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I found this video on YouTube about using fenbenzodole for Cancer for people and animals. I’m shocked I tell you I’m shocked.
https://youtube.com/shorts/d5DabkaiEIk?si=vUu-tSAUsoUgIZs_
I'll be shocked if the video stays up on YT for long!
I know. Huh!
By the numbers, without their cheating. How many of us do you think there are vs them?
I'm not asking for you to dox him, but could anyone give an idea of what 'whgrampa' is doing to help bring justice when he flies different places and talks to people in the music industry convincing them to stop what they're doing/come into submission, etc. Is it pedophilia, does it somehow save the children? How does this play into things and help the big picture? Just discussion. I know some know who he actually is, but I don't need to know that.
Just a question.
Will Biden use the State of the Union (SOTU) to introduce the WEF "Great Reset" and the U.S. role in it to U.S. citizens?
Because, frankly, I have been waiting for some transparency and specificity regarding this. But I am not inclined to listen to Biden unless there is something of substance like this included.
(This question came to mind after listening to House Republican leaders press conference where I heard mention from someone (press?) say Biden was gonna use SOTU to "Reset" something.)
I don’t really care to listen to him or whoever he is right now ramble on, and watch the democrats clap like seals and jump up and down like kangaroos. That’s time of my life I will never get back. I’m sure there will be continuous information being shared. So I will just wait to catch the bits and pieces of it. If that’s the rumor being shared, then I sure hope so because maybe we will be edging to that infamous precipice. 🇺🇸🙏🏻🍿
👏👏👏 #MeToo
Looking for some advice…lawyer brother of mine is a Never Trumper. I want to gloat, but don’t want to permanently destroy our relationship. Any ideas 😂🤣😂
You know he is expecting you to give him some grief. What will really cook his goose is if you never say anything. It’ll drive him crazy, and show what true MAGA is all about. That should make him squirm. 😂🤯🥴
I agree, when he finds out that Trump is CIC as a war time President I might gloat
Well maybe just a little 😂🥴
Donald Trump is not worth ruining a lifelong sibling relationship with. There’s no amount of gloating that’s worth it.
Stay true to the Lord, and continue to be a shining light for your brother to see.
Don't say anything. Just give him a knowing smile now and then. He'll get the message.
well- lawyer. play the Clarence card.
Hug your brother and sincerely whisper in his ear, "I love you. Trump won convincingly. Let's unite to make our country great again."
Turtle Man endorsed Trump.
Is it correct that Robert Kennedy would not be on the primary ballot? I'm wondering if he isn't because he's an independent and there's not another candidate in that category.
Healthfags, got a question about palm oil. Is it as bad as they say it is? It's not a seed oil, or is it? Asking for an imaginary friend. Thanks.
The general rule of thumb is that the more harder it is to squeeze oil out of something, the worse it is for your body.
The thing about palm oil that I find curious is how much the mainstream demonises it (save Pandas etc) - makes me wonder if it is actually good for you.
It's unhealthy because it's high in Omega 6 and low in Omega 3, which makes it inflammatory.
Only bad if you worry about deforestation or environmental rules
Otherwise it is pretty good. High in all the omegas including 6...but to be honest most people are not getting much 6 in their diet so it is kind of overblown as an issue
You are in Japan, rice bran oil is more common in Asia, and it is about as if not healthier than olive oil. I buy rice bran oil from my asian grocery stores so maybe you can find it easier
My wife buys rice oil for frying. That's all it's used for, and we don't fry much. I asked about palm oil because it is always in stuff like curry roux, and maybe the cream stew packages too. We have something like that perhaps once a week.
Congratulations Mark Robinson and North Carolina voters!
A great victory speech. Amazing that you chose a "high school student" to be your campaign strategist. Downright refreshing.
But this Mark Robinson speech "BREAKS THE INTERNET" lingers in my memory still.
u/#ridetofreedom
So glad this fine man won!
Here's another fiery speech, just a couple minutes long --
https://youtu.be/f2EDIuToeQ4?si=mnwod_xvd7swSy2E
Isnt this the guy that the MSM was saying is the literal Hitler?
I dunno cuz I don't follow MSM.
Link please?
This is just today
This was his original quote from 2014
Oh my.
Compare and contrast.
https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/05/13/governor-cooper-vetoes-sb20
Fortunately (though not abolishing abortion) this happened... https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article275468791.html
Seems to be quite a split in the understanding of the question of the value of life. Life, #1 constitutionally protected right. "Life, liberty, ..."
An Amazing Example That God Delivers Freedom. My Morning Bible Read Was Acts 12:1-18, "Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison." Verse 11: "Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything..."
The Song! https://youtu.be/GB1aiM-yLqg
Have a blessed day.
"It's time we listen to the survivors."
I got in trouble with Costco tonight. They called the manager on me. What did I do you may ask? I walked in the store through the Exit door. They want all the cattle to enter through the Enter door and to exit through the Exit door. I guess I was impeding the flow of cattle. I told the manager that I have an anxiety disorder; meaning, I must come out the same door that I go in. But since I'm not allowed to exit through the Enter door, I choose to enter through the Exit door and exit through the Exit door. I don't see no major harm in doing so.
I was all ready for them to call the police on me. I wasn't worried about it because I know the police deal with the mentally ill everyday and they have a lot more understanding than your typical corporate store employee has. I told the manager that he was discriminating against me for being mentally ill. He asked me if I showed the employees at the door my Coscto membership card. I said yes, but they weren't interested in my membership card. I told him that under no uncertain terms, they wanted me to turn around and exit the store immediately.
We have equal rights for women. We have equal rights for blacks. We have equal rights for the physically disabled. We have equal rights for gays. We have equal rights for trans. But we have no equal rights for the mentally ill.
I’m not sure what the big deal was. Many people enter through the exit door, especially if you have a return. I guess you could’ve just told him you needed to go to customer service. 🤷♀️
You are very much correct; it is no big deal at all. The doorways at Costco are very large and plenty large enough for one person to enter the store through the exit door once a month.
Is that the first time you've been confronted? Were you able to make an arrangement with the manager in order to go in and out the same door in the future?
It was the first time being confronted at Costco. After explaining my situation to the manager, I was allowed to proceed further into the store. In the future there's a very good chance that I will be confronted again and have to explain my situation to a different manager.
There was a time I was confronted at Walmart, but at Walmart I was attempting to enter the store through the exit with a shopping cart. After enduring some very angry words from an employee; and after the employee took the cart out of my hands in a very hostile manner, I proceeded to enter the store through the exit like I always do. Ever since that incident at Walmart, I no longer try to enter through the exit with a shopping cart.
I would think a doctor could help you by giving you some type of medical exemption letter. It's illegal not to accommodate Americans with Disabilities. (The ADA law saw to that.) Better yet, if someone could work with you on overcoming your issue, then you'd have a lot more freedom. Or, if you could stick to a more traditional grocery store where you can easily go in and out the same door, that would be good too.
Perhaps if you can get a medical exemption letter from a doctor and present that to the manager at Costco, they can make some sort of badge or something for you to show that gets you in and out smoothly. I've never heard of your particular issue, but I know people have all kinds of issues, so I believe it's quite possible that this is yours. I'm going to say a prayer for you that God releases you of this compulsion. And thank you for your service. Take care.
Thank you so much for sticking up for me in this comment section. I appreciate your efforts very much an I am extremely grateful.
equal rights for people with mental illness does not mean the right to break rules. If you do not like the rules, you can try to change them but you cannot break them.
Bud, it's walking through a door to control traffic flow. If you're so "mentally ill" that you can't handle that, you're far gone. Get over yourself and just walk through the entrance like everyone else.
So rude.
I think it’s rude to disobey a very simple instruction just because you don’t want to walk through the entrance.
But is this person's reason for not wanting to walk through the door, valid? I don't know. I'm not a psychiatrist and I don't know if s/he is just trolling. But you're dismissing this person as if they don't count, as if their concerns are meaningless. Perhaps they are very, very valid. You and I don't know. And that's why I think you're being an ass. You're diagnosing that this person is fine and fit to do something that s/he might not actually be fit to do.
They haven’t given a reason yet. They just said they’re afraid of it. There’s no apparent logical, valid reason to be afraid of that.
I asked them, but they gave no answer, so as far as I can tell it’s pretty clearly not valid
Well, Dr. you obviously know best.
(clearly you don't understand that many, many mental health issues ARE illogical and "unreasonable" on the face of it. That's why they're mental health issues.)
Everyone else? Why didn't you get your COVID-19 shot like everyone else? It's just a vaccine.
Are you legally retarded?
It’s an entryway. It’s not a vaccine. It’s walking through a hole in a wall.
You bring up an interesting point. Perhaps I should try to get some kind of legal medical exemption that I can show at the door.
Cool, way to be an actual piece of shit looking to cause problems for everyone else just because you don’t like walking through a doorway.
Never seen a bigger snowflake in my life
Do you have any fears of anything; or are you completely fearless?
I have fears, of course. Do you have a legitimate fear of walking through a door that you don’t walk out of?
Special treatment? They let the transgender people use the public restroom of their opposite biological sex because they need special treatment.
Hey! Earlier today somebody posted a video showing that now Trump's entourage / escort SUVs are white. Dark to light. Anybody have that video? I can't find it. :(
https://twitter.com/JackStr42679640/status/1764770771333939557
Excellent. Thank you!
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime.
No, all I know is that one song of theirs, really. Kind of a one-hit-wonder, flash-in-the-pan band.
Big Country!! Now there's a blast from the past.
Cactus flowers seem really neat...
The only problem is they bloom once a year. In the spring time. Other than that, it’s just rocks, cactus, and more rocks, and more dust and more dirt. And then a couple more cactus. 🤷♀️ 100 + five months out of the year.
I've been out in dry Texas and Arizona, feels like zen gardens would be the way to go. Not having to cut lawns can be a real plus... Does astroturf melt out there?
Our entire yard is desert plants. Every single house here is like that. It’s so ugly. People move to Arizona and then they order more cactuses in dirt and rocks to be delivered to their front yard. 🤷♀️. There’s only one place that I put flowers and that’s around the palm tree. It’s like moving to the ocean side and ordering sand and having it delivered. 🤪
I’ve gotten rid of pretty much everything in the backyard, except for two trees and a bush. Also, cactus have sharp things all over them. So they’re not easily manageable. Basically, I’m not a fan of Arizona, but I have to live here. It is what it is for now.
Praying for you, fren, be in good health and find your 'oasis.'
Yes - Kauai 6-weeks in a few months I was supposed to be there now but mom got sick. Stayed behind to care for her 🙏
Regular petunias will last through out the summer in nicer climates. Mine died last year May/June because it was too hot here for them. ☹️. So cal they would flourish- but AZ summers are brutal! But I understand the difference between annuals and perennials. 🫡
We haven’t got the bloom yet. But I’m hoping for a super bloom because we’ve had a lot of rain this winter. Last year we had a super bloom, and it was beautiful.
LOL at least she self-outted! My grandma was living at the Atacama desert edge one year that it rained. Imagine a solid carpet of violent, riotous color appearing overnight, as far as the eye could see...
KEK that's heavy. You clearly tried your best, but someone who can't even consider they could ever be wrong isn't an adult. They can't enter into a permanent relationship as an adult until they finish maturing. The fish story, too funny, almost like it's a metaphor.
jammin bagpipes!
Vermont had a major turn out for democrats voting for Haley. What a shit hole state. Almost as bad as D.C.
John 12:25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.