What Shall We Bake Today?

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This month’s final dessert offering is Apricot Bars!

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1 large egg, room temperature

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1-1/3 cups sweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 jar (10 to 12 ounces) apricot preserves

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Fold in coconut and walnuts.

Press two-thirds of dough onto the bottom of a greased 13×9-in. baking pan. Spread with preserves; crumble remaining dough over preserves. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Enjoy!

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131 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

  1. Ya’ know what I find kind of odd? Why were the burn bags still around from waaay back when Trump was first elected??? Those burn bags are supposed to be taken and actually burned on a scheduled basis – once a week when I was working with classified documents at the Pentagon – and within a specified timeframe….why weren’t they actually burned????

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    1. i like this poster at wolf’s–he’s got a theory…

      prognosticatasaurusrex

      prognosticatasaurusrex(@prognosticatasaurusrex)

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      July 31, 2025 13:36

      Good take Wolf. I definitely agree that the Cabal raided Mar a Lago looking for the supporting evidence in this lawsuit. They MISSED.

      Now, being who I am, let me give you what i think are the reasons they missed.

      We know, Trump declassified ALL the Russia gate docs before leaving office. We know because Trump and Radcliffe, and Meadows themselves told us they did. The infamous red binder. 

      The info was NEVER released to the public because some deep state Cabal imbeds did what they do, STALL and OBFUSCATE. Radcliffe and Meadows as much as told us so.

      Remember this info was DECLASSIFIED, just not released to the PUBLIC. Follow me here.

      The public release means WE do not know exactly what was in the files. It does NOT mean members of the IC, Govt bureaucacy, and CONGRESS don’t know what was in them.

      In short, EVERYONE who is anyone WITH A SECURITY clearance knew before the declass, and then even those in IC and Govt without a clearence knew. They ALL knew what Trump was about to do, and what a shitstorm it would be for the Cabal.

      So I think that is when the Cabal went all in on election fraud, and lawfare to get Trump out, and by ANY means necessary stop him from coming back (to finish the Cabal off) OR releasing the binder contents PUBLICLY.

      See, the public release will put a whole cornucopia of Congress critters, politicos, MSM, and permanent bureaucracy critters in serious peril. They ALL KNEW just who, what, when, where, and HOW the coup was staged, who was the players, and just who DIRECTED IT.

      Yet NONE of them spoke up DESPITE it being declassified…MORE culpability. 

      I think Trump either knew or suspected that he might lose the election in 2020 due to the Covid and mail in ballot scams. I think he further knew that the binder, if he lost, would likely NEVER see the light of day. So yes, he TOOK IT. He stored it, and he was LEGALLY intitled to do so,  

      The Cabal, after seizing power, knew that binder was potentially THE smoking gun to bring down their house of cards, and they KNEW that Trump had it, and if ever able again WOULD make sure it was released. Full sunlight, and with a righteous DOJ, IC, and FBI, JUSTICE would be administered. That’s the setup.  

      Trump HAD the goods, he TOLD us he did. He declassified them, and TRIED to get the info released publicly. When that failed, he kept the info, and took it and stored it securely to be used LATER when the Cabal stole the 2020 election.

      Trump plays the LONG game.(think the golf shot at Turnberry metaphor he used…It was a LONG drive wasn’t it.) Trump speaks ALWAYS in double meanings. 

      It is my belief that Trump KNEW exactly who he was dealing with and EXACTLY what they were capable of.

      Recall that Trump himself told the world in his March 5th 2017 tweet :”Awful, just found out Obama had my wires tapped” “He is a very sick person” . Trump KNEW Obama was ALWAYS the ringleader of this circus, and he KNEW to what lengths that Obama and his minions would go to see that Trump was destroyed, and shamed, and that ANY evidence of the Cabal would be hidden in the memory hole, and NEVER released to the public. There would NEVER be any tangible proof. even if the rumors or whistleblowers did come out. Think the Davinci Code, with no body (DNA), the heir of Christ could never be proven conclusively despite the records mountain of meticulous records

      That is when I think put his own “insurance policy” into play. I believe he filed that lawsuit against Clinton in FL KNOWING the deep state would be keenly watching, and LOOKING for that evidence in the binder to be presented, Trump WISELY did not put it into the record then.  

      If he had, the Clinton judge would have SEALED the case, and the evidence could NEVER be used. 

      I really think this was BAIT. Bait that the Cabal took, hook line and sinker. The case, absent the evidence, which any thinking person wed assume was in fact the Russia gate binder, was dismissed, but the Cabal had been alerted that Trump MUST have something.  

      THAT is when Jack Smith on orders from whoever was REALLY running the country (Obama) got his now infamous warrant with instructions to shoot to kill authorized ran by a MAGISTRATE. No judge would touch it against a former President, especially at his home.  

      See, i think Trump has an ALLY, one deep inside the Cabal. Someone the Cabal thinks is one of them, but is REALLY on team Trump.

      Want anecdotal evidence? Curious that not only was Trump, and his ENTIRE FAMILY not at Mar a Lago that day, BUT the Feds in their raid did NOT find what they were looking for that they were obviously CERTAIN would be there. It was so bad that after 9 hours, turning off cameras, subverting normal search warrant procedures and keeping Trumps lawyers OUT, looking throuhg minor Barron’s room and EVEN Melania’s underwear drawer, they had NOTHING. They had to quickly stage and plant some phony cover sheets trying to make it LOOK like they had something, and there was PRESS there, they had to show SOMETHING, right?

      Trump was OBVIOUSLY tipped. He KNEW when and where they would be, and moved his family AND what the Cabal was looking for. ALL safe and sound.  

      I think that this ally, ALSO helped in other ways. 

      Recall now that Kash Patel found a “secret” room with “burn bags” full of Trump Russia docs. It was assumed that someone in the Cabal “hid” them there to NEVER see the light of day.

      LOL, WHY? They were IN burn bags, why not just BURN them?

      Because, it was not Comey or Cabal that “hid” them there. It was the ally.  

      Comey and Cabal et al may well have ordered any evidence burnt, but why on God’s green Earth would they order it STORED? That would be akin to a murderer keeping the gun with his DNA on it at his mothers basement closet, thinking no one will look here.  

      No Trump has a plan folks, and we are seeing it unfold, a LOT has ALREADY been done, we just didn’t realize it. ALL the lawfare and precedent set by what Jack Smith, Biden, and others did to Trump during his lawfare for a YEAR, will NOW come back to bite the Cabal AND the head, Obama,  

      Think, Trump had his executive privilege removed by Biden. Trump had his Lawyer client privilege removed by a Obama judge. Trump had his 4th amendment rights violated by Jack Smith at Mara Lago.  Trump fought and retained his Presidential immunity via a SCOTUS ruling, but ONLY for “official” acts as President.

      As we just learned via Trumps former layer, IF Obama invokes Presidential immunity, he MUST waive his 5th amendment rights to do so. Then if (when) he lies in court or Congress, he has NO immunity, he would then have committed a crime. In essence Obama MUST testify, and he MUST come clean. Even IF he is not then prosecuted, he will have to REVEAL what he did, and that will then lead to the rest of his minions being under the gun, they will have ZERO immunity.  

      Obama might go free, but he will be DESTROYED in reputation, he will be a RAT turning in his underlings (including Hillary and Biden) and he will live in INFAMY in the public.

      No more grift, EVER. In essence, he will “not be able to walk in public”

      Now where did I here that before? 

      Carefully laid trap, and plan.  

      Excellently played by players like Bondi, Patel, Bongino, Ratcliffe, and others. Before anyone brings up Bondi, remeber, the Epstein stuff was a distraction, the Cabal KNEW this was coming. Epstein was the get ahead.

      But HOW did they know, a mole? YES. Her name was Maureen Comey. she, until recently was at DOJ, and had a security clearence…something Trump Gabbard, and Radcliffe went about systematically REMOVING from the rest of the Cabal, even Biden, Hillary, AND Obama.

      She was the mark to set the trap. She bit, and now the Cabal are FUC$$D. When here “usefulness” was over, Bondi cut her loose.  

      Remember this, This all was a plan, Trump has a secret ally in either FBI or DOJ (perhaps both) and Obama was ALWAYS the prime target. 

      Think Bondi et al are do nothings? What’s her record in SCOTUS in SIX months again? 8-0?

      Remember, the Cabal was not just going to lay there an LET Trump burn them down, Trump had to fight VERY hard, and long, and it took time to get the right people in the right places, while keeping the Cabal at bay, setting up the mark and the trap, all while keeping THE secret, 

      REMARKABLE. This may be THE greatest sting EVER, and it SHOULD have volumes of books, movies, and TV shows made from it.  

      Trump has them, and he used they themselves and their people and tactics AGAINST the Cabal. They NEVER saw it coming.  

      Woever the ally is is a HERO, I hope someday we learn his or her identity, 

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  2. Just The News: “Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley appears poised to cruise to the Republican nomination for North Carolina Senate, with the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Majority Leader John Thune throwing their support behind him for the post.

    Whatley is running to replace Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who is not seeking reelection. He previously led the NC GOP before leading the party at the national level during the successful 2024 Trump campaign.

    He has already received President Donald Trump’s support and will likely face former Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., in a general election. The state has skewed towards the GOP since it last broke for President Barack Obama in 2008.

    “Michael Whatley has done an exceptional job leading the Republican National Committee through historic campaign successes, and I’m excited to endorse him in his bid to become North Carolina’s next U.S. Senator,” said Leader Thune. “Michael is a strong conservative voice committed to fighting for North Carolina and will be a crucial part of our growing Senate Republican majority.”

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  6. Coney Island freak show circa 1945 (colorized).

    “Anita” the Elephant Girl (real name & date unknown).

    Very little can be found about Anita the Elephant Girl on the internet.
    A defunct website may have had a biography of sorts but I couldn’t find an archive of the article: “Anita The Elephant-Faced Girl: Embracing Uniqueness and Overcoming Challenges.”

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  14. “Despite legal battles, Mark Zuckerberg slowly buys a mind boggling 2,300 acres on Hawaii’s Kauai island, building tunnels, treehouses and a doomsday bunker…

    Remembering a time when rich people built Colleges, wings of hospitals, art museums centers for culture to enhance society and lead us into the future…”

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  17. Peter Bernegger

    @PeterBernegger

    An FEC complaint has been filed against the cheating US Senator from South Dakota: John Thune.

    @LeaderJohnThune

    @johnthune

    I filed it today as he has been caught Smurfing $1,148,902. He and his campaign committees stole the identities of 714 senior citizens to criminally launder this money into his campaigns. They did it with the direct help of

    @WINRED

    Thune has been a politician at the federal level for 26.5 years now, he’s made a career out of it. He cheated to “win” his elections. The people of South Dakota should impeach him. The Conservative Review

    @CR

    gives him an F in their Liberty Score ranking. And, Thune actually believes the J6 prosecutions were legitimate. A thank you also goes to

    @smurfsearch

    @jewelsHND

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  18. “FDA Rubber-Stamps Fake Salmon With No Independent Testing, No Public Review — Wildtype claims the ingredients in its lab-grown fish, which include pink coloring, antibacterial agents, and cell growth promoters like FGF2, are all proprietary. That means people who eat the fake salmon, which is already being served in upscale restaurants, have no idea what they’re eating.

    by Dr. Joseph Mercola, July 31, 2025

    salmon

    Story at a glance:

    • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved lab-grown salmon from Wildtype based solely on the company’s internal safety claims — no third-party testing, animal trials or public review were ever required.
    • This lab-cultivated fish is already being served in upscale restaurants, with plans to expand, even though Wildtype’s production methods and additives remain largely undisclosed.
    • Wildtype used the GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) loophole, a process originally meant for well-known food ingredients, to bypass standard food safety requirements.
    • The pink coloring, antibacterial agents, and cell growth promoters like FGF2 (fibroblast growth factor-2) used in this lab salmon are all proprietary — meaning you have no idea what you’re actually eating.
    • Despite marketing claims about sustainability, lab-grown meats have up to 25 times the global warming potential of beef and increase your risk of inflammation and depression.

    When you eat at a high-end, award-winning restaurant, it’s just normal to expect a top-notch meal made from the freshest, highest-quality ingredients you can get on the planet. So imagine sitting down and enjoying a beautiful piece of fish or sushi — only to find out that it was grown in a steel vat from lab-cultured fish cells.

    Sound like science fiction? It’s not. In fact, it’s already happening, especially now that the FDA has approved lab-cultivated salmon to be sold to the public.

    Most people assume that when a new food hits the market, it’s been rigorously tested, verified by independent scientists and approved through transparent, public processes. But when it comes to this fake salmon, the truth is far more unsettling….”

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-rubber-stamps-fake-salmon-no-independent-testing-no-public-review-cola/

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