What Shall We Bake Today?

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Our next turkey cookie uses less chocolate and uses peanut butter cookies!

Ingredients 

Cookie

1-17.5 oz. pkg sugar cookie mix

1/2 cup butter, {softened}

1 egg

Toppings

24 mini Nutter Butter Cookies

48 edible eyeballs

24 yellow candy coated sunflower seeds

24 red long sprinkles

120 candy corn candies

1 can white frosting

Instructions 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Cookies

Combine the sugar cookie mix, butter and egg in a medium bowl until you have a soft dough. Use a medium cookie scoop and scoop 12 mounds of dough onto a silicone mat {or parchment} lined baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies are cooked through. Remove from oven and cool completely on cookie sheet.

Assembly

Apply frosting to the back of a mini Nutter Butter Cookie and place frosting side down on top of sugar cookie on the bottom half. We want to be sure and leave enough room for the candy corn feathers.

Add to small spots of frosting on the top of the Nutter Butter for the eyes. Place two edible eyeballs on the frosting and press down slightly.

Add another spot of frosting in the middle and below the eyeballs for the beak. Add the candy coated sunflower seed on the frosting.

For the wattle, take a longer red sprinkle. Add a little frosting to the top/side of the sprinkle and attach it to the side of the beak.

Finally, add five candy corn to each cookie. Make a fan shape above the Nutter Butter head being sure to add enough frosting that they will stay in place.

Allow the frosting to set up before stacking the cookies.

ENJOY!

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93 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

  1. Morning All!

    I turned on the light to see the temp and saw white stuff coming down. turned it right back off. sigh…

    hubby keeps promising me warmer weather–50* by Saturday he says–Mother Nature is giggling…I can hear her!

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    1. Yeah, Mother Nature is a nasty bitch sometimes! Temp here is @ 37 & Wheezer was waiting. He had eaten the tuna I left out and wanted more so I refilled the bowl. He scarfed that down, then departed for a day of carousing.

      Just The News: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signed a continuing resolution at the White House that ends the record-breaking 42-day federal government shutdown. 

      The Senate passed the resolution on Monday and the House passed it earlier Wednesday evening. The resolution will keep the entire government funded through Jan. 30, and extends funding for military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and Congress beyond that, through Sept. 30.

      Trump slammed Democrats for causing the shutdown by refusing to go along with a clean continuing resolution for over a month, and urged voters to remember the party responsible for causing the six-week-long chaos during next year’s midterms.

      “Republicans never wanted a shutdown and voted 15 times for a clean continuation of funding,” Trump said. “The Democrats shutdown has inflicted massive harm … So I just want to tell the American people, you should not forget this when we come up to midterms and other things. Don’t forget what they’ve done to our country.”

      The resolution gives backpay to many federal workers and reinstates employees who were fired during the shutdown, but does not include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies despite it having been a key Democratic demand in the shutdown. The subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year.

      Trump said that the government should never be shut down again and urged Congress to eliminate the filibuster.

      “So with my signature, the federal government will now resume normal operations, and my administration and our partners in Congress will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety, grow our economy and make America affordable again, for all Americans again,” the president declared.” 

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    2. Just The News: “The House on Wednesday evening passed the Senate’s continuing resolution that reopens the federal government through January. The legislation will now go to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. 

      The achievement marks a significant step in ending the longest government shutdown on record. The shutdown set the record last week, which was 35 days, and is currently on day number 42. 

      The resolution passed the House in a largely party-line 209-222 vote. Six Democrats voted in favor of the bill, and two Republicans voted against.

      The legislation, which passed the Senate on Monday, is expected to fund military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and Congress through Sept. 30, and the rest of the government through Jan. 30. The resolution also gives backpay to many federal workers and reinstates employees who were fired at the start of the shutdown.

      The bill does not include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year, despite it having been a key Democratic demand in the shutdown. 

      President Donald Trump is expected to sign resolution at 9:45 p.m. Eastern, according to the White House.”

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  3. WORDMAN™

    November 13, 2025 12:29 am

    How to avoid Prescription Drug price increases:

    The pretty clerk at the pharmacy told me Viagra was a prescription drug…

    Then she whispered…

    ‘But if you take two at a time, you can get it over the counter.’ 🙂

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    1. I don’t think J-1 visas were intended to cover ski resorts!!!! And au pairs and camp counselors??!!?? WTF!!!

      “The J-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa issued by the United States to exchange visitors participating in programs designed to promote cultural and educational exchange, especially to obtain medical or business training within the U.S.  It was established by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hayes Act)  and is overseen by the U.S. Department of State. The program aims to increase mutual understanding between the U.S. and other countries through the interchange of persons, knowledge, and skills in fields such as education, arts, and science.

      J-1 visas are issued to individuals participating in approved exchange programs, including categories such as students, scholars, teachers, professors, research assistants, specialists, trainees, au pairs, and camp counselors. The duration of stay varies by program, ranging from a few weeks to several years. In 2022, the State Department issued 284,486 J-1 visas, with a visa approval rate of 88.8%, and over 310,000 participants from more than 200 countries were involved in the program annually. The J-1 visa program includes 16 distinct categories, such as intern, summer work travel, teacher, physician, and research scholar…..”

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  7. hope this is true and challenged!

    Article

    Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett blasted a new Senate proposal Wednesday that would allow lawmakers to sue the federal government for warrantless searches conducted without their knowledge.

    The Daily Caller News Foundation reported that GOP lawmakers added a shutdown-deal provision targeting the Biden FBI’s “Arctic Frost” surveillance effort and giving senators whose phone records were secretly seized a path to sue the government for at least $500,000 per violation. Appearing on “The Evening Edit,” Jarrett said the proposal was unconstitutional, warning it violated basic due-process protections.

    “It’s probably not legal. Article 1, Sections 9 and 10 forbid ex post facto laws. You can’t change the law and apply it retroactively without violating due process,” Jarrett told Elizabeth MacDonald.

    Jarrett said the measure amounted to a carve-out that benefits only the lawmakers who wrote it.

    “This is why people despise and distrust politicians. Why should eight senators get a legal advantage that nobody else gets? It’s self-dealing. It’s self-enrichment, giving themselves an automatic half a million bucks if they successfully sue the government for being targeted by Smith. Well, what about everybody else?” Jarrett asked. “The other 400 Republicans on Smith’s enemies list who were targeted and had their privacy invaded, their phone records seized. So, I think this was a sleazeball move by senators who inserted it into the measure secretly.”

    Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said in October that his carrier, AT&T, refused to release his call information but was legally blocked from alerting him because Judge James Boasberg issued an order preventing any notification. Boasberg, who previously led the D.C. District Court, signed off on confidentiality directives that left several Republican senators unaware that Special Counsel Jack Smith had quietly gathered their phone data as part of the “Arctic Frost” inquiry.

    Smith’s inquiry surveilled several Republican senators, including Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Dan Sullivan of Alaska.

    https://thelibertydaily.com/this-is-why-people-despise-distrust-politicians-gregg/

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    1. Ummmm….first off, I do not trust Greg Jarrett at all! In fact, IMO, he’s an egotistical asswipe (and a drunk) who has his eyes set on a seat on SCOTUS.

      Second, does it specifically call out only 8 Senators – “giving senators whose phone records were secretly seized a path to sue the government for at least $500,000 per violation”? Presumably, this would apply to ANY Senator whose records were seized. And what law is this changing? Do NOT trust Greg Jarrett!

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      1. i think he’s challenging the retroactive part.
        senators–not sure if house of reps is included–were, under a previous law–to be notified if their records were subpoenaed so they could quash that. boasburg and smith didn’t do that. this new rule lets them retroactively sue for $500,000 an instance. that was not included in the original rule or law. and it does not give any deference to the thousands of civilians who had their phone records subpoenaed after Jan 6th.

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  9. WTH??? Alaska??

    article

    The largest school district in Alaska apparently added a “disclaimer” to the … wait for i t… Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.

    According to the College Fix, a student in the district discovered the disclaimer and showed her mother, who then posted about it on Facebook.

    How did the disclaimer read, you ask?

    According to a recent post in Must Read Alaska, it read like this: The Anchorage School District does not endorse these materials or the viewpoint expressed in them.

    Does not endorse?! Wow! Usually disclaimers read something like, “… do not necessarily endorse,” or “The opinions expressed are the author’s own and …” And these disclaimers are typically for opinion pieces reading, “Did smoking cigarettes kill the dinosaurs,” or “Some scientists now claim the Jews really are sons and brothers of monkeys and pigs.”

    Only a full-on Communist or other mentally disturbed person would disavow the Declaration and Constitution, the two documents that advanced the cause of individual human freedom more than any other.

    But the largest school district in the Land of the Midnight Sun is effectively saying outright that it doesn’t agree with America’s independence, the concept of natural rights granted by our Creator, limited government of, by, and for the people, the rule of law, the right to free speech and assembly, etc., etc.

    I wonder what it would say about the “Communist Manifesto” or “Rules for Radicals?”

    If it issued any disclaimer at all, I’m guessing it would read something like, “The Anchorage School District does not necessarily endorse all aspects of the author’s work. The author’s opinions, although largely correct, are still controversial.”

    I’m not sure I even want to know what the Last Frontier’s biggest educational bureaucracy would have to say about the “The Wealth of Nations,” “1984,” “Atlas Shrugged,” or the Bible. Assuming those in that district have heard of these books.

    And this is allegedly a red state. Its citizens should be red-faced.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/alaska_school_district_adds_disclaimer_to_the_declaration_and_constitution.html

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  10. EXCERPT: “St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital faced perhaps the greatest threat to its image in 2021 and 2022 when a ProPublica series documented the massive charity’s financial practices: fighting deceased donors’ families in court and allegedly “hoarding billions” while families in its care drain their savings and other children’s cancer charities struggle to raise money.

    Now the Memphis-based nonprofit risks a confrontation with the Make America Healthy Again movement and its Trump administration allies, following allegations that St. Jude’s Charlotte affiliate kicked out an 8-year-old and reported his family to Child Protective Services for supposed noncompliance with his treatment plan, ignoring their documentation.

    The Boyce family complemented 21 months of oral chemotherapy with “safe, doctor-disclosed integrative therapies” that made Judah so well that it raised red flags with St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital on whether he was getting chemo, according to a GiveSendGo fundraiser titled “The Boy Who Was Too Healthy.”

    “Despite hiring a private nurse to document home medication adherence and with lab evidence of the chemo in his system, the hospital filed a CPS report and dismissed him from their care,” the fundraiser says. “This loving family is under unnecessary investigation and immense emotional strain because Judah’s health success has been twisted into suspicion.”

    It seeks donations to cover the family’s legal and travel costs and to pressure MAHA Action, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, to “use their influence to have the CPS investigation closed and to free Judah to choose personalized, evidence-based care.”

    MAHA Action organized a summit in D.C. on Wednesday featuring Vice President JD Vance, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., several agency heads and celebrities including former race car driver Danica Patrick, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White and comedian Russell Brand, an event schedule reportedly shows…..”

    https://justthenews.com/accountability/whistleblowers/wealthy-st-jude-childrens-affiliate-calls-cps-family-because-son

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  11. Just The News: “House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday night said he would bring a petition to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein to a floor vote next week, now that the bipartisan discharge petition has enough signatures to force action on the matter.

    Arizona Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva became the final lawmaker to sign the petition after she was sworn into the lower chamber earlier Wednesday. Several Republicans have also signed it, including South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace.

    The petition itself will not force the release of the files, but is merely a vote that will force lawmakers to go on the record with their position on the release. A discharge petition forces a bill or resolution to be brought directly to the House floor for consideration, even if it’s previously been held up in the committee process.

    Johnson told reporters that Republicans will bring the matter up for a formal vote after the House returns from the weekend, and that Democrats prevented them from voting on it earlier in the day, The Hill reported. 

    “As soon as the discharge petition received the 218th signature, we brought it up on unanimous consent, and that would, as you know, make it — would get it through the process immediately,” Johnson said. “The Democrats shockingly opposed it. So it was a staggering level of hypocrisy.

    “I think some of them regretted it, because within about a half hour of that, there was a lot of confusion, and some of them claim that they did not object, but they did, and that’s what happened on the floor,” he continued. “So we’re going to put that on the floor for a full vote next week, soon as we get back.”

    The comment comes after Tennessee GOP Rep. Tim Burchett called for unanimous consent on the Epstein Transparency Act, but Arkansas GOP Rep. Steve Womack ruled the request was out of order and he cannot “entertain the request unless it is cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships.”

    The petition also comes after House Oversight Republicans released 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate, hours after Democrats on the committee released emails from Epstein that mention President Trump.” 

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  12. EXCERPT: “Sen. Chuck Grassley’s latest revelations regarding Operation Arctic Frost demonstrate that the weaponization of our government is far more dangerous than previously understood. However, what is truly infuriating is the Republican reflex to attach Biden’s name to abuses carried out by the FBI, CIA, or any one of our endless alphabet agencies. Framing it as “Biden’s FBI” or “Biden’s CIA” misses the point entirely and diminishes the severity of the structural threat.

    These labels make Operation Arctic Frost and other abuses sound like political controversies. They ignore the grave reality that it is the product of a permanent bureaucracy that is so powerful, it operates as an unelected “fourth branch of government” that seems to be unencumbered by the Constitution.

    It also demonstrates a judiciary gone rogue, where some judges like James Boasberg elevate ideology over the Constitution. These judges shield a bureaucracy that routinely violates the rights of the American people with impunity. Calling it “Biden’s FBI” implies that if Republicans are in power, the problem will fix itself. The hard truth is it won’t, and we can see it hasn’t. The corruption didn’t begin under Biden, and it won’t end under a Republican administration.

    There is clear evidence that the bureaucracy operates independently of the administration regardless of which party controls the White House. For Republicans to think that President Trump’s return to office will make the bureaucracy suddenly obey constitutional limits is dangerously naïve.

    Just look at President Trump’s first term. Not only did the bureaucracy target him, but it also went after his allies and millions of ordinary Americans, including Catholics and parents concerned about their children’s education. Operation Crossfire Hurricane was an “insurance policy” in case Donald Trump won the presidency. When the Russian collusion narrative collapsed, the bureaucracy pivoted to a new front. A leaked phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky became the next weapon. They were determined to remove a duly elected president by any means necessary.

    Even while Trump was still president, the permanent bureaucracy pivoted to censorship and information warfare to target him and his supporters. Several federal agencies pressured tech companies to censor Americans on a wide variety of topics, including Covid and elections. In addition, the FBI sought to suppress and discredit the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, even though it had been authenticated and in their possession for more than a year. Subsequently, 51 intelligence officials colluded to mislead the American public and falsely claimed it was Russian disinformation…..”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/13/calling-it-bidens-fbi-diminishes-the-real-threat-of-a-bureaucracy-gone-wild/

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    1. it all starts with a piss poor Congress–who believe they are above the law, can be bought and get into government to make a boatload of money–it only goes downhill from there.

      the very first time they excluded themselves from a law, the republic was finished.

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  13. “Pennsylvania County Launches Investigation Into Election Flop That Left 75K Voters Out Of Poll Books”

    The Federalist, By: Beth Brelje, November 12, 2025

    Chester Provisional Ballot review 5

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “A week after Pennsylvania’s general election, the Chester County Board of Elections is still working through its legal review of 12,100 provisional ballots cast on Nov. 4 so it can come up with election results. It is also preparing for an investigation into why 75,000 third-party registered voters were left out of the poll book.

    The county uses paper poll books where voters sign next to their name before they vote. But in this election, only the names of registered Republicans and Democrats were listed in the poll books. Voters who were among the 75,000 independent and unaffiliated inviduals who were not listed had to cast provisional ballots.

    Normally the county gets fewer than 1,000 provisional ballots in similar elections, a spokeswoman for Chester County told The Federalist in a phone call. As of Tuesday, Nov. 11, the county had completed 8,200 reviews of the 12,100 provisional ballots.

    Chester County says on its website that it did not run out of provisional ballots at any of its 230 precincts on Election Day, but some precincts ran out of provisional secrecy envelopes to hold the ballots themselves, and the county was able to replenish the supply. Polling places stayed open until 10 p.m.

    The county has identified key questions to be answered in an investigation, Chester County CEO David Byerman said in a statement. “Staff have been instructed to preserve all relevant materials, including evidence and notes, to support the investigatory process. We have also held a preliminary meeting with the Pennsylvania Department of State to understand its capacity to assist in the review,” Byerman said. “In addition, we are identifying law firms and/or subject matter experts qualified to conduct an independent investigation.”

    As The Federalist previously reported, independent and unaffiliated voters don’t vote in the spring primary election. That is when registered Republicans and Democrats choose candidates they want at the top of the ticket in their own parties. It is a logical assumption that the county was working with a primary poll book in the general election, but it is not clear why that was not noticed before voting commenced.

    Chester has posted a timeline on its website detailing what happens next in the investigation.

    Monday, Nov. 17, “Chester County administrative leadership will announce the independent party selected to conduct the investigation.” It will also announce the deadlines and expectations. County officials want the investigation wrapped up by mid-December and they hope to present the findings to the public at the December or January election meeting.

    Friday, Nov. 21, the county will offer “an update on the investigation process” during the Chester County Board of Elections meeting at 10 a.m. The county still expects to certify its election results this same day.

    “The formal investigation will begin once all votes have been counted to ensure that the process does not interfere with the certification of the election,” Byerman said in the statement.”

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  14. “What They Never Tell Us About Salt: Why natural salt is essential for health”

    A Midwestern Doctor, Nov 13, 2025

    EXCERPT: “Story at a glance:

    •For 50 years, medicine has waged a misguided war against critical sources of health like salt and sunlight while avoiding discussing the real causes of diseases. Because of this, the dangers of salt are relentlessly focused on despite evidence not supporting them.

    •In parallel, the extreme dangers of consuming too little salt are rarely discussed in the medical field—despite dangerously low sodium being one of the most common conditions seen in hospitalized patients, and chronically low sodium greatly increasing one’s risk of dying.

    •The war against salt originated from the belief salt raises blood pressure—despite the evidence showing it doesn’t.

    •Many of the foundational beliefs around high blood pressure are not supported by the existing data, leading to situations where patients are routinely medicated to blood pressures far below what is safe, significantly reducing their quality of life and increasing their risk of severe injuries or death.

    •Salt restriction creates many similar complications to dangerously low blood pressures (e.g., fatigue, lightheadedness, erectile dysfunction). Because of this, many find their health and energy dramatically improves once they start consuming healthy salts.

    •This article will cover some of the key dangers associated with salt restriction and strategies for locating the healthiest natural salts……”

    https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-they-never-tell-us-about-salt

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  15. “Democrats Somberly Remove Sombreros, Signaling End Of Shutdown”

    Politics · Nov 12, 2025 · BabylonBee.com

    Image for article: Democrats Somberly Remove Sombreros, Signaling End Of Shutdown

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Senate approving a new funding bill and sending it across the hall for a House of Representatives vote set for Wednesday night, a group of top Democrats somberly removed their sombreros to signal the end of the government shutdown.

    After holding the country hostage for over 40 days and wreaking havoc on the travel industry and other areas of the public sector before caving for no discernible gain for their agenda, Democrats marked the pending reopening of the government by ceremonially taking off their Mexican hats.

    “This is indeed a mucho, mucho sad day,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. “We held out as long as we could, and would have been perfectly fine holding out even longer to teach the Republicans a lesson about… something or other… but some of the members of our party decided to break ranks and vote to reopen the government. So, as a way of honoring our great shutdown, we now remove our beautiful sombreros. Farewell, government shutdown! Adios!”

    Though he remained under heavy criticism from others within his party for failing to prevent the shutdown from ending, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer showed his solidarity by joining Jeffries in removing his own sombrero. “I know my colleagues are not happy with me,” Schumer said. “But I am still a proud Democrat. Proud to have presided over the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Proud to have stood up to the Republicans and President Trump. And now, proud to honor what we did by removing this fabulous sombrero.”

    At publishing time, congressional Democrats were reportedly preparing to introduce a resolution to build a bronze sombrero statue outside the Capitol to commemorate the shutdown.

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  16. “Heartwarming: Group Of Senile Senior Citizens Finally Finds Employment”

    Politics · Nov 12, 2025 · BabylonBee.com

    Image for article: Heartwarming: Group Of Senile Senior Citizens Finally Finds Employment

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bit of uplifting news today, a group of senile senior citizens in the D.C. area will finally be able to say that they have jobs.

    The federal government is set to hire just over five hundred elderly, mentally incapacitated individuals.

    “It’s really touching,” said local woman Jennifer Maxwell. “It’s so important for old people, especially those who have lost their mental functions, to still feel like they can contribute. They just want to feel like they’re a part of something. Getting to see all these geriatrics be able to call themselves employed, to dress up in a suit — it’s special.”

    The senior citizens will reportedly be driven to work a few days every month, where several aides will be present to care for them. “There will be several helpers to guide the old folks around and tell them what to do,” explained government aide Nancy McAllister. “They’ll get to talk to people and sign their name on things. We try to make them feel important.”

    At publishing time, the senior citizens had reportedly taken a vote and decided to stop working again in January.

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  18. “This is known as the Emery Celtic Cross, a large cross shape created by planting different species of trees in a forest in County Donegal, Ireland. The cross measures approximately 100 meters (330 feet) in length. It was planted over a decade ago by forester Liam Emery using two different species of pine trees. The design is most visible in autumn when the surrounding trees change color, making the evergreen cross stand out. 

    The existence of the cross was largely forgotten until about 10 years later when a filmmaker using a drone rediscovered it in the footage.” 

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  22. “The Huskies are embarrassed by your behavior”

    “Safe!”

    “Fords”

    “Whoever came up with this crazy idea of crossing a crevasse? Hard no.”

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  26. Well, my mower has been repaired – supposedly it was a bad coil – so Gage and I can pick it up on Sunday, before we load the furniture we are taking to his house. Hopefully, I won’t have any more issues…..🤞🤞🤞🤞

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      1. I’m also going to have Paul show Gage which wire to cut to disable the auto-off feature so it doesn’t start to die every time I lean forward!!!

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  27. Just The News: “The State Department on Thursday announced that it has designated four groups in Europe affiliated with Antifa as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specifically Designated Global Terrorists. This is the first instance in which the U.S. government has designated Antifa-linked groups as foreign terrorist organizations, after previously giving them the label of domestic terrorists, Fox News reported.

    There are four Antifa groups in Europe — one in Germany, two in Greece, and one in Italy — which have all been accused of organizing or carrying out bombings, shootings, and other politically motivated attacks.

    The FTO and SDGT designations require U.S. financial institutions to freeze their assets and ban their members’ entry into the U.S. The designations also allow the U.S. to criminally prosecute those under its jurisdiction who offer material support to FTOs or conspire to offer such support.

    A group called Antifa Ost has been linked to attacks between 2018 and 2023 in Germany, with seven individuals with ties to the group charged by German prosecutors. In September, the Hungarian government designated Antifa Ost as terrorists after nine members allegedly assaulted people with hammers, batons, and pepper spray in Budapest back in 2023.

    The International Revolutionary Front, also called the Informal Anarchist Federation, is a coalition of groups based in Italy that endorse revolutionary armed conflict against the state. The coalition has been linked to dozens of violent and criminal incidents over the past 20 years: letter bombs to government and industrial targets, small explosive devices, and shootings, including the 2012 shooting of a nuclear engineering executive.

    Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self Defense are based in Greece, and have carried out attacks on government buildings throughout the country, most recently attacking the Hellenic Railway headquarters in a bombing in April. Revolutionary Class Self Defense dedicated the bombing to “the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance.”

    State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Piggot said in a statement, “The anarchists, Marxists, and violent extremists of Antifa have waged a terror campaign in the United States and across the Western world for decades, carrying out bombings, beatings, shootings, and riots in service of their extreme agenda.”

    “The State Department is committed to identifying and dismantling these terror networks that conspire to ruthlessly suppress the will of the people and violently undermine the very foundations of the United States and Western Civilization.”

    Missouri GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt had written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, advocating for the designation. “I’m grateful to Secretary Rubio and the Trump administration for working with me on this critical issue — holding these radical groups who enable, fund and support political violence in the United States and across the world accountable,” Schmitt said.”

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  28. Just The News: “Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was hospitalized on Thursday after a fall due to a ventricular fibrillation flare-up and is under routine observation.

    According to a statement from Fetterman’s spokesperson, posted on X, “During an early morning walk, Senator Fetterman sustained a fall near his home in Braddock. Out of an abundance of caution, he was transported to a hospital in Pittsburgh.

    “Upon evaluation, it was established he had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that led to Senator Fetterman feeling light-headed, falling to the ground and hitting his face with minor injuries. Senator Fetterman had this to say: ‘If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now!’” the statement continued.

    “He is doing well and receiving routine observation at the hospital. He has opted to stay so doctors can fine-tune his medication regimen. Senator Fetterman is grateful for the EMTs, doctors, and nurses who are providing his care.”

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  29. Just The News: “California will revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants after finding that the expiration dates were past the end of their visas. State officials made the announcement on Wednesday, after the Trump administration criticized California for issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, The Associated Press reported.

    The issue of migrants having a commercial driver’s license follows a car crash involving an illegal immigrant truck driver killed three people last month in California, and another illegal immigrant, who received one from California, causing a crash in Florida in August that killed three people.

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, “After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, [Democrat Gov.] Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed. Now that we’ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked. This is just the tip of [the] iceberg. My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”

    According to Newsom’s office, the drivers whose licenses are being revoked had valid work authorizations from the federal government. The office said that the revoked licenses expired on or before the end of an immigrant’s legal status to be in the U.S.

    Newsom’s spokesperson Brandon Richards criticized Duffy in a statement. “Once again, the Sean ‘Road Rules’ Duffy fails to share the truth – spreading easily disproven falsehoods in a sad and desperate attempt to please his dear leader,” Richards said.”

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  30. “President Briefed on Venezuela plans: The USS Ford, a “nuclear death fortress” arrives on station in the Caribbean”

    ColonelRETJohn Mills, Nov 13, 2025

    “The president was briefed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, sources told CBS News. The commander in chief has not yet made a final decision but action could come as soon as this week, the sources said.”

    The Venezuelan military is weak and ill-equipped. Here is their Army Order of Battle and the airfields for the several dozen jets, trainers, transports, and helicopters. Few are in service because of maintenance issues.

    What keeps the Maduro regime in power? First is a $4 Billion Dollar line of credit aid agreement just signed with China. Next is aid from Russia and Iran. The most important source of funding though are the drug operations directed at America. Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan Gang let into the U.S. by the Autopen, was important because of the proceeds they sent back to Venezuela, but TDA is being significantly attrited by the DHS.

    When does something happen? Likely, very soon.

    PS – I’m already seeing rust on the Ford – Navy, what is going on?”

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  31. “Congress Punts on Hemp Policy — Hiding It in a Must-Pass Spending Bill: If you’re going to act, act openly. Debate it. Disclose it. Decide it. Don’t bury it. America deserves better.”

    Roger Stone, Nov 13, 2025

    “America’s capital used to be about deliberation. We debated policy. We held hearings. We hashed out trade-offs. But now we are in the age of spectacle and subterfuge — and the latest example is how the Senate decided to “solve” the hemp-derived cannabinoid issue: not with a thoughtful law, but by burying sweeping language in a must-pass spending measure.

    The deal in the FY 2026 Agriculture/FDA appropriations package effectively declares that any “hemp-derived cannabinoid product … is limited to a total of 0.4 milligrams of total THC or any other cannabinoids with similar effects.” And it defines “hemp-derived cannabinoid product” as “any intermediate or final product derived from hemp … intended for human or animal use through any means of application or administration.” This is not regulation. It is prohibition by the back door.

    Yes, I agree with restricting non-naturally occurring cannabinoids like delta-8 THC and synthetic analogues. The regulatory gap opened by the 2018 Farm Bill invited exact exploitations: quick “hemp” analogues, untested psychotropic isomers, and retail shelves full of sketchy products. That needed to be cleaned up.

    But what the Senate is doing is not cleaning up. It is blowing up the entire industry. By redefining hemp to include “any cannabinoid with similar effects as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)”, then capping every container at 0.4 mg THC equivalents, they turn what was legal commerce into an existential threat overnight.

    Farmers, manufacturers, retailers and yes, patients who have come to rely on hemp-derived relief are all collateral damage. These are not small plants in the wind—they’re entire supply chains, state pilot programs, rural jobs, and agricultural investment. Repealing this via a spending bill is the worst form of policy: rushed, opaque, with no oversight, no expert hearings, no input from those who built the business under one regulatory regime and now find that regime changed mid-game.

    Congress is simply punting. They are taking a hard problem—how to regulate intoxicating hemp derivatives—and delaying real debate by hiding it in the appropriations process. That’s a cheap cop-out. Worse: it signals to the world that U.S. policy will be reactive and hidden, not open, deliberative and fair.

    What we should have instead is a clear statute: one that distinguishes between naturally occurring cannabinoids, engineered isomers, and licensed therapeutic preparations; that sets potency standards based on science; that preserves legitimate wellness uses, agricultural opportunity, and patient access while protecting the public from uncontrolled psychoactive products. We should also engage the USDA, FDA, DEA and state regulators in transparent rule-making.

    Instead, we get midnight riders, disguised policy change, and political expediency masked as legislative action. Senator Mitch McConnell and others helped create the 2018 Farm Bill—and now they’re tearing it up in the dark, calling it “closing a loophole.” But closing a loophole doesn’t require obliterating the entire market.

    My recommendation: pull the hemp section out of the spending bill. Congress should schedule hearings, invite farmers and manufacturers, calibrate potency and licensing, and pass a focused bill that addresses the challenge—rather than using the funding bill as a one-size-fits-all hammer.

    Because when policy is made in the shadows, people pay. Not just big corporations. Farmers. Patients. Small business. Jobs. Access. If you’re going to act, act openly. Debate it. Disclose it. Decide it. Don’t bury it. America deserves better.”

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  32. Wow! Noem announced a $10K bonus for a group of TSA workers for their extra efforts during the shutdown, taking extra shifts, etc.

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  33. I simply cannot comprehend why anyone in their right mind would want to live in either of these states!!!! Granted, rural northern NY state is pretty but…..uh-uh!

    According to a recent report, it’s not uncommon to look at the one-year losses and gains of income from internal migration such as taxpayers fleeing New York for Florida, but that fails to capture the long-lasting impact: The migrant’s income is lost (or gained) year after year for the rest of his or her life.

    This new report used Census and IRS data to calculate the cumulative impact; it finds that New York state has lost more than $500 billion in resident income over the past 10 years, while New Jersey has lost $170 billion.

    Nearly 2 million New Yorkers have moved away this past last decade; New Jersey has lost 500,000 residents to other states. New York has lost the most income of any state — and only California and Illinois have lost more money than New Jersey. The folks who’ve fled (especially to low-tax Texas, Florida, Tennessee and so on) don’t spend in New York or New Jersey, while the states lose billions in taxes. 

      So – how do those States losing so much tax income fix their problems? Easy – the jerkoffs raise taxes on those people who are either too old, too poor or too committed to family and jobs to escape the madness. It’s a fuckin’ death spiral and we/they all know it, but they just keep digging the hole deeper.

    What was that old adage about the definition of insanity? I forget…“

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  35. Barreleye Fish

    Its head is transparent, so you can literally see its brain and eyes floating inside. This is one creature whose mind you may actually be able to read.

    Vampire Squid

    It may not suck blood, but it does have cloak-like arms and glows red in the dark. Way cooler than “Twilight” vampires.

    Deepsea Lizardfish

    It lives over 6,000 feet deep and glows faintly from within. Looks like someone put a crocodile on a fish and hit “nightmare mode.”

    Dumbo Octopus

    Named for its ear-like fins that make it look adorable… until you remember it lives 13,000 feet deep in total darkness.

    Pelican Eel

    The Pelican Eel has a massive, expandable mouth that looks like it could swallow a small child whole. I’m so glad these things live far, far away.

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  36. Anglerfish

    The Anglerfish uses a glowing lure on its head to attract prey in the pitch-black deep. The males are tiny parasites that permanently fuse into the females.

    Stargazer Fish

    It buries itself in sand and waits to ambush its prey. It can also deliver an electric shock for good measure.

    Frilled Shark

    A relic from the age of dinosaurs, gliding through the dark with 300 curved teeth. This ancient shark can open its jaws wide enough to swallow prey half its size.

    Giant Isopod

    Basically a nightmare-sized pill bug that lives off whale carcasses. It can survive years without eating.

    Goblin Shark

    The Goblin Shark’s jaw shoots out of its face to grab prey. Scientists literally call it a “living fossil.”

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  37. Wow, what a beautiful day! Bright sunshine and 72!!! I broke down the rest of the boxes in my garage yesterday & dropped them off @ the city office for recycling just now. I’ve also wanted to raised the head of my bed because of my breathing difficulties and figured I’d have to buy a piece of wood since nothing I have is big enough. Then I remembered that I still have 4 boxes of the wood flooring I had installed in my house. Thankfully, the box didn’t weigh so much that I couldn’t carry it – dang, that bed is heavy but I managed to lift it up onto the box bit by bit, then slid the whole thing back up against the wall. Mission accomplished!

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  38. Just The News: “The Department of Justice on Thursday joined a lawsuit against California over its new congressional map that voters approved last week.

    The DOJ is joining a lawsuit first brought by the California Republican Party last week, The Associated Press reported. The department alleges that California unconstitutionally used racial gerrymandering when considering race as a factor to favor Hispanic voters with the new map. The DOJ asks the judge to prohibit the state from using the new map for future elections.

    “Race cannot be used as a proxy to advance political interests, but that is precisely what the California General Assembly did with Proposition 50 — the recent ballot initiative that junked California’s pre-existing electoral map in favor of a rush-job rejiggering of California’s congressional district lines,” the lawsuit reads.

    The new congressional map was pushed by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, after President Trump started a GOP effort to redistrict Republican-led states to give his party the advantage in next year’s elections.

    “California’s redistricting scheme is a brazen power grab that tramples on civil rights and mocks the democratic process,” Attorney General Pam Bondi told the AP in a statement. “Governor Newsom’s attempt to entrench one-party rule and silence millions of Californians will not stand.”

    Last week, California voters approved Proposition 50, a constitutional amendment changing the congressional map to give Democrats a chance at winning five seats currently held by Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.

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  43. Wow! This is going to make it even harder when the temp plunges again! I’ve got the patio door standing open as well as my front door – 76 w/bright sunshine and no wind!

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