Everything posted by bendejo
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Diabetes
I had heard about carbohydrates but didn't really know what they were until I was diagnosed with type 2 and started reading up on these things. There was some kind of breakthrough in diabetes research in the 1990s, and carbs are a culprit; before then diabetes was viewed by some as a sugar allergy, I recall from when I was a kid (back before the flood) when a relative had it. It would pay to do a little reading on carbs. Spoiler alert: when you eat a carb your body turns it into sugar, in some cases in a matter of seconds. Time to start looking nutritional data, like this: https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/usda/bananas I would caution on info from the American Diabetes Association, too often I'll read something from them and later read another that contradicts it. There is a whole industry built on diabetes: treatments, pills, gadgets, magazines (Diabetes Today!) and books books books. Coincidentally, just found this yesterday: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/10/01/type-2-diabetes-prevention-progress/70768126007/
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Hardline Republicans seek to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Meanwhile, House Republicans Reportedly Looking to Expel Gaetz By Using Findings from Upcoming Ethics Report: ‘No One Can Stand Him’ I have to admit I do enjoy the way the post-Gingrich conservatives hate each other, the wackier their stance the more hateful they get. The pols, the wonks, the pundits, they are like battling rats. My fave: Limbaugh used to say of O'Reilly "he's Ted Baxter." And then there's the MAGA gals . . .
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Comer: there’s ‘overwhelming evidence’ Biden’s involved in Hunter’s business dealings
There is also chatter Jordan could be nominated for Speaker of the House. DT has never said a bad word regarding him. He is a bully and a coward. When they tried to put him on the 1/6 committee last year, Liz Cheney said not possible because he may be called as a material witness; he may have pooped his pants upon hearing that. No matter, ain't gonna happen.
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Trump calls for store robbers to be shot in speech to California Republicans
A certain element in the US began amassing guns when Obama was president. Every few weeks someone on the right would exclaim "he's coming for your guns!" and by the following Monday stores that sell firearms would have empty shelves. Eight years of that. That's a lot of people with a lot of guns and they are just waiting for a chance to use them, so statements like this go over well. I suspect DT thought the armed uprising would have followed his indictments. I guess it could be said they may be dumb enough to believe his lies and gaslighting but are smart enough to see how 1/6 seditionists are being sent to jail, and how they were not pardoned by the orange guy when he was still in the WH. There may also be enough smarts to understand that shooting puts themselves in danger of being shot. There may even be enough sense (collectively) to know they are no match for organized law enforcement and the military. Well, when they are not cowering in a hallway, like those fine Texas lawmen in Uvalde.
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Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in Georgia election case
After the 2020 election I stopped paying attention to the STS farce, though I continued to read the news. I recall the press caught Pillow Guy (who I hadn't heard of before) running around the WH just a little before Xmas with a list of possible strategies that included armed insurrection (or words to that effect). Then the day after Xmas the doors of the clown car opened and we met Sidney, Overstock guy, and a few others, jumping on the Crazytown Express. My opinion at that time, which I still hold to, is that DT dangled a pile of money in front of the clowns for whoever gets the election results returned. What followed could be seen as a re-make of "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," where no one finds the double-ya. My take is this guy in Georgia is smart enough to see he has nothing to gain by remaining true-orange, and is already tinged beyond compare. Yes, Georgia governor Kemp and Raffensperger are anti-MAGA, but I still think they are slime. I'm putting my money on the Smith-DC case: the Georgia and MAL cases could very well drag out into the 2030s. There is a lot more coming from Smith, but those charges may be different cases that will come after the 1/6 case, like the grifts of collecting $$$ from MAGA fans and where exactly those dollars end up.
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Comer: there’s ‘overwhelming evidence’ Biden’s involved in Hunter’s business dealings
Comer: "We're going to show . . . " If they had something to show they would do so instead of saying this sort of thing. An example of just how stupid these politicians think the American people are. (Umm, apparently some of them actually are!) Brings to mind something I saw in a Brazilian gentlemen's club. I was chatting with an American guy who just had a session and was apparently waiting for his "2nd wind." He had his lady picked out, she was clinging to him and every few minutes she'd tell him "let's go." This guy was over 50, he kept stalling her with lines like "just wait, I'm gonna do to you stuff that . . . " etc.
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Your best life quotes
Here's one that I loathe: I had no choice Tied for first place with: Someone having to answer for an obvious willful act: "I can't help it" An ex of mine who aspired to be a corporate powerhouse would use this when it was not possible to blame another person (like throwing a temper tantrum). She couldn't be held responsible because she was is a re-incarnated samurai, also a re-incarnated ninja.
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Comer: there’s ‘overwhelming evidence’ Biden’s involved in Hunter’s business dealings
They say they have something, but instead they are presenting ANYTHING. It means that is all they have. It seems the DT zealots think that those who support Biden do so as vehemently as they support the orange messiah. These are politicians, guys!
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Your best life quotes
The only sure way to make money from gambling is to own the casino. It has been disproven so I don't say it anymore.
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Transgenderism 'a mental health disorder'
THIS is an issue in a presidential election in the US? This is even lower than Congressional dress codes. "Mommy, what is tragendersim?" So much for protecting kids, morals, etc. 25 years ago another such crusader named Starr had little kids asking "Mommy, what's a semen-stained dress?" Throw in the towel, Swamy, you're no match for The Great Orange.
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White House says impeachment inquiry 'based on lies'
Means they still haven't found anything. fishingexpeditionhoaxwitchhunt There should be an inquest to look into this inquest. Use recursion to extend if necessary.
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Transgenderism 'a mental health disorder'
Transgenderism 'a mental health disorder' Like MAGA -ism? A lot of this 'mental health disorder' stuff going around these days.
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US special counsel Jack Smith asks judge to place gag order on Donald Trump
Give up on the MAL trial: he has his stooge in place, it will not be settled in this decade. The DC judge needs to talk to the head of Secret Service to figure out that if she sentences the orange guy to incarceration, what would that entail? I don't understand why a former pres should get gov't security protection for the rest of his life, particularly one who was a national disgrace while in office. Where's the GOP hand-wringing about wasting hallowed taxpayer money on this?
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Fraudulent scheme: Thai model Emmy Maxim and secretary sentenced
There are some showbiz personalities in the US who promoted cyber currencies, now they are in trouble.
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Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case
Worth noting that there is hardly any mention of his international dealings and properties. Did anyone working the documents case ever consider having a look at his golf resort in Scotland? Wouldn't surprise me if he was running a reference library of classified material for his strongman buddies. And then there is the money laundering he did for Russian oligarchs before he entered politics. Here's something for fun reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_(Baku)
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Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case
BINGO!
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Judge Tanya Chutkan rejects Trump's demand to oust her from DC trial
It takes guts to challenge a judge by putting words into her mouth. And a lot of stupidity.
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Bob Menendez steps down as US Senate foreign relations chairman after indictment
There are GOP members who want him to stay. They think they can kick his corrupt arz at the polls.
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just a reminder, they will ******* kill you
Sounds like these people were trained in the US, DMV (Dept Motor Vehicles) workers are notoriously nasty, some states more so than others.
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Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case
Media has been dropping hints for months that Smith has been angling for something connected to his $$$ collection from his followers, e.g. that the Stop the Steal hoax is not only about election laws but part of a grift to get money from the fools. Hey, Donnie Sr, now would be a good time to try to shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and see if it gets you arrested. You can claim the victim is the guy who stole George Santos' shoes. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/rep-george-santos-claims-he-was-mugged-in-daylight-near-trump-tower-in-nyc-and-that-the-crooks-stole-his-shoes/
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American TikToker condemns Bangkok taxi driver for trying to rip him off
Welcome to Thailand, boy-o. You are going to be doing a lot more of such SM postings during your SEA visit.
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Trump only running ‘to stay out of prison’
Alright then, let's see it!. Link please, and no "the proof is on the way" bs, we've been hearing this since January. As the man with the orange face likes to say "witch hunt" and "fishing expedition." Sounds like marital problems in the sack with the guy trying to get wood: "hey, it's starting now, honey!" The non-MAGA GOP members are critical and have been for months. Comer seems to be sick of it himself, check out his facial expression these days. Or maybe it's disgust with that chimpanzee Jordan. (apologies to any actual primates who may have been offended)
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Trump only running ‘to stay out of prison’
My guess is his credit card rejected the purchase (probably doesn't pay his bills, plus indicted for felony affects the credit rating) so a minion put it on his own card -- he'll never see that $$$ again. More likely an attacker would get hold of it and use it against him IMO.
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)
The movie was in theatres while the Eichmann trial was going on, a weirdly strange coincidence. That movie made Maximilian Schell's career, from then on he nearly always played a Nazi or Jew. He did an unfortunate version of Hamlet, which MST3k ridiculed. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053888 He is in a movie called The Man in the Glass Booth that deals with an aspect of the Holocaust rarely portrayed in films, the outcome is not as predictable as the title makes it sound.
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)
What a ripoff! No mention of Bangkok at all! I especially liked the episode where she enters the Jedi netherworld, I guess that would be what some other creeds would call limbo.