [Sotomayor] said or are we all good?”
Sotomayor’s Thursday night outburst is certainly unprofessional. But it’s also another example of the justice showcasing her left-wing activism.
Over the course of her judicial career, Sotomayor has regularly used her position as a judge to manipulate existing constitutional and statutory provisions to argue for the outcome she wants in almost any given case. And as is typical with Democrat appointees, these rulings often further erode America’s constitutional order and advance left-wing despotism throughout the country.”
“This $1 Million Flying Car Is Hitting the Market Next Year — Klein Vision’s AirCar will be certified and ready for sale by Q1 of 2026, say its founders. If that happens, it’ll be the first flying car to hit the market in 75 years.”
Michael Verdon, May 8, 2025
Klein Vision
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Morgan Freeman wasn’t quite sure about whether the world’s first certified flying car will really take off in the real word. Freeman, along with two-time Oscar winner John Travolta, presented Slovakia-based Klein Vision with a Special Recognition Award for Engineering Excellence at last month’s 2025 Living Legends of Aviation Gala Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif. The event recognizes advances in flight, exploration, and personal air mobility.
But Freeman wasn’t buying it, at least not initially. “Anybody can come to our shop and see the AirCar flying,” Anton Zajac told the actor, who also has an Oscar. Zajac, who cofounded Klein Vision in 2016 with Stefan Klein, told Robb Report that Freeman came closer to accepting the AirCar’s reality by the end of the conversation.
The AirCar promises to shorten flight times between cities by letting you take off from your home. Klein Vision
When it comes to skepticism about flying cars, Freeman’s not alone. The history of the flying car has had one or two successes—including the Aerocar which made it into production, barely, in the 1950s, and of course, The Jetsons’ famous bubble-top commuter—but most attempts have failed over the years. Now, a half-dozen manufacturers are trying to bring their versions of a flying car to market. The offerings include the Pal V Liberty, Samson Switchblade, Aska A5, Alef Model A, and Doroni H1X. Like Klein Vision, they are small firms with limited resources, attempting to bring their aircraft to market while facing multiple technical and regulatory challenges. All are in different phases of development.
Klein Vision says it’s on the brink of breaking into the real world, with plans to commercially introduce its AirCar in the first quarter of next year. That will come after test-flights of the second pre-production prototype happen in the fall. That’s the culmination of a long journey for Klein, who has designed five generations of ever-more sophisticated flying cars since 1989. Zajac has been his partner for nearly a decade. “We were cautious when we started the [AirCar] project,” says Zajac, referring to the first prototype. “The goal was to get proof of concept and proof of geometry and come up with something we could fly.”
The first prototype of the AirCar doing an intercity flight in 2021. Klein Vision
Since its maiden flight in 2021, the first prototype has completed 170 flight hours, with more than 500 takeoffs and landings. The second version will be 440 pounds lighter, thanks to a more advanced composite construction method. Its small aircraft engine from Adept has FADEC (full-authority digital engine controls) that regulate engine performance for easier flying.
“This will climb and fly faster than the first prototype and we’ve put in a larger cockpit,” says Zajac. The AirCar will also include Garmin avionics and is autopilot ready. Its flight range will be about 620 miles, he explained, and about 500 miles on the ground. After being tested for 50 hours, it will be eligible to receive an EASA airworthiness certificate, which allows Klein Vision to put it on the market in Europe. Long-term plans include distribution in Asia and North America. The price will range between $800,000 and $1 million…..”
In flight mode, with wings out. Klein Vision
Zajac sees a market for commuters who want to eliminate airports and fly between their homes and other unrestricted landing spots.
Klein is even thinking bigger. “The AirCar fulfills a lifelong dream to bring the freedom of flight into the hands of everyday people,” he said during the ceremony. “With the launch of our production prototype, we are one step closer to transforming how the world moves—merging the road and the sky into a new dimension of personal mobility.”
Ooops! I need to keep a closer eye on the jelly level in the feeder! Already had a small female get stuck this morning!!! She kept biting my thumb the whole time I was washing her off! I tried to dry her off a bit then let her go – she hopped around for a few minutes, then flew away, thankfully! BTW, I’ve had the line in my thumbnail for a long time – I injured the nailbed on a feeding tub many years ago and it’s been this way ever since.
i usually wait till mid summer–when there’s dozens flying around. i take an used feeder to hold, while the males are all protecting the others. they fly at my face but I’m not easily scared off…LOL
usually it’s a female that will land–happy to find a feeder the males won’t come near.
just got off the phone with my granddaughter. she had her first date yesterday! they went kayaking, and grabbed lunch. they went back to his father’s farm and did some hiking and then his parents asked her to stay for supper and told her she was welcome at their farm any time–even if their son wasn’t home…lol
Just The News: “The body of American journalist Austin Tice who was kidnapped in Syria was discovered in a cemetery in northern Syria, according to a Sky News Arabia report on Sunday citing sources.
The FBI has said Tice, a freelance journalist and photographer, was kidnapped in Damascus in August of 2012. “Free Austin Tice” pins were often worn by journalists in Washington, D.C. since Tice was kidnapped.”
“Hero: Army Medic Saves Teenage Girl’s Life During Shooting Incident”
Red State, By Ward Clark 4:50 PM on May 10, 2025
CREDIT: SSG Paul Caron
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “One good definition of “hero” is someone who rushes to another’s aid, disregarding their personal safety to succor a fellow human being. There are other definitions, but this is the one that applies to the 82nd Airborne’s Sergeant Brian Lieberman, a medic assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, who rushed to the aid of a person not in the line of his military duties, but when a shooting occurred just outside his apartment.
Army Sgt. Brian Lieberman, 22, said he was “just doing his job” when he saved the life of a 14-year-old girl in the middle of a shooting at his apartment complex. But the United States Army believes Lieberman is an American hero, meriting the Soldier’s Medal.
Lieberman, an Army medic, is assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The Soldier’s Medal is a significant award and is only presented to someone who has accepted a risk to his or her own life to carry out their duty. In Sergeant Lieberman’s case, he saw a teenage girl hit in a drive-by shooting, rushed to help her, and protected her with his own body when the shooter returned.
On June 5, 2023, a gunman attacked the Carrington Place apartment complex in North Carolina, shooting a teenage girl in the back. Army training instincts kicked in, and Lieberman rushed into the line of fire.
“I looked out my window with my roommate and we heard people screaming and saw people running around by my complex pool, at which point I grabbed my weapon and ran out my front door while my roommate dialed 911,” Lieberman said to Fox News Digital.
“As I got downstairs, I approached a group of people and I threw my hands up and stated that I am an army medic and they pointed to an individual that was lying in the street. I was only able to locate a single gunshot wound to her lower back.”
Sergeant Lieberman, as he was trained, started to treat the wound. Then the gunman returned.
“The shooter’s vehicle drove past us again, and my roommate yelled at me to get down. I threw myself over the girl while the shooters drove by [and] shot at us again, and then that was when I pulled my weapon out to return fire into the suspect’s vehicle.”
Lieberman then continued seeing to the young victim’s wounds until medical personnel arrived on-scene.
This, folks, is the stuff heroes are made of. The word “hero” is tossed about far too casually these days. I’ve never cared for the term “sports hero,” as I don’t think there’s anything heroic about a bunch of wealthy dudes tossing a ball around. The word can have personal meanings; if anyone, to this day, asked me who my number-one hero was, I would say my Dad, but that’s for personal reasons. But you will see a politician described as a “hero to the left/right,” or a movie actor described as a “hero of stage and screen,” and so on. I don’t think the word “hero” applies in those cases, and using it as such cheapens the word.
But there can be no doubt that Sergeant Brian Lieberman, on June 5th of 2023, engaged in what may only be described as an act of heroism. It’s good that the Army is finally recognizing him for it.”
“What I love about America is that American citizens have the freedom to express themselves. For instance, they can hate on the American flag and still be welcome to live here. That is what the First Amendment promises us. The right to free speech is written into the Constitution. This is unlike most nations in the world, where free speech is not a right. I may not particularly like someone else’s viewpoints, but they are free to express their opinions; even so-called hate speech. And I am free to express my disdain.”
“America Is Going All In on Gain of Function and RNA/DNA Tech – Is MAHA Ready For This?
Tom Renz, May 11, 2025
EXCERPT: “While I love 90% of what President Trump is doing, I personally believe there are a lot of bad people around him giving him bad advice. Amongst the worst has to be whoever has told Trump his EO on gain of function work was a good idea. This EO actually enshrines GOF work in law and creates framework to fully embrace mRNA and DNA tech. There is a lot to this and there are some things we have to recognize are just realities but this issue is complex and I’m not excited about the direction things are going….”
Phew, it’s hot out there, especially in a dark gray truck w/no A/C. I ran over to the Bomgaars at Creighton to get some good paint, a sun-loving plant for my tire tower (sticking with the yellow/red combo), and a smaller, lighter weight US flag. That works much better now! Gas is much cheaper in that county – only $2.81/gal! That’s even cheaper than Norfolk. From now on, I’ll run over there for gas!
I also grabbed a new coffee pot and more distilled water – since I don’t have my water softener system going, there is a lot of crap in the water that ruins coffee pots. I’m going to talk to Rich about getting the system going again – it’s not gonna be easy, I know that! I had my SIL shut it off years ago – the drip, drip, drip from the drainage hose was driving me nuts since it’s only about 8 feet from where I sit all day. In all of my 20+ years of living in NOVA, I never had a water softener and didn’t understand the need until I discovered how bad the city water is here.
Also cleaning out my water heater – bound to be cheaper than replacing it. He actually installed it back when his Dad was running the show.
Called Mom earlier to wish her HMD – she’s sounding kind of rough this morning – of course my card hasn’t made it yet – tomorrow, I suppose. She can’t get the implant she wants in her back until she gets a bone density scan – Medicare will only pay for it every 2 years so she is having them send the one from late 2023. I told her if the doctor won’t accept it, she needs to have him send in a request to get it done as “necessary” so she doesn’t have to pay for it. She can’t be feeling too bad, tho, since someone brought her a bunch of rhubarb – she’s got things to bake and jelly to make. LOL – she could be on her deathbed and still want to bake!
It’s really sour and stringy – we used to eat it raw and dip it in sugar – pucker up! I’ve never tried her rhubarb jelly so I have no idea how that tastes.
I was reading some of the suggestions @ W’s – cranberry juice is always good. It does kind of sound like a UTI but the swollen/red feet & ankles makes me think otherwise. Perhaps a blood blockage…..did she get the jab?
they said yesterday already they didn’t find any clots.
this happened once before–last year i think–they gave her cream and bandaged her legs. she was better in a couple of days.
her legs and feet swell occasionally and she’s supposed to prop her feet up several times a day. she couldn’t get her recliner to recline so her legs had been dangling for 2 or 3 days i’m guessing.
OK – no doubt most will disagree with me but…..seems to me if an Israeli-American citizen CHOOSES to go to Israel specifically to fight with the IDF and gets caught by Hamas as a hostage, it shouldn’t be the US’ problem to get him back! Same with the stupid people who choose to take a tour of North Korea & other countries that are dangerous for Americans and get caught up! Stupid people need to live with the consequences of their idiotic choices!!! Fox talking about Hamas being willing to release him now…..but what does the US have to give them for it???? THAT is the problem!!!
Dang, that wind is bad! Just watered all the plants and lopes – all 4 are up now. Time to plant the last 2 hills but later, when it cools off a little bit. This is the plant I got for the tire tower. It is a perennial but I expect being up above ground it will probably freeze over the winter – we’ll see. It will be an added bonus if it comes back next spring – Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower
“The State That Loves Pizza the Most Might Surprise You”
Red State, Ward Clark, May 11, 2025
AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File
“Who doesn’t love pizza?
People claim pizza is an Italian food, but America does it best: Chicago style, New York style, thin crust, hand-tossed, thick crust, stuffed crust; pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onions, you name it, we’ve got it. My wife makes a lovely sourdough crust pizza – don’t get much more Alaska than sourdough pizza – and if she doesn’t feel like making pizza, we can go get a great pizza at our little local community center, and get all the news from the region into the bargain.
Everybody loves pizza, but the state that loves pizza most may come as a surprise. It’s New Hampshire.
The No. 1 destination for pizza in America isn’t New York.
And it’s not Chicago either.
That distinction belongs to … New Hampshire.
That’s right. Each U.S. state was ranked by how much it loves pizza, according to research from Maine Lobster Now.
The study analyzed the number of pizzerias per 100,000 residents, along with people’s interest in pizza, by using data from Google searches and the average price of pizza in each state.
Travel + Leisure reported on the study and provided statements from Maine Lobster Now. “New Hampshire is the ultimate destination for pizza lovers,” Maine Lobster Now said in a statement provided to the publication.
Now, I’m a little skeptical of Google data, but it seems like the number of pizzerias per 100,000 folks is a pretty solid indicator. The denizens of New Hampshire are buying enough pies to keep all these pizzerias open, so they must love them some pizzas. And who doesn’t love pizza?
In my travels, I’ve eaten some great pizzas. One of the best slices I’ve ever laid jaws on was in Europe, but not in Italy; it was in an Italian restaurant in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, west of Frankfurt, and it was a wonder: A thin, crisp crust, just a drizzle of sauce, salami and pepperoni, sprinkled liberally with what appeared to be a couple different cheeses. When working in New Jersey, I used to regularly patronize a place called the Central Pizzeria, which had great sausage/pepperoni, but now appears to be out of business.
A place I used to frequent in Layton, Utah, when I was working there, had a great pepperoni special, with three kinds of pepperoni, all subtly different, and cut differently to tell them apart (I presume.) Until then I wasn’t aware there was more than one kind of pepperoni.
I tended to avoid pizza in Japan. They tend to put odd things on pizza, like fish and squid. But one time, while I was in Osaka with three colleagues to take in the fall festival, we ran across a joint advertising “Pizza, American style,” and sure as shootin’, they put out a big thin-crust pie with plenty of cheese and sausage. We bought one and devoured it, right there on the sidewalk.
Everybody loves pizza. My wife and I have a tradition of pizza and a movie every Friday night, which we have been doing for nearly 30 years. Plenty of Americans, I feel certain, have similar habits. I think the great thing about pizza is that you can make it for any taste, there is such a huge variety of crusts, toppings, and sauces – there’s something for everybody.
Except pineapple. Putting pineapple on pizza is a crime against man and nature. (I kid, I kid.) New Hampshire, though, apparently has the record for loving pizza the most, and I have to admit, that wasn’t on my bingo card for today.”
EXCERPT: “There’s been much back and forth and social media posts and breaking stories about the Trump Team’s efforts to end the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. On Sunday, after much arm-twisting by the U.S. president, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to a one-on-one meeting with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Thursday in Turkey.
Zelensky had demanded a ceasefire starting Monday before he would agree to talks. It’s unclear if Putin is going to agree to a temporary cessation of the fighting:….”
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.
Sew Colorful 
Morning All and Happy Mother’s Day to all!
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Good morning, Pat! Happy Mother’s Day to you. It wasn’t quite as hot yesterday but close @ 91 – starting out again in the 50’s. Wheezer came in about 5 minutes after I got up. He was acting again like he wanted to be petted before striking out – this time, he nailed me. No more trying to pet that asshole! But I’ll feed the little shit. Another lope has sprouted. Since the white paint from the hardware store is no good, I’ll run up to FD later and pick up another can of paint, then return the other tomorrow when the hardware store is open.
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Morning Filly!
happy Mother’s Day to you too!
what is it with that cat? typical man…lol
i am sooo surprised the pansies I planted last year survived and are blooming! I’ve never had luck with anything coming back like that.
we had 2 grosbeaks at the jelly this morning–a male and a female.
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Wow! I didn’t think pansies would survive over the winter! More and more Orioles are showing up now, both male and female. I’ve never seen any Grosbeaks here.
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they have a distinct beak.
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prayer request:
my mother went into the hospital yesterday afternoon. She has an infection in her legs and was somewhat incoherent. When asked when was the last time she ate, she insisted she just ate a hoagie my husband brought her. (we stayed the weekend before that.)
her BP was normal, EKG was normal, blood sugar normal and so far they have not found any blood clots. She is dehydrated for sure, but they need to do more tests today so she’s getting fluids intravenously. She is slightly slurring some words. The last I spoke with her before this was Wednesday morning and she was fine.
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Barron🇺🇸
@_NewsBarron
Ilhan Omar’s brother/husband received $18 million in government grants between 2021 and 2024.
According to FOIA, Yosef Barron Omar received the grants without applying for them, and with no expectation that he’d use the money for any specific thing.
In other words, he was likely paid off by the Biden Administration for keeping the fact that the couple shares a parent a secret.
DOGE is in the process of clawing back the 2024 installment. They’ve forwarded the file to the Justice Department for further review.
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“New: Vaccine Risk vs. Disease RiskThe Vaccine Math Nobody Added Up—Until Now”
Sharyl Attkisson, Mar 07, 2025
EXCERPT: “Imagine you’re a parent considering the CDC’s vaccine schedule: 43 shots with somewhere around 63 doses of vaccine your child is supposed to get by age 18—measles, flu, Covid, the works. You’ve heard the pitch: vaccines save lives, protect the herd, keep diseases in check. But you may naturally wonder: What’s the actual risk to my kid from all these shots when compared to the diseases they’re meant to stop?
Here’s the catch—no one’s ever put out a full, public breakdown of those cumulative odds, assuming vaccines even work as advertised. (Spoiler: they don’t always—Covid shots don’t stop infection or spread, some vaccinated people still catch measles, mumps, and flu today, and all of the last cases of polio in the US were caused by the vaccine.)
Enter Grok, an AI from xAI, which I asked to crunch the numbers. Grok is imperfect, and yet it can still provide us a window and the best idea we, as outsiders, can get to arrive at ballpark numbers and some insight into a vexing controversy.
The results?
On paper, using publicly available data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other sources, vaccinating looks way riskier for your kid than skipping the shots in 2025. There are caveats, but I’ll examine this conclusion step by step, and explain why, when parents raise eyebrows, it’s not just unfounded conspiracy talk.
An obvious note to add here is that the numbers are so shockingly clear, this article will doubtlessly inspire immediate fake “fact checks” and effort to censor, launched by the usual suspects. The propagandists will crunch different odds and figures, and try to poke holes in this analysis to make it sound as though this is a complete misinterpretation. Debunked. Conspiracy Theory.
For example, they would doubtlessly rather utilize calculations that incorporate worst case scenario numbers from decades past when diseases were at their height, without taking into account a disease’s natural ebb and flow. They would rather look at disease toll from a time when there were fewer medical advancements to prevent disease spread and serious illness. And— fair enough on this one— they would prefer to use calculations that look at disease risk in the distant past when nobody was vaccinated, rather than look at the risk today with most people vaccinated. I’ll address that in this article.
In any event, I offer this simply for your own analysis and consideration, to add to the body of knowledge.
Read on for details……”
https://sharylattkisson.substack.com/p/new-vaccine-risk-vs-disease-risk
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“The Forgotten History of Neurological Vaccine Injuries: Crippling brain injuries used to be a well recognized complication of vaccination. What changed?”
A Midwestern Doctor, May 10, 2025
Story at a Glance:
•One of the most frequent complications of vaccination is neurological injury, and ever since the smallpox vaccine hit the market over two centuries ago, severe and unusual injuries have been reported throughout the medical literature.
•Rather than disclose these injuries to the public, the medical profession chose to conceal them under the erroneous belief that the public good of vaccination justified hiding anything which would create vaccine hesitancy—a cruel mentality that is still used to push unsafe and ineffective vaccines.
•Many of those injuries such as a spreading paralysis of the body mirror the “one in a million” injuries we still see from vaccination but to preserve the mythology of vaccines being “safe and effective” centuries of vaccine toxicity was erased from memory, thereby allowing the same vaccine disasters to keep repeating.
•These concerns peaked in the 1980s, leading to widespread attention on the harms of vaccination and the enactment of a Federal law to prevent these neurological injuries. To protect the industry, its key provisions were all deliberately violated, and the injuries it recognized (e.g., severe brain damage) were renamed so they could be swept under the rug.
•In tandem, widespread censorship was enacted, with both the media and medical journals refusing to publish further reports of injury, thereby creating a societal illusion that these injuries were rare to non-existent.
•Thanks to the MAHA moment, we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to change this dysfunctional paradigm. This article will hence review those forgotten injuries and exactly what caused them, as without that knowledge, these injuries will continue to repeat, and those injured will continue to suffer in silence while being told their injuries are “extremely rare” or “not linked to vaccination” rather than receiving the help they need.
From birth, we are taught that vaccines were one of the most remarkable discoveries in history, and were so safe and effective that many now unimaginable plagues vanished with few to no side effects occurring in the process. In truth, give or take every part of that mythology is false and because it has never been dispelled, remarkably similar vaccine disasters occur every few decades.
Much of this results from the fact that it is very difficult to make safe vaccines due to both how they work and how they are produced. As such, the best “solution” which could be found to this problem was to insist in lockstep that vaccines were safe and erase any memory that vaccine disasters had in fact occurred, thereby making it possible to gaslight anyone who was severely injured by a vaccine and claim their injury was just anecdotal or a product of anti-vaccine hysteria…..”
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-forgotten-history-of-neurological
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informed consent USED to be the standard.
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Just The News: “Russian President Vladimir Putin early Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey to end Europe’s longest military conflict since World War II.
Putin’s offer came in response to requests from Kyiv and President Donald Trump for a 30-day ceasefire. The Russian president said there would be no conditions for the restart of negotiations. “We are committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine,” Putin said, adding it was possible Russia could agree to a ceasefire during the talks.
There’s no immediate reaction from Washington, which has pressed for months for a peaceful solution to the three-year war between Russian and Ukraine.”
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i think zelensky is trying to sabotage negotiations at the behest of congress critters.
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Wouldn’t surprise me! I simply can’t wrap my head around all these games!
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millions at stake!
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“Dear Justice Sotomayor, Your Left-Wing Partisanship Is Showing”
The Federalist, By: Shawn Fleetwood, May 09, 2025
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Did Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor forget that it’s generally frowned upon for judges to display their political partisanship? It’s a question worth asking given that the Obama appointee appeared to do just that in her recent public remarks.
On Thursday night, Sotomayor attended an event hosted by the notoriously left-wing American Bar Association (ABA), in which she seemingly made an indirect reference to President Trump and conservatives’ criticisms of the ongoing judicial coup among lower court judges who are stymieing the administration’s agenda via overreaching injunctions. As The Federalist’s Joy Pullmann previously reported, the ABA routinely “advocates for and engages in unlawful racial and sexual discrimination and is a highly partisan actor on behalf of the Democrat Party and other anti-Constitution activists.”
In an apparent rebuke to the judiciary’s critics, Sotomayor reportedly characterized her attendance at the event as an “act of solidarity” with the legal profession. The associate justice more outwardly abandoned impartiality by encouraging attendees to “stand up and be heard.”
“In all of the uncertainty that exists at this moment, this is our time to stand up and be heard,” Sotomayor said. “Right now we can’t lose the battles we are facing.” “If you’re not used to fighting losing battles, don’t become a lawyer. … Our job is to stand for people who can’t do it themselves,” she added.
Sorry, but who is this “we” that Sotomayor is referring to?
It’s generally incumbent upon judges to portray a semblance of impartiality with regard to ongoing political matters, especially given that such issues could ultimately come before their courts (as has already happened several times under this Trump administration). To signal one’s personal views beforehand and eventually issue rulings based on one’s preferred outcome instead of what the law calls for is both improper and a gross abuse of judicial authority.
But much like her colleagues Ketanji Brown Jackson and John Roberts, Sotomayor doesn’t seem to care.
As previously indicated, what’s particularly disturbing about the Obama appointee’s Thursday remarks is their implication for matters involving the ABA that come before the Supreme Court. As aptly noted by Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino, Sotomayor’s temper tantrum “makes a mockery of any appearance of objectivity in cases challenging the administration or involving the ABA.”
The JCN president highlighted how the ABA has filed an amicus brief in a case currently pending before the high court. Known as United States v. Skrmetti, the matter involves challenges to state laws prohibiting health care providers from providing harmful puberty blockers and genital mutilation surgeries to minors.
“So what do the Democrats who regularly look for lame pretexts for conservative justices to recuse from cases have to say about this?” Severino wrote. “And are the journos worried about the ethics of what [Sotomayor] said or are we all good?”
Sotomayor’s Thursday night outburst is certainly unprofessional. But it’s also another example of the justice showcasing her left-wing activism.
Over the course of her judicial career, Sotomayor has regularly used her position as a judge to manipulate existing constitutional and statutory provisions to argue for the outcome she wants in almost any given case. And as is typical with Democrat appointees, these rulings often further erode America’s constitutional order and advance left-wing despotism throughout the country.”
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rules for thee but not for me
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“This $1 Million Flying Car Is Hitting the Market Next Year — Klein Vision’s AirCar will be certified and ready for sale by Q1 of 2026, say its founders. If that happens, it’ll be the first flying car to hit the market in 75 years.”
Michael Verdon, May 8, 2025
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Morgan Freeman wasn’t quite sure about whether the world’s first certified flying car will really take off in the real word. Freeman, along with two-time Oscar winner John Travolta, presented Slovakia-based Klein Vision with a Special Recognition Award for Engineering Excellence at last month’s 2025 Living Legends of Aviation Gala Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif. The event recognizes advances in flight, exploration, and personal air mobility.
But Freeman wasn’t buying it, at least not initially. “Anybody can come to our shop and see the AirCar flying,” Anton Zajac told the actor, who also has an Oscar. Zajac, who cofounded Klein Vision in 2016 with Stefan Klein, told Robb Report that Freeman came closer to accepting the AirCar’s reality by the end of the conversation.
When it comes to skepticism about flying cars, Freeman’s not alone. The history of the flying car has had one or two successes—including the Aerocar which made it into production, barely, in the 1950s, and of course, The Jetsons’ famous bubble-top commuter—but most attempts have failed over the years. Now, a half-dozen manufacturers are trying to bring their versions of a flying car to market. The offerings include the Pal V Liberty, Samson Switchblade, Aska A5, Alef Model A, and Doroni H1X. Like Klein Vision, they are small firms with limited resources, attempting to bring their aircraft to market while facing multiple technical and regulatory challenges. All are in different phases of development.
Klein Vision says it’s on the brink of breaking into the real world, with plans to commercially introduce its AirCar in the first quarter of next year. That will come after test-flights of the second pre-production prototype happen in the fall. That’s the culmination of a long journey for Klein, who has designed five generations of ever-more sophisticated flying cars since 1989. Zajac has been his partner for nearly a decade. “We were cautious when we started the [AirCar] project,” says Zajac, referring to the first prototype. “The goal was to get proof of concept and proof of geometry and come up with something we could fly.”
Since its maiden flight in 2021, the first prototype has completed 170 flight hours, with more than 500 takeoffs and landings. The second version will be 440 pounds lighter, thanks to a more advanced composite construction method. Its small aircraft engine from Adept has FADEC (full-authority digital engine controls) that regulate engine performance for easier flying.
“This will climb and fly faster than the first prototype and we’ve put in a larger cockpit,” says Zajac. The AirCar will also include Garmin avionics and is autopilot ready. Its flight range will be about 620 miles, he explained, and about 500 miles on the ground. After being tested for 50 hours, it will be eligible to receive an EASA airworthiness certificate, which allows Klein Vision to put it on the market in Europe. Long-term plans include distribution in Asia and North America. The price will range between $800,000 and $1 million…..”
Zajac sees a market for commuters who want to eliminate airports and fly between their homes and other unrestricted landing spots.
Klein is even thinking bigger. “The AirCar fulfills a lifelong dream to bring the freedom of flight into the hands of everyday people,” he said during the ceremony. “With the launch of our production prototype, we are one step closer to transforming how the world moves—merging the road and the sky into a new dimension of personal mobility.”
One can imagine that Freeman just smiled.”
https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/klein-aircar-flying-car-market-date-1236713006-1236713006/
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i dunno…who’s going to “police” flying cars?
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Good question – one of many! But you know the celebrities will all rush to buy one as soon as it’s possible!
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do they have the “right” to fly over MY house?
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You know it will get hung up for a LONG time once they start looking at regulating them!
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what a waste. i hope they lose their rich customer base.
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Any of those rich customers with any class at all will run away as fast as they can!
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she’s having issues with a non profit…i didn’t read it though
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Yeah, I saw something about it and passed, too!
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Ooops! I need to keep a closer eye on the jelly level in the feeder! Already had a small female get stuck this morning!!! She kept biting my thumb the whole time I was washing her off! I tried to dry her off a bit then let her go – she hopped around for a few minutes, then flew away, thankfully! BTW, I’ve had the line in my thumbnail for a long time – I injured the nailbed on a feeding tub many years ago and it’s been this way ever since.
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awwww you have a heart as big as all outdoors!
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Birds especially just amaze me! They are soooo tiny and fragile while also being so incredibly tough!
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i enjoy my annual summer ritual getting one to land on my hand to drink from the feeder–they are weightless!
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I envy your patience! I could never sit there long enough! This female was truly “light as a feather!”
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i usually wait till mid summer–when there’s dozens flying around. i take an used feeder to hold, while the males are all protecting the others. they fly at my face but I’m not easily scared off…LOL
usually it’s a female that will land–happy to find a feeder the males won’t come near.
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just got off the phone with my granddaughter. she had her first date yesterday! they went kayaking, and grabbed lunch. they went back to his father’s farm and did some hiking and then his parents asked her to stay for supper and told her she was welcome at their farm any time–even if their son wasn’t home…lol
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Oh, what fun! Yes, and headaches, too! LOL – Mom and Dad need to get geared up for this phase, I’ll bet! Psssttt….did he kiss her???
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I didn’t ask. my daughter was in the car with her…LOL
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Ah! Smart!
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Just The News: “The body of American journalist Austin Tice who was kidnapped in Syria was discovered in a cemetery in northern Syria, according to a Sky News Arabia report on Sunday citing sources.
The FBI has said Tice, a freelance journalist and photographer, was kidnapped in Damascus in August of 2012. “Free Austin Tice” pins were often worn by journalists in Washington, D.C. since Tice was kidnapped.”
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“Hero: Army Medic Saves Teenage Girl’s Life During Shooting Incident”
Red State, By Ward Clark 4:50 PM on May 10, 2025
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “One good definition of “hero” is someone who rushes to another’s aid, disregarding their personal safety to succor a fellow human being. There are other definitions, but this is the one that applies to the 82nd Airborne’s Sergeant Brian Lieberman, a medic assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, who rushed to the aid of a person not in the line of his military duties, but when a shooting occurred just outside his apartment.
The Soldier’s Medal is a significant award and is only presented to someone who has accepted a risk to his or her own life to carry out their duty. In Sergeant Lieberman’s case, he saw a teenage girl hit in a drive-by shooting, rushed to help her, and protected her with his own body when the shooter returned.
Sergeant Lieberman, as he was trained, started to treat the wound. Then the gunman returned.
This, folks, is the stuff heroes are made of. The word “hero” is tossed about far too casually these days. I’ve never cared for the term “sports hero,” as I don’t think there’s anything heroic about a bunch of wealthy dudes tossing a ball around. The word can have personal meanings; if anyone, to this day, asked me who my number-one hero was, I would say my Dad, but that’s for personal reasons. But you will see a politician described as a “hero to the left/right,” or a movie actor described as a “hero of stage and screen,” and so on. I don’t think the word “hero” applies in those cases, and using it as such cheapens the word.
But there can be no doubt that Sergeant Brian Lieberman, on June 5th of 2023, engaged in what may only be described as an act of heroism. It’s good that the Army is finally recognizing him for it.”
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wow!
he deserves recognition for that–it WAS heroic!
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“Sunday Strip: When Pigs Can Fly – Pigeons paint”
Robert W Malone MD, MS, May 11, 2025
“What I love about America is that American citizens have the freedom to express themselves. For instance, they can hate on the American flag and still be welcome to live here. That is what the First Amendment promises us. The right to free speech is written into the Constitution. This is unlike most nations in the world, where free speech is not a right. I may not particularly like someone else’s viewpoints, but they are free to express their opinions; even so-called hate speech. And I am free to express my disdain.”
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“The truth about livestock guardian dogs. If you know, you know…”
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a lot of good ones in there…sharing some at wolfs!
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“America Is Going All In on Gain of Function and RNA/DNA Tech – Is MAHA Ready For This?
Tom Renz, May 11, 2025
EXCERPT: “While I love 90% of what President Trump is doing, I personally believe there are a lot of bad people around him giving him bad advice. Amongst the worst has to be whoever has told Trump his EO on gain of function work was a good idea. This EO actually enshrines GOF work in law and creates framework to fully embrace mRNA and DNA tech. There is a lot to this and there are some things we have to recognize are just realities but this issue is complex and I’m not excited about the direction things are going….”
Video: https://tomrenz.substack.com/p/america-is-going-all-in-on-gain-of
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whoa…he looks remarkably like the Italian guy who opened the best pizza place i’ve ever been to…when i was 16. LOL…
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Meh…Italians! They all look alike! 😁😉🤣🤣🤣😁
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LOL
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BINGO!!
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Ron Howard and Don Knotts on a break from shooting “The Andy Griffith Show.”
Nice!!!
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Someone should have put it in the garage….
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I say hi to dogs, birds, deer, turkeys…not bears though…lol
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and that is a tragedy about that bike!
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I figured that would trigger you! LOL
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Phew, it’s hot out there, especially in a dark gray truck w/no A/C. I ran over to the Bomgaars at Creighton to get some good paint, a sun-loving plant for my tire tower (sticking with the yellow/red combo), and a smaller, lighter weight US flag. That works much better now! Gas is much cheaper in that county – only $2.81/gal! That’s even cheaper than Norfolk. From now on, I’ll run over there for gas!
I also grabbed a new coffee pot and more distilled water – since I don’t have my water softener system going, there is a lot of crap in the water that ruins coffee pots. I’m going to talk to Rich about getting the system going again – it’s not gonna be easy, I know that! I had my SIL shut it off years ago – the drip, drip, drip from the drainage hose was driving me nuts since it’s only about 8 feet from where I sit all day. In all of my 20+ years of living in NOVA, I never had a water softener and didn’t understand the need until I discovered how bad the city water is here.
Also cleaning out my water heater – bound to be cheaper than replacing it. He actually installed it back when his Dad was running the show.
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We have well water and we go to visit mom , she has city water. we all drink bottled water there.
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City won’t allow any new wells to be dug w/in the city limits.
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out here we had no other option. no water lines, no internet lines, electric lines stopped at the property down on the road.
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Since I spent a lot of years in VA in the country, I usually had well water, too.
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Called Mom earlier to wish her HMD – she’s sounding kind of rough this morning – of course my card hasn’t made it yet – tomorrow, I suppose. She can’t get the implant she wants in her back until she gets a bone density scan – Medicare will only pay for it every 2 years so she is having them send the one from late 2023. I told her if the doctor won’t accept it, she needs to have him send in a request to get it done as “necessary” so she doesn’t have to pay for it. She can’t be feeling too bad, tho, since someone brought her a bunch of rhubarb – she’s got things to bake and jelly to make. LOL – she could be on her deathbed and still want to bake!
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my SIL still hasn’t called with any updates about mom which has me wondering…
never had rhubarb–is it good?
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It’s really sour and stringy – we used to eat it raw and dip it in sugar – pucker up! I’ve never tried her rhubarb jelly so I have no idea how that tastes.
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I was reading some of the suggestions @ W’s – cranberry juice is always good. It does kind of sound like a UTI but the swollen/red feet & ankles makes me think otherwise. Perhaps a blood blockage…..did she get the jab?
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of course she did.
they said yesterday already they didn’t find any clots.
this happened once before–last year i think–they gave her cream and bandaged her legs. she was better in a couple of days.
her legs and feet swell occasionally and she’s supposed to prop her feet up several times a day. she couldn’t get her recliner to recline so her legs had been dangling for 2 or 3 days i’m guessing.
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Ah! That would do it!
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No diabetes, right? They have a lot of problems with their feet.
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OK – no doubt most will disagree with me but…..seems to me if an Israeli-American citizen CHOOSES to go to Israel specifically to fight with the IDF and gets caught by Hamas as a hostage, it shouldn’t be the US’ problem to get him back! Same with the stupid people who choose to take a tour of North Korea & other countries that are dangerous for Americans and get caught up! Stupid people need to live with the consequences of their idiotic choices!!! Fox talking about Hamas being willing to release him now…..but what does the US have to give them for it???? THAT is the problem!!!
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agreed. they are ripe for hostage situations imo.
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Dang, that wind is bad! Just watered all the plants and lopes – all 4 are up now. Time to plant the last 2 hills but later, when it cools off a little bit. This is the plant I got for the tire tower. It is a perennial but I expect being up above ground it will probably freeze over the winter – we’ll see. It will be an added bonus if it comes back next spring – Arizona Apricot Blanket Flower
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hey that’s really pretty!
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As Rodney said, it should draw the bees and hopefully, butterflies.
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oh yeah…
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“The State That Loves Pizza the Most Might Surprise You”
Red State, Ward Clark, May 11, 2025
“Who doesn’t love pizza?
People claim pizza is an Italian food, but America does it best: Chicago style, New York style, thin crust, hand-tossed, thick crust, stuffed crust; pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onions, you name it, we’ve got it. My wife makes a lovely sourdough crust pizza – don’t get much more Alaska than sourdough pizza – and if she doesn’t feel like making pizza, we can go get a great pizza at our little local community center, and get all the news from the region into the bargain.
Everybody loves pizza, but the state that loves pizza most may come as a surprise. It’s New Hampshire.
Now, I’m a little skeptical of Google data, but it seems like the number of pizzerias per 100,000 folks is a pretty solid indicator. The denizens of New Hampshire are buying enough pies to keep all these pizzerias open, so they must love them some pizzas. And who doesn’t love pizza?
In my travels, I’ve eaten some great pizzas. One of the best slices I’ve ever laid jaws on was in Europe, but not in Italy; it was in an Italian restaurant in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, west of Frankfurt, and it was a wonder: A thin, crisp crust, just a drizzle of sauce, salami and pepperoni, sprinkled liberally with what appeared to be a couple different cheeses. When working in New Jersey, I used to regularly patronize a place called the Central Pizzeria, which had great sausage/pepperoni, but now appears to be out of business.
A place I used to frequent in Layton, Utah, when I was working there, had a great pepperoni special, with three kinds of pepperoni, all subtly different, and cut differently to tell them apart (I presume.) Until then I wasn’t aware there was more than one kind of pepperoni.
I tended to avoid pizza in Japan. They tend to put odd things on pizza, like fish and squid. But one time, while I was in Osaka with three colleagues to take in the fall festival, we ran across a joint advertising “Pizza, American style,” and sure as shootin’, they put out a big thin-crust pie with plenty of cheese and sausage. We bought one and devoured it, right there on the sidewalk.
Everybody loves pizza. My wife and I have a tradition of pizza and a movie every Friday night, which we have been doing for nearly 30 years. Plenty of Americans, I feel certain, have similar habits. I think the great thing about pizza is that you can make it for any taste, there is such a huge variety of crusts, toppings, and sauces – there’s something for everybody.
Except pineapple. Putting pineapple on pizza is a crime against man and nature. (I kid, I kid.) New Hampshire, though, apparently has the record for loving pizza the most, and I have to admit, that wasn’t on my bingo card for today.”
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i never would have guessed New Hampshire!
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IKR? Crazy! I would have said either NY or Chicago.
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EXCERPT: “There’s been much back and forth and social media posts and breaking stories about the Trump Team’s efforts to end the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. On Sunday, after much arm-twisting by the U.S. president, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to a one-on-one meeting with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Thursday in Turkey.
Zelensky had demanded a ceasefire starting Monday before he would agree to talks. It’s unclear if Putin is going to agree to a temporary cessation of the fighting:….”
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/05/11/new-zelensky-agrees-to-go-face-to-face-with-putin-in-russia-on-thursday-n2188946
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zelensky is in NO position to demand anything!
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He originally insisted that Putin had to agree to the cease fire first. Disgusting POS!!!
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like he’s in any position to do so.
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is qatar a friend? not sure i would accept an airplane for the President’s use from a foreign nation.
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They straddle the line. Knowing Trump, they would go over every inch of that sucker with a magnifying glass!
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hope they do!
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i hope in her next movie, she portrays Mohammed. see how the world accepts that.
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AGREED!
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awesome pictures!
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They kind of look like paintings but they’re photos.
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REALLY?? amazing!
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SPIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
monkeys in Thailand got me!
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Holy cow! I recorded a documentary series on Lifetime about the Judds. Ashley looks awful now!!!
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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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Good night! Hope Mom is getting better.
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Good Night All!
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Pat prayers for your mom. Have hospital check for uti.. Urinary track infection . Can cause confusion to delirium. junebug
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thank you! a uti seems to be the general consensus at this point.
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