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October 8, 2024
It was extremely rude and I didn’t understand why 60 Minutes decided to let a man explain the VP’s policies while she was answering his questions! Mansplaining the VP of the United States.
Did Bill Whitaker think that the VP was incapable of answering his questions?
Did Bill Whitaker think that her policies would sound better coming from a man?
They did this in post production.
Did Bill Whitaker get the VP’s permission to mansplain her policies?
I believe this is a major reason Kamala doesn’t like to do these type of “treatment” as Bill Whitaker called the interview. These interviews actually make the media look stupid and it exposes their ignorance. It is a disservice to the American people.
Bill Whitaker you are definitely no Ed Bradley!
Why was Bill Whitaker mansplaining with VO while VP Harris was answering his questions
It was extremely rude and I didn’t understand why 60 Minutes decided to let a man explain the VP’s policies while she was answering his questions! Mansplaining the VP of the United States.
Did Bill Whitaker think that the VP was incapable of answering his questions?
Did Bill Whitaker think that her policies would sound better coming from a man?
They did this in post production.
Did Bill Whitaker get the VP’s permission to mansplain her policies?
I believe this is a major reason Kamala doesn’t like to do these type of “treatment” as Bill Whitaker called the interview. These interviews actually make the media look stupid and it exposes their ignorance. It is a disservice to the American people.
Bill Whitaker you are definitely no Ed Bradley!
September 13, 2024
I was curious about what was going on with Jerry jr and this video popped up.
I guess Jerr is still valuable to the convicted felon.
Interesting: Jerry Falwell, Jr. spoke with Trump hour before assassination attempt
I was curious about what was going on with Jerry jr and this video popped up.
I guess Jerr is still valuable to the convicted felon.
July 16, 2024
🔥 Ivan Raiklin exposed talked of assassinating trump 🔥
Who is Ivan Raiklin who talked about assassinating Trump to help their cause. Long Knives are out for you Donny conman!
Yesterday I didn’t search hard enough, today I found out he was born in Russia. His parents moved here in the mid seventies. Ivan has had an extensive military career here in the USA. He’s besties with Michael Flynn.
The url is to a thread by Venture Capital. Pretty interesting stuff there to dig through.
https://x.com/kelly2277/status/1454909682217361416?lang=en
This is his mother’s obituary
Augusta Raiklin, 79, a former resident of Highland for two years and Grahamsville for eleven years, passed away Monday, February 4, 2019, at her daughter’s home in Hyde Park (where she resided for the past year) with her family by her side. Born in Khabarovsk, Russia on June 16, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Ivan and Tatiana Tutunikov. A homemaker, Augusta was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was known for her generosity, her hospitality and her infectiously warm smile. In October 1969 in Leningrad, Russia, she married Ernest G. Raiklin. He predeceased her on January 2, 2018. Ernest and Augusta immigrated from Russia to the United States in 1974 with three of their four children. Their youngest was born two years later in New York City. In 1981, Augusta was naturalized and became a citizen of the United States. Survivors include her four children, Maria Hoskins and longtime companion, Fred Boardman, of Hyde Park, Paula Banuelos and husband, David, of El Paso, TX, Ben Raiklin, and wife, Yulia, of Madison, WI, and Ivan Raiklin, and wife, Elena, of Alexandria, VA; six grandsons; and one granddaughter. In keeping with her wishes, cremation has taken place.
May 29, 2024
I made some keto chocolate mousse. Easy ingredients cream cheese softened, cocoa, heavy whipping cream and a sweetener of your choice.
I made it a couple of times and it turned out beautifully. Fluffy and creamy. I didn’t allow the cream cheese to get room temp and when all ingredients were mixed together I allowed it to be more marbled, in other words the chocolate wasn’t fully incorporated.
A couple of weeks ago I made another batch and this time allowed the cream cheese to go to room temp. Added to stand mixer, whipped it up, added the heavy whipping cream, and chocolate, with a small amount of granulated sugar. Not sure what went wrong but it never whipped up and is extremely liquidity in its current state.
Do you think I could use it in a pound cake recipe?
I wanted to try it out the other day but chickened out because of being afraid it would be a flop and ingredients can be expensive.
I’ve been making this pound cake
* 1 1/2 C Butter 3 sticks
* 2 1/2 C Sugar (I only use 2 C)
* 5 eggs
* 1 14 C Buttermilk (I make mine with vinegar and milk)
3 C Flour
3/4 C Cocoa Powder (I use Hershey Special Dark)
1 t Baking Powder
1 t Vanilla
Salt
Preheat Oven to 350🔥
Cream butter, sugar, eggs (1 at a time), vanilla
Add shifted dry ingredients alternating with the milk.
Add to greased and floured pan. Bake for about an hour.
* indicates room temperature for ingredients
I’ve also been added spices as well 🤭
TIA
Edit: Changed subject title
Revision for recipe gone bad
I made some keto chocolate mousse. Easy ingredients cream cheese softened, cocoa, heavy whipping cream and a sweetener of your choice.
I made it a couple of times and it turned out beautifully. Fluffy and creamy. I didn’t allow the cream cheese to get room temp and when all ingredients were mixed together I allowed it to be more marbled, in other words the chocolate wasn’t fully incorporated.
A couple of weeks ago I made another batch and this time allowed the cream cheese to go to room temp. Added to stand mixer, whipped it up, added the heavy whipping cream, and chocolate, with a small amount of granulated sugar. Not sure what went wrong but it never whipped up and is extremely liquidity in its current state.
Do you think I could use it in a pound cake recipe?
I wanted to try it out the other day but chickened out because of being afraid it would be a flop and ingredients can be expensive.
I’ve been making this pound cake
* 1 1/2 C Butter 3 sticks
* 2 1/2 C Sugar (I only use 2 C)
* 5 eggs
* 1 14 C Buttermilk (I make mine with vinegar and milk)
3 C Flour
3/4 C Cocoa Powder (I use Hershey Special Dark)
1 t Baking Powder
1 t Vanilla
Salt
Preheat Oven to 350🔥
Cream butter, sugar, eggs (1 at a time), vanilla
Add shifted dry ingredients alternating with the milk.
Add to greased and floured pan. Bake for about an hour.
* indicates room temperature for ingredients
I’ve also been added spices as well 🤭
TIA
Edit: Changed subject title
February 16, 2024
This is the line of questioning I hear from the these racist attorneys.
Have you now or ever been a member of the NAACP
This is the line of questioning I hear from the these racist attorneys.
August 25, 2023
When I heard this clip last night from his interview my ears perked up and I couldn’t believe what he said. Like I said this sounded a lot louder than just a dog whistle.
I thought for sure someone would mention it but no one did. Perhaps they heard it as well and decided not to highlight it.
I did a google search on my phone trump Carlson interview and found it, however, I got an error message when trying from my iPad.
I hope Fani is well protected. I fear for her safety because these cultnutz would be willing to do their leader’s bidding’s.
Trump last night BULLHORN ALERT "Fani Willis in Atlanta, she's getting killed"
When I heard this clip last night from his interview my ears perked up and I couldn’t believe what he said. Like I said this sounded a lot louder than just a dog whistle.
I thought for sure someone would mention it but no one did. Perhaps they heard it as well and decided not to highlight it.
I did a google search on my phone trump Carlson interview and found it, however, I got an error message when trying from my iPad.
I hope Fani is well protected. I fear for her safety because these cultnutz would be willing to do their leader’s bidding’s.
August 18, 2023
To look for “objectionable” books.
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) has closed all of its district libraries to take inventory of all books on shelves, according to a district spokesperson.
The district told WFAA "every campus library will be closed through August 25 so catalogs can be inventoried.” While 128 libraries are closed, a separate process is underway: more than 100 titles will be transferred from campus libraries for further review.
A spokesperson indicated officials are reviewing material in a way they haven't before to comply with a new state law taking effect Sept. 1. The House Bill 900 by Frisco Republican Rep. Jared Patterson – known as the READER Act – was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. It aims to keep sexually explicit content away from children across nearly 9,000 Texas K-12 campuses.
Under the new law, “sexually explicit” books will be taken off shelves, and “sexually relevant” books will go through a first-of-its-kind ratings system before they're made available to students and will require parental consent.
In a Thursday interview with WFAA, FWISD Interim Library Director Dr. Ross Teller told WFAA district leaders hope to complete the review of roughly 100 books "as soon as we can."
The books under question have already been removed from shelves, according to a district spokesperson. "We are committed to having a safe and welcoming space for all students in our libraries," Teller said. "We're just concentrating on ensuring we have the most welcoming inviting and appropriate collection available. The Texas Library Association (TLA) has voiced concern over the READER Act. Shirley Robinson, executive director of the TLA, said the law will cause some “chaos and confusion” for librarians across the state.
“It’s going to take some time for everyone to figure out how this is going to work,” Robinson said earlier this summer. “There are going to be discrepancies in how it’s administered without very clear guidelines.”
https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/education/schools/75000-students-impacted-by-fort-worth-isd-shutting-down-all-libraries/287-11aec515-79ea-4276-b1e4-f2d7552e4d19
I called the fwisd office and spoke to a man about how to remove books. He spoke for a while and he asked if there was a particular book I wanted removed. I asked if there were any holy bibles and he replied there was. I told him that’s the book that I would like to remove. I also told him that I was against banning books or burning books but I do not like other people telling people what they can read. He mentioned the stupid state law which targets sexually explicit content. He said the Bible definitely has sexual content especially Proverbs.
I also pointed out the mission statement and how can anyone be critical thinkers when there are those amongst us who want to do the thinking for everyone. He didn’t appear to like the situation he has been tasked with doing.
The mission of FWISD school library programs is to ensure that students and staff are:
effective users of ideas;
empowered to be critical thinkers,
enthusiastic readers, and
ethical users of information.
https://www.fwisd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=2550
At the link you can fill out a form to object to books. I asked if the information we provide would be used against us and he assured me it was only so they could contact us.
Anyway fun morning.
Fort Worth Independent Schools have shut down the libraries
To look for “objectionable” books.
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) has closed all of its district libraries to take inventory of all books on shelves, according to a district spokesperson.
The district told WFAA "every campus library will be closed through August 25 so catalogs can be inventoried.” While 128 libraries are closed, a separate process is underway: more than 100 titles will be transferred from campus libraries for further review.
A spokesperson indicated officials are reviewing material in a way they haven't before to comply with a new state law taking effect Sept. 1. The House Bill 900 by Frisco Republican Rep. Jared Patterson – known as the READER Act – was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. It aims to keep sexually explicit content away from children across nearly 9,000 Texas K-12 campuses.
Under the new law, “sexually explicit” books will be taken off shelves, and “sexually relevant” books will go through a first-of-its-kind ratings system before they're made available to students and will require parental consent.
In a Thursday interview with WFAA, FWISD Interim Library Director Dr. Ross Teller told WFAA district leaders hope to complete the review of roughly 100 books "as soon as we can."
The books under question have already been removed from shelves, according to a district spokesperson. "We are committed to having a safe and welcoming space for all students in our libraries," Teller said. "We're just concentrating on ensuring we have the most welcoming inviting and appropriate collection available. The Texas Library Association (TLA) has voiced concern over the READER Act. Shirley Robinson, executive director of the TLA, said the law will cause some “chaos and confusion” for librarians across the state.
“It’s going to take some time for everyone to figure out how this is going to work,” Robinson said earlier this summer. “There are going to be discrepancies in how it’s administered without very clear guidelines.”
https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/education/schools/75000-students-impacted-by-fort-worth-isd-shutting-down-all-libraries/287-11aec515-79ea-4276-b1e4-f2d7552e4d19
I called the fwisd office and spoke to a man about how to remove books. He spoke for a while and he asked if there was a particular book I wanted removed. I asked if there were any holy bibles and he replied there was. I told him that’s the book that I would like to remove. I also told him that I was against banning books or burning books but I do not like other people telling people what they can read. He mentioned the stupid state law which targets sexually explicit content. He said the Bible definitely has sexual content especially Proverbs.
I also pointed out the mission statement and how can anyone be critical thinkers when there are those amongst us who want to do the thinking for everyone. He didn’t appear to like the situation he has been tasked with doing.
The mission of FWISD school library programs is to ensure that students and staff are:
effective users of ideas;
empowered to be critical thinkers,
enthusiastic readers, and
ethical users of information.
https://www.fwisd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=2550
At the link you can fill out a form to object to books. I asked if the information we provide would be used against us and he assured me it was only so they could contact us.
Anyway fun morning.
June 10, 2023
Lindsey Graham and the International Spy trump, posing with pictures and playing golf together. I wonder how many documents she saw or bought. Who knows?
With all the details from the indictment coming out, has really made me question Why didn’t they demand everything back and send feds sooner to seize the property of the government. And Why didn’t they search Bedmister?
Anyway here’s the article from 9 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/27/fake-heiress-infiltrates-mar-a-lago-trump
https://twitter.com/OCCRP/status/1563526813430992899
Remember Inna Yashchyshyn, imposter posing as a Rothschild at Mar-a-Lago?
Lindsey Graham and the International Spy trump, posing with pictures and playing golf together. I wonder how many documents she saw or bought. Who knows?
With all the details from the indictment coming out, has really made me question Why didn’t they demand everything back and send feds sooner to seize the property of the government. And Why didn’t they search Bedmister?
Anyway here’s the article from 9 months ago
A second foreign national is being investigated by US authorities for gaining access to Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida resort which is at the center of an FBI investigation over missing classified documents, heightening fears over security lapses both during and after his presidency.
According to an article from the Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a Ukrainian woman posing as a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty is under bureau investigation after infiltrating the private members club under a false pretense.
Man in suit behind a table pursing his lips
IRS to review security at facilities as threats from extremists increase
Read more
Inna Yashchyshyn, 33, allegedly lied to members that she was a Rothschild heiress and mingled with Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and others at Mar-a-Lago functions.
OCCRP, in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Gazette, reported that Yashchyshyn had demonstrated “the ease with which someone with a fake identity and shadowy background” could bypass security at Trump’s club.
According to an article from the Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a Ukrainian woman posing as a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty is under bureau investigation after infiltrating the private members club under a false pretense.
Man in suit behind a table pursing his lips
IRS to review security at facilities as threats from extremists increase
Read more
Inna Yashchyshyn, 33, allegedly lied to members that she was a Rothschild heiress and mingled with Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and others at Mar-a-Lago functions.
OCCRP, in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Gazette, reported that Yashchyshyn had demonstrated “the ease with which someone with a fake identity and shadowy background” could bypass security at Trump’s club.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/27/fake-heiress-infiltrates-mar-a-lago-trump
https://twitter.com/OCCRP/status/1563526813430992899
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