What Shall We Bake Today?

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Since this is Back-to-School month, I’ll be sharing cookies and lunchbox treats recipes! The first is Toffee Crunch Cookies!

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter

1 cup light brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 (10-ounce) bag toffee candy bits

1 cup oatmeal

1 cup sweetened flake coconut

1 cup chopped almonds (I’m going to try walnuts or pecans)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla. Beat the eggs slightly; then add to the butter mixture and mix well. Sift flour, salt and baking soda; then add slowly to the moist ingredients and mix thoroughly. Mix in the toffee bits, oatmeal, coconut and nuts.

Drop dough by the teaspoonful onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

ENJOY!

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  1. Morning All!
    I just tried this recipe this past weekend. They were a HUGE HIT! After everyone scarfed a few down I challenged them to figure out what was in them…(the oatmeal and coconut stumped them…lol)
    everybody said to put this in the favorites file!
    btw, I tried them both ways…in the picture, the cookie is thinner and makes the cookie so crunchy good. I also made some thicker–they were softer but still sooo good!
    and we talked about using chocolate bits or making a chocolate cookie base and everyone liked them just as they are.

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    1. Good morning, Pat! A chilly rainy day here this morning. Won’t be doing any mowing today, that’s for sure! I would like the softer version w/pecans, personally!

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        1. I posted this last night @ M’s – great news!

          “Sliding on down….I’m finally back! Yeah! Super foggy this morning but once it burned off, it turned into a really nice day. Checked my lopes and they are coming along very nicely – I’ve got 3 nice-sized ones at the moment and about 5 more coming after that.

          Great news! Got the all clear from the respiratory section at the Lincoln VA after I passed their tests – they will be calling to have the oxygen exchanger & cannisters picked up. I also got the results of my latest blood tests from the Norfolk VA/Dr. Lux….I quote:

          “Your recent lab results are listed below. They look good. They are very much improved. Your anemia is pretty well resolved. If you are still taking iron supplements you can stop them or you can finish with 1/day and your liver tests are much improved. Almost back to normal. Your albumin (protein) level is much improved. I think you will do well if you can continue to improve your nutrition levels. Your pre-albumin level is low and this is a reflection of your malnutrition which was going on for so long but improving. With all of these improvements, I will be fine for you to follow-up in 6 months as previously planned.”

          Such a relief!! But sitting for all those hours was hard on my legs/ankles – they were hurting pretty badly by the end of the day but are much improved after some activity. It was an interesting trip – there were 4 of us going to Lincoln in the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) vehicle.

          The driver is a guy about my age and there were 2 older guys and 1 other woman who was probably around 50 or so. She sat in the back so wasn’t in on much of the conversation but I had a grand time chatting and sharing stories with the 3 men. Turns out that the 2 men are neighbors of mine – one lives in Osmond – Rod (about 10 minutes from me – we exchanged phone #’s) and the other lives in Pierce (about 20 minutes) – I think his name was Larry, much older – probably late 80’s. Rod is only a few years older than me and they just recently sold his brother’s house here in Plainview, less than a block from my house! Small world! The gal lives in Norfolk but I got the impression she isn’t from this area.

          We stopped at Mel’s Diner – an old fashioned silver diner – at a truck stop in Fremont at Larry’s insistence. It was great food, very busy with a very relaxed, friendly environment. We all had a good time and it was pleasant company.

          Now I’ve got to go thru all the many e-mails in my in-box and read back to see what’s happening with everyone!”

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          1. OH Filly! GREAT NEWS!!!!!
            did you explain to the doctor that some of your “malnutrition” is due to your sinuses not be addressed so you can get new teeth???

            but it does sound like you’re doing GREAT!!!
            and awesome that you met some new contacts!!

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      1. Good Morning GA!

        when i try a new cookie, i try them both ways. Because i normally give cookies to my Mom, I always try the soft version–she prefers those–but the toffee chips and the pecans make them chewy already. I doubt I will take any of these to Mom.

        however I did make some peach crumb bars yesterday–SIL brought a whole bag of peaches for me! Those turned out soooo good–I froze half the recipe to take some to her!

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  4. “No One Is Talking About The Direct Pipeline From Divorced Parents To School Shooters — Like so many other school shooters, the Minneapolis shooter’s parents divorced in 2013, when we was around age 12.”

    The Federalist, By: Beverly Willett, September 03, 2025

    man leaning elbow on kitchen table

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “When news broke of the Minneapolis shooter who opened fire on children attending mass at a Catholic school, news media carried the same photo of the suspect’s mother, no mention of a husband or father. It was a dead giveaway — “Robin” Westman’s parents were divorced. This important fact was only casually mentioned by a handful of media, days later.

    To date, 434 school shootings have occurred since Columbine, resulting in 218 deaths, 510 injuries, and 397,000 children experiencing gun violence at school.

    A 2018 international academic study found a strong link between childhood separation from parents and an “elevated risk for later violent criminality.” (The study specifically excluded children with deceased parents.) A subsequent nationwide analysis bolstered these results, finding a strong association between two-parent households and cities with markedly less crime. Indeed, nearly every school shooting in 2013 involved young men with divorced or never married parents.

    “The social scientific evidence about the connection between violence and broken homes could not be clearer,” says Brad Wilcox, Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and considered a leading authority on marriage and family.

    Westman’s parents divorced in 2013. Westman would have been about 12, on the cusp of adolescence. After the split, Westman, a biological male who later identified as a woman, bounced from school to school. And dad remarried — the shooter’s manifesto mentions the step-mom.

    Journalist Andy Ngo reported on his Substack that the shooter’s mother moved to Florida in 2022 after the divorce. A source close to the Westman family told Ngo that “[Robert] was the youngest of five children and experienced a difficult divorce between his parents,” and that “Shortly after [their mother] signed the form for Bobby, she moved to Florida after he turned 18. She was heartbroken over all of this.”

    Like Westman, the 2024 Georgia school shooter struggled with his parents’ divorce. Likewise, the Sandy Hook, Centennial, Colorado, and 15-year-old Michigan school shooters.

    Decades of research also demonstrate solid connections between divorce and single-parent households, on the one hand, and other serious child outcomes, on the other. For example, boys in single mother households have twice the rate of juvenile delinquency. Divorce increases the risk for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide, which can be particularly acute during adolescence. The evidence Westman left behind exhibited deep levels of stress, self-loathing, and hate. Westman alluded to school suspensions and smoked marijuana. Then, after killing two children, Westman committed suicide, just like the Sandy Hook and Colorado school shooters.

    According to a central finding from a 2024 marriage report, “young men from non-intact families are more likely to land in prison or jail than they are to graduate from college.” Westman appears not to have even graduated from high school. Still, divorce rates remain high, marriage rates plummet, and innocent children die.

    Some critics contend that the evidence of correlation between family structure and violent behavior doesn’t rise to the level of causation. They misunderstand the nature of social science research to begin with, which rarely isolates single causes and effects. Nevertheless, it has long guided public policy decisions on everything from economics to public health to education and crime. Even criminals are put to death using a legal standard that doesn’t require certainty.

    Moreover, the 2018 study about family structure and violence referenced above examined a cohort of 1.3 million children! And the most extensive longitudinal study of longevity ever conducted, which found that children of divorce died on average five years earlier than those from intact families, analyzed eight decades worth of data. And yet, parents and policymakers continue shutting down even modest divorce reform efforts aimed at giving struggling parents the help they need.          

    Quite clearly, no amount of certainty or science will satisfy parents hell-bent on placing their own fleeting “happiness” above the best interests of their children. Instead, school shootings bring out the same calls for gun control, elimination of the Second Amendment, and allocation of more taxpayer dollars for mental health and gender-affirming care. Anything but a call for parents to also step up and be parents.

    But won’t reforming divorce laws and keeping more families intact produce more volatile home environments in which shooters flourish? No. The phenomenon of school shootings sits squarely within the milieu of family breakdown. Indeed, the 1999 Columbine massacre is widely considered both the starting point and benchmark for these events.

    Most divorces involve low-conflict marriages. But when those same parents remain married, the odds overwhelmingly favor the health and welfare of their children. And the grave and growing epidemic of fatherlessness, which produces poor outcomes for boys, results from the absence of fathers in the home, not their presence.                  

    Obviously, most boys with divorced parents won’t become school shooters. But the prevalence of divorce ensures we’ll have higher levels of violence than if we made obtaining divorces more difficult.”

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  5. “Foreign Citizens Should Never Be Allowed To Serve In American Government — The American government has been overrun with foreign-born, foreign citizenship-holding, dual-loyalty politicians and judges.”

    The Federalist, By: Breccan F. Thies, September 03, 2025

    sparkle sooknanan

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “It does not matter if individuals become naturalized citizens of the United States, so long as they retain the citizenship from wherever they came, they should not be allowed to serve in the American government. Either they renounce their foreign citizenship, or stop serving in our government. And, it is more preferable that they self-deport if they feel strongly about keeping the other citizenship.

    As founder John Jay expressed in 1787, “Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government.”

    Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali and Sparkle Leah Sooknanan, two far-left appointees of former President Joe Biden, are perfect examples. Both are federal judges, both issue judicial decrees well outside what is in America’s best interests, and both are still citizens of foreign countries. Sooknanan is a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, while Ali is a citizen of Canada.

    As is the problem with anyone retaining their citizenship in another country and then attempting to serve in another, it is unclear where their loyalties lie. For Ali and Sooknanan, whether in service to their home countries or not, it is quite clear they couldn’t care less about the United States.

    In Sooknanan’s latest un-American activity, she blocked a flight of hundreds of trafficked Guatemalan children who were being sent back home to their families from leaving the United States.

    The Guatemalan government already agreed to take them back, and as White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said, “These smuggled migrant children were orphaned in America by the Biden Administration. The minors have all self-reported that their parents are back home in Guatemala. But a Democrat judge is refusing to let them reunify with their parents.”

    “The government of Guatemala has formally requested their return,” Miller added. “And there are tens of thousands more smuggled minors orphaned in America by the Biden Administration that Democrats are refusing to allow back home with their families.”

    Far from Sooknanan’s only attack on the interests of America and Americans, prior to being appointed by Biden (or, an autopen), she helped orchestrate the Department of Justice memo from Merrick Garland calling parents concerned about their children’s schooling “domestic terrorists.”

    Democrats rammed Sooknanan through the Senate in the lame-duck session right after Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election and assumed office Jan. 2, 2025. It is the same story with Ali, whose nomination was approved 50-49 on Nov. 20, 2024, and assumed office two days later — all well after the election. He became the first Muslim and Arab to serve on a federal D.C. court.

    One of Ali’s first acts as a judge was ordering the Trump administration to distribute $2 billion in “foreign aid” without being able to verify how the money was being used. That funding explicitly cut USAID, which was revealed as one of the most sinister foreign policy tools, funding coups, transgenderism, and much more across the world.

    There are other judges who were born in other countries who do not show the deep disdain Sooknanan and Ali do for the country that gave them citizenship.

    Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho was born in Taiwan, but does not retain citizenship with that country, having been naturalized at the age of 9. He also has consistently ruled or espoused judicial philosophy as someone who understands the Constitution and the meaning of his own position of upholding it. He is often cited as an obvious successor to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

    The problem does not exclusively exist in the judicial branch. There are numerous members of Congress who clearly have loyalties elsewhere, whether born there, retaining citizenship there, or not. Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Randy Fine, R-Fla., and Brian Mast, R-Fla., are just a handful of examples. It would not be possible to list out the scores of congressional Democrats and Republicans who fly foreign flags outside their offices, who should also be added to the group.

    Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has introduced a bill along with Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Clay Higgins, R-La., that would force political candidates to disclose dual citizenship as a minimal bar for running for office.

    “Dual citizens elected to the United States Congress should renounce citizenship in all other countries,” Massie said. “At a minimum, they should disclose their citizenship in other countries and abstain from votes specifically benefitting those countries. If we are going to continue to allow Members of Congress to acquire and retain citizenship in other countries, they should at least be required to disclose to voters all countries of which they consider themselves to be citizens.” 

    His bill seems like a low bar, but it really only scratches the surface of dual loyalty problems from foreigners and American-born members alike.”

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  9. Just The News: “Representative Thomas Massie, R-Ky., forged ahead Tuesday with a legislative maneuver to try to force the House to require the Justice Department to make public all records related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, unmoved by fellow House Republicans’ efforts to release more files.

    “It’s filed,” Massie said on the social media platform X. “Your congressman can now sign the discharge petition to force a vote on binding legislation to release the Epstein files.”

    A discharge petition is a procedural tool that can be used in the House. It lets a majority of members force a bill out of committee and onto the House floor for a final vote. It requires 218 signatures to move forward. 

    If the discharge petition works and moves forward, the House would be voting on the “The Epstein Files Transparency Act,” which would require the Attorney General to disclose to the public all documents, communications and investigative materials that are in the possession of the DOJ, FBI and United States Attorneys’ Offices.

    Hours after Massie made the announcement, House Republicans released the first batch of Epstein files. On Aug. 22, the Department of Justice delivered the first batch of Epstein files to Congress. The House Oversight Committee took over a week to review the roughly 33,000 files.

    Epstein died in a New York correctional center in August 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Officials say Epstein, who was already a convicted sex offender, died by hanging himself. While alive, Epstein maintained friendships with many high-profile men, which has led some to believe that he left behind a damaging “client list” with their names on it.  

    President Trump has taken heat from some of his supporters for having made campaign promises to uncover hidden details about Epstein, only to have officials in his administration say there’s no list of people for whom Epstein provided young women for sex and that he died by suicide. 

    Massie has been one of the main voices advocating for the full release of the Epstein files, along with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. They plan to hold a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday with 10 of Epstein’s victims. “I pray @SpeakerJohnson will listen to the pleas of these victims for justice and quit trying to block a vote on our legislation to release the Epstein files,” Massie wrote on X.

    While Massie has been pushing for the release of all the files, some members of Congress have been working on an investigation into Epstein and getting more information on him. Last month, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued a subpoena to Epstein’s estate as part of an investigation into potential mismanagement by the federal government looking into the disgraced financier. 

    Comer subpoenaed former FBI Director Robert Mueller for more information about Epstein, but withdrew the subpoena after the Mueller family disclosed over the weekend that he has Parkinson’s disease and is unable to testify to Congress.

    Before lawmakers left Washington for the August recess, House Democrats and some Republicans pushed for a floor vote to force the release of the files. However, GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson instead sent members home early amid the pressure. Johnson told reporters that he would describe “virtually everything Thomas Massie says related to this issue as meaningless,” and he defended how the administration and Congress have so far dealt with the documents.

    “There’s been a lot of things that transpired over the August district work period,” he told CBS News. “The Oversight Committee is well underway, the administration is complying. The Department of Justice complied with all the subpoenas they received and are processing 34,000 documents already. And we’re going to move that along as quickly as possible so that all of this is pushed out to the public so the American people can make their own decisions.”

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  10. Stupid ass! It’s not the weapons that are the problem – it is the people utilizing those weapons!!!

    Just The News: “Minnesota governor and former Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz on Tuesday told reporters that he expects to call a special session of the Minnesota state legislature in order to push through some gun reforms. The special session comes in the wake of a mass shooting which left two students dead, and 21 more people injured, including 18 children, after 23-year-old transgender shooter Robin Westman targeted students at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.

    Walz said he plans to propose a “very comprehensive” package that could include an assault-weapons ban, but said the package would not infringe on the Second Amendment. He also admitted that he would need support from Republicans. “To be very candid, just in a very evenly divided [Legislature], I’m going to need some Republicans to break with the orthodoxy and say that we need to do something on guns,” Walz said, per the Associated Press.

    Walz said he expects to call lawmakers about the proposed package later this week to work on the plan and that he is open to Republican ideas. The governor, who did not go into details of the plan, said it would protect students and indicated it could include safe storage and liability insurance requirements, changes to the state’s “red flag” law and funding for mental health resources.

    Republican Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth indicated that Republicans could be open to expanding funding for school security to include private schools, and include more funding for mental health resources.

    “If Minnesota lets this moment slide, and we determine that it’s OK for little ones to not be safe in a school environment or a church environment, then shame on us,” Walz said. Walz did not indicate when the special session would take place.”

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  11. Just The News: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed that his administration would seek an “expedited ruling” on the federal case involving his authority to issue tariffs after an appeals court ruled against him.

    “We’re going to be going to the supreme what we think tomorrow, because we need an early decision. I mean, look the the financial fabric of our country. We’re a rich, incredible country right now, and we’re able to, you know, other countries use tariffs on us for years, and we never did,” he added.

    Trump further pointed to what he called the partisanship of the appeals court and highlighted that an Obama-appointed judge had sided with the administration on the matter. “And now it’s going to the Supreme Court. Now we’re going to be asking for early admittance, where we’re going tomorrow, and we’re going to ask for expedited, an expedited ruling,” Trump went on.

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last week determined that Trump lacked the authority to impose tariffs, but placed the decision on hold to give the administration time to appeal.”

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    1. they HAVE to slow him down in any way they can, because if they don’t, and they general public sees how easily we can reduce debt, increase productivity, and right this ship, they will turn on dems quickly.

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    1. interesting response…

      Mike Robinson

      September 3, 2025 9:48 am

      Reply to  Troublemaker10

      Trouble is, the Alien Enemies Act as written places no such right of “review and consent” upon the Courts. It simply states that the President shall determine who is an alien enemy, and what to do about them. Read the text: it is short and sweet and to the point.

      U.S.C. 50 § 21: “[…] The President is authorized in any such event, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed on the part of the United States, toward the aliens who become so liable; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those who, not being permitted to reside within the United States, refuse or neglect to depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which are found necessary in the premises and for the public safety.”

      In this and in every other case, “there is only one ‘President,’” in whom the Executive power is vested. These powers are not shared by non-elected Judges. The President has awesome power, and discretion. He does not have four hundred peers.

      If you don’t approve of the way that the Law is now written, then Congress has the power to change what it once enacted, or to abolish it. Courts do not. The powers and prerogatives of the President are not arbitrary, but are established and maintained by [Congressional and Constitutional …] Law.

      There are several cases within the Constitution where his powers are set by Congress, but he is then fully empowered to exercise them at his discretion. As the “Chief Executive” and “C-in-C” must be able to do.

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  13. Whoa! Blast from the past!!!

    Tom Jones cutting his birthday cake at a surprise party with Joan Rivers, Sonny Bono, Dionne Warwick, Debbie Reynolds and Liberace, Caesars Palace 1974.

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  14. “The Phantom Time Conspiracy is a pseudohistorical theory that claims nearly 300 years of the Early Middle Ages, specifically AD 614–911, were entirely fabricated. According to this theory, the Carolingian period, including the existence of Charlemagne, never happened. Proposed by German historian Heribert Illig in 1991, the hypothesis has been overwhelmingly rejected by mainstream historians and archaeologists. 

    Illig’s hypothesis centers on the idea that in the late 10th century, Holy Roman Emperor Otto III and Pope Sylvester II conspired to rewrite the historical timeline. Their motive was to place themselves in the auspicious year of AD 1000 and to legitimize Otto’s claim to the Holy Roman Empire. 

    According to the theory, this involved: Inventing the Carolingian dynasty and the figure of Charlemagne. Altering, misrepresenting, and forging documentary and physical evidence to create 297 years of “phantom time.” Illig based his claims on a few key arguments, all of which have been debunked by scholars.”

    “It was back in March when the Rio Rancho High School Junior Varsity baseball team took on La Cueva High School. According to an email from the La Cueva principal to parents at the time, a 16-year-old Rio Rancho JV player admitted to peeing in a water jug being used by the La Cueva baseball team.

    Some students drank from the contaminated jug. That player was facing 15 battery charges, according to Rio Rancho police: one for each person who drank from the water. Full story is here.”

    “This accident waiting to happen is complete with 20 decks and a mind-boggling capacity for 5,000 passengers, half of which (or more) are most likely annoying, screaming, under-parented kids. 

    The massive floating mega-city will be home to an aquadome with a 55-foot waterfall and a “Back to the Future” musical featuring a full-size replica of the flying DeLorean. It will also house 40 bars and restaurants, including access to the largest waterpark at sea, a rock climbing wall, laser tag, and mini golf. The ship will make stops over seven nights in the eastern and western ends of the Caribbean, including San Juan, St. Kitts, Cozumel, and Royal Caribbean’s private island in the Bahamas. The cheapest ticket was nearly $ 1,000.00 and it was completely booked. I’d pay that much to stay off the thing.

    The industry is projecting that roughly 19 million Americans are expected to plan an ocean cruise getaway in 2025. One less if they were counting me.”

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    1. I would arrest that kid that peed in the team’s jug OR make him drink from a jug the other team pees in!
      i hated the cruise i was on…not a lying around in the sun kind of person. you sat at a table with people you didn’t know and the rooms were unimpressive.

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        1. I was 19 and my then boyfriend won a cruise for 2 in the church raffle. this was before an idiot tried to drown me in the tub. i wouldn’t go after that believe me.
          it just wasn’t my thing–never a sun bather. we stopped in the Bahamas and toured the big island–that was fun.

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  15. NF: I question whether the baby was born dead at all!!!

    Kentucky Cheerleader Dead Baby in Closet

    “A University of Kentucky cheerleader, Laken Ashlee Snelling, 21, appeared in court on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, after being arrested for allegedly concealing the birth of a dead newborn infant found in a closet near the campus. Snelling, a member of the university’s STUNT team, admitted to giving birth and placing the infant, wrapped in a towel and inside a black trash bag, in her closet to hide the birth. She has been released on a $100,000 bond and is under house arrest at her parents’ home in Jefferson City, Tennessee, without an ankle monitor.

    • Arrest and Charges: Snelling was arrested on Sunday, August 31, 2025, and charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant. Police were called to a residence near the university on August 27 following a report of an unresponsive infant.
    • Court Appearance: Snelling appeared in court on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, as reported by multiple news outlets.
    • Current Status: She is on house arrest at her parents’ home in Jefferson City, Tennessee, after posting a $100,000 bond. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office is investigating the cause of the infant’s death.
    • Background: Snelling, originally from White Pine, Tennessee, has been a member of the University of Kentucky’s STUNT team for the last three seasons. She had an active TikTok account, with her last post in June 2025, where she listed “motherhood” as one of her life goals.

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    1. why in the blue blazes was he NOT charged with rape? and jailed??? those little girls were sexually assualted and raped and he get 6 months in jail? and that woman gets 9 months for the n word?

      NY is a f*cking sesspool of liberal bullshit.

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  19. I swear….I really need to change banks but it’s such a PITA to change all of my auto payments! I placed an Amazon order for back-up batteries for the leaf blower and my big weed eater – I always use a CC for on-line purchases in case it get’s hacked. I got a message that the charge to the CC I selected was “declined” by my bank so they used the other CC I had listed. That was the one I used for the riding mower and I don’t have much credit left on it, which was why I didn’t want to use it.

    I made a payment on that card to offset the charges but called the bank this morning to find out why the charges were declined. She claimed it was showing on her screen that it DID go thru on the original CC and insisted that I needed to call the # on the back of the CC instead of her doing her job and figuring this out!!! But I called the number and it described exactly what I was seeing – those charges were NOT on the correct CC!!! I pulled up my account on-line again and it was still showing the same…..SMDH. So I called her back and informed her of that – I also removed the newer CC as a payment option on Amazon so it doesn’t happen again. BMO has some really serious problems!!!

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    1. OK – she called me back and, for some odd reason, the expiration date had been changed – IDK why ’cause I sure didn’t do it – I think it may have happened when I added the new CC because the expiry date showing was for THAT card, not the old card! But I’ve fixed it on Amazon and removed the other CC so, presumably, I shouldn’t have any more issues. But she also gave me the direct # vs. the automated system # for the CC company in case it happens again. But that still doesn’t explain why it was showing on her screen as having gone thru on the correct CC…???

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  20. Well, crap….I got the extra batteries for the leaf blower – problem is, they are the wrong model and won’t work with my charger. So I’ll be returning them via UPS – have scheduled a pick-up for tomorrow and will go to Menards, where I bought it, and ask THEM to get me an extra battery!!!

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    1. we don’t have anything like that. do they go thru the batteries quickly?
      hubby and I were talking…when they cleaned out mom’s sheds, she had at least 7 batteries for trimmers and leaf blowers on a shelf. wonder if any of them was still usable and what they did with them…
      and i bet the leaf blowers doesn’t take the same battery as the weed eater, right?

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      1. Of course they’re all different! I have 2 Black & Decker weed eaters and they both take different batteries! The leaf blower, which is an off-brand, goes thru it really fast, especially when I turn it on high. The weed eater batteries last longer. The 2 extra batteries I ordered for the larger one were the correct ones.

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        2. i was trying to remember the brand name my SIL mentioned he got–Ryobi. it had a bunch of tools in a “combo” oack that all run on the same battery packs. (drills, sanders stuff like that.) then he brought the ryobi circular saw–needed a bigger battery pack–so he bought another combo set–got extra batteries in each of the sets. his is more an issue of different tools need different horse powers. but the tools in each set uses the same batteries.
          idk…sounds like a ripoff with different brands using different batteries.
          I mean when you need a 12 volt battery for your smoke detector–any brand will fit.

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          1. When I first moved here, I bought the Ryobi set, too, with the circular saw, drill, screwdriver, etc., etc. That brand isn’t as prevalent or popular today. I haven’t seen any Ryobi at Menards in recent years. But, then, these companies get bought out and change the name.

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  21. “Explosions rock Amsterdam as Dutch capital continues to reel from recent teen girl allegedly murdered by asylum seeker“ — “Hoofddorp is completely ruined by violence and drugs. This is not the first incident,” a resident told press after another violent incident took place in his neighborhood last spring”

    ReMix News Staff, September 03,2025

    Dutch Teenagers gather to mourn 17-year-old LIsa, who was allegedly raped and murdered by an asylum seeker who had already raped and sexually assaulted two other women. (Source: RTL video still)

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Dutch police are on alert in Amsterdam’s Plantage Kerklaan following three explosions in the past five days. In the latest blast on Monday, one witness told AT5 that he heard a loud bang just before 5:30 a.m. on Monday. There was a short-lived fire that damaged the outside of a sandwich shop and shattered the building’s windows, but luckily, nobody was reportedly injured. 

    Police are seeking a man in his early twenties seen riding a black motocross or electric bike in the area in connection with the explosion.

    Two previous explosions earlier that week appeared to target pizza chain De Pizzabakkers, with one on Thursday at a pizza restaurant on the corner of Plantage Muidergracht, causing extensive fire damage. The other, a few days earlier, took place at the pizza chain’s takeaway shop a few doors down, resulting in some minor fire and smoke damage. Again, no injuries were reported. 

    It is unclear why or even if the pizza chain was purposely targeted. The blast on Monday was also not located at a De Pizzabakkers location. Police are not yet certain if Monday’s explosion is tied to the previous two. The area in general is considered clean and safe, close to the city zoo and universities, as well as Amsterdam’s Holocaust museum.

    This is just the latest news of violence in the Dutch capital, with one teen Dutch girl brutally murdered by a 22-year-old asylum seeker as she cycled home from the city. He has now been arrested for her murder as well as other sexual assaults, including the rape of another girl in Amsterdam.

    However, the problems have extended across the country, with a teacher stabbed during a school musical in Alblasserdam in July and another violent stabbing that left police officers injured and two dead in Hoofddorp in May. At the time, one local told media, “Hoofddorp is completely ruined by violence and drugs. This is not the first incident.”

    This past April, the Netherlands announced new detention centers for troublesome asylum seekers, with Dutch Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber telling press: “The behavior of a group of disruptive and criminal asylum seekers who abuse the hospitality offered in the Netherlands and cause nuisance and damage is, in whatever form, absolutely unacceptable.”

    Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders has long argued for a tougher stance on migration, leading his party to a landslide victory in the Dutch parliamentary elections, becoming the largest party in the House of Representatives in 2023. Despite this major win, Wilders was effectively blocked by other coalition partners from becoming prime minister, with his party’s campaign promises to fix the Netherlands’ migration problems largely left in the dust.”

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  22. Troublemaker10

    September 3, 2025 1:55 pm

    MASSIVE! “In the Closet” Playwright and DOJ Lawyer Drafts Motion to Dismiss Proud Boys’ $100M Lawsuit — Biden’s Star Witness Recants, Admits Feds Forced False Testimony! NAMES NAMED! VILE CORRUPTION STILL INSIDE DOJ & FBI!

    Excerpt:

    Just days ago, Jeremy Bertino — the DOJ’s key witness — recanted his testimony, admitting under oath that FBI officials threatened him with 25 years in prison unless he lied on the stand.

    Bertino further alleged that the DOJ and FBI conspired to construct a false narrative to guarantee convictions, and that FBI agent Nicole Miller, who still works at the Bureau, personally coached him into perjury during illegal, off-the-record meetings with Biden’s prosecutors.

    Legal experts now believe the real purpose of convicting the Proud Boys was never about them, but about creating a direct link to President Trump — laying the groundwork for the regime’s dream scenario: charging Trump himself with “Seditious Conspiracy.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/massive-closet-playwright-doj-lawyer-drafts-motion-dismiss

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  24. WeThePeople2016

    September 3, 2025 2:24 pm

    BREAKING: US Attorney Alina Habba announces a former top aid to the Democrat MAYOR OF NEWARK has pleaded GUILTY to a pay-to-play scheme, Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Fraud…up to 20 YEARS in PRISON.

    “I will not stand for public corruption anywhere in New Jersey. These charges have a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. This is what accountability looks like — and I will continue to fight for the people of New Jersey.”

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  31. ❄️ 124-Mile-Long, 9-Mile-Long Hail Scar in Canada
    Golf-ball hail left satellite-visible scar

    🦇 Flying Fox With Baby
    The Indian flying fox looks more cute than terrifying.
    It’s a bat, not Batman…

    Ooops!

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  34. Just The News: “The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the creation of a new panel to investigate the events of January 6, 2021, and the previously Democratic-run January 6 select committee.

    Georgia GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who led the House investigation into January 6 in the last Congress, will lead the new panel. The House Judiciary subcommittee will also be required to release a final report by the end of 2026 and will have eight members, including three Democrats chosen by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

    The creation of the new panel was approved in a procedural rule vote that passed along party lines. California GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley voted present, according to The Hill.

    “I’m grateful for [House] Speaker [Mike] Johnson and my Republican colleagues for entrusting me to continue this important investigation into the events surrounding January 6, 2021,” Loudermilk said. “While my previous investigation did an incredible job last Congress, there is still much work to be done. Our goal is to answer the remaining questions, uncover all the facts, and implement reforms so this level of security failure never happens again. It’s time to finish the job.”

    Johnson previously teased the new panel in January but the authorization from Congress was delayed over a dispute with Loudermilk and other priorities. However, the Georgian was later supported by President Donald Trump.

    Johnson has not announced the other lawmakers who will serve on the panel so far.”

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  35. Just The News: “A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it froze more than $2 billion in federal funding for Harvard University earlier this year amid a battle over the school’s response to antisemitism.

    Harvard President Alan Garber accused the federal government of attempting to exert “unprecedented and improper control” over the Ivy League school in April, and claimed the freeze impacted programs unrelated to antisemitism.

    Judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the Trump administration’s freeze was in retaliation for the school’s refusal to comply with the administration’s demands in a way that violates the First Amendment, CNBC reported.

    The order vacates the funding freeze and bans the Trump administration from enforcing the freeze. “The fact that Defendants’ swift and sudden decision to terminate funding, ostensibly motivated by antisemitism, was made before they learned anything about antisemitism on campus or what was being done in response, leads the Court to conclude that the sudden focus on antisemitism was, at best … arbitrary and, at worst, pretextual,” Burroughs wrote.

    Burroughs said the Trump administration’s letter to Harvard in April, which detailed the conditions for the funding, only included one term related to antisemitism and six were related to “ideological and pedagogical concerns.” 

    The Trump administration has not yet commented on the ruling, but is expected to appeal.”

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