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I'm a 60 something wife, mom and grandmom who is homebound/disabled by severe hypersensitivity to chemicals. I fill my days with learning, loving and art. My favorite values are truth, generosity and gratitude.
by | September 28, 2023 · 2:59 pm

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CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt1dhvjpbmE [4:43] to hear the wonderful story of St. Dymphna, the patroness of those suffering nervous and mental afflictions as well as victims of incest.

FALL OF CIVILIZATION: In 2021, Anthony Ramos drove his family — including his pregnant wife and young daughter – to a Houston-area Jack-in-the-Box and ordered a combo meal to go. When he told the employees he was missing items, things escalated. The back-and-forth arguing got so intense that Ramos and employee Alonniea Fantasia Ford got into a food fight. Then, Ford decided food wasn’t enough and got her pistol. Ford copped a plea to a deadly conduct charge and has already served her sentence. Ramos is suing her and Jack-in-the-Box. CLICK https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1706763142980907369 [:26] to see the store’s security footage.

FAUXTUS: The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee released emails and other documents received from 2 IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Zeigler, who were among the IRS, FBI, and DOJ officials probing Hunter Biden. In another of the documents, Zeigler recommended Hunter Biden be charged with felonies for intentionally not paying taxes on income received from 2014 through 2018. Hunter was ultimately only charged with misdemeanors.

These documents show, once again, that some Americans are more equal than others. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), chairman of the committee, says the evidence also supports the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which he is helping lead.

FETTERMAN: After the Senate voted to restore its dress code, Stroke Boy said he’ll just go back to voting from the cloak room.

HR: CLICK https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1706917885409415372 [1:33] to see a professional development training video that compares white people to mosquitoes. This is exactly how the Nazis began their propaganda campaign to convince Germans that Jews needed to be exterminated.

MICHIGAN: This year, in her never-ending effort to protect minors from making life-changing decisions before they are ready, Gov. Whitmer has signed one law banning so-called conversion therapy for minors and another raising the minimum marriage age to 18 (with or without parental permission).

But last year, Gov. Whitmer signed a law ensuring that a “woman” (i.e., any female old enough to menstruate) has the absolute right to get an abortion is she so chooses. She also wants to make it a state constitutional right for minors to choose to chemically and surgically sterilize themselves in the name of “gender affirmation.”

SCAPEGOAT: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiImrqG42lg [16:51] to hear an excellent video about how narcissistic parents treat the designated scapegoat child. The only not-sad part of this for me were the few times when he gave a hypothetical that was actually worse than anything my covert narcissist mother and enabling father ever did to me.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkhrf5MNYRk [3:20] to view Volume 10 – 2003: Barbra Streisand sues a photographer for posting her house on the internet. “The Streisand Effect” is now shorthand for bringing unwanted attention to the very thing you’re trying to suppress. 2022: The FDA added sesame seeds to their list of major allergens. 1994: Organizers of the Caribbean Cup made game-winning overtime goals count double.

GRAMMY NOTES: Buzz is learning about electricity with Snap Circuits.

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by | September 27, 2023 · 3:27 pm

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COMMANDER: Biden’s 2-year-old German Shepherd has now bitten eleven people. One of his victims had to be hospitalized after the dog clamped down on his arms and thighs. In July, the Bidens were supposedly working to correct the dog’s behavior. Uh huh. Another of their German Shepherds, Major, was moved out of the White House because he couldn’t keep his teeth off of people.

DOJ: The police report says a Tampa couple noticed a vehicle stopped on Interstate 274 shortly before 9:24 a.m. on Tuesday. The driver was slumped over, so the couple pulled over to help. The slumped over man woke up, accelerated forward, and crashed into the couple’s sedan. He then shifted into reverse and, in trying to get around the couple’s sedan, hit Scruggs’ sedan as he was driving by.

Scruggs pulled over, got out, broke a window in the vehicle that hit him, and started stabbing the driver. When the couple tried to help the man being stabbed, Scruggs then tried to stab them, so they fled. A St. Petersburg Police Department officer driving past saw the commotion and pulled over.

The victim was taken to a local hospital with injuries authorities described as serious but not life-threatening. Scruggs was arrested on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault and armed burglary. He was released from the Pinellas County Jail about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday after posting $65,000 bail.

Scruggs is one of the prosecutors who worked to ruin the life of Adam Johnson, the infamous January 6th “Lectern Guy.”

FAUXTUS: In 2020, Joe Biden told Americans that his family had never received money from China. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability has obtained proof that two bank wires, totalling more than $250,000, were made in July and August 2019 from Beijing to the Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home.

LONG COVID: A paper entitled “Distinguishing features of Long COVID identified through immune profiling” was published in Nature on September 25, 2023. In it, researchers report the distinct hormonal and immune differences they found in people suffering from Long COVID that were not present in people who had recovered fully from an acute infection nor in people who had never had the ‘rona. This breakthrough could lead to developing diagnostic tools and treatments for this new illness.

MAYO CLINIC: Two days ago, I reported that the Mayo Clinic’s drug information page for hydroxychloroquine said the drug may be “used to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) in certain hospitalized patients. Hydroxychloroquine should only be used for COVID-19 in a hospital or during clinical trials.”

Yesterday, they removed their thoughtcrime. The page @ https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/hydroxychloroquine-oral-route/description/drg-20064216 now says, “Hydroxychloroquine is not recommended as a treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Also, hydroxychloroquine doesn’t prevent infection with the virus that causes COVID-19.”

The original version is archived @ https://web.archive.org/web/20230923213117/https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/hydroxychloroquine-oral-route/description/drg-20064216.

TARGET: They’re woke enough to force real women to share the potty with men, but not woke enough to stay in crime-riddled Democrat cities.

TEXAS: Approximately 2,000 illegals flood into El Paso every day. The Democrat mayor says his city is at “a breaking point” so he’s chartering buses to transport some of them to New York City, Chicago, and Denver. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLEMbjYzf_I [11:5] to hear Bill Whittle, Scott Ott, and Steve Green talk about the hypocrisy of the pro-open-borders lefties in these cities who resent being inconvenienced by the illegals they so welcome to live somewhere else.

TRANS: A new British study of minors who were given puberty blockers and hormone drugs found a majority experienced erratic and fluctuating mental health, including over a third whose mental health notably deteriorated.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8G_hj8CnIX0 for a fun April Fool’s joke.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B7Xd-uRJVzQ to see a wonderfully personalized product made by https://soulcraftgoods.com/.

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by | September 26, 2023 · 3:11 pm

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FDA: More evidence that this gummint agency is not working for We the People, but instead for the Depopulate Useless Eaters Global Elites. Last month, the BMJ published a paper entitled “How the FDA approved an antipsychotic that failed to show a meaningful benefit but raised the risk of death.” It begins, “In trials, brexpiprazole failed to provide a clinically meaningful benefit and it increased mortality, but the FDA fast tracked its approval and the sponsor predicts $1bn in annual sales.”

Brexpiprazole, branded as Rexulti, is the first antipsychotic approved to treat agitation in Alzheimer’s patients, despite the fact that it increased patients’ risk of death by fourfold while apparently having little impact on agitation.

The efficacy of drugs for treating Alzheimer’s dementia is based on a scale called the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) that measures 29 behaviors. Caregivers assign a score of 1 to 7 for each behavior, for a total score of 29 to 203. To determine effectiveness, a patient’s score must change by a value of 17 after 12 weeks on the drug. Brexpiprazole trials showed only a 5.3-point maximum reduction in CMAI scores.

IOW, it is neither safe nor effective. The FDA approved it anyway.

INSPIRATION: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nacp2VkYtAo (14:07) to hear the inspiring story of Olympic gold figure skater, Scott Hamilton. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPRGYrmF-6o [8:10] to see his free program at the Sarajevo Olympics where he won the gold. Hamilton is a Christian and has said about his faith, “I understand that through a strong relationship with Jesus you can endure anything… God is there to guide you through the tough spots. God was there every single time, every single time.”

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBksRp0Io5g [3:36] to view Volume 9 – 1585: Antwerp enacts price controls on food. 1662: England taxes homeowners by the number of chimneys they have. 2009: Cash for Clunkers.

VAXXX: CLICK https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1706676593261785178 [1:33] to see a video Elon Musk posted on X, because of his concern over “the outrageous demand that people *must* take the vaccine and multiple boosters.”

VIRGINIA: Two parents recently filed a lawsuit against the Virginia Beach School Board for refusing to abide by Gov. Youngkin’s policies protecting parental rights and restricting gender ideology in the classroom.

GRAMMY NOTES: This stuff is delicious. Since Dearest and I are somewhat allergic to wheat and don’t tolerate gluten very well, we only have bread occasionally. This is my current favorite form. It keeps well in the freezer and toasts up beautifully. Last night, I made open-face sandwiches with a fried egg which I topped with chicken salad. I added some strips of mozzarella and popped them into the toaster oven long enough to melt the cheese. Yummy!!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RbppHkT1fPY to see Olga Korbut’s dead loop.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wzwqkcxEaCQ for some good feelz.

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by | September 25, 2023 · 12:04 pm

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2024: The latest WaPo/ABC poll shows voter preference as Trump 51% vs. Biden 42%. WaPo tried to say this was an outlier, but according to Real Clear Politics, only one of the presidential approval polls shows a spread of less than 9 points, while the biggest spread is a whopping 20 points.

2A: On Friday, a federal judge ruled that California’s attempt to ban gun magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds violates the Second Amendment rights of firearms owners. In his decision, the judge wrote, “The history and tradition of the Second Amendment clearly supports state laws against the use or misuse of firearms with unlawful intent, but not the disarmament of the law-abiding citizen.”

CLOWARD-PIVEN STRATEGY: In 1966, Columbia (Communist) professors named Richard Cloward and Francis Fox Piven published a plan to destroy America. They theorized that overwhelming our social welfare systems in the name of “compassion” would allow elitist Democrats to gather unto themselves all the powers of the local and state governments.

In 2014, Tyler Durden wrote, “In light of the Cloward-Piven Strategy, which is at its very core a method to artificially induce crisis, the otherwise insane policy actions of the Obama Administration and preceding puppet presidents now become perfectly logical.” I would add “and current puppet president” to that list.

COVID-19: The Mayo Clinic now lists hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for certain ‘rona cases. “Hydroxychloroquine may also be used to treat coronavirus (COVID-19) in certain hospitalized patients. Hydroxychloroquine should only be used for COVID-19 in a hospital or during clinical trials.”

GOD: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX7WUWP6_5s [3:48] to hear about the empirical evidence we have that God is a guy. N.b., this is comedy. 🙂

IMMIGRATION: In 2013, the Romeikes fled Germany where they were being persecuted because of their religious conviction that they should be the ones directing their children’s education. In the face of overwhelming public pressure, the Obama administration granted them “indefinitely deferred action status.” Since then, the family has added two more children and two of their adult children have married U.S. Citizens.

Then in September 2023, without any prior warning or explanation, they were told they had four weeks to get out of the country. Germany’s opposition to homeschooling has only increased in the last 10 years, making criminal charges against this family all but certain upon their return.

CLICK https://go.hslda.org/HelptheRomeikes2023 to sign a petition supporting this family’s desire to stay in the United States.

NEW JERSEY: On Friday, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, and his wife Nadine were indicted on bribery charges. Like his close ally, Joe Biden, Menendez is a self-professed Catholic who supports abortion. The indictment says the pair “agreed to and did accept hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using Menendez’s power and influence as a Senator to seek to protect and enrich Hana, Uribe and Daibes and to benefit the Arab Republic of Egypt. Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value.”

NEW YUCK CITY: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/thehodgetwins/videos/258741840456174 [16:15] to see what happened when AOC and Jerry Nadler came to lecture irate locals. You can stop at 6:00. After that, the Hodge twins blather for a bit, then air a piece about Staten Islanders rebelling, which ends at 9:30. After that, it’s just blather to the end.

ODIUM FIDEI: “Hatred of the faith is one of the unmistakable signs of Satan’s presence. The contemporary destruction of churches and religious statues, the public rejection of the faith, the hatred toward the church and those who minister therein, and attempts to expunge the faith from society ultimately find their source in Satan’s hatred of Christ and his church.” – Monsignor Stephen Rossetti

OIL: On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Biden administration to expand its sale of the Gulf of Mexico oil leases, under their original conditions, by Sept. 30. He wrote that the administration’s attempts to stop the leases appeared to be more “a weaponization of the Endangered Species Act than the collaborative, reasoned approach prescribed by the applicable laws and regulations.“

TEXAS: On Friday, Gov. Abbott announced that he is adding two more departure points for busses carrying illegals to Democrat-led, self-proclaimed “sanctuary cities.” This move adds Eagle Pass and El Paso to the ongoing state bus operations in Brownsville, Del Rio, Laredo, and McAllen.

VAXXX: The CDC’s COVID-19 safety report only covers data through Oct. 23, 2022. When asked for an update, the agency’s spokesperson admitted they have the information; they’re just not going to give it to us. And they wonder why we don’t trust them.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1MylOraT6BM for some synchronized ball bouncing!

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B7XN1eI08vU for more R*CKST*R.

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by | September 24, 2023 · 12:23 pm

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DEMON-CRATS: Yes, Virginia. They do worship Satan.

Alaska – A recent meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough meeting opened with this invocation: “That which will not bend, must break, and that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared as demise. It is done, hail Satan.” Several attendees walked out as about 40 others protested outside.

Florida – A recent meeting of the Pensacola city council opened with an invocation by David Suhor, co-founder of the local chapter of the Satanic Temple. In response to the hundreds of Christians who prayed in protest, Suhor demanded “quit pushing Christian privilege.”

Texas – A recent meeting of the San Marcos City Council opened with an invocation by a representative of the Satanic Temple of Austin, ending with “Hail Satan.” Close to 100 people gathered outside City Hall to express their concerns and opposition.

RED PILL: Another lifelong Democrat has left the plantation. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has announced he is switching parties, because “America’s cities need Republicans.”

TRANS REGRET: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uOJpHRcjME [13:28] to hear Bill Whittle, Scott Ott, and Steve Green discuss the evil of the heavy push to physically mutilate teens.

When I was a teen, I was so terrified of getting pregnant that I really wanted to have my tubes tied. I would’ve been a prime candidate for this vicious crap. I’m 69 and now count motherhood as one of the very best parts of my life.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gLh72j5zdU8 to see a truly amazing gymnastics stunt.

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by | September 23, 2023 · 12:29 pm

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BORDER: In August, 304,162 people were apprehended by Border Patrol while crossing the border illegally, surpassing the previous record of 302,412 from December 2022. These numbers are five to ten times higher than the average monthly totals seen during the Obama and Trump administrations.

DRESS CODES: Democrats are pandering to John Fetterman’s disrespectful dress and vile speech because they need his vote. But he would not be allowed to dine at some of the best restaurants in Manhattan. A NY Post reporter dressed as Fetterman does was denied entrance to Daniel, Le Bernardin, Jean-Georges, and The Grill. In fact, The Grill wouldn’t even let him into the lobby.

DRUG SHORTAGES: A recent survey of pharmacies found that essential drugs – from chemotherapy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder meds to much-needed anesthetics and popular diabetes and weight loss drugs – are in short supply. I remember this being mentioned back when the ‘rona first hit. As I recall, it was because China was hit so hard by COVID and way too many of our pharmaceuticals depend on ingredients produced by the ChiComs.

FAUXTUS: Dementia Joe’s other flubs this week included forgetting to shake the hand of the President of Brazil then walking into and nearly knocking over the Brazilian flag, confusing the names of Syria and Libya, forgetting the names of members of his administration, and praising the Congressional Black Caucus while speaking to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

FETTERMAN: Stroke Boy isn’t just a disgrace in his attire. He also has a potty mouth. On September 20, 2023, he presided over the Senate looking like he had just come from the gym. Afterwards, he mocked those of us who think he should show our highest legislative body the respect it is due saying, “The world didn’t spin off its axis” because he didn’t wear a suit and tie.

He has also referred to his dress code critics as “ding-a-lings” and opined that “if I take up vaping and grabbing the hog during a live musical, they’ll make me a folk hero.”

CLICK https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1703943080938807441 [:53] to hear him sneer at Republicans in the House who are trying to limit government spending saying, “The House, the whatever they call themselves Team America or whatever they call themselves, bring your vote otherwise they need to go hump a different leg.”

HAWAII: A fellow watercolorist posted this on FB: “I’ve begun a project. I plan to fill up this 30 page journal as a gift to our friend that lost her home in the Lahaina fire. She graciously shared her beautiful home with us every February for the last 15 years. I’ve taken hundreds (if not thousands) of photos over the years, so have lots of material to work with. A lot of beautiful memories and many brush miles ahead.” – Shared with the artist’s permission 🙂

KJP: A recent report showing that more than 10,000 illegals had swarmed across our southern border every day this past week. CLICK https://rumble.com/v3juqf2-kjp-gets-flustered-when-confronted-by-doocy-refuses-to-answer-question.html [:27] to hear what the White House spox replied to Peter Doocy’s question, “So, what do you call it here at the White House when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?” I’d call it an invasion, but that’s just me.

NORTH CAROLINA: The state legislature has passed a new two-year budget agreement that includes funding for K-12 tuition vouchers for all parents who apply. Republicans have had a supermajority in both Houses of the North Carolina legislature following Rep. Tricia Cotham’s decision to switch parties in April. She says her decision to cut ties with Democrats was inspired in part by the attacks she and her children have endured over her support for universal school choice.

GRAMMY NOTES: When my friend arrived quite late to one of my kids’ things, she apologized for missing the turn Dearest had told her about. “If he’d said, ‘Turn left at the black cows, I would’ve been on time!” I told her I was really sorry he’d done the directions, cuz I totally would’ve told her to turn left at the black cows!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hng5Quepyy0 to see how a jeweler removes and repairs a ring.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y4iNk-Jlzjc to see a quick demonstration of what a working class gal in the 1890s wore.

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by | September 23, 2023 · 10:36 am

Long COVID

Post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), commonly referred to as Long COVID, is defined as persisting symptoms 3 or more months after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection that cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis. The symptoms reported most often were fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle, joint and chest pain, headache, cough, loss of taste and/or smell, and diarrhea.

A study entitled “Association between virus variants, vaccination, previous infections, and post-COVID-19 risk” was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases on August 25, 2023. Researchers compared the risk of developing PCC after infection with the original Wuhan virus, plus the subsequent Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants.

It found that the people most likely to develop PCC had been infected with the original, now-extinct Wuhan strain; other risk factors included female sex, smoking, obesity, and other comorbidities. Vaccination had no impact on a person’s risk of developing PCC from Alpha, Delta, or Omicron; however having recovered naturally from a previous infection reduced the risk by 86%.

Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of the Critical Care and COVID-19 Department at the United Memorial Medical Center, noted one flaw in the study’s design; it did not look at whether the Fauci Ouchi put people at greater risk of developing Long COVID. Dr. Varon says this is what he has been seeing in his clinic.

“What I’m seeing is that the higher the number of boosters that you have, the more chances … you’re going to have long haul syndrome,” he said, adding that the majority of his long-haul patients are those who took four or more doses of the vaccine rather than those who took up to three doses or were unvaccinated.

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by | September 23, 2023 · 9:25 am

Narcissism

Feel free to disagree with or ignore any of the people I’ve matched up with the various types of narcissism. I put them in mostly as graphic breaks to make it easier for you to follow the text, plus maybe a little bit to make you go “Hmmm.”

1. Overt narcissism is also known by several other names, including grandiose narcissism and agentic narcissism. Someone with overt narcissism might come across as outgoing, arrogant, entitled, overbearing, having an exaggerated self-image, needing to be praised and admired, exploitative, competitive, lacking empathy. People with overt narcissism are more likely to feel good about themselves and less likely to experience uncomfortable emotions like sadness, worry, or loneliness. They also tend to overestimate their own abilities and intelligence.

1a. Antagonistic narcissism is a sub-type of overt narcissism. With this aspect of narcissism, the focus is on rivalry and competition. Some features of antagonistic narcissism include arrogance, a tendency to take advantage of others, a tendency to compete with others, disagreeableness and a propensity to argue.

1b. Communal narcissism is another sub-type of overt narcissism, and it’s usually seen as the opposite of antagonistic narcissism. Someone with communal narcissism values fairness and is likely to see themselves as altruistic; they will tend to be easily morally outraged, describe themselves as empathetic and generous, and react strongly to things they see as unfair. However, their behavior will not demonstrate genuine concern for the well-being of others.

1c. Malignant narcissism is another sub-type of overt narcissism. Someone with malignant narcissism will have a strong need for praise and to be elevated above others, while also demonstrating vindictiveness, sadism (getting enjoyment from the pain of others), aggression when interacting with other people, and paranoia (heightened worry about potential threats). Someone with malignant narcissism is more likely to experience legal troubles or substance abuse.

2. Covert narcissism is also known as vulnerable narcissism and closet narcissism. Common traits of someone with covert narcissism include expressions of low self-esteem, higher likelihood of experiencing anxiety, depression, and shame, introversion, insecurity or low confidence, defensiveness, avoidance, tendency to feel or play the victim. Covert narcissists have a hard time accepting criticism but where an overt narcissist will find someone else to blame, a covert narcissist will internalize criticism, taking it more harshly than it was intended. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UogwCPDccFI [13:19] to hear a psychologist talk more about this less well known type.

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by | September 22, 2023 · 10:13 am

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BORDER: In 2020, Democrats labeled Trump’s plan to suspend immigration “xenophobic.” How the worm has turned. CLICK https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1704866388345503988 [:17] to hear my sucky governor bitch about thousands of illegals overwhelming New York’s resources.

Meanwhile, the small border town of Eagle Pass has seen literally millions over the past few years. CLICK https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1704891219875094549 [:21] and https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704867486175240642 [:13] to see what they’re dealing with.

Texas installed razor wire in Eagle Pass to stop illegal crossings. CLICK https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1704614936218149361 [1:37] to see federal agents cut the wire and bend it back, then welcome illegals over the border. Gov. Abbot immediately deployed more Texas National Guard to repel the illegals and install more razor wire.

CALIFORNICATION: Let’s hear it for Democrat leadership! LA has some of the highest gas prices in the country. And San Francisco’s drug overdose numbers are breaking new records every month. There were 84 OD deaths in August, just one less than in all of 2021.

DRESS CODE: “Following a change in the Senate’s informal dress code, aging senators were excited to show up to work Monday in their hospital gowns.” Thankfully, this is just the Babylon Bee … for now.

GOOD GUY WITH GUN: After Nicolas Deas threatened, robbed, then pistol-whipped a Dollar Tree clerk, he came up against a neighboring store owner armed with a gun and confidence. Deas was taken into custody without bond on charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, grand theft of a firearm and illegally carrying a concealed firearm. The gun Deas used was stolen cuz, you know, bad guys don’t care about gun control laws. Or any laws for that matter.

J6: On Sept. 20, 2023, at the House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland about citizens fearing the Justice Department. You definitely should CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erWZnlR77yY [4:30] to hear her passion.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqpVJpdZzzc [4:31] to hear Garland admit that he still has no idea how many federal agents were in the J6 crowd.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qkJ5EfzkL3M to see clips of the best female gymnast ever.

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by | September 21, 2023 · 10:35 am

Designing Trio Blankets

I absolutely LOVE the Trio Blanket crochet pattern by Susan Carlson. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trio-blanket. This is one of hers.

They are so fun to crochet, because the colors shift every ten rows or so and it’s all just threes, so I can watch a movie and not mess up. Also, there is no weaving in at the end or need for a border to strengthen the sides, because the three cakes of yarn are continuous. Finally, the finished blanket is everybody’s favorite, because it is not just gorgeous, but also soft and light-weight with a wonderfully luxurious drape.

There are only two tricky parts. One is turning with three cakes attached; I love this pattern so much that I bought three wooden crochet bowls for the cakes. The other tricky part is designing them. They are made with Scheepjes (sheep yes) Whirl Cakes @ https://www.jimmybeanswool.com/knitting/yarn/Scheepjes/Whirl.asp. There are FIFTY different options, each with multiple color changes within the cake! Even after narrowing it down, the permutations of middle to outside vs. outside to middle add to the confusion … or glory, depending on how much one enjoys designing. ::I LOVE it::

I want to make a Trio Blanket for Bootz’s First Holy Communion gift and invited him to help me design it. The kid’s got an EYE. He came up with some yarn combos I wouldn’t have thought to try. He came up with the 6 three-somes (above). But it doesn’t end there. For each combo, there are four permutations, which makes for a staggering amount of choice.

While I was puttering with Paint, trying to make graphics to help him figure out his #1 favorite, I figured out a great way to design these things. First, I did a graphic of each cake, with its name, and a copy/paste clip of the most representative cross section. Then I combined the three cakes on to a single template where I could copy/paste the cross sections to show the four permutations.

I was having so much fun, I worked up a design I’ve had in mind for ages for my peacock-loving daughter. I grabbed a photo off the net and matched up the yarns as best as I could. Scheepjes Whirls sadly do not have any cakes with that brilliant turquoise, but I really like the combo I came up with. Maybe one of these days, I’ll even have time to make it. I’m a slow crocheter; each one takes me up to 6 months to complete … which is probably not a bad thing, since the yarn costs $100 per blanket. Yoiks.

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