by | July 22, 2025 · 8:13 am

Bits & Bytes

DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, When we are tempted to disappoint You, please remind us that every sacrifice, however how small, is a kick in the butt to the enemy. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

DOGE: Federal agencies recently terminated 80 wasteful contracts, saving We the Taxpayers $436 million. That’s almost half a billion dollar$ … in three days. One of the canceled contracts was for “planning an environment workshop and round-table discussion” for the Department of Transportation … for $265,000. THAT’s more than a quarter of a million dollar$.

JOBS: Even better, the numbers in the graph above are from before the Supreme Court’s July 8 decision freeing Trump to execute the layoffs he wants. Remember when Biden’s “good” job numbers were made up of mostly illegals and government workers?

  1. 2016 – 2020 (Trump administration): The federal civilian workforce* averaged 2.18 million.
  2. 2021–2023 (Biden administration): The federal civilian workforce* grew to 3 million, the highest since 1994, when the Democrats had the trifecta (Democrat president, plus Democrat majorities in both House and Senate).

LEFTIE LOONIES: [1:05] – On July 12, 2025, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz toured Alligator Alcatraz, then made an angry speech about the “appalling” conditions. “These detainees are essentially packed into cages, wall-to-wall humans. 32 detainees per cage. That is the only thing inside those cages are their bunk beds and there are three tiny toilets that are toilet units that have a sink attached to it. They get their drinking water and they brush their teeth where they poop in the same unit.”

Oh, cry me a river, Debbie! Most of us brush our teeth where we poop. It’s called a bathroom.

“Packed into cages.” At least these detainees are given a partial wall between the bunk and hygiene areas. Standard federal prison cells (aka, “cages”) are typically 6′ x 8′ or 7′ x 12′ feet. They house two prisoners who have a set of bunk beds and, in the same small space is a one-piece, stainless steel toilet-sink combo with no privacy barrier.

As for 32 people in one big bunk room … Marine Corps boot camp barracks typically house 40 to 80 recruits in a big bunk room with an attached hygiene area where sinks, showers, and toilets also have no privacy barriers.

LIFE: The UK government recently extended two weeks paid bereavement leave to women who lose a child to miscarriage before 24 weeks gestation. The UK government also recently extended the right of women to terminate their own pregnancies at any time up to birth.

PARENTING: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZbAQ7JrOoYM to see how one dad handled the dreaded “no more pacifiers” day. My kids had food allergies, so they couldn’t eat candy. I tried to find fun alternatives to Trick or Treating, but they always ended up with treats they couldn’t eat. I felt terrible about just tossing out the treats people gave, so one year, I took them to a local store that had picture books. The clerk was in on the scheme and cheerfully let them “buy” one book each with their candy.

RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1946786201228165463 [5:19] to hear what Obama told the press on December 16, 2016, just eight days after Obama received the report that Russia had no effect on the outcome of the election.

WNBA: The WNBA historically loses $10-15 million annually, money that is replaced by the NBA and private investors. In reality, these women should be paying for the privilege of playing.

GRAMMY NOTES: We dug a 12′ circle in our yard and filled it with play sand. I’ve raked it when I’ve needed a few minutes of zen time. We’ve built campfires in the middle for s’mores. The kids, and now their kids, have played in it. But it’s the local wildlife that uses it the most. My favorite time was when two mama turkeys brought their combined broods to our yard. While one supervised searching for grubs, worms, and such in the never-sprayed lawn, the other taught the babes, one by one, how to properly clean feathers with sand.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZVB_n2phvzw to see the most magical baby cradle ever.

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  1. bluebird of bitterness's avatar bluebird of bitterness
    July 22, 2025 at 12:11 pm

    Many years ago I moved all of our toothbrushes from the bathroom to the laundry room. There’s a nice big sink in the laundry room, and plenty of room in the cupboard for toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, mouthwash, etc., so if someone is hogging up the bathroom you don’t have to wait for them to get out before you can attend to your dental hygiene. I never knew until today that we are living in luxury, at least according to Debbie Blabbermouth-Schultz. 🙂

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