I found this article about Burt Reynolds (9 Things You Never Knew About Burt Reynolds) on the remindmagazine.com website.
1 He was almost a Pro Football Player
While growing up in West Palm Beach, Florida, he was extremely committed to football in high school and had plans to go to Miami, but since he was so into the ladies, he went to Florida State because the ratio of girls to boys was higher. After being offered a contract to play for the Baltimore Colts, his dreams of going pro were dashed when he succumbed to a knee injury. He at least starred in a few movies about his favorite sport.
2 He started out in Spaghetti Westerns
In the early 1960s, both Burt and Clint Eastwood were under contract at Universal, but they couldn’t get the movie roles they desired. So, they both went to Italy to do movies and got their start in Spaghetti Westerns. Eastwood struck gold with The Good, The Bad & the Ugly; meanwhile, Burt made what is considered one of the worst movies of the genre, Navajo Joe in 1966.
3 Late Night talk shows loved him
Burt soon became a fixture on late-night talk shows due to his funny and charming personality. It was one appearance on the Johnny Carson Show that Deliverance director John Boorman spotted him and wanted to cast him immediately for the film. Burt felt it was truly the first good movie he made, as he would often make fun of himself and his roles in the talk show circuit.
4 A famous photo shoot made him a sex symbol
The infamous Cosmopolitan photo shoot stemmed from once hosting the Johnny Carson Show and Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown was one of the guests. Making the point that Hugh Hefner had female centerfolds for years, she felt it was time for the ladies to have one and asked Burt to do the photo shoot. While he was a little concerned about how it would affect his career and being taken as a serious actor, he took the gamble anyway and it shot him to sex symbol status. However, Hollywood was not happy about it and the photo shoot is thought to have ruined his chances of getting an Oscar nomination for Deliverance.
5 He claimed bankruptcy several times
Living a very extravagant lifestyle with a private jet, helicopters, the Tampa Bay Bandits football team, a house in Hawaii, several houses in Florida, the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater, and donations of money left and right, he spent every dime he made as he made it. It wasn’t until a few bad investment opportunities that he had to claim bankruptcy and sign his residual checks over for several years to pay off the bankruptcy. The crown jewel of his money though went to the Jupiter Ranch, a 144-acre ranch that he bought in Jupiter, Florida. He once held an opening for the sprawling estate in 1974. He invited the press and locals and 10,000 people showed up! Sadly, he once again had to claim bankruptcy in the ’90s and had to sell it.
6 Smokey and the Bandit tanked at first
Hal Needham was the stunt guy in Hollywood and, wanting to direct, he wrote the script for Smokey and the Bandit. Hal and Burt were best friends since he was Burt’s stuntman, although Burt did many of his own stunts. Hal got him to sign on for the film. While the film tanked at both NYC and LA premieres, Burt said they released it wrong. Being known for his Southern charm, he said it had to be released in the South, and so it was. It went on to be the 2nd biggest movie in 1977, behind a little movie called Star Wars.
7 A stunt gone wrong left him badly injured
While filming City Heat with Clint Eastwood, he got injured doing one of the stunts, which led to a hairline fracture in his jaw that turned into TMJ syndrome. With it being incredibly hard for him to eat, he lost a ton of weight, and at the time he was rumored to have AIDS. Due to the tremendous amount of pain he was in, he became a pain pill addict and almost died from trying to quit them cold turkey once. He sadly struggled with this addiction for many years.
8 He had many loves
When Burt and Loni Anderson finally married in 1988, he bought her wedding ring in every gem possible so she could never say it didn’t match her dress. The pair were together since 1982 and shared an adopted son, Quinton, but later went through a very messy divorce after splitting in 1993. It was in 2015 that Burt came out saying that he let the real love of his life, Sally Field, get away.
9 He HATED Boogie Nights
While always hungry for an Academy Award, he didn’t receive his first award until it came in the form of an Emmy with his hit TV show Evening Shade in the early ’90s. When Boogie Nights came along, he was adamant he didn’t want to do it and was often yelling at the director about how much he didn’t want to. It wasn’t until Nights director Paul Thomas Anderson said to him, “You act this way in the film, and it will win you an Academy Award” that he agreed. He was nominated for his only Academy Award as porn producer Jack Horner but lost out to Robin Williams. He still despised doing the role.
SOURCE: REMINDMAGAZINE.COM KAREN RUUD
Sew Colorful 
Good Morning All!
temp is sitting at 29* still…woohoo!
probably drop like a stone soon…but it’s better than -10 any day!
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Good morning, Pat! How about that??? You’re warmer than I am right now – only 23 here this morning. Wheezer ate sometime during the night.
Holy cow! Has Stew Peters totally gone crazy or what?!?! I’ve watched the videos from when Kirk got shot and slowed them down, watching frame-by-frame – that bullet did NOT come from his mic!!! I got this in my e-mail since I had subscribed but I am unsubscribing now!
“ Watch Live: Exploding Lavaliere Nightmare: Mossad’s Mic Assassinated Kirk to Hide Jewish Pedo Networks!
They’re scrambling. The demons are exposed, and the masks are slipping faster than ever. Trump’s name appears over 38,000 times in the Epstein files he swore on a stack of Bibles to release in full. Instead, he stonewalls, attacks real fighters like Thomas Massie, and buries millions more pages deeper than his own dirty secrets.
Why? Because the full truth would torch the entire child-sacrifice network he’s spent years protecting. Pedophile accomplices don’t turn on each other. They cover for each other. And Trump is neck-deep.
But that’s just the appetizer. They murdered Charlie Kirk with a military-grade exploding lavalier mic rigged by traitors who sold him out for rejecting Israel’s blood money. Forget the 30-06 lone-gunman fairy tale. Jon Bray is tearing it apart with motion mapping, explosive gas analysis, shrapnel forensics, and custom ballistic dummies that replicate the exact brain-stem-killing blast.”
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Good Morning Filly!
well we got gusty winds–so probably feels colder. and no sun…gray and dull out there. no sun bathing today…LOL
I never watched (and will not ever watch) videos of anyone getting shot. i can’t see putting those images into my memory.
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IDK if this video actually shows him being shot – I didn’t watch the whole thing. I am disgusted with Stew these days!!! Ummm…surely you’ve watched movies where people get shot….?
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H/T Kea
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/dennis-michael-lynch-asks-tough-questions-about-coverage/
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I agree. IF it was Savannah –a somewhat celebrity–it MIGHT be understandable–but you’ve been saying this since it started. WTH???
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So it happens in Canada, too!
Just The News: “The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Tuesday that nine people and dozens of others were injured in what appeared to be two linked shootings in British Columbia, including a mass shooting at a high school.
Police said that at least six people were killed in the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, with a seventh dying on the way to the hospital, and two others were found dead at a residence believed to be connected to the shooting. The suspected shooter is also dead from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The police said approximately 25 people are being assessed and triaged at a local medical center for non‑life‑threatening injuries, and two victims have been airlifted to hospital with serious or life‑threatening injuries.
“This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation, and the swift cooperation from the school, first responders, and the community played a critical role in our response,” North District Commander Ken Floyd of the RCMP said. “Our thoughts are with the families, loved ones, and all those impacted by this tragic incident.
“This has been an incredibly difficult and emotional day for our community, and we are grateful for the cooperation shown as officers continue their work to advance the investigation,” he added.
The British Columbia RCMP Major Crime unit is conducting the investigation into the shooting, but police do not believe there are any outstanding suspects or ongoing threat to the public.”
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yup…transgender nonsense again???
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This is all I can find right now: “The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have confirmed they have identified the suspect, who was described in an emergency alert as a female in a dress with brown hair.
The suspect was found dead at the school from a self-inflicted injury, and police believe the individual acted alone.
RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd stated that investigators are still trying to determine the motive and understand the suspect’s connection to the school and victims.
Police have declined to release details about the suspect’s identity, age, or any potential mental health or criminal history, citing the ongoing investigation.”
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I think i saw it somewhere. I will look.
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it was in the article posted at tcth. no verification as yet but i didn’t have a chance to read all the replies yet.
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Just have to wait until it all shakes out…
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Just The News: “Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to become the latest billionaire to relocate from California to Florida and join its elite “billionaire bunker” as the state legislature hopes to levy a 5% tax on the mega-wealthy.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are reportedly in the process of buying a newly built mansion on Indian Creek in Miami, which is considered one of the area’s most expensive enclaves, according to Fox Business. The nearly 2-acre property is estimated to be worth $150 million to $200 million, the outlet reported, and aerial views of the property reveal that it sits on Biscayne Bay and features a private dock, wraparound terraces and a waterfront pool, among other elaborate amenities.
The estate adds to Zuckerberg’s already lucrative real estate portfolio in cities like Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto in California, and Hawaii’s Kauai island.
The move would follow other California billionaires who also moved to Florida in recent years, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and Oracle’s Larry Ellison over the highly anticipated wealth tax.
The wealth tax initiative does not yet have the necessary 875,000 signatures it needs to qualify for the November ballot, but the proposal would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of California residents with assets exceeding $1 billion.”
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they are the biggest idiots in the country (CA) and i certainly hope the state does NOT get bailed out by taxpayers!!
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Just The News: “A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to obtain Michigan’s voter data. U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou, a Trump appointee, dismissed the case, citing a failure to state a claim, The Hill news outlet reported.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is attempting to collect personal information from voter roll data under the DOJ’s authority provided by the Help America Vote Act, the National Voter Registration Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
Jarbou ruled that none of those laws require states to turn over voters’ private information. “As explained below, the Court concludes that HAVA does not require the disclosure of any records, the NVRA does not require the disclosure of voter registration lists because they are not records concerning the implementation of list maintenance procedures, and the CRA does not require the disclosure of voter registration lists because they are not documents that come into the possession of election officials,” Jarbou wrote in her opinion.
“Thus, the Court will grant the motions to dismiss,” she added.
Judges in Oregon and California earlier this year made similar decisions.”
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sigh. those voter rolls need cleaning!!
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oh gees…it’s snowing here. STOP laughing!
we’ve got a couple of errands to run this morning…sigh.
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look at the co-sponsors’ names…see anything?
GGGGGggggrrrrrrrrrrr
February 11, 2026 8:00 am
“On Tuesday, Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) [H. Res 943] introduced a resolution to “leave the Monroe Doctrine to the dustbin of history.” It calls “for the annulment of the Monroe Doctrine and the development of a ‘New Good Neighbor’ policy in order to foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation between the United States and our Latin American and Caribbean neighbors.”
… “The bill paints the United States as a hemispheric villain, a corporate puppet that commits genocide, plots numerous coups, and drives migration, poverty, and instability. It even attacks Ronald Reagan’s Cold War policy, calling it criminal. It aims to terminate sanctions, including the embargo on Cuba, and it doesn’t mention China, Russia, or any of the Communist regimes in the region at all. It’s anti-free trade and anti-capitalism, and it contains lots of identity-driven language. Worst of all, it hands a blank U.S. taxpayer-funded check to other countries in the form of things like climate finance grants.
Ultimately, it hands the whole hemisphere over to China and other communist regimes while we roll over on our backs and toss money out the window.
“The Trump administration’s dangerous return to gunboat diplomacy in our hemisphere makes this resolution more urgent than ever,” Velázquez told The Hill. “From drug trafficking to mass migration to climate change, the United States and Latin America face huge, shared challenge. These can only be solved through cooperation and partnership, not domination and coercion. It’s long past time to leave the Monroe Doctrine in the dustbin of history and finally build a foreign policy based on mutual respect, cooperation, and shared prosperity.”
The resolution isn’t new. Velázquez first introduced it in 2023 timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the original Monroe Doctrine, but nothing ever came of it. However, it kind of just sat there and didn’t do anything, so I guess she saw all the success Trump is having in 2026 and decided it was time to bring it back… because anything to make the president look bad, country be damned.
So far, its co-sponsors include some of the most progressive members of the Democrat Party: Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Jesus Garcia (D-Ill.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), and Greg Casar (D-Texas).
It’s highly unlikely this resolution will even make it to the House floor for a vote, but some are calling it an “early draft of the blueprint for a progressive Democrat foreign policy that would counter Trump’s foreign policy vision for the Hemisphere.”
In other words, if these lunatics win in 2026 and 2028, we’re all gonna be speaking Mandarin and living in neighborhoods held hostage by cartels.” …
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/02/10/dems-move-to-kneecap-trump-in-latin-america-send-monroe-doctrine-to-dustbin-of-history-n4949338
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SMH – day late and a dollar short there, Paxton! You NEVER should have allowed this so-called “community” in the first place!!!!
Just The News: “Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday his team and the Justice Department have secured a $68 million settlement against the developers of Colony Ridge and the development of an illegal migrant community.
The Colony Ridge is a neighborhood located north of Houston that has been accused by Republicans in the state of being a “colonia,” an “illegal alien settlement,” and a haven for drug cartels and crime, among other accusations. The community’s developer has denied the allegations that it is a sanctuary for illegal migrants.
Under the terms of the settlement, the developers will have to pay a total of $68 million, of which at least $20 million will be allocated to law enforcement efforts—including funding for the construction of a law enforcement center in the area.
The developers will also be forced to pay for the improvement of infrastructure, such as roads, to create a legitimate and livable community that is suitable for Americans, and all new platting of residential lots for direct-to-consumer sales have been frozen for a 36-month period.
“Under my watch, Texas will never be a sanctuary for illegals,” Paxton said in a statement. “Colony Ridge endangered American citizens by allowing illegal aliens to run rampant on its streets, in its schools, and in its community. Now, it’s time for those responsible to pay a steep cost for their unlawful actions.”
“My office will continue to bring the full force of the law against anyone who threatens the safety of our state or creates a safe harbor for illegals,” he added.”
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i just read about this on tcth
Richard Huddleston
February 11, 2026 8:46 am
How has this been flying under our noses. Broke ground in 2012!
( IF THIS ISN’T A INVASION WHAT IS?)
Colony Ridge tx Population 75,000 non us citizens Hispanic community 40 miles North of Houston Tx in Liberty County. 12.9% interest rates, not credit check to buy and own US LAND for non citizens. out of 35,000 property sold over 12,000 properties, have been foreclosed on and re-sold
Why does this exist?
https://babin.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10849
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“AI Is the Next Covid-Level Disruption, Except There’s No Going Back: The AI tidal wave is fast approaching our shores.”
Jordan Schachtel, Feb 11, 2026
EXCERPT: “We are fast approaching the point at which the AI tidal wave will reach the shoreline, and it will change the world forever. What began as mere rudimentary chatbots just a few years back has fast become the most powerful and world-changing technological breakthrough of our lifetimes.
AI has achieved its Zero to One moment, and those on the frontier of the technology are starting to map out the implications it will have for humanity.
A thoughtful tech executive named Matt Shumer on X recently published a piece titled “Something Big Is Happening,” in which he likened the current moment to that brief window when only a small number of people were paying attention to what would later become the world-changing covid hysteria era. The comparison is instructive, but with one critical difference: unlike pandemic mania, this change will not come with a reset button. There is no “return to normal.” The environment that exists on the other side of this wave will bear little resemblance to the one we’re living in now.
Essentially, the big AI companies (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, etc.) have achieved an incredible series of advancements that allow for these large language models (LLMs) to tap into both the whole of the internet and/or a hyper-customized set of data that lives within its virtual “brain” 24/7. These are no longer parlor tricks or glorified autocomplete machines. They have an incredible ability to reason and plan. With proper direction, they can execute multi-step tasks with minimal oversight. The people building these systems will tell you off the record that even they are surprised by how fast the capabilities are scaling.
Moreover, with the recent explosion of open source AI tools like OpenClaw (an open-source autonomous AI agent that connects to models like Anthropic’s Claude), these capabilities are now available to anyone with a dedicated computer. For the ambitious among us, you can now build your own AI army in a weekend…..”
“…..The people who thrive in this new era will be those who engage with the technology early and often. I wouldn’t recommend getting so invested with one particular enterprise or open source model. But getting familiar with the space as a whole and continuing to interact with it on a daily basis will be essential.
The tidal wave is here, and it does not care whether you’re ready for it. Do not wait for the government to help you navigate this. Do not wait for your employer to “retrain” you. Do not wait for the corporate press to explain what is happening. By the time any of those institutions catch up, the landscape will have already shifted beneath your feet. It’s time to get smart on AI.”
https://www.dossier.today/p/ai-is-the-next-covid-level-disruption
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H/T M
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brought tears to my eyes!
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“California Is Teaching America How To Destroy Itself — People running for elected office to govern the state promise an unbroken flood of new spending, while people holding elected office and governing the state grimly slash budgets.”
The Federalist, By: Chris Bray, February 11, 2026
EXCERPT: “Federalism is the laboratory where states experiment with different paths, and then the rest of the country can see how it works out. California is currently the laboratory for setting yourself and everything around you on fire and then falling off a cliff into a field of broken glass and rusty nails while you’re still burning.
But put aside that we’re just talking about California for a moment, and consider this a wider lesson in the outcomes that follow Democratic supermajority rule over anything. Two things are happening at the same time in the state, and the violence of the collision between competing realities is extraordinary.
It’s simultaneously campaign season for the 2026 elections and budgeting season for state and local governments. Just watch how those two things play out in tension with each other, because it’s a real lesson in the meaning of political promises.
In campaign season, candidates for public office are promoting a massive expansion of government. A gubernatorial debate last week was a contest to see who could pander the hardest, and it was pretty close to being a tie between the whole field — prevented only by the presence of a single Republican, Steve Hilton, who got booed a lot.
Promising free money, former California attorney general and Joe Biden cabinet official Xavier Becerra crossed the line into the most explicit offer of machine-style racial patronage, like Tammany without the Irish: “If we gave people access to capital so they could put down the down payment, we would have far more people housed. And so in the black and brown community, we’re going to make down payments available so you can become homeowners as well and create wealth.”
You get free government money to buy a house, but only if you have the right skin color. It’s very progressive, like George Wallace standing on his head.
The stream of ideas was all this thoughtful. Billionaire candidate Tom Steyer promised to bring in an extra $15 to $20 billion of tax revenue per year, allowing for a massive expansion of government child care, health care, and education giveaways. Tony Thurmond, the state’s appalling superintendent of public education, promised “tax credits” — he means free money — so that all working-class people in the state have hundreds of dollars in extra spending money every month.
In short: more. More government, more entitlement programs, more free money. In two hours, six Democrats spent tens of billions of dollars with their mouths.
The flood of free money, Democrats promised, would fix the state’s extraordinarily dire affordability crisis. If you ever took an economics class, take a moment to think about that premise. More consumer spending — rising demand — lowers prices? More cash being pumped into an economy makes everything cheaper? Answer carefully, or you’ll turn into a Democrat…..”
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/11/california-is-teaching-america-how-to-destroy-itself/
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“Here’s Where You Can Report Illegal Alien Truck Drivers Before They Kill More Americans”
By: Breccan F. Thies, February 11, 2026
EXCERPT: “Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., launched a tip line Tuesday to protect Americans from truckers who are illegal aliens, not authorized to drive a truck, or do not speak English proficiently enough to safely drive on U.S. roads. The tip line comes after numerous illegal aliens who received commercial drivers’ licenses (CDLs) have killed or injured American citizens while operating their vehicles dangerously.
(Tip line: https://www.banks.senate.gov/trucksafetipline/)
Illegal alien Harjinder Singh of India made headlines over the summer for killing three Americans in Florida after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s, D-Calif., California gave him a CDL. Only days ago another illegal alien, Bekzhan Beishekeev of Kyrgyzstan, killed four people in Banks’ home state of Indiana after obtaining a CDL from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s, D-Penn., Pennsylvania. Beishekeev was let into the country under the Biden administration.
Those are far from the only instances. According to Banks, 50 percent of CDLs from New York alone have been issued improperly. The federal government estimates 200,000 illegal drivers are on U.S. roads. Since commercial trucks cross the United States, this means fraudulent and lax enforcement of immigration and licensing laws endangers Americans everywhere. Every death at the hands of an illegal alien could have been prevented by border and interior immigration enforcement…..”
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/11/heres-where-you-can-report-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-before-they-kill-more-americans/
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bbl…
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https://notthebee.com/article/teen-athlete-claims-she-was-sexually-assaulted-during-match-with-transgender-competitor
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I read about this yesterday…was too disgusted to post it. If i were the girl’s brother/father whatever…I’d break the pervert’s fingers.
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whoa!
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Aerial images of the property (purchased by Zuckerberg) show a sprawling waterfront compound spanning multiple adjacent lots on Indian Creek.
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wedged in there too tight for my taste.
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Yep, same here!
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“Few newsrags are more capable of arguing both sides of a point and claiming it as their own than the Old Grey Lady. The paper itself was behind the adaptation of the phrase ‘climate change’ over the then-current usage of ‘Global warming’ for a very specific reason. Their judgement was, ‘Global warming’ couldn’t explain extreme cold, but ‘climate change’ could be applied to literally any weather condition they wanted to riff on. They may be stupid, but they’re awfully good at it. Juss’ sayin’…”
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Chrysler’s Highway Hi-Fi, a car record player system offered as an option in their vehicles from 1956 to 1959
“In 1825, while painting a portrait in Washington, D.C., Samuel Morse received a letter informing him that his wife was seriously ill. The next day, another letter arrived with devastating news; she had died. Morse immediately abandoned his work and rushed home to New Haven.
By the time he arrived, his wife had already been buried. The slow pace of communication meant he had missed her final moments and couldn’t even attend her funeral. The emotional toll of this experience left a deep mark on him, fueling a desire to find a faster way to transmit urgent messages over long distances.
This personal tragedy became the catalyst for Morse’s groundbreaking work in telegraphy. Driven by grief and frustration, he developed a system of electrical signals that could be sent quickly across wires, what we now know as Morse code. His invention revolutionized communication and changed the world forever.”
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gees–a record player? i guess it would skip a lot up here!
and thanks for this about Morse Code!!
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LOL – every little bump would send the needle across the record! YW – I didn’t know that!
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me either..it’s pretty sad!
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“In 1916, as World War I intensified overseas, the United States remained officially neutral under President Woodrow Wilson. Public debate was especially active in major cities such as New York, Chicago, and Boston, where newspapers regularly discussed whether the nation should stay out of the conflict. Within this atmosphere, a proposal began circulating that called for any decision to enter war to be decided by a nationwide public vote.
The idea gained momentum after events like the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania and rising tensions with Germany’s submarine campaign. Supporters argued that if Americans were expected to fight, they should also have the power to decide whether the country went to war. The proposal’s most striking feature required every citizen who voted in favor of war to automatically register as a volunteer for military service, linking political support directly to personal responsibility.
Although widely discussed, the proposal never advanced through Congress. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., argued that war decisions required speed and confidentiality, conditions they believed a national referendum could not meet. By April 1917, the United States entered World War I without a public vote, influenced by Germany’s renewed submarine warfare and the revelation of the Zimmermann Telegram.
The concept resurfaced in the late 1930s during rising global tensions, most notably through the Ludlow Amendment, which again sought a national referendum on war. It came close to passing in 1938, showing how persistent the idea remained. While none of these proposals became law, they highlight a recurring concern in American history about ensuring that decisions involving war reflect both public will and public accountability.”
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great idea–you want war? gotta have skin in the game.
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‘Merica!
Zippy
Good Outdoor Fun
The Stinger
The Noble Laplander
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Dresden at night, 1936
Comfortable Corner
Yellow Bird
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I agree with james!
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just got off the phone with Mom (since we out during our normal phone call hour).
She was really upset about this one woman at their meal times. she has a runny nose and does not use a tissue to clean it off her face. She doesn’t even use her hand or something she said and even after a few of the ladies and gents complained all the staff could do was place a box of tissues next to her at the table. She refuses to use them. It runs down into her mouth while she’s eating Mom said.
well today, that same woman threw up on herself and the table and tried to continue eating. it was making everyone else sick as well. Mom hopes they can do something about this because it’s ruining mealtime for everyone.
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Sounds like that woman needs a facility that provides more direct one-on-one care.
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agreed…mom said sometimes she eats with her fingers–even things like peas.
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isn’t THAT the truth!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Those fins….
Perhaps a fatal error
Searching…
Garden Entrance
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Santorini
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🧘 Buddhist monks complete 2,300-mile walk across America
“After 15 weeks of walking, Buddhist monks arrived in Washington, D.C. They crossed thousands of miles on foot for peace. No algorithm. No monetization. No optimization. Just movement. A reminder that humans still have agency beyond screens…”
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wow…that’s an accomplishment!
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IKR?
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A public urinal located in Paris,1875
Annie Edson Taylor poses with her cat and the barrel she rode over Niagara Falls in 1901.
Animal medical therapy in 1956.
A menorah stands on the windowsill of a Jewish home across from Nazi Party headquarters in Kiel, Germany in 1932.
A French women welcomes an American soldier two days after liberation. Strasbourg, France, 22 November 1944.
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A view of the U.S. Capitol Building dome under construction in 1857
A wheat field in the heart of Manhattan, 1982.
Renaissance Circus Trio, a group of acrobats performing a gravity-defying stunt atop the Rockefeller Center in New York City in the early 1930s.
Ota Benga (1904-1906) — A Mbuti Pygmy, born in Congo Free State in 1885. He was sold to an American explorer for display at the 1904 World’s Fair. He was then housed in the Bronx Zoo primate house.
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those acrobats are INSANE!
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I know – that’s just plumb stupid!
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you gotta have nerves of steel–or be drunk and not care.
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November 1966, stagnant air trapped toxic smog over New York City for three days, killing 168 people.
Bryn Owen aged 17 with his Vespa scooter, which has 34 mirrors and 81 lights on the front and back, all bought with his pocket money, Leicestershire, England. 1983.
Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, last war chief of the Crow Nation. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He led a raid against a German position, disarming them and taking them prisoner. He then stole their horses. He died in 2016, aged 102.
Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins born in Brighton, 1908.
A Dutch aircraft listener from the 1930s.
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Just The News: “President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to meet with all governors at an annual White House event next week regardless of party affiliation, after he faced backlash for excluding Democrats. The change comes after the president spoke with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who leads the National Governors Association, on the phone earlier in the day. It also comes after the NGA backed out of planning the meeting over the exclusion.
“We’re pleased the president will welcome governors from all 55 states and territories to the White House,” NGA CEO Brandon Tatum said in a statement obtained by USA Today. “The bipartisan White House governors meeting is a valued tradition and an important opportunity to build bridges and hold constructive conversations. The NGA looks forward to continued collaboration between governors and the White House.”
The White House meeting will be part of a three-day summit in the nation’s capital that will take place from Feb. 19 to Feb. 21. The meeting and subsequent dinner are scheduled for Feb. 20.
It was not immediately clear if a group of Democratic governors will lift their boycott of the White House dinner, which was announced following reports that Trump excluded Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from the dinner. It was also not clear if Moore and Polis are now invited to the dinner.”
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why invite them? Colorado is still holding Tina Peters and the Maryland Governor did something too…I forget now.
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IDC one way or the other, tbh. Kind of a waste of time and $ as far as I’m concerned!!!
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me too. just about all thing government is a waste of money.
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here’s the answer….
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I just put up a big pot of chili…smells good!!
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Hmmmm….that reminds me – I’ve got some in my freezer…..
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ours was good! LOL
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WOW! Rep. Anna Paulina Luna just TOOK DOWN Democrats’ lies on the House floor https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f525.svghttps://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f525.svg
“My colleagues are spending a LOT of time lecturing the American people on how the SAVE America Act is going to require you to show your papers, but last time I checked, during COVID, they demanded that if you simply wanted to go to a funeral, be with your loved ones while they were dying, or get married, you had to SHOW YOUR PAPERS!”
“In fact, in New York City, they were literally asking you for your COVID passport. Yet the SAVE America Act, a common sense piece of legislation that requires two things, voter ID plus proof of citizenship, is being labeled by people in the Senate and people in this very chamber as Jim Crow era laws. Well, let me remind the American people of history!”
“It was the Democrat party that championed the Jim Crow era laws. And this is the farthest thing from it.”
“In fact, if you’re doing that, you’re insulting over 70% of your voters, Democrats who believe that voter ID is the best way to secure an election.”
“I do not believe that Barack Obama in showing his voter ID was engaging in Jim Crow era law or pushing that type of perspective!”
“And for the same people that are advocating saying that Kristi Noem and ICE will demand your personal information and you will be under surveillance, let I remind them that they actually all authorized the reauthorization of FISA unreformed that violated your constitutional rights. So this is pretty simple.”
“If you are not an American, you do not get to vote in our elections. This is not a free for all country. A majority of Americans support this.”
“A majority of the world has voter ID in place. It is not racist.” @realannapaulina
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“Moderna ‘Shocked’ After FDA Scuttles Review of New mRNA Flu Vaccine: The FDA last week notified Moderna that the agency would not review its application for a new mRNA flu vaccine, citing the company’s failure to perform an “adequate and well-controlled” clinical trial. Experts suggested the FDA may be signaling skepticism of mRNA vaccines in general.”
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., February 11, 2026
EXCERPT: “In a decision that “shocked” Moderna officials, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week declined to review Moderna’s application for its new mRNA flu vaccine. The FDA cited the company’s failure to perform an “adequate and well-controlled” clinical trial and its failure to use the “best-available standard of care” during the trial process.
The FDA informed Moderna of its decision in a Feb. 3 “refusal-to-file” letter, signed by Dr. Vinay Prasad, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, which oversees vaccines, the company disclosed Tuesday. The decision follows the FDA’s adoption of a stricter approach to approving vaccines, The Washington Post reported.
Prasad’s move to not even consider Moderna’s application, filed in December 2025, “signals a new aggressive phase to regulating drugs and forcing drug makers to perform more rigorous studies,” Bloomberg reported. According to Bloomberg, the FDA rarely issues refusal-to-file letters. Bloomberg cited a 2021 JAMA Internal Medicine study finding that only 4% of a sample of 2,475 applications the FDA received resulted in the issuance of such a letter.
Moderna’s clinical trial tested its mRNA-1010 vaccine against an existing flu vaccine instead of a placebo. Specifically, it compared the outcomes of the mRNA-1010 vaccine against a standard-dose flu shot.
In a statement released earlier today and cited by Fierce Biotech, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said this clinical trial design put seniors at risk. “Moderna exposed participants age 65 and over to increased risk of severe illness by giving them a substandard of care against the recommendations of FDA career scientists,” Makary said…..”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/moderna-new-mrna-flu-vaccine-fda-declined-review-application/
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i wouldn’t trust them!!
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Nope – no way!
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did they really think MAHA would just approve this crap???
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Good night, Pat!
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Good Night Filly!
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Good Night All!
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