Outside the Miami Federal courthouse a crowd of Trump supporters are chanting We Love Trump. Donald J. Trump arrived ahead of his 3pm scheduled arraignment date and CNN is reporting he is now under arrest.
Walt Nauta, Trump's valet and alleged co-conspirator, will appear alongside him.
I'm back and forth from my office to the TV in the living room as the Internet news feed is frozen... apparently so many people are watching live it's overloaded the internet.
It's a dark day... afternoon showers are on us, as usual.
I had a GREAT blog this past weekend. People from all over the world came to read and comment on my blog. It may have been the greatest blog CS has seen since the days of the Nixon administration. Wait... Quite frankly it WAS the greatest blog and then, while I was out working today, someone took my blog down.
I ask why? Why would you remove a blog so awesome it showed the world the only ex-president in the history of America as the subject of a federal indictment.
Was it you Grand... you posted a blog with my name in the title that got my great blog deleted? That's what I'm thinking... you weaponized them to do it. It's a dark day in blog-land, truly a dark day.
Living in a 55 and older community only has some benefits and a longer list of 'not so good' things. Last week, the paramedics were in front of one of the units around the corner from me. This morning while doing my walk, I see a pile of things next to the dumpster. Crutches, a few different walkers, a shower bench to name a few. My guess is the person from last week didn't make it and the apartment is being cleared and prepared for sale.
Sadly, this happens often in retirement communities. A friend once said "There's only one way out!"
One thing that caught my attention in the pile of junk... a vertical flat screen TV with a floor base. My guess is it was used in retail advertisement. Very cool and I was hesitant to run back, get my car and bring it to my condo. Groan... not one more thing. So, I passed it by.
Actually, if there's something I'd like to get my hands on is a reel-to-reel tape recorder. I've got lots of rock band rehearsal and concert tapes I'd like to transfer to a digital format.
There are places that do it for a fee... thanks I'll keep looking.
One man's junk is another man's treasure.
In the 1950's, It was a big issue in America to service rice that didn't stick. I remember TV commercials about housewives making the perfect bowl of 'fluffy' rice. I heard one story where the husband invited his boss over for dinner and they were appalled to see his wife had cooked a bowl of rice where the grains stuck together. He was overlooked for a promotion simply because his wife had ruined their dinner!
We have all different varieties of rice and I believe minute rice rules out over rice that takes 30 to 40 minutes to fully cook.
Fast forward 40 years and I was dating a woman who was born in Hong Kong. She wanted to know what meals I cooked for myself, so I invited her over for dinner. Skirt steak, Caesar salad and rice was on the menu for the night.
Wash the rice, boil it for a few minutes, turn off the heat and cover. Perfect rice in less than 10 minutes.
Everything passed the test... except for the rice.
Why? It's nearly impossible to eat fluffy rice with chopsticks. She gasped and returned to the stove boiling the rice for another 15 minutes on high heat until it started to clump.
I can remember her scolding me because 'I didn't know how to cook rice' and to never do that again. Obviously, she felt bad for her actions and decided to buy me a rice cooker. The other thing was to buy different rice as the one I bought was long grain domestic and didn't have the desired flavor. A trip to the Asian market cured that.
Side note, the relationship ended before the bag of rice was empty.
Knowing now what to do now and avoiding lectures, I have been getting rice in 25 pound bags from the Asian market. Sometimes, 15 pound bags from the grocery store, but it must be cooked in the rice cooker to make it clump together.
Some of the imported rice has doubled in price lately. That doesn't bother me and... I was able to find a 20 pound bag of long-grain rice in Walmart for $10. Amazing !
But, it's domestic and doesn't clump like the imported rice, nor have any flavor. So, I'm being a diplomat until the 'wrong rice at the right price' is finished.
By definition: bile is a yellow-green fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine. In humans, bile is primarily composed of water, produced continuously by the liver, and stored and concentrated in the gallbladder. After a human eats, this stored bile is discharged into the first section of their small intestine.
When people complain about others, they sometimes refer to the word bile in a negative sense ignoring the fact that bile is a necessary part of the digestion process.
For the benefit of those who don't know, Photoshop is a brand name for one of the first digital editing software suites. It incorporates dozens of filtering controls that people use to create artistic effects and alter or retouch existing photos.
Famous models, movie stars, singers use Photoshop to enhance their appearance, remove wrinkles, turn mediocre photos into masterpieces.
Fans who 'know their stars' are quick to complain when a perfect photo comes online to someone who is less than perfect. Kim Kardashian is a good example of a Photoshop queen who
Today, I was searching images and came across 26 year old Canadian YouTube star Jen Brett who was the subject of Photoshopped photos. This case it's the OPPOSITE.
Someone Photoshopped her 'chunky-butt' and reduced the size, digitally smoothed with the appearance of zero cellulite.
Shadows were reduced and proportions changed to give her a thinner body.
Part of the complaint was, the guy who did the photo retouch told Jen she should cut off the extra weight!
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In May, CNN televised a Town Hall meeting and invited Donald. J. Trump who stated he was allowed to take classified documents when leaving the White House.
A few days later, his lawyer Tim Parlatore, announced he was leaving the team.
Yesterday, Donald J. Trump was indicted on 7 criminal counts in the case involving his possession of classified documents.
Today, two lawyers Jim Trusty and John Rowley defending Donald Trump on federal charges quit the case.
Is there a lawyer in the house?
We've got a guy who badly needs one. Or is that needs one badly?
Maybe it's time to contact 1-800-LAW-YERS it's a toll free call!
Have your credit card ready.
When I think of "You don't look like your father" actress Liv Rundgren aka Liv Tyler comes to mind. Her mother Bebe Buell had a brief relationship with Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler distanced by his drug addictions and had been living with Musician Todd Rundgren.
Liv always thought Todd was her biological father.
About 10 years later Liv met Steven and noticed their resemblance. Her mother later confirmed her suspicion.
Okay, so everyone became rich and famous and life moves on...
That doesn't always happen that way as some suspicions that are confirmed by DNA testing often have negative consequences. If you've seen episodes of Maury Povich or Dr. Phil you know what I'm talking about.
Typical scenario: She's a Baby-Mama looking to find who the real daddy is. The 3 guys she's been shacking up with all took DNA tests. The reveal is explosive!
Maury, Maury, Maury...
Here's one where two women claim the same man fathered their children and he denied their accusations.
I'm really not sure what the new meaning for woke is, but I'm equating it to TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) where people cannot get over the fact that Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 election.
Time for a new acronym WDS and that stands for Woke Derangement Syndrome.
Clips of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has made it clear he will eliminate 'the woke and leftism' in America when he is elected President. Forget about anything else, it's his platform. So much that his wife Casey had a leather coat with something of the subject.
It's a drawing of Florida, an alligator and the inscription "WHERE WOKE GOES TO DIE.
Let's unite America with the perfect team to be in the White House in 2024.
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Volkswagen has introduced an electric minibus that on the outside has the resemblance to their vehicles from the 1960's. Named the ID. BUZZ, it's currently only available in Europe.
A larger and more powerful version is expected to arrive in America sometime in 2024.
Priced at over $79,000 I think VW will have a difficult time finding a market for this vehicle.
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Child-proof caps, that adults cannot open! I used to joke about senior citizens who have to get their grand-kids to open the child-proof caps that they cannot open.
Two weeks ago, my cardiologist wanted me to change the medicine I'm using for hypertension. She gave me a sample bottle and the office gave me a coupon for the first month free.
It's a recent product and no generic is available. The pharmacy said it's $840 a month without insurance and $45 with. Ouch... as the one I was previously using was covered by insurance with a 'zero' co-payment.
Most of my medicines require a dosage of 1 time per day, this one is twice a day, but starting off, it regulates my pressure to normal with only one a day and that's a plus!
The sample has a childproof cap that requires pressing and squeezing but, the 'sawtooth' cap clicks and doesn't open without some great amount of force to open.
Enough of that... I'm putting them in a different bottle.
A toe truck was in the lane of a highway and someone didn't see it. When their car rolled on the ramp, it flipped about 20 feet into the air... not 120 feet as reported.
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