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I got close. His speech ran about 107 minutes.
CBS Evening News says Trump’s speech is going to be a “long speech”. 117 minutes perhaps?
If 50 Democrats are boycotting the SotU, can USA mens hockey submit votes to pass the SAVE act?
Trump media up 6.7% today.
Interesting Development: https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
They Israeli LOBBY are getting more BRAZEN and Desperate: Lozzy B 🇦🇺𝕏 (@TruthFairy131): "🔥 BREAKING 🔥 The Israel Lobby & Jewish Organisations have pushed the Ohio Government to remove Americans FIRST AMENDMENT & make it illegal to criticise Israel or Jews. Ohio, U.S is proposing 20 YEARS in prison & fines of up to $1 MILLION for Americans who boycott or speak out against the Jews. SB 87 expands Ohio’s ethnic intimidation statute by enhancing criminal penalties based on ‘perceived’ motive tied to race, religion, or national origin, including in contexts involving peaceful protest, political expression, and assembly. SB 87 would also codify the overbroad and widely criticized International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism into Ohio law, raising serious concerns that criticism of a foreign government, specifically Israel and its policies, could be mischaracterized as evidence of discriminatory intent. Civil liberties advocates have repeatedly cautioned that the IHRA definition has been weaponized across the country to suppress lawful speech and activism. If you want to know who rules over you, look at who you can’t criticise." | XCancel https://share.google/o2Bdotxbbyj0E56q6
CarMax to pay at least $420K to settle allegations of illegal repossessions of troops’ cars By Karen Jowers
If you were (are) a fan of Elvis check this out. It’s not a secret I am. Last week I saw this in IMAX. I believe it’s different dates and locations by area. After IMAX it will be in regular theaters. My husband wasn’t raised listening to Elvis. He only knows the big hits. He said it was very good & glad he went. I don’t believe Elvis was a king or god, I just love music.
https://www.epicmovie.film
Thanks for the heads up. I will try and see it next week.
You’re welcome fren. I have seen probably over half the concert video portion on YouTube. I watch so much my 3 yr old granddaughter ask her mom to play Elvis. That’s funny because she doesn’t listen to Elvis. The way it’s put together is nothing like I’ve ever seen. It’s like he’s alive and you are in the middle of the concert. I don’t know that a regular theater would have this effect. I’m 58 in a month and remember the first time I saw him live on TV. If you go let me know your thoughts.
My Sister is seeing it this weekend. You are the inspiration.
Ha Ha 🤣 IDK about inspiration. After I replied & said I was 58, I thought dang I’m already 58. Oh well, that’s how I am. I’m glad she’s getting to experience this.
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Otroverts? Psychiatrists just discovered a new personality type.
For decades, they told us there were only two boxes.
You are either an Introvert or an Extrovert.
But what if you never fit into either?
What if you are highly social, but you still feel like a perpetual outsider?
Psychiatrist Dr. Rami Kaminski coined a term for the people who defy the binary.
The Otrovert.
Society is built on the "Hive Mind."
You are supposed to crave the tribe.
You are supposed to want to "belong."
But the Otrovert is fundamentally wired differently.
Here is how you know if you are one:
Introverts drain their battery around people.
Extroverts get energy from people.
Otroverts are perfectly fine in a room full of people.
They can be charismatic and popular, but they never actually feel like part of the group.
You thrive in one-on-one connections, but the moment it becomes a "crowd," you feel like an alien observing a different species.
Most people naturally auto-sync with the emotional wave of a room.
If the crowd is angry, they get angry.
If the crowd panics, they panic.
The Otrovert does not sync.
Your internal identity remains completely independent of the collective temperature.
You observe the emotion without absorbing it.
You do not care for corporate culture.
You do not care for political cults.
"Because everyone else is doing it" is the fastest way to make you walk in the opposite direction.
For years, people who don't fit the mold have been told something is wrong with them.
They've been called aloof.
They've been told to be a "team player."
But otherness is not a flaw.
It is a superpower.
In a world that is easily manipulated by tribalism, outrage, and group panic, the person who doesn't need the tribe is the most dangerous person in the room.
If you don't crave the validation of the consensus, your mind is free.
You cannot be controlled by the crowd.
If you are this third type of personality, you are not an outcast.
You are a Sovereign Rebel Leader.
Every week, I write a newsletter specifically for people like us.
People who’ve realized that 99% of success comes from unlearning all the bs we’ve been fed.
People who are building a lean business without the copycat marketing or bloated teams.
People who offer an alternate solution than what the mainstream provides.
If you don't belong to the hive, you belong here.
~ Andre G.
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Oh wow that describes me so much. My husband is almost the same except he usually doesn’t have trust issues. I’ve always had trust issues, most likely due to living with a narcissist alcoholic father. Even though not alcoholic now he’s still controlling. I was just talking about this with my husband. I was talking about having friends. I said, it doesn’t matter to me if I don’t have girlfriends. I’m happy spending my time with him, my daughter and grandkids. He agreed and he only has one friend he talks to a few times a year. Thanks for sharing fren. That’s interesting.
I believe that is not new and has long been known as ambivert but I also believe that is a trait many of us share.❤️
Agreed on both points.
I think we are divergent after watching the Divergent series.
Absolutely, so many movies and series can apply.,That brings to mind my daughter’s high school required reading. She had to read Divergent and The Hunger Games. We went to the movies to see both. I was surprised they read those. I didn’t have an issue with it. I wish I knew more about things back then and researched the required books. Thankfully she has always been very grounded.
I bought the cd of the series. Inexpensive!
I’ve considered getting back in CDs. I just don’t have the space in my 1946 tiny house. I stream everything on the different “free” sites. Also have shared passwords on other platforms.
I'm really hating this AI bs making such realistic videos these days. If there are real supernatural or alien sightings caught on camera I'll think they're AI
Dont worry, you will get to meet and talk to them personally. Hopefully.
Haha..
On YouTube, I’m seeing Christian music videos by top country artists. I know it was AI because that particular artist has never recorded a hymn or performed one live. Plus it looks to perfect. I not into games like Xbox etc. I watched a video today saying AI is most likely going to be in video games. I don’t remember the company, one major company has a new person in charge of the AI department. I can link video if anyone wants more info.
Fossil Crocodile Shows Clever Design BY JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E. | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2026
https://www.icr.org/article/15773/
Some discoveries stand out, not because they change the story of evolution, but because they show clear design from the start. That is what happened when scientists found a new crocodile-like fossil in Egypt’s Western Desert called Wadisuchus kassabi. At first it may look like another ancient reptile, but a closer look shows something more exciting—a creature built from the start for life in the water, not a half-formed step in a long chain of changes. Its features point to a body plan that was already complete and ready for its environment.
Research shows that Wadisuchus was about 3.5 to 4 meters long.1 It had a long, narrow snout that helped minimize friction and resistance as it moved through the water, almost like a natural spear cutting through the surface. And its sharp, pointed teeth were perfect for catching fish and turtles. Nostrils on top of the snout made breathing possible while most of the body stayed under water. These individual traits form a complete design; they aren’t random or faulty pieces waiting to become something else. Modern crocodiles have the same clever structure, demonstrating that this layout works well across time and habitat.
An interesting way in which crocodiles today are different from Wadisuchus is that many crocodyliforms have five teeth at the front of their snouts, but Wadisuchus has four. This small difference may have allowed it to grip certain prey more easily.1 Instead of looking like a tooth pattern in transition, the fossil shows an anatomy that fits the reptile’s needs and lifestyle. The more we study the bones, the more we see a set of traits that work together—like parts of a well-designed tool, each with a purpose.
Scientists also found fossils from adolescent and adult animals, which enabled them to compare how the creature grew.1 Even with this range of ages, the same overall design is consistent from juvenile to adult. Creation researchers point out that this matches the Bible’s record of created kinds—organisms that can vary in small ways but do not turn into completely new forms over time.2 This also fits what we see in the fossil record: many creatures appear suddenly and remain stable (stasis), without long chains of slow change.3 Wadisuchus is one more example of this pattern.
The place where the fossil was found—layers from ancient coastal or wetland areas—also supports a creation perspective. In such areas, sudden flooding could cover animals quickly and protect their remains. Rapid burial is needed for fossils to form at all, and Flood-based geology explains why so many fossils, including those of Wadisuchus, are found in water-laid sediments around the world.2 Creation researchers also explain how global flooding could create the distribution of fossils we see today, spreading animals into different layers as water rose and moved across the land.4
Looking at all of its details together, Wadisuchus kassabi points not to evolution but to intentional design—the snout, teeth, nostrils, and body shape all work as a single system built for life in shallow water. Nothing in the fossil looks unfinished. Instead, every part is purposeful. This creature joins many others that appear in the fossil record as complete and well equipped from the beginning. Its design reflects the skill of the Creator, whose wisdom can be seen in every living kind.
References
Saber, S. et al. 2025. An Early Dyrosaurid (Wadisuchus kassabi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Campanian of Egypt Sheds Light on the Origin and Biogeography of Dyrosauridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 205 (2). Tomkins, J. P. and T. L. Clarey. 2023. Developing a Comprehensive Model of Global Flood Paleontology: Integrating the Biostratigraphic Record with Global Megasequence Deposition. Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism. 9, article 25: 561–587. Clarey, T. Oldest Dinosaurs in North America Explained by the Flood. Creation Science Update. Posted on ICR.org January 27, 2025. Wise, K. P. 2002. Faith, Form, and Time: What the Bible Teaches and Science Confirms About Creation and the Age of the Universe. Nashville, TN: B & H Publishing Group, 221.
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
Aldous Huxley
Monday Poem...Kathe L. Palka - As the Years Pass
https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=653
Billy Joel - New York State Of Mind (from Old Grey Whistle Test)
https://youtu.be/iM4LzEcaTK0?si=D4m_dIdEBh9UPY4I&t=42
New York State Of Mind back when times were good for the NYC people. I love some Billie Joel jams. I heard he’s very sick, don’t remember the condition. I wonder if it was the vax. I saw a comment recently speculating if Bruce Willis and Celine Dion got a hold of a bad batch of adrenochrome & it made them sick. {I’m not saying it’s true. I see crazy comments in the wilds of social media.} Guess it’s a possibility. I think most illnesses now is from the vax.