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So that can be taken 2 ways 1. He will fix everything so they won’t need to worry about voting for he will fix all their problems 2. He will fix things by doing away with the right to vote and he will establish an authoritarian government That is how you fix rigged elections in his deranged mind. Either way it is bad

Yes the Brisket and the Fatty (look it up)will create a coming to Jesus moment for sure.

Universal Basic Income research results https://san.com/cc/heres-what-happened-when-americans-received-1000-a-month-in-3-year-study/

A wildlife rescue place in Claremore, Ok (near Tulsa) had this post on their website. Our company did a Christmas fund raiser for this organization. https://4thewild.org/so-you-want-a-pet-raccoon/ So You Want A Pet Raccoon My favorite of all wild creatures is the intelligent and playful raccoon. I raise and release a few hundred orphaned kits each year and at times I have to discourage visitors to my center from wanting to obtain one as a pet. In order to dissuade their urges, I tell them a bit about life with these wonderful animals. Birth to 3 months, you will be head over heels in love with your kit. They are so much like a human baby in habits, and like fluffy cuddly bear cubs in play. They will adore you and pet you and love you like there is nobody else in the world. You will feed a purring soft body a baby bottle, burp them over your shoulder and cuddle all through the night. You will take your infant around town with you everywhere and make big plans about the raccoon jungle gym you will build in the middle of your living room. You will take a roll of film a day and will put your baby in your will. Nothing foreseen will ever interfere with your immense dedication. 4 to 5 months, your scratches are beginning to heal as you have finally weaned the walking weed-eater. The laceration inside your lip however is infected. Must get that checked. The mattress on your bed has begun to smell funny and you haven’t seen your computer mouse in weeks. The jungle gym forgotten, your head begins to plan a really big cage. You want to go purchase the materials for it, but you shelled out you entire paycheck to replace the contents of your mother’s purse, which disappeared during her last visit. You think you saw a twenty in the garbage disposal this morning and her lipstick was in your shoe..OPENED. Yet another hole in the carpet. Time to rearrange the furniture, but where were those other two holes at? Oh well. Hit the garage sales and find another chair. 6 to 7 months, you have booted the rotten little beast outside and to get back at you, your raccoon has somehow broken into your car and shredded the seat cushion. To make matters worse, he left you a nice present of something smelly under the seat…somewhere…You try to get to the carwash, but you turn the key to absolutely nothing. Upon inspection under the hood, you search for broken wires…unplugged wires…ANY WIRES…there are no more wires. They are all gone. At 8 months old your kit hates your living guts unless you have a marshmallow in your hand. You carry them in your pocket so you can get into your house. He waits blatantly on the step for you EVERY DAY and if you forgot your marshmallow, you prepare a tactical plan of entering through the chimney, otherwise, you have the pleasure of sharing your house with a 30 lb nightmare who will torment your every breath. This is the point when I usually get a phone call from someone who called me months ago to find out what to feed the “precious new baby”, and hung up on me when I wouldn’t give care instructions and demanded they bring it to me now since we do not accept imprints. They always voice their regret for not listening to begin with so PLEASE, leave the raccoons to the experts and get a cat. You will thank me later. And if all this fails, look up “Raccoon roundworm”. That will change your mind! Annette King, Wildlife Rehabilitator Wild Heart Ranch Wildlife Rescue Claremore, Oklahoma So you’ve raised a baby raccoon and the fun is over… October 21, 2009 Fall. It’s the time of year I dread. People who “found” (aka stole, kidnapped, acquired, purchased, rescued, got from someone else) an infant raccoon in the spring, are now running out of duct tape and band aids and struggling to remember how much they fell in love with the growing terrorist that has taken over their lives. The phone calls are frustrating as my crew follows instructions to reject imprinted wildlife and we are typically met with angry, rude and often abusive responses. There was a day when I was unaware of the dangers of caging a lone imprinted, wild born raccoon. People do not call us because they are sweet and cuddly and they want to share the joy. They call us because somehow the precious cooing infant that they used to carry around with a bottle and blankie, suddenly turned into a bitter raging, switchblade toting demon and has infested every crevice of their home, and is miserable alone in the cage it has been banished to. They have discovered that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to bring home an animal that they know nothing about and integrate it into their family. Help that they somehow couldn’t find for the adorable little kit in the spring has suddenly materialized in the form of phone numbers, easily found on the Internet, of licensed professionals, who they will now contact to relieve themselves of the walking weedwhacker. (can you hear the calvary trumpet?) Unfortunately, the seasoned professionals are about to give them an unexpected and most likely offensive education in “THIS is not my problem“. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE the raccoon! One of the things I love the most about the raccoon is their ability to be bottle raised infants, and remarkably, turn completely wild if kept with their own kind, and not given physical attention from people once weaned. They are amazingly resilient wild creatures, and if their instincts to avoid people are given room to develop, that’s what they do. They become wild things again. HOWEVER, you have to know the WHEN to let them turn. The ‘when’ is just as critical as the ‘how’. When people miss the ‘when window’, they experience a ‘wilding mutant‘. A ‘wilding imprint‘ (my term, don’t google it) is an animal who has crossed over into unmanageable and independent, but has not developed the instinct to be reclusive of humans nor the skills to survive in a timely manner appropriate for the upcoming winter months. These animals have not been given the proper circumstances and an environment to break their bonds with people and transfer those into bonds with their own kind, forming a releasable group of raccoons. A ‘gaze’ (not my term, you may look it up) is a bonded group of raccoons who work as a family to survive, assisting each other in finding the three things needed to make it through life…”food, water and shelter”, a lot like a human family, (only young humans also require I-pads and high speed Internet). Giving an infant raccoon the opportunity to bond with a group helps ensure their survival upon release. Like people, animals have various levels of intelligence. I have personally witnessed those animals who just aren’t as smart and capable as others to survive alone, and a group of raccoons is the perfect environment to ensure that additional time and training is available once my care of them is complete. It’s a remarkable opportunity for successful rehabilitation, but unfortunately, the fall raccoon calls find me with my cages empty, my team exhausted, my raccoons now successfully released, and absolutely no desire to take in a singleton who identifies as someone other than a raccoon. What people do not realize is the amount of time and money these animals require to raise them properly to become releasable animals. In order for them to be healthy and large enough to release in the fall, we feed them the most expensive formulas and foods on the market, spend hundreds of man hours keeping them clean and fed well, and we physically endure the most abuse of all our wild intakes, for months on end until we get them into their outside cages and begin their ‘wild conditioning’. The day we release the last of the raccoons onto properties where they are safe and food is available, we have earned our hiatus from “raccoon hell”. This break is the ONLY thing that enables us to forget the nearly unbearable grind, and be ready and willing to do it all over again the following year. I need my large outdoor cages for the injured animals that will come here for care this winter, and a wild raccoon that has been injured is NOT in the same category as these hand raised infants. Over-wintering a lone orphan comes with a set of dangers not found in injured adult raccoons. An adult raccoon avoids me while I clean its cage, and if it heals during the dead of winter, can still be released and establish a winter den. Not even CLOSE to the same commitment for us. Its not the same set of problems at all. But yet, having said all of the above, I consider myself a negotiator any time it can benefit the lives of others in my care. I am still willing to take the physical risks and fund the long winter of water defrosters and food, scraping poop-sickles from the cage and den box, in exchange for the following to anyone who still wishes that I take the little demon off their hands and attempt to undo the damage that has been done to this animal. One raccoon off your hands for possible rehabilitation = $1,000.00 Maybe. Even with sponsorship I reserve the right for the choices of others to fall under “not my problem”. Annette King, Wildlife rehabber Wild Heart Ranch Wildlife Rescue Claremore, Oklahoma

Yes, Don Jr the great long standing political advisor who has advised 4 previous presidents because of his great political knowledge - the greatest ever I believe. But per this OPED, Tucker Carlson may be the main advocate for the JD promotion. https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/trump-has-tucker-carlson-to-blame-for-the-abject-disaster-of-selecting-jd-vance-as-his-running-mate/

They will. He has no constitutional standing for creating such a mandate. He's just trying to strongarm everyone using the threat of decertification. He's become a clown show. I say that as a conservative. But a true conservative / constitutionist would not be taking these steps.

Some big schools in Oklahoma are telling Okla Sec of Education to go pound sand in regards to his Bible in every classroom mandate. I think Walters is trying to audition for The Felon's Sec of Education job. https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-8-large-oklahoma-school-044024159.html

More and more people are having doubts about The Felon's VP choice - The Felon only hires the best, but there is a growing chorus of doubters in the GOP camp. A few quotes below. JD: 1. Doesn't expand the tent - politically, geographically 2. Is making a fool of himself with recent comments 3. Is seen as hypocritical with his past comments 4. Pushing women way from the GOP 5. Lack of experience 6. Has wacko policies BUT: He would kiss the Felon's ring and that is all that matters with the Felon. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/07/24/trump-jd-vance-defends-record-low-polling-us-election/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-trump-could-replace-jd-vance-if-the-ohioans-terrible-polling-continues/ar-BB1qDn03 https://thehill.com/homenews/4793818-vance-vp-trump-house-republicans/

Not sure where those fries were from but I'm sure @knapplc could make better ones. However, the ribs are frin BurnCo BQ Tulsa. They use 12 haste bake grills to do their handiwork. Good, award winning BQ. Their main Tulsa place burned down a couple of years ago, but they have an equally nice place on the Riverwalk in Jenks (SW Tulsa). https://www.burnbbq.net/gallery https://www.burnbbq.net/about

Yep - the more I think of it, that is the way to go. Be a part of the multiple votes against the Felon. @BigRedBuster won't be able to rely on my vote

I agree with your post. As I tell my pro-life friends who are afraid of pro-choice Harris, there isn't a whole lot that any president can do at this point in regards to abortion. They can propose but it won't go anywhere in this 50/50 split congress and country. So, it is ok to vote for the Democrat to keep democracy safe. The Felon is the bigger threat to your cherished pet issues. Without a functioning democracy, your issues won't matter. So, like you said, I hope the pragmatic side comes out from those thinking Republicans and they realize, pet issue or not, time to put a line in the sand and say no more to the insurrectionists and their cult leader.

I agree. I'm considering who to write in (I said @BigRedBuster previously but probably need to put a real name in there - in that case I'll write in is Liz or Adam Kinzinger as symbolic 'truth tellers" ) as I'm not a big Harris fan and in Oklahoma - it won't matter as the Felon will take the state. BUTTTT I recently changed my registration to Independent so I'm not in the Never Trump GOP group. I am one of those pesky Independents that have to be persuaded now . I may just go ahead and vote directly for Harris just to add one more nail into the Felon's coffin.

Since this thread got derailed by food talk:

VR better tell the Obamas about this devious plot! He's an idiot and obnoxious, know it all bore.

Good to see. Perhaps she is doing what the Lincoln Project did previously - undercut Trump's support without giving money directly to the other team.

Where is Liz Cheney's name. Another one of those 'former' people who needs to take a stand here and now. She said she would do all she could to defeat the felon - this is the next right step. crickets. I've been disappointed in her lack of 'doing all she can' in stopping the felon.

Oh, I really don't think you gave it to me and it just amuses me that people would give it instead of engaging (unless it is given because something really funny was posted) I appreciate you engagement. Yes, I've gone to a couple of economic workshops recently (I do international B2B credit) and the presenters spoke of the possibility of a slowdown. But, I've been hearing that for the last 3 years - the recession is coming. Each year it is delayed. I think if there is a slow down it will be due to the fact that while inflation has come down some, it still isn't where we want or need it to be. So if the Fed makes adjustments to the rates after the election, then we could see slowdown. However, a report came out today that the economy grew at a faster than expected rate - 2.8%. I think, like every presidential year, there is a bit of 'breath holding' going on - waiting to see who the new president will be and what their policies will be. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/25/us-gdp-q2-2024.html

Yep, there are some pretty serious studies on related near death experiences. Although, we have seen some 'sensationalized' claims and even movies based on books written by people who have experienced NDE, the discussion goes on in various venues as to what NDE's are and mean. I'm going to get on my here and just vent some thoughts. I am sure my post will be met with a few of these but that is ok. I am not ashamed of the Gospel - The Good News of God's love for all of mankind - including those who give me a . There is too much going on in the 'spiritual' world - things people experience worldwide just to dismiss it out of hand. No one has perfect knowledge or full knowledge and this spiritual realm could exist in a dimension beyond us and it doesn't fit into a nice scientific test tube. To be religious doesn't make you anti-science. To be scientific doesn't make one anti-religion. Both seek truth is different ways. A thought here: We have read of hypothesis from scientists who believe there are multi-universes. That our known and seen universe is just one of perhaps 1000s or more universes. This isn't something that can be easily proved or can be possibly be proved at all - since it is outside of our whole realm of existence and observation. Some suggest that unseen universes can be observed by their affects on our universe. But lets say it is true, is it not possible that in the same way that God exists in a realm not seen, not observable or researchable by normal human means? Could God not be in a universe not seen by us? Yet, could not this "God Universe" have an affect on us if this universe is of a spiritual nature? Jesus said over and over again that his Kingdom was not of this world. It was outside the sphere of normal human existence. We could only see the kingdom by being 'born again' - our spirit man reconnected to our Creator(if we are a triune being of a physical body with a living soul which gives us the personality, temperament, etc that defines the true person + a spirit - that connection to the God who created us - which needs to be reborn. "God has placed eternity into our hearts" Eccl 3:11) If this God is who the Bible says he is in his essence - love (God is Love 1John 4:8) then perhaps all of the judgmental, angry god stuff can be thrown out. Jesus said the 2 commandments that really matter are: Love God (which can transform us to live out the second command) love others as self. Then maybe this God, in this unseen universe/kingdom has a long range plan to redeem & reconcile every single person to himself even if it happens in the 'ages to come' after we die. Do I believe in a retributive god - who banishes people to hell who were born into the wrong family, country, time frame, religion? - NO WAY. If God is love and His kingdom (universe) is love - than the other is a false god. I used to believe in that god because that is the theology of so much of American evangelicalism. But now I believe in a God who redeems and reconciles all people to Himself through Jesus Christ - even if that occurs after death. This is the God who transformed my life. Look up Christian Universalism. It was the prevailing belief of the early church up to the rise of the Roman church. (4 out of 6 theology centers in the early church taught it, one taught that unbelievers just disappear at death and another taught hell fire to unbelievers at death). Then Rome came to dominate govt and religion and used both to control people via fear. I'll leave you with this thought that I always find funny when I hear it. It is a quote from J Vernon McGee - a bible teacher from the 1940-1950s who can still be heard on some radio stations. This quote is about universes as well "This is God's universe and God does things His way. Now you might have a better way, but...... you don't have a universe."

I just laugh when I get that laughing face emoji.

For all the GOP gloom and doom, whoever becomes President will be handed an economy on the uptick by Biden. article quoted in part below https://dnyuz.com/2024/07/25/2025-could-be-a-great-time-to-be-president-economically-speaking/

Thanks @teachercd and @Decked

Thanks - I have lost around 15 lbs just by eating better since the first of the year. I try to exercise 3 times a week - but don't do as much weight lifting. - swimming and walking. At age 68 it is just hard to burn the middle tire off.

Anybody found a supplement or combination of supplements which really works on reducing body fat & curbing appetite that isn't a stimulant that drives the mind crazy?

Without Walk-Ons, the sport will be missing many great stories and a few very good movies also

Writer for the Arizona Republic newspaper gives his reasons why Az Sen Mark Kelly should be the VP pick fighter pilot veteran, astronaut, senator and as the article explains with emphasis : both of Kelly's parents were cops - shaping his views on law and order. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-doesnt-scare-republicans-but-mark-kelly-absolutely-should/ar-BB1qv0cX